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The morning call., 1893-03-25
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An Artist in Japan. By ROBERT BLuM n1ua.
tratiOns by the author.
Unpublished Letters of Carlyle.
a New England Farm. By FRANK FRENCH.
Illustrations drawn and engraved by the author.
The 80 One v,, ] Knew the Best of All. A MEM.
cES HoDGsoN BURNETT.
The Restoration House By STEPHEN T.
AvELINe. Illustrations by Harry Fem ana V.
In Rented Rooms. BY GEORGE l. PUTNAM.
Tho Cities ,,Th Were Forgotten. BY
CHARLES F. LUMMIs Illustrations nv 7 n
Twachtman and V. Perard
A Glimpse OF an Artist. By VIOLA RosEBoao'.
Anne of Brittany's Chateaux in the Valley
Of the Loire. By THEODORE ANDREA
The Arts Relating to Women, AND THEIR
EXHIBITIONS N PARIS. By OCTAVE UzANNH
Illustrations BY W. L. MetcalL
Historic Moments: The Crisis of the
Schipka Pass. by ARCHIBALD FORBES.
Poems. By G. R. ToMsoN, LOUISE IMoeEN CUE
NEY, l. 5. MARTIN.
"A QUESTION OF DEFINITIoN-THE OH
AND THE YOUNG.
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The morning call., 1893-03-25

From careful review of the charaeteris-
tics as TO inheTitability Of certain diseased
conditions of the human system, Henry J.
1ilden has drawn the conclusion that
pathology, so far from Offering any support
to the hypothesis of the transmission of
acquired characters. pronounces against it.
The morning call., 1893-03-25

HAVE used Simmons Liver Regulator In my ex-
tensve practice for the last four years and cannot
Ind its equal for bilious collie, dyspepsia sick or
nervous headache and constipation Yours truly,
JAS. NJ. SHORT, NJ d. RutieryiIle Ark
The morning call., 1893-03-25

Nothing cleanses and beauties the teeth like
Whites Yucatan Gum.
The morning call., 1893-03-25

Board of State Harbor Commissioners
j. j. KEEGAN, Secretary.
HOWARD C. HOLMES, CnIef Engineer. % LOT eISU
The morning call., 1893-03-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

So, 81 and SIS Foot-form Shoes.
mr25 SuSa II
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
DEAR H0B0KEN WATER.
Liyeliest Kind of a Kick By Citi-
zens Over the Price of
Hackensack.

At the meeting of the Hoboken Com
mon Council last night, petition was
presented, signed by number of citizens.
asking that the Board Investigate the
system of charges made by the Hacken-
sack Water Company, IN its dealings
with the citizens. The following petition
sets forth the grievances thus
First-That for the past few years their water
bills have been running to an extravagantly
large figure, in many instances more than
double the water rent which your petitioners
paid under the old system un der the contract
with Jersey City.
Second-That not only are your petitioners
bills higher, but eels are allowed to clog the
pipes, and when we ask That the pipes be clean
ed SO that we may use the water, we are COM
pelied to pay a fee for the opening of the street
and the entire cost of the work.
Third-That the contract between the city
and the Water Company requires the company
to supply us with water at the same price as
water was then supplied to us by Jersey City,
less fifteen per cent. while, as fact, bills
run up under this system in some instances
double the Jersey City bills and sometimes to a
still greater amount, which loss We must bear
ourselves or s.o charge to nPors our tenants
the Water Company, after laying its
pipes and mains at its own cost, is supplying
West Hoboken, Union Hill and outlying town
ships, at far less rate of cost to the consumers
than in Hoboken, who have laid our own
pipes and mains, have to pay. We respectfully
Insist therefore that the tax and rent payers of
no oxen are suiISTiuS al inJuseiC0 uuuer iniS
system, which ought to be corrected, and we
insist most respectfully that committee of
your honorable body be appointed to investigate
the subject for the purpose of ascertaiDing what
rights the citizens have on this subject of water,
and what the system of the Hackensack Water
Company is in dealing with our citizens, and
whether the present system OF the Water Com
pany is not in violation of the spirit and letter
of their contract with this city and our citizens
The petition was received. and Council
men Bewig, Stegman aud Weinthai were
appointed a committee to investigate the
matter A public meeting will he held at
the Council Chambers on the evening oil
Mlrch q
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
WAH KEE CONVICTED.
Senator DAILY Excited Over 1t, Arraien
the Jury Vigorously.

Senator DAILY Excited Over It, Arraiens
the Jury Vigorously.
The jury in the case of Charles Wah
ing the boy Christian Korsen, returned
verdict of guilty late yeste rday afternoon.
Senator DAILY, the Chinamaa's law
yer, was Indignant. and informed
the Court chat he would apply
for a new trial tomorrow. Senator
DAILY declared that one of the jurymen,
Henry Chasmer. had stated positively
that # he should be drawn on the jury to
try the Chinaman, he would vote to con-
other jurymen that he would. if on any
jury that tried an Italian, negro or
Chinaman, hang the accused Ii he could.
When Senator DAILY said this. Juror
Chasmer became very much excited and
jumped up from his seat, saying that he
defied any juryman or other person to say
that be had made such remarks. ANY
man who says so is liar'' he shouted.
Judge Hudspeth pounded the marble
block on his desk with his gavel, and
ordered Cnasmer to keep quiet. The
irate juror insisted on declaring that he
was Innocent of having made the remarks
attributed to him, and Judge Hudspeth
directed Constable to remove him. tell
ing Chesner at the same time to appear
in court tomorrow morning and tell his
story.
Senator DAILY today said the jury that
tried Charles Wan Kee was disgrace,
that a number of the msmbers were
drunk, and that altogether the jury was
disreputable one. ae said that
tomorrow when he applies for
new trial he will produce
afddavits made by four jurymen that
they heard Chasmer say he would like to
be on the jury that tried the Chinaman,
and he would "hang" him. The names
of three of the witnesses, it is said, are
Costello, Kelly and Geiger.
When saw Chasmer and asked him
if he had said he would hang the China
man. Chasmer replied mo" He said
that two days before the trial he was in
Reumplar's saloon drinking, and that he
said there that if he was on jury in
murder case and If the accused was an
Italian or negro, he would lang him.
He made no reference whatever to the
Chinaman. Chasmer said ne would
swear to that in court tomorrow.
1t IS said that on the first ballot the
jury stood eleYen for conviction and one
for acquittal. The juror who was not
convinced then, it is said, was HilliarI,
who holds a political position in Trenton
in addition to serving the county as a
juror at So day. He finally agresd with
the majority
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
STATE NOTES.

A poor box was stolen from the door Of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church at Mays Landing
The fruit growers of Atco and Waterford, at
meeting last week, strongly condemned the ac
tion Of the Produce Exchanges both of New
York and Philadelphia, relative to the sale of
crates and boxes with the fruit. They pledged
themselves to ship, only to those commission
men who would prom Sc to return all empty
crates and boxes Sunday picking was de
railroad company. to send refrigerator car to
Atco every Saturday to obviate Sunday work
Charles Waddington, while tending his musk
rat trap, Friday, captured mamoose young
that had evidently left its winter quarters too
soon. This catch, for the time of the year, is
| Unprecedented in tho history of the place.
Rev. w. S. Mitchell, of Eatontown, few day S
ago remarked George Coleman and his wife,
| who had been divorced for several years. They
1--we at linton Falls, and agreed to settle their
| differences in order to make home for thei r
son.
The other day Amos Miller picked up small
bottle on Squan beach. In the bottle was a
| piece of paper containing the following
| record: Hannah Dinkelspeil, steamship Mo-
ravia from Hamburg; buried at sea August 31st,
| 1892 Notify friends" 1t is stated that the
Moravia was the first vessel to bring cholera to
| New York last September.
The City Council of Ocean City, the resort
where the members of Postmaster General
Wauamaker's Sunday school picnic every sum-
mer, are attempting to model the town after
Ocean Grove The latest move in that direction
was the introduction of an ordinance prohibit
A. NJ The subject was brought up for action
several nights ago but the ordinance was laid
| on the table. The Philadelphia residents of
Ocean City protested and some Of them threat
| ened to move away unless they were allowed to
bathe on Sunday.
| suicide club was formed at Bidgeton Wed
| nesday evening with about fifty members. John
| Pierce, cigar dealer, was chosen President.
with Edward Cummings as Secretary. The
| members of the club paraded the streets during
| the evening, each wearing a red ribbon with
10 hc
| given each year on Washington's Birthday, and
| the member who draws the black ball must die
I nesday night. Most of the Bridgeton people
regard the matter as a huge joke. They refuse
to look upon the affair in serious light and said
| that if anybody was brainless enough to belong
! to such organization the sooner they put them
selves out OF the way the better it would be for
| the community. They thought, however. that
the members should select the knife, poison or
rope, as the road to death, beeouse they could
not possibly have any brains to blow out.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
ELECTRIC CARS BLOCKED.

Forty-one cars stood in line along Montgom-
cry and Washington streets this afternoon. At
the corner Of Hudson and Montgomery streets q
freight car had become lodged upon the track,
directly across the switch at the corner, and OBJ
structiOg the passage of the cars to the ferry.
The freight car had been hanled by six horses
from the Pennsylvania freight yards and taken
along the track in Hudson street. When at the
corner of Montgomery street the wheels caught
in the switch, and all efforts to bulge it of
no avail The Montgomery street electric cars
were pulled by horses along Hudson street. and
went tearing up the street until the wire was
found. OF the forty-one cars nine were electric
and eight Grove street cars.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
ABOMINABLE PANEL.
The Petit Jury Kicked Out
Of Court in Disgrace
Some of DaViS's
Work.

Judge Hudspeth yesterday, at the sug
gestion of District Attorney Winfield,
discharged the petit jury fer the term
1t is the universal opinion OF oil lawyers
who have had cases in court this term
that this petit jury was the worst
panel ever drawn in this county.
1t has been equally unsatisfactory
in the civil and criminal
courts. Prosecutor Winfield repeatedly
denounced it in open court. and finally.
on Tuesday, after the Prosecutor had
tried a dozen cases aud received but one
any more cases before the jurors in the
present panel. He said he would not
move another case this term, excepting
that of Charles Wah Kee. which was
tried yesterday. He had got rid of all the
petty Jail cases and with but few excep-
tions those who had been indicted were
out on bail. The Prosecutor said that
some of the cases were OF too much i'm
portance to trust in such hands.
The Court evidently agreed with MIN
for the panel was discharged at least two
weeks earlier than is customary.
Speaking of the panel Mr.. Win
lsia Heard fGa shat ns sort shat Of he ,rnsa asa
had been formed by some OF the jurors
who would not convict anyone if de-
Tended by certain lawyers. One of the
jurymen said very recently that the ac-
lions of some of the members OF the panel
was dlsgraceful, and that no convictions
could be had ii they were in the jury box
The greatest fault found by the law
yers with the petit jury in civil cases
was the excessive damages allowed plain
tiffs. ana half dozen such verdicts were
cut down by Judge Lippincott with the
option OF new trial. In each case the
defendant declined q new trial and gladly
accepted the amount awarded by the
Court.
In cases where suits for damages for
injuries received at the hands of railroad
employees The damages We're always very
large. A close observer at the Court
House accounted for this by saying, after
one jury had come in with heavy dam
ages
"Don't you see. half of the jurymen a are
crippies, and the verdict is one of SYM
pathy."
The explanation was not said for joke
and it was true, One of the curious
things that happened with the petit jury
this term has already been told in The
JERSEY CITY NEWS. 1t was the rale
of one juror sitting on jury
ln a case one cay and
Juror Cline taxing that jurors place the
next day and remaining there until the
case was finished. A verdict in this case
was found for the plaintiff and when the
lawyers for the defendant learned of it
they Immediately applied for new trial.
During the present time Prosecutor
Winfield challenged seventeen jurors as
being disqualified, either becanse they
were too old or because they had served
as jurors on some other panel within the
past year. Sheriff Stanton will eliminate
all these Illegal and objections BILE features
from the next panel or Detit jurors.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
UNCLE And NIECE.
Living as Man and Wife
on Jewett Avenue-Mrs.
Rich's Vain Pursuit.

/ A remarkable story has just developed
in Justice Weeds Court. An elderly
man and his pretty niece were arrested
Monday night on the complaint OF the
mans wife, charged with living as man
and wife. Justice Weed, prompted by
human nature, paroled the couple until
yesterday morning, but they failed to aD-
pear in court and have fed from the city.
The case, Justice Weed says, is one of
the most peculiar that he has met with in
his long career as Justice.
ESome years ago, a5 Valley Stream,
Long Island. lived Adam Rich and his
wife Hannah. The couple owned consid-
erable real estate, but they did not live
happily. Rich was only forty years old.
while his wife was over sixty. They had
no children, and Rich often threatened
to leave his wife.
In neighborlng village in Long Island
there lived Eliza Hewitt, niece OF
the couple and remarkably
AFFECTED with melancholia. and although
her parents endeavored in every way to
cure her. they We're not successful. AT
length, the young woman's parents died.
and, at the invitation of her uncle, she
went to live with the Rich family.
The relations between Rich and his
handsome niece soon became the
born to the young woman. While every
body talked, Mrs. Rich had noJning
to say, and apparently had not
the slightest objection to the presence of
the handsome niece. But Mr.. Rich and
his niece soon tired of the old lady. Two
stealth and took up their residence In
nicely furnished fiat at No. 2l2 Sixth
street, this city. Later they moved to
No. 81 Jewett avenue, where another
child was born. Rich had a valuable
patent, from which he received a good
royalty, aud the couple moved
in good society on the Heights.
On last Monday, Mrs. Rich traced the
couple to No. 81 Jewett avenue and de-
manded that she be allowed to live with
them. They refused to have anything at
all to do with her and she went to Justice
Weed, and recit1ng the above story, OBJ
tanned the warrant, and constable
brought Rich, his nelce and the TWO
children to the Justices Office on Tues
lay night. The rain was pouring down
in torrents at the time. Rich pleaded
for delay and the Justice agreed TO post
pone the hearing until the following
morning. Rich and his wife then begged
the Justice not TO lock them up over
night. Mrs. Rich was in delicate con-
dition and her children were not we'll.
They faithfully agreed to be present in
court the next morning and the Justice,
prompted by the best of motives, agreed
TO take their word and they were paroled.
Yesterday morning the Justice waited
In vain. A constable was sent to No. 54
Jewett avenue, and it was found that the
couple had fed, leaving all their house
hold effects behind them. Mrs. Rich was
very angry, but said she would follow the
couple TO the end of the world.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
ELSTON Is MISSING.

William H. Elston, the Hoboken school
Principal who was dismissed by the Ho-
boken Board of Education Monday night.
having been found guilty of unmerci-
fully beating pupil. and also of having
acted familiarly with three girl pupils.
and whose conduct was the sub
ject of investigation by the Grand Jury
yesterday, has disappeared from Hobo
ken, No one knows where he now Is.
With his family he boarded at No. 1031
Bloomfield street. Nothing could be
learned there this afternoon of Elston's
whereabouts
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
LINCOLN LADY CLIPPERS.

Lincoln Assembly, No. z, Pythian Sisterhood,
held what was termed clipping party at Hum
boldt Hall last night. 1t was a successful and
enjoyable occasion, the pretty little hall being
crowded with the members of the So
ciety and their friends. The entertain.
ment consisted of music and recita
tions Mrs. f. Brown presided, and Mrs Will
lam H. Douglas, Miss Mabel Bills and Stephen
L. Van Wart contributed to the entertainment.
The proceeds of the affair will be devoted to
entertaining the Grand Assembly, which meets
in Jersey City on April 10.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
GREENYILLE'S NOVEL BALL.

On Friday evening, March II, rather novel
bail will be held at Metropolitan Hall, Green
Greenville is interested. These societies and
clubs have combined and the affair promises to
be big success. The societies interested are:-
Greenvilie Turn Verein, Printers and Book
binders Pleasure Club, Aroma Athletic Asso-
citation, West Bergen Pleasure Club, Frank E.
Chase Association, Greenville Guard, Old Forty,
Puritan, Garfield, Kazoo, Friendly and Bavarian
Bowling Clubs Greenvilie Rifle Club and Hud-
son County Schwabischer Verein.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
REPUBLICAN TOAsTs.

Club of Greenvile, has ar ranged the toasts TO
the annual banquet to be held on March 8. at
Belvidere Hall as follows:-Address of welcome
Peter % F. Wanser; Repuoiican % Party. joan ' A,
Blair; New,J ersey, John Kean, Jr; James G.
Blaine, Linn Bruce; James A. Garfield j. Her
Abraham Lincoln, Flavel MCGEE, and Ulysses
S. Grant, ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins.
The Banquet Committee is working hard to
make the affair one of the most memorable in
the history of the organization. A large num-
Der of tickets have been sold. The banquet hall
will be decorated With potted plants, flowers
and exotic flags. Covers will be laid for 200
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
THE HOBOKEN AIR DID IT.

Kate Walsh, forty years of age, and Margaret
HAAS, twenty-nine years of age, two Weehaw-
ken beauties, wandered into Hobol1en last night
and became Intoxicated with the salubrious
climate of that city. Officers Whitlock and
Detters, not being able to distinguish between
salubrious crimate intoxication and beer intoxi-
cation arrested the beauties. This morning
Recorder McDonough explained to the officers
the several degrees of intoxication and dis
charged the beauties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
a. D. T.n PRATT RESIGNS.

Manager T. P. Pratt, of the American District
and Postal Telegraph Cable Company in this
city has resigned and F. NJ. Huntington who has
been employed by the American District Com
pany in the Stock yards for some years has
been the manager for six years and served the
public with promptness and courtesy. He
has many friends who will be sorry to he ar OF
ni, ,ir,Aer nficr,r
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
WERE THEY sTOLEN9

Samuel Kennedy, Thomas McGinnis and Theo-
dore Keller, Hoboken youths were arraigned
before Police Justice O'Donnell this morning,
charged with being disorderly persons. Yes
terday afternoon, Patrolman McGurk saw the
young men Oh Henderson street, near the Ho-
boken line, with quantity of plumbers mater
ial in their possession. The policeman asked
them how they came by the tools an d, not re-
ceiving a satisfactory answer brought them to
the Second precinct police station. Justice
ODonnell remauded them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
MIR. MUTscHLERs BIRTHDAY.

William Mutschler, one of the proprietors of
Pohlmann's Hall, gave pleasant social last
evening at the Hall to about two dozen of his
friends. Mr.. Mutschler had arrived at his
thirty year, and to celebrate the event
invited his guests to participate In pleasant
chat, and rartake of light supper of bread and
cheese Champagne and beer were drunk be-
tween mouthfuis. Several secret societies were
renreSanfed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
RAILWAYS no BLAME, OF COURSE.

AT the meeting of the Hoboken Common
Council last night the property owners on Mar
shall street, between Third and Fourth streets,
complained that the flow of water from tn q
Heights had inundated them. Their property
was surrounded by water aud they feared their
foundations would be swept away. The rail-
way people have built trenches all along The
foot of the HILL and the result is the water flows
into the meadows where these people reside.
The Committee on Sewers of the Council will
endeaVor to secure relief,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
FIRE IN AN OLD OIL SHED.
Prompt Work Prevents Big Blaze N,
the Penusylyania Depot.

Prompt Work Prevents a Big Blaze Near
the Pennsylyania Depot
A fire started in the oil shed of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at the corner of
Washington and Pearl streets. near the
depot, a few minutes before one O'Clock
this afternoon. The building is low
one-story frame structure, about
90 by SO feet. and is di-
vided by several partitions. Il was
In charge of Joseph Debenki. The fire
began in a room in which were several
barrels of oil and of lamp globes packed
in straw. An engineer saw the blazs and
gave a whistle alarm. An employs pull
ed Box s. About thirty barrels OF
illuminating aud luuricatin0 oil
aad grease were stored in the
shef. The Fire Department got to work
quickly and soon had control. barrel
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
COMPANIONS FELL OUR.

Charles Watson of No. 224 Madison street and
James Ryan of Willow avenue were boon COM
panions. Yesterday they started out together,
and after having earned some money in moving
were intoxicated. Watson wanted fight, but
Ryan did not. Watson followed Ryan, and at
Third and Clinton streets clinched and fought.
unconscious. Officer Connell called the patrol
Wagon and both were taken to the Station
House. Ryan was bleeding profusely from
cut in the face and seemed unconscious. He was
removed to st. Mary's Hospital. Tnis morning
he was better. Watson was held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
CLEAN THE STREETS.

Before the meeting of the Police Board yester
Health Boapd was held The monthly report o
Health Inspector Benjamin showed that during
the month there had been cases of dphtheria,
cases Of scarlet J fever Of typhoid fever 20 , Of
Benjamin also stated that the sanitary squad
had begun its labors. President Feeney thought
that the squad could accomplish very little until
the streets were put in better condition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-02
A BIG BRUTE.

John Quinn, a burly looking fellow of No. All
Monmouth street, was arraigned before Police
Justice ODonnen this morning charged with as
sault by his wife Ellen.
The woman told narrowing story in court.
She said that on last Sunday night her husband
beat her and put her and her baby out into the
hallway, where they were forc,i to remain
shivering 10 the cold all night.
''You are a big brute said the Justice in an
angry voice. land it would be a good thing if
someone would kick sense into you. You are
connected for trial. :"