The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-26
BAYONNE'S ARTIST DEAD.
Enthusiastic Meeting of the Cleve-
land and Stevenson Club
Getting the City
Hall Ready.

pie, who achieved u reputation on both
sides Of the Atlant'c through his artistic
work as a steel plate engraver and
printer, took place last evening from his
late home at the foot of East Forty
first street. The services were conducted
by the Rev. Charles A. Mott, pastor Of the
First Baptist Church. The interment
Will take place today privately in the
Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Mr.. Mcoae died Oh Tuesday afternoon
in his seventy-seventh year, after an i'll
ness of three months. from acute gas
trltis. Mr.. McRae was horn i'll 1915 in
Edinburgh. Scotland. He learned the
art of engraving in his youth, and before
he emigrated to America t~hirty-five years
ago ne was considered Que of the best en-
gravers i'll Great Britain. After coming
10 this country, he settled in Boston. A
few years later he removed 10 Hoboken.
He became u resident of Bayonne over u
score of years ago.
For more than a quarter of a century
Mr.. McRae conducted a business at No.
SOsLinerty street, New York city. Sub
sequently he was connected in business at
Fulton and Water streets with Joseph c..
Lang. q printer aud publisher. About
six years ago advancing age and ILL
health compelled him to retire from bus
iuess. From u very wealthy man he grad
ually became very poor. The d%eformity
which rendered him a cripple made him
extremely sensitive, and his loss of for
tune caused his retirement to his home.
He accordingly had few intimate among
Lis n~eighbors.
Among the many large engraving5 eX-
ecuted by Mr.. McRae are 1.-THE Landiug
of Columbus" Signing the Declaration of
Independence" "The Marriage of Poca-
hontas," First in Peace" and "Perils or
DIN INc tofof horc - ATn,r,P NJ NTzIO.zJ
e~ngravings from the original plates are in
the National Capitol.
Mr.. McRae married at Boston in 1913,
Miss Elizabeth White. She died in 1863,
Subsequently he welded his wife's sister
Miss Henrietta White, who died last May.
Five OF the six children from: the first
marriage survive. Thew are:-John C..
McRae of Laramie. Wyoming; Edward
w. McRae of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing at Washington. D. c., and
for many years one of the most prominent
amateur oarsmen of this vicinity; Will
lam I. McRae OF Bayonne. Mrs. Freder-
ick Weight of Philadelphia. Pa, and
Mrs. George G. Combes of Bayonne. The
TWO children born OF the second marriage
are dead.
E~x-Councilman Thomas NJ. Garrett
has purchased the Old Mattl~on Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at the corner of
Avenue d and West Thirty-secoud
street, which is to be abandoned within Il
few weeks by the congregation for the
new brick and stone edifice at the corner
of Avenue G and West Thirty-first street.
Mr.. Garrett intends to convert the old
edifice into n hotel.
The Third Ward Cleveland aud Steven
son Campaign Club was organized on
Wednesday evening with headquarters at
No. 951 Avenue d.. The officers elected
were:-President, Wi liam Bradford
Dubois: Vice-Presjdent. John Thomp-
son: Recording Sec etary, John P. Ellis:
Financial Secretary. DeWint G. Blau-
Welt; Treasurer, Edward A. Van Cleaf.
About forty members were enrolled.
Aregular monthly meeting of the First
Ward Republican Club will be held this
evening in Brownies Hall on West Eighth
street, Bergen Point. The matter Of en-
rolling the Republican electors OF the
ward will be discussed, the work having
been assigned at a previous meeting to
Postmaster Frederic Boorman and Attor-
ney Horace Robertson. There will also be
discussions of The projects to raise a large
Harrison aud Reid banner near the West
Eighth street railroad station and to
organize a strong marching campaign
club. Action will be taken upon the in
| y~itation to send two delegates to the con-
vention of Republican clubs to he held on
Thursday evening, September s, in the
quarters OF the Federal Club at Jersey
City for the purpose of recognizing the
Hudson County Republican League.
Scrub women have been at work upon
the floors of the new City Hall. 1t is ex-
pected that the structure will be suitably
furnished for occupancy by October l.
Miss Daisy Hirschuann of Avenue d
and East Fifty-secona street is sojHrning
at Maple Cottage. Hortonville, N. Y.
Charles N. DAILY of West Eighth street
and Avenue B is enjoying an cutting
among the Thousand Islands of the St.
Lawrence River.
For the benefit of the Sick Babies Fund
a fancy fair n bazaar is now being held
at Avenue D and East Thirteenth street
by seven little girls, namely: Misses
Carrie Nelson. Bessie Kavanagh. Fannie
E. Jones. Hattie KavaDagh, Ha nnah E
Bell, Sadie Clark amt Belle Clark,
The calendar for yesterday fore noon
session Of the city's District Court en-
braced nine cases, of which five were ad-
journed, two tried and two settled out of
court. The cases tried were George H.
Gale VS.. Thomas w. Dobson for $50 dis
paied rent, and Edward Vaughn VS.. Ed
ware P. Sargent for dispossession. Judg.
ment was rendered in both cases for the
plaintiff. In the latter cas- the defendant
did not appear.
DO Lying Witnesses Always Yawn,
Judge Yost, of the Superior Court, in