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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29
WENT TO THE BOTTOM.
sudden sinking of the :IIaytian War ship
Alexandra Potion. Involving the Loss
OF Eighty Livc~-OnIy One survivor Re-
mains tn Tell the Story Of the Disaster.

sudden sinking of the sUaytian War shin
Alexandra Potion. Involving the Loss
of Eighty Lives-OnIy One Survivor Re.
mains to Tell the Story OF the Disaster.
New YORK. sept. %. A report Of the
sinking of the iIaytian war shin Alex.
andre Potion. was received in tins city
yesterday. All on board with one ex-
ception were lost All told. eighty
were drowned. Among the number
were many prominent officials and 6i-
plomats OF the republic. The cause of
the disaster is unknown. The news of
the catastrophe was Drough, to this
city by ex-Minister to Hayti J. 5. Bun
ham, who arrived on the steamer
Prinz William /, from Port au Prince.
The disaster to the Potion occurred
on Sephewms @. about five miles FROM
Cape Tioeft!i The cru iser had iustN
been put into commission. She left
Port an Prince. September I. bound for
San Domingo. She had on board
many distinguished passengers. among
them being Gen. Moline. san Dosnin-
COS envoy to liayti: l.. Cohen, the
IIaytian minister to Mexico. and other
well-known diplomats.
hSeotulnp W the testimony or the
sole survivor there was absolutely no
warning. Neither collision with an
other vessel. submerged coral reef or
storm can account for the occurrence.
The day was fair. the wind was light
and the passengers were enjoying
themselves in the cabin. Suddenly
the vessel began 10 sink
The officer on watch ordered the men
to pass the word to those in the cabins
and the forecastlc to reach the deck as
quickly rs possible and Jump over
board. II was already too late. There
was terrible confusion in the cabin as
the panic-striclSen people reached the
deck, blocking the passa vewav as they
did 50. and preventing one another
from escaping from what was destined
to he their tomb. In one minute and
a half from the time She began to sink
the vessel was entirely under water.
One sailor, ms the ship sank under
him, snatched a pair of oars from a
lifeboat and threw himself into the
water. He caught plank rs IL
fioated by and looked around. but not
a man arose from the whrIing waters
which engulfed the war ship. The
sailor drifted for thirtv-six hours on
the plank with nothing 10 eat or drink,
and when picked up he was almost cx-
hausted. He was taken {, Port au
Prince. The disaster has oecasioned
universal mourning throughout lIayti
and san Domingo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29


TnE well-known stecple-chasc horse
Futnrity, owned by Alderman Nolan
Of Albany, ~ u. died i'm Chicago. on
the 10Th, while on his way from the
east To- San Francisco.
TnE paid admission To the Worlds
fair. on the goth, were III. ias.
The llondurn congress has accepted
+ President Leva's resignation, and Gen.
Vasquez has been elected president OF
y the republic.
TnE executive committee OF the
Worlds fair directory met on the Goth
and decided to promptly close tbs
Worlds fair October 30 This practi.
cally settles all talk OF extension. An
other 20 per cent was ordered paid on
the bonded Indebtedness. making to
tai of 20 per cent. OF the -, ass, 900 now
ordered paid.
THE police Of Amsterdam, Holland.
have arrested Henry De Jong and are
investigating series of disappearance
of wives that promises To develop a
case similar to that Of Decming in En-.
gland.
Ar meeting Of the Highland Land
league i'm Glasgow. on the Goth. the
delegates strongly demanded home
rule measure for Scotland and con
dcmned as a grievous wrong the fact
that the Scotch crofters should he
hunted TO Canada in order that sheep
might take their places
A SERIOUS mine accident occurred. on
the soth AZ the Dolcoth mine, at Cam
borne. Cornwall. A portion OF the
mine caved in. burying thirty of the
miners in the ruins Eight are be-
licved 10 have been killed Twenty
two were taken out alive but badly in
jured.
The twenty-.hird anniversary Of
Victor Emanucls Inifcation OF Italy
WIS celc bratcd in New York city bv a
parade os the united Italian societies.
Mayor Cilroy's refusal to place the
Italian fng in the place of honor on
he city hall was denounced by the
,Arader,.
PRESIDENT BoNNEy. chief of the
Worlds Congress Auxiliary, refused to
allow the international congress OF
Free Thinkers the use of the Art insti-
tute, the now famous structure in Chi
cago Mr.. Bonney said he would not
sanction the use of the hall by any
body likely To criticise the church OF
drag the name of the Creator in the
mire.
FEVER has added its terrors to the
already overlooking cup of misery OF
the unfortunate jewellers on the sea
islands on the coast of South Carolina.
Hundreds of people are reported sick
on these islands as a result of the
stencil and putrcfaction of dead bodies
left unburied from the great storm of
August.
Mrs DAVID DowpEN. living six miles
of West Elizabeth Pa. at
to light the fire with kerosene
IN the 2lst. An explosion resulted.
and Mrs. Dowden and her child were
burned TO death. The house and con
tents were destroyed.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended
1t noon on the 2ist. there were twelve
new cases of cholera and three deaths
rom that disease reported to the au-
.horities in Hamburg.
THE 2lst was the forty-seventh ami
'ersary of the admission of Iowa into
he union.
CHOLERA is spreading among the
classes in Buda Pesth.
OK the 2lst the Bank of England re-
luced its rate of discount to 81 per
ent.
FIVE men were killed and five wer,
eriously injured by gas explosion in
he Lance colliery No. II of the Lee
Ugh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co. at Ply
louth. Pa, on the 2lst
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

ENGINEER KNAPP, who was shot in
the Lake Shore train robbery at kes-
sler. Ind, and taken to kendallville,
was very much worse, on the 18th. and
il was feared that his wouud would re-
suit fatally.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE president sent to the senate, on
the 10th, the nomination of W. Il.
Hornblower, of New York, to he assoc
ciate justice of the supreme court Of
the United States, vice Samuel Batch
ford. deceased.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE marriage of Miss Flora Davis.
daughter of Mr. John Davis, of New
York, to Lord Terence Blackwood.
youngest son of the marquis of Duffcr-
in. has been fixed TO take place in
Paris October 10
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

The police intimated to all of the
London banks. on the 10Th, that a gang
of expert American forgers were on
their way to that city. 1t is said that
the members Of the gang possess the
secret of effacing handwriting from
checks
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE Planters Labor and Supply Co.
At Honolulu have asked the govern
ment To permit the importation of
5000 Chinese agricultural laborers as
an Offset TO the japanese, who largely
predominant.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE Poles residing in baltimore
Md. have appointed special commit
tee to arrange for the collection of ex-
hibts for the Worlds fair to be held
at Leopold, Austria.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

SrRGEoS-GESERAL WYMAS Of the
Marine hospital service received ca
blegram from DIR. White at Hamburg,
on the 18th. stating that there had
been nine cases of cholera there, five of
which had proved fatal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

Rio DE JASFRo was under fire OF the
insurgent fleet again, on the 18th. for
three hours The forts in the harbor
returned the fire with good effect.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

SIR ALEXANDER GAIT. retired Cana
dian statesman. died on the 18th. at
Montreal Sir Alexander held differ
ent cabinet portfolios before and after
the confederation, and was a high
commissioner in England for a period
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

CHOLERA has reappeared in Moscow,
Kieff and northeast Hungary. In Mos
cow the outbreak is most serious.
There were thirty-two cases and eleven
deaths in the convict forwarding prison
at that city between the list and 18th
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE editor of the Weekly Indepen-
dence. "A radical newspaper in Prague.
has been arrested and locked up for
publishing articles offensive to the au-
thorties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

JONI G. DREW. lately associa te
editor of the Irish World. and a noted
writer on political economy and ethics,
died at his home in Elizabeth, \. j.,
on the 18th, of heart disease. aged -.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

1T is stated that suspended silver
mines in Colorado, Utah and Montana
owe San Francisco powder companies
upward of $500. 900, which il is impos-
sible to collect. Requests for pay
ments are answered with ''Go see
Cleveland
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE Spanish government has de-
clared quarantine against the ports
of Hamburg. Germany. and Hull. En-
gland, in consequence of the preva-
lence of cholera at those places.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE two Frenchmen who were ar
rested in Kiel, on August 2s. on the
charge Of being spies, were taken to
Berlin. on the alst, for preliminary ju-
dicial examination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

TnE weekly statement Of the lm-
perial bank OF Germany, issued on the
18th, shows "A further decrease in spc-
Gle of 1850, 600 marks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE 10th. which was the sixty-third
anniversary of the opening OF the first
public railway, the Liverpool & Nam
chester,was Railway day at the Worlds
fair
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

TuE house committee on territories
decided, on the sist, To report a bin for
the admission OF Utah as "A state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

Henry s. COCHRAN, the cmbczzling
weighcr at the Philadelphia mint. was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Bell, on the 18th, and held
in $4,000 bail. In order to give him
time TO procure counsel he was re-
manded TO the custody 81 deputy
United States marshal. Superintsnd-
emit Bosbyshcll testified that the short
age amounted 20 $4,000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER ED-
MUNps, ofPhiadelphia. decided on the
18th. that All Me. a Chinese laborer.
should be deported TO China. hc being
in the United States in violation Of the
Chinese exclusion act of 1s92 This is
the second Chinaman ordered To be de-
ported by Commissioner Edmunds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

THE house committee on rules de
cided, on the 2lst, that the Tucker bill
to repeal the federal election laws
should be taken up for consideration,
on the goth. and that the vote on the
passage Of the bill and the pending
amendments should bc taken on the
10th Of October. twelve days being al
lowed for debate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

The state authorities having failed
in their efforts to collect seed grain
for the farmers Of western Kansas. the
Ancient Order Of United Worl<men has
taken hold Of the project, and will en-
deavor TO furnish the needed aid to
members of the organization. and TO
Others IL a surplus should be collected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29

IT is intimated that Mr.. Van Allen,
nominated for ambassador to Italy.
will restore the lavish regime Of Will
liam Waldorf Astor, which suffered n
check when Ministers Stallo and Por-
ter held the Office, they being com
peeled to live within the salary, while
Mr.. Van Allen, who is worth $50. 000, 600,
can fly high.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08

bottles more of Paine's celery compound.
Five of them I gave to friends. l ave
recommended it to many of my customers
and friends both here and at Central Falls,
II. l., and I fail to hear of single one it has
not done good. Even q Mrs. Yeager, who
has stood out II long time from taking it,
said it was the best thing that she ever
tried.
ar believe that Paine's celery compound
was the means of curing me of the dropsy
making me well, SO that l was able to
take mp the battle of life again. And 1
have buiit during the last four months a
beautiful building, and 1 have been so we'll
that l have stood every day upon its walls
fully eight hours a day, from the time of
throwing the first shovel of dirt. I now
have l25 rooms for Worlds Fair visitors,
and If any of your friends are coming to the
Worlds Fair, just tell them to stop at
Browns hotel that Paine's celery COM
pound built, and they will ne it well built,
no crumbliig walls or fire trap, but solid
and substantial, like the writer.
al am surprised at myself being able to
stand SO much work and the long hours
'FRONT.' A. NJ. to midnight, and on the jump
all the time, besides CONFUSION and asking
questions, Which uStA bO nh0hC AAS NSty
ervous. Am feeling we'll, looking well,
and a living example OF what FOUR COM
pound mas done, and shall recommend it
the longest day 1 Hive.
al can refer you to Marshall, Field & Co.,
Keith Bros, and nan other Chicago mer-
chants in regard to my standing" say Mr..
Brown; "or you can write to DR.. Miller, who
has been my family physician for a good
many years, although I am glad to say that
l have not been obliged to call him in for
over a year."
A table of statistics might be prepared,
giving testimonials from men and women
from every state in the union, ofevery age,
the rich and the poor, n from every con-
dition in life. There Is not a city or village
in the United states where Pafne's celery
compound is not known and prescribed. 1t
has cured nervous diseases, brain troubles,
kidney disorders, and liver complaint
where everything else has failed and where
the patients life has been despaired of. II
makes people we'll, Try it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08
THE MAYORS Dog PRUCIlAMATION.
The s. p. G. A.. Declares 1t Contrary to
Law-Wili Certiorari 1t.

The s. r. C. A. Declares 1t Contrary to
Law-win C~ertiorari 1t.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals held it's regular
monthly meeting last night at its head
quarters in the Weldon building. Fifteen
new members were elected, and twenty
applications for membership received.
The president reported that he would
have the constitution and bylaws OF the
society and laws and ordinances affecting
animals and cruelty to animals compiled
and printed in pamphlet form by Septem-
Der |. The Executive Committee report
ed that it's attorney, I'll. g. McCartin, is
after justices who are holding funds of
the S.P.C.A. Society: A resolution was
adopted authorizing Mr.. McCartin to in
stitnte civil and criminal proceedings
against hive of these justices.
Counsellor Charles j.. Perpoll called at
tention to the Mayors dog proclamation.
He said it is contrary to law, and inter-
feres with various ordinances and stat
utes. 1t was decided that the society
have it certioraried to the Supreme Court.
The president appointed this committee
to attend to the matter: Charles j. Per-
poll, H.. G. McCartin, DR.. II. II. Benedict,
DR.. w. w. Afrowsmith, Vice President
Gustav Rean.
President Mccarthy reported as follows:
1.-The Hudson County Society for the Pre-
uention of Cruelty to Animals has 63
members. The increase since the COM
mencement of the present fiscal year, May
l, has been 43. | haye appointed three
regular agents for Jersey City since that
time, viz, Edward A. SCHULZ, Charles j.
Carroll and g.. Washington Stansbury.
George B. Rees has been ~re-appointed for
North Hudson and j. Mercer Garrett for
Hoboken. Every section of the county is
covered by one or more members. The
former list of some fifteen special agents
has been dispensed with. A summary Of
the work lone by this society during the
seven months ending July 81 is given
herewith: Number of complaints re-
ceiyed and attended to, 125; number of
arrests, 80; number of convictions, 81;
number of horses humanely put to death,
IL: dogs shot, i; number of horses re-
lieyed, u; minor cases relieved, 4; receipts,
| account nnes, $il3.50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08
THE JERSEY oONGRESSMEN SWORN IN.
Senator Mcrherson's Patronage Exhaust.
e~d-Pearson's Position in Jeopardy.
Special to the Jersey City Netps.

Senator Mcrherson's Patronage Exhaust.
ed-Pearson's Position in Jeopardy.
Special to the jersey City Ee,es.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. 8. 1s93.-The
wheels OF Congress arc aRAlu revolving.
Il the presence of an enormous crowd
the House was organized. the create st
popular interest being manifested In this
body, while the senate galleries. we re
filled with the overflow of the House.
The Nsw Jersey delegation was early
on the floor. Representative Gardnereame
over from Atlantic City yesterday morn
ing. reaching the Capitol shortly before
noon. He entered the hall of the House,
wandered around for 3 few moments like
q cat in a strange garnet aud smiled a
happy smile when he finally met Repre-
sentative Dunn. Then the two men,
pers droppei into the nearest vacant
seat, where later they were joined by Mr..
Geissenhainer. Mr.. Fielder was late in
arriving and Mr.. Cadmus slipped into the
hall of the House just before his name
was called All the New Jersey members
answered to their names during the roll
call aud shortly afterwards came 70 the
space in front of the Speakers desk to be
sworn in. Messrs. Cadmus. Cornish and
Fielder, came up together. while Mr..
Gelssenhainer aud Mr.. English stood side
Dy side. Dunn aud Garduer were by
themselves over OF the left OF The Speak
er's desk. Mr.. ~Loudenslager was alone
in the line. IL was noticeable that Mr..
English did not raise his right haud until
the words $50 help me God'' were
reached,
The change iu Offices at the capitol will.
of course, affect some New Jersey people.
Senator Mcpherson had offered a 81, 400
place on the Senate side to E. S. Doughty
of Somerville. son of ex. Senator Doughty,
who arrived here in the evening. Johu
Cortelyo. QUE of Mr.. Cadmus' constitu-
ents on the House side, is to be taken
care of by Senator Mcpherson, and thes.
two places exhaust the Senator's patron
oge.
The fact that the New Jersey deleg l.
ton voted FOR Yoder, who was not ~elecLeC
Sergeant at Arms, may jeopardizs tbs
place of Thomas Pearson of Elizabeth
who Is now on he police force. Mr..
Dunn is very anxious that Pearson shoul 4
he retaine (, hut whether he will be sue
cessful or not reniAins to be seen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08
WEST SIDE WinNowINGs.

1t is OF the utmost Importance that the citi.
zens OF the West Side atteuu the meeting of the
West Side Improvement League az tho Glen
wood House on Thursday night. They want
sewers and other improvements. and the object
of the League is to get them for them.
The Daughters OF Libsrty will meet at Orient
Hall next Monday night.
Brother Judges class meets tonight.
The great need of the West Side Is a fire
engine OF its own.
Brother Beach's class meets tomorrow night.
The Kings Daughters will hold a business
meeting tonight at the home Of Mrs. Beach,
West Side avenue.
The grading OF the lateral streets. from Der.
gen to West Side avenues, is progressing
rapidly.
The West Bergen Debating Society meets to-
morrow in the pariors of the Glenwood Houss.
Several propositions will be- voted upon aad a
date set for the fTss debate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08

- Ply > = 0AAAN M Nm OAkL
(the remedy that makes people welD built
it.
Mr.. Brown says:
believing it TO be a duty that every man
sf1uld acknowledge and recommend that
which has lone him good is the cause of
his statement, which. TO give all particu-
lars, must go back to my boyhood days.
When about Il years old we moved to cen
trail Illinois, where for three years 1 had the
shakes or ague which l presume I'VE me
an ague cake or enlargement of the spleen.
"At the age OILY years came to Chicago
and entered the old Chicago university, but
my health was so poor that I could not
make much progress with my studies, and
from that time on until about eight years
ago l was sick more or less without any
one being able to tell just what was the
trouble. or to give me any relief.
."Eight years ago while lying aboard my
yacht in Milwaukee harbor L awoke one
morning but was unable to get up or move.
DR.. Adam Miller was called, and he pro-
nounced my trouble dropsy of the heart.
After about six weeks of hard fighting and
my determination not to die, / got up, but
was not we'll, and had to continue taking
medicine. About I'VE years ago | lost my
wife, the worst thing hat could happen to
a man. / had a very sick spell after that.
A friend then recommended Paine's celery
compound, and l took six bottles of it and
it put me on my feet again, andI am feel
ing, and have felt for the past year, the best
l ever did in my life. take no medicine
at all nov. A short time ago l bought six
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08
The Parties and the Panic.

4nc 1dFLtcS ana TIC IduiCs
This is from the State Gazette of this
morning
The Philadelphia Press strikes the bulls eye
when it says that the paralysis which blights
the country today comes because the calam-
ilous result of the election portended an indus
tFiaifeyolution. Our indusiries. aggregating
a yearly product OF S., $40. 000, UO0, rest on q
Foundation Of protection The revoiutioaary
under them and 10 pile up the broken and
wrecked debris upon a tariff for revenue only,
Our industries do not rest On a
foundation of protection. We doubt
if protection has ever done them the
slightest good. They rest on a foun-
dation, first. of feasibility, and sec
ondly, Of supply and demand.
If we have the mean at hand to
make cheap tin plate at reasonable
cost, we will make ir just as much
without protection as with it, only the
makers will have to sell it at a reason
able profit instead of a monopolistic
one If there is no protection. On the
other hand if our are not
equal to the manufacture Of tin plate,
cheap and good, then no amount OF
protection, hardly the absolute exclu-
SION of foreign tin plate, will induce
the, birth of a healthy tin plate indus.
try. Tin plate will simply be driven
out of use and some more or less salts
factory substitute will be found for it.
But we do not desire to go into a
tariff disquisition here. There is
plenty of time ahead. We principally
desire just now to draw attention
to the application of The other true
foundation OF our industries-the sup
ply and demand ele ment-to the pies
ent situation. The present curtaii-
nent Of Manufacture is the result Of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08

The Minority Presentment Idea,
We understand a great effort is be-
ing made to bulldoze the respectable
Element of the Grand Jury out of ex-
posing the infamies of the policy in
vestigation by telling them that there
is no precedent for a minority present.
ment, and that the Court would not
receive one.
We refer the bulldozers and the
minority Jurors alike to the minutes
of the court for May 81, 1890, when
the minority report in the ballot box
stufing case was presented by Dr..
Gordon, DR.. Edge and two other hon
est Grand Jurors. We refer all parties
interested to Judge Knapp's words on
that occasion.
For the information of the general
public we reprint in our news columns
the report of what took place on thai
occasion, extracted from the file o.
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS of that
date.