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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
MIGHT DRY UP NIAGARA.
So the Reservation Commissioners
Have Checked the Power Company.

ALBANY, Nov. 10, 1S95-Attorney Cen
eral Hancock has written an opinion in
response to a request of the Commits
sioners of the State Reservation at Mag.
ara to the effect that it Is unlawful for
the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and
Manufacturing Company to increase the
flow of water through its canal at Mag
ara Falls.
The canal was built in 1859 and remained
idle practically until 1879, when the hy-
draulic power company was organized
and bought the canal. The company
erected mills below the Falls and used
the water from the canal for power pur-
poses. Neo attenetion was paid to 1T
until after the legislative grant to the
Niagara Falls Power Company and vari-
GUS other concerns to- divert water from
the Niagara River above the Falls for
power purposes.
on the part of the Commissioners that
the quantity of water flowing. over the
Falls would be seriously diminished, and
when the Hydraulic Power Company
commenced to increase the capacity of
its canal this year the Reservation Conn
rnisssoners determined to prevent 1t If
possible The matter was rthereupon re-
ferred to the Attorney General as to the
legality of the enlargement of the ca
pacfty of the canal, and his opinion is
that such increase is unlawful.
It remains to be seen what action the
Reservation Commissioners will take in
the premises.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
MADMAN IN A HOSPITAL.
Terrible struggle TO Overcome the
Victim of Railway Tramps.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 10, 1896. s5.--Charles
Cooper, a patient at the Emergency Hos
pital, suddenly became insane last night
and created a small sized panic in that
institution before he was overpowered.
Cooper was brakeman on the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg r. R., and was
thrown from a train in the yards here
a fortnight ago presumably by tramps.
He was picked up with fractured skull
and removed to the hospital, where he
lay in an unconscious condition.
Suddenly, last night he aWoke from
his Stupor and demanded his clothes and
shoes, saying he wanted to go home. The
attendant told him he was in danger
Gus condition and could not leave the
place, but Cooper sprang from his cot,
suddenly transformed into raving man
lac, and grasping a chair, drove the at
tendant from the ward. Assistance was
summoned and the entire. staff of sur
geons, supplemented by the ambulance
brandishing a chair above his head was
daring any one to touch him.
The hospital officials made combined
rush upon the maniac, who fought with
desperation, and it was not until after
fifteen minutes. of hard struggle and many
bruises that they succeeded in overpow-
ering him and strapping him firmly to
his cot This morning Cooper was more
quiet, but occasionally broke out in spas
modic attacks of insanity, due to the in
juries to his brain. The doctors have
hopes, if the violent spells are not too
frequent, that he will recover.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
A MENACE TO THE NAVY.
Terrible Strain on the Engineer Corps
-OyerxYork Causea Death.

WASHINTON, Nov 10, 1S95.-A serious
menace to the efficiency of the navy
which. though existing for some time,
has only recently become intensified, is
the condition of the engineer corps,
whose numbers. it is claimed, are now
wholly inadequate to perform the ardu-
Gus duties .exacted from them While
the number of ships depending wholly
upon steam power has steadily increased
for the past ten years, the number of
commissioned engineers has actually de-
creased Insufficiency in the number of
engineers provided for by law, and the
failure to supply them with sufficient
and efficient assistance are the chief fac
tors in bringing about the deplorable
condition of affairs. Over a score of
cases are on record where engineers
have been compelled to retire from the
service because of the terrible strain up
on their health. Many officers have
broken down completely. and not a few
have died from what physicians termed
".overwork. Fortunately, for the vel
fare of the country said a. prominent
naval officer today, ''there are about 100
trained engineer gradutes from the Ma
val Academy to look out for the vessels.
They are young and vigorous and ex-
ceedingly interested in their profession.
Secretary Herbert's long experience with
naval officers will undoubtedly cause
him to give special prominence to this
subject"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
ooLoRED GIRL THE VICTIM.

HENDERSON, KY, Nov. 10, 1S95.-Lucy
Gibbs, an eighteen-year-old colored girl, in
the employ of Farmer Roland, near the
White Bridge, while returning from church
meeting on Sunday night was assaulted by
two negro tramps Despite her struggles she
was knocked down with club and choked
to Inconsistencies. After the assault the
perpetrators fed. Their victim succeeded
Ia reaching home, and there told of her
treatment.
Mr.. Roland, his son and two negro farm
hands mounted horses, aroused the neigh
borhood and thirty avengers hunted the
woods all hight for the criminals, who were
at last intercepted yesterday morning at a
point nearly opposite Mount Vernon, and
where they had stolen skiff and pushed
from shore.
AS they refused to surrender, the posse
fired upon them when fifty yards distant
with fatal effect. One man tumbled INTO
the river dead and the corpse of the other
was allowed to float down the stream In the
fast sinking sKiff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
PENSION FOR KAIULANI.
Hawaiian ssStatements'' May show
Some Spark of Justice.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 49, 1S95.-The
probability that the Hawaiian Congress
will pass a measure pensioning Princess
Kaiulani is foreshadowed in unofficial
advices which reach here today. from
Honolulu The young Princess is the
niece of the late King Kalakaua. Her
father is A. S. Cleghorn. prominent
merchant of Honolulu. She. has been
educated in England. and on her way to
that country visited Washington some
time ago, where she made very good
impression as an amiable, well hammered
and sensible girl.
When the National Congress assembled
in special session last June the Govern
ment prepared a bill giving the Princess
a pension of $1,000 year. This was to
compensate her for the loss she has sus-
tanned in the establishment of the re-
public inasmuch as, had she lived, she
would have succeeded to the throne upon
the death of her aunt Liloukalani. The
radical members of the Republican party
fought the bill fiercely and defeated it.
Since that time public sentiment has
grown more favorable to the proposition
and it is not unlikely that the pension
will be voted to her when Congress meets
in February next. Princess Kaiulani is
now in Italy, where she will doubtless
remain permanently if the pension meas
IRE is defeated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
TIE TEXAS STILL IN DOCK.
The Story of an Inquiry Into He
Engines Now Credited.

The Story of an Inquiry Into Her
Engines Now Credited.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1S95.-The second
class battleship Texas has not yet been
foated out of the dry dock at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard. 1t is expected that she
Will be taken out tomorrow, though
nothing seems certain. The officers are
quite in the dark. No representative
of the Permanent Board of Inspection
and Survey has arrived, and the report
that a special board of inquiry will con-
duct the investigation into the docking of
the Texas and the damage suffered is
Meantime the dock and sea trials of
her engines are likely to be postponed.
The engines are still the property of the
Works, and it is thought they may OBJ
ject to having the machinery tried until
the hull of the vessel is in better shape
However, they may not have to wait I'M
til the recommendations of a board of
inspection or inquiry are carried out
1t was learned at the yard this morning
that Constructors Bowles and Hibbs are
at work with force OF between twenty
and thirty men in the lower portion of
the ship.
Thecharaoter of the work which they
it is presumed that orders have been
received from Washington to make any
repairs necessitated by the injury re-
ceivedir dock that are required to put
tainit is that work has been pushed as
vigorously as it has been quietly A
force of men worked all day Sunday to
finish putting in place the new propeller
blades, and that being completed more
water was last might let into the dock
to depth of between II and IS feet.
This is not enough to float her, out
it is quite sufficient to relieve the strain
which buekled her frames and plates,
and IT was doubtless done to facilitate
work being carried on by the construc-
tors within her hull.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
SULTAN IN A PANIC.
Futile Orders to Armenian Pachas-
Massacre at KharputE.
T1r~s~

LONDON, Nov. 20, 1S95.-The latest adj
vices received from the representatives
of the United Press at Constantinople
say that the Sultan continues to be
greatly alarmed over the state of affairs
in Asia Minor, which has unquestionably
reached a point beyond his control. He
spent the entire night of November 16
by the side of telegraph instrument in
the Yildz palace, personally debating
to the operator dispatches conveying in
structions to the various provincial gov
ernors in Asia Minor commanding them
to spare no effort to restore order, and
his anxiety to escape from the tolls in
which he has involved himself has within
the past few days been displayed in many
other ways. The lack Of troops with
which to suppress Kurdish outbreaks
and so restrain the bloodthirstiness of the
Kurd as to guarantee order in future is
being greatly felt and the Porte may yet
be compelled to admit its total inability
to restore affairs in Asia Minor to the
condition demanded by the. powers.
Further details of the recent massacre
at Kharput have been received in Con-
stantinople, showing that the kurds first
town and were repulsed by the Armeni-
ans. Infuriated at this, they proceeded
in body to the American mission quar-
ter, where they ransacked houses and
including eight belonging to the mission
itself. The Kurds were supported in
their attack by the Turkish troops. who
doing so or even attempting to do so,
however, the troops were in the thick
of the pillage and blc'odshed. Indeed,
it is safe to say, upon the strength of the
advices received, that a ss-nast, if TFE
quite. as many Armenians were killed
by Turks as kurdS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
PRENDERGAsT's LEVY.
Justice Potts Worried by the Hint
that the Money was for the G.. o. p.

Justice Potts worried by the Hint
that the Money was for the G.. o. p.
Ex-Policeman Hugh Prendergast, who is
accused of having collected money from
saloonkeepers for election purposes, was
given a hearing before Justice Potts today.
He was defended by Counsellor DENIM. The
first witness called was Paul Schumar. a
saloonkeeper at No. 3S Greene street. He
proved the dumbest witness that ever at
tempted to testify in Justice Potts court
When asked to identify Prendergast, who
sat beside him, he stared intently at
Counsellor DENIM. and declared he lDennlnl
was not the man who attempted to humbug
him. He identified Detective John Oliver,
of the Leh1gh Valley Railroad as the man
who was with Prendergast when he tried to
collect money from him Later he ident.
fled Prendergast and swore the eN-poiice-
man had asked him for money for election
purposes, but he refused to give him any.
He was ordered out of the witness chair.
He would not 60 until he had informed the
Court that two men had visited him day
or two ago and offered to pay hira any sum
of money he had given Prendergast,
Mrs. Lizzie Zahoski, of No. 142 Morris
street, testified that Prendergast asked her
for money for election purposes. She advised
her father to give him 81 to save trouble
with the police.
Counselor DENIM contended that it had
not Deeu proven bHttJ tliS pi ioOiAOi So1icSoSes
money for police fund or that he obtained
any under false pretenses.
..rve collected money for elections my
self, . ne continued.
s.Yes, and kept it, put in Captain Kelly,
who sat in the corner.
The Nunsellor smiled and went on. He
intimated that Prendergast was collecting
for the Republican party, but Justice Potts
insisted it was a Democratic practice.
DafiSion was reserved
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
I
DE ED.

THEILER- Departed this life on Mon
day, Nov. Is, 1895, Harriet Ellen,
Charles W. Theiler, in her 32d year.
Funeral on Wednesday. Nov. 20, at at
Summit avenue Friends and relatives
are respectfully invited to attend.
Putney, VT, papers please copy.
MOI1L-Suddenly in Hoboken, on No
year of her. age.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral, on Wednesday. n NO,
residence No. So6 Willow avenue, Hobo
ken.
LAMBERT-In this city, on Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 1895, Ephraim L. Lambert.
No. IS Mercer street. on Wednesday,
Nov. 20, ait P. NJ.
Intermemt at Armenia, N. T., on Thurs
day, Nov. q.
Kindly omit flowers.
MAxWELL-At her late residence, No.
267 First street, on Sunday, Nov. IT.,
1895, Maria A. Maxwell.
solemn requiem mass will be said
at st. Mary's Church, Erie and Second
streets, on Wednesday, Nov 20. ait IL
A. NJ.
M'GUIGAN-Arthur McGuigan aged, Is.
and Margaret NJ McGuigan, aged II
years, beloved children of Daniel and
Mary McGuigan, of No. 20S Railroad
avenue, this city. Funeral private.
SMART-On Monday, Nov. is, 1895, ThoS.
IL Smart, in his 54th year
Funeral from the residence of his sis
ter. Mrs Bouton, No 1872 Ocean avenue,
this city, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 2:30
p. NJ.
CAMPBELL-At her late residence, 9S
Newark avenue. on Tuesday, Nov. 10,
1885, Ann, beloved wife cf the late
Michael Campbell.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
ELTRINGHAM-On Monday, November
IS, 1895, Joseph B. Birmingham. in his
64th year.
Relatives and friends, also Onward
Lodge, No.159, j. o. o. F.; Zabriskie Poss,
No. 3S, G. A r., and Exempt Fire De-
partment. are invited to attend the fun
.eral services from his late residence, 81
yroom street, Heights, ON Wednesday,
Nov. 20 at 2:30 P. M.
FUELNER- this city, on Sunday, Nov.
II, 1895, John A. Fuelner. aged 29 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from the residence of his father, Adam
Fuelner, 9 Weldon street, on Wednesday.
Nov. go at 1890 P. M.
KENNFY-Tholnas beloved son of Peter
and the late Mary Kenney, In his 36th
year.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the fun
eral from his late residence. so Manning
avenue, on Wednesday,, November 20, at
s a. M; thence to St. Peters r. G.
Chhrch where a solemn Mass of
Requiem will be offered for the happy
repose of his soul.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
GOVERNORS DAY.
Specfd1 to the ,Jea,seu Cstu Nears.

TRENTON, Nov. 10, 1896. Governor 5
Day brought a great throng of politicians
to the State House today. Most con-
spicuous in the throng was Governor
elect Griggs. He spent an hour in the
lobby of the Capitol shaking hands and
acknowledging compliments from office
seekers and smiling upon them, but max
ing no promises. The men to be appoint
ed Secretary of State, Clerk in Chancery,
Attorney General, State Prison Keeper
and Clerk of Supreme Court will not
be known until the term of the present
incumbent expires and official announce
ment of their successors made.
The contest for the Speakership of the
House has narrowed down to Mr.. Der
ousse of Camden and Mr.. Skinner of
Essex, both of whom were here today.
Governor-elect Griggs has declined to
take sides in this struggle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
STAPLES TALKS ABOUT MILK.

NEW YORK, Nov 10, 1S95.-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission resumed
the hearing upon the complaint of the
Mix Producers' Protective Association
against the railroads centering in New
York this morning.
Erie road ait the New York terminal,
said that the Erie road ran two milk
trains daily. each way. The longest
disItance milk was hauled was from Hor-
neIlsyiIle. 3S1 miles distant The milk
rates on the Erie had always been fixed
INDEPENDENTLY of other roads, SO far as
The average earning of a, milk car per
t,in was s47 NJ Staples said.
The milk traffic Of the road had de-
creased within the last five years, es-
neciallv the Orange county traffic. In
1884 the Erie had carried 1,60S,s6O cans of
mi Nix
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
SWEAT SHOP ABLAzE.
Two Men J ulnip from the Fifth Story
to the Streea-0ne Dead.

TO the Streef-0ne Dead.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 1S95.-Fire start
ed in the six story building, No 9S Clin-
ton street, at IL o'clock this morning
S. Rauch's candle factory is on the
first floor and the fire was first discovered
there. The flames spread quickly to the
top of the building, which is a sweat
shop.
Two men on the top oor had their es-
cape cut off by the names. One jumped
from the fifth floor to the street and
will probably die from the injuries he
received. The other man jumped from
the roof two stories to the roof of an
adjoining building and was slightly hurt.
The fire Quilted the entire building.
When the flames were overcome the
firemen found the body of a man on the
top floor. They think that there may
be one or two more The building was
next to the large curtain pole factory of
John Kroder where about 200 men We're
employed
When the fire started tn. nen at work
quit III 2 body and fled to the street in
a state of great excitement
The man who jumped to the street
broke both legs. He was taken to Gou-
verneur Hospital. The cause of the fire
is not known.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
BBHN D. JoRDAN's WILL.

BOSTON, Nov. 10, 1S95.-The will of the
late Eban d. Jordan, Boston's prominent
merchant, which was filed for probate
today, contains no public bequests. Small
amounts are left to the servants and Mrs
Jordan has the Beacon street house and
$25, 900 a year income for life.
The income of the rest OF the property,
the principal of which is tied up for
twenty years beyond the Life. of the
grandchildren, is divided equally between
the four children-two sons and two
daughters-with the proviso that the two
daughters shall have $10, 900 cash per year
under any circumstances. The. executors
are Eben ID. Jordan, Henry s.. Nichols
and General Charles II. Taylor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
RUSSIA IN ACCORD.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

VIENNA. Nov. 10. 1Ss5.-The report that
Russia has rejected the proposal of
Count Goluchowski, the Austrian For
eign Minister. for an absolute entente of
the European powers in regard to Tur-
key. is semi-off1cially denied Russia Is
in accord with the others powers con-
cerning Turkey, and has resolved to
send a second warship to Constantinople.
Russia admits that the despatch of the
European Mediterranean squadronS to
Turkish waters are justified, but pre-
fers to have a free hand, only stipulat-
ing that in certain critical cases the
pie shall not act without having OBJ
tained previously the consent of their
respective cabinets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
NOW FOR THE WINTER RESORT.
Magnificent Facilities Afforded by
the Pcnnsylyania Railroad,

On November the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company placed on sale, at its
principal ticket offices, excursion tickets
to all prominent winter resorts in New
Jersey, Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, and Cuba. The
tickets are sold at the usual low rates.
The magnificent facilities of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, with it's many connec-
tions, make this the favorite line for
winter travel.
An Illustrated book, descriptive of win
ter resorts, and giving routes of travel
and rates for tickets will be furnished
free on application to ticket agents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
MORE BRIGANDS FOR CUBA
Bu cqble to the United Press.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 10, 1896
The small Danish steamer Horsa, Cap
tain Wiborg, which cleared from Phila-
delphia November 9 for Port Antonio,
Jamaica. landed forty men. with guam
tity of ammunition. upon the Island of
Cuba on November Is. The party were
transferred from a tug near New York.
While the men were being landed the
Horsa was pursued by Spanish gun
boat. and, in consequence, all of the am
munition on board could not be put
ashore. Forty-three cases of ammunf-
ton were left on board the ship. Upon
the vessels arrival here she was seized
by the authorities.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
A MELBOURNE HORROR.
Bu Cnhlc to the United Press.

By Cdbtc 70 Inc UTtlted FTeSS.
MELBOURNE. Nov 10, 1S95-A fearful
tragedy is reported from Sale, town of
Victoria. where Manager Short, of the Com
mercial Bank of that place, shot his wife and
two children and then killed himself. The
two children died instantly and it is believed
that Mrs Short is fatally wounded.
1t is thought that reading of the reports of
the recent murder of Mrs. Arthur Dacre In
Sydney by her husband, who also killed him
self. unbalanced Shorts mind
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
COERCING JOHN BULL
Germany Proposes an En-
tente About Turkey With
England Left Out
THE SULTAN TO THE POPE
Futile Orders to the Armenian
Pashas to Restore Order
More Massacres.
THE SULTAN TO THE POPE
By Gable to tue United Press.

BERLIN. Nov. 10. 1ss5.-The '"Tage-
blatt'' announces that owing to the fact
that the proposal of Count Coluchowski.
the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
for an absolute entente of the European
powers in regard to Turkey, has not
found the unreserved approval and sup
port of the powers, Emperor William has
decided to take the initiative in an eff
fort to establish a closer entente be-
tween Austriai Russie, France and
Germany and to take diplomatic, steps
in Constantinople and London to the end
of restoring peace and order in Asia
Minor. T..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
MORE DELAY FOR sTUMPF
spcasal to the jersey City Ne,rs.

TRENTON Nov. 10, 1896 the Court of
Errors and Appeals today on motion to dis
miss the writ of error in case of Election Off
Ger Stumpf, sentenced to eighteenmonthsi i'm
prisonment for tampering with the ballot
boxes two years ago. decided to let the mat
ter rest another term, and if the case is not
argued then by bis counsel to dismiss writ.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
CRAZINESS Els DEFENCE.
Dominic Smiths Postal Cards Spran ng
frnm a EAisease of the Brain.

BOSTON, Nov. 10, 1S95.-The case. pend
ing in the United States Circuit Court
aginst Rev. Frank Hyatt Smith of
Cambridge. charged with sending sour
rilous postal cards through the mails
has taken a new turn. 1t leaked out to-
day that last Thursday. Smiths coun-
the clerks office, which read as follows
..sNow comes the defendant, Frank Hy-
aft Smith, and says that at the. present
SO that he ought not now to be tried for
the offense with which he is charged;
and that at the time he pleaded to said
Indictment he was in the same condition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
KNIGHTS oF LABOR ANGRY !.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1885. The
General Assembly of knights Of Labor to-
dav adopted the resolution presented by
Master Workman Sovereign, denouncing
the decision of the Supreme Court, confirm:
mo the sentence in the case of the Southern
Pacific Railroad strikers, members OF A. Il.
u, as trayesty OF Justice.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
NEW PACIFIC CABLE.
BIZ Cabie to the United Press.

LONDON, Nov. 10, 1s95.-All of the
Colonial Agents in London except the repre-
sentatives of West and South Australia had
a conference with Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain,
Secretary of State for the colonies, at the
Colonial Office today, with the result that
Mr.. Chamberlain agreed to appoint a COM
mission to arrange the details of the CON
struction of the proposed Pacific cable. The
Imperial Government, Australia and Can
ada, will each appoint two delegates upon
the commission, which will proceed with its
work as soon as possible.