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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
CANAL ON THE RAMPAGE.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Aug. 20, 1S9L--
Last evening a portion of the Erie canal
towpath near Brighton gave way and
the waters flooding adjacent farms caus-
ed great damage. Lock tender Frear
was sitting in his cabin when he heard
roar as of thunder. Rushing out he
found a piece of the towpath some six
ty feet Ions, had disappeared and the
waters were rushing with the force of
mountain torrent He informed canal
superintendent Cunsaul. 1t was after
midnight before a gang of men could be
collected to repair the breach. Allnight
150 men were at work shoveling dirt
into the channel, but the gap is still 60
feet in width.
'The cause of the break" said Super
intendent Gunsaul, this morning, was
of course, the weakness of the bank.
We will have the break as good as new
tomorrow night, I hope"
Some thirty canal boats are tied up at
lock g.
The family ofsAdrain Courtney, who
live about a half mile from the canal
had very narrow escape. Mrs. Court
ney was awakened by the rushing water
Her cries awoke the family, and they
put on a few clothes and made an eff
fort to save their lives. Two of che boys
secured window shutters on which they
foated off from the second story win
dow TO the high ground on the other side
of the road. Neighbors soon came to the
assistance of the remaining members of
the family, and they were rescued With
the aid of boards and RATS All their
household effects are ruined. The farms
in the vicinity are all under water and
much garden truck is ruined.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
BEGINNING THE ROOF. old GROWERS OUTING.
Work on the New City Hall Is
Being Rapidly Pushed.

The work on the new City Hall build
ing progresses rapidly, although to the
inexperienced eye the progress appar-
emily is slow. This is because it is a
''slow" work. or work which requires a
great deal of care and attention paid to
it, In other words. the men are begin
ming with the roof of the new City Hall.
Today, so rapidly has the work been
pushed, the boarding up on the inside
of the Aldermanic chamber clear to the
skylight, was completed, and the sky
light itself formed. The walls outside
the Aldermanic chamber have risen to
their full height, and that which fell
two weeks ago on the Montgomery street
side is now rebuilt clear up to the iron
trusses which firmly secure it. 1t could
blow great guns, but that wouldn't af-
feet the wall one bit.
IMMENSE PLATFORM STONES.
At the main front of the building on
Grove street the stone platforms for the
entrance are being laid. Each stone
weighs about ten tons, and it is no easy
matter to find block big enough in
quarry from which to cut such solid
mass. When these are laid the porch
will be built up and the archway and
the centre closed up to the roof. When
this is accomplished carpenters will be-
gin boarding up on the outside and clos
ing in the entire building.
If the contractor gets through as rapid
Iy as he has before. Mr.. Louis Fl.
Broome, the architect. confidently as
serts that by November it will be closed
all in. so that when the cold weather
comes on the building will be covered
and work on the interior may be con-
There are many details to be attended
to, but these are being rapidly disposed
of. Today men are carving the tops of
the columns on all sides of the building
and cutting the fine scroll work on the
caps.
NO SIGNS OF THE ACCIDENT.
On entering the building at the base
ment no signs of the recent fatal acct
dent are at all visible. The debris of
the wall which fell through from floor
to floor, carrying down an avalanche of
bricks and mortar to the depth of sew
eral feet has all been removed, and only
a bent truss or a newly bricked-in por
ton of the outside walls on the Mont
gomery street side tells what a gust
of wind could do towards wrecking so
feet of wall and crushing out the lives
of three workmen.
Mr.. Broome speaks highly of the work
done, and what with daily visits from
Mayor Wanser and Commissioners Pear
son and Datz, no public work in progress
in the United States is so much in
Snected
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NO PENSION FOR THE WIDOW.
Hoboken's Fire Board Denies Peti

HobOk ems Fire Board Denies Petit
tfon-An UnlucEky Fireman.
The Hoboken Fire Board last night de-
MED the pension to the widow of Sam
'uel Nodyne, fireman. who was injured
at fire last January and died soon
after from, as it was supposed, injuries
received. Drs. Simon, Foley and Topeno
sent certificates to the board stating that
Nodyne died from hemorrhage of the
brain, which might be caused by over
exertion, stomach trouble or nervous
strain. The board decided that death
was due to organic trouble. and not
from injuries received at the fire.
Chief Applegate, Captain Donohue and
Firemen Godfrey and King were APP
pointed delegates to the convention of
the State Firemen's Relief Association
on September 27 at Atlantic City.
William H. Carroll was granted two
days off without pay. He said when he
had his vacation it rained all the time
A fire alarm will be put in the. Second
precinct police station.
Laddeman Wilcox was cited to appear
before the board for trial for not report
ing at fire on July 28.
Timken and Hannibal were awarded
contracts for supplying feed to the De-
partment for the ensuing year.
Payroll of s4,169.84 was passed. Law
renee Martin was appointed to posi-
ton on chemical Engine No. l.
A resolution was passed authorizing
bids for an engine house in the Third
ward.
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PRETTY GIRL MANGLRD TO DEATH

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 90, 1S94-Nellie
Griffin, pretty and modest young stem
ographer, undertook to operate an ele-
vator in a big office building last even
ing and received injuries from which
she will die. She asked the elevator boy
to go on an errand for her and while
he was gone she toucned the lever and
the elevator moved upward. She jump
ed to get out, but was caught between
the floor of the elevator and the tcp of
the exit door and was crushed horribly.
When discovered, her body was holding
the elevator like a wedge. One leg was
broken and the stump pushed far up
in her body
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WILL CONTEST HIS DISMISSAL.

Daniel Mccarthy, who was dismissed
from janitorship of No. School by the Ho-
boken School Board on Monday night will,
it is stated. take the case to court. The
Board dismissed him for drunkenness while
on duty.
The matter had died in committee, and
Mccarthy argues that the Board had no
right to consider the matter after it had
been dropped by the committee. fhe school
manual sustains Mccarthy in his contention.
Members of the Board who caused his dis
charge say they can break him upon infor-
nation they have in possession. The nature
of this they withhold. but say 1t is serious.
They feel satisfied they will win.
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BLAZES IN BROOKLYN.

BROOKLYN, N Y, Aug. 20, 1884,
The new plant of the Brooklyn Biscuit
Company, Nos. 46 and AS Fulton street,
and Nos. 80. Al and 43 Doughty street,
was completely destroyed by fire this
morning. The loss to the company is
put by the treasurer, J. r. strachan,
at $4,000 The origin of the fire is un-
known. Congressman M. Harter Is
the President of the company; ]. R..
Strachan, treasurer, and F. Held, sec
retary. The plant had just been finish
ed.
John McCauPs livery stable, No. III
Ashland avenue, was burned at an early
hour this morning, together with several
carriages and number of sets of har-
ness. Nine horses perished in the flames.
The loss is about $18,000
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PILE OVER EACH OTHER.
Custom House Brokers Rushing to
Get Their Goods Away.

Get Their Goods Away.
The intense excitement at the Custom
HHouse in New York yesterday was
continued today Many of the merchants
in their eagerness to withdraw WOOL
silk and other goods on which the duties
have been lowered by the new law, came
to the Custom House almost before day
break. Some of them camped out over
night on the steps and others sent their
clerks down soon after midnight to keep
front place for them in the row.
The record for duties paid in is $2,500,
600. This amount was paid in one day,
that day being the one before the Nc
Kinley bill, with its increased duties,
became law. Yesterday the amount of
duties paid in was 100000.
Importers who paid duties between
August and August rs are entering vigor
Gus protests. The bill became law ON
August 49, but it reads for the change in
duties August l. The importers who
paid duty between these dates will con-
tinue to pile in their protests until the
point at issue is settled by legal deci
sion.
Another difficulty is arising out of Sec
ton s. which provides that all articles
their origin, as in the Mckinley bill, but
also that the quantity Of their contents
be exactly stated before the goods can
be delivered This means that all goods
now in bond that are not marked will
have to be re-examned and remarked
with the exact quantity of their contents.
In the matter of wine, for instance,
quart bottles cannot be delivered until
he exact quantity of their contents has
been marked on them.
Yet it is a matter of common knowl-
edge that quart bottle does not contain
an exact quart, but something less than
a quart
In the matter of pins, to take another
example, unless the number of this valu-
able commodity is exact the goods can
not be delivered.
Some one will have to get to work and
count pins and similar things for the
next few months or else the letter of the
new law will have to give way to the
srir r.it of
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HARRISON NOT IN IT.
Says He Has Had Enough of Being
President. BuG If

WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1s94.-The
POST this morning says:-General l.. L.
Michener of this city, who managed Gen.
Harrison's campaign at the Chicago Con-
yention of 1888, and at the Minneapolis
Convention of 1892, and who is an init
mate political and personal friend OF
that gentleman, is authority for the
statement that the ex-President does not
desire a denomination, and would not ac-
cept one unless it should come to him
with practical unanimity. General Mich
ener made this declaration last night
and the sincerity of his utterances can
not be questioned. He said that after
President Harrisons defeat he called at
the White House one day and told that
gentleman that many leading Hepuph.
the party again in 1896 Raising his hand
as if to ward off an impending blow, the
President replied
mo more of that. Four years of the
Presidency has been sufficient for me.
NV ambition has been fully satisfied.
The White House is associated in my
mind with the greatest sorrow OF my
have not, nor do / ever expect TO nave,
the slightest desire to re-enter it as
President
ener and the ex-Presdent met at the
latter's home in Indianapolis the suS7
gestion was again advanced by General
Kitchener that the great majority of the
Republican party desired his renomlna-
tion. But General Harrison again dis
claimed any ambition in that direction
and substantially repeated his former
protest against any further desire for
Presidential honors.
General Kitchener says that SO per cent.
of the Indiana Republicans are loyal to
Harrison, and would work enthusiastic
aIIy 10 secure his denomination. He
does not regard the defeat of the Re
publican ticket two years ago as any
reflection upon the candidate. The CON
ditions. he says, were all unfavorable
to Republican success, and he does not
believe that any nominee put forward
by the party, could have won at that
living quietly at his home in Minneap
oils and attending industriously to his
low bISiORSS
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HE'LL NEVER BE MISSED.

NEW YORK, Aug. %, 1894. Among the
passengers on the American liner, New
York, which sailed this morning, were
United States Senators Smith, of New Jer-
sey, and Aldrich, of Rhode Island Senator
Smith said he was going to Carlsbad, under
the advice of his physician. He will be
away for three months.
He said that he thought the new tariff law
would steadily grow in popularity. He re-
fused to discuss the Presidents refusal to
sign the BILL
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POISON TO EsOPAE JAIL.
Bu cnble 10 the United press.

BERLIN, Aug. 20. 1S9l,-Agnes Zab-
nitz, formerly waitress. but latterly a
prominent Socialist leader and the organ
fzer of the Berlin Mattresses Union,
committed suicide last evening in the
Friedrichshein Cemetery by taking prus-
sic acid. The cemetery patrol found the
BODY of the woman still quivering with
lie, her head resting against the monu-
ment over the graves of the victims of
the riot of March. 184S. In her pocket
was found the draft of a Socialistic
speech. The woman had been tried and
convicted and should have surrendered
herself to the authorities of the BarniIn
Women's Prison yesterday to serve a
a speech melting her followers TO yio-
leuce
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
oONTEMPTIBLE CONDUCT.
Depriving Residents of Jackson Ave.
upya Of N1r,p.a

II
A great shout of indignation has gone
up from hundreds of residents in the
immediate vicinity of the Jackson ave-
nue. station of the Newark and New
York Railroad. because this morning
some one discovered that the spring near
the station platform had been plugged
up with oily waste, used by engineers
Since the drinking water has become
so bad every family in the neighborhood
sent to the spring for the clear cold
water it supplies. 1t comes out of the
rock in the cut, and a piece of pipe was
inserted to carry it off Not long ago
this pipe was broken by some malicious
person and repeatedly attempts have
been made to prevent children taking
the water away. When the discovery
up with The filthy stuff the station house
officials came in for a shower of any
thing but pleasant compliments. Su-
perintendent Olhansen of the Centras
Railroad is to be petitioned that he will
order his officials at the depot not to
interfere with people desiring the water.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
JERSEY STEAMERS FOR AFRICA,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 1s94-The first
direct steamship line between America and
the west coast of Africa, has been chartered
in the State of New Jersey. 1t win be
known as the African Steamship Company,
About half of its S300,000 stock is sub
scribed, and its boats will ply monthly be-
tween this city and Liberia, beginning about
October l. The company, which will re-
ceivea subsidy from the Liberlan Govern
ment of $4,000 year, intends to carry the
United States mails
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
FAsHIoNoBLE FLOWER IN FRANCE.

The green carnation is upon us again,
as verdigris-tinted as ever, but not as
fashionable. 1t is no longer sold in shops
at half a crown a blossom, but f1ourishes
by the score on the plated trays of the
flower vendor the curbstone. Mean
while another flower has come into
fashion, perhaps not yet so much
among us as in France, 1t is the OK
eyed daisy, not of the field, but of the
garden; because, says the elegant French
woman who decorates the dining-room
and the salons at her chateau with it,
because it has a rural look about it, and
it has the perfection of shape and petal
which only culture can give to any of
the aster family. Mingled with the dais-
les are the dainty white wild convolvu-
lus, and, in order to satisfy the craving
for mauves and purples, the common
malva is introduced Small sunfowers.
on long stalks and in large vases, are also
among the fashionable fiowers.-West-
minister Gazette.
George Bunnell. Undertaken and Embalmer.
No. Wayne street. Telephone call 724 A.
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DIAMOND WATCH HIS REWARD

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 49, 1894-The Wells
Fargo Express Co. has presented to its brave
messenger, A. NJ Chapman, diamond
studded watch and chain, worth $500. for
fidelity and courage displayed when high
waymen held up the Frisco train at Red
Fork, l. T., July Is last
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
CYPRUS CHRISTIANS SCARED.
BIZ Cable to the United Pres.

d CtII7Ib % tFtt UIfIsI f1It:s.
LONDON, Aug. %. 1S94.-The British
garrison has been temporarily withdrawn,
from the Island of Cyprus. This action
has no political significance, neverthe-
less commercial circles there have been
thrown into a panic and the Christians
resident upon the island are also greatly
agitated over the report, to which they
give credence, that Cyprus is to be re-
stored to Turkey.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

SANTA MONICA. Cal, Aug. 29, 1884,
By the accidental upsetting of a candle
in a wooden dwelling here, the five-year-
old son of Mrs. S. Grimms and the three
year-old daughter of Mrs. Dominguez
were burned to death The mothers of
the children were out walking. Upon
their return they found the charred
bodies of the children among the ashes
of their home
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
M41TERS or F.ACE,

We have two stores in the city well
stocked with only pure drugs Our prices are
very low. Ewing & Co.
ASK your grocer for Golden Gate Borax,
absolutely pure. For sale to the trade at
cleary's Wholesale Grocery House, Greene and
Montgomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
COAL. IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The quantity of coal consumed in the
United Kingdom for all purposes during
1898 amounted to 126,SS7,725 tons, a de-
crease of il, 500, 600 tons on the previons
wear This allowed 33 tons per head of
the population, against 81 in 1892.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
HEAT STRICKEN SOLDIERS.
I'm Cnb,e rn tIle Ir,1itolf r1,.ee.

By Cable 10 the United Press.
PRAGUE. Aug. 29. 1S94.-The intense
heat which has prevailed during the last
few days has been especially severe
upon the soldiers engaged in the mill
tary manoeuvres at BudWeis, 1853 of them
having been Frustrated, four of whom
died.
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AMONG THE OuARRIEs.

In England and Wales there are 2e,-
813 stone uarries
There are four or five hundred marble
quarries at Carrara.
Three deaths out of every two hun
dred which occur among quarrymen are
due to accident.
About 10000 tons of marble, the finest
in the world, are exported annually from
Carrara, mostly to America.
The entire mass of the Monte Sagro
$500 feet high, which dominates Carrara,
is solid marble; it is inexhaustible
The supply of slate for home con-
sumption and export in England and
Wales is obtained from their l3, 1853 quar-
rieS.
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vf yonr w.nv - t,u.tsn~ ,rce.,,

Be sure and use the old and well tried remedy,
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. for children
teething It soothes the child. softens the gums
aIlays all pain. cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrhoea.
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GOULD's NEW VENTURE.
BIZ Cable to he L7ntted preas

BIZ Cdbte to the United Press.
LONDON, Aug. 20, 1S94.-The ''St Jamess
Gazette" says that Mr.. George Gould will re-
visit England next spring with a new
twenty-rater designed by Herreshoff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
COUNT OF PARIS WORSE.
By Gable 70 the United Press


LONDON, Aug. %, 1S94.-The condition of
the Count of Paris is steadily growing
worse
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29

Favorite Boarder-"DIrs. skrmper assures me
that however high the price of tea goes account
Of the war; it Ill make no difference so far as one
table is concerned
Chorus-'I don't see how 1t could. -.Boston Tran
scrint
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW IoRK Aug 20. ls94.-Local forecast TO-
the Jhirty-six hours eudiag at eight p " OF
WednesdaY;-For southeastern New York. inolu ttn /:
LonS Island; also Connecticut anl Norrhera New
.Iersey.-Fafr today and on Thursday; stRtionary
temperature; nortneasterly shifting to southerly
winds.
Eartnett's Thermometer Report.
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The President Passes Through
En- Route from Washing
ton to Gray Gables.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 1S94.-Before
Washington was fairly awake this morn
ing, President Cleveland had eaten break
fast and been driven to the Pennsylvania
Railroad station, where he took train
for New York, en- route to Gray Gables
for long rest. 1t was seven O'Clock
when Mr.. Cleveland left the White
House in company with DR.. O'Reilly, the
Army Surgeon, who attends the Presi-
Dental family in Washington, and on
whose advice Mr.. Cleveland made his
recent short trip to his seaside nome TO
counteract the effects of malaria
Secretary Lamont and Private Secre-
tary Thurber Joined the President at
the station, which was crowded at that
early hour with visitors to the Pythian
celebration, and the four walked slowly
and unconcernedly down the platform to
President Roberts private car which had
been attached to the first section of the
New York Express for the accommoda-
tion of Mr.. Cleveland's party.
Some people recognized the President
and pressed closely about him, but they
made no demonstration. Mr.. Cleveland
was in an excellent humor and seeming
ly felt well.
Goodbye, boys" he said to the gate
keepers, whose faces have become IA
miliar to him during the last nine years.
The train left Washington at twenty
minutes past seven o'clock.
Healthy and smiling.
The train with President Cleveland on
board pulled into the Pennsylvania Raii-
road station at exactly fivfie minutes past
one o'clock, The bulletin board in the
depot announced that hte train was
twenty-five minutes behind time and
this cansed many people who had as
sembled to see the President leave the
station before the train arrived.
When they returned they discovered
that the train was but five minutes late,
and that Grover was aboard the Gov
ernment tug John Rogers. which was
making fast time down the river.
The President was accompanied by
Secretary Lamont and Private Secretary
Thurber He walked down the plat
form with a springy step and looked
the very picture of health. The hag-
gard appearance of which SO much has
been said, was not present,
AS the crowd of newspaper men at
the end of the platform surged around
him. hte President smiled pleasantly
and started to make his way through
the lines of the reporters. Detectives
Morris came to his assistance ana
opened the way for him to the elevator
by which the President and Secretaries
Lamont and Thurber were lowered to
the ferry slips.
The tug Rogers was in waiting at the
Adams Express Companys dock, and as
soon as the distinguished party stepped
aboard, the hawsers were loosened ana
the tug started on its way to Buzzard's
Bay.
The President was attired in brown
cutaway suit with Alpine hat to match
and wore a blue and white striped bow
necktfe. None of the reporters succeed
ed in interviewing him.
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EIED.

WoRTH.-At Peekssill n Y, on August 2s 1891,
Jane Worth, late residence No 80 Belmont ave
nue., this city. daughter OF the late William
Worth
Funeral services at No s5 sInith street, Peekskil
N. X, at eleven A. NJ. the S0th inst.
Interment three O'Clock same day at New York
Bay Cemetery.
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The scrofuious taint which may have been
In your blood for years, may be thoroughly
expelled by giving Hoods Sarsaparilla trial,