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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
Good Work for the suffering.

JEfkShl VIII NUFs ., 4o9O.
To the Editor of the JERSEY Ctr Netcs:-
Will you kindly allow me through
your columns, on behalf of the council
of Christ Hospital, to return our grateful
thanks TO the contributors for their gen
erous response TO our appeal on the ami
yersarv donation days. Their substantial
gifts of money. coal, -four, sugar and
supplies of all kinds were timely ana OF
great benefit. We are also under obliga-
tions to the Abercrombie Guild for their
invaluable services in sending out the
hungry bags" and attending TO the re-
ceiying of them at the hospital.
GEORGE II. WHITE, treasurer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL.


The Whole Surgical star Busy Caring
for the Injured
Tho scene among the wounded at St.
Francis Hospital was distressing. The
services of the entire surgical staff of the
hospital we're called into requisition and
seven cots in the surgical room on the
fourth floor were occupied by the
wounded Italians undergoing the opera
tions OF leg and arm setting and
sewing mp Of scalps. The sisters.
in their sombre gowns, tread
softly around the cots speaking words OF
cheer and sympathy, while the groans Of
the wounded resounded through the
halls
Father Mazziotta, of the Holy Rosary
Church. went about from cot to cot adj
ministering cheer and endeavoring to as
certain the names and address OF the
wounded.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
A SURVIVORS, EXPERIENCE.

Helped Dowa by comrade Bleeding
aud Nearly Unconscious.
Thomas Kerr who was badly injured
about the head and legs. left st. Francis
Hospital as soon as his hurts were at
tended to. He was seen at Ewing's hotel.
No. 13 Montgomery street, where ne is at
present boarding. His pains were too in
tense TO allow him to talk nationally.
When asked his experience. he said:-"l
was working ON the top floor with gang
OF twelve men for Post a. Cord. who have
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

down with them. yet his three horses re-
mained motionless. Most Of tho Injured
men were on the scaffolds near Finn.
Before the dust cleared away Finn was
on the street dazed and badly frightened.
He was so agitated that he could only say
that he had narrow escape.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22


At a quarter past nine this morning the
west wall of Wells, Fargo s. Co.'S new
building collapsed. and eight men. and
perhaps more. were buried in the ruins.
The building is situated on Pavonia ave-
nue.. between Coles and Monmouth
streets.
At the time of the accident the four
walls of the building were up, and the
heavy iron trusses were being put in
place. The wall fell outward. The un-
supported iron trusses plunged down
through the building. carrying the grid
ers and timbers of each floor TO the bot
tom, mass of debris.
The wall fell outward with roaring
noise. and the crashing OF timbers. bricks
and iron sent up great cloud of dust
When the crash came gang of Ital-
ians were at work putting the girders IN
place and they went down with the
ruins. Immediately after the crash men
came tumbling out of the building from
all directions. People from the adJoin-
ing houses poured into the street and all
was confusion.
The workmen who escaped from the
building stood in q crowd outside the
building supplied. no one knowing what
to do. Then from the wreck came means
and cries of ''For Gods sake take me
out" The men hesitated but for nom
ent. then one of them led the way and
the rest rushed with him into the
wrecked building.
Most of the men who were pinioned by
the mass of brick aud timber were near
the top. They were nearly all Italians.
Pickaxes and crowbars were used to pry
of the top timbers.
THE FIRST RESCUED.
The first man brought out was an Ital-
ian called Mike. Four men carried him
to Rutter's drug store corner of Coles
street. After this the work of rescuing
proceeded rapidly. aud six men were
taken out of the ruins, all of them being
Italians. Some were crushed about the
legs. and most were cut and bruised about
the head.
When the men who had been taken
from the surface of the debris had been
removed, the work of rescuing stopped,
as the rear wall of the building looked
shaky.
Three bricklayers were at work on
scaffold outside of the building when the
wall fell out. They were Patrick Bren
nan. Edward Eye and Richard Matthews.
Tho scaffoid went down with the rush,
carrying the men with it.
saw Matthews after the accident.
His face was cut and bruised and he
complained that his hips were hurt. He
said.-"I don't know how escaped. l
lost my head after the crash and the next
thing knew found myself out on the
street must have remained on top of
the timbers and crawied out Z"
Brennan and Eye are still unaccounted
for.
TWO MEN NARROWLY ESCAPE.
Two stonecutters were at work on the
ground floor just before the wall fell.
They heard a rolling sound and looking
upsaw the waving wall They dropp cd
their tools and ran for the street Their
escape was miraculous.
Sergeant Buckbee, of the First precinct
police station. lives just around the corner
fioin the building. He heard the roar OF
the falling walls and hurried around to
investigate. He took IN the situation at
club men read the Jersey City Athletic
club noue in the SUNDAY herald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

WASHINGTON, Nov. q. lsso-weather
indications for twenty-four hours for
Eastern New York. New Jersey and East
ern Pennsylvania.-Fai and cooler.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

There were arrasgned in the Court Of
Sessions this morning. August Orlowski,
assault and battery, not guilty; David
Foster. petit larceny. not guilty. aud
Frank Cloeweu, assault aud battery. not
guilty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

THE INJURED.
THOMAS KERR, age 40. No. 10 Montgom-
cry street; scalp wound and injured
about leg.
NIcoLo PETRAEo, age %. Fourth street;
leg and arm broken; skull fractured.
ARSENIC GENTLE, age 2S, No. 307
Fourth street. confused wound of the
scalp.
ARSENIC BENDETTI. age 40, No. 432
Second street, confusion of hip and side.
VITo Moro. No. 1Y6 Colgate street.
NIcoLo GARDANo, age 90, No. 204
Hester street. New York. collar bone
broken.
NIcoLo GENDI, age 32. lacerated scalp.
EMIL HAGEN. age %, carpenter, No. l05
Cherry street. confusion of arm and
shoulder.
UNKNOWN ITALIAN, with confused lac
Grated wound of face and scalp. Dying
CHARLES TIGHE, of Wayne street.
badly wounded about the head. Taken
home in DR.. Hoffman's carriage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

Thomas Finn. the foreman of the
masons and bricklayers upon the build
ing. had a narrow escape. He was at
work upon three-horse seaffosd when
the crash came. The scanolus all about
began to fall. taking the men upon them
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

There were 245 failures in the Unit d
States reported TO Brudstreet's during the
week. against 200 IN the preceding week
and 259, 25s. 1888 and 2oz IN the correspond
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
FILTHY HOBOKEN.
Streets Not Swept in Three Weeks,
and the Air Full of Real Estate.


The streets of Hoboken are in a filthy
condition. The street cleaning fund is
exhausted. and broom has not touched
the streets in about three weeks. Street
Commissioner Kelly is unable to put any
men to work as there is no money.
This morning the pedestrians who were
abroad were almost blinded with the dust.
In some streets uptown the air was Like q
fog. City Physician Simon told me that
II the NTH was not removed from the
streets very soon there would be q great
deal of sickness
As it had been ru mored for some time
in Hoboken that an act woukQ be intro
duced at the coming session providing
the pumping system, several citizens met
in Boncelet's Hail last night and
urged upon Assemblyman DAILY 70 oppose
the measure. Among the gentlemen
present were Messrs. Osterndorf Barry
and Walsh and Counciimen Bewig. Bon
eelet and Kelly. AssembfFman paly
promised that he would oppose any bill
which might be introduced providing ion
the pumping OF the meadows.
To put the system In operation would
cost $3.50 900, aod the expenses Of running
ii would be about 81. 600 year
Hoboken Notes.
Earle aud Remington in Hearts Of
New York" viii end their engagement a.
this theatre tonight Tomorrow Roland
Reed ii 'sThe Woman Hatern will start
four days engagement There viii
be an extra holiday matinee ~ this theAf
tire on THANKSGIVING Day
The fair of ST. Johns German Church
will close at Odd Fellows Hall tonight
The fair has been huge success.
It is believed that the terminal OF the
great North River bridge will be on the
Heights on a line with Fifth sEreet-
Charles B. Brush, of this city, is the -
sistant engineer
Assistant City Clerk KIrschner and
Constable Peter Quinn had some hot
words in the City Clerks Office yesterday.
There was no blood spilled
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

The right way 70 cure catarrh IS TO eradicate
the poisonous tainf winch causes the disease, oy
taking Hoods Sarsaprilla
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
MISSING.

-- McTAMANY, laborer. was working
on building and has not been heard of
since
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

ing weeks of 1889, 1885, 1857 and 1885 re-
spectively. The total number OF failures
IN the United afes January 10 date is
6,047 against 10. 1O7 in 1859.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

loxer. Of snusie read the Jersey City
Athletic Club news In the ''sanday
herald"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
UNE DEAD.
The West Wall of Wells,
Fargo < Co.'s New
Building Falls, Car
rying Workmen
Down with 1t.
MANY OF THEM INJURED.
A Huge Mass of Broken
Timbers, Twisted Iron
Orders and Bricks
Piled Forty Feet
High.
TOO MUCH PRESSURE
ON THE WALL.
The High Wind Started an Iron
Truss Swaying and Then the
Walls "Buckled."
LIST OF THE INJURED.
THE DEAD.
THE INJURED.

GEORGE BARRETT, New York. IRON
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
DARING AERONAuT.


ABOVE the EarJn.
The aeronaut Higgins went up the
other day from Croydon, near London,
on trapeze attached to his ballon,
meaning to come down by parachute:
but an accident happened to the para
chute in strong current of air, and he
had to cut it loose. This caused the
balloon to shoot up six thousand feet
higher, and on reaching that altitude
he met another current which brought
him back and he saw nothing until he
passed through some sleet and snow.
He could hear the sound of trains, how
ever. All of a sudden he found himself
in darkness caused, he presumed, by
snow and thick atmosphere. He was in
this snow-storm, as near as he could
Judge for at least ten minutes and when
he had passed through it the sun was
shining beautifully.
Below him he could see what APP
peared to be snowy mountains rising up
and down for miles and miles. He
could see distance of some forty miles,
and was able to discern the sun glisten-
ing on the sea of Brighton. He found
Juo dll BCGGluB NolJ Sudlp dlu hccll,
and long icicles were hanging from his
mustache, and he had no sooner rubbed
them off than others formed. For few
minutes he was quite deaf. He now
seemed to be descending on the noun
tains of snow, and he thought be was
getting near Hastings or Brighton. He
could smell the sea. Thinking he was
coming down, he took hold of four of
his guy ropes and pulled the balloon
partly over on one side to allow some of
the gas to escape at the mouth.
The balloon then turned round three
times, and he remarked to himself, 81
am descending" He did nothing more
to the balloon, merely sitting on his
trapeze watching for terra firma, which
he did not see for some considerable time.
At length he saw some ploughed fields.
When he was about two thousand feet
from the earth he prepared to descend
by hanging by one arm on to his little
trapeze rope as if he were using his
parachute, and got safely to earth
thirty miles from where he started. he
thinks he got about five miles above the
earth. Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11

Nicettc's unexpected confession caused
him? Was it death?
unfortunate that l am cried the
poor fellow: she loves me. Happiness
is within my reach. and l am TO die
without enjoying it
Then selling Nicette's hands fever
ishly, ne told her all-the letter res
ceived, the perfume inhaled, the prog
nosis of his old friend, the will written,
the steps taken, the success Obtained.
And now he concluded, Il All going
to die"
But it is impossible" said Nice{tc;
This doctor is mistaken. Who is hc!?"
"a man, Nicette, who is never mis-.
taken-Dr Bardais."
"Bardais, Bardais" suddenly ex-
claimed Bouvard, bursting out laugh
ing. Listen to what my newspapers
says. The learned DR.. Bardais has
suddenly been attacked with mental
alienation. The madness with which
he is afflicted has scientific character.
1t is we'll known that the doctor was
specially engaged in the Investigations
of poisons He believes now that all tho
persons whom he meets are poisoned.
and he persuades them that they are.
He was carried to an asylum last night
at midnight"
The two young people fell into each
others arms.-From the French.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
Hungry Toads at Supper.

When the electric lights in the out
skirts of the tow flash out the toads ir
the neighborhood know that their sup
per time is come, and they hurry to the
feast. A lady, relating an experience
similar to that of other observant per-
sons, tells how she was recently
waiting in a carriage near an electric
lamp, which had just been lighted.
while her friend went to neighboring
shop. In the dry road she presently saw
stir, and looking over the wheels saw
hopping in all directions across and
around toads aiming for the light She
saw, on going nearer, that there was
ring of toads underneath the light al.
ready waiting for the fall of moths ano
the insects of night that drop from the
Understanding flame. 1t was curious
sight-those creatures squatted in Gil.
Gle, with upturned heads. waiting for
the victims to drop into their mouths
n. Y. Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
ACHIEVEMENTS OF FAKiRS.
They Live for Weeks and Even Months ia
State of Trance.

They Live for Weeks and Even Months in
a State of Trance.
There are various circumstances
which must exert modifying influence,
and either increase or diminish the
period during which life can be sus-
tanned in the absence of food. Other
things being equal, stout person has a
chance of living longer than thin one,
inasmuch as he possesses larger store
of combustible material which will
serve him as fuel. Exposure to cold in
conjunction with starvation always ac-
CELEBRATES death, while a moderately
high temperature aids in prolonging
life. The presence of moisture in the
atmosphere has similarly favorable
effect, inasmuch as it diminishes the
eXhalation of fluid from the body. 1t is
probably owing to warmth and moisture
that persons buried in mines or con-
fined in some similar manner have had
their lives preserved beyond the ordi-
nary period. In morbid states of the
nervous system, life may be prolonged
in the most extraordinary manner in
the absence of food. In remarkable
case, recorded by DR.. william, of young
gentleman who starved himself under
the influence of religious delusion,
life was prolonged for sixty days, dur
ing the whole of which time nothing
but little orange juice was taken.
Somewhat analogous to the cases just
mentioned are those in which all food
is abstained from while the person is in
state of trance or partially suspended
animation. This state may be pro-
longed for many days or even for weeks,
provided that the body be kept sufficient
ly warm. The most remarkable in
stances of this character have been fur
nished by certain Indian falsirs, who are
able to reduce themselves to state re-
sembling profound collapse, in which
all vital operations are brought almost
to stapdstill. In one case the man
was buried in an underground cell for
six weeks, and carefully watched; in
another the man was buried for ten
days in grave lined with masonry, and
covered with large slabs OF stone. When
the bodies were disinterred they re-
sembled corpses and no pulsation could
be detected at the hears or in the
arteries. Vitality was restored by
warmth and friction. New Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
WHITE HORSE MILL.
A Monster Emblematic Figure Made by
One of the Saxon Kings.


About two miles to the north of Lam
bourne, in Berkshire, England, is White
Horse Hill, on the summit Of which
there is a large Roman entrenchment
called Ellington Castle. A little below
the castle on the steep side of the hill
facing the northwest is the figure of
gigantic white horse, the Dimensions of
which extend over about an acre of
ground. Its head, neck, body and tail
consist of one white line, as does also
each of its four legs. The outlines OF
the monstrouS specimen of the genus
equas are formed by cutting trenches in
the chalk, of which the hill is mainly COM
posed, the bitches being two or three feet
in depth and about ten feet wide. The
chalk of the trench being of beautiful
white color and the surrounding turf
the greenest of green, the figure of the
horse can be plainly seen at distance
of twelve miles and even farther, it is
said, if the sun is shining brightly.
A white horse is known to have been
the standard of the Saxons, and some
have supposed that this monster en-
blematic figure was made by Hengist,
one of the Saxon Kings. Mr.. Wise, an
author who has written much of the
celebrated white horse of Berkshire,
brings several arguments to prove that
this figure was made under order of
Alfred, during the reign of Ethene0,
his brother, and that the figure is
monument to victory over the Danes
in the year ST.. Other well-known
writer's are of the opinion that the won
derfnl white horse is natural freak,
one of natures oldest oddities. Ash
mead Burton thinks that the early
tribes noted the outlines of a horse on
the hillside and gradually worked it in
to its present graceful symmetry. How
ever this may be, it has been custom
since time out of memory for the neigh
boring peasants to assemble on certain
day of each year, usually about mid
summer, to clear away the weeds from
the White Horse and to trim the edges
of the trench so as to preserve the color
and shape. This task is known for
miles around as Securing the Horse. :"
A large mound at the foot of White
Horse Hill and almost directly under
the Horse is called Dragon Hill.
Here, according to tradition, ST. George
killed the dragon. On the top of this
mound, or barrow" there is space
about fifty yards square upon which not
spear Of grass has grown during the
last thousand years. The peasants say
that the grass can not grow on account
of the ground having been poisoned
with the dragons blood at the time st.
George gave him the fatal wounds.
Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
A Story of Calamity Jane.

"Bushels of chills and fever litera-
ture have been written about Calamity
Jane,'" said Cassius Reynolds, "a Wyo-
ming ranch owner, 'but a true story of
her has never been given to the world.
These stories rejected upon her CHAR
acter, when, as matter of fact, she
was good and brave woman. l saw
her few weeks ago at Rock Springs,
Wyo., where she is now living. Her
name is Jane Steers. She was the best
known person in the West in the '70's.
She carried military messages for Custer
In the Big Horn country, where the
savages we're SO thick that white man
dared not enter the basin. She dressed
like man. always wearing buckskin
suit. She could ride any horse that
ever bucked and never heard of the
word fear After General Custer was
killed she went to the Black Hills and
was the first white woman to enter
Deadwood. When Wild Bill died she
tenderly nursed him. When the Indians
and outlaws were driven away from the
Black Hills she drifted from place
to place and finally located at Rock
Springs. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
The Popular Sailor Hat-Combinations of
Black and White.

DihcK anu Nnltes
Sailor hats are in high vogue, so much
so that milliners both here and abroad
are setting them forth among their dress
models, using these simple low-crowned,
fiat-brimmed shapes for airy hats in net
and tulle. Black tulle is shirred on in
visible wires in sailor shape, and trimmed
with folds and loops of the tulle. gold
passementerie, black birds with yellow
wings, and long gold pins. Black Chan
tilly and beige point d'esprit silk nets,
trimmed with delicate black laces and
line French ornaments in silver filigree,
are also sent over. Cream felt sailors
have bands of gold or silver galloon,
with lunches of very flSffy white ostrich
feathers and fancy jeweled pins as orna-
ments. Other white felts are wholly
yelled with silk nets, with loops of the
net and sea swallows or black birds, set
up in front. For garden parties and re-
ceptions are lovely sailors of cream
white Grape, shirred on gold wires with
airy loops of Grape, mingled with gold
lace and tea-roses as garniture. Many
women, especially those with slender
hat far more becoming than a bent,
arched, or very wide shape. The straight
brim and simple style of the whole hat
is supplementary" but its jaunty name
scares them often into choosing less
becoming shape with more dignifed
title.
To use black and white in successful
combination requires artistic taste and
very judicious handling. We see these
qualifications carried out among some
of the elegant toilets in second
mourning produced this season. One
recently exhibited was rich poult de
sole with white bengaline. The upper
portion was of the bengaline, which was
also employed for the sleeves. These
were very full on the shoulders. fitting
neatly into black velvet cuff eight
inches deep, which laced up the inside
of the arm. The white bengaline reap
peared as plated panel at the side of
the black skirt, the breadths in front of
which were slightly draped, but not
raised the least at the bottom of the
skirt, nor was there any sign of a foun-
dalton skirt. The back was plain and
full. The marked contrast between the
two colors was toned by bordering of
silver, which was present both on bod
ice and skirt, wherever the magpie
colors met. The lower portion of the
corsage was of the black poult de sole,
V-shaped folds of it being carried to a
delicate point on each shoulder and
straight across the back, being fulled
over the chest and pointed below the
waist The joining of skirt and bodice
was defined by band of silver garni.
ture. The black silk, asserting itself
between the designs, made an effective
background Y. Post