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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
SOFT Coal Wins.
Street and Water Board Do
ings-Many Street I'M
pPovements.

The Street and Water Commissioner again
rested from the work Of dismissing demo-
Gratis this morning. Many removals are on
the list, but they will not be decapitated
until Commissioner Gone and Kellers con-
sent to vote with their colleagues.
SOFT COAL WINS.
The contract for the furnishing and de-
livery of about ten Thousand tons of coal for
the use at Belleville and High Service was
finally disposed of. A.. S. Swords 81 Co. of
Broadway, New York, received the contract.
The company through its agent, Edward
Schemerhorn is to furnish soft coal at 1921
per ton. All last week the company had a
coal would do. Its steam producing qualities
were satisfactorily demonstrated to Com
missioner Hooker's satisfaction.
GERMANIA AvESUR ASSESSMENT.
Five written protests. signed by twenty
property owners along the line OF the Ger
mania avenue Improvement. were read.
Messrs. Smith and Weber addressed the
board. The complaints all set forth that the
assessments for the benefit derived are ex-
orbitant.
The matter is to be thoroughly investi-
gated by the board before the assessment is
confirmed. 1t was decided that on and after
August / the board meetings should be held
MONDAY evenings, instead OF IN Tue inorn-
ing. as heretofore.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Sixth street, between Coles and Henderson
streets, is to be repaved, with the concur
renee of the Board of Finance. The i'm
provement of Paterson street was accepted
as complete and the assessment map filed
with the City Collector. Fourth street, be-
tween Grove and Coles streets. vas desig-
mated as the next t~horoughfare to be paved
with asphalt by the Barber Company. York
street, between Jersey avenue and Barrow,
is to follow.
No. 4 engine house in Greenyille was ac-
cepted as complete and turned over for use
to the Fire Commissioners
Charles Otto who was appointed inspector
Of the laying of the new water main from
High Service to Belleville, resigned. james
Tresonthick was appointed his successor at
So per day.
The board will meet again on Thursday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
TRIED SUICIDE IN JAIL.

Frank Heide of No. 531 Walnut avenue,
West Hoboken, was recently sent to the
County Jail for sixty days by Recorder
SCHNEIDER for wife beating. Saturday night
he attempted to commit suicide by hanging
himself. Heide is fifty. years old, but is
strong and vigorous. He tool the rope from
his cot and tied it to the door Of his cell and
then around his throat. Before he could
strange himself the hall man on duty dis
covered him and called Keeper Cosey to his
aid. Hoide was cut down and his life
saved.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
CAUGHT ON TWO MEAT HOOKS.
Horrible Injury of an Old Man Who
Jumped to Escape Fire.


NEW YORK, July 9, 1s94.-In a frantic
struggle to escape roasting to death in an
old double tenement house in the block at
the juncture of Canal and Division streets at
one o'clock this morning, a Jewish tailor
named Joseph Epstein, leaped from the sec
oud story window on to the projecting
hooks, on which carcasses are usually
hanged outside the butchers shop below.
For half a minute he sprawled there sus-
pended by the arms, until the flesh gradually
gave way. With the two limbs torn open
from the biceps to the fingers. he AMI faint
ing to the pavement. The t~wenty-rhree
other persons who occupied the house, after
seeing Lena Appleston, one of their number,
blister her hand bv merely placing it on the
the banisters at the top of the winding stair
way, did not attempt, as Epstein at first had
done, to escape that way. Clad only in
their night clothes they made for the roof
and were easily rescued on the arrival of the
fire engines. The fire loss is small.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
STOLE HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Chauncy Must Answer to tn
Chancellor.

Chancellor
Chancellor McGill this morning, on the
application of Alexander Simpson, granted a
rule requiring Mary Chauncey to show
cause why she should not be committed for
contempt of court. In his applica alton Mr..
Simpson sets forth that on January IL
James Chauncey obtained a divorce from
Mary, who was matron of the Hudson
County Jail for a short time under Sheriff
Toffey. The grounds on which the divorce
was granted was statutory, and the custody
of the four children Of the parties was
awarded to the father.
Last week Mrs. Chauncy visited the house
where the four children lived with Chauncey
and attempted to persuade the eldest, a girl
of sixteen years, to save her father and
come with her. She was not successful, bat
at a subsequent visit a day or two after
ward she induced the girl to go away with
her. According to Mr.. Simpson Mrs.
Chauncey took the girl to the office of a JUS
tice of the peace at Union Hill, where she
represented that the girl was eighteen years
old and the justice married her to a young
man named johnson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
poRTER's BROTHER A SUICIDE

WASHINGTON, July 9, 1s94.-The body of
a man who committed suicide Saturday
afternoon by jumping from Long Bridge,
was identified yesterday morning as Henry
J. Porter, a brother of Robert P. Porter,
ex-Superintendent of the Census.
Henry j. Porter moved to Washington
from Boston early last spring. Last week
his wife went to Atlantic City for a short
visit. He was addicted to the excessive
use of liquor, and was very respondent at
times.
Robert J. Porter had lone much for his
brother, and they had never quarrelled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
Mr.. HAUSHR'S PULL
1t Enables Him to Give Sunday
Concerts in Hoboken--
Gantzberg Open Too.

This little story illustrates one of the lux
uries of being a Hoboken city official, Gus
tav Hauser is a prosperous concert hall and
beer garden proprietor at Fourteenth street
in that city. He is also a Fire Commits
sioner. Gustav has run shows on Sunday
just like every one else, winter and summer.
Like the rest he received a notice from
Chief Donovan to close up his concert hall
on Sunday nights henceforth.
But the Commissioner only smiled. Such
an order could not disturb him. He is a
Pagan man. He has an advertisement in
Mayor Fagan's organ. a oneinch-a-day
ssad.n
Last night Mr.. Hauser had quite a good
show up there for Sunday night; that is,
there was lots of Hoboken beer
and concert hall screeching. A man
thumped away as though his heart would
break at the piano. There was q big crowd.
They applauded the Fire Commissioners
show. 1t was the only show running in
town SO they encouraged it. Mr.. Hausers
front shades were drawn but the garden
gates were swung wide open and every one
knew what was going on inside.
Mr.. Hauser was there and smiled benignly
upon a Hoboken 'cop" standing in the door
way. He won't close up, he says.
GANTzBERG'S, ALSO.
Robert Gantzberg of Washington street,
above First street, was the only concert
hall man besides Hauser who Knocked the
edict to close up of Mayor Fagan's police.
Stgfried Cronheim, ex-proprietor of what is
now the GermaniaT Theatre or Hudson street,
Hoboken, went from Brooklyn to Hoboken
last night to look around. He landed in
Gantzberg's, where a German variety bill
was being run off. Cronheim asked Gantz-
berg if he had heard Of the recent reforma-
ton order.
u haf I" answered Gantzberg.
What do you run forF queried Cron
helm.
None of your tam business" the proprie-
tor calculated.
Cronheim left the place and endeavored to
have Gantzberg arrested, but was unsuc-
full.
WANTS FAIR LAY
Thomas McAleer, an ex-policeman Of tbs
Hoboken department, now manager of the
"Ivy Concert Hall, y on Hudson street, Ho-
boken, tried to make o complaint against
Mr.. Hauser for running a show. He went
to the garden and found things In full OPP
Grafton. Then he went to Police Head
quarters.
Sergeant Rathjen referred him to the
Second Precinct station house, in whose jur-
isdietion Hauser's garden lies. The Sergeant
did not care to take a complaint against the
Fire Commissioner.
81 mean to stop this, y said McAleer. ~
was ordered to close my place and did. This
man Hauser has no more right to run his
show Sunday than I have and he shall not
I mean to present the matter to the Gram
Jury. He cam run his show on account of
his being a city official. That doesn't 60
with me. l shall make a complaint to Chief
Donovan first
Today he made the complaint to the Chief
and the latter promised to investigate it.
81 did not know Mr.. Hauser's show was
running" said the Chief.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
zABRIsKIB POST OUTING.

The annual excursion of Zabriskie Post,
G. A. R., took place today. The members,
headed by a drum and fife corps, marched
from the Hill to the Morris street dock,
where a steamer and W barges were in
waiting. Both barges were crowded. The
objective point was Lrurelton Grove on
Long Island Sound.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
TRIPLETS IN HOBOKENs I
GIRL Babies Born In a Desti-
tutc Family. #E# ~

TIL wife of Charles Bernstein, of No. 112
Grand street. Hoboken, presented him with
three baby girls last night and there's not a
cent in the house to provide for them. The
girls are all doing nicely, as is the mother:
Bernstein has no work, having been thrown
out of a job last winter. Most of his furni-
ture he has sold and is almost distracted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
INJURED Is YEARS AGO.

William Crowley. fifty years old, an Erie
Railroad fireman, residing at No. 227 Erie
street, was taken i'll on his engine yesterday.
He was removed to his home. He died an
hour later from conclusion of the brain. 1t
appears that eighteen years ago he sustained
injuries about the head in the explosion of
an engine. He has suffered from brain
trouble ever since.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
DAY FOR WARNER TO DIE,
Spsctal to the Jcrseg Cuu Nsaps.

MOUNT HOLLY. July 8, 1S94.-Judge Gar
rison today sentenced Wesley Warner to be
hanged on September 8, for the murder of
Lizzie Peak. The defendant made a long
speech in winch he said he had not been fair
" tried by the court.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
WESTrSHORE
=RAILROAD.
E NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.
picturesque Line of Travel to Lake
n Mountain

anu MOUNTAIN HcBcFfG.
Trains leave AID St, North River, station. New
fork. as follows, and fifteen minutes earlier from
Loot franEip st. Mr. Terminal station at Wee
Re-, Leaving Penn. R. Il, Depot at Jersey city
3agA. y. DAILY. Local to Buffalo. Sleeping car.
New gork to Bloomvilic, Sundays only can be oc-
80 A. u. Daily local to Albany, for Casskin
US a. n DALI. for Albany. Utica, s~yra,use, Roeh-
cept Saturday for Toronto.
A;nll@ !; AZ pally, except Sunday, to Bloemville
ana 4innewaska. Psrior cars to Bloonville and
Bills 4. N. Daily, except Sunday, to catskill
Mountains, New Psitz, Lakes Mohonk and Mime
waska- Albany Saratoga, Caldwell, Lake George.
to catshin Mountains. Parlor car attached.
C.-3A0 I. 81. Daily, except Sunday TO CatskiIl
Mountains, New Paitz. Lakes Mohonk and Mime
Waska. Albany, Saratoga. Parlor cars attached to
c;4W r. II, Taiiy. except Sunday. for Al
sis P, NJ. Daily for AIbany. Montreal. Utica.
Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and St
$50 P. N. Daily, except sunday, for Newbury,
Albany, Saratoga and Montreal Farlor car to
7.45 p, ii. Daily, except Sunday, for Utica, syria.
cuse. Roohest1r ana Buffalo. Carries s~leepingeaR
Els P. n. Tally for Albany. Utica, Syracuse, Roch-
ester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, foronio. Detroit.
A,B. {; leaves Brooklyn BY Annex: A1oeo Bl04O
A NJ, ESQ P NJ Jersey City. P. E. R. station.
Haverstraw Locals. 40 A NJ; 2A5. 40. 5.s5; 800
1000 and @l1:45 P. N.
Newburgh Locals, @10:15 A. u; tl:I5, Sis. +6SOP. N.
*Gaily. Sundays only. Kingston Local $50 +. NJ.
Wagner Sleeping cars for Albany. Utica. syracuse.
Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit,
Cleveland and Chicago on all through trains.
For tickets. timetables, parlor and sleeping car
accommodations or information apply ofhces:-
BROOKLYN, Nos. $50, $50, 726 Fulton street. annex office,
foot of Fulton street, New YORK City. Nos. lIs. S6S
75 and 942 Broadway. l4S Bowery. No. 81 East Four
teenth street, No. s. West One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street; Hoboken, n. J.. Busch's Hotel. Hudson
and Third streets and at station.
c. E. LAMBERT,
General Passenger Agent,
No. 5 Vanderbilt avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09
VALLEY RAILROAD

Leave Penna. II. rs. nePOt.
TI2 A. N. daily for MAUCH CHUNK and inter
mediate stations. Connections except Sunday for
Pottsville and Reading.
S3 A. NJ. daily for GENEVA ROCHESTER Buzz
FAL0, NIAGARA BRIDGE
and the West and principal local points; dining car
to WilkeSbarre, Pullman parlor car TO Buffalo.
STA A. NJ. daily. except Sunday, for MAUCa
CHUNK and Intermediate points, connections for
Reading and Harrisburg.
1245 P. NJ. daily. except Sunday. for ELHIRA and
all intermediate stations; connections for POTTS
WILLIE and D Chair car to liz snare.
421 P. d. daily, except sunday, for L. & B. JUNG
TON and the principal intermediate stations. Pull
man buffet parlor car TO WilkeSoarre. connections
for Pottsville.
432 P. NJ. daily, except SUNDAY, for SoUTH PLAIN
FIELD and Intermediate stations.
SIS F. NJ. daily for EASTON and Intermediates sta
lions.
6:6 P. NJ. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
and all points " est; Pullman sleeper yestibuled
train, New YORK to Chicago; sleeper to Buffalo;
connections for Reading anu Harrisburg.
SAP z. NJ. daily, except Sunday for MAUCH CHUNK
and intermediate stations
9l2 P. Ii. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA ROCHE3
TER, UFFAL G FALLS. and all poi ats
West: Pullman sleepers to Chicago and Buffalo.
Chatr car aew So1k - Nft%cSAT rra week CT
Additional Sunday trains 1l:lA a. II. or MAUCH
CHUNK and POrrSVILLE. aad ali Intermediate
stations.
Tickets and Pullman accommodation at Penn
sylvania R. r. Depot.
Tho New York transfer Co. Will call for and cheek
baggage from hotel or residence through TO destina-
tons.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-09

County Physician Converse told the jury
that he first saw Katie Rupp at the Aims
house Monday, May IA. When he saw her
first she was lying in bed atthe Aims Hous
greatly collapsed and suffering much PAIN
from two pistol shot wounds. Her condition
was SO serious that the County Physician
would not permit her removal. The next
day he found her much improved. He made
the post-morteln examination after the
death of Katie took place. DR.. Converse
described how death had been caused.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
TOin Now i!
3575-tf

The Daily ADVERTISER is deliver
ed by carriers for so cents month.
Ring up Telephones 80. Nou ie
the time to subscribe.
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A LONG WALK.
n Penniless Family Passes Through Chi
cago on Six Hundred Mile Tramp.

n fenniiess Family Passes Through Chi
cago on a Six Hundred Mile Tramp.
w. h. ii. Rhodes, "a years old and
determined; Mrs. Lydia Ann Packers.
A years old. sister of Mr.. Rhodes and
having considerable of his energy +;
Louis l.. Rhodes, ~ years old, and Ira
irwin Rhodes, 10 years old, tired and
hungry, completed half of a 500 mile
walk Wednesday night and slept for
the first time in three weeks in a warm
place.
Rhodes. his two sons and sister are
on the way to Cameron county, Wis,
and left Dayton, o., Dec. 5. They
reached Englewood about o'clock last
evening and We're directed to the police
station, where they were given supper
and lodgings. Rhodes told an interest
Ing story. Il was engaged in little
business in Cameron county, Wis., he
said. I'm July got letter from a
brother whom had not seen in "a
years, in which he urged me to come
to Dayton, o. He told me that would
ind employment there and that he
would assist me. When / got there, he
told me he wrote the letter because he
wanted to see me. 1 couldn't do any
thing there, and if L wanted to starve /
would rather do it among friends than
strangers, and SO 1 decided to come
back. My sisters husband having died,
she was alone and wanted to come with
me. 1 hadn't any money, so we decid-
ed to walk. We left Dayton Dec.
and have walked every step of the 800
miles. Two nights we were without
fire, and only four nights have we slept
in houses. We make from 10 to 16
miles day and hope to get to our des-
tination next month. Sometimes wo
get money, and at South Englewood
$3.50 was raised for us. L can mako
money in Wisconsin, and my sister viii,
keep house for me-
The family started out early Thurs
day morning on the tramp of the other
300 miles, Chicago Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
Whistles I'm Sword Hills.

The new tactics adopted for the army
contemplate the giving of commands by
whistle under certain circumstances,
instead of by word of mouth. Conse-
quently infantry officers have received
a intimatiOn from the acting chief of
ordnance that they are expected to pro-
vide themselves with whistles at theiE
own cost. The order says:
THE major general commanding the
army, having approved the introduce
ton of whistle in the cross piece Of
the guard of the sword for infantry of
fcers, desries to inform you that the
commanding officers of Springfield
armory and Rock Island arsenal have
been instructed to make this alteration
as promptly as possible upon the receipt
of the arms. The cost, which will be
paid by the owner of the sword, will
be about 1915 each for lots of so or
more, but the expense will necessarily
be greater where work is conducted on
but few swords at a time. Washing
ton Cor. Buffalo Courier.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
NEW FIGHTING MACHINES.
Automatic Iron Soldiers That Can Shoes
Forty Times u Minute.

Automatic Iron Soldiers That Can ShooS
Forty Times Minute.
A fighting machine or automaton sol
der is the last work up to now of civ.
ilizatiOn. Nobody in future need risk
his life in battle-that is, if a newspa-
per of Barcelona is not misinformed as
to the merits of a new invention. Ac.
cording to that journal, the inventor
has offered 1T to the Spanish government
for use against the Moors in Melilla.
He is ready, for a sum of e2OO, O0e
sterling, to proceed to the seat of opera
tions at the head of 100 of the new
combatants.
The machine soldier is made of iron,
and he is set going by clockwork.
When wound up, he can fire 40 rounds
a minute, and he carries in his interior
a large supply of ammunition. Should
he be captured by the enemy, he can be
blown TO pieces by means of an electric
discharge acting upon a quantity of
dynamite stored in his head.
The paper seriously declares that the
capabilities of the new warrior have
been successfully tested before COM
mittee of experts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
Train Eobber Perry In n Madhouse.

Oliver Curtis Perry, the notorious
train robber, was passenger recently
ON the Central train from the west. He
was on his way from Auburn prison to
the asylum for insane criminals at Mat
teawan. He was chained hand and
foot, and three burIy officers guarded
him. Everybody about the depot has
tened into the smoking car to catch q
glimpse of the daring desperate whose
exploits are still fresh in the minds OF
all. The prison officials have, it is said,
considered Perry insane for some time.
He has given good deal of trouble at
Auburn and has been subjected to Sc
we're discipline there. He appeared
quiet enough on the train.-Utica Press
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
The Astors and Mrs. Drayton.

Just as 1 supposed, Mr.. Jack AstOr
has come out with fiat footed denial
that he has given a cent to his sister,
Mrs. Coleman Drayton. As for the
house, everybody knew that was a part
OF the marriage settlement made by the
late Mr.. William Astor upon his daugh-
ter.
From the very emphatic denial of Jack
Astor that he has anything to do with
setting his sister mp in her old establish
ment at 374 Fifth avenue it does not
look as if he intended to do much in the
way Of helping her along.
The Willie Wallie Astors, living as they
DO at Cliveden and Lansdowne House
N England, scorn the whole business
and are probably only too delighted to
see ''the" Mrs. Astor, their esteemed
aunt, ixed in the very tight box she oc-
cupies at present.-Cholly Knickerbock-
er IN New York Recorder.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
Where the Money Went.

When the Midway plaisance people
were leaving Chicago, bankers were
kept busy for quite a while in changing
$1,000, 900 or more, which they carried
away as the result of a summers in
dustry, into the coin of other realms. A
donkey boy from Cairo street unrolled
a tattered cloth containing 800 in sill
yer, for which he wished French francs,
while camel driver had a clear ST.
600. An Arab, a Turk, a Nubian SOL
der and an elderly Egyptian followed,
and a Persian dancer had little for
tune of 81, 500 in sllver.-New York
Tedper
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on reading that we are now fully
equipped to manufacture anything
and everything III the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09

You pay $3.50 a
week for each week
of 1894, saving $50,
and when you draw
your number. you
need only to pay the
difference between
$50 and the CASH
price of the bicycle
you want.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
A Long Wait.

In drawing up will it is always
best to call in the aid of a solicitor.
Otherwise your executors may have 8
lot of trouble, and the bulk of your prop
erty be swallowed up in law costs.
These consequences are likely to follow
In the case of the will of Morris Rob-
erts, the Birmingham prize fighter.
The bulk of the property is to remain
in the Bank of England for 90 years, at
the expiration of which time it is to be
equally divided among the sorrowing
relatives. Figaro.
Daily ADVERTISER, SO cents per
month. Delivered by carriers.
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The ADVERTISER is deliver
ca by carriers to any part of
the city for so cents a month, in
advance. Subscribe now and keep
up with the new year. Ring up
Telephone No. So.
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Optical Line

no matter how complicated. JOYFUL,
because the long wait OF six weeks or
more in sending away for your glasses
is done away forever. Those who have
suffered by this wait will know best what
it means. Much time and money has
been spent to ensure PERFECT SUCCESS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
OculiStS
Prescriptions

accurately filed. Telescope, field,
marine or opera glass lenses repolished
and adjusted.
One trial will give you more of that
joyful feeling than anything we can
think of.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
MY Machinery

is the newest in use in all of
the large factories of the East, and
being thoroughly conversant with all
manner of complicated work, we claim
to be able to turn out. as perfect work as
can be Obtained in any part of the
world.
The distance from optical centres and
the long delay in sending away for
special work has prompted us to add
this special department to our already
large optical business, and we hope to
be favored with a liberal share of the
work done in Honolulu. PRIcEs-the
same as in San Francisco, and on some
work little lower.