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The Progress., 1889-03-02
iNCENDiARY CATERN,4ULiNG,

We learn that on " Wednesday a
molly crew, lead by two or three
so-called chiefs, who, it is presum.
ed, had been previously fixed,
stuffed, primed and posted BY more
enlightened (D influences, called
at the agency Office, and, III the
most dramatic manner magma
BILE, informed agent 7. j. Sheehan
that matters Of some considerable
magnitude coupled with ideas Of
extraordinary proportion had been
disturbing the turbid routine Of
their mental faculty for many
suns and moons gone by. Their
|spokesmen stated that Wainah-'
boozho had whispered in dreams
warning them that The Progress
and its editor were features Of
terrible mien TO their civilization
and to the peaceful slumbers of.
a few servile poltroon, composed
of two or three unprincipled mixed
blood and as many degraded squaw-.
men, and to which same individu-5
ais may be accredited the head
and prime source Of all the wilful
strife, incendiary incitement, bla-
tant blatter and bragadocio bell
igerency hurled against The Prog
ress and its straig ghtforward policy
Of reform since It's establishment
upon the White Earth reserv alton,
1t was further stated that they
must needs have some proyi-.
sion and grand caterwaul pow
WOW la aborigine. Accordingly,
as we are informed, their views
met with gracious encouragement
as it would seem that, by some
mysterious means, they were sup
piled generously with provisions.
Thursday night, within ear-shot
Of the agency building and to the
apparent unconcern Of the agent
and his vigilant police force, the
dusky cabal reYeled and feasted,
and, during the several intermiss,
ion, each saleck' gloried in rehears-
ing his little piece" to be repeat.
the next day, and, in modern par
lance, roasted the Progress,
its editor, Col. C. H. Beaulieu, and
two or three others ''who belonged
here but who did not live here
Ere morning ''hesitated on tip
toe,' it was solemnly voted, that,
to solve the Indian problem, they
should, as per previous understand
ing, report to the office, speak
each his little piece and request
that the agent, straightway, stop
the publication Of The Progress,
that is, unless the editor would
swear, by the solemn dog head
oath, never again to publish any
thing only what they or the Office
would dictate under penalty Of
banishment!
Accordingly, on the following
Thursday, they filed to the agency
Office where, after greeting smile
and a hearty shake Of the hand
from the agent, each rehearsed his
s'ittle piece" To make the oc-
casion more impressive it was re-
quested that their "5ttle piece
should be forwarded to the Great
father at Washington, etc. Thus
ended one more Of those strange,
weared, and wilful features for
which the present administration
has been famous.
Comment on the above facts,
on our part, seems unnecessary to
convince an intelligent public Of
The Progress., 1889-03-02

As- Red My<" at the head Of this column
means Subscription Expired, !" Arrearage on
And that you are respectfully invited to re.
new and to continue your desirable patronage.
The Progress., 1889-03-02

Dr.. "a. NJ. Hawes, agency phys
ician at Red Lake reservation, is
reported as seriously i'll.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

Principals Meet to Discuss Qualifications
of the Present System.
A meeting of the male principals of the
public schools of the city was held last
evening in the superintendent's office for
the purpose OF discussing the present
system of examinations and promotions
that prevails in our school system.
Superintendent A. B. Poland presided
and all the principals were present,
besides President Voorhees, inc Director
Garrison. who were there by special
invitation.
The discussion was general and devel-
oped a wide diversity of opinion upon the
merits of the examination system.
1t was contended by some that much
time was wasted by eXaminati ons ex-
tending over months of each year, and
that it would be far better to devote the
time to instruction.
1t was the general agreement of
opinion, however, that examinations
properly controlled were efficient means,
but that their abuse was equally to be
feared.
The meeting adjourned without adopt
ing any special recommendation, subject
to the cali of the chair.
The subject will probably be revived
and some modification Of the present
system recommended to h Board of
Education later on.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
PERSONALS.

Irving S. Epson, the Rutgers College librarian,
has established a prize, open to members of the
Junior and Senior classes, for the best essay on a
subject in the field Of American literature. The
subject announced for the contest of 1890 is
Benjamin Franklin as a MAJ of Letters
Counsel for taxpayers of Acquackauonk town,
ship, in which Clifton 10 situated, have applied
to Judge Dixon for a summary investigation Of
the affairs Of the township. Judge Dixon re-
served decision and appointed extJudge Bafka-
low to take testimony. Hsbtg
While the Bloomingdale stage was standing in
the usual place on Main street last Saturday
morning some thief stole six hundred cigars
which were to be delivered in that Village. The
thief did his work SO we'll that he was not seen
and no clue has been Obtained of him, ~
John Crane, a sixteen year old boy. living in
Plainfield, was at play with companions Satur-
day, and, in Guiding their grasp in q game of
tag stumbled and fell into a raceway, just
above Hyde's flour mill. The rushing water car
ried him swiftly down toward the mill wheel,
which was running at full speed. Just as he
emerged from Ga culvert, Robert Carson, a car
penter caught him by his oyercoat and saved
him from a most certain death. The boy will
recover, although he was nearly drowned.
Ex-Secretary of the Board Of Education Royle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
MRS. J0HNSTON'S SUIT.
A Case in Which Contractor Manning
Figures Somewhat.

A Case in Which Contractor Manning
Figures Somewhat.
Frank Johnston, a carpenter in the en-
ploy of the D., i. & w. r. r., was tried
before Recorder McDoeough in Hoboken
yesterday on a charge of abandonment
preferred by his wife. The testimony
elected a strange story.
Until eighteen months ago Mr. and
Mrs. Johnston lived happily at Bloom
field, N. J.. They had five children, and
everything went smoothly until theN APP
pearance of John Manning, a Paterson
contractor. Manning, it is claimed by
Johnston, usurped his place in his w1fe,s
affections. Johnston eXpostulated with
his wife, but Manning's visits continued
until, Johnston says, he elected him from
the house.
all of the household effects, including his
carpenter tools and moved them to some
place unknown. His wife brought suit
in an Essex County court to try n com
pei him to support her. The testimony
Yesterday developed the fact that h
son was told to skip.
He did and came to Hoboken. where he
secured employment az the y, l.. g VIZ.
r. shops at 50 q day. Mrs. Johnston, hear
ing of the prosperity of her former liege
lord came to Hoboken last week and pre-
ferred charges of abandonment against
him.
Counsellor DAILY, in summing up, said
that there was a case still pending in the
Essex County Courts which would make
the proceedings yesterday null and void.
The Court ordered that Johnston pay
his wife S. a week. Samuel Evans, the
saloon keeper, became 9 Johnston's Sc
cUritV.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04

whose connection with Paterson finance is nov
notorious, has been thoughtful enough to return
through his wife. his badge of office, which i
now worn by Secretary Oler. Mr.. Royle's ex
ample is one that will no doubt be followed BY
the School Commissioners, Aldermen and Mayo
when their terms of Office expire, as it will savt
the taxpayers several hundred dollars and also
the trouble of buying a batch of gold badge:
each year.
The United States Industrial Insurance Com.
pany, of Newark, has increased its capital stock
from 500, 0o9 TO $25O,0OO. The new subscribers
are William Clark, George b. Jenkison, George
A. Halsey and the Messrs. Ballantine.
The Methodist Episcopal Bishops have ar
ranged the plan of episcopal visitation for the
spring conferences. The Newark conference
will be held at Centenary Church. Newark, com
mencing Wednesday, April T.. presided over by
Bishop John P. Newman, DID, LID. The
reputation of this noted man, through his init
macy with the late General Grant, is world
wide. Bishop Newman was elected at the last
General Conference. and of course it will be the
first time he has presided over the Newark Con-
ference.
Paul Smith, foreman of Alert Hose Company
of Hackensack, has been expelled. Last August
the 'kitty box was slyly robbed. BILLY" Har-
rison, court crier, constable and poormaster, is
an active member of Alert Hose Company, and
has three sons in it. Smith accused one of Har-
rison's sons of having robbed the kitty. The
boys father asked for o committee to inves-
tigate. The request was granted and the charge
was not sustained. Upon the report of this com
mittee Friday night Smith was expelled. He
- 4lo& H. o,o- oo,,ad any "a nf boiOo
the thief, and win appeal to the Board of Fire
Officers.
Speaking of money contributed for the va ious
charitable, religious or other public purposes a
gentleman called attention to the fact that
Paterson has of late done remarkably well in
that direction. For the new hospital $4,000 was
raised; 81, 600 for the Old Ladies' Home; $4,000
for the First Baptist church, $1,000 for the
Church of the Redeemer; adding to this the
value of Mrs. Ryles munificent gift to the
Public Library, and the contributions In the
various churches, and it will be found that
the Paterson people have been very liberal
during the past year.
Bergen county pedagogues are wrought up
over the scolding County Superintendent Ter
hume gave them at the Teachers Institute.
During the year three have been placed under
bonds for violence to children, and Mr.. Terhune
reminded the teachers that there was a law pro-
hibiting corporal punishment and that he had
had thirteen complaints within six months re-
garding its violation. He said:-"You are not
expected to strike, shake, choke, or force any
pupil to assume an injurious position, neither
are you privileged to call a child entrusted to
your care for mental and moral culture, a Ounce,
blockhead, fool, or brainless IDIOT
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04

nj oTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN HAT ON H 9TH
IN day of September, 1889, application was made
by Johu h. Halliday and Others for the improve
VAN HORN sTgEET.
between Johnston avenue and Maple street, in the
following manner, Including all Intersections
To have the street for the full width thereof,
graded to the established grade by excavattng or
filling the same to the established grade.
To have new twentyinch curb set on each side
thereof.
70 have the carriage way paved with Belgian
block pavement.
TO have new bridge stone c~rosswalks laii.
To have the present bridge srone crosswalks re-
laid and new bridge stone laid where necessary. 3
vide for the iiow of the surface water and TO Com
,plete the improvement in a good and substantial
manner, w Hf N
vember. 1850, the Commissioners of Assessment filed
with the Board OF StreetsandNN ater commissioners
their preliminary sketch, showing what property
of benefit to each lot Of parcel 81 Asnd, Ss1so the
probable amount of assessment per foot OF front
age for the said improvement and the same Is now
oPe he e B gnsii &C s streef aSd M ~ sas come oo@@ 81 III sssFt1
o. avenues q gsfszsssisF ssSrohs. theraofsf arg III
VAN HORN STREET.. a3
from Johnston ayenue y MAplgsstseess w @SS
MAPLE STREET,
from Van Horn street, about y feet NORTH apd y
And that the aUth day Of December, 1889,
at 10 o'clock a. M. and the meeting room OF the
hereby fixed as the time and place when and where
tile Board of Street and Water Commissioners VIII
meet 70 hear parties Interested In said application,
and all remonstrances against the said improve
ment that may be presented in writing.
BY order OF the Boara or Street anG Water Com
mi'A'0ns GEORGE T. BouToN,
Dated Jersey City. N. j. November 2s.iSss.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
French Lady Politicians.


One of the most amusing incidents con-
nected with the recent electoral campaign
in France has been a meeting at which
Nine. Astie de Valsayre, Nine. Saint
Hilaire and several other ladies, much
annoyed because their declarations of
candidature were not seriously accepted
by the authorities, held forth on the sub
ject of women's rights. The Cheyenne
Saint Hilaire declared that twenty-five
years ago she had two paths before, her,
that OF work and that of pleasure, but
preferred the first, at which there were
roars of laughter. She is q plain old
woman: hence, perhaps, the exclamation,
THAT is not surprising" which cut short
her confession. In fact, she would not
proceed. Nor was Nine. Astie de VAL
sayre more fortunate, for as she de-
veloped her opinions. cries of Down
with the female politicians resounded
in the room. But the climax was reached
when Nine. Saint Hilaire e~ndeavored to
engage tn single combat with another
lady who declared that women had no
business in the Chamber, but ought to
stay at home and look after their house
hold; while in another corner a couple OF
females were seen scratching each others
faces and making light of each others
hair. Shortly afterward the president
was forced to bring the meeting to a
Observation-Disclosures Press. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
HURT IN A wREsTLE.

A saloon Row and One Man in the Hos
pital.
S~aloonkeeper Mathew Lawlor was in
Justice Stilsing's court this morning
charged with atrociously a%ssaulting Will
liam Hawker, of Washington street, New
York, yesterday in his saloon at the cor
her Of Newark avenue and Monmouth
street.
Hawker entered Lawlor's saloon yester-
day and asked for a drink. He was
drunk and Lawlor refused him and
ordered him out. Hawker attempted to
enter a second time through a side door
and was forcibly elected by Lawlor. He
grabbed up a window brush and jabbed
it through Lawlor's stained glass door.
A scuffie took place between the two
men and, according to Lawlor's story,
Hawker fell on the sidewalk and cut the
back of bis herd so severely that he
tainted several times after from loss OF
blood. Hawker was taken to the Grove
street station house last night and con
veyed to the City Hospital. Lawlor was
b ram n ssJfet r'tfil ~ -i}at|t SIG 5tfH u
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
AMUSEMENTS.
v. j. seaman in ..Myles Aroon."

W. j. Scanlan in ''Myles Aroon."
Commencing next Monday evening
w. j. Seaman, the celebrated Irish
comedian, will appear at the Academy
of Music, appearing in his celebrated
four-act Irish comedy drama, ''Myles
Aroon.n Since the play was last pro-
duced here several alterations have
been made, the dialogue frightened
and the climaxes strengthened. Mr..
Seaman will sing the following songs
written and composed by himself for
this play:-'You and l, Love" MY
Maggie" Live, my Love, oh Live
Scanlan's swing song and his ever
popular 'Peek-a-Boo."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
1t Recalls the Railway Murder.

1t Recalls the Railway Murder.
There is a remarkable similarity in
the names brought to the surface by
the story of Mamie Hughes, the long
missing but now returned New Bruins
wick girl, and those brought to the
surface during the excitement over
the body of the yet unidentified girl
who was murdered at the wayside in
Railway three years ago. The Hughes
girl says that she somehow fell into
the hands of a family named Froat,
near New Brunswick, and that the
head of that family, by way OF
secluding her, rowed her to the home
of his son on Staten Island, and that
there she was kept in durance till a
fortunate turn of affairs enabled her
to make her escape.
When the Railway murder excites
ment was at its height the squalid
tenement on the outskirts of the city,
in which a man named Froat lived
with his family was kept under care
full surveillance. 1t was a common
rumor among the neighbors that he
was in the habit of inducing wander
ing girls to visit his rancho, and that he
even frequented Castle Garden in
search of them, and that they were
kept with his family without any
especial restraint apparently, and pos
sibly only by the inducement OF cheap
board, but it seemed pretty generally
agreed that the morals of the estab-
lishment were not any too clean,
and that his purpose in harbor-
ing these homeless girls was open
to criticism. About the time of
the murder, it was insisted that a
young woman closely answering the
description of the murdered girl had
been seer hanging up clothes in the
yard of his premises, while no trace
of her could be found after the tRag
edy. But, because new faces were con-
stantly appearing at his place and dis
appearing from it with Kaleidoscope
suddenness, the information about
this particular girl was of so vague
and shadowy a character as to make
her positive Identification in the man
gled victim of the roadside out of the
question.
At the same time the suspicion
against him was 80 general that he
found it more comfortable to move out
of Railway than to stay in it, and
before the reporters had dropped their
Investigations, he pulled up stakes
and moved his family tent I'VE to the
neighborhoodof New Brunswick.
The Froat into whose hands Mamie
Hughes fell, lived neal New Bruins
wick, and her story so exactly de-
scribes the methods of this Railway
suspect, that we cannot help wonder
ing whether her abductor is the same
man.
The presumptions + of course, all
against the likelihood of the story the
returned girl tells, but the antecedents
of this man Froat, are such as to
make it worth careful investigation
by the authorities there.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
INHnMAN KURDS.

4 "
Murder and Rapin inflicted ON Chris-
tian P~eassntry.
Ihave already explained how the Ashi-
rets are forced to pasture their focks out
side their country on account of the mar
rowness of their valleys. Last summer
QSSS) the sheep of Ashitha, the largest
village in Tiari, were being fed in a coma,
or mountain pasture, in charge of the
women and girls of the village, to the
number of about 800, and two men.
On July 81 the camp was suddenly sur
rounded by the Kurds. The men were
slaughtered in cold blood; all the women
and girls were violated; five, who made
the most resistance, We're killed, one
atrocious cruelty which | shrink from de-
scribing in the pages of this review; an
other slowly put to death by repeated
hanjar thruStS, and several more wounded.
The unfortunate women were then
stripped entirely naked and left in that
state to make their way back to Ashltha.
The object of this terrible outrage was
attained. The sheikh from Amadia had
been preaching a general massacre of the
Christians, and the Kurds intended to
arouse the Tiari that they might have an
excuse for Strengthening them.
The Tiari, wild and uncivilized as they
are, were maddened by grief and indigna-
TlOl. rdbDefs, nus UdnuS duQ DIUUucES
seized their iint-lock guns and prepared
to avenge the honor of the outraged
women. Against them there then assem-
bled a host of Kurds, to the number of at
least 10, 600 men, most of them armed with
Martini and other modern rifles, suffiient
not only to repel the feeble attack OF the
Tiari, but also to force the entrance to the
valley. Up to August 10 the Turks
| showed no signs of interfering, when Mr..
| Brown sent a messenger across the Per-
| of the Archbishop's Mission at Urmi,
with a letter concealed in his turban.
The canon Instantly t~eIegraphed to H.
b. Ms Consul General at Tabriz, and the
| Turkish authorities in the province of
Van, hearing of the publicity given to the
| affair, at last took steps to dispense the
Kurds and to prevent the impending
massacre. Whilst these events were pass
ing DIR. Cholmley and / arrived at Urmi
from England and proceeded at once to
Kochanes, where we found the Tiari
chiefs, to the number of twenty, as
sembled at the Patriarch's residence to
consider means for their defence.
One OF them was the husband of the
woman who was slowly put TO death by
dagger thrusts. 1t will hardly be believed
| that when the danger was at its height,
and the onslaught of the kurds was daily
expected. all that the distracted, helpless
Patriarch and chiefs could suggest was
that kilograms should be dispatched to
the Queen of England, the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the King of Francep'
They are rather behind the times, poor
souls, in their knowledge of politics and
| history -Njneteel1Lb CGut3Jru,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04

According to an old traveller, one of the
first Things one notices in the crowd of
passengers recently quitting American
shores is the sensible and appropriate
costumes in which they array themselves.
The reproach of the American woman
that she wears costly and heavy jewels at
from her. Her Charming sea costume
bears the marks of artists brains and fin
gers, but is simplicity itself. A steel blue
serge, perhaps trimmed with white braid,
a little straw bonnet and blue veil, a tiny
scarf pin at the throat, no earrings, no
brooch, and only keepsake rings on her
fingers.-Sdn Francisco ATgond1tt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04

church fair be made to answer, the
questions so often asked concerning
the practical education of young girls?
Let the business of these fairs be en-
trusted to them under the supervision
of such older people as are competent
to instruct, and let every penny be
accounted for. Could not some
of the more frivolous features OF
the fairs be replaced by others better
calculated to instruct those VINO
manage them? Why not get up a
fair in which each booth should be Or
ganized after the plan of a commercial
house, with the strictest regard for n
methods of bookkeeping and OF buy
ing and selling? Then, at n next
fair, let there be a rotation in office.
In this way, a girl who grows
up in church work will find
herself fitted for an active bust
ness career; or for matrimony
either, for that matter. Training of
this sort would be of much more use
to the widow or orphan girl than
fancy needlework or ven typewrit-
ing, for the money of the world is to
be made by well formed business
habits, whether in man or woman, and
wherever situated.
We do not mean to say that church
fairs today are wholly barren of such
useful lessons; but could not they be
made more instructive?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04

The Hotel Bernina,' at Samaden. has for
some time been lighted with electricity,
power being supplied by a waterfall. AS
during the day this power is not required
for lighting, and is therefore running to
waste, the proprietor of the hotel has hit
upon the idea of utilizing the current for
cooking when it is not required for light
ing, and an experimental cooking ap-
paratus has been constructed. This CON
tains German silver resistance coils, which
are brought to a red heat by the current,
and it has been found possible to perform
all the ordinary cooking operations in a
range fitted with a series of such coils
YhR EIecfricinM
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-04
The Phonograph in Church.

A large audience IN the Park Reformed
Church were greatly interested with the
exhibition of the phonograph which was
given. there last night. The wonderful
machine recited "How Columbus Discoy-
cred New Jersey" sang solos, four part
songs, duets, whistled, gave several imita-
lions of brass bands, aud in numerous
other ways amused the listeners. AS an
adjunct several recitations and songs
were given by members of the audience,