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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
GROVE STREET WALKS.
The Street Board To Compel Inn
proyements The Electric Cars.

The Board of Street and Water Com
missioners met this morning at ten
o'clock as a committee of adjudication to
hear objections TO the Improvement of
Water avenue. Irving street, Van Horn
street and Laidlaw avenue. No objec-
tions were received except one from Kate
f. Curran as to the improvement of Laid
law avenue This objection was on ac-
count of overassessment, the lot being
measured for two feet in excess of its
actual width.
The Board next met in regular session.
An invitation was received to attend the
coming Foresters' ball at Woods Hall. A
petition was received from the Jersey
City and Bergen Railroad for permission
to tear up the streets in extending the
electric system from Varick street to Ex-
change place. This was referred to the
Committee on Streets.
just before the adjournment, Com
missioner Dugan arose and said
II would.like to cali the attention of
the commissioners to the lower end OF
Grove street, the block between Grand
and Grove streets which has been re-
paved. Property owners on this block
have been informed by real estate agent
that he will fix the sidewalk for
ten dollars per lot This cannot be
done. 1t will require more money
to properly do the work. move that the
Committee on Streets be empowered to
force property owners on Grove street to
properly comply with the specifications in
fixing the sidewalks"
This motion was carried, after which
the board adjourned. The real estate
dealer referred to is William Harney.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
ARSON AND "THE BATS"
William Mullone's Odd Warning Before
He Set Fire TO the H ouse.

William Mullone's Odd Warming Before
He Set Fire TO the H ouse.
William Mullone was placed on trial in
the Court Of General Sessions, this morn
ing. on an indictment for arson. The
complaining witness, Mrs. Catherine Do
Ian. Of No. 12l Fremont street,
proved to be very un-
willing witness She testified
that she owned the building, No. 1856 Rail-
road avenue, and that Mullone was a ten
ant there on May 25. She declared she
did not know how long Mullone had been
her tenant and that she knew nothing of
any fire there; that she went through the
house soon after the time of the fire and
found no traces of 1t.
Catherine McGoyern, who lived at No.
335 Railroad avenue, testified that Mui-
lone had lived there six months. The fire
took place between twelve and two O'Clock
in the afternoon. and she helped to ex-
tinguish 1T. 1t was in the kitchen and
WAS in a mattrass made of sugar bags
The floor was slightly burned. She
said:-"Mullone came TO my door and
said, i am going to set fire TO the house;
look out for yourself and the children. }
Twenty minutes later the fire was discov-
cred"
Mullone went back to his apartments
after he left the rooms of Mrs. Mccoy
ern.
Chief Farrier testified that the fire was
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
ERIE MEN'S WRONGS.
1t Is Still Doubtful Whether
a Strike Will Be Re-
solved On.

The Committee of Forty-three. who sat
over the Third National Bank all last
week deliberating upon the question, ITO
Strike or Not TO Strike" in connection
with the refusal of the Erie Railroad
Company to accede TO the recent demands
of its train employees, adjourned Saturday
afternoon without apparently having
reached any definite conclusion. Had
the committee decided upon O strike
neary $1,000 engineers. fremen, conduc-
tors and brakemen employed on the sys-
tenn between this point and Chicago
would have gone out and probably caused
tie up of the entire system.
The majority of the committee have
left for Plttsburg, where the annual con
vention Of Railroad Engineers will open
Wednesday. Until this adjourns, 1t is
understood the matter remains in abey-
ance
Among the men in the yards at this
city there is apparently a strong disin-
clination to strike. Yet nearly all of
them are incensed at President Kings
circular. They look upon it as huge
bluff and an insult to their intelli-
gence; not only this. but low estima-
tion upon their power of discernment.
Many. of them say that the employees were
already familiar with the facts set forth
in the circular, but they intimate that
other facts in their favor were intention
ally distorted. They are not at all pleased
at the manner in which the committee
has been treated. All appear to be anxi-
ously awaiting news from the Pittsburg
convention.
The officials of the company anticipate
no strike,so they say. One said every thing
IS as calm as summer sea. President
Kings pronunciamento has been accepted
us satisfactory among all the employees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
A WIFES INFATUATION.
She Tries to E1ope. but Misses Her Man.
Husband and Wife Both Missing
Now
special 10 the Jersey ON Ne.os.

Speciat to the JERSEY City Ne,os.
NEWARK, Oct. 10, 1s90.-The Third pre-
cinct police are mystified over the peculiar
result of an attempted elopement. Mrs.
Emma Reibold, of No. 81 Passaic avenue,
recently became infatuated with Henry
Gross, of No. 20 Monroe street, and pro-
posed to him that they elope. He agreed
to this and said he would meet her in
Jersey City.
Several days ago she took quantity of
furniture, 500 in money and gold watch
belonging to her husband and disap-
peared. Gross did not follow her, and
she sent him two kilograms. urging him
to fly to her.
Instead of flying, he turned the tele-
grams over to Police Captain Daily. and
explained the matter to him. The captain
sent for the woman's husband, and when
he learned all he became frantic with
rage and started to find her.
Heidi not stop in Jersey City, but walked
through the depot, in which his wife was
waiting for Gross, and went on to New
York. The Jersey City depot master
watched Mrs. Reibold for several hours,
and considering her actions suspicious,
put her out of the place. Since then
neither she nor her husband have been
seen or heard from by any one in this
city.
II is believed that Reibold has either
gone away and killed himself, or that he
met his faithless wife, and they adjusted
matters satisfactorily and went to some
other city to begin life anew.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
PLAINFIELD ILLUMINATION.
Westinghouse Electricity Knocked Out
in Favor of Edison.
es3ecinI to the Teyseu (;t, No,,,

Westinghouse Electricity Knocked Out
in Favor of Edison.
SDecial to the Jersey City Ne,ps.
PLAINFIELD. Oct. 1S, $780, The West
inghouse electric light system received a
black eye in the Council chamber of the
North Plainfield Council last week. The
Westinghouse concern has furnished il
Elimination for the city of Plainfield for
many years. The authorities of North
Plainfield, which is under borough gov
ernment, have long wished to enter
into q contract with the Westinghouse
people for street lighting. The company y
has been Indifferent to their desires, they
claim, so the Councilmen went directly
to work and obtained from the Edison
management a bid for the franchise.
This bid they presented at meeting held
early in the week.
As soon as the officers of the Westing-
house plant learned of the Edison bid
they also entered bid for the franchise,
and much lower one than that entered
by Edison. Owing to the attitude which
the Westinghouse management has
shown toward the borough government
the North Plainfield Council ignored its
bid at last nights meeting and awarded
the contract to the management of the
Edison system. The Councilmen paid a
difference between the bids of $400 for
getting even with the monopolistic West
inghouse people. They claim, however
that both Plainfield and N orth Plainfield
will have better lighting under the COM
petition which has thus been opened up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
A GIRLS QUEER MANIA.
Her Sister Says She Often
Runs Away From
Home.
FOUND ASLEEP in THE DEPOT.
Mary Wagner, Of Norristown. Takes
Her Little Sister on a Wild
Escapade.
OUND ASLEEP in THE DEPOT.

When the Owl train, which reached
Jersey City about half-past four this
morning, arrived at the Pennsylvania
depot. young lady, slightly under the
medium height, alighted and went into
the depot waiting room. With her was
small girl, about nine years old. The
young lady was dressed in a brown trav-l
elling dress and jaunty cloth hat. She
carried brown leather bag. Her face
was quite colorless, but she had large,
soft brown eyes and regular features.
She was neat in figure and had graceful
carriage She evidently expected some-
she turned her eyes toward the depot en-
trance
As the time drew on and no one came
her look became anxious and she arose
and walked about the depot gazing into
the faces of the few occupants of the
benches Soon she reseated herself, and,
being drowsy, fell into doze.
When Detective Van BusKirk come on
duty this morning he noticed Che two
sleeping girls and at each of his subse-
quent visits to the waiting room they
were still there. About eleven o'clock he
thought there must be some reason for
the long wait, and, calling the little girl
I'VE came from Philadelphia" said
she. THE other girl is my sister. Her
name is May Wagner and my name is
Millie. My sister has frequently run
away from home before. She brought
me with her this time, and now want to
go home"
Detective Van Buskirk took the two
girls to the office OF Chief Murphy. The
young lady was very self possessed II
am from Morristown. Pennsylvania z
said she land I left home on a visit to q
Mrs. Waldron. who formerly lived at
Morristown, but who now lives in New
York. When arrived here / was much
surprised and disconnected to find that no
one was awaiting me. / entered the
waiting room and while there, tired out
with the fatigue of railway journey, I
fell asleep,and while sleeping my clothes,
money and return ticket, everything that
| had, We're taken. did not run away
from home.n
When asked by Chief Murphy where
she procured the money to reach this
city she answered:-.My mother gave it
to me-"
Chief Murphy telegraped to the Chief
of Police at Norristown notifying him of
the presence OF the girls, and is awaiting
ins tructiOn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
HE MUST HAVE PATENT LEATHERs.
All Else Is as Nothing in.Comparison, to
the Actor, be He Beggar or
MAIlinnafra

All Else Is as Nothing insComparison, to
the Actor, be He Beggar or
millionaire.
The stage hero always wears patent
leather boots, and they are always spot
lessly clean," says jerome K. Jerome in
Stage Lend. Sometimes he is rich, and
lives in room with seven doors to it, and
at other times he is starving in a garnet;
but in either event he still wears brand
new patent leather boots. He might raise
at least three and sixpence on those boots,
and wnen the baby is crying for food it
occurs to us that 1t would be better If in-
stead of praying to heaven he took off his
boots and pawned them, but this does
not seem to occur to him. He crosses the
African desert in patent leather boots,
does the stage hero. He takes supply
with him when he is wrecked on an un-
inhabited island. He arrives from long
and trying journeys; his clothes are
ragged and torn, but his boots are new
and shiny. He puts on patent leather
boots and tramps through the Australian
bush, to fight in Egypt, to discover the
North Pole. He goes boating in patent
leather boots, he plays cricket in them,
he goes fishing and shooting in them.
Sometimes he is a gold digger, sometimes
dock laborer, sometimes soldier, some
times a sailor, but whatever he is he
wears patent leather boots"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Hoboken Notes.

The Board of Police Commissioners
meet tonight So does the School Board.
Ii has been found necessary to amputate
the ri ghr leg of DR.. Herzog. The opera
tion was performed yesterday. 1t will be
re membered that the doctor was thrown
fr ON his horse some days ago.
Cronheim's has an excellent show this
week.
The Henderson Social Club held sue
ceseful ball at Henderson H all on Satur-
day evening. Over fifty couples attended
and thoroughly enjoyed the affair.
It looks now as if there would be three
candidates in the field for Freeholder in
the Ninth district. Scninzel has accepted
the JeHersonian nomination, and he is
known to be hustler. Counsellor DAILY
is making spirited canvass for the As
sembly.
Alexander Quinn,a machinist employed
by Fletcher & Co., while returning from
visit at the house of Joseph Rice, No.
23o Washington street. yesterday. fell
down a flight of stairs. He was taken to
the station house. where he was attended
by DR.. Heller. His injuries were so se-
we're that the doctor ordered his imme-
diate removal TO St Mary's Hospital.
While Adam BrOewenStein and wife
were walking along First street shortly
after midnight this morning Patrick
McNulty, of No. 6S Clinton street. with
out any apparent provocation insulted
Mrs. Broewenstein and struck her hus-
hand. Policeman Kerrigan arrested Nc
Nulty, and this morning he was commit
ted on a charge of assault and battery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

Patrick Coffey, son Of the Patrick Cof-
fey who was sent to State Prison for
twenty years for the murder of Agnes
Smith, was placed on trial in the Court
of Sessions this morning on an indict-
ment for assault and battery. The com.
No. 1853 Third street, who swore that Cof-
fey slapped him in the face because he
would not give him ten cents. There
was no evidence to corroborate this state
ment. which Coffey denied point blank,
and the jury, without leaving their seats,
found verdict of not guilty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Man and wife Beaten BY a Gang.

Harris Diamond, of No. 70 Morris
street. ran into the Sussex street station
house Saturday night and said that some
men had beaten his wife. Policeman
Murphy was sent with him to arrest the
men, who, he said, had gone into Mrs.
Mulligan's saloon on Van Worst street,
near Morris. When Policeman Murphy
asked Mrs. Mulligan where the men were
she said:-'I am lady. They are not in
my place."
Diamond left the saloon and shortly
after Murphy heard him shouting for
help. When Murphy went ont he found
Thomas Kalleher. of No. 203 Van Worst
street, beating Diamond, while John
Flood. of the same address, held HIM.
This morning Justice Stilsing COM
mitted both men for trial charged with
assault and battery
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
JOE MARS RASH SON.
He Climbs the Capitol and is Rescued
by Isaac #. Bisseli.
Special TO the Jersey city Neios.

Special to the JERSEY City Netos.
TRENTON, Oct. 13, 1890. Harry Naar,
the son of Joseph L. Naar, of the True
american, was saved from what might
have been serious injuries by the thought
ful and generous act of Isaac r. Blssell,
Secretary ofgthe American Saw Company,
on Saturday Harry attempted to per-
form climbing feat at the Capitol. He
went out of the State House on the first
portico over the front doos of the Capitol
and climbed from there past the second
portico 10 the bronze coat-of- arms in the
apex of the roof and scratched his name
on it. He came down safely TO the top of
the first portico and then undertook to
make his way TO the ground by the aid of
the projection on the wall of the building
near the west corner of the purtco. He
had swung off, and being unable to
reach any point with his feet, was hang
ing Dy his arms some sixteen feet from
the ground and in instant danger
of De1ng dashed to the pave
ment below, wnen Mr.. Bis
sells attention was called to the
boys dangerous position. He immedi-
ately went to his aid. and finding that
Harry could not hold on much longer
and there was no time to get ladder,
Mr.. Bissell braced himself against the
pillar and told the boy to drop. He did
SO, and fell directly upon Mr., Bissell and
then rolled upon the pavement. He es-
caDed with a gash III the leg. Mr. Mr. DDiisssci.
was shocked, but not hurt by the boys
fall. It was a generous act on the part OF
being injured by the boys weight falling
II g,an him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
VAN HORN ATTACHED.

He Refused to Pay His Wife A1Imony,
and viii Have to Go to JAN.
Counsellor John McMaster applied to
Vice Chancellor Pitney this morning for
an order to attach Louis Van Horn for
contempt of court in not paying to his
wife, Nellie Van horn. the alimony or
dered by. the court.
Alderman Salinger appeared for young
Van Horn who is son of the late County
Clerk, and asked for an adjournment. He
expressed much surprise at not seeing his
client present and thought that he must
be ill or something.
The Vice Chancellor dispelled all Mr..
Salinger's fears.by asking him if he would
be responsible for Mr. Van Horn If he ran
away. The Alderman promptly declared
that he would not and the Vice Chancel-
lor issued the attachment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
DANGLING FROM A TREE.
The CHASTITY Find of the Keeper of Meeks
Woods, Gutenberg.

The CHASTITY Find of the Keeper of 1Ieeks'
Woods, Gutenberg.
Herman Jauser, the keeper of Meeks'
Woods in Gutenberg, made ghastly
find there yesterday afternoon. While
walking through the thickest part of the
woods he saw dangling from branch of
a tree the dead body of man. He at
once notified the police and the body was
cut down.
1t was that of man about fifty-five
years old, five feet six inches tall. He
wore dark clothes and had on two white
linen shirts. He had evidently commit
ted suicide by hanging himself with the
twine which had cut into the flesh on his
neck.
The body was removed to Cranes
morgue in Hoboken, where it now lies
awaiting Identification. The place
where the body was found is within
one hundred yards of the spot where
Nina Muller, the pretty German girl, was
murdered by Kinkowski, her Jealous
lover some years ago
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
MAINTAINING a NUISANCE.
A Newark Manufacturer Accused OF a
noying His Neighbors.

A Newark Manufacturer Accused OF An
noying His Neighbors.
The Court of Chancery resounded this
morning with the impassioned eloquence
Of ex-Judge J.. Frank Fort, of Newark, as
he opposed q motion to attach for con
tempt u ,ssisssiIlsn u lon 6 g. n=ske Mr. Drake con-
ducts factory at No. Sterling street,
Newark. Some three years ago Hugo.
Kleineick obtained preliminary injunc-
tion restraining him from maintaining
noises in his factory caused by the ham
mering of metal and allowing smoke and
noxious gases TO escape from his
smoke stack. The parties came to some
agreement and all further proceedings
were stayed. A short time ago Messrs.
Boggs & Grant applied for the order for
contempt, alleging that Mr.. Drake had
violated the terms of the injunction.
Mr.. Ford denied that he had and elo-
quently contended for the position he
took. Mr.. Grant as eloquently main
tanned that he had. The Chancellor re-
served his decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
MRS. vandegrift's Son Missing.
Special to the Jerseu Cftv Nsacs.

70 W. VI OF57 @FStVF-
BURLINGTON, Oct Is, 1890. "A rumor IS
being freely circulated here that Frank
C. Norman, the son of Mrs. Carrie Van
degrift. the defendant in the famous
Vandegrift poisoning case, In which Mrs
Vandegrift was convictedof attempting
to poison her son by administering croton
oil to him in his medicine, is missing.
Norman, it is said, was given sum Of
money with which to pay bill for his
mother, and since he left the house he
has not been heard from. He was not
credited with being over bright at the
time of his mothers trial, and he may
have wandered off in one of those peri oas
OF dementia.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

extinguished partly by the chemical en-
gine. The mattress and bedstead were
nearly consumed, and the floor was
charred.
Mullone, after admitting that he had
any knowledge of the fire, and contra
dicted the evidence of Mrs. McGovern in
all particulars. Counsellor Daily for the
defense endeavored to show to the jury
that Mullone was so drunk that day that
he did not know what he did. The jury
rendered a verdict of guilty of an at
tempt at arson
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
A NEW FAD.
Gas as the Latest Addition to the Penny
in the Slot system.

Gas as the Latest Addition to the Penny
in the Slot system.
Gas is the latest addition to the auto
matte 'penny-in-the-slot" syctem. 1t is
to be tried at Birmingham in connection
with artisans dwellings. The meter is
the patent of Manchester firm. The
burners will consume five cubic feet of
gas per hour, and for one penny a CON
sumer can have twenty-five feet.
He will pay four pennies per 100 feet
instead OF the three pennies an ordinary
consumer pays, but he will not be
charged for meter and fittings, and he
can have full supply for nine pennies.
II IS hoped that the plan will meet the
difficulties small consumers feel in paving
quarterly gas bills. land so the Birmingham
Corporation Gas Department Is about to
make the experiment. 1t ought to answer
in all dwellings on The fiat" system, and
we may look for extensions OF the idea in
many directions. Already extra light is
supplied TO some railway carriages on
this principle. Hot water for warming a
room, electric light on foggy days, and
many other things are within the range
Of penny automatic meters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
a Knee High Culprit.

"John Weber," called out Justice Still
sing this morning, and diminutive bit
of humanity stepped into the prisoners
dock He was shoeless and only seven
years of age. He stood with his hands
thrust deep down in his pockets.
"Who makes the charger" said the JUS
tice.
A tall, black whiskered man, having in
tow MASSIVE woman, loomed up before
his Honor and said, Il do. He's till
Taper. He'd like to open my money
drawer"
ION, he'd like tol What have you to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
johnnie Alice Litee.

A Hoboken Chinaman, with the Chris
tian name of Louis Lang, was acquitted
in the Court of General Sessions this
morning of the charge of criminal assault
on the five-ye ar-old child of Mrs. Annie
Bier on September O. There was no evil
dence of any assault having been COM
mitted on the little girl and the Prosecu-
tor abandoned the case
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Erle,s New Tug

Superintendent T. A. Egbert. of the
floating equipment of the Erie Railroad
Company. started out on the new tug
jamestown for trial spin around the
bay this morning. The boat was built by
Neafie & Levy, ship builders of Philadel-
phia. She is big beauty and will soon
be accompanied by three more new ones
of the same pattern.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

say?" queried the Justice, turning to the
diminutive prisoner.
big boys told me to do it," piped the
child in reply.
Further questioning elected the fact
that Weber had run behind the counter
of Daur's grocery store and then run out
again. Justice Stilsing discharged
Weber. telling him that If he was ever
brought to court again he would be sent
to State Prison for life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
| COWARDLY Tough.
He Grossly Insults an Ital-
ian Girl In HobOken and
Lands In Jail.

Last night Michael Corello. the boot
black politician Of Hoboken, was talking
to Annie Morello, sunny daughter OF
Italy, in the doorway of No. 2S Willow
avenue, when John Murphy, young fel-
low who had a slight acquaintance with
Annie. made an improper proposal to her.
Michael gallantly resented the insult.
Murphy was drunk and ugly and at
tempted to strike the girl. August Kur-
nicke took sides with the girl and Murphy
ner heard the scrimmage and arrested
Murphy. Murphy lives at No. 81 Wash
ington street. This morning Recorder
McDonough fined him 500 for being
drunk and disorderly, and committed
him on a charge of assault and battery
preferred by kurnicke.