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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
DIR. FABRIs WITNESS RATHJEN.
Didn't Cite Kim to Appear at the
Trial of Father Hennessy.


Trial of Faith er Hennessy.
Decision in the ecclesiastical trial of Father
Hennessy of this city before Bishop Wigger
will, it is expected, be given Thursday. At
the trial Bishop Wigger presided, and
DIR. Smith acted as prosecutor as
we'll as counsel for DR.. Fabris,
Father Hennessy was defended by
the Rev. DR.. O'Flynn of New York
Two reliable reporters said the statement
was made publicly, in the presence of half a
dozen reporters, that Father Fabris was
authority for the assertion that Father
Hennessy had given out for publica-
tion, Father Corrigan's letter to Pope
Leo in regard to the school question
a reporter named Rathjen who made the
statement is the same one who afterward
gave Dr. Fabris written certificate that he
never made it, and it was looked upon as a
significant fact that DR.. Fabr1s did not have
him at the trial to swear to his certificate.
The circumstances Of the case against
nessey was informed that DR.. Fabris
had accused him OF giving some informa-
ton to q newspaper relating to the
late Father Corrigans controversy with
Bishop Wigger regarding Father Corrigan's
plan of obtaining State aid for his parochial
school Father Hennessy, who had not
furnished the information, investigated the
matter, and, feeling assured that Dr.. Fabris
had made the statement, wrote to the Bishop
about it. The Bishop communicated with
DR. Fabris, who denied that he made the
statement He also furnished the Bishop
with written denial from the
reporter, Rathjen, who had made the
original statement. Bishop Wigger then
communicated with Father Hennessy
informing him of Father Fabris's denial
and of the written denial Father Hen
messy thereupon withdrew his complaint,
saying that, although he had received
the information on the very best
authority, he was willing to accept Father
Fabris' denial This did not suit Father
Fabris. He insisted that Father Hennessy
should be tried for making charges against
him, and that is what Father Hennessy is
being tried for
The case against Dean McNuity is separate
and distinct from that of Father Hennessy.
Dean McNulty is complained of by Dr..
Smith for burying a poor person from his
church who had no money to pay DIR. Smith,
he insisting on fee
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
The French Police Puzzled Over
Extraordinary Manffestations.

Extraordinary Manifestations.
A haunted house at Arceuil Cachan, our
Paris correspondent says, is now interesting
the French police. Its tenant Vicomte de
Larnage, says that he has been for whole
month tormented with noises for which he
can assign no material or other cause. A
week afteI they began he made a complaint
to the Commissioner of Police of the district.
This is what he said in writing:
IN le Commissionaire: For eight days
and nights my windows have been broken as
if bullets had been fired at them. The holes
made are as if pierced by the balls of rifles
of new model, or ralher by rifles of a
still unknown model, they cutting through
the glass without otherwise breaking it. l
have not found any projectiles, and can only
speak Of effects without going into causes.
This is not all Every room in the house is
noisy both day, and night with cries and
groans and howlings."
Commissioner of Police Michaut sent gem
darmes and agents in plain clothes to watch
the house, which is detached and surrounded
by walls, but their presence has not abated
the nuisance of which Vicomte de Larnage
complained. There is not now an undamaged
pane of glass in the front of the house. A
retired Commissioner of Police lives over the
way. The police watchers refuse to believe
that projectiles could have been discharged
from his house at the Vicomte's. Surprising,
they say, there were a malicious person at
the ex-Commissioner's, it might explain the
peculiar breakages of the panes, but not the
other noises.-London Telegraph
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
SENT TO HALIFAX.

NEW York, March 8, 1s94-It was re-
ported on Ellis Island today that Colonel
Van Duser, United States Commissioner OF
immigration at Halifax, has been asked by
Superintendent Stump to hand in his resig
nation, to take effect April l.
W. T. Levy, contract labor inspector on
Ellis Island, has received orders from Wash
ington to go to Halifax. and it is supposed he
is to take Van Duser's place.
Van Duser is q republican; lived in. Brook
lyn, and was Chief Registry Clerk for seven
teen years. When the United States Gov
ernment established an Immigration Bureau
lected as the most capable man to put it in
running order. His removal is said to be due
to politics
Inspector Levy is Texan. His father is
the private secretary to Governor Hogg, and
he is friend of Senator Kilgore.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
TROLLEY ON THE HILL FIRST.

Grove Street VIII Not BE Touched
for Two Months or So.
General Manager Starr of the North Hud-
son County Railway Company was seen by a
JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter this morning
concerning the grant of the ordinance to
operate on Grove street and the Hill with
electricity.
Mr. Starr said that the company will first
make connections upon the Hill.
'That will require" he said, 'about two
months. cannot see how we can furnish it
before that time as it is necessary to make
connection with the elevated road, and the
alterations necessary will consume much
time"
'We shall start ON the Hill in two weeks.
When it is finished we shall arrange for our
our lines on Grove street. That may take
two months, and it may take more time"
"Wil it be necessary" he was asked, "to
have a additional power house for the Grove
street l1neW
'.Not at all. Our present power house is
sufficient to operate all the roads"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06

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MEURY-On Sunday March l. 1891, Henriette E
beloved wife OF Rev. E. A. Meury, aged twenty.
eight years and seven months.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral services on wednesday; Meren I,
at l* +. NJ. at the second REFORMED Shurch OF Huo-
son City, Central avenue near FRANKLIN street.
HINFS-On Monday March s. 1884, Kate, beloved
wife of Thomas Hines and daughter OF Bernard
and Margaret Gunan.
Relatives and friends Of the family @ are respect.
fully invited 70 attend the Iuheral Iro ner lAss res
idence, No. 269 Third street on wednesday, March
., at AMI thence TO St Marys X Y. ChuTcn' WneEo
solemn high mass VIII De orereo 1or tne nappy
repose of her soul
SMTTH-In this city March T. 1894 John NJ. Smith,
aged fity-tnree wears
Relatives and friends also the members Of Enter
prise Lodge, F. & A. NJ and Lincoln Circle No. 3,
ladies Of e. A. R. are invited to attend the funeral
services at his late residence No s3 Grove street.
on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
MULE sPINNERs DISSATISFIED.
VIII Try to Secure Higher Wages
Than Now Paid.


Than Now Paid.
New BEDFORD, Mass, March 6, 1884,
Secretary Ross has issued a circular letter
to all branches of the National Cotton Mule
Spinners Association of America, whose
semi-annual convention will be held in Bos-
ton, Thursday, April 80. In reference to
the wage question the letter says:-''The
wage question, paramount in Importance,
will doubtless occupy a large portion
of your time. Two districts have re-
IDENTIFY experienced reductions in wages, but
the circumstances surrounding these cases
were such that it was deemed inadvisable to
offer positive resistance at this time. These
districts with several others have written
requesting to be given some assurance that,
with renewal in trade the National Union
will assist them in demanding restoration of
the amount reduced 1t is evident from the
tone of these letters that the wholesale and
intermediate reductions of the past few
months have engendered in the minds of the
members of the districts referred to feeling
of Indignation which they find difficult to
control 1t is necessary that the convention
give this question the most careful consider
alton, as it seems as though it will be diff
cult to prevent number OF petty strikes
with the advent of warm weather.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
LODGE SUED FOB SICK BENEFITS

Lady Lincoln Lodge No. 7o2, Knights and
Ladies of Honor, was sued in the Hoboken
District Court this morning by John Krute
of No. SO Willow avenue, Hoboken, to re-
cover SIS on sick benefits alleged due Krute.
Lawyer John Weller represented Krute in
the suit, and Counsellor John G. Besson de-
Tended the lodge Krute testified that he
was member in good standing when taken
sick on February 3, 1892. He was confined
to his bed for fifteen weeks The lodge paid
the benefits until February 90, and then,
owing to rupture in the lodge, payments
ceased. The lodge became divided, and the
members that remained found that, owing to
money which had to be paid to a member
who resigned, there was not $1,000 in the
treasury. The regulations of the lodge pro-
vide that in the event of the funds becoming
lower than 81, 900 sick benefits may cease.
This was Counsellor Bessons contention, and
Weller declared it illegal. Decision was re-
served
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
TOFFEY'S PETIT JURY
That for the April Term,
and the Sheriff's First,
Drawn Today.
THE GENTLEMEN SELECTED
Gutenberg Cases Will Be Tried
By Them, Unless Struck
Juries Be Demanded.

Sheriff Toffey today, drew in open court
the Petit Jury panel for the April term of
court. This is the first jury the Sheriff has
drawn and great deal of interest has been
manifested concerning its complexion, be-
cause it has been anticipated that many
very important cases may be tried before
it.
All of the persons indicted for racing at
Gutenberg and maintaining a disorderly
house" there, will probably be tried by juries
selected from this panel, and if the Grand
Jury present indictments against the Street
and Water Commissioners or other public
officials they will also be tried before juries
from the same panel unless struck juries
should be demanded. The panel is said to be
good one. 1t is as follows:-
THE PETIT JURY.
FIFTH DISTRICT-Samuel Craig, Isaac M.
Clarke, George Logan, Charles Landhagen,
Alexander McKensie, Andrew J. Russell,
Isaac G. Thompson, Michael Lennon.
SECOND DIsTRIcT-Peter Schantz, Thomas
Quinn, John J. O'Keeffee, William Paine.
THIRD DIsTRIcT-Samuel t. Holmes,
Charles Turner, Zack Mastin, Edward Hud-
son, Benjamin M. Rogers, Philip Friday,
OndIlcS OUI yktT, L dUIlCk OTOu1u.
FOURTH DIsTRICT-John j. Rheinhardt,
Sr., Sylvester Van Buren,, Philip Lind,
William Dohrman.
FIFTH DIsTRIcr-C Charles Lyons William
Wilson, William Armstrong, Samuel Pier
son, James R. Tompkins, Bernard Nc
Guinness, George Taylor and Henry H.
Greene.
SIXTH DIsTRIcT-J ohm S. Southern, Archer
G.. Welsh, Robert Guy, John H. We're, Allen
Terwilliger, Henry c. Petty, David Hale,
Ezra G. Hawley and Winfield G. Dunn.
HoBoKEN-Herbert Wilson, Charles Per-
kins, Charles f. Dick, John D. Stover, Will
liam Schroeder and Joseph J. Gisto.
BAYoNNE-Wm. H. Latourette, R. Cad
mus Combs, Marcus D. Wells.
WEST HoBoKEN-Anthony Baumann,
Charles Bernheimmer, VIM. 81. Doscher,
James Davidson.
Town OF UNIoN-Thomas Hamilton, ST.,
VIM. Rosenfelder.
GUTTENBERG-David Keddie, John j.
Cronin.
HARRIsoN-William Crawley
ARLINGToN-AlfredA A. Tallman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
A MIXTURE IN THE MANUALS.

He wished to win the hand of a young lady
and mused long over the proper and most eff
fective way of addressing her. At last he
found in a manual form for letter which
pleased him much. The letter bore the title;
"From young gentleman to a young lady,
making an ardent but dignified offer of mar
riage"
He copied out the letter, signed it with his
own name and sent it to the lady.
After some days of anxious waiting he
received letter. He tore 1t open and
read -
'.Turn over the leaf in your manual; you
will find my answer at the top OF the oppo-
sit page.
He seized his manual, and in the place In
dicated found brief and sharply formal
letter entitled From young lady to .
gentleman, peremptorily refusing an offer OF
marriage
She had a copy Of the same manual. =
Boston Globe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
LIFE OF MISS VAN ETTEN.
She Was a Worker in the Cause of
WOrkfngWOmen.

WOrk1n%WOmens
New York, March 6, 1S94-Miss Ida Van
Etten, who died in Paris yesterday, was well
known and liked by the workingwomen of
this city. She was a born organizer, her
talent in that direction amounting almost to
genius. She was a direct forcible talker,
and, with her entire sympathies enlisted in
her work, she could not only control the
| workingwomen, but could interest rich men
and women in their lives.
About nine years ago she came to this city
| from Van Ettenville, a little town near
| Elmira
| Her first appearance in public here was
alta meeting of the Anti-Poverty Society in
| 1887
She then took to writing to the news
papers and afterward travelled over the
| country lecturing on topics of interest to
workingwomen.
| Here She became the leader of the workers
of her sex, and it was by her efforts that the
Workingwomen's Society was organized in
| 1888.
| 1t was soon learned however, that she had
no idea of the value of money, and that as
| Corresponding Secretary of the society, and
| the recipient of most of the contributions
| from the wealthy, she had allowed the funds
| to slip through her fingers In the most re.
markable way No one ever accused her or
any dishonesty, but so quickly did the money
| go for various projects, that, at meeting of
| the society in June, 1891, she was deposed as
| Secretary, and successor was appointed
| During the strike of the feather workers
| about that time some wealthy persons raised
| purse of 81, 900 for the strikers. They be-
| came suspicious of Miss Van Etten, however,
| and refused to allow her to distribute the
| funds. She called meeting of the strikers,
| told them frankly of this and told them to
choose between her and the money. They
| decided to pin their faith to her, refused the
| 81 1000, and the strike failed.
| She spent several weeks in Albany at one
| time, and was largely instrumentalin secur-
| ing the appointment of women as factory in
| spectors.
| She left this city about six months ago to
go abroad At that time she said she was
| under contract to visit the homes of the inn
| migrants who came here, and to write arti-
| cles to prove that they were not as undesir-
able persons as many intimated She was
also to visit nearly all the prominent
| socialists in Europe, and to give her impress
sions of them and their conversations in
| print
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
KILLED IN A MINE
The Fall of a Shelf Of
Rock Caused the Death
of Four Men.
EXPLOSION OF A BLOWER OF GAS
Chargeman Holwill's Clothes Set
Afire-Five Men Escaped
With Bruises.

SCRANTON, Pa, March 6, 94.-Four men
out of gang of mine shaft sinkers were
killed in the Richmond shaft, in the northern
part of the city this morning at five o'clock.
The accident was caused by the fall of a
shelf of rock from the side of the shaft, near
the bottom, and consequent explosion of a
blower of gas.
The victims are:-
THOMAS HoLwILL, chargeman, married.
wife and child, burned to death.
RICHARD HUGHES single, twenty-seyen
years.
JAMES NoRTHEN, single, twenty mine years.
ALBERT RICHARDS, single, twenty-four
years.
Hughes, Northern and Richards were
crushed to death by the rock. The two
latter had but recently come here from the
copper mines of Michigan, and were expert
enced in shaft work.
Five others of the shift made their escape,
though some suffered slight bruises in their
scramble for safety These were quickly
hoisted to the surface, but the bodies OF the
others had not been recovered up to ten
o'clock owing to the accumulation of body
O~N
for them to enter.
WARNED OF THEIR DANGER.
The men were at work at the bottom OF
the shaft almost 400 feet from the surface.
They had but recently opened up the Clark
vein and were clearing away the coal at
the foot of the shaft. Above them hung q
bell-like piece of rock, which projected
slightly from the piece of the side of the shaft.
This shelved downward and had been some
what loosened by blasts set off by previous
shift, under charge of foreman Oliver Turn
err When the latter went off duty at eleven
o'clock last night he warned the new shift of
the danger. For some, as yet unexplained
reason, they failed to properly protect them
selves. and continued the work of removing
the COAL Suddenly the rock gave way.
Three were caught and crushed to instant
death.
THE CHARGEMAN ALL AFIRE.
Chargeman HOW'LL rushed away as the
fall came with five others of the men. He
went further into the opening than his fell
low workmen. He still carried his naked
lamp on his head. Instantly there was a
sheet of flame that enveloped him in a
blaze, and with a cry of horror he
sank down helpless and all atire,
The others tried to put out the flames at
was dead The after damp quickly gath
cred, and it was only by prompt action that
these survivors succeeded in reaching the
foot of the shaft and, signalling the engin-
eer were hoisted to the surface.
Mine Inspector Roderick, Superintendent
Grier, and Mine Foreman Hafistone quickly
set about to bring out the dead bodies, but
it was necessary to clear the shaft of the gas
before this could be done. Meanwhile,
forces of men were gotten ready to go down
and bring out the bodies when this was ac-
c0mDliShed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
SENATORS At WORK
Had Not Completed Their
Labors on the Tariff
Bill at Noon.
AN AGREEMENT ON SUGAR
Members Say the Bill Will Be
Laid Before the Full Com
mittee Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 1894-Not-
withstanding the long siege through which
the Senate Committee on Finance went yes
terday, the Democratic members were at it
again this morning bright and early. It
was after ten o'clock last night when the
lights in Mr.. Vests room at the Capitol were
extinguished and the committee left foI
their homes after a hard days work, but
with the knowledge that it would be absol
utely impossible to lay the bill before the
full committee today. Changes that had
been agreed upon in the way of reductions in
some cases and from specific to od vaLorens
in others, required time to be computed, and
the experts were unable to lay the result Of
their work before the committee in time to
enable it to do anything in the matter last
night.
Mr. VOORHEES,, anticipating the failure of
the committee to reach a conclusion so
early, had taken the precaution to notify
the Republicans that there would be no meet
ing of the full committee this morning. Tho
Finance Committee room was not permitted
to remain unoccupied, however, and among
the very first to arrive was Mr.. VOORHEES,
who was followed by Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Nc
Pherson.
HARD AT WORK
Mr. Harris did not come until late, and
then did not stay long The committee went
at once into the work before it, taking up the
disputed schedules at the point where they
were dropped last night. Before the COM
mittee had been in session half an hour, tele-
grams addressed to various members began
to come, one or two of the committeeman
being apparently the object of the concen-
trated efforts of some industry vitally inter-
ested in the bill.
AT half-past eleven Mr.. Jones of Ar
kansas stated that the bill would not be re-
ported today. 1t was thought the commit
tee might be able to lay the measure before
the Republicans this afternoon, but this
idea was abandoned. The effort will be
made, however, to do this some time tomor-
row, but this programme is liable to change
before the day is over.
AN AGREEMENT ON SUGAR.
The sugar schedule was among the inn
portant things taken up this morning, and It
is said that while this has not been settled
by vote, the committee has practically
agreed as to what they will do in the end.
The indications now appear to point to the
conclusion that the sugar men will get some
satisfactory concession that will cause them
to support the bill. The rumor also is that
refined sugar will be given shade the adj
vantage of the raw article. The administra-
tive features of the bill were also again un-
| der consideration
The members of the committee will not go
on the floor of the Senate today, but will re-
main in their room with the object in view
of completing the bill, so as TO lay 1t hefnra-
the full committee tomorrow,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

Colonel A. 7. Fraser has sent us an inter-
esting note from Bellary with regard to two
Hindoo dwarfs which he photographed in
the Kurnoul district of the Madras Presi-
dency, not far south from the river Kistna.
In speech and intelligence the dwarfs were
distfnguishable from ordinary natives of
India From an interrogation. of one of
them it appeared that he belonged to fami-
ly all the male members of which have been
dvarfs for generations. They marry ordi-
nary native girls, and the female children
grow up like those of other people. The
males, however, though they develope at the
normal rate until they reach the age of six,
then cease to grow and become dwarfs.
These stunted specimens Of humanity are
almost helpless, and are unable to walk more
than few yards. Nature.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
NEWARK GIRLS MISSING.
Had Been in Jersey City for NAM
Days.

Days.
The police of this city have been asked to
try and find two Newark girls, who, sup
posed to have been stage struck, left their
homes on Monday, February 10, and have
since been missing. One is Addie Norton,
daughter of Charles Norton, a well-known
sporting man. Her companion is Addie
Reeves, sister of the Reeves brothers of
variety stage fame. Both girls are seven
teen, pretty and vivacious.
About four months ago they got engage
ments with 1.-THE Country Circus" much
against the wishes of their parents. They
went as far as Williamsport Pa, and re-
turned after Addle Norton had received an
injury that might have resulted seriously.
After that the girls were inseparable, but
they showed no intention of returning TO
the stage.
The girls stopped in the house of Mrs.
Kehoe, No. 354 Henderson street. this city,
the night of Feb. 90 and left there, presum-
ably to return home, after Mrs. Kehoe told
them that she had written to their parents.
The day following, according to Mrs. Kehoe,
they stopped at the house of Mrs. Hagan, on
First street, near Grove. To the girls
parents Mrs. Hagan admitted that they had
been at her house and then said their parents
would never see them again.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
CHIEF CRANE BOUNCED.
special to the Jcraev Citu Nelrs.

RAILWAY, March 6, 1s94.-A special meet
ing of the Common Council was held last
evening to consider the charges against
Chief of Police Crane and Patrolman Fer
dinand Geise, made by Mayor Daily. Chief
Crane was charged with neglect of duty and
conduct unbecoming an officer, and Officer
Geise was charged with incompetency and
brutality. The result of the investigation
was the complete suspension of Chief Crane
from further duty by making the Office
vacant Officer Geise was reinstated, but
loses his pay for the time he was suspended
pending the investigation.