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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
LHHIGH VALLEY KICKS
Freeholders Enjoined From
Erecting Piers for Bridge
on the Morris Canal
ToWpath.

The Hudson County Board of Freeholders
have met check in their attempt to build q
bridge for the Boulevard to cross the Morris
Canal at the dividing line between Green
vile and Bayonne, and the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company is the cause. When the
contracts were given out for the building Of
the bridge at the above place, Messrs. Holmes
and Cogan of Greenville were awarded that
for the mason work, and the Pennsylvania
Steel Company the iron work.
On Saturday morning last Holmes q
Cogan's men hauled a large derrick TO the
place where the bridge was to stand, and a
gang of laborers commenced work on the
foundation Of the stone abutments The
work was steadily progressing when Mr..
Reon Barnes of the Lehigh Valley Com
pany was told that when the abQtments
were up the towpath would scarcely be wide
enough to permit the horses and mules pass
ing along drawing the barges.
LEHIGH VALLEY OBJECTS.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
being the lessees of the Morris Canal, their
counsel Messrs. Collins and Corbin made
haste stop to the encroachnent. A petition for
an injunction was drawn showing the above
facts and stating that if the Freeholders
wanted the company's land they should have
condemned it according to law or, at least,
made an offer to purchase 1t, but the free
holders have not done either. They had
simply annexed property belonging to the
company or at least placed the abutments SO
close to the towpath that the latter was
damaged.
Then Mr.. Gilbert Collins hurried last
night to Chancellor McGill's house on Bar
row street. His Honor signed an order to
show cause why the Hudson County Board
of Freeholders should not be restrained
from injuring the property and interests of
the lessees of the Morris Canal, and made
the order returnable April in Chancery
Chambers here.
INJUNCTION ORDER SERVED.
Copies of the order were hurriedly made
and served late last night on Mr. Henry H.
Holmes and Mr.. Thomas Cogan, the con-
tractors, and in order that there should be
no mistake word was sent to the foreman OF
him that the Chancellor said he must stop.
OF course the work did stop.
AT the same time the order was served on
the contractors Judge John A. McGrath re-
ceived one He will defend the suit.
| At the hearing on the return rule on
| on Monday next there's sure to be fight.
| Judge Mc(4rath will contend that the county
| is on its own ground, and has right to put
| up what kind of bridge it pleases.
| On the other hand the Lehigh Valley
people will oppose the erection of abutments
| which encroach on their towpath.
| It's O pretty quarrel which will only be
ended in the higher courts, probably the
| United States Court because counsel for the
| railroad company say that there are grave
constitutional questions involved in the tax
| ing OF the land by the Boulevard Commission
1 and everything else in the matter of CON
| struction of the Boulevard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27

Judge Wilson asked many more
questions to ascertain what was the
regular charge of the witness for
expert testimony, and it was clear that he
was trying to show what weight big fee
would have on the witness. Colonel Phil
Thompson objected to these questions but
Judge Bradley said they were all right as
tending to show the weight of the witness
testimony. After great many questions
DR.. Schaeffer's hesitation to answer was
banishcd by a remark from Judge Bradley,
said he had no fixed schedule for law cases,
but had charged from IS up to $75 for hit
services as an expert.
The letters produced, he said, had been
given him by Colonel Breckinridge on Sun
day night and he had examined them then
and last night. The Christmas card was
examined yesterday morning in the court.
He had given three hours yesterday to the
letters and two hours to the card.
AN OCULAR EXAMINATION ONLY.
The examination Of the ink on the Christ
mas card has been ocular only.
"And you mean to say that you deter
mined the age of that ink by sight aloneg
asked Judge Wilson
Yes, sir" was the answer, and the wit
ness answered that if the ink was not manu-
factured for the purpose of deceiving him he
could not modify what he had said.
And you say that ii this ink was not
made for the purpose of deceiving you, you
are absolutely sure that this letter was
written within three or four yearsw was
Judge Wilson's next question, which was
half assertion.
Eyes, sir; that is to say, not absolutely,
but absolutely within the circumstances |
have Indicated
DIR. Shaeffer also said he could get nearly
mathematical exactness in determining hand
- 4 ~ .~-4l.
question by Judge Wilson, .sI feel much
more certain that Madeline Pollard wrote
that letter the alleged forgery than do as
to the date of handwriting as stated by me. y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
MARKsMEN OF COMPANY H.
Grand Reception Last Night on DC
casion of Presentation of badges.

Grand Reception Last Night on Oc-
casion of Presentation of badges.
Pohlmanns Hall last night was crowded
with an admiring throng of people, VINO
were present to see the handsome boys In
blue of Company H, Fourth Regiment, re-
ceive the marksmen's badges which they
won last year at Sea Girt. There were nine
teen of them, and they were presented Win
the badges by Captain Charles D.
Springsted, who made q short address.
marksmen had qualified, and congratulated
the boys upon their shooting; he hoped
to see at least twice as many next year De
told them to take advantage OF the practlce
range at Marion, and when they went to Sea
Girt they would not regret doing so. Fol
lowing is the list of the marksmen ana tnelr
respective scores;-Captain Henry Splel-
mann, %; First Lieutenant Frank a; oo9I-
liyan. 2S: Second Lieutenant William d d.
Wild, 81; First Sergeant 81. ]. Ralph, 70;
Sergeant A. N Mandigo, 25; Corporals
August Won Cleft, 20; George w Morgan,
81; Frank T. Matthes, 20; E. W. Kaestner,
Is. Privates William T. zimmerman, q;
John F. Bockel. 20; Alfred G. Eyre, 80;
August Heyler, 2s; Bert Henkel, IS; Charles
Mussehl, %; Louis Pattberg, .Jr, 70; r;
Pattberg, so; Charles Rademacher, ~, and
3I6Q w 1tSCl1y HOs
Dancing was indulged in until midnight,
when supper was served to the privates and
their friends. The officers had their ceila-
ton Immediately after the presentation.
These officers and guests were present.
Lieutenant Colonel William B. Mason,
Major Joseph H. Brensinger, Captains J..
Howard Bumsted, Thomas B. O'Neill Henry
Spielman, Alvin b. Graafe, Benjamin y
Geradin, Arthur L. Steele, and Lieutenants
Charles h. Wells Harry b. Poiey, John J.
Broderick, Robert F. Martin, John os,,,i !.
Pringle, A. L. Chrystie, Frank A. OSulll,
van, William H Wills, Joseph II. Evans and
Theodore Schmidt. Among the others T;1s
present were Frank Matthes, Miss Ella l
Pattberg, E. W. Newkirk, Miss W
Conway, William Killough, Miss
Mamie Kearns, George Nicollos, Miss
Mamie Osborne, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Heyler,
Bert Henkel, Miss Mary Ramsey, Phil
schaefer, Miss Ida Weber, DR.. K9estter' ter
August Grassmann, Miss Annie Castens, E.
J. Luhmann, Miss Frances Reissenauer,
Fred Werner, Miss A. Werner and the First
Battery Cadets of New York, who gave a
sabre and broadsword drill.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
IDIosYN0RAsIEs OF A JAG.
MRS. Dolan Gives Expert Testimony
On the Subject.


Mrs. Dolan's testimony yesterday after
noon, before Special Master Isaac s. Taylor,
in the divorce proceedings against her hus-
band, Contractor Peter H. Dolan, revealed
some of his idiosyncrasies while in state of
siag." The contractor, as his wife swears,
came home so frequently intoxicated that
she could not recall the number Of times.
She could remember that one day, when in
that state, he entered the drawing room and
tore the pictures off the walls. He kicked
out the canvases and broke the frames into
Endling wood.
Another Of his tricks was to place row OF
drinking glasses on the table. These he
would fill with whiskey and as fast as he
emptied them he threw them at his wife or
yon the floor, just whichever happened to
strike his mad fancy. Mrs. Dolan was often
kept lodging about the room, hiding under
tables and behind chairs to avoid the glasses.
Particularly cruel as this testimony shows
Dolan to be it is nothing to what will follow;
Mrs Dolan's counsel hints that they have
only opened the door Of the chamber Of hor-
rors in which Dolan kept his wife for Sc
many years. Dolan is hiding In Elizabeth
port from warrant held by Constable
Locke He is charged with assaulting Mrs.
Ella Wheeler of Bayonne.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
A SNAKES SUICIDE.
How the Spreadhead Viper Pofsons
Itself and Plays ,Possum.

The ''spreadhead' or "blowing" adders,
quite common in this country, are generally
believed to be extremely venomous on ac-
count of their fierce and bold manners when
attacked. Being fangless they are, how
ever, quite harmless.
Another habit which contributes to their
reputation as poison-bearers is that of ap-
parently inficting deadly bites upon them
selves when their escape becomes hopeless.
If headed off in every direction and repeat
edly beaten with switch an adder will first
disgorge such undigested food as it may
have within it, and then, turning upon itself, !,
GO through the motions Of severely biting
itself along its dorsal region.
AS a matter of act, it does nothing of the
sort, and the subsequent feigned death is the
most transparent of 'possum playing, as any
one can prove by turning the apparently
dead creature over. So intent is it on being
entirely dead that it cannot be induced to lie
otherwise than fat on its back, belly up, and
will turn quickly to this position without
perceptible muscular effort as often as it is
disturbed.
This habit doubtless serves to protect it
from actual death in many cases, just as the
same habit does the opossum and many in
sects-Boston Globe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
SENATOR ooLQUITT's FUNERAL
Impressive Services in the Senate
Chamber This Morning.

Impressive Services in the Senate
Chamber This Morning.
WASHINGTON, March 27, 1894 The solemn
funeral ceremonies of the late Senator Col
Quit of Georgia were conducted in the
Senate Chamber this morning. The hour
fixed was nine A. NJ, and promptly at that
hour the Vice President took the chair.
Shortly before then the casket containing
the remains and laden with wreaths
of flowers had been carried into the
chamber and placed on bier in front of the
clerks desk. In few minutes afterwards
the officials of the government whose pres
ence had been invited were in their seats
the members of the Cabinet, the Chief JUS
tice and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court, many members of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Speaker and members of the
House of Representatives. and the General
commanding the army. The ladies of the
family of the dead Senator, heavily draped
in mourning, sat near the coffin.
The services were conducted by the Senate
chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Milburn, assisted by
the chaplain of the House of REPRESENTA-
tives, the Rev. Mr.. Bagby. The address
was followed by benediction, and with that
the simple solemn ceremonies closed.
The body of the late Senator was escorted
from the Capitol to the Pennsylvania station
by squad of Capitol police, followed by the
Congressional Committee which is to accom-
pany the remains to their last resting place.
The funeral party left Washington over the
Richmond & Danville Railroad at eleven
o'clock and will reach Macon, Ca, tomorrow
at the same hour The home Of Mr.. Col
quit was at Atlanta but almost all of his
family sleep in Macon and he will be placed
beside them in that city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
ASSAULTED A SICK WOMAN.

PORTLAND. Me-, March 81, 1894. John A.
Mckay. twenty four years old, was arrested
last night on q charge of assault. It is al
legged that on Sunday night Mckay att
tempted to criminally assault Mrs. Catherine
Kelly with whom he boarded. The woman
was Ill in bed She resisted and Mckay
brutaIly beat her about the head md face.
He then ran off and has been hiding until
arrested last night. Mckay was convicted
of stealing last November, but he was placed
on probation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
NO VETO EXPECTED TODAY.

WASHINGTON. March 81, 1s94.-It is
learned at the White House that it is not
the purpose of the President to send in any
executive communication to either House
OF Congress today. This, Of course implies
that no nominations will go into the Senate,
which has SO recently joined in the funeral
services of the-late Senator Colquitt. 1t also
of necessity implies that there will be no
official announcement to the House today of
any action taken by the President on the
Bland seigniorage bill
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
LORD sALIsBURY's VIOLIN.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 81, 1885,. Her
mann Schiferl, Minneapolis violin maker,
has discovered that he is in possession of q
violin made by B. Gratiani, Pisa, in 1774,
and which was stolen from Lord Salisbury,
Premier of Engl and. The violin was
brought to Schifferl short time ago by
young man, a stranger, who wanted it re-
paired Schifferl says that he himself
bought the violin for Lord Salisbury in Pisa
years ago, and that it was stolen in 1875.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
REAL ESTATE BUT0HERY.
The Thompson Building Given Away
at Wolbert Auction for $4,000.

The Thompson Building Given Away
at u yyolberl Auction for $4,000.
The sale of the four-story brick business
property at No. so Montgomery street, this
afternoon, was dire failure. 1t attracted
only few buyers, and the auctioneer found
great difficulty in securing bid.
Real Estate Dealer Frank Stevens finally
started it at $4,000. 1t jumped to $4,000.
then $500 more. From that time bidding
was dull and buyers would only give an ad-
vance of $780,
The auctioneer seemed worried and praised
the property, but to little avail. At three
o'clock the figure had gone $4,000, at $50 an
Offer 1t was finally knocked down for
$4,000 to George A. Wood, of the hardware
firm of Wood & Menagn
The property is worth about $2S.0O0, and
the judicious auctioneer had refused a
bona fde offer of $4,000 for It at private
contract
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
GILDAY INsULTED A WOMAN.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81, 1S94.-The
man who struck and killed James Gilday in
Market street, yesterday, for insulting one
Of the women who were in the formers COM
pany, was Walter 0. Elmer, photographer.
Elmer gave himself up to the police last
night and confessed that he struck the blow,
from the effects of which Gilday died. He
only sought, he says, to punish him with
hco
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
GENERAL MANAGER DAVID YOUNG
Appointed " yesterday by the Console
dated Traction Directors

Appointed Yesterday by the Console
dated Traction Directors.
In addition to the officers and directors of
the Consolidated Traction Company, elected
at yesterday afternoons meeting in this city,
these officers were appointed: Executive
Committee, Edward F. c. Young, M. r..
Shanley and B. Naughton of Newark. Mr..
NJ. R. Shanley is appointed Director Gen
eral and Mr.. David Young, formerly Vice
President, is appointed to the more onerous
position of General Manager.
Mr. David Y sdng is at work on a COM
plete and detailed account of the work Of
construction done over the entire system,
and, when finished, 1t win surprise those who
grunhle at rapid transit how much has been
Completed The General Manager expects
that the line from Market street depot, New
ark, to the Pennsylvania depot in Jersey
City win be open without fail on April !,
but certainly it will be ready the week fol-
lowing
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
CHILD FOUND IN A CHURCH.

SoMERvILLE, Mass, March q, 1894
While Father Kelly was engaged in hearing
confessions st, Joseph's Catholic Church
yesterday he was disturbed by the cry of a
young child 1t was repeated, and, with
some women in the church, the priest began
a search, resulting in the finding of two
weeks old female child hidden under pew
seat. The child, which was poorly clad, was
taken to the parochial residence close by and
kindly cared for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
THIS MANS LIFE A MISERY.

Mrs. Alice Maillard's divorce suit against
her husband Silvi Maillard of Washington,
Warren Co., was before Vice Chancellor Pit
ney yesterday afternoon She testified to-
numerous acts of CT uefty He in his answer
denies them and swears that his wife was un-
faithful to him. He discovered her in a room
with Charles Percival of Newark.
ssFor five years my life has been one of
misery he said.
When she was discovered in this room the
the husband says he ordered her out of the
house and she replied "Good bye dear,
Ia, Ia I'm going to see my other young
men,
The hearing was adjourned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
GRAPE CROP RUINED.
The Cold Snap Works Terrible
Havoc i'm the Vineyards.

Havoc i'm the Vineyards.
BUFFALO, N. Y, March 81. 1894. Re
ports from Chautauqua county state that
cold snap of the last few days has worked
terrible havoc to the grape crop.
An examination of several vineyards, yes
terday. shows that the frosU of Saturday
night injured the buds to considerable ex-
tent, but hopes were entertained that half a
crop would be harvested Another freeze
up last night completed the work of destruc-
tion, and today thousands OF acres of vine
yard are totally wiped out SO far as the sea-
sons crop is concerned.
The great loss sustained in failure of the
grape crop will be readily comprehended
when it is understood that over $6,000,O00 of
capital is invested in this industry in north
e1,n Chautauqua. The work of harvesting
and preparing the fruit for market gives em-
ployment to several thousand people, and
the income derived from this source is
greater than that of the manufacturing in
dustry of the entire grape belt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
TO STAMP OUT ANARoHIsM.
Bu CABLE to he united Pres.

MADRID, Mar. 81, 1894. Judge Domenech,
who presided at the trial of theAnarchists who
threw the bomb in the Lyceum Opera House
in Barcelona has advised the Government to
create force in Barcelona similar to that
organized in st. Petersburg when Nihilisln
was at its height in the Russian capital.
Senior Domenech's scheme is to classify
every house. have each one watched, and
the police notified of the movements of the
inmates, whether residents, transient lodg-
ers or visitors, reports to be made to the
central authority morning and night.
Judge Domenech has had wide expert
ence in dealing with Anarchists, having so
vigorously prosecuted the Anarchists in An
dalusia some years ago that the notorious
Blackhand criminal organization, which
fourlshed in that province was completely
stamped out,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
FEES FIXED BY GOVERNMENT.

The Russian Government, in order to
prevent the abuses caused by physicians
bills, has just published regulation fixing
the fees to be claimed by doctors. The cities
are divided into three classes those having
more than $4,000 inhabitants, those having
from 5000 to $4,000, and those Of less than
5000 The patients are also divided into
three classes; the first including capitalists,
proprietors, manufacturers, etc.; the second,
members of the liberal professions, and the
the third, the rest of the population. The
fees are of three grades:-Five rubles for
the patients of the first class, three rubles
for patients of the second, and thirty ko-
pecks for people of the third class.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
HURRY ORDERS FOR GUN BOATS

VALLEJO, Cal, March 81, 1S94.-Late
yesterday afternoon telegraphic orders were
received by Captain Howison, commanding
at Mare Island Navy Yard, from the Secre-
tary of the Navy, directing the United
States steamship Mohican and the gunboat
Yorktown to be prepared for sea imme-
diately 1t was not anticipated that such
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
. M.AgTKRa. .oF KzoE. "a

Physicians Prescriptions and Family
Receipts carefully compounded at very low
prices, and only Pure Drugs used, at Ewing
& Company.
"A. B. g. Cigars, best Havana cent
cigar, sold wholesale only at, D. z. Cleary's
Grove and l1th streets
All the best families use /" Rienzi" Beer
Eldot & Co., 7SS Montgomery streed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
CLERK LAVERTY RESIGNS.

At special meeting of the Hoboken
Health Board last night, Clerk Frank Law
erty's suspension was ordered continued UNI
til April 5, when regular meeting of the
board will be held Laverty rendered his
resignation from the department, and it
was received Mr. Laverty's successor has
not been decided upon
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
MRS. SHANNON MEANS BUSINESS

There has been some doubt as to the
genuineness of the bid for asphalt paving as
submitted by Mrs. Shannon to the Board of
S treet and Water Commissioners yesterday.
Mr. James Hall, the brother of the lady, de-
clared this morning that the bid was genuine.
''The work will be done according to con-
tract if it is awarded to Mrs. Shannon" he
said. "If the bidder did not propose living
up to the terms of the contract, I certainly
would not appear on the bond as a surety"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
nIED.

Fox-cn sunday sfsren g 1894 Joseph Fox the be-
loved husband OF Manida Fox, aged thirty-two
years.
Relatives aud friends Of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday,
March d. at three p M from his late residence No.
lJ2 West side avenue
OsLEAgY.-on Monday, March 28 1894, Dennis, be-
loved husband Of Bridget o'Leary, aged twenty
nine years.
Relatives and friends Of the family also the mem
bers of Court Harsimus. No. 7T40 A. o. +. OF A.,
respectfully invited attend the funeral from his
late residence, No. sll Grove street, on Thursday
March 49, at nine A. NJ sharp: thence to st. Peters
R. C. Church. where mass OF requiem will be Of
fered for the happy repose OF his soul
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
THE POOR GIRL IS INSANE.

Maggie Connors, sixteen years old of No.
621 Willow avenue Hoboken, walked into
the factory of the American Lead Pencil
Company st FIFTH and Clinton street and de-
manded work yesterday afternoon. Super
girl. but she continued with her disturbance.
Policeman McKenna was called and the
girl was arrested, charged with insanity.
She was discharged several weeks ago from
the factory owing to her peculiar conduct.
She was held for examination as to sanity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
SILK STRIKE MAY END TODAY.

The silk strike in West Hoboken may be
terminated in day or Sc. The strikers
met this morning and appointed COM
lnittee to draw up schedule of prices. This
will be submitted to watzenbach, Huber
& Co. 1t is said the strikers will agree to
a figure less than the 25 per cent demanded.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
KEMP FOR COUNCILMAN.

Nominated Last Night by Hoboken
Fourth Ward Democrats.
The Fourth Ward Democratic Convention
of Hoboken was held last night when these
candidates received nominations Council
man, Joseph Kemp; School Trustee, George
Gebhard, Tax Commissioner, John Stewart;
Commissioner of Appeals, William Clark;
Justice of the Peace, William Muller.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-27
LIBERAL UNIONIsT BEATEN.
By Gable to the United Press

By Gable to the United Press
LONDON, March 81, 1S94-The Parlia-
mentary election in Leith, made necessary
by the appointment of Mr.. R. g. Munro
Ferguson, as one of the Junior Lords of the
Treasury, took place yesterday, and resulted
in the return of Mr.. Munro Ferguson, by
vote of 5,S23, against 4,692 for Mr.. W. A.
Bell, Liberal Unionist.