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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-12
MORE ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Who is the Father of Alderman
0'Neill's Anonymous Company?

Eight members of the Board of Alder
men were present at last nights meeting
when President Allen raped for order.
They were Messrs. O'Neill, Donnelly,
O'Rourke, Schemmerhorn, Prigge.
Keogh, Hauck and the President.
City Clerk Scott's first act after the aD-
proval of the minutes OF the previous
communication from the Merchants
Protective association of Jersey City,
asking the Board to lend its assistance
in prevailing upon the Central Elevated
and the Pennsylvania Elevated to erect
stations at the Jersey avenue crossings of
each.
The sa5, 900 bond of the Electric Light
Heating and Power Company, signed by
u. III. Spengeman, Henry Windecker and
George e. Lawrence, was approved as
drawn in its present form and fled with
the City Clerk.
DIsPosING OF LICENSES.
The supplement- to the Ordinance regu-
lating the use of streets, sidewalks and
grou nds in Jersey City, reported by the
Committee on Streets. January 20, was
taken up and put through its final pas
sage.
Alderman Prigge, of the Excise Com
mittee. reported the following licenses
issued to restauranteurs to sell vinoEs
and malt Hquors:-Joseph Mann, No. 2l8
New York avenue; Emmel Gross, No. 200
Warren street; John 2. Friedhoff e. Co.,
No. SIT Monmouth street; John Kilmur-
ray, No. 2S8 Sixth street.
These transfers of licenses were made:
Michael Antonio, to G. Rutrelzky: Den
mis- Gallagher, to Edward L. Dunn; James
German, to Thomas A. Gross; Thomas
Nugent, to Peter j. Costello; Fanny
Faher, TO Harry Fehrens; Frederick
Kuehne, to Ferdinand Muller; David
Schmitt, to Carl Raisch; Henry Fehrens,
20 George Heck.
WHOSE COMPANY Is THIS?
Alderman Neill then arose and said:-
"Mr. President, / desire to submit an
ordinance authorizing the Union Electric
Light Company to lay it's pipes, conduits
and snbways, etc. The cry is still they
come"
Alderman Keogh:- -"Mr. President 1
desire to know some of the names of the
incorporators.
O'Neill:-"The gentleman will learn
them when the final passage of the ordi-
nance is discussed. !"
Keogh-"But want to know now. |
know Mr.. O'Neill, but don't know any
OF the incorporators OF that proposed con-
cern.n
O'Neill-"Mr. President, object to the
gentleman being so personal What do
you know about me?" he added, facing
Alderman Keogh. 'sWhat do you mean
by such an insinuation?"
81 know you to be a gentleman" re-
piled Mr.. Keogh.
Mr.. O'Neill mentioned the name of
John M. Jones, as a partial answer to
Alderman Keogh's question
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IN DEFENSE OF HER HONOR.

That Was Why Mrs. Kappeimire Gave
Mernk Black Eye.
William Mernk, an insurance agent, of
No. 115 Broome street, New York, went
before Recorder McDonough, in Hobo
ken, yesterday afternoon, and procured
warrant for johanna KaDpelmire, of
No. 96 Grand street, on a charge OF
assault and battery
When Mrs. Kappelmire was brought
before the Judge she told a
story which convinced the Judge that she
was justified in her action. It appears
from her story that Mernk is one of these
fresh young insurance agents. Yesterday
afternoon he came to the apartments of
Mrs. Kapplemire and wanted to insure
her life. Mrs. Kapplemire did not care to
have her life insured and told HIM so,
but he fingered and according to the
sgoman's story, attempted to take inn
proper liberties with her She said
she did not understand what he meant at
first but when the truth dawned upon
her she picked up poker and fired 1t at
him catching him above the eye. She then
proceeded to demolish him la Sullivan
and struck out with both fists. Before
the agent could reach the stairs he was
beautifully done up.
The statement of the woman was par
TALLY admitted by Merritt and the charge
of assault and battery was dismissed.
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and arrested him he sLo yed his
contempt for the law by arranging
prize fight in his saloon. This is located
at Fourteenth and Grove streets. 1t was
claimed by him that Post and Lanning
were the combatants aud that James was
the referee
Lanning testified in an unwilling man
ner that on the night of January % he
was in James, saloon. He said while he
was drinking Post and three other men
entered and later on all threw dice.
This caused a quarrel between him and
Post and they had q fight. This was in
tterrupted and the men went up stairs to
have 1T OUT Lnnning admitted James
was the referee.
Frank Smith saw the fight. He testi-
fed that it had been arranged several
weeks before it came off and denied that
Lanning and Post fought because of O.
sudden quarrel that arose over dice.
Edward Whelan said, when witness.
that he had hired the hall from James
three nights before the fight, in behalf OF
t'ost and Lannon. He paid So for the
room, and was certain James knew a
fight was to take place.
Other witnesses corroborated the above
facts and said both Post and Lanninfi
were in fighting costumes.
Policeman Hunt testified that the knobs
had been taken from the doors of James
sdloOH 10 prevent any one ulSIurDlHS tne
fight.
James in his defense declared positively
that he did not know that the nall was
rented for prize fight and that it was
rented to the committee of arrangements
of the Maroon Pleasure Club.
He said he was surprised when late at
night he went up stairs and found two
men fighting and fifty men looking on.
He said ne separated the men and stopped
the fight,
Judge Lippincott, when he charged the
jury, was very severe, and denounced
prize fighting in unmistakable terms.
The jury found him guilty.
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examined to decide whether there was
plenty of ink on the machine. The marks
showed up we'll: the punctur!ng appara-
tus did not work. He was shown tickets
bearing both puncture and stamp dis
tinct.
THE STAMPING OF THE BALLOT.
Senator Gardner called attention to the
fact that on all ''police'' ballots the
stamp was placed IN such q manner that
the elipse shows up very plainly, while
on the large ballots which are supposed
to have gone into the box in the regular
manner, the circle mark was in most
cases indistinct.
Mr. Corbin pointed out that the lines
leading up to the words Jersey City"
appeared to be dotted while those in the
same position on the regular ticket were
continuous lines.
When the count was completed Mr..
Corbin requested the clerk to note that
every one of the large ballots appeared to
be milled and indented, while no such
marks appeared on the small ones
On every one of the large.ballots where
the printing is visible. it seems to have
been done by the circle stamp, VIII lie all
the small ones were stamped wi tn the
elipse.
On many of the small ballots when
folded the printing appears on both sides
OF the fold and in many cases on the in
side of the fold.
BIG GAINS AND LOSSES.
The recount changed Stuhr's vote from
OF the latter 148 were small ballots and 80
large ones.
Sixty more tickets were on the string
than there remained names on the poll
books. Two ballots were numbered 101
and two were numbered 224.
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Greenville Notes.

The Minkakwa Euchre Club will hold
progressive euchre" at the residence Of
Mrs. Laybolt. on avenue E. this evening.
1t will be the final reception before the
opening of the Lenten season.
The Greenville Building and Loan As
sociation met at No. 80 Linden avenue,
last evening. Several thousand dollars
in subscriptions were taken in.
The Ladies' auxiliary of the Greenville
Y. NJ. G. A. met at No. $40 Ocean avenue
yesterday afternoon. The final arrange
ments were made for the Georgia Jubilee
Singers concert and it was also decided
to hold book sociable next Wednesday
evening. For the latter, the ladies nave
secured excellent talent. Admission will
be by book only.
The funeral services OF the late Mrs.
George Vreeland will be held at her late
home on the New York Bay shore this
afternoon. The interment will be in
Bergen Cemetery.
Miss Walker, of Avenue E, viii hold
an evening reception on the Eve of Wash
ington's Birthday. A large number OF
invitations are out
The Puritan and Y M. G. A. Athletic
Clubs are arranging for the holding OF
joint entertainment, some evening next
month. A Joint Committee has been ap-
pointed, and appointed, and the necessary
arrangements will be completed az soon
as possible
Madam farley and her wonderful wax
works will exhibit at Bamber Hall. Lin
den avenue, Greenville, this evening
The well-knOwn madam has made all ar
for the occasion and her
figures are all in first-ciass condition.
The proceeds are for the Greenvilie Re-
formed Church Sabbath school.
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Poll Books that are Made
to Show More Names
Than They Contain.
WHO is RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WORK /?
specio, to the yeyseu cttv Ne,os.

TRENTON, Feb. IL, 1890. .-"Pm dis
gustedp' Senator Mcdonald said when |
spoke to him about the ballot box disclo-
sures this afternoon, and disgust was
shown in every line in his face, and in
the tone of his voice. "Why. / am
ashamed to hold my head up among the
reputable and honorable gentlemen who
sit in this Senate with such record laid
bare"
The measure of the excitement created
by the investigation the Senate has be-
kun with the ballot boxes that were
brought on here from Jersey City last
week. The results were simply astound-
ing. In one ballot box as | telegraphed
you yesterday, $50 more hallnIs were
strung than the poll book showed had
been voted. In another there was no
poll book, so that it was impos-
sible to learn how many ballots
represented legitimate votes. Even the
poll books showed only surnames in some
cases; and where full names were given,
or surnames with initials Of the christian
names, the residences We're not noted. OF
course these deficient entries made it i'm
possible to trace the voter, and no one
can ever know whether they represent
the names of legitimate voters or not.
Right in line with these disclosures
were the proofs all the boxes examined
today showed of having been stuffed.
They were full of'sjokers," and even
some of the regular ballots therein showed
that they had not got into the boxes
properly The machinery in each box
prints Jersey City" with GER
tain embellishments, on the outside of
each ballot as it passes in. Some of the
ballots did not bear this print at all. As
they couldn't have passed in regularly
without being stamped, they must have
passed in irregularly. Then the
print on hundreds of others was
not made from the face of the
type in the boxes in which they
were found The letters were not of the
same size; the color of the ink was differ
ent They must have been stamped in
some other machine and then rushed into
the box
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ting the second box open. One of the
combinations would not work While
Mr. Scott add ''Tim'' Long perspired over
the obstreporous combination Mr.. Gard
ner's face beamed with satisfaction.
Stuhr, who had come down on the noon
train, beamed on the crowd as if he saw
himself already the senator from Hudson,
while Terry" Mcdonald bristled about
as If he was trying to earn enough money
to pay for the glass he broke in THE JER-
sEY CITY NEWS office the other day.
At this point Mr. Garretson said that as
some of the police ballots were milled
the same as those which we conceded to
be legal it was not right to jump to the
conclusion that they were all bogus.
Mr.. Dougherty spoke up and said that
he had not noticed that they were so
marked and was nicely jumped on by
Judge Garretson for his pains. The
Judge reminded him that it did not mBke
any difference whether he saw 1t or not
as he, the Judge, was addressing the
committee and not Mr.. Dougherty or any
of the other young men in the room.
The box was finally opened and the
poll book and tally sheet were found to
be regular in every respect.
NEARLY STRAIGHT.
The dial registered 277 and the poll
Mcdonald was credited on the tally sheet
with 207 votes and Stuhr with 60 The
string contained 29l ballots. There were
fourteen tickets in the bottom of the box.
Two regulars and twelve Police
OF those on the string sixty-one were
were police" ballots. The count by the
committee increased Stuhr's vote one and
left McDonald's as it was. The police
ballots were SO family milled that the
marks were not discernible
THE THIRD PRECINCT.
The committee held another meeting in
the evening and went through the box of
the Third precinct of the First district
This sent the Republican hopes up sew
eral degrees lacking poll book.
County Clerk Mclaughlin gave a
plausible explanation of this by saying
that several of the election clerks had
sent the poll book to his office for the
registry list. The tally list showed that
322 votes had been cast for Mcdonald and
124 for Stuhr. There were two folded and
one open police ballot and 447 on the
string. The committees recount took
one from Mcdonald and gave it to Stuhr
The police" ballots numbered 1,760.
The Republican members of the com
mittee declare that the milling mark on
the .ioker' or police" ballots in all the
boxef was made by the same machine
and is different from that on any of the
three boxes.
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A CANAL THIEF.

Dan Fenton, of Hoboken. Makes Mo-
table Capture.
Officer Dan Fenton, of Hoboken, made
a clever capture of canal boat thief last
night. The thief had succeeded in break
ing into the boat Dunderburg. at the foot
of Fourteenth street, in Hoboken, and
was about to skip with his bo oty when
the captain. John Babbitt, attempted to
intercept him. With one blow the cap
tain was felled and the bold burglar was
getting the best of the remainder of the
crew, when the officer arrived and, after
a short chase, captured him.
AT the station house he gave his name
as John Cleison, of No. 175 Chambers
street. New YORK. Several pawn tickets
were found in his possession, and Chief
Donovan is Of the opinion that Cleison is
a professional thief.
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DAVIS WILL ACCEPT.
Authoritative Announce
ment of His Candi-
dacy.
In THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
The Mayora1ty Succession
Practically Deter
mined.
IMPORTANT INTERVIEW.

1t has been definitely settled that
Sheriff Robert Davis is to be the next
Mayor of Jersey City, Everybody
who has been interviewed by THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS reporters, has,
as the articles that have appeared
from day to day in the paper has re-
ported, declared that If he wants the
nomination he can have it. Skeptics
have refused to believe, however, that
he would stand for the nomination.
1t is now authoritively announced
that he has definitely made up his
mind to enter the lists.
This interesting information was
secured in an interview with Nh,
Charles s. Furst this morning.
''WelI, Mr.. Furstn, asked, .'how
comes along that committee of fifty
which is to insist upon Mr.. Davis
being the standard bearer in the APP
preaching Mayoralty canvasss'
"Oh, he replied, there is no use Of
the committee now.''
''Why sosn he was asked.
"The reason is that Mr.. Davis has
said to me that he has decided to ac-
cept a nomination if it be rendered to
hin. he is in the hands of his friends.
he says, and he adds that while he is
not seeker after any Office, he will
yield to solicitation if the people Of
the city want him to accept the may
oralty.n
This practically determines the
direction of the Mayoralty canvass.
Mr.. Davis is willing to take the
nomination.
And the party is willing that he
should have it.
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THE BALLOTS AND THE BOXES.

How the One Are Stamped, Milled and
Registered by the Other.
The ballots ordinarily used are about
four inches long by about two inches
wide. They are folded down to about a
half inch in width, to conform to the ap-
erture in the patent ballot box.
When ballot is placed in the aperture
turn of the crank carries it through and
into the box. AS the ballot passes
through the slot the machinery stamps
it on one side with the inscription "Jer-
sey City M. CO.
The inscription also receives an orna-
ment milling around it at the same time,
together with four dashes at either end,
and needle pu nches hole through the
centre OF the ballot. The stamp looks
like this:-
1t is the fact that this stamp is not like
that which is made by the machinery in
the boxes that gives away the ballots that
We're irregularlv stuffed into them
City Clerk Scott does not attach much
Importance TO the failure of the dials in
the boxes to register the exact number of
votes put into the boxes
There are three wheels that turn up
numbers indicating--one the unit, then
the tens and then the hundreds. The
unit wheel ought TO turn
with, each deposit, the item wheel
should show up a new figure
at each tenth vote deposited. and the
"hundred" wheel at each hundredth
vote The three figures in combination
should show the total hnnber of votes In
the box at any given time,
City Clerk Scott says, however. that
the wheels do not work true, and that
they are little use rs showing anything.
else than approximately the number 81
votes put into the box,
Ills the duty Of the poll clerk % mum
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THE FIFTH PRECINCT.
The Committee Opens a New Box
and Strikes More Fun.
Special to the JERSEY city Neres.


TRENTON. Feb. 10, 1S9O.-The box of the
Fifth precinct was then opened The dial
registered 1875. The poll book was regu-
larly numbered for the first five pages.
The next five pages were full of names
but not numbered. On the last page was
a certificate showing that at adjourn
ment the vote was 11S
The certificate of the total vote at the
close of the polls had no number written.
The certificate was signed by Nathan
Fowler. judge; William E. Reen, clerk;
Thomas H. Jordon and Thomas Reidy,
inspectors.
The tally sheet gave Mcdonald 1875 and
Stuhr 1902, and certified that 2S2 votes had
been cast The box contained ten loose
ballots, six OF which were for Stuhr and
four for Mcdonald. The string contained
279 ballots.
City Collector O'Neill and Sheriff Davis
were present at the investigation this
morning. Senator Mcdonald denounces
the frauds vigorously. He says that they
are most gIaring and he is much morti-
fled over the matter. The people who
committed them are criminals and should
be punished.
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FOURTH PRECINCT BOX.
More Startling Disclosures at This
Mornings Investigation.

TRENTON, Feb. IL, 1s90.-The Senate
Committee which is investigating the
election for Senator in Hudson county
unearths more gross frauds at it's session
held this morning. The committee got
to work promptly at half-past eight
o'clock, and opened the box of the Fourth
precinct of the First district. The dial
on the box registered 334 and there
were 32i votes on the string. The
poll book was most curious affair.
1t showed on its face that 324 votes had
been cast, and that number was certified
to as being correct by John Farrant,
Judge; George Heller, clerk; and G. III.
Scott and Thomas Nelson, inspectors.
A count of the names written in the book
revealed the fact that they actually num-
bered 266.
A NICE POLL LIST.
There were 81 names numbering from l
to 2S on the first page and the second page
began with No. 39 Twenty numbers
were slipped in on that page. On the
third page the list skipped from No. 81 to
No % So and 1d7 on q 5ae f1srth gsSge
feature of the fourth page was that the
numbers on it were entered in three diff
ferent hand writings. The numbers on
the fifth page skipped from No. 13l to No.
l42, and on the sixth from No. 16S TO No.
ia There were four different hand
WRITINGS on the SlAJll pay6-
One of the most flagrant outrages was
on the seventh page where there was a
break from No. 208 to No. goo.
The tally sheet showed that Mcdonald
had received 800 votes aud Stuhr 1880.
After looking over the poll list Mr.. Cor
bin had the stenographcr note the fact
that twenty-six names We're entered as
voting from the Arlington fats.
A gentleman who lives in the Arlington
flats stood by.
'.That's probably regular, "he remarked.
"There are twenty families living in
the Arlington"
THROUGH TWO MACHINES.
There were four loose ballots in the
box, three Of which We're Mcdonald tick
cts and one OF them was spoiice" ticket
bearing Stuhr's name. Que of the tickets
was folded mp and had half a stamp on
one side and half OF another on the
other side. showing that the
ticket had been through two
machines. As the count proceeded
many ballots were discovered plainly
marked but not punctured
Senator Adrain wanted the machiue
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ROUTINE OF The HOUSES.
Newark AIdermanic Salary Bill Does
Not Reach This City.

4tUb Ahr8Ch AAllS 9tty.
Special to the jersey City Ne,cs.
TRENTON, Feb. II, 1880. Last night the
Leiderteuffel ball, the Trentonians idea
OF d I French or lArion ball, took place and
this morning it was difficult matter to
get quorum together for business in the
Assembly. The House, however, man
aged to get under way with forty-two
members.
The bill giving Aldermen salary of $3.50
per annum which is the pet of the New
ark Common Council, came I'D for final
passage. Mr.. Potts opposed it strongly
on the ground that it applied to Jersey
City and the people of that city did not
want it.
Mr. Kalisch, who was championing the
bill, said that it did not apply to Jersey
City, because it distinctly stated that it
should be operative only in cities in which
the general governing power was in the
hands OF the Common Council As the
general governing power was not in the
hands of the Aldermen of Jersey City,
Mr.. Kalisch declared the bill could not
affect that city.
The bill passed in spite of Mr. Potts.
stentorian mo"
Bills for the separation of the sexes in
the aims houses; Mr.. Boyles two cent fer
riage bill; another fixing the rate for IL
Eliminating in cities at 81. .25 per Thousand,
and feDeaHng the act permitting the
Bartlett syndicate to make contracts with
cities to supply water, Were reported fa-
vorably.
Mr.. Potts clinched his divorce bill for
this session at last by safely guiding q
motion to reconsider through the shoals
of motion to lay on the table. The bill
Of Speaker Heppenheimer, giving the
Park commissioners the power to con-
denim lands, safely reached third read
ing.
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The Nyarks.


The winter garden of Kessler's Hall
presented gay and humorous picture
last night with it's throng of dancers and
merry makers participating in the second
annual masquerade and civic ball OF the
Nyarks' Pleasure Circle, of the Heights.
Richly costumed princes, courtiers,
fairies ana representative characters
mixed with the humorous and grotesque
clowns, iinps and all sorts of ''make-ups !"
David Mac Innes and Christian Epple,
Jr.. received the guests. and Joseph b.
Schlutter had charge of the dancing, as
sisted by a floor committee. Loth's
orchestra gave excellent music to which
a hundred couples danced and enioyed
themselves to the utmost.
j. b. Kraus and Miss Mamie Fredericks
conducted the opening march, and the
merry company included Albert Lehman,
and Miss n. Anderson, Charles Schlutter,
Miss Toner. Christian Epple, Jr., Miss
Annie Prigge, Edward Barnes, Jr., Miss
Mary Beekmap, David MacInness. Miss
w. Crosby, John Blackmoor, Miss Reilly,
Frank Wright, Miss Ada White,
Conrad Kraus, Miss Katie Fuller, Charles
Langmark, Miss Katie Baurn. w. Barnes,
Miss Minnie Schenck, w. Broachle. Miss
Maggie Martin, Emil A. Standiger, Miss
Lille White, John l.. Hughes. Miss Rose
Madpen. The Sparkling Coterie, of Ho
boken, was represented by w Il. Dilger,
Miss Frances Smith, H. F. Dryer, Miss
Eva Baker. Fred. Kloepping, Miss Mary
Barr, c. Creme, Miss Lucy Woltman, Otto
Fletcher, Miss Hannah Gallivan, Louis
Fletcher, Miss Annie Gallagher, John
Schneider, Miss Tillie Smith, Philip Fer
her and Miss Josie Ferber. There were
also present representatives of the Mign-
onette Pleasure Circle, Union Pioneer
Club. of West Hoboken; Hoboken Pio-
neers, Signet Pleasure Club. Silver Cliff
Social Club. Of Hohoken, and other asso-
cinfions fi3sz