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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
A Still SMALL VOICE
1t Warned Young Noble Not to
Marry Mrs. Rattino and to
Get His Presents Back.

Mrs. John Noble of No. "a Adams
street. Hoboken, asked Judge Seymour
of that city Saturday to help her sepa-
rate her son from Mrs. George Rattino,
who. she said, was a married woman
and had committed bigamy in marrying
her son, all of which was published in
"The Jersey City News" at the time.
AS young Noble, Mrs. Rattino, and her
mother, Mrs. Caruth, with whom the
daughter lived, and Noble boarded at
No 124 Washington street, Hoboken,
all denied any marriage, and claimed
that Mrs. Rabtino was divorced from
her husband, the Justice declined to in
terfere. Mrs. Rattino and her mother
could not tell, however, by what Judge
nor in what court the divorce had been
granted.
While a reporter for 1.-The Jersey City
News was in Judge Seymours court
yesterday afternoon young Noble came
in, and inquired in a constrained voice
for the Judge Noble looked very de-
termined, and he appeared disappointed
when he found the Judge absent After
considerable questioning he told the re-
porter this story
81 came here to see the Judge in re-
lation to the fuss I had few days ago
with my mother in regard to my at
tentions to Mrs. Rattino. In the first
place, I came to get a warrant for her
arrest for receiving goods under false
pretenses. You see, I met Mrs. Rattino
about a year ago. and became fondly
attached to her. She reciprocated my
affections, and 1 asked her to marry
rt,i she tad AC
soon as we were engaged | gave her
a diamond engagement ring, valued at
$50, a gold breast pin, which cost me
$40, and other trinkets, which amount
MOTHER INTERPRETERS.
my mother learned of my engage
ment, and warned me to break it off,
as Mrs. Rattino was never divorced.
could not believe that and told my
mother SO, as Mrs. Rattino stoutIy de-
clared to me that she had secured a
divorce, although she never would show
me the decree. l was such fool that
| never thought of making an investi-
CATION until ten days ago when I at
tended a ball with her at Odd Fellows
Hall.
''On our way to the ball she tried
to induce me to go to a clergyman and
get married. But a wee small voice
whispered in my not to go, and l
upon her finger bought the ring that
week
THAT STILL SMALL VOICE.
81 don't know what it was, but some
thing told me to sift her past life and
the next day 1 did so, and found out
that she had never been divorced from
Rattino. Why from what I learned he
sent her $40 only a week ago towards
her support. l also have a letter from
her sister, disclosing Mrs. Rattino's
past life and if she does not give me
back my articles I will publish the let
ter. If she does not give them back to
me by the end of week l will surely
have her arrested"
The affair is causing considerable gos-
sip among the residents of Hoboken
and the Heights, as Mrs. Rattino was
at one time prominent in private theat-
rical circles and an active member of
the Star Dramatic Association of Jer-
sey City
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
STEVENSON WANTS A STAY.
The Next Candidate for Stripes a
Subject of Speculation.

SuDJecC Oh SpcculAEfOn.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 1S94.-It is un-
derstood that counsel for ex-Police Cap
tain Stevenson who was yesterday con-
victed of receiving a bribe will make an
application for a stay on the ground
of reasonable doubt. 1t could not be
learned at the District Attorneys office
this morning which of the other indicted
policemen would be called to the bar
next, but everything points to the ar
raignment of Captain Schmittberger,
who is under indictment for alleged bri-
berry in accepting $500 from Agent For
get of the French Steamship Line, for
protection at the company's docks.
Captain Schmittberger's case differs
from that of Stevenson's in that
Schmittberger was indicted on the tes-
timony given before the Lexow Com
mittee, whereas Stevenson's case came
before the Police Board. Schmittberger
still retains his rank as Police Captain.
1t is known that ex-Captain Doherty
was slated for an early trial by the Dis
trict Attorney, but the disappearance of
Mrs. Thurow, who was the principal
witness in his case, has changed the
plan 1t is not likely that Doherty will
be brought to the bar until Mrs.
ThuroW's presence as witness is as
sured
1t was stated at the District Attorneys
office that the next trial will be called
early next week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
APPOINTED TO DRAW UP LAWS.
Chairman WOoIley Names a Conn
mfttee-McEWan as a Lobbyist,


Chairman Edward Woolley of he Re-
publican Couny Executive Committee,
has appointd he following Legislative
Committee to look afer legislation eff
fecting Hudson y:-Congressman-
elec Thomas McEwan, City Treasurer
S. d. Dickinson, Police Justice VIM p
Douglass, Lawyer R. B. Seymour and
Alderman A. B. Dusenbery.
This committee has organized by elect
ing Thomas McEwan Chairman, and
A. B. Dusenbery, Secretary. Among the
first things that this committee will do
will be to draw up bills providing for the
equal taxation of railroad property on
the same basis as private property: for
the reduction of ferriage between New
York and Hoboken and Jersey CITY, to
two cents; and for he reduction of the
price of gas.
Mr. McEwan was the chamnion Of
these bills in the last Legislature. His
election as chairman of the committee
which is to have charge of these bills
lnsures for them a solid backing The
Hudson Republicans expect to coop
crate with legislative committee to
be appointed by the Essex Republi-
cans Mr.. McEwan's term as Con-
gresham will not begin until after
March next, and the Indications are
that the new Congress will not be
called together until next December
Mr. McEwan will therefore have plenty
of time to attend to legislative. matters
in Trenton this winter.
The Hudson Legislative Committee
may also try ITO re-enact the sunset
law, which Col Dickinson had passed
in 1888, but which the Democrats re-
pealed the following ye,lr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
M. BURDEAU'S FUNERAL.
By Gable to the United Press.

PARIS, Dec. l 8. 1S9i.-The funeral of
M. Burdeau, President of the Chamber
of Deputies, will be conducted in man
ner similar to that of the late Jules
Ferry. All of the military of the Paris
garrisons will be present.
The Chamber of Deputies was filled
with members and visitors at the OPEN
ing of today's sitting. Vice President
de Mahy presided, and in calling the
Chamber to order delivered eulogy upon
the late President of the body M. Bur-
deau. Premier Dupuy introduced a bill
to open credit of 10000 francs for the
purpose of giving the funeral of M. Bur-
deau national character.
NJ. Clovis Hughes, Socialist, opposed the
bill, but the credit was carried by a vote
of 439 to SO.
The Chamber then adjourned as mark
of respect to the memory of the late
President
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
SILVER AND SANTA FE.
Ex-Prcsident Reinhart Tells why
AtchIxon Business Fell OF.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 13, 1S94-Mr.
Joseph Reinhart, ex-President and late
Receiver of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe system of railway lines, ac-
companied by his attorney, Chas. w.
Mover, left Pittsburg for New York
last evening. Mr.. Reinhart was request
ed to make some statement as to the
possible future of the property and the
causes of his relinquishing the Receiv-
ership. He said:-"I left the Santa Fe
because of differences existing between
myself and the committee which had
in charge the task of reorganizing the
finances Of the property. The first cause
of the clamor over the failure of the
large system lof railways during the
past two years was the killing OF the
silver mining industry by the repeal
of the free purchasing clause OF the
Sherman act. The general panic of
two years ago and the depression since
produced a shrinkage in the gross earn
ings of the Santa F'e for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1893, of $8,0Oo0O0, while
the shrinkage of the Union Pacific for
the same period was III, ,Ooo, ooo.
This shrinkage was Is per cent. OF
the Atchison's earnings and % per cent.
of the Union Pacific earnings. NOW, the
result of the receiVerShIpS IN Dotn cases
naturally came from general falling
off in business. not only the traffic
from the silver industry, but from the
transportation of all other commodities.
Within two years before the last man
agement took hold of the property the
former management had constructed
5000 miles of new railroad lines at a
cost of $41 100000. The late manage
ment with which 1 was connected, car
ried that mileage up to the day that
the system passed into the hands of
the courts, notwi hstanding the fact
that not a single mile of it yielded
a penny of net earnings. / never had
entire charge of the property as Presi-
dent, the ruling power being vested
in the chairman, Mr. Magoun, and
the Board of Directors. The appoint
ment of receivers was determined upon
about the time of Mr.. Magoun's death. "
The ex-President admitted that in
1898 he had endorsed the paper of the
company for $6O0000, of which $2000 900
has since been paid, the remainder pro-
tected by order of the court.
Concerning the current report that the
control of the Santa Fe stock has
been gradually passing into the hands
of European spectators, Mr.. Reinhart
declined to be quoted
The system of railroads controlled by
the Santa Fe Company comprises near
ly 10000 miles of line. 1t is made up
of eighty-seyen separate corporations,
including coal, sand and hotel COM
panies 1t has $4,000 employees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
A PRETTY MENU CARD.

A very pretty menu card is written on
frosted cardboard, the kind which inn
itates the tracery on a window pane.
The ornamental lettering is in crystal
surrounded by a frost wreath.
Metallic ink, carmine or greenish blue
gives the best effect. The napkin-ring
menu consists of a long strip of the fin
est cardboard, with beveled edges done
in gilt.
1t is perforated with holes at each
end and laced shut with, ribbon. The
menu is written on this, and the whole
forms charming little souvenir.
A summer in the Maine woods or in
the Adirondacks will furnish material
for countless of these novelties in the
shape of birch bark, which may be made
up like rolls of parchment with the menu
lettered on, and tied with ribbon like
the napkin-rings; or like tiny canoes
with miniature soils of white satin on
which the menu is 1ettered with India
ink in very fine script.-Exchange
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
SHERMAN BANK DEPosIToRs PAID

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 1Ss4.-A meet
ing of the directors and stockholders
of the Sherman Bank was held at the
banking room, Broadway and Eigh-
teenth street. yesterday afternoon, at
three o'clock.
1t was announced that the depositors
have all been paid.
The President, Mr. L. C. Fuller, stated
that the only obstacle in the way of
a prompt and speedy closing of the
entire affairs of the bank to be the
matter of the lease. The directors are
endeavoring to rent the banking room.
It was shown that during the presi-
dency of Mr. l.. C. Fuller not one dol
lar in bad loans had gone out.
The management WAS endorsed by
the meeting.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
TO FIGHT THE STANDARD.
strong Competing OIL Company
Formed in Totedo.

! TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 10. lS9i.-A big
deal was consummated here today, IN
volving from s6,000000 TO $s.000,0OO which
will make Toledo the most important Oil
centre in the Ohio field and at the same
time give the Standard Oil Company
new and formidable competitor 1t IS
combination of three Independent COM
panies, with chances in favor of two
more going into it. The Sun Oil Com
pany of Toledo has the largest produc-
ton of crude petroleum in Ohio, except
the Standard. Its chief owners are Pew
and Emerson, of Pittsburg. The next
member of the combine in Importance
is the Merriam and Morgan Parafine
Company of Cleveland, and the third is
the Crystal Oil Company of Toledo. The
two others which viii probably enter
are the Paragon Refining Company and
the Craig Oil Company, both of Toledo
The first three named have absorbed
the Crystal Oil Co., which owns good
concern is the Diamond Oil company
J. B. and e. B. Merriam, James w
Stewart, John G. White and A. NJ BecN-
with are the incorporators. The Mer-
Ram and Morgan Company are not re-
finers, but have been big manufacturers
of by-products from pitch. The sun and
Crystal both own big productions IN
Ohio as do the Craig and Paragon: The
new concern will manufacture all pro
ducts from the crude to candles. They
win erect new buildings for this work
and enter the field as the strongest com
petitor the Standard has. A. f. Machen,
of the Postoffice Department at Wash
ington, and George e.. Lorenz. are own
ers of the Crystal Oil Company, when
is absorbed George II. Van Week, the
rich producer and refiner of Buffalo, is
the chief owner of the Paragon, which
now operates a big refinery here. An oil
pipe line will be laid to Toledo from
new concern will refine by the Berg pro-
cess, which, it is claimed, eliminates the
sulphur from the Ohio oil, and thus
makes it the superior of the Pennsyl-
yania product Deeds have been re-
corded here today, and the deal is
closed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
MRS. FIELDS GIFT.

The costly mosaics after designs by
Sir Edward Burne Jones, which have
been for some months in course of ex.
ecution in the American Church in
Rome, are now completed. One of them
represents the Virgin Mary according
to an ancient Eastern tradition at a
spring, with the angel descending
through the air, and the other the Tree
of Life, with the figure of Christ as
its fruit, and Adam and Eve looking to
it for safety The mosaics are the gift
to the church of Mrs. Hiekson Field,
in memory of her late husband. Mrs.
Field has built herself a magnificent
palace in Rome, where for the most
part she resides. Her daughter is the
Princess Brancaccio, one of the most
esteemed and admired of Queen Mar
Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
ON TRIAL FOR HIS SHIELD.

NEW YORK. Dec 10, 1S94-Captain
Josiah A. Westervelt, of the East One
Hundred and Fourth street station, was
placed on trial before the Police Com
nissioners this forenoon for neglect of
duty The charges were made by Super
intendent Byrnes. The neglect of duty
consists in the Captains alleged failure
to suppress policy shops in his precinct
In all eighteen places are mentioned
in the charges, and specifications where,
it is alleged, policy slips We're sold
Captain Westervelt was tried last
spring on similar charges, and got off
with five days fine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
MEXIOo's FETB DAY.
strange Observances at the shrine of
Omr AaAy of GaudaInpe

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec 49, 1S94--A spec
ialto the t'Globe-Democrat' from Mexico
city says the religious feasts Of Our
Lady OF Guadalupe" the greatest eecles-
iastical event of the year in Mexico,
was celebrated in the suburban town of
Guadalupe yesterday with unexampled
splendor, the celebration in honor of the
favorite patroness of Mexico also extend
ing in lesser extent throughout the whole
Republic. The shrine of Guadalupe, COM
memorating the traditional apparition of
the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego,
a poor Indian, in the Sixteenth century
near this city, was thronEed all day by
many thousands of pilgrims.
Most of the pilgrims have come long
distances on foot and some Of them have
covered many hundreds of miles to pre-
sent themselves on this notable day
Many instances of fanatic zeal are seen
about the shrine and the magnificent
temple ON the spot of the divine appari-
ton At various times during the day
pilgrims could be seen advancing on
hands and knees over the rough way
themselves with scourges as penances
for short comings and other marks of
contrition were very frequent.
The day was otherwise observed by
elaborate masses in the churches filed
to overlooking with rich and poor alike
Bull fights were held at various points
!. in the Republic ard cock fights. gamb-
ling and other regulation amusenents
were on every hand where the main
crowds congregated
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
ST. JOHNS FINANCIAL STORM.

isp CGbLe 10 the United Pres

LONDON, Dec. 13, 1s94--one of the
officials of the Colonial Office stated in
an interview this morning that the late
Government of Newfoundland had asked
the Home Government for assistance
to weather the financial storm. Moth
ing has been done in the matter, he
said, and it remained to be seen whether
the successors of the late Government
would renew the request. Such an APP
peal from a self-governing colony, he
said, was unprecedented. The Govern
ment would be unable to take any ac-
ton in the matter without the author
ty of Parliament.
One of the managers of the Union
Bank of London. in the course of an
interview on the financial situation in
Newfoundland, said this morning.
The Union Bank Of Newfoundland,
of which we are the London agents,
has always stood well with us; but 1
am amazed at the shortsightedness of
its officers in not having on hand specie
sufficient for any emergency. The only
thing to be done, apparently, is for
them to import specie"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
ABOUT MRS. FRED VANDERBILT

Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, or Mrs.
Fred.'' as she is endearingly termed by
her intimates. is the prettiest of the
Vanderbilt womens She is also the young
est. She is tall and slender, with pretty
blonde hair and blue eyes. She has
beautiful hands, of which she takes very
great care, wearing gloves upon all posi-
bic occasions. Although she entertains
gives dinners, teas, or receptions. There
Is one entertainment which she instituted
a few years ago at Newport which all
ways takes place when August comes
round. 1t is the reception to Mrs Bot
tome and the Kings Daughters. Most OF
Mrs yanderbilt's charities are done So
quietly and unostentatiously that the
outside world knows little about them.
Chicago Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
ANOTHER BRIDGE JUMPER.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S, 1S94.-Another
man, it was reported, jumped off the
Brooklyn Bridge at noon today.
He took the leap from the middle of
the Bridge.
The man was probably another museum
fakir
He wore a rubber suit, and when he
struck the water swan at a lively rate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
THE MADAGASCAR TROUBLE.
BIZ Cable to the United Press,

PARIS. Dec. 13, 1S94.-In regard to the
situation in Madagascar, the representa-
tive of the United Press is informed at
the Foreign Office that the Government
has taken no diplomatic action since the
Madagascar credits were voted a week
ago. NJ lie Myre de Vilers, the French
Special Commissioner, is still in Tama-
taye. He will take his departure from
that place when war is formally de-
clared.
The Secretary of General Mercier, Min
lister of War is authority for the state
ment that, although all preparations have
been made for war with Madagascar, the
orders necessary to the beginning of
hostilities have not vet been given.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
DRUGGISTS FEARFUL BLUNDER.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13, 1S94.-Lulu
Lehlie, whose real name is Lulu Smith,
an eighteen-year-old girl, appearing here
with the Bessie Bonhfll company in
"Playmates," sent boy for antipyrene
last evening. Instead of this, the drug
clerk gave him atropine, deadly aIka-
loid of belladonna Miss Smith swallow
ed the whole amount, the mistake being
discovered shortly afterward and a ply
sician summoned She was alive at mid
night but her life is despaired of. Her
parents reside in West Ninety ninth
ctr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
TO LET LIEBKNBoHT ALONE.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

BERLIN. Dec. 1S, 1s94-The Commit
tee of the Reichstag to which the matter
was referred has rejected by a vote of
8 to the proposal to prosecute Herr
Liebknecht
The discussion of the budget was re-
sumed in the Reichstag today by Dr.
Won Boetticher, Imperial Minister of the
Interior. Discursive speeches were made
by others, and the majority voted to close
the debate.
Herr Bebel. Socialist, vehemently pro-
tested against closure, claiming that it
was resorted to in order to prevent the
Socialists from replying to the attacks
that had been made upon them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
BEEcHER's SISTER.

Mrs. Hezekiah Watson celebrated her
Tooth birthday anniversary near Oquaw
ka H., yesterday. Her maiden name
was Beecher. and she was a cousin of
Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Mrs. Watson has been
blind for ten years, but otherwise is
in possession of her faculties. and en-
joying good health Her sister lived to
be 10f Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
WANTED In FREEHOLD.

ALBANY. Dec. 10, 1894 Detective chas.
E Strong presented to Gov. Flower today
requisition papers from the Governor
of New Jersey asking for the surrender
of Louis Lapont, who-is wanted in Free
hold, n. j., for keeping disorderly
house. Lapont is under arrest in New
York City. The Governor win give
heo -,,11-.s in the matter tomorrow morning
~ tne accused has already applied for
ona
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
MA1TERS or F4cE.

1854 Defiance tomatoes just in. Ask
your grocer for them. Cost more5 than COM
mon goods. but great deal bester. Wholesale
at D. E. Cleary Cos wholesale stores.
If you are troubled with Indigestion try
the old reliable and valuable Remedy, Doyie's
Dyspepsia Pills. Proprietors, Ewing 4 Ce.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
MAYOR STRONG SWORN In.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, -Mayor-elect
Strong took the oath of or1ce a few
minutes before eleven o'clock this morn
ing in the Special Term of the Supreme
Court.
The oath was administered by Justice
Barrett
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
GUATEMALAs INDIAN RECRUITS

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13, 1S94.-A special
from Mexico City, Mex, to the Globe
Democrat, says that rumor has reach
ed there that Guatemala has recruited
its army at Quetzeltenanto by the addi-
ticn of 1900 Indians, who are said to
be very badly Clothed and eQuipped
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
ssVERsLY BURNED By HOT WATER

Maggie Varly, thirteen years old, of
No. GA Park avenue, Hoboken. was seri-
ously burned about the face this after
noon by the upsetting of a pail of hot
water. She was taken to st. MaTy's Hos
pital in the ambulance
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
II HUNG CHANG ON GORDON.

When Ii Hung Chang wrote to Gen
eral Gordon's sister of his death he
said what death did your brother
die? Just such a death as l have ever
pictured to my mind would be the end
of this chivalric hero of an unheroic
age: fighting and dying for his country.Y
Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

six hours ending at eight P. NJ Friday:-For
New York City and vicinity:-Far today,
Friday and Saturday; slightly cooler, except
slightly warmer during Saturday; west and
southwest winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
TIE RUSSIAN LOAN.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

ST, PETERSBURG, Dec. IS, 1S94.-The
"Bourse Gazette" says the new Russian
loan has been subscribed forty times in
excess of the sum required.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
strictly Honest.

Housekeeper-' Half the things you wash are
torn to pieces.
Washerwoman--'ye mum: but when a
thing is torn in two or more pieces mum, I
count them as only one piece mum. New
York Weekly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
a BUMPER

The word bumpers signifyng drink
or pledge, was originally q toast to the
Pope in Roman Catholic countries drunk
in a full glass just after dinner, Eau
Bon Pere. Exchange.