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The record-union., 1894-06-16
THAT STATE PLAT.
The Lots Were Purchased From Indi-
Vidual Owners.

The Lots Were Purchased From Indi-
vfdual Owners.
There has been story in circulation
for some time to the effect that the city
never received pay for the State plat in
the City Cemetery. A RECORD UNION
reporter has been investigating the mat
ter, and finds that most, if not all, of the
lots embraced in that inclosure, were
originally sold TO private parties. The
State afterward bought them from those
individuals. and consequently had no
direct dealings with the city, and the
records at the cemetery of course show
no title. The State, however, owns nine
20x20 lots and has cared for them for the
past thirty years. When the State pur-
chased those lots the uniform price was
The record-union., 1894-06-16
NEW BOOKS
Recent Additions to the Shelves of the
Free Library.

Free Library.
The following new books have been re-
ceived at the Free Library, some of which
viii be ready ior circulation this morn
ing:
IAN Innocent Imposter,' Grey: zone
Reason Why" Whitby; "Part of the
Property Whitby; 'Diana Tempest
Cholmondeley: "Relics,p McNab: "Tbe
Tutors Secret" Cherbaliez; "Dodo.n
Benson; katherine Lauderdale.r Craw-
ford; 'Pierro Ghisleri," Crawford.
'John IngIesant," Shorthouse: sSvl3
vie aud Bruno" Dodson; Catherine
Furze," Mack Rutherford; Prince Ri
cardo.v Lang; "After TweD.S Years"
Sturgis; .'Can This Be Love?'' rarr: "One
Good Guest,v Walford; "Montezuma,s
Daughter" Haggard; What Necessity
knows, y Dougall; "Beggars All. "Dougall;
s.The Man From Blankley's," Guthrie:
ssZanoni," BuIwer Lytton: Fairy
Tales" Grim; Charley O'Malley,',
Lever; "a Fellowe and His Wife, How
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Roma nee and Actualitv.

Edgar L. Wakeman's thrilling tale
"The Casket of Manaca Isnaga," print ed
elsewhere in this issue, like most of this
authors fictional work, has exceptional
interest and value from Its artistic blend
ing of romance with actuality. Mali
bran, Cangalito and Copinge, the Gov
ernor Of Trinidad. were real people, and
the Revolution del Quemado of 1888 was
one OF the most tragic episodes ever
known in the history of Cuba.
The record-union., 1894-06-16
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been 76' and $40, with fresh
to brisk southerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at A. NJ. and
5 P. NJ. were 29.S7 and 2Y.S6 inches, re-
spectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were $50 and co.,
and one year ago to-day $50 and So.
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$50, which would make It's plat worth $3.50.
William Turton, the well-known con-
tractor, was one of those who sold 10 the
State He says that James Mcdonald,
one of the first Cemetery Commissioners
appointed by the State, bought his lot
and paid him for his improvements The
owners of the other lots did likewise.
w. C. Farnsworth, who has been en-
ployed at the City Cemetery for the past
thirty years, laughs at the idea that the
State is in debt to the city. He declares
that all the lots were bought and paid for
by private parties.
The record-union., 1894-06-16
BersaglIeri Guard excursion.

At $50 o'clock on Sunday morning the
excursion train of the Bersaglieri Guard
Will leave the depot for Woodland. where
a grand picnic will be held in Coils
Grove. The Patriarchs Militant Band
has been engaged, and all the necessary
arrangements made to insure the pleas
ure of all that 90.
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Fourth of Lnlv Committee.

At O'Clock tomorrow the Fourth of
July Executive Committee meets at
Judge Henry's Office. 1t will receive
finance reports at that time, and deter
mine on the basis OF such reports what
sort of a celebration Sacramento is to
haUp
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His Fingers Crushed.

An old man named Richard Powl, in
the employ of the house-raiser, Leland
Howe. had the fingers of his right hand
crushed yesterday afternoon while hand
ling block and chain. during the moving
Of q house,
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Changed His Plea.

Thomas Martin, the pal of young Cy.
McClintock, yesterday in Judge Catlin's
court withdrew his plea of not guilty OF
robbery and entered a plea of guilty.
Sentence was postponed until to-day.
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A Severe Operation.

The many friends of DR.. w. J. Hanna,
one of the rising young physicians of
this city, are panied to learn that he has
lost one OF his eyes. While treating a
patient the organ became poisoned, and
it was found necessary to have it re-
moved
The record-union., 1894-06-16
One Year tor Robbery.

Judge Catlin yesterday sentenced All
Sing. the Chinaman who robbed his coun-
trylnan, All COX, to one year in the Fol-
som Prison.
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Fifteen Days Each.

Justice Devine yesterday sentenced
Lena Olster and Nora Norris to fifteen
days each in Jail for stealing lace curtains
from a room in the Clarendon House.
The record-union., 1894-06-16

OPEN all day, Clear Water Swimming
Baths, Twentieth and o.
The record-union., 1894-06-16

For throat troubles and coughs use
Browns Bronchial Troches. They pos
sess real merit.
The record-union., 1894-06-16

MARRIED ladies, try SECURE. Take no
substitute. See ge neral notice column #
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CoRoNADoWATER, McMorry sole agent.
Groceries and provisions, 53l NJ st. i
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SARsAPARTLLA AND IRON. Get it from
the sole agent, McMorry, 5Sl NJ st.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
NIGHT SCHOOLS TL0URIsHING.
Meeting OF the Board of Education
Last Night.

The Board of Education met last night.
The superintendent report for October
shows the total number of children re-
fused admittance to be 20S; the number
of seats in all departments, 1851; the
average register, 1884; the average
attendance, 1854, and the number of
teachers, 1880. The Night School report
shows the number of pupils on the reg
ister to be 1856 of whom 269 are females;
average register for October, males, 1,271;
females, 254; average attendance. males,
1,0O6; females, 2oS; percentage of atten-
dance, 1916; number of teachers, male
and 46 female.
James C. Lansing was appointed car
penter and general mechanic to the
board. He will attend to minor repairs
throughout the city
Miss Clara Horton was appointed to
School No. IL to fill the vacancy made
by the transfer of Miss Evans to No l5
School. Miss Esther Mac Neill was APP
pointed teacher in the training depart
ment of No. 5 School and Miss Olive
Sprague was appointed to the grammar
department of No. School.
Miss Agnes Adrian of No. and MISS
Josephine Simpson of No. Is Schools were
given leave of absence. Katherine Cor
coran, Janitress of No. 8 Annex, resigned
and Jane Meegan was appointed to sue
ceed her Christian Wefdemeyer was
given permission to form classes in
French and German in the schools pro-
yiding the instruction shall take place
after school hours.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
TEACHERS VERY ACTIVE.
Pedagogical Society to BE Formed
I'm Jersey City.

Unusual activity is being exhibited
among the public school teachers in
this city. The primary principals have
organized a class in kindergarten work.
The class will meet Saturday mornings
from $50 to II 80 o'clock. Miss Anna w.
Williams, Supervisor of the kindergarten
work in the Philadelphia schools will
instruct them. The course will consist
of twenty-five lessons and will be most
thorough, covering every branch of the
work.
Superintendent Snyder is also organ
izing Pedagogical Society which all
teachers are invited to join. The object
of the society is the general study of
educational history, theory and methods
logical and will include ample provision
for discussion by members. This course
will be for the determination of the best
methods of teaching and discipling.
A meeting of the members was held
Monday afternoon at the High School
Building and there was a large atten-
dance. Although the membership Is en-
tirely voluntary, most of the teachers
who can do SO have Joined the society.
The class is so large that it will be
necessary to meet in four or five sec.
tions. The meetings will be held every
two weeks in the afternoon of after
school hours. Superintendent Snyder
says the progressive spirit of the teach
ers cannot be too highly commended.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
TIE BOSTON, 4244,4G. 48 Newark Ave-.
BISHOP WARREN ON LIGHT.

Henry White Warren. DID, Methodist
Bishop of Colorado. lectured last night
at Emory M. E. Church on "Ths
Forces of Sunbeam" His lecture
was purely scientific and technical. The
church was crowded to the doors. and
the lecturer was received with loud ap-
plause. He explained that light travels
at the rate of $4,000 miles a second, and
spoke of its ability to keep up that rate
of speed for thousands of years. The
velocity of light, he said, never din1in-
lsnes. Light is able to go both ways
at the same time. and it moves with
music. 1t is the source of all vegetable
growth. All trees and plants are the
productions of the sunbeam. de exc
planned how it takes photographs.
brings rivers back from the seas and
makes Mississippis and Niagaras pos
sible.
1t makes the coal with which all oun
manufactures are run. He made MANY
witty sallies, kept his audience in a
coed humor. and concluded by urging
them to study the subject of light,
which offers a rich and abundant field
for the student
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
DYNAMITE In A BANK.

ELYRIA, Ohio. Nov. 9. 1ss4.-The Ma
tional Bank at Oberlin was robbed last
night. This morning it was found that
the front door had been forced. and the
safe blown open with dynamite. Valu-
able papers were scattered about the
room. The vault was not entered. There
is no clue to the burglars.
The robbers secured 5000 in silver and
a quantity of valuable papers. They
broke open two doors of the vault with
dynamite but did not have time TO open
the inner safe containing most of the
banks money. The robbers stole two
horses and buggies and fled. One rig
was found in this place, tied to a post,
early this morning. 1t is thought the
robbers took Lake Shore train No.
for the West at this place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
MEN WERE CARELESS.
Inquest Into the Fatal Seaffold
Accident in the Erie
Station.

An inquest into the death of the thi ee
men who were killed by the collaps1ng
of a. scaffold in the Erie depot last Fri
5sv morning was commenced last night
in Roche's Hall, before Coroner Folk
and a jury Two of the jurymen sum
moned by Constable Bolnnd ignored
their subpoenas and failed to appear
The Coroner will take steps today to
have them punished for contempt.
Ofiicers Goetz and O'Connen were the
first witnesses called, and they testlled
as TO the,finding of the injured men III
the depot and conveying Them to st.
Francis, Hospital. Louis Sehnaske, of
No 141 Morris street, one of the painters
who escaped, was next called. He spoke
very imperfect English and seems to be
very badly scared. He said
ESCAPED DEATH.
"I went upon the scaffold first, and
fixed the ladder for the others to come
up. 1 began scraping the roof, using my
right hand and holding on to one of the
iron girders with my left. Suddenly I
felt the scaffold going from under me. l
held on to the girder and swung myself
over to safe place. 1 did not fall to
the ground The scaffold was put up the
day before and we worked on it."
The witness would not say whether
he considered the scaffold safe or not,
but it was evident that he did not un-
derstand the questions put TO him.
Thomas Mcfarland, another of the
painters, said that he and Rockey start
ed to so up the ladder, Rockey going
ahead. AS soon as Rockey got on the
scaffold and joined the others, who were
all together by the paint pots, the scaf-
fold gave way, and the men went down.
Mcfarland was still on the ladder and
did not fall.
The scaffold was built under the SUI
pervision of MePhillips. and witness
helped to build it. The timbers We're all
in good condition when put up, and
witness considered that the scaffold was
perfectly safe.
HOW THE SCAFFOLD WAS BUILT
NJ. D. Coddington, of Ridgewood, mas
Ter carpenter OF the Erie Railroad Com
3any, said that tile scaffold was made
by placing four 3xs inch beams across
he iron trusses of the roof and cover
ng them with inch and a quarter spruce
boards.
One of the. beams split. Witness ex-
amined the broken beam after the acct
lent and found that the break was new
one He could not account for the ac-
ident, unless it was that the men used
oad Judgment in crowding together
Unimportant testimany was given by
9. F. Wheaton, Henry Mclean and AlIcn
Moran, and the inquest was adjourned
.ntil next Monday night inorder tina the
estimony of he injured men, who are
still in the hospital, may be taken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
CATHOLIC CLUBS ENTERTAINMENT

A free entertainment was given last
night at the Catholic Club House. The
attendance was large, considering the
disagreeableneses of the night. Those
who journeyedl there, however, were
repaid. as they had the pleasure of hear
ing such artists as Fred Emmerson, in
baritone solos; Russell Brothers, in mus
ical selections; Will Lyle, in banjo solos;
Miss Julia Leo, recitationist; Phil. Lynch,
in baton evolutions; Prof Adrain Plate,
in gems of music; Master Frank
Schmedes, piano solos; Miss Clara Mus
son, contralto soloist; Miss Kathrine
Powers, accompanist; Miss Kathrine
Griffin, soprano solos, with violin obli-
cato, by J. Holden, and an exhibition of
pedestal dancing by Prof. Marley.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
NEWS OF THE WAR.
Ru cnhls to tie United Press.

LONDON, Nov. 9. 1ss4.-A despatch to
the Central News from Che-Foo, dated
November 6. reports that hundreds OF
Chinese are arriving there from Man
churia,, whence they are fleeing, fright
ened at the approach of the Japanese
The Chinese troops and such vessels of
the Chinese fleet as are not cooped up
at Port Arthur have been ordered to
attack the japanese wherever they meet
them. 1t is reported that Port Arthur
is still invested by the Japanese, and
that two of the forts there have been
captured by them. The Chinese soldiers
are deserting from New-Chwang. fear
ing an attack by the Japanese.
The Pail Mall Gazette prints despatch
today saying the Japanese forces have
captured Talien-Wan. The Chinese fleet
is at Wei -Hai-Wei. and the Russian feet
at Che-Foo.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
ACCUSED THE POLICEMAN.
But His Captain Gives Him a Good
Rennratf0M

William Book, a boarder at No. 16f
First street, and Herman Stancke, of No.
560 First street. Hoboken, came into Ho-
boken Police Headquarters last night, q
few minutes before twelve o'clock, and
complained to Sergeant Flattery that Off
Ger No. So was in Mrs. M. Bolts saloon
at No. 16O First street fiourishing his
revolver and demanding drinks.
officer No. So is Thomas Connell. He
has been upon the force three years
Captain Hayes reported the case to
Chief Donovan. and in his report stated
that Connell had reported regularly from
his box, and that the description the
two men gave of No. S5 did not tally
with Connell. He also stated that No.
160 First street was raided last summer
as a disorderly house, and it might be
on that account that the charges were
now being made. as Connell figured in
the above raid.
Chief Donovan instructed Captain
Hayes to make a thorough investiga-
tion of the case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
oLERGYMEN's RETIRING FUND.
The Members Meet In St. Matthew
ChureIa-OfFicers Elected.

Chureh-OfHcers Elected.
The members of the Episcopal Clergy
mans Retiring Fund held a meeting in
ST. Matthews P. E. Church yesterday
afternoon. The fund was started twentg
years ago by the late DR.. Abercrombie,
who was for many years Rector of St.
Matthews, with the object of providing
pensions for clergymen sixty years of
age and over. A clergyman may be-
come amember by paying to or collecting
for the Fund $12 a year. The pensions
increase with the age of the clergymen.
AS Bishop scarborough of Trenton,
who is President was i'll, Dr. Hutchings
of Medford, Mass, presided. 1t was de-
cided to petition the New Jersey Legis-
lature to allow the society to remove to
New York and become a New York cor
poration.
The Board of officers and Trustees
were reelected. Among those present
were:-Dr. E. A. Hoffman, Dean of the
General Theological Seminary of New
York. DR.. Kimber and DR.. Vitbert of
Trinity Parish, Bishop Coleman of Della
ware, DR.. Bennitt of Grace Church, DR..
Warren of ST Mary's, Archdeacon
Jenvey Walker of Newark, the two
Millidge Walker of Newark, the two
Archdeacons of this diocese, and about
fifty other clergymen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09

Hohoken as Chairman. OF the poaro,
committee was appointed to look atter
the missing returns, and then the board
adjourned until tomorrow.
WILL HAVE A RECOUNT.
Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, George 3.
Fielder C. H. Winfield, Senator w. u.
Daily, Norman L. Rowe, James Curran,
j. O'Toole and others met in the Prose-
eutor's office at noon today to discuss
the course to be adopted in reference
to an application for a recount The
published statement of returns printed in
1.-THE Jersey city News were carefully
gone ever and the remarkable massing
of votes in certain precincts known TO
be Republican were noted.
1t was suggested that outside of the
prima facie case of fraud the noncom-
plfance with the law of the election Of
hcers was sufficient to establish case
for a recount.
TO AWAIT THE CANVASS.
But this was overruled on the ground
that it would be better to await first
the action of the Board of Canyassers
and see what they would do. If the per-
sonnel of that board was Objectionable
and their ruling with regard to the
thirty-one returns not fair, then re-
count would be demanded. They agreed
to await the result of the meeting of
the board.
Ex-senator William D. Edwards and
Allan McDermott have been retained to
represent the Democrats when the re-
count takes place.
NEGLIGENT ELECTION OFFICERS.
The conduct of the election officers in
many of the districts has aroused great
Indignation on account of their tardi-
ness in sending in the returns.
Although the law declares positively
that these returns must be sent into
the County Clerk Immediately after the
close of the polls, yet up to noon today
sixty hours nearly, after the time speci-
fed by law, thirty-one precinct returns
had not been handed in. Just about
noon two election officers crawled into
the Clerks office with the returns from
the First precinct of the Third ward of
Bayonne.
This extraordinary conduct on the
part of the election officers may, so
the Democratic leaders say, be all right
so far as the returns go, but it looks
suspicious, to say the least.
In New York City, with its very com
phcated set of ballots. the result can
accurately be estimated within a couple
of hours after the close of the polls;
but for the first time in Hudson County
three Gays have elapsed and still not
the full amount of returns received.
1t will be upon this ground of nom
compliance with the law and discovered
irregularities that a recount will be
asked for.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
JUMPED HER BAIL.
How Young Woman Repaid Kind

State Detective Joseph Harrison, who
makes his headquarters at the Hobo
ken Police Headquarters, arrested last
night young girl, about twenty-one
years old, on First street, near Bloom
field. At the station house she accused
Harrison of arresting her for spite He
repeated to the roundsman in charge
some very indecent language which he
claimed the girl had used towards him.
The girl went into Mysteries as she was
led to a. cell.
Some sympathetic bystnnders secured
bail for her, and this morning when her
case was called she did not appear. She
said she was Clara Franklin of No. lls
Washington street, Hoboken. 1t was
said this morning she did not live there.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
FIRST OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

NEW YORK, Nov 9. 1s94.-The first
snowfall of the season began at 4:3O
AN today and was quite extensive
in area, in this State and New Jersey.
The temperature was within two degrees
of the freezing point at eight o'clock.
The wind was from the proper quarter
for great storm and had sufficient
force to give the snowflakes business
like slant. At eight o'clock it's velocity
was twelve miles an hour.
Washington, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia were all cloudy and dismal today,
but none of them shared the distinction
of having first snowstorm on Novem-
her. @
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
PENALTY OF GREATNESS.
Successful Candidates Assessed for 3
Blow Out for the Boys.

Tomorrow night will be big time for Re-
publicans of the Fourth district. Tne Free
mont Club has tapped the pockets of all the
Republican candidates reported elected for a
big blowout for the boys of the district, who,
they say, rolled up such Republican ma
jority They will form in line at the Free
mont Club on Central avenue, and march
through the principal streets. Mr.. McEwan
will be in it, and will County Clerk Fisher
Freeholder Heiney, Commissioner Macarthur
Assemblyman Adolph Dobke, Jr., and Alder
men Dorrnan, Martin and Mccarthy. John
Dingwall President of the Hudson County
Republican League, will be there also Al
ter the parade the line will return to the
Fremont Clubs rooms, where the boys Will
be filled with refreshment to the health OF
their new representative
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09

Died.

CoTTIER-At his late residence, No. Il
Congress street, Charles c. Cottier, born
April 5. 1910, died November l. 1884,
SMTTH-on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 1894, Patrick
Smith, aged S5 years.
Relatives and friends, alse Court Gen Wayne
No. 1857, A. O.. F. of A.. invited to at
tend the funeral Saturday, Nov. TO- at 3
A. NJ, from the residence Of his aunt, Mrs.
Mary Callahan. No. 145 Pine street; thence to
St Patrick's Church, corner Ocean and Bran
hall avenues, where solemn high mass OF
requiem will be offered for the happy repose
of his soul.
WoGEscH-on Wednesday, Nov. l. 1894, Lena.
beloved wife Of Herman Wogesch. and
daughter of Carolina and the late Henry
Week aged SS years and 4 months.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral from her late residence. corner Of
Ege and Jackson avenues. on Saturday, Nov.
ia. at 2 P. NJ.
MArEF.-on Friday, November 9. 1894, Michael P at
re rsidence OF of his parents, Ne. 500 Jersey
Rel sKtsand friends of the family are invited to az
tesi hi; funeral on sunday November II at two
O'Clock
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
ALUMINIUM WOVEN WITH SILK.

A writer in a London paper declares
it is not impossible that aluminium may
be applied to the making of drapery
goods, since it can be drawn into wires
finer than hair, and yet so fine and
supple that they can be woven with
silk. 1t is believed that there is won
derful future before aluminium, owing
to its remarkable lightness and tenacity.
There are those who think they see in
this material solution of the problem
of flying machines, and some of the
prophets go so far as to predict an age
of aluminium, not very far ahead of the
present time.-Exchange
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-09
GOOD GovBRNMENT ASSOCIATION

The Executive Committee Of the Good
Government Association met last night
at Arcanum Hail. A member called at
tention to the fact that three mounted
policemen were on duty on the Boule-
yard Sunday, and the officers of the as
sociation patted themselves on the back
and took all the credit to themselves.
A communication was received from the
Street and Water Board inviting the as
sociation to have committee present at
Ire meetings