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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15
SThTEN ISLAND

WEST BRIGHToN.--JameS Langton, alias Badger1
.angton age twenty-SiI, sxconvlot. was arrested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15

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rae The New-York. Cleveland Boston apd Pitts.
burg teams the winners yesterday. Inc soofe
a aopended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15
entries for the regatta arc as follows;
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SLOOPS 35 Foot.
Beatrice, Volusis.
sLoOPs. 9o-FooT.
kangaroo. Saracen. Eli. Kathleen. Tomboy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15

The Brooklyn and Athletic teams won tae ASs SSs
ton games yesterday. Louisville forfelno BALI s
The record 10 as follows;
Clubs wonLost PC Clubs WSnL9s@ f 20
Il ss'' .:....ss il $50 ensss Giy"A e Az
S,oakjyn % IL 900 Columbus LII ~ $40
s asI9annnne q d $50 .Lousville -. 40 lee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-15

The New Haven. wikesbarre and worcester cans ms
v,on the Atlantic Association games yesterday, tbe
NswarE and Hartford teams not playing, Tho record
L. nj lnaA
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
VIRGIL JACKSON EXECUTED.
He Cheered His Last Hours with Music,
and Met Death Firmly.

UTICA, n. Y, March IA, 1SS9.-Virgil
jackson was hanged in the Jail yard here
this morning for the murder of Norton
Metcalf, January 49, 1888 The execution
was the last which will occur in this county
SO long as the new law of punishment by
electricity is in force.
The gallows was tha same as that on
which Mrs. DruSe and dozen other muir
derers have expiated their crimes. Since
Governor Hill announced his decision not
to interfere in his case, jackson has borne
up remarkably well until yesterday, when
he said farewell to his sister, Mrs Ed.
Scott of Pine Woods, N. Y The parting
was affecting, but not in the least sen
sational Soon after jackson called
Deputy Sheriff Burke who has been his
constant companion, gave him his flute,
and telling him to keep 1t in memory of
him, burst into tears.
Toward evening H. w. Dawson, of
Rome, a Faith Curer, called and remained
with him during the night, jackson hay
ing become reconciled to his belief at
late day.
The condemned man engaged in con-
cert late in the evening, accompanying
Deputy Burke's violin on the flute in the
''SWeet Bye and Bye, "'Auld Lang Synen
and other familiar airs The tones of the
flute rose strong and loud above those of
A local glee club and Actor Boardman,
of Maggie Mitchell's company, visited the
Jail about one O'Clock, and jackson sent
word down that he would see the party
They were escorted to his cell and sang
several tunes to the satisfaction OF the
prisoner and his attendants jackson
spent some time in thought and
meditation, and reiterated his belief in
faith cure doctrine to his friend Dawson.
Jackson retired at half-past three O'Clock
and slept soundly till aquarter to seven.
The death warrant was read shortly
before o'clock, and at 9.17 the drop was
sprung. There was no failure of the ma
chinery of death, and the execution was
accompanied by only such horrors as are
inseparable from the act.
The crime for which jackson died grew
out of his attentions to Mrs. Metcalf.
Jackson's wife had secured divorce from
him. He was walking with Mrs Metcalf
when her husband met them high words
were used, and the murder was the result.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
RIVAL SHOUTlERS.
Goble and Feeney Have a Tilt Over
Grand Jury Pay Feeney Is Right.

Goble and Feeney Have Tilt Over
Grand Jury Pay Feeney Is Right.
Especial to the Jersey city NeaosJ
TRENTON, March1 8, 1ss9-It is generally
admitted that Jonathan Goble, of Ocean
county, and our own Feeney have the two
loudest voices in the Legislature. Feeney
is handsomer than Goble, but Goble has
most use for barber Goble's voice
sounds like load of railroad iron jolting
over Belgian block pavement, while
Feeney's ranges from the low, soft moan
of harp when he is counting, to the pass
age of train through a tunnel. He was
mad today, and the members of the House
enjoyed a contest between the two voices.
E'eeney was in the right The debate
was over a bill to pay Grand Jurors 50 a
day, and Goble, in advocating it, intiInated
that Feeney's opposition was influenced
by fear lest the additional expense put on
the county might cause reduction in his
salary in the Public Prosecutors office.
Feeney, in reply, began by explaining that
while he was at Trenton he received no
salary from the county. Then he said that
the bill would cost Hudson county 50, 900 a
year; that Hudson county had plenty of
eminent citizens willing to serve
on Grand Juries without pay; that in
the near future the county would require
a continuous Grand Jury, and that as all
appropriations for the year had been made,
the only way the expense could be met
would be by reducing the pay of such EN-
ployes as scrub women at S25 month. He
made strong argument and showed he
knew what he was talking about. The
country members wanted the bill so that
the hotel expenses of their constituents
might be paid, and it went through. Mr..
Harris called the bill the worst before the
Legislature, as to serve on Grand Juries
under it would become money making
scheme. Mr.. Riker declared that the fact
that petit jurors were paid explained the
number of unfit men who served.
The bill authorizing the appointment of
two additional vice chancellors was passed
after the lawyers of the House, Republi-
cans as well as Democrats, had made
speeches in favor of it. Colonel Heppen-
heimer said that last year $4,000 had been
paid to advisory Masters in Chancery for
doing the work Which will be done by the
vice chancellors, and that a saving of at
least n, 600 year would be effected. Mr.
Voorhees, declared that time had only con-
firmed his previous opinion of the neces-
sity of such a measure. Mr.. Chambers
and Mr.. Kalisch also spoke.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
A NEW SHORT CUT.
why the Pennsylvania Road is BuyinS5
Up the Jersey Flats.

Why the Pennsylvania Road is BuyipS
Up the Jersey Flats.
1t is not an entirely new thing in this
community that the Pennsylvania rail-
road company has set greedy eyes
on the Jersey Flats for railroad
use. The very full story published in THE
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS ten days ago
filling line beyond these flats to deep
water mark is supplemented by the an-
nouncement this morning that the Penn
sylvania road has secured some part OF
the flats for uses of its own.
The statement, however, that the pur-
chases had been made with view to
crowding the Lehigh Valley Railroad out
of terminal facilities is entirely without
foundation. The two railroads are allies.
The fight, if against any railroad, is against
the Baltimore and Ohio. But the acqI1isi-
tion of property by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road beyond Cavan Point cannot interfere
with the Baltimore and Ohio's approach to
tidewater over the New Jersey Central
Road at Commnnipaw.
The new land acquired on the mud flats
and to be filed in by the Railroad Conn
pany will be used for freight terminus.
The scheme is to make short cut from
Waverly across the Newark Bay meadows,
and then, by bridge, across Newark Bay
to the newly acquired lands.
Freight is now hauled by devious routes,
through Newark, and the Ncut," away
over to Harsimus' Cove.
The new short cut will save abo ut three
miles of freight hauling, which is great
big item in railroad economy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
THE REDIsTRIcFING BILL PASSED.
Republican Senators Make Violent bu,
Fruitless Attacks Upon 1t.

Republican Senators Make Violent but
Fruitless Attacks Upon It.
Especial to the Jersey City Neacs.l
TRENTON, March IA, 1899 The Republi-
can Senators made violent attacks today
on the Redistricting bill. Gardner, Martin
and Nevins called it an outrageous gerry
mander
Pfeiffer and Edwards defended the bill.
The former said that the State was Demo-
cratic and the Legislature should be-
Edwards described the crooked lines
drawn by the Republicans, and said
that they were wiped out. In Hudson
county he did not believe there would be
difference of over three hundred votes
between the districts, and yet for years
Hudson would send ten Democrats to the
Assembly In Essex the districts are
arranged SO that eight members should
represent Newark and two the country
towns Provision had been made for the
growing population and all districts would
soon be as nearly as possible equal.
The bill was then passed.
The Republicans in the House tried to
force an adjournment this morning till
Monday but failed The Democrats re-
manned in caucus an hour. They decided
to sit in the afternoon, but are not likely
to have thirty-o one votes to pass the Werts
bill BigeloW is at home, SICK and Potts
has turned himself into a soup receptacle
for the bill
Bills intended to free South Jersey from
the tyranny of Philadelphia sportsmen
have been condemned by the Democratic
caucus and came near defeat in the House
today. Cole and Harris charged the use
of the improper means to kill them and
Heppenheimer had the matter laid over
till Monday to give them chan &C to sub
stantiate the accusation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
A SMALL TYRANNY.
]. c. & B. R. r. Hands Say
They Are Compelled to
Join a Benefit As
soClati0n.
G0ADED BY SMALL BOSSES
Those Who Join Are Fayorites;
Those Who Refuse Are Sub
jected to All Kinds OF Petty
Annoyanees.

! The employees of the Jersey City and
Bergen Railroad Company are complain
ing that the petty bosses have for a long
time been pursuing course of trifiing
tyranny and offensive coercion.
About year ago was organized "The
Jersey City and Bergen Railroad Mutua,
Aid Society,"" This is open only to en-
| ployees of the company, and in return for
monthly assessment of fifty cents the
members are guaranteed. sick benefit of
S5 week and 500 to bury them if death
| comes along, besides free attendance of a
physician.
A great deal of pressure, so the men say,
is brought to bear to make them join the
| society. They say that there is only one
of the employees-that is, who is not a
petty boss or a big boss--on the list of Off
GERS of the society, and that all the bosses
| keep up ceaseless round of urging upon
them the advisability of joining the So
! ciety.
| A driver whom l saw this morning told
| me that he was quietly assured by the
| petty bosses that little slips of which he
might be guilty would be overlooked if he
| were member of the society. These
slips" are infractions of the company's
rules, such as failing to stand while driy-
| ing around a curve, or any other little
thing that amounts to nothing in itself,
bnt might mean serious accident.
| This driver also said that one of the
starters limited to him that unless he did
| join the society his place would probably
be vacant before very long.
! The men do not care to join the society,
| because the Hudson County Association
of Surface Railroad Employees, organized
March 13, 1886, to which most of them
belong, has q monthly assessment of but
| twenty five cents, and guarantees to the
members the same sick benefits of $5 q
week, and burial fund of 500.
The men claim that inasmuch as it was
the "Association, (which is asecret organ
ization or union, that was instrumental
two years ago in passing, and last year in
| stopping the repeal of the twelve hour
| law, the companyiS now trying to destroy
the association. The men say that no OPP
portunity is lost by the petty bosses TO
| hint at threats that unless they leave the
soon find it necessary to resign their sit
! uatiOnS.
/ About three hundred of the Jersey City
and Bergen employees are members of the
association, and there are something like
| one hundred in the society.
| The officers of the society are Michael
Mcdonald, starter, president; Thomas Fal-
lon, starter, vicepresident; Daniel Beatty,
assistant superintendent, treasurer. The
one officer who is not boss, is driver Hell
rigel, the secretary.
| An effort was made to interview Super
intendent Sayre this morning, but he
could not be found
The clerks in the Office at the ferry said
that there is no truth in the compulsory
part of the story.
Drivers and conductors at the starters
house at the ferry said they did not care to
be seen talking with a reporter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
Potts Will Not Support the
Measure, and Francois.
Is On Strike.
HUDsPETH READS THE RIOT ACT.
Goble and Feeney Indulge in a
Lung Contest--Feeney Is Right
On the Grand Jury Question:
Trenton Odds and Ends.
fspecial 70 DE Jerseu citu Ne,cs. /


TRENTON, March 13, 1S89.--Potts is kick
ing again. Potts thinks now that if there
is to be any martyrdom he will let some
one else be the victim. He announces
that he does not care for the Democratic
caucus and will not vote for the Werts
Excise bill.
The Democratic leaders in the Assembly
were telegraphing all the morning today
for the absent McDermit and Bigelow, SO
that they might pass the Werts bill and
have done with it. McDermit showed up
and at 410 the Assembly took a recess of
twenty minutes. The Democrats had just
the thirty -one votes they needed, and they
wanted caucus to make sure that all the
votes would fall on the right side. Then
Potts made his kick, although he went
into the caucus.
Potts comes from Imlaystown, Mon
mouth county, and is a farmer. He is
small, and his iron-gray beard spreads out
in front of him like a fan He felt warm
when he came out of the caucus, for
Speaker Hudspeth spoke to him sharply,
showing him that it was clearly his duty
to keep the implied pledges he had made,
and not to embarrass the Democratic
party by continual changes of mind. Potts
wo4ld give no reasons for his course, but
simply repeated over and over again that
he did not like the bill
Francois, of Hudson county, also devel-
oped symptoms of kicking, He likes the
Werts bill, but is on strike for another
reason He does not think that he has
been fairly treated by the judiciary Com
mittee, and says that his bills have not
been reported promptly enough. He pro
poses to remain on strike till this griev-
ance is remedied 1t is not believed that
if it really came to test that he weuld
refuse to vote for the bill.
Hudspeth and others made it uncom-
Portable for Potts for half an hour and
then gave it up. Bigelow is expected here
tomorrow, and with his vote the Demo
Gratis believe they can count on thirty one
for the bill
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
The Question of Keeping
Newark Avenue Stores
Open Till Nine Seri-
ous1y Considered.
SOME MERCHANTS PROTEST.
The Merchants Association and the
Clerks Early Closing Associa-
tion Will Probably Take Action.


For the last two or three days Newark
avenue merchants and clerks have been
exercised by the rumor that the early clos
ing rule, that has been enforced in this
city for two years past, is on the eve Of
being broken.
Inquiry made this morning shows it is
in serious contemplation to keep the stores
open after the beginning of the spring
trade till nine o'clock in the evening.
The rule that has been in force lately
has been to close the stores at this season
at eight o'clock.
Some of the smaller tradesmen have not
been adhering very firmly to the rule, and
lately a number of new men have begun
business in the buildings just above
Charles S. Furst's store.
They have not, probably, learned the
early closing traditions Of the town yet,
and keep their stores open till nine o'clock
or later.
Then some concern has been aroused
over an announcement of the Boston One
Price Clothing House that that store will
be kept open until nine o'clock for two
nights.
Among the merchants there is decided
opposition to the contemplated violation
of the early closing compact; but then
they may be forced, by the loss of trade to
stores which do not observe it, to fall in
line themselves.
AT Furst's and Brown & Van Anglen's
the strongest sentiment was expressed
against the late closing crusade
Mr.. Metzler, the manager of the. Boston
Clothing House, refused to say anything
about it.
1t is likely that much will be heard on
the subject at the next meeting Of the
merchants and of the Early Closing As
sociations.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
THE FREEHOIlDERs FRIENDS.


McDerInit and the Republicans Defend
the Rotten Boards.
Especial to the Jersey City Nescs.l
TRENTON, March 13, 1SS9.-The Speaker
took the floor twice today, installing Mr..
Marsh both times in the chair. The first
was to urge the passage of bill authoriz-
ing Jersey City to pay about $1,000 of old
debts, incurred in 1881, when part of the
appropriation for supplies of the Board of
Works was used in an emergency to repair
broken sewer. The bill slid through.
The second time was to conduct the fight
over his bill providing that one Freeholder
shall be elected in each Assembly district
of Hudson and Essex counties. That
would make a board of ten members.
McDermit separated from his Demo
cratic friends on the measure, and took
Patterson, of Monmouth, with him. He
declared he would never vote for a bill
which decreased the representation in the
Board of Freeholders, of Essex County, to
ten members He moved to lay the bill
over. The Republicans voted with him
and Patterson. The motion was lost by
a tie vote and the bill ordered to a third
reading after two amendments had been
adopted. The amendments make the Di-
rector at Large only a presiding officer,
and let the Board appoint its own com
mittpeS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14

in buying the property, and then the gem
eral Government will appropriate $3,000,-
600 or thereabouts for the work.
Those who made the argument tonight
were Captain George B. White, U. S. n;
Joel Cook and William r. Tucker, of the
Philadelphia Board of Harbor Com
missioners; b, S. .Ianney, jr., and y. K.
Stevenson, of the Board of Trade; Alex
ander G. Ferguson, of the Board of Port
Wardens; and B. w. Andrews and Henry
A. Fry, of the Grocers' and Importers EX-
change, all from Philadelphia. Camden
sent three of her Councilmen, NJ. +. WINS,
j. G. Citizens and NJ. A. Rogers.
Captain White hung large blue map
across the door of the Senate chamber and
explained the plans of the work. Then
the business men spoke of the advantages
which would result to Camden and to
South Jersey incidentally. Camden would
become port of commercial Importance
they said.
One obstacle which the Legislature
would have to struggle with in case the
venture should be fayorably received is
the present condition of the State finances.
The State officials and the Legislature
have not yet decided how to meet the
present deficiency, let alone finding money
to make s100, 600 appropriation.
The party returned to Philadelphia and
Camden tonight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
WHAT PEoPLE THINK.

Views of Citizens as to the Proposed
Charter.
With view to learning what the people
think about the city's proposed new char
ter, have interviewed a number Of well
known citizens.
AS luck would have it almost the first
man / met was Senator William D. Ed
wards, who introduced the bill.
''The charter" he said, will be materi-
ally changed during the coming week.
No, have not the slightest fear that the
people will reject it. The Mayor will have
q great deal of power, but autocratS cam
not exist in Jersey City"
Edward f. G. Young, the president of
the Irish National Bank, is also in favor
of charter. "Our city needs it badly"
he said, ''and though am not in favor of
giving the Mayor absolute authority, still
think that the Edwards bill is q step in
the right direction"
Dr. L. J. Gordon is likewise in favor of
new charter. Said Based on the
experience Of other large cities, our own
city of nearly two hundred Thousand in
habitants, to be classed among them, the
control of our city government should be
absolutely in the hand of one man, with
limited tenure of office, upon
whom the whole force of pub
lie opinion could be centralized
WIN PoWCA w etPPOtl1b et1t>t AChlVFC etii cuO-
ordinates Of every class For this the
head should be held to the strictest ac-
countability, responsible alike for his own
as well as for the acts of his subordinates.
Power should, be lodged to remove and
punish him for the violation of his trust
or omission to perform every requirement
of the law made for the government of the
CITY,"
Deputy Surrogate Lillis remarked =
T'It gives the Mayor great deal of
power, but think it is a good Democratic
measure"
Deputy County Clerk Fisher desired to
be excused from an interview.
Assistant Prosecutor Noonan said:
s.Pm In favor of reform, and suppose
the charter is a step in that direction. If
the city must have bad government,
there is no earthly reason why it should
have the worst possible form of govern
ment.n
Ex-Judge G. p Nicoll thought the bill
'sno good, for he claimed it would saddle
Between $50, 900 and BIC, 900 salaries on the
city.
Justice Aldridge agreed with him and
declared he was decidedly opposed to the
charter. He believed in an elective fran
chise and said: 1.-The nearer you get to
the people the better for the city, :
Clerk John Boyd, of the Board of Free
holders, thought that 1.-THE charter
wili be good thing to try, but l don't
believe it will work more than one term
and that in five years time the people will
want to come back to the present system
of government
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-14
1O3 YEARS OLD.
A Bayonne Lady Who Attended the
Funeral of Her 78-Eear-OId Son.

A Bayonne Lady Who Attended the
Funeral of Her 78-Eear-Old Son.
Mrs Anastasia Parsells, of West Fifty
second street, Bayonne, will .be just 1o3
years old when Sunday morning ushers
in the an niversary of st. Patrick's day.
Her relatives say that her age is authentic,
and offer in proof the record in the old
family Bible and upon a family chart.
Preparations for celebrating the event in
an transformations way are now being
made by them.
Mrs. Parsells was born on Friday, March
II, 1886, in a farm house on Manhattan
Island. Her maiden name was Keeline,
and her father was an officer in
the Continental army during the Reyo-
luton. Her grandfather was Lord Fitz-
gerald. At tire age of twenty-three she
married in 1909 youth named Edward
Parsells. He died in 1925, leaving her with
three children, two daughters and q son.
The latter died in 1887, aged seventy-eight.
Mrs. Parsells' living descendants number
her two daughters, ten grandchildren,
seventeen great-grand children and two
great-great-grand children. Despite her
advanced age she is still spry and clipper,
her health is good and her faculties are
unimpaired