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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
NOT BORN TO BE DROWNED.
A Would-be Steamship suicide Res
cued From the Ocean.


NEW YORK, Nov. IL, 1s94.-The Ward
line steamer Santiago, Captain Leighton,
which arrived this morning from Glen
fuegos and st. Jago, via Nassau, reports
that on November Is, in the Gulf stream,
shortly after Ii A. M, the ships crew
were startled by the cry of man
overheard. In few minutes the ship
was stopped and engines reversed at
full speed, meanwhile boat which was
almost instantly launched in charge of
Second Officer Reed and manned by three
seamen, pulled quickly to the rescue
of the would-be suicide, who was sink
ing for the last time.
He was quickly hauled into the ships
boat and returned aboard the steamer.
He proved to be the ships porter, Otto
TuskoWa, of Brooklyn, aged 49, He had
been acting strangely for few. days
previous and jumped from the star
board main, deck abaft the bridge in
a. fit of insanity. He was seen climb
ing through the port by one of the crew
who had sufficient presence of mind
to throw an empty barrel overheard at
the same moment. On being taken
aboard he was with much difficulty re-
suscitated through the untiring efforts
of Steward Lingbye and other mem
bers of the crew.
Much credit is due to Second Officer
Reed and his boats crew for their
prompt action, only ten minutes elaps-
ing between the time the boat left the
ships side and it's return.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
ToUGHs ASSAULT A DRIVER.

Two "Glass House Angels and no.
torious crook who has served several
terms for grand larceny, yesterday
morning assaulted and robbed Carl
Kelpenstepppel of No 10 IL Oswego
street, who is employed as driver by
a Mr.. Rosendale, who deals in peet
hearts and livers. Carl was putting
wagon load of stuff in the stable on
Cornelison avenue preparatory to going
to dinner, when the three toughs ac-
costed him and asked him for some
beef hearts. He told them that they be-
Ionged to his boss and that he had no
right to dispose of them. Two of the
angels then jumped on him and held him
while the third one helped himself to
what he wanted. Carl broke away and
running out of the stable closed and
locked the door on his assailants They
burst open the rear door and catching
the poor driver pounded him until he
was black and blue. Kelpensteppel went
to the Foye place police station and
complained.
Detective Larkins arrested William
Cummings, % years old of No 154 Cor
Nelson avenue; Patrick Coughlin, %
wears old of No. IS Whyte street, and
ohm Hill, 81 years old of No. SO IL OAK
land avenue. The trio were arraigned
before Justice Douglass this morning and
wer held for the Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17

Monmouth. He and his conscience have
held another caucus and nave unanl-
ellis election to the United States SEN
ate. In speaking on the subject the
other day, he said;-
If l understand the issue now raised,
Senator Bradley said. 1T is protest
against the continued domination OF
single man in the Republican party.
don't pretend to understand the poilticai
history of the State as completely as
those who have been more active IN
political life, but do know that Generai
Sewelrs leadership has become often
General Sewell's politics and his Penn
sylvania Railroad affairs are too much
mixed to make him Gisinterested or
safe leader to follow. His identlncstlon
dictatorial manner have also served TO
give great offense to the people, lt is
in the interest of New Jersey ana the
Republican party that someone other than
General Sewell should succeed Senator
Mcpherson. know FRANKLIN Murphy
very we'll and have kindly feeling for
man I'd vote for him. However, | am
opposed to Sewell and want that clearly
understood"
There are others who secretly say they
favor someone else other than the Cen
eral, but for reasons of prudence are
keeping quiet. In the meantime the
fight is going merrily on.
TO RELIEVE CORPORATIONS.
A formidable effort is to be made at
the next legislative session to materially
reduce, if not wipe out entirely, the
State taxes on railroads and other cor
porations. Bills for this purpose are be-
ing formulated for introduction soon
after the election of the United States
Senator, and will be pushed through by
all the power that the corporations in
terested can exert. 1t will be remem-
bered that two years ago the Republican
State Committee, in an address to the
people, advocated the repeal of the cor
poration taxes and the assessment of
State tax upon the people. The COM
mittee which issued that address is the
same in its personneI as now, and
hasn't recanted from its faith. 1t will
lend it's aid to the corporations to get
the desired legislation.
The railroad taxes now aggregate
nearly two millions. and the miscellane-
Gus corporations are assessed for nearly
another million of taxes. This annual
tax to the State represents a capitaliza-
ton of $700OO,00O at four per cent. To
wipe it all out would be like making
present of that amount of capitalization
to the private corporate interests repre-
sented, and to lower it will be almost as
bad. 1t will be seen at glance what
tremendous stake the corporations
have in the carrying out of the Republf-
can State Committees recommendations
in legislation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17

that it was time for the commence
ment of the round. The blow was SO
light that it would not have injured a
10-year-old child If it had been the
blow that Dunfee gave Fitzsimmons
when he knocked Bob down, CONS death
might have been laid to it. / think that
Riordan would have died from excite
ment alone even if he had not been
touched
When he was carried off the stage
and placed in chair, nothing was
thought of his condition except that he
was drunk. and Dunfee went on for his
round. No one told me that it was very
serious until considerable time had
elapsed. In fact. no one thought it was
serious. Just after the blow, Riordan
said to Block that he guessed he was
not any good for this sparrfng business.
l think that when we got Dunfee TO
spar, Con got an idea that we were
going to ship him. May be that made
him drink more. He was far more sick
than he allowed anyone to think last
night"
DRINK DID IT.
''Yank' Sullivan said that he had seen
the blow, and that it would not have in
jured a child. at was the drinking
which caused his DEATH" said he Just
before the rounds Riordan bought half
pint of Scotch whiskey and drank it,. He
had been drinking all day long in Dun
fees place and in other saloons"
DR.. Fred s. Fay was the first physician
on the scene. and he said that. in his
opinion, the death was caused by apop-
lexy and not by blow He had heard
that the dead man had been drinking
for some time. and he certainly showed
it. 'All who saw the blow said DIR.
Fay, ''say that it was really only .
slap
Joseph Dunfee was standing in the
wings a few feet from Riordan when
the latter fell. He said that the blow
must have been exceedingly light, as he
Dunfee) did not see it. He thought that
excitement caused Riordan's collapse
Riordan went down SO easy that the
audience Kissed and cried Fake" Then
Dunfee went on. His first round was
long range sparring. The next was to
have been Riordans round. but as it
was thought that he was drunk, Dunfee
went on. He asked F'itz. to mix it up"
meaning to fight at closer range. Fitz.
did so. and in a moment Dunfee landed
blow on his chin which knocked the
middleweight champion off his feet ana
numbed Dunfee's arm. Then the audi
ence raised another cry of Fake
FITZSIMNIONS HELD.
Fitzsimmens was arraigned this after
noon charged with manslaughter, and
held in ten thousand dollars bail. Fitz-
simmons wept in court. and said he
wouldn't have killed Riordan for hun
dred thousand dollars
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
OTHERS SEEK A RECOUNT.

Three Republican defeated candidates
for Assembly, Messrs. Adolph Dobke,
Jr., William Gerdts and Clement De R.
Leonard asked Justice Lippincott this
morning to be allowed to file petitions
for recount of the vote in Hudson
county. These. added to the eight who
applied yesterday, completes the list
OF eleven defeated candidates who think
that if a recanvass was made they would
be on top and the other fellows at the
bottom.
Those who have filed applications are:
Democrats, Thomas Jacob, Thomas
Eagan, Frederick C. Wolbert John G.
Sweeney, Joseph ]. Mullin and Charles
Erlenkoetter; Republicans Chas. w.
Fuller, John Kerr, Adolph Dobke, Jr.,
Clement De R. Leonard and VIM. Gerdts.
Their application was granted, and JUS
tice Lippincott said that he was anxious
to proceed with the count as rapidly as
possible.
Judge W. P. Douglass and Lawyer
w. G. E. See have been appointed COM
missioners in addition to Messrs. Nu-
gent, Cannon and Potts, appointed yes
terday. Justice Lippincott Instructed
counsel for the defeated candidates to
provide tally sheets and agree on the
individuals to keep these sheets. The
list of these persons will be submitted
to the Court and then appointments
made. Further, there will be ne rec
ord of the proceedings kept, and if there
be any objections made they will be
ruled upon at once No review of the
proceedings will be permitted, because
this has been decided by the Supreme
Court 81 am only filing ministerial
function in this recount, and not ju-
dicial junction." said Judge Lippincott.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
A GAME WITH SATAN.
The Arch Fiemd left an HlI-omened
Chain as His Lost Stakes.


will repeat one of many legends told
me by charming Swedish lady about
the family of Count Piper, the well
known minister of her country to the
Court of ST. James.
Once upon a time the head of this house
was bored TO death in his splendid castle,
and said: II would l had even the devil
t O play cards with me- and at the word
Satan himself appeared in that guise
of a gentlemen in which Shelley also
knew him. Odly enough the devil lost
his money, and having none in his pock-
cts, for reasons best known to himself,
of all claims, an apparently golden chain,
remarking incidentally that whenever
that chain was lost or injured the castle
of the Pipers would infallibly be burned.
This unusual announcement aroused
the winners suspicious, and, happening
to look under the card table, he beheld
the cioven foot. Instantly he sprang to
the wall to reach down his sword, for
swords in those days, the date of which
can not exactly give, were always ready
to the hand. But the devil was gone and
the chain alone remained. On exem-
ination it proved to be long and thin,
with innumerable little links, such a
chain as old gentlemen used to wear
around their necks for watch chains
not long ago. An assay discovered the
metal to be something other than gold
but could by no means determine what
it actually was.
An accidental injury to one of the links
however, caused by the hammer of the
goldsmith, cost the Count a wing of his
castle, and a second injury and tenn
porary loss of the chain having resulted
in a second and in third fire, 1t at once
became apparent that the devil would
keep his word. Each successive head of
the Piper family. has worn that chain
around his neck from the day of his ac-
cession to the day OF his death, and on the
decease of the late Count, not long ago, it
was carefully and reyerently removed
from his body to be passed on to his heir
National Review.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
WOOLLBY VS.. YOFFBY.
The Sheriff Accused Of Treaeh-
cry and Ingratitude.

Mr. Edward w. Woolley, Chairman of
the Republican County Committee, is a
very sore man. He is the gentleman
who ran against John G. Fisher for the
nomination for County Clerk and was
badly beaten. He is, of course, mad that
he was beaten, but ten times madder be-
cause, as he says, his defeat is due to
Sheriff John J. Toffey Upon that gen.
tleman's shoulders he is heaping all the
blame, and to make things all the more
annoying the Sheriff grins and doesn't
seem to mind the pretty things said about
him by Mr. Woolley in circular which
has been sent to every important member
of the G. o. P. in the State. The quarrel
is pretty one as it stands, and will be-
come more interesting when Col. Toffey
takes a hand.
Mr.. WOOLLEY'S COMPLAINT.
The burden of Mr. Woolleys complaint
is that Mr. Toffey, during the few months
of the late summer, told Mr.. Woolley
that he would use his utmost endeavors
to secure for him the County Clerk
nomination. On the day of the County
Convention, Mr.. Woolley declares that
Sheriff Toffey, instead of using his best
endeavors to secure him the nomination,
came into the hall and interviewed the
delegates in behalf of Mr.. Fisher, and
further, did all he could to induce Mr..
Woolleys delegates to desert him and
vote for Mr. Fisher. AS result of this
Mr. Woolley is extremely angry and an
nounces his determination to be done
with the Sheriff forever.
THE SHERIFF WON'T TALK.
The writer saw the Sheriff this morn
ing in the Court House and asked him
if he would say anything about Mr..
Woolley's attack; but that gentleman
smiled and shook his head.
81 would prefer at present to remain
silent At the right time l will attend
to Mr.. Woolley's statements"
The ColoneIs friends in and around the
Court House laugh at Mr.. Woolley and
deny that the Sheriff ever made any
assurances of help to secure the nomina-
ton.
''On the contrary one of them said.
Sheriff Toffey, like great many of
us, was from the first opposed to Mr..
Woolley running. We recognized the
ing Woolley to the front, and we right
thinking Republicans would not care to
see Sam Dickinson prominent in the
party. He is dead and we don't propose
to galvanize him."
Another reason was suggested by an old
friend of both parties in this matter.
He says that Gen. Sewell is at the bot
for United States Senatorial honors wish
ed to push Woolley to the front, the
Sheriff, who bears no love for the rail-
road magnate, pulled the other way.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
Hnrtnett,s Thernometer Re
g
DIED.

BLUETT-In West Berkeley, California, on
Nov g. 1894 John ]. Bluett beloved hus-
band of josephine Bluett and brother OF
NJ t. Bluett Mrs. Theo Pankhurst Mrs.
Peter Hanson and Mrs. August ]. Frick.
of this city.
Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery. Oakland.
Cal. Nov. 5. 1894.
RICE-In this city. on Friday. Nov. 1s, 1894.
Fanny s., widow of David B. Rice, in
her 10Th year.
Relatives and friends of the family are in
vited to attend the funeral services Sum
day afternoon at o'clock, from the residence
of her son-in-law, William ]. Bloom, No. As
Union street.
venience of family.
ROBERTSON Saturday, Nov. II, 1894, Bridget.
the beloved wife of the late Edward
Roberts and daughter Of Richard and
Bridget whalen, aged 2S years.
tend the funeral on Monday Nov. 1s, at
P. :, from the residence of her parents. No.
321 Henderson street.
sCHINDLER-on Friday. Nov 16, 1894 John
A SCHNEIDER aged 65 years, formerly of
Secaucus.
Relatives and friends, also the Bricklayers
Union, No. 1, of New Jersey. are invited TO
attend the funeral Sunday. Nov. Is. at
$50 p M, from his late residence, No. S3
Fiske street, West Bergen.
SHELDRAKE-On Thursday, Nov. 15 1884,
William, beloved husband Of Ellen Shell
drake. aged "a years
Relatives and friends of the family are in
vited to attend the funeral on Sunday, Nov
49, at p NJ, from his late residence, No
All York street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
BEER, NOISE AND CAB.
Hoboken Republicans Celebrate fhe
Victory.


An attempt at a grand jollification of
Republicans was made last night at
Holstein's Hall, Hoboken, under the
auspices of the Hudson County Republi-
can Association and the Garfield Club
Several kegs of beer is all that kept the
affair from being a dismal failure. They
also kept the seventy-five or eighty
young men who were present from
going away in disgust when the speakers
did not arrive. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Colonel George A. Ray
mond who made the opening address.
He SHE'D much at the Democracy
and drew weak parallel between David
b. Hill and Aaron Burr. He told of how
honest the Republican party was, espec-
tally in Hudson county, and accused the
Democratic party of everything from
buncoing on the German steamship
4wharves.
John Bremmermann the defeated can
didate for Freeholder was the next
asking the audience If they didn't really
think he was elected and that the wick
ed Democrats had counted him out. He
was followed by Assemblyman-elect,
Henry NJ Nutzhorn who said it was not
time for the Republicans to rejoice but
to mourn for the defeated Democrats.
George H. Knight spoke next upon the
ACCESSIBILITY of forming a permanent or
ganization of the Republican League of
clubs Jacob De Jong said something
about a fight between brains and mil
lions which neither he nor his audience
understood. While he was speaking,
Congressman-elect McEwan came in and
was received with storm of enthusiasm
such as only the contents of divers
kegs of lager can engender Mr.. Me-
EVAN looked surprised, but after thank
ing everybody for his election made his
usual speech about his honesty. He said
he was going to fight against trusts
and syudicates at Washington, and work
for the interests Of the common people,
He also stated that he would show the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
TIE DAMAG1D CINCINNATI,
Dent in Her Bow and a Hole in Her
Piatcs-No One Left 10 Drown.

NEW YORK, Nov II, 1S94.-The cruiser
Cincinnati, which was damaged by COM
ing in collision with some floating ar
ticle in the Sound off Execution Rock
yesterday, lay in the timber dry dock at
the Navy Yard this morning.
At about l0:30 o'clock, although the
water was not all out of the dock. 1t
was discovered that on the port side,
Just forward of the beam and about five
feet below the water line. there was
hole which went clear through the bot
tom. 1t is about six feet long, but the
width cannot be ascertained until the
water Is all pumped OUT or the dock.
Earlier in the day it was discovered
that there was a dent under the port
bow, where the first shock had occurred:
The dent was one-half an inch deep and
two feet long.
The story of the accident. as told by
one of the officers of the Cincinnati, is
as folloWs:-
I'VE were running a.ong at the rate
of about eleven knots an hour, and Elk
ecution Rock bore northwest from the
port beam, and the leadsman in the port
chains had just announced ten fathoms
of water The charts showed no OBJ
struction and plenty of water. and so
we steamed ahead without fear. Then
there was a jar at the bow. another
amidships and again on the port quarter.
The signal for collision quarters was
Immediately given. and all hands rushed
to their stations and closed and locked
the Water-tight doors.
THE Stories" continued he, that
state that "a sailors were locked in the
double bottoms and unable to escape is
all nonsense. Every compartment was
inspected before it was closed, and even
though anyone had been in the COM
partments, the doors can be opened from
the inside just easily as they can from
without.
After the rush of getting to stations
was over. Ensign Fred Payne was sent
to examine the double bottoms and see
If there was any water in the hold. He
ported that all of the water-tight COM
partments were intact and that every
branch of the construction work was
perfect"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
FUNERAL OT M'C0sH.
Special 10 the Jergev Citv Nelus.

PRINCETON. Nov. II, 1S94.-The fun
eral services over the remains of Dr.
James McCosh will be held on Tuesday
at two o'clock p. M. in the Marquand
Chapel which was built during the Pres
idency of DIR. McCosh. Arrangements
are being made to accommodate the large
attendance which is expected.
The interment will be in the Princeton
Cemetery on Witherspoon street, where
the other deceased Presidents of Prince
ton College are buried.
The procession will form Immediately
after the chapel services and march to
the burying grounds.
Although suitable quietness is observed
owing to the veneration with which DR..
McCosh was held, college exercises have
not been suspended.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
TAIL FOR GAINES MANX CAT.
The plot of the New Novel by No
Means New.

In the year 1885, says London Truth, =
Nathaniel Hawthorne, a popular Amer
ican writer, startled the world with 1.-THE
Scarlet Letter most impressive ro-
nance. The sinners were a woman and
a parson The parson, Arthur Dimsdale,
confesses that the woman branded with
the scarlet letter is more sinned against
than SHINING, and that on his head should
be the blame. The open confession of
Arthur Dimsdale is in a New England
market place A few years ago the novel
reading world was delighted with book
called .srhe Silence of Dean Maitland" !"
The sinners were a woman and parson.
The man, and not the woman, was most
to blame. The open confession of Dean
Maitland took place in the pulpit of a
church before a full congregation. Next
comes ssThe Manxman' of Hall Caine.
This time the sinners are a woman IN
humble life and an Isle of Man Deemster
or Judge The woman is morally less
guilty than the man. The open confes-
sion is made this time in court of law
by the Deemster, who has recently been
appointed Governor of the island When
the open confession has been made the
ex-Deemster and Ex-Governor goes in
moral state to the prison in order to re-
lease the Manx woman of the scarlet
letter, who is in jail for attemped suicide,
and the guilty couple come forth em-
blazoned In a halo of glory, as if to
trayal of familiar friends sink into in
significance by the side of the grand
atonement of public confession.
The only way to cure catarrh is to purify
the blood Hoods Sarsaparilla puriies the
M ii n whole
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
HUDSON IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.

The Hudson City Improvement League
held short meeting last evening in
GroeshcPs Hall, Bacon and Oakland ave-
nues Mr.. Witch of No. 100 Pavonia
avenue, who was appointed as a commit
tee of one to secure the consent of prop
erty owners for the Improvement of Pail
sade avenue between Hoboken and New
ark avenues, reported that he had the
signatures of all the property owners on
that portion of the avenue, which list
he will submit to the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners.
The members of the League are anxi-
Gus to have the city build. steps at the
foot of Laidlaw avenue, near Christ Hos
pital so that residents of that section of
the Hill may reach the ferry convenient
ly Mayor Wanser promised to have this
done last spring. A committee was ap-
pointed to interview the Mayor again and
remind him of his promise.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
MORE TROUBLE IN CHILE.
Bu Cable to the United Pres.

LONDON, Nov. II, 1ss4.--An alleged
cable despatch from Valparaiso, Chill,
stating that the British Minister to
Peru had asked for help, had protested
against the recent attack on the British
ship Seren at Salaveri and finally threat
ened to leave and go on board a warship
adding that a British squadron was
shortly expected at Valparaiso, was pub
lished In a New York paper yesterday
and forwarded here for verffication.
The despatch was shown to officials of
the Foreign office, who declare that they
have no information whatever of a
single one of the statements contained
therein. The Inference is that the de-
spatch is a cold -blooded fake
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-17
HoHENLoHE CONGRATULATED.
Bu Cable to tle Untted Presg.

BERLIN, Nov. II, 1S94.-Chancellor Won
he-Schillingfurst, formerly Gov
ernor of Alsace-Lorraine, held grand
reception at Strasburg yesterday af-
ternoon, at which he received the con-
gratulations of the officers of the Pro
vincial Diet, the Ilctestant and Jewish
Consistories, the Municipal Council, the
Chambers of Commerce and other bodies
The Chancellor expressed his thanks to
each and was enthusiastically cheered.
In the evening Prince Won Hohenlohe at
tended a special theatrical performance
given in his honor. The entrance of the
Prince and his family into the theatre
was heralded by blare of trumpets
and at the end of the performance rne
audience rose en- masse and sang the
Emperor's "Song to Aegir."