The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-15

be seriously affected by the recent decis,
ion of the Supreme Court in the Somers
Point case was held yesterday at Trenton
and the difficulty found to be of a much
less serious character than was antici-
pated. Before the meeting it was feared
that the charters of Sea Isle City, Ocean
City, Avalon, Anglesea, Holly Beach,
Wildwood, Cape May Point, South Allan
tic City, Beach Haven, Barnegat City,
Lavaiette, Point Pleasant. and of Allan
tic Highlands had been rendered void,
but the attorneys now think this wording
of the decision affects Somers' Point
alone and does not apply to the other bor-
oughs at all, unless some specific attack
were to be made upon them one by one.
This, they argue, could only be done by
some parties inside each borough and
under the Attorney Generals name, both
of which conditions are extremely i'm
probable, as the Attorney General will
not allow his name to be nsed for such O.
purpose. and the greatest harmony pre-
vails in all the b%oroughs except Somers'
Point, against which the decision has
been made.
International Law Points from tlantic
City.
Mr.. William Adams, a well-known citi-
zen of Atlantic City, was summoned to
Baltimore yesterday afternoon, in the in
terest of the defence of the Navassa riot
ers now on trial in that city. The SUI
preme Court of the District OF Baltimore
holds that these rioters are answerable in
the United States for the murder of the
five American citizens ON the island, as
the United States Government has juris-
diction over Navassa.
The documents and evidence which
Mr.. Adams will furnish will be very i'm
portant and not improbably delay the
execution of any verdict that may be
hror0ht QuafnCt the cntOrad rrignnprG
Mr.. Adams will show that the
Government has made three distinct
declarations, by Secretary Freling-
huysen and his successor in office,
the last opinion of as late u date as
August last, that this government has no
jurisdiction in the Arenas Key Islands.
The Arenas Keys adjoin the Navassa
group and are secured and leased by
Americans in the same manner as the
Navassa Islands. Mr.. Adams will main
tain that if the United States has no
jurisdiction in the one case it can lave
no jurisdiction in the other.
Mr.. Adams will take the ground that
the government must either free the
prisoners or paw him the amount he has
lost from inability to work the guano
deposits on the Arenas Keys, amounting
to $500, 900. Mr.. Adams suffered serious
loss by the decision of Secretary Freling-
husen in refusing to acknowledge juris-
diction when he asked for the prosecution
of the murderers of his agent there seven
years ago. He spent $40, 900 in trying to
push the prosecution, without success.
Since his agent was murdered he has been
unable to get any person to superintend
the working the Arenas Keys.
A Hotel Thief Discovered
Detective Isaac Covert discovered that
William Mounce, collector for the Borton
Company, was the thief who broke into
the money drawer of the Seaside House
at Atlantic City, on Monday night, and
upon a hearing before Justice Goudley
today he pleaded guilty. Altogether
about $16S of the $3.50 stolen has been re-
covered. Mounce was bound over in $500
bail at the December term of court. He
has a wife and some little children and
claims that he was intoxicated when he
stole the money.
A Presbyterian semi-Centennial.
The semi-centennial Of the Presbytery
Of West Jersey was celebrated yesterday
in the First Presbyterian Church of
Bridgeton. The Presbytery comprises
the counties of Camden, Gloucester,
Cumberland, Salem, Cape May and
Atlantic.
There was a large attendance of the
members of the Presbytery, and the
services were of peculiar interest. Among
those present were the Rev. DR.. Henry j.
Van DxIxo NJ RrnaElvn and v-nracidant