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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
PARIS Or THE GOVERNMENT.
Dispute as to the Right to occupy
the Hotel de VILE.

By Cable to the United Press.
PARIS, April 16, 1S94-The long continued
dispute between the municipal authorities of
Paris and the Government as to the right of
the Prefect of the Department of the Seine
to occupy the Hotel de Vile has just been
brought to an issue by the seizure of the va
can't apartments in the building by the Gov
ernment Under the orders Of M. Raynal,
Minister of the Interior, the Government
took possession of the vacant rooms on Sat
urday without giving the municipal authori-
ties moments warning, and furnished
them as an official residence. The Prefect
demanded that the apartments be immedi-
ately vacated, but M. Poubelle, who took
possession at the instance of NJ. Raynal, de-
fies eviction. The municipal authorities
have sent formal protest to the Govern
ment. The question as to the right to occupy
these apartments has been pending since the
Prefect of the Seine was burned out of the
Hotel de Vile in 1871. The Autonomists
contend for the right of the Mayor of Paris
to pose as the equal of the President and
claim that he is entitled to exclusive posses
sion of the Hotel de Vile.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
.COHHYI7HS IN BOSTON
Two Thousand Will Start for
Washington Next Saturday.

BosToN, April 16, 1s94-Good Coxey
army weather brought out 1900 of the un-
employed and others to the Common yes
terday afternoon to hear what major
General" Fitzgerald Superintendent Swift
and the other leaders had to say.
The unexpectedly large crowd gave the
promoter of the New England In
dustrial Army great Encouragement.
1t was announced. however, that the bad
weather of the past few days had delayed ar
rangements SO that the walk for Washing
ton could not begin until one P. M. next
Saturday, from Faneuil Hall, this being
postponement from the first ixed-next
Tuesday.
After the Common meeting, Messrs. Swift
and Fitzgerald headed procession through
the Back Bay district. There were fully
1900 in line. 1t was striking spectacle and
perfectly order prevailed Superintendent
Swift evidently does not intend to walk to
Washington, for he announced that he
would meet his hearers at the same place
and hour next Sunday A dispatch from
Brockton says that five tramps passed
through that city yesterday on their way to
Boston to join Swift's army.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
YALE MEM AFRAID.
Threatened With Arrest for Attend
ing a Prize Fight.

Threatened With Arrest for Attend
ing Prize Fight.
New HAVEN, April 16, 1894 -E forts are
being made to compromise the strong stand
taken by the Connecticut Law and Order
tended the Russell Dillon prize fight in
February. About thirty students have left
town to avoid arrest, and they are afraid to
return till assurances are given that they
will not be prosecuted Their friends have
thus far pleaded in vain with the local au-
thorities, who assert that every warrant
will be served as soon as possible. The PEN
atty for attending prize fight is, under the
unrepealed blue laws, two years. No fines
are allowed, and the chances for a number
of Yale men emigrating are bright
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
WHITES THREATENED A NEGRO.

CoRsIcANA, Tex, April 1e, 1s94--One
week ago Mrs. Moss, living on the outskirts
Of this place, was crininally assaulted by a
negro. Last Friday morning a negro at
tempted to assault Mrs. Maynard, widow,
living near Mrs. Moss Saturday night
John Gates, negro, was arrested on sus-
picion and identified by Mrs. Maynard as her
assailant. About 100 white people congre-
gated on the streets Saturday night and
strong threats were made of lynching
About as many negroes congregated and de-
clared they would not allow the lynching to
occur. A number of white people made an
appeal to the crowd to disperse and race
riot was averted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
A BIG VERDICT SET ASIDE

This morning Judge Lippincott decided to
set aside the verdict awarding 5000 dam
ages to George Joerns, which was obtained
about six months ago. Joerns sued ex- -Coun-
Gilman Louis Stein of Hoboken for $1,000
damages for the alienation of his wife's af-
fections, and the jury granted him the full
amount. The application to have the YER
dict set aside was made by Counsellor James
B. Vredenburgh, who alleged that the YER
dict awarded excessive damages, and that
Joerns was an incompetent witness, because
under the statute he could not testify
against his wife.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND

New YORK, April 1e, 1S94.-Thomas G.
Platt and Marsden ]. Perry, receivers of the
New York and New England Railroad Com
pany, have filed In the United States Circuit
Court report made by Thomas
Fl. Wentworth, an expert account
ant, who examined the accounts of
the various lines leased by the New
England Company with the view of
ascertainlng if it would still be profitable to
continue to pay rentals. Based on that re-
port, the receivers have decided to continue
the lease of all the roads for the present.
The five lines thus leased are the Providence
and Springfield, the Woonsocket and Pas
coag, the Milford, Providence and Milford;
the Nevada and Waterbury and the Rhode
Island and Massachusetts,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
TRACING THE PATERSON BOMB.

NEW York, April 16, 1s94.-It is probable
that the friends who, last Friday, placed the
dynamite bomb on the lawn of William
Strange's residence in Paterson, will shortly
be apprehended.
The well-known silk merchant gave it for
analysis into the hands of John G. Renning-
ton. the New York chemist, at No. 81 New
street.
Mr.. Remington said this morning that all
the dynamite manufacturers in New York
can distinguish their own make by certain
characteristics
The dynamite used in this particular
bomb has, it is said, been traced to firm
who has its agency in Paterson.
This is the first step towards tracing the
men who placed the bomb.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
NOT MAYOR FAGAN's BILL

1t was the impression of not few who
read in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS last week of
the introduction into the Legislature of a
bill providing for a new police system in Ho-
boken that Mayor Pagan, President of the
Police Board was at the head of the scheme
He was given the credit of having caused
the introduction of the bill that has met
with very much opposition in Hoboken.
With view of ascertaining in what meas
ure Mayor Pagan is actually interested in
the bill, a reporter of THE NEWS questioned
him today
81 had nothing to do with the bill" said
the Mayor. Il do not know who made it.
In fact l may say that am opposed to the
bill, and will fight it if it is necessary. / do
do not think the bill a good one."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16

A gentleman occupying one of the highest.
judicial places in this State told JERSEY
Cry NEWS reporter this morning that U. S.
Senator James Smiths speech on the Wilson
bill to be delivered this evening in the Sem
ate is ready and copy of it was shown to
the authority mentioned
He says that the speech was evidently pre-
pared by an able fnancier for Mr.. Smith
attacks the bill for reducing imposts on GER
tain goods manufactured in the State.
Mr. Smiths financial adviser contends
that by reducing the duty, manufactured
goods from foreign countries can come in
and successfully compete with the industries
of the State. The speech attacks the income
tax principle and generally disapproves Of
the leading features of the tariff measure.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
WORRIED OVER HIS WIPES ILLNESS

NEW YORK, April 16, 1s94.-Walter ven-
able, thirty mine years old, a salesman, who
lived with his wife at No. 2453 Eighth ave-
nue., crossed over to Williamsburg this
morning and committed suicide in the house
f relative, by cutting his throat.
Venable is the son of Commodore Thomas
P Venable, now on the retired list of the
navy. His domestic life was very happy,
and it is said by his friends that he and his
wife idolized each other Recently, however,
Mrs. Venable's health has been failing her,
and short time ago the husband was told
by the doctor that the woman had not long
to live. This seemed to affect him deeply,
and since then his conduct has been very
strange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
HoBoKEN POKER FIENDs.
Objection Raised to Sunday Playing
in tho Washington Club.

in tho Washington Club.
The determination of few sportive mem
bers of the Washington Club of Hoboken to
pursue poker playing on Sundays at the
clubhouse will terminate either in the dis
ruption of the club should the poker faction
win, or in the almost probable designations
of the players should the opposition element
triumph Since the dissolution of the old
Union Athletic Club and the immediate
inception of the Washington on
the ruins of the other, there
have been some half dozen members, and
they are well known in the best of Hobo
kens Four Hundred, who have made moth
ing but a rendezvous for poker players of the
club house. Saturday nights generally
found the card room in possession of these
men, and there they remained long after
church time on the Sabbath. No church
bells disturbed them and any thought of
molestation was banished No one objected
to the poker fends playing on week days,
but Sunday games must be stopped. Colonel
Joel, the President of the club, heard of the
Sunday poker games One Sunday morn
ing recently he entered the club house at
half-past ten O'clock He knocked at the
door Of the card room, which was locked.
As he entered four gentlemen sat around
the table, stacks of chips and of money in
front of them
'sThis game must stop,u announced Mr..
Joel. There was no inclination of the MEM
bers to heed the command.
Il am President of this club,p said Mr.
Joll. ''and the name of it must be upheld. I
repeat that this game must stop, if it does
not on my orders, shall call the police and
see that it does. There is no objection to
any reasonable game, but poker on Sunday
in this club must never be-
The game was discontinued, and the card
players went home.
Tomorrow night at the meeting there will
be a thorough ventilation of the matter. The
club will decide whether or not poker shall
ruin the club. It is said that two of the
poker players are members of the Board of
Directors.
Colonel Joel in his efforts are.-Hugh Shaw,
Vice President; John H. Bruning, Alfred
Burfeind and E. A. Robins.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
ANARCHIST POLTrs EXCUSE
Bv Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, April 16, 1894.-Francis Polti,
the Italian Anarchist who was arrested in
Harrington Road Saturday evening by in
spector Melville, was arranged in Bow
Street Police Court this morning. Polti
stated to the court that the cast iron shell or
bomb he was carrying when he was arrested
had been purchased by him from a man he
did not know. He met the man on the
street, and seeing the bomb in his possession
he bought it, He admitted his knowledge
of the mechanism of the bomb, and ex-
planned that he purchased the she'll with the
intention Of using it as a pattern from which
to make duplicate to send to hiN brother in
Italy. When questioned as Is the use he
intended to make of the large quantities of
chemicals found in his lodgings, Polti made
no answer. He was remanded for further
examination
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
HAzERs: GUILTY OF MURDER.

( NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 16, 1s94.-A
fatal accident occurred at Huntingtown,
Tenn, last night where a party of school
boys attempted to haze new student. The
plan was to take the victim to the woods and
frighten him with pistols fred from ambush.
One of the shots struck a young man named
FL. T. Harper. who was passing along the
road at the time, infiicting a wound from
which he died in few hours.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
MELANoTHoN SMITHS RELEASE.

Melancthon Smith some months ago sued
the North Hudson County and the Jersey
City and Bergen Street Railway Companies
for damages for injuries received by him.
He was passenger on Grove street car,
and when he alighted from it at the corner
of Newark avenue he was knocked down by
a Court House car. Recently Mr.. Smith
signed release so far as the North Hudson
County Company was concerned. and today
ex-Judge Garretson was granted permission
by Judge Lippincott to file a plea to the
effect that the release of the North Hudson
County Railroad Company was release of
the Jersey City and Bergen Company also.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
MATTERS OF FACE.

Physicians Prescriptions and Family
Receipts carefully compounded at very low
prices, and only Pure Drugs used, at Ewing
& Company.
New Defiance canned Tomatoes now in
ask your grocer for them. Packed only for
De Cleary Grove and llth streets
The great record breaker, sRienzin Beer.
Eldot & Co., 73S Montgory street
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
FATALPLUNGE THROUGH AWIND0W
A Hoboken Man Whom Whiskey
Got the Best Of.

In fit Of delirium tremens, Thomas Dug
dali, stonecutter, twentysix years old.
jumped from the second floor of No. 1922,
Grand street, Hoboken, at eleven o'clock
Saturday night, sustaining injuries from
which he died at one o'clock yesterday after
noon. He was without medical attendance
until nine o'clock yesterday morning, the
people in the house caring for him. His
left leg was broken in two places. his right
wrist was broken, and he had bad bumps
all over his body, besides being internally
shaken up He was taken to the hospital
when the police heard of his injury, and was
cared for until he died by the Sisters.
Dugdall boarded at the house. He was
seen Saturday evening and appeared to be
no worse of jim-jams than usually. He had
acted strangely for some time, but refused
to have aught to do with doctor. When
one of the boarders came home Saturday
night about fifteen minutes after Dugdalls
jump, he found the man bleeding and in a
semi unconscious condition ON the sidewalk.
Relatives were telegraphed to, and the
body was taken to Volk's undertaking
place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
THE LOOP-GARoU.
Somber Tradftionary Beliefs of the
Superstftious French Canadians.

SOmOef 1fa01tfOmaFy BeA1eES Oh tue
Superstftious French Canadians.
The werewolf legend constitutes one of
the most somber of the Evolutionary beliefs
existing in French Canada. The story of a
human being assuming VOLTS shape is
certainly one of the most generally diffused
throughout the world, and the werewolf
story comes down to us from old Roman
times. The French Canadian believes that
if person does not partake of the sacra-
ment for seven years he will turn into a
loup-garou - a shapeiess animal without
head or limbs: the loup- garou might also
appropriate the form of wildcat, hare
a fox, or even black hen, but at night he
was obliged to range through woods and
desert places.
! AT dead of night the loup-garou steals
from his bed; climbing the highest tree in
the neighborheod. he hides in its branches,
and is Instantly transformed into bestial
shape. He is endowed with supernatural
speed and strength. A fierce creature, with
appetites exaggerating those of the animal
he resembles, his especial delight is in
slaughtering and devouring little children.
may be recognized by his excessive lean
ness, wild eyes and haggard countenance.
In order to regain the estate of humanity
it is necessary that the blood of the monster
should be shed. This kindly office being per-
formed by q friend, a complete restoration
results.
In many parts Of the country cats of three
colors were considered lucky, therefore the
fortunate possessor of a puss mottled with
black, white and gray should preserve the
animal carefully.
When Canadian lumberman is sufficient
ly fortunate to shoot deer he wraps himself
at night in the skin. in order to keep off
witches.
The souls of the lost, or spirits in purga
tory, naturally occupied a prominent posi-
tion in Canadian folklore. The dead fire.
quently returned to the world; among old
fashioned persons there We're few who had
not held converse with a spirit or revenant.
In punishment for sin the dead were often
detained on the scene of their past misdeeds.
One dead person could not help or relieve an
other; the wrong committee on earth could
only be righted by the Intervention of liv-
ing being. The evil spirits were unable to
cross the blessed waters of the River st.
Lawrence without the help of a Christian.
These haunting spirits were numerous and
of various descriptions
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
A NOTED LINGUIsT DEAD.

LONDON, Ont, April IS. 1894. james P.
Gillard. distinguished inguist, died today
aged seventy years. The deceased acted as
interpreter for the Prince of Wales, Duke of
Edinburgh and other royal personages on
their travels. He could speak huently seven
Edinburgh proposed to the daughter of the
late Gar Of Russia Mr.. Gillard acted as
interpreter, and the family have the cor
respondence that passed between the deceased
and the Duke on this occasion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
BERNsTHINS OPENING.

Bernstein, the clothier, of No. so Newark
avenue, announces today the fact of his
opening on Thursday evening next at fifteen
minutes to seven o'clock. Mr.. Bernstein
claims that what he says "goes," and no
doubt it does. He says good many things
in his advertisements, and it will pay one to
read them and see. There is strong prob
ability that No so Newark avenue will be
crowded next Thursday evening Handsome
souvenirs will be given away on that occa-
sion
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16

and loan association and must wait twenty
years, at which time the shares would ex-
pire.
asked for his money back, but Treasurer,
Secretary and General Manager Roper does
not give up money when it comes into his
clutches, and he brusquely replied that it
was the rule, and that was the end of it.
But Lau didn't agree about the end part
of it, and at once instructed his lawyer to
begin suit to make the syndicate disgorge.
This will be held after the block of five
other have been heard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
DR. GUzMAN NOT RECALLED.

WASHINGTON, April 16, 1S94.-"I have
heard nothing; do not know" was the
answer of Senior Don Horacio Guzman, the
Nicaraguan Minister in Washington, when
shown the despatch from Managua,
saying that President Zelaya had dis
missed Minister Gomez and that DR..
Guzman was to be recalled. s.It is the
first have heard of it, said DIR. Guzman.
~ think should have heard Of it had any
thing OF the kind occurred"
DR.. Guzman said he expected to hear
something definite concerning the condition
of affairs at Bluefields, now that the U. S.
S. San Francisco had arrived there. There
was absolutely no reason, he said for fears
that trouble would occur in the disputed
territory
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
BOY KILLED ON THE ERIE.

The body of Nathan Kaufman, fifteen
year-old boy, who lived at No. 40 Second
street, Passaic, was found in the Meadows
on the Erie Railroad Saturday afternoon.
The body was taken to Speer's Morgue,
where it was identified by his brother this
morning. The boy had evidently been
struck by train, one of his legs being cut
off near the knee and the back of his head
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
COAL MINERS TO STRIKE.
1t VIII Affect Several Thousand
Workingmen.

BRADFORD, Pa, April 16, 1894. Next Sat
urday the soft coal miners of jefferson and
Clanfeld counties will strike for better
wages if their present arrangement is carried
into effect This will mean idleness for
several Thousand miners and many railroad
men. All the coal trains Of the
Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg R. R. Co.
will be side tracked and the locomotives
will be placed in their round houses,
The 200 men employed here in the work
shops will be laid off and forty train crews
of four men each will be without employ
manf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
A FOOL AND HIS GUN.

IsLIP, LII, April 16, 1894. VIM. Haman,
living at Hauppage, went out for some sport
with his gun Sunday NOR ming. He returned
home with the gun loaded with fine shot.
While placing the weapon in a corner Of a
room in his house it slipped. The barrel
fell against his body, and the entire charge
exploded, causing a fearful wound, from
which he died in short time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
THE STRIKING oOoPERs.

Mr.. Henry Heidt claimed this morning
that he had seventeen men at work in his
cooperage The strikers say there are not
more than six men at work. Mr.. Heidi says
there is disaffection in the ranks of the
strikers, and. that some have come to him
and offered to go back to work if the strike
is not ended by tomorrow. This the men
also deny, and say that they are as firm as
ever
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
DUKERs GETS FIFTEEN YEARS.
Special to The Jersey City Ncars.


HAcKENsAcK, April 16, 1s94.-Henry
Dukers, the notorious horse thief who yes
terday attempted to kill Sheriff Bogert, thus
allowing two other sentenced criminals to
escape, was resentenced this morning by
Judge VanValen. The Judge made Dukers'
term in States Prison fifteen years instead
of eight years. Sheriff Bogert was able to
be in court today. While being led back to
the dungeon by Constable Post Dukers made
an attempt to break away from the officer,
but the constable was alert and easily re-
strained him.
Cadaka and Shean, who escaped yester-
day, have not yet been recaptured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
A MINISTER IN TROUBLE.
Serious Charges Against a Law an
order League eOaicer.------

order League officer.
CONCORD, Nh. April 16, 1894 "A report
current here that warrant had been issued
for the arrest of the Rev. A. j. Wheeler,
formerly of Boston and now Secretary and
Executive officer of the State Law and
Order League, under whose direction the
liquor raids and prosecutions were recently
made here and elsewhere in the State, is
verified by information obtained at the
Merrimac County Jail Obtaining money
by false pretences is said to be the charge.
MIR. Wheeler is said to maintain that the
transaction was an unsolicitated loan which
was invested in his publishing business.
He is not at his home in Concord and is
supposed to be in another part of the State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
TRIED TO sTARVE A OREDIToR.

Charles Randell's barge, the 'sE R.
Tracy" was attached by Justice Seymour
today to satisfy debt of $40 owed to John
Ross, who worked for Randall. Ross lived
on the barge, and Randall wanted to get rid
of him. To do it he tried to starve him out
by not paying him his money.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
BRECKENRIDGE FOR CONGRESS.

LEXINGTON, KY, April 16, 1894. Much
uncertainty exists among Col. Breckinridge's
friends here as to whether OF he will make
the race for Congress. Some of them aver
that he will, while others emphatically state
that he will not.
that he will not resume his official duties in
Congress, but will settle up his private busi-
ness in Washington and return to Kentucky
in two weeks. He viii open the campaign
in Paris, where he will make his first speech.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
NEW THREE-MIL RECORD.

SAN FRANCISCO; Cal, April IS. 1S94.-Adr
vices by steamer from Australia announce
the making of new turf record on Thurs
day, March s, at the Victoria Jockey Clubs
track
Portsea, with 131 pounds up, covered three
miles in the unprecedented time of 5:231s.
Ten years ago, at Sheepshead Bay, Drake
Carter, with 1l5 pounds up, placed the three
mile record at h.24