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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
BUYING VOTES IN Essen.
4N4IMoST INCREDIBLE STORY OF
BoLD-FdCED BRIBERY.

Checks for a Vote Cashed by n Party
Treasurer-AIore Normal School Room
Wanted-Cheeky Republican Claim to
an Assembly seat-other State News.
The Newark Evening Nelcs of last
evening tells this incredible story
Practical politicians who worked at the
polls on Tuesday are ready to admit,
without regard to party, that the election
was the most disgraceful ever held IN
Newark, and, perhaps. in the State. 1t IS
not that more money was used thar here
tofore. Indeed, both parties were more
literally supplied one year ago, when the
liuuor men and brewers and the Republic
can National Committee poured thelr
golden showers into the pockets OF the
noll CAPTAINS. But more people wanted
to be bought on Tuesday than ever be-
fore. The plant of William II. Nlinams
regarding the purchase or votes IN Inc
Fourth ward has been re-echoed all over
the city. Groups and groups OF Well
dressed, strong, healthy men, sometimes
property owners, stood around the polls
and absolutely refused to cast their bal
lots for the candidates OF their WI paftles
until they were paid the current price al
which votes were quoted OF the market.
A Netcs reporter sat in a party treas
urer'sn room near one of the polling pre-.
eincts and saw intelligent men, many OF
whom, to his personal knowledge, were
making good livings, come IN with the
checks that had been given them by the
poll captain outside. They threw down
the checks and took the money in return
Just as unblushingly as though they were
engaged in an extraordinary business
transaction. Few, if any, of them ex-
hibited any sentiment OF shame or any
fear of detection or punishment.
The poll workers said that the tight TO
repeal local option last year and the bat
tie tina the Republicans made for the
Presidency had so debased The voters OF
this city at that election that there would
never be money enough again to satisfy
those who demanded it. In one precinct
of the Second ward, where about 600 votes
were cast, the Democrats paid 2S2 men Tor
voting and the Republicans paid 1871. a
total of 1923 purchased votes, nearly
seventy five per cent. OF all that were cast.
This is not an exceptional instance, but
only an instance in which the figures are
known by the Netos representative to be
correct.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
sIipped id Front oil . Traln.

At half-past eight O'Clock last night oc-
CURED an accident which. if it had not
been for the prompt action Of a b~ystander,
would have cost a life. a freight train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad was going
into Newark on the way to this city, and
at the same time a passenger train was
site direction. Just before the freight
reached Hamilton street the gates were
lowered. About the same time the pas
senger train started, a young lady came
from the east side Of the track. she got
under the gate and past the freight train,
but in crossing the other track she slipped
and fell directly in front of the passenger
train, and would AVE Been crushed had
not q b~ystander, seeing her fall, rushed
under the gate and grabbed the young
lady by the arm and pulled her under the
gate and saved her life.
When she was picked up she tainted
away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
RAILROAD 7

All the available working force OF the
Central Railroad is concentrated at Gran
ford to place switches and make the nee
essary connections for the Baltimore and
Ohio's Staten Island branch.
Mr.. John King president OF the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad,
has been b~lackballed by the Governing
Committee of the Union Club, of New
York. The mysterious part of the affair
is that there is no apparent cause for the
rejection of Nj. King. Ho was proposed
for membership by j.. Piermont Morgan,
and every one almost who saw the name
of Mr.. King posted expected that he
would get in without trouble. The mat
ter has stirred up IA big sensation,
Among the new regulations lnaugur-
ated on the first of the month is that all
headlights of sidetracked locomotives on
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg
shall be concealed by curtains at night.
The order goes into effect next Sunday.
The purpose of this innovation is to en-
able engineers of approaching trains to
more clearly distinguish switch and other
lights, and not be blinded and confused
by the glare of the headlight.
The Pennsylvania is beginning to fur
nish its through passenger trains with
steam heat in place of stoves or the Baker
heater. A number of engines are sent
every week to the Meadow shops to have
their steam-heating apparatus adjusted.
Several fast trains are already equipped
with it, including the Chicago Limited,
the Boston Line and the Chesapeake &
Ohio Express.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
and the necessary deposit of $1,000 per
mile has been made with the Secretary of
State for the Peacock extension of the
Rockaway Valley Railroad.
All of the brakenen who went as dele
gates to their convention at st. Paul tx
pressed themselves as highly delighted
with the hospitality shown to them in the
phenomenal city of the Northwest. They
saw everything that was to be seen, and
their leisure hours were Que constant
round of pleasure. Many of the delegates
took their wives with them.
"A few years ago the ferry of the Cen
trail Railroad had no general wagon bust
ness. Few vehicles were ever seen on
the boats, except the company's coal
carts and Il few heavy trucks from New
York loaded with freight. Now things
are different, and all kinds Of business
vehicles are found going TO and fro. The
Central is pushing the wagon ferry bust
ness, and is making a bid for Jersey City
freight. A new freight station has been
built near Henderson street and tracks
have been laid to it.
A new time table will go into operation
IN the Pennsylvania Railroad OF Sunday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
The New Normal school.

The State Normal Board held a meet
ing at the Normal School yesterday
morning. DR.. William A. Newell was
elected as a member of the Board OF
Trustees of the Farnum Preparatory
School in place of DIR. Chattle, and Super
intendent Chapman was also made a
member of the Board.
The Board decided to change the age OF
admission to the Normal School from fiji
teen to sixteen years.
A resolution was adopted, asking the
State Board of Education to request the
Legislature to appropriate $50 COO for the
erection of d new building on the State
grounds. This resolution was adopted in
conformity with Principal Green's desire
to have rooms for u gymnasium, manual
training and q large assembly room.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
A Triennial s. S. Convention.

A Triennial $. S. Convention. .
The third Triennial Convention OF the
New Jersey State Sunday School Assoc
citation. which win be held in the state
Street M. e. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday Of next week, will be addressed
on "Wednesday evening by DIR. Hurlburt
and Dir. Spellmeyer, of South Orange. On
"Wednesday afternoon Ralph Wells. ESQ.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
senator Gardner's Purity.

The official count Of Atlantic county
gives Grub 572 plurality; Gardner, sena-
tor, 224; Hudson, Assembly, 455; Wescott,
coroner 652; all Republicans. Upon the
vote on coroner the rcpresen tation to oil
Republican conventions will be estimated
and on this office the strength of the
party in this county is shown. 1t ex-
ceeds Harrison's majority by ia votes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
ACCORDION

HAND MADE ACCORDION PLEATING elegantly
done at Half Price to the trade. sixth Avenue
toilet HazaA No. 2e sixth avenue. New York
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09

and DR.. Pullen, OF East Orange. will adj
dress the assembly. DR.. Worden and
will be present on Thursday. All
of the Sunday schools are invited
to be nreSent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
UNION OF THE SAILORS.
AN ADVANCE IN WAGES TO BE
ASKED AT NEW YORK


Tie FIremen in the Same Organiza-
tion-The Longshoremen Backing
Them Up, and VIII Also Demand
Increased Wages-A Union Boarding
House in Contemplstion-A Monster
Demonstration.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2Z.-The Sailors and
Firenea's Union, which was recently or
ganized in this city by an individual sent
from Europe for that purpose, held meet
ing tonight in this city. The meeting was
called for the express purpose OF indorsing
circular which is to be sent at once TO the
maritime exchange and to all the ship
owners in this port, demanding that the
following shall hereafter be the rates of
wages to be paid for various degrees of
service indicated: Sailors on all steamships,
S35 per month: sailors Of all sailing vessels,
$50; greasers on steam vessels, $50; tiremen,
S45; coal-passers, S35.
A CONFERENCE TO BE ASKED.
All these rates of wages are a material
increase on the rates of wages now paid,
and the union will ask for a conference
with committee of the ship-owners, 10 be
held on or about Jan. 4, to discuss the queS-
ton in its varied bearings. The circular
describes at length the varied hardships of
the sailors, firenen and others on land, d.
tails how they are 70 b ID by boarding
house keepers, dishonest shipping masters,
are often "shanghaied" through the same
or similar influences, and suffer also in
other directions.
UNION BOARDING-HOUSE.
The union proposes to establish board
of re NUN on 10 Ia Wit
telephone connection with the maritime
exchange and with regularly recognized
offices in Brooklyn. Jersey City, Hoboken
and at other nearby points, where sailors
are shipped The circular claims that with
such an establishment, the expenses of
which they expect 10 defray, the ship-own-
ers and masters will be benefited quite as
much as the crews.
MONSTER DEMONSTRATION.
1t is pointed out tn at the union now has
six branches, with a membership of some
5000 men, and it was tonight determined
to back up their demands with a monster
demonstration, 10 be held simultaneously
with a meeting of the conference commit
tees. Professions will be sent along the
river fronts during the afternoon, and in
the evening the body will form on Broadway
IN the neighbOrhood of Bowling Green and
march to Cooper Institute, where a public
mass meeting will be held. In this move
ment the Sailors aud Firemen's Union will
have the support OF several longshoremen's
unions. so that. altogether, about 3d. 900
men are in the movement.
THE LoNGSHOREMEN AROUSED.
On the same day the longshoremen will
demand that their wages be increased to
81 cents per hour, and it is thought by
the men that this demand Will be
readily sacceded TO. SO far as
regards the Sailors and Firemen's Union,
they have little, if any, doubt Of their sue
cess, believing that majority of the ship,
owners will readily accede to their demands,
owing to the fact that they cannot obtain
non-union crews in foreign ports owing to
the existence there of similar organizations
to those affected
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28

find it SO easy toget the speakers eye and
free myself from the burden of those two
mastery Efforts | was put on ito naval
committee, which didL'r have much to do
with the tarin or the national finances.
The whole subject was absolutely new 70
me. Having no false Impressions TO start
With, entered upon the work without any
preJudices TO hinder M. l got more and
more interested, so much 50 that l forgot
all about addressing the house on the tariff
and the finances Now. I've been on the
naval COMMITTEES seven years, and / really
think that | know something about such
matters
Just then" continual Mr.. Hit, "Eras-
tus Wiman nodded significantly 20 Whit
taorne, and the comm 1d0re was on his feet
| think the toast be was 10 respond to had
something to do with interstate commerce
and railroad transportation But that
didn't matter. After Two or three quaint
wlt.lcisms which put everybody In good
huInor he was afioat on the hig hways OF the
seas with the stars and Stripes hoaing over
him. He launched broaiside after broadside
at his hearers. The merchant marine,
tonnage dues, the coasting trade, Ameri-
can bottoms IN foreign waters, the decay
Of wooden ships, the revival Of the ship
building industry, AID a score of other
topics we're handled in what was really q
mastery manner. Tables of satisfies and
columns Of figures were tumbled over on
these merchants in way that made some
of them who had lived all their lives n
statistical surroundings dizzy. They all
walked up and Whitthorne really made the
speech of the evening When he sat down
the applause was terrific. While they were
still shOwering him with compliments the
commodore nudged me and whispered:
THAT caught 'em, en-, Hittl l gave
'em the best part IF my two hours speech
in that ten minutes. and | think it was the
figures that fetched 'em. But
suppose Ihdad triedt to tell them
about the public debt, the rate of ex-
change and the ratio Of silver and gold, do
you suppose they'd have applaudei me /!
Not bit of it. My boat would have cap
sized. But when it comes to walking the
deck of the American navy l know the
gait to strike. NY seven years on the
naval committee haven't been wasted'n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
IN AIESIORIAM.
MOSES t. LEWNAN.

The Board of Directors and Building Com
mittee OF the Savannah Hotel Company wish
TO pay appropriate tribute to the memory OF
MOSES I. LEvnAS. late Of the firm Of u. T.
IeUman & Co. contractors for building the
DE Soto hotel, whose sudden death occurred at
IyOee on the 18th day OF las August. 1889.
AT once upon the inception Of their business
relations with Mr.. Lewnan he won the conf
dence OF this Board and Building Committee.
and he preserved IL to the day OF his demise
BY not single act OF his was their esteem
ever weakened, but with the incrl asing init
macy resulting from daily association cumula-
tive proofs were furnished Of bis title to their
respect and regard.
integrity, of high honor. He adhered rig
idly 70 his contracts, and toward others he was
ever fair, Just. and liberal in the Interpretation
and observance of all his obligations
He performed his WORK thoroughly and con
sclentlouSly, giving no cause for criticism or
complaint In his business dealings he eyinced
the fairness which invited confi1eDce and the
capability which justified it.
His death is a distinct loss to this community
and affiicts with a sense of personal sorrow
every member of this committee ana board.
Therefore. II is
Res5iued, l. That in adopting the foregoing
as expressing our estimate OF the character of
the late MOSES 7. LEwNAS. we desire to bear
public and enduring testimony to mis- worth and
virtues.
=. That to this end this paper be spread upon
the minutes of the Savannah Hotel Company
and published in the SAVANNAH MORNING News,
and that copy be sent 10 the family of the de-
ceased, TO whom we tender our respectful con-
dolence.
H. NJ. CONFER. Pres't; ]. RAUERs. Vice Prest;
". w GORDON, GEORGE j. BALDWIN,
LEE Roy MYERS, :JoHN FLANNERY,
DAVID WELLS, B. A DENMARK.
]. H. EsTILL- z. p. ALEXANDER,
]. NJ. BARNARD, JR, c. A REITzz, Sec'y.
SAVANNAH. GA. Dec. q, 1888
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
a Porter Who Refuses Tips.
From The Ne,c YORK World

The quaint old Irishman in the cafe of
the Morton house, who goes on duty at Z
o'clock In the evening and acts later on as
night Waterman, and who is known by
scores of prominent men around town
simply as John" is one of the most unique
and delightful characters anywhere to be
found. His Distinguishing characteristic
is that he has never received a tip and will
not accept one under any circumstances.
Gentlemen whom he has obliged by various
little attentions have offered him silver in
acknowledgment, and have received the
unusual shock of polite refusal, shock so
thoroughly unexpected as to transcend any
thing to be experienced away from the
neighborhood of a live electric wire
Probably the record of John in the direction
named is absolutely unequaled ia the entire
town. Other characteristics, however, he
has which match this one and baar it COM
pany. Although John has entire charge Of
the cafe at night, and although every one
in il is under his direction, he neither
drinks nor smokes, and is unfaillngly
courteous to everybody. 1t is needless to
add that under these unique conditions the
utmost confidence is put in John by Mr..
Vernam, the proprietor of the house, and
within the limits of the cafe and the limits
of the evening hours mentioned his word
is practically as good as law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
SHOT DEAD ON THE BEACH.
a Colc-Blooded Murder in santa Ross
County.


County.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Dec. 27.-News has
just been received here of a murder that
" as committed Christmas morning on the
shores of East bay IN Santa Rosa county.
A dance was in progress the night before at
the house OF Dan Harvell, ard liquor flowed
freely. Harvell and bis father-in-law,
BurreIl Martin, became Involved IN dis
pute, which. however. was anlcably settled,
and the two men retired. They appeared
at breakfast together, and were apparently
the best OF friends. When the meal had
beeI concluded, Harvell left the house and
walked toward tue beach.
his MURDERER AT HIS HEELS.
He was followei by Martin, who carried
shotgun, and who was not perceived by
him. The first notification he bad of his
shouted, Get Turning, Harvell saw
Martin with his gun loaded and leveled at
hun, and he shouted back, Don't
shoot me- With an oath, Martin
said he would kill Haryel, and
he forthwith fired. The LOAD OF buckShot
took effect in HarvelI's body, and he fell
dead on the spot. The tragedy was wit
messed by several persons on baard small
schooner about twenty-five yards away.
4ur uluIOtTeT Uldle Epyu MS tsNE1pSs eIu -
still at large. The murdered man leaves
wife and four children. The eldest of the
latter is not II years old.
A CHANGE OF INSPECTORS.
Lieut.. q. Blocklenger, inspector of the Sew
eath light house district, with headquarters
at Pensacola, has been relieved ami super
seeded by Lieutenant Commander Geor ge
r. Durand. Lieut.. Blocklenger has gone
to Washington, whence be expects TO be
ordered TO duty on board the United States
steamship Alliance.
PITTSBURG'S BASE BALL.
The Pittsburgs National League Base
Ball Club, which had previously made ar,
engagements to winter at Pensacola, write
that they will arrive here about Feb. 10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
A New Town in Prospect.

GAMBLER, FLA, Dec. PA syndicate Of
Boston. Mass, capitalists are securing op-
lions upon 1000 acres Of land on Smith lake.
one mile west Of town, upon which 10 build
town as an ideal winter resort. John H.
Foss, the founder of Belleview in this
county, Is at the head of the ENTERPRISE Upon
the beautiful sloping hills bordering this
lovely lake they propose to lay out and
build handsome cottages and large hotel.
W. T. Wallace of London, Eng, has be-
gun the erection of the handsomest resi-
dence in the town, and many others are
preparing to build.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
A NEW ENoCa ARDEN.
Return of a Man After an Absence OF
Thirty Years, TO Find His Widow q
Uifa


Return of Man After an Absence of
Thirty Years, TO Find His Widow a
Wife.
From the LONDON Daily Neacs.
Considerable excitement prevailed in
Greenwich and Deptford yesterday and on
Saturday in consequence of the unexpected
temperance of man believed to have
been drowned at sea thirty years ago The
man in question, Wi liam Henry Parker,
arrived in England two or three weeks ago,
and has since been busily engaged in search
ing for his wife. On Saturday he succeeded
in discovering her whereabouts, only to
find, however, that she, believing him dead,
had married respectable mechanic, and
was the mother of grown up family. As
may readily be imagined, his unexpected
appearance in the family circle created
great amount of CONSERVATION. His wife,
Notwithstanding the lapse of years, recog-
nized him Immediately, both by his voice
and personal appearance.
lt appears that in the spring of 1851,
Parker shipped in a vessel called the Will
lam and Mary, as common seaman, for
Quebec. On the return Journey, in the
month of August of that year, Parker one
evening was observed to fall overheard.
Boats were lowered aud every effort made
To save him, but he luld not be found, and
it was fully believed he was drowned The
captain, on the arrival of the vessel in
London, reported his death, and his supposed
widow mourned for him as dead, two years
atterward marrying a brass finisher, with
whom she is now living in East Greenwich,
and by whom she has family of five
grown-up sons.
Parker states that on the night he fell
overheard he drifted some distance from
the vessels before the William and Mary
could lower her boats, and was finally
picked up By Portuguese vessel bound for
South Anne lea, where he was landed. He
has had an adventurous career, at one pc
Rod being forced into the service of a
pirate. At another time he was uncon-
scious or delirious with the fever at Pa
lermo, no one knowing who or what he
was, while on yet another occasion he was
taken prisoner in the American civil war
while running the blockade with provisions
for the south. He found his way to the
gold fields, and is now worth fair amount
of money. Parker gives no explanation of
his failure to communicate with England.
He believes that his wife has been happy
with her second husband. A solicitor has
been instructed to make some amicable
arrangement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
Whitthorne Made a Hit,
From the Nelo York Tribune.

Congressman w. c. Witthorre, of Ten
nessee, VINO has been dangerously ill. is
getting better. This Is good news for the
commodores colleagues, who all like him.
One of his warmest friends is Representa-
tive Hit, of Illinois.
''Whitthorne,n said Mr.. Hit the other
day, sis man who doesn't mind telling
you that he learned something after he
came to congress. | remember few years
ago when several of us we're returning
from Boston and stopped over night in
New York. There was a commercial ban
quet of some sort at the Brunswick, where
we had rooms, and we had hardly got Into
the hotel when Erastus Wiman captlred us.
You know when Wiman gets after you
the only thing to do is to surrender. He
told us he had filed in the programme and
put us both down for speeches. | don't
know what it was about but
of course the text doesn't
make much difference at a banquet,
and when Wiman dragged us upstairs we
had his permission to say what we pleased
SO long as we helped fill out the programme.
Whitthorne and | were seated next to each
other, and in the intervals of the courses
he turned to me with twinkle in his eve
and said:
"'Hitt, reckon you've got an old speech
which you can fire off at these fellows
81 modestly admitted that | was fishing
around IL the depths of my memory for a
few trifing remarks that perhaps had done
service on former festive occasions of the
same sort, aud then threw out a suggestion
that perhaps he was revolving in his mind
some original ideas which he proposed to
fash on the assembled company. The com
modore's eyes twinkled again as he began
| TO tell me about it. Said my colleague
from Tennessee:
Hit when ] came to congress was
like every other new member / had a
great speech on the tariff Like every
other effort of the same sort, it was a
mastery speech. ! know it because it had
been delivered in Tennessee several times
aud everybody told me it was mastery.
OF course / ropossd TO deliver il in the
/ house at the first opportunity. Then had
another great speech. 1t was on the finan-
cial question, and incidentally had a good
deal to say about labor That was also q
mastery effort and had met the unqualified
approval Of my constituents who had
/ heard II. Naturally on some favorable oc
casion intended to illuminate the dark.
eued intelligence of the house by food OF
| financial light. Yet somehow l didn't