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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
FARNHAM PvsT DEAD FOREVER.
General Weissert of the G. A. II. Say
There Is No Hope For 1t.

General yveissert of the G. A. II. Says
There Is No Hope For 1t.
NEW YORK, June 26. 1893, General
Weissert, Commander,in-C Chief OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, VINO ia
stopping at the st. James Hotel in this
city. said this morning regarding the re-
porS that the disoanded Farnham Post
would seek readmitJance into the GA. E.
through the National Encampment:-
"The National Il. A. Il. authorities will
hear no appeal from the decision of the
New York State authorities. by whose
order Farnham Post was declared to be
dIsbauded II Is not within our jurisdfc-
tion. Besides, thereis no such organization
now in existence as Farnham Post, SO
an appeal from them IS an organization
is out of the question. Even the State
authorities could not recognize them as
such. There will. think, be no objection
to reac mittina them individually, but
not as an organization, nor could the
same number be allowed to form new
post il they wished to. 1t would have to
be entirely diffsrentin everything. This
Farnham Post is disbauded forever.
Neither this State nor National authori-
ties will have anything to do with II. e
John j. Finn. the Commander OF the
disbanded post. aud now Commander
of the organization, Moan Farnham ln-
dependent Veteran No. /, was surprised
when he heard of Gen. Werssert's an
nouncement.
II do not know what to say" said MIR.
Finp. Except that our committee will go
on with our appeal. although can't say
tnaJ we have such hope. I will leave the
matter to the COMMITTEES OF Five.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
FINLEY TO THE FRONT.
The Genial Sergeant Distances All
Competitors in a Single
Bound.


The poll of certain favorites in the
great police popularity contest inaugur-
ated by The JERSEY CITY NEWS reminds
one somewhat of the present. contest be-
tween the weather and the people.
Generally speaking. .it'stecidedly war m.
But occasionally the weather freezes out
certain contestants and compels the "a to
lake refuge on the inside of their sDr Ing
overcoats.
1t is SO in the police contest for that
round trip ticket 10 the Worlds Fair
whicn The NEWS has so generously
offered to any member of the Jersey City
Police Department VINO shall secure his
credentials by vote OF the people as being
the most popular policeman In this city.
The frozen out champion lays low, put
the following day he shows up with
cool head in the midst of the heated con-
testants and generally wades through
the conflict to the position Of esteem ne
held before the breeZes OF other canul-
dates popularity chilled his aspirations
But look out for dark horsesl
There are hundreds of popular police
men whose names have not yet appeared
in the list, and the votes thus far re-
corded are but as a few drops IN the sea
so far as even the increase In the clrcu-
Iation of The News since the contest was
1naugurated is concerned. This indicates
/. IN i. measure a considerable amount OF
e assrengti, OH the part or numerous dark
- ases.
people a.e wondering at tbs
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
!: X I I h r A !! !!
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
fremont Hotel, Fort Scott.
Co11apses-A Hundred
Beneath the Ruins.

ST LOUIS, June 26, 1893. "A special to
the Post Despatch from Ft. Scott, Kansas,
says. at half past nine A. NJ. the entire
east wall of the fremont Hotel fell.
Over hundred guests were in tho house
at the time. It is thought many are
killed and injured.
A later dispatch says that at half-past
nine o'clock, without a moments warn
ing. the fremont House. q
four story brick structure. col
lapsed. buryiug fully a hundred
people beneath the ruins. The first
floors of the hotel were occupied as stores
and all were crowded with customers at
the time of the accident.
Shortly after twelve O'Clock the body
of young woman was recovered. and
fifteen minutes later three men were TAX.
en- out. They were alive. but their wounds
were of suca serious character that
their death is only matter OF an hour.
AS soon as the building fell, the fire
department. was summoned and the
members aided by over one hundred eiti-
gems are at work among the debris.
Their efforts are stimulated by the
cries and means OF the Injured, and
dying, m any of whom can be seen writh'
ing in their agony. but whom the rescu-
ers cam OF get to.
Men, women and children were at the
scene of the disaster crying for friends
they fear are beneath the ruios. The
scene beggars description.
1t is thought the death list will foot up
over twenty-five.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
A DIVORCE GRANTED.
Vice Chancellor Pitney Dec.- the
Suit of P. NJ. Kennedy
Against His Wife.

"Idon't care to hear any summing up
in this case" said Vice Chancellor Pit
ney in Chancery Chambers this morning.
ut is not necessary TO euli ghteu the
Court any further. / grant the divorce" /"
So abruptly did the divorce suit of
Patrick NJ. Kennedy of West Newark
terminate. Kennedy is an employe or
the Red Star steamship company and the
owner OF real estate on West Newark
avenue worth from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars. His suit had several hearings.
He named his brother-in-law. Patrick
Kennedy of 451 Pavopia avenue, John Il.
Hand. a tenant of The plaintiff and others
as correspondents.
The only witness this morning was
Patrick Kennedy OF Adj Patrick
avenue. He denied that he had ever
been criminally intimate with .he de-
fendans, but he described an incident
that made the spectators. and evidently
the Court. doubt the truthfulness Of his
denial. The incident occurred in the
kitchen of the plaintiffs house one even.
ing in February last. The narration
of this occurance made the three ladies
who accompanied Mrs. Kennedy in the
court room look straight ahead into
vacancy and blush.
referred to defendant informed hlm that
her condition was delicate. Sne
sat on his lap aud tolerated
familiarities from him that cannon
be described with propriety in print
She wanted him to come and see her
II said there were Zoo many children
around" said the witness. and she
answered, 30, I'll fix that all right Pll
sepd them away"
la few minutes after this Kennedy, the
plaintiff, entered the kitchen aud looked
very mad.
After hearing this testimony the Vice
Chancellor made the remark quoted. and
added - am convinced that this woman
is unfit to have the care of her children.
The manner of Che defendant on the wit.
ness chair, the evidence of her habits has
convinced me she is not woman fit TO
have the care of children.
The oldest of the couples five children
is thirteen years old and the youngest is
three years. Counsellor Harry Wills
asked that the youngest child be left
with the mother, but che Vice Chancellor
refused with emphasis.
Mrs. Kennedy took the decision with
GOODNESS so far as her appearance indi
Gated She left the court room with he
| female friends aud remarked outside
| that she didn'E suppose there was any
| thing more TO be done.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
BRUTAL CHARLES HENsHAW.
he Numerically Beats Seven-year O
Charles nIcNaiIY

he Numerically Beats seven-year Old
Charles McNailT.
Charles Hensnaw. forty years old, a
watchman employed on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad. and residing at
No. 544 Grand street. was ar
raigned in the Third District
court this morning on charge of AS
sarlting seven year old Charles McNally
of Wilton and Ash streets. On
Saturday afternoon young McNally
was playing with number Of
other boys near his home. One of his
companions threw stone which struck
Henshaw on the leg. Henshaw rushed
at the boys and grabbed young
McNally. After kicking him
several times in the abdomen he threw
him to the sidewalk and jaD5ed him in
The chest with heavy stick which he
carried The cries of the youngster
attracted q number of pedes-
TRANS who ran to the scene
and rescued 'McNally. Hensnaw tneu
took to his heels and made wide tracks
for home. A large crowd pursued him.
taken to his home aud Dr. Boumana
was summoned. The doctor said that
the lad was injured internally auii
probably seriously. McNa!lY's father re.
ported the matter to the Faurth precinct
police and PalieemRn Judge arrested
Heushaw yesterday. This mnvnng jus
tice Kiianleriy postponed the examina-
tion until Saturday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
A SUPREME EXTRADITI0N.
DR.. cornelius Herr of Panama Fame
Dies in England.

M D1ei In sEngtanN.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.
LONDON, June 49, 1898. The question OF
the extradition Of DR.. Corneiius fiar 2.
whose name was so prominently connec-
ted with the Panema Canal scandal, has
been settled by death.
DR.. Herr died today at Bournemouth.
to which place he went from London be-
cause of i'll health shortly after France
endeavored to secure his extradition.
1t was with DR.. Herr that Baron de
Reinaeh, who was SAID TO have been
implicated in the scandal and who was
snid to have Silled himself shortly
after the affair was first made
public, spent the last hours OF
his life. On the night Baron
de Reinach died DR.. Herr went to Eng-
land. and when the French Government
sought to obtain his extraditiou IN order
to procure his testimony the officers were
met With the statement chat he was dan
was taken from the hotel at which he
was stopping in London and conveyed to
Bournemouth. The French Government,
which still sought to procure his
extradition, sent Drs. Charcot and
Brouardel, the eminent French
physicians, to Bournemouth to ex-
anime DR.. Herr, and it was only few
days ago that their report was read
to the Chamber of Deputies stating
that his condition was such that
he could not be moved. Dr. Herr had
had experiences in mauy parts of the
world, aud during the height of the
Panama scandal the story OF his adven-
lures in California was told at length.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
COURT MARTIAL FOR MARKHAM.
The Victoria Disaster to Receive Rigid
Investigation.
Bv cable to the United Press.

Investigation.
By Gable to the United Press.
LONDON, June 26, 1s93.-It has been
definitely decided that Rear Admiral
Albert H. Markham. who was second in
command to Vice-Admiral Sir George
Tryon at the time Of the accident off
Tripolt that caused the loss of the battl le-
ship Victoria. will be tried by court
martial that will sit at Portsmouth.
The court will be presided over by Ad-
miral the Earl of Clanwilliam, Comman-
der-ln- Chief at Portsmouth. whose son,
Lord Clifford. was flag lieutenant of the
Victoria. Rear Admiral Markham's 8
flagship is the Trafalgar. but advices re-
ceived here show that his flag had been
transferred to the Camperdown, aud that
he was In charge of the manoeuvres of
the fleet at the time the collision oc-
CURED.
Tine telegram of sympathy sent out by
President Cleveland, through Secretary
of State Gresham anG United States AM
oassador Bayard. TO Queen Victoria was
forwarded to Her Majesty immediately
upon its receipt. The Queen, in reply,
has informed Ambassador BaYard rnat
she was deeply touched by the message
Of the Presidentsof the United States.
The British cruiser Barham, with Rear
Admiral Markham's official report OF the
loss of the Victoria, Is expected to arrive
at Port Said tonight. The Rear
Admira's report will be sent by cable
from Port Said to the Admiralty Office
here.
All the survivors OF the disaster sailed
from Tripoli to-day, presumably for
Malta. They embarked on board the
cruisers Edgar and Phaeton.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
VANSHR MUCH BETTER
Official Statement of the
Operation by the At
tending Doctors.

Assistant Secretary to Mayor Wanset
Nevin to-day posted The following official
notice of the operation undergone By
Mayor Wanser : I'd his present condition.
The diagnosis of stone in the right
kidney had been made some time preyfe
GUS to Mayor Wanser5 entrance into this
Hospital. Thursday, June %, at eleven
o'clock, was appointed as the time for
operation. The Mayor bore the ether
well and had only slight nausea
and vomiting on becoming conscious.
The whole operation lasted a little less
than two hours. An incision four and
half inches long was made In the flghk
eide just below and pa rallel with the
twelfth rib. The kid ney was soon
what thickened. One manipulation with
the fingers, the tissue OF the kidney was
found 10 be denser in some places
than in Others This proved that
some infammatory process was pres
eur. and had been going on
for some time. A need le was now thrust
into the kidney in various places. but no
stone was detected bv this procedure.
BOLD OPERATION.
Then DR.. Bangs boldly cut thro ugh
the kidney substance into the
pelvis of the kidney. Expl o.
ration with sthe probe revealed
the presence of stone. With the aid OF
forceps the stone was removed, but in
fractured conditions: for it was rather
soft and adherent TO the kidney Tissues.
The stone was about the siz q Of the lass
point of the little Anger and of phospha-
tic consistency, To made sure all frag-
ments were removed, DR.. Bangs in-
serted his finger into the centre OF
the kidney, but nothing more could
be found. During the entire operation
the general perltoneal cavity had not
been opened. The wound in the side was
now packed with iodoform gauze SUR
rounding rubber drainage tube. The
skin wound was partially closed by cat
gut stitcnes. Antiseptic dressings were
hen applied.
Mr.. Wanser recovered from his ether
rapidly. and since the operation has
practically not had an unfavorable syIppe
ton. His kidneys are acting perfectly
and his temperature has been about ore
NAL. He has been sleeping well and has
almost no pain.
The wound was dressed for the first
time on Sunday, when everything looked
perfect The Mayor has to have perfect
quiet and rest until next Sunday a5 least
Dr.. L. BOLTON BANGS,
DR.. BISSELL,
DR.. PHILLIP d. BUNCE,
House Surgeons.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
CHEROKEES SELLING BONDS.
Fi1ey Know how to Drive Real Yankee
Bargain.

Bargain.
KANSAS CITY. June 26. Treasurer
E. E, Starr and Delegate j. L. Cunning
ham, of the Cherokee Nation have ar
rived in Kansas City to confer with the
Directors of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Trust Company relative to the
sale OF CheroKee strip bonds which
amounts To S6,640.000 Messrs. Starr
& Cunningham came from Chicago,
where s. r. West, representing
the M. K. & L. Trust Co., had submitted
the outline of propositisn, which the
Cherokee representatives say they con-
slider the most favorable yet offered. bar
ring Que or TWO details. IL was TO obtain
the proposition in definite form and to
pring about the elimination OF the objec-
tIonable feature that the two promlnent
Cherokees came to Kansas City. They will
be here until Wednesday. The M. K. q L.
is said to be acting for eastern parties
whose names are not disclosed. Christie
& Jonney, bankers of New York, also hid
for the bonds. while the Cherokee repre-
sentatives were In Chicago.
President Arthur e. Stillwell, of the
NJ. X. & r. Trust Co.. had this to say i'll
regard to the matter:-'I am sorry
that the matter is creeping into the
papers for we tried to keep 1t secret. and
cannot understand now IL leaked out.
Since it has become public, however. you
may say that we are negotiating for the
bonds. / will not say more than that
now. In the course of a week or SO we
will probably be in position to give
some thing more definite on the subject" :"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
JUST LIKE THE RIPPER.
Chastity Murder of An
Unfortunate Woman at
Rothernithe, England.
By Cable to the United Press.

LONDON. June 26. 1S93.-The foul crimes
of Jack the Ripper" were again called
to mind last night by murder that was
committed in Rotherhishe. a suburb q
short distance to the southeast of London.
The body of woman belonging to the
unfortunate class was found with her
throat cut. the wound showing that the
knife had been used fr ON left to right
as was the case in all the murders COM
mitted by the Ripper in the Whitechapel
district of Lonaon.
HEARD HER SCREAM.
Persons in the street at the late hour
which the murder was done state that
they heard a woman scream two or three
times. They ran in the direction from
which the sounds came. and found the
woman lying on the pavement with the
blood streaming from an awful cash in
her throat. She was unconscious when
found and died In few minutes after
wards.
VANISHED.
The police were promptly on the scene,
having been attracted by the screaming,
Uub Iue uuIueI0E udu ShcCoou LIS CoSopot
leaving not the slightest clue to his
identity. The degraded women OF
Rotherhithe are panic stricken by the
fate that has befallen one Of their num-
ber. The body of the dead woman was
not mutilated in the disgusting manner
that characterized the crimes of jack
the-Ripp err" but it is thought that the
assassin was frightened away by the
sound of approaching footsteps before he
had time to mutilate the body.
NOT THE RIPPER.
The police are searching among the
friends of the dead woman for possible
clue to the murderer. They do not be-
lieve that sJack the Ripper" has COM
menced operations again. but think the
crime was due to jealousy or to drunken
quarrel between the woman and some
man whose acquaintance she had made
on the streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
A MEAN SWINDLER.
Works an Old Game in Hoboken on .
Boy.

Works an Old Game in Hoboken on q
Boy.
An old swindling trick was worked on .
little boy in Hoboken Saturday night.
Willie Conckton, fourteen years Of age, Of
No. 81 Willow avenue, was given dollae
Saturday night by his mother to go and
purchase tea and sugar. At First and
Washington street he was met by a well
dressed man, who asked him to deliver g.
bundle at cutlery store a half block away.
The boy said he would, and the man took
the boys dollar as security, telling the
boy to collect SIS. The boy went to the
store, and there it was found the package
consisted of box with two stones therein
When the boy was informed he had been
swindled he set up bowling, and rum
ming back to the corner, of course, no man
was there. He howled and howled, and
soon a crowd collected among them being
Detective Nelson. He advised the boy to
go home, but the little fellow said he
would be killed if he returned without
the tea and sugar. Detective Nelson took
up collection and secured Sl.1S. Five
minutes later the boy was in nearby
candy store drinking soda and cream,
with the tea and sugar resting by his side.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
A WOMAN IN THE CONFERENCE.

HALIFAX, MS, June 26. 1893.-For the
first time in the history of American n
Methodism, SO far as known. a woman
has been admitted to me mbersh ip in a
conference The Nova Scotia Confer
euce, in session at Canso, has decided
that Mary Dauph1ne has legal right to
sit on a perfect equality with the male
her seat.
Three years ago the application of
Frances E. Willard for similar member
ship in United States Conference YVES
refused.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
THE GIRL AND THE SNAKE.

Special to The eJerseu City Netes.
HAcKENsAcK. June 26. 1898. Miss
Maggie Chapman. pretty girl of about
seventeen, is looked upon as genuine
heroine today, having killed a large
black snake, which was about to attack
Florence, tn e three-year-old child OF
Stephen Christie OF Union street. The
snake came up from nearby ditch last
night with an eel in its mouth.
Mrs. Campbell saw it creeping in the
potato patch, aud threw bricks at it.
The reptile was then within three feel
of Tho infant. its body erect, and was
about TO spring, when Maggie leaped
over a four foot fence and killed it with q
huge pole.
The snake was fully three feet and q
half in length.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
FIRE EATER MERCER.
The French Canadian Leader Twists tho
British Lions Tail.

British Lions Tail.
MONTREAL. June 80. 1S9S.-A sensa-
tional feature of the celebration of
the anniversary of the French
Canadian patron saint, st. Jean
Baptiste. and the two hun
founding of Montreal. in an address is
sued to the French Canadians and all
Catholics by Count Honore Mercier, ex-
Premier OF the Province of Quebec.
He refers, i'll inflammatory language to
the aggression OF the English majority in
Canada, which he claims Is violating
treaties and laws with audacity.
English tyranny is seen IN Canada,
to use Mr. Mercier's words, by the
abolition of the French language, by ex-
lie and confiscation. by political scat
folds. and inhuman execution OF young
men whose crime has been to love their
country 600 we'll; by the expulsion from
Acadia of men, women and children; oy
laying waste our fields; by robbing and
pluudering our farmers, defenseless as
they all were, and at last by the exc
culion of Riel.
"History tells us what British fair
play. as understood by the fanatical sec
tlon of the nation, means. BY the butch-
cry of Joan of Arc. the noble
the English; by the blowing
from the cannon's mouth of
prisoners of war in India: by Englan1s
refusal to grant home rule TO Ireland,
and by her arbitrary laws, wnereny Irish
Catholics were Obliged to pay titnes To
Protestant minister's"
Mr.. Mercer warns his compatriots that
the only remedy against British oppres-
SION is the union of all French Canadians
and ali Cat hoiics. anu that IL they do not
combine to protect themselves. both theif
lionality and their re.ig will be done
away with.
The address is being widely circulated
through tue proviuce, aud is creatlng q
great sensation, as 1t IS thougnI u VIII
mag the breach between English and
French in the Province Of Qaeuec wider
:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
FUNERAL OF MIR. MORRIS.
A Warm Tribute Paid to His Memory
by Pastor Hatleron.

Funeral services over the late John
Morris, whose life was crushed out by an
accident on the SusquehanLa railroad as
told in THE NEWS. were held at the Simp-
son NJ Z. Church yesterday afternoon.
The procession IRON Mr. Norris late resi-
dence on Pavonia avenue to the church
was escorted by full delegation from
Palestine Division, No. l, Knights OF
Pythias.
The Pastor, the Rev. DR.. Halleron, paid
a brilliant and warm tribute to the de-
ceased, whom, he said, he had known for
over fourteen years. During that time he
had found Mr.. Morris to be a straIghtfor-
ward Christian, and as a personal friend,
Mr. Halleron said he could say with pride
that AIr. Morris, throughout his career
and work in the church. had proven him.
self to be man iH whom might be reA
posed implicit trust and confidence He
heaped other eneomiums upon the de-
ceased.
The interment was held at the New
York Bay Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
BURNED CORDWOOD.

DEADwooD, S. D., June &c. 1s93-Fire,
which broke out Saturday afternoon in
pile Of cordwood containing 100000 cords,
caused loss of 5000, 900 to the Homestake
,tud Associate Mining Company.
One thousand men are fighting the
flames and all the mi nes aud mills of
= he COMPANY are shut down.