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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
ARE THEY BOUND FUR UUBA.
Three Ex-Egeyolut1onist Generals
Leave Costa ssaca for Nexv York.

' WASHINGTON. April 8, 1s95-Some
curiosity is expressed here as to the
movements of Generals" Macco, Crom-
bet and Milanea. who sailed from Port
Limon, Costa Rica, on the Atlas steam
er Adirondack for New York, a week
since. All three were prominently con-
nected with the Cuban revolution of
twenty years ago. Associated with them
was Maxine Gomez.
1t was openly charged at the time by
Cuban sympathizers that the entire quar-
tette were bribed by Spain to sell out
their followers and that they did SO. each
receiving handsome sum for his 6eser1
ton of the Cuban cause, which immedS
ately collapsed. The precise sum paid
was never stated, but it is said that
$4,000, was given to Gomez who at once
remaining three scattered to various
States in Central and South America.
1t is now asserted that Maceo, Crom-
bet and Mlanea are returning to the
United States to participate again in
the present revolution. 1t is not known
whether they will remain on the steamer
and land in New York or go ashore at
Tampa or some intermediate point. 1t
s not believed that they will return
to Cuba as such course would be fol-
lowed by their speedy execution IL cap
tured there. 1t Is thought to be more
likely that they will make their head
quarters in New York and use their eff
forts to promote the rebellion fro, that
point by securing subscriptions a. en-
couraging enlistments for service among
the INSURGENTS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
HOPING AGAINST HOPE.
Brooklyn Friends Try to Believe the
FsaJ,rnsr,, f,ruSne PARTY Safe.

BROOKLYN, April 8, 1Ss5-The many
friends OF William Ziegler, the Brooklyn
Inilionaire; john c, Wells and John H
FIagler in New York City and Brooklyn 1l
is no truth in the report that they had
lost their lives in the wreck OF the cruls-
ing sloop, Robinson Crusoe, IN Blscayhe
Bay Florida. No confirmation OF the re-
port had arrived in Brooklyn at q late
hour this morning. Numerous telegrams
were sentsto different points by inquiring
ssfltilds anxious to learn the TRUTH. put
3fhe replies were slow in coming. supreme
Court Justice William ]. Gaynor, W59
was to have Joined the party in florlea,
telegraphed to Mrs. ziegler, VINO .al W.tn
her two children, Is at the ne aoten M Koyal x
clair McKelyey sent kilograms to three
points, and friends of Messrs. Wells and
Flagler also sent dispatches OF inquiry;
The point. Biscayne Bay, Is a I1sa hard
ida and is rs miles south of Palm Bsaeh
and It's miles northeast of Key west.
II is hemmed- in by keys and everSiades.
The most direct communication with the
bay is by schooner. 1t may, thereiore,
be some time before anything reliable
can be learned.
III is known that on Thursday, March
81 the Crusoe left Lake North Inlet for
a cruise among the Keys. Messrs. Ziee,
Ter and Wells chartered It. They had a
crew of four men, and tnelr trlends IN
Brooklyn say that John Fl. Flagler, the
wealthy. tea merchant was also OF the
party The men are very fond OF hunt,
ing and fishing, and had been in Florida
for some time.
Mr.. Ziegler made a fortune in Brook
made fifs money in building operations,
and In the manufacture OF baking pow
der He was also Interested in BROOK
lyn and Chicago railways.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
for the copy OF the letter in his posses
sion. had REMARKED that it mlght bear

for the copy OF the letter IN his posses
sion. had remarked that it might bear
a curious meaning. To this, Mr.. Wilde
testified that he replied Art Is rarely
intellgfble to the CRITICAL classes.
NOTHING If NOT FLIPPANT.
Pressed to say whether the articles in
the Chameleon" were not immoral, Mr..
Wilde replied:-'sThey were worse; they
were badly written"
nlainaa.ned perfect composure. He fire.
quently ran his fingers through his hatr,
a habit which is peculiar to him. Sew
eral times he propounded paradoxes to
Mr.. Carson, and In the course Of the
Questioning contended that the letter
addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas, which
was READ in court, was beautiful, but
THAT 1t could not be Judged as a letter
apart from art. He denied that he had
.mad1y adored" a man twenty years his
Junior; he did not adore anyone except
himself, nor did he believe that any
book affeeted the conduct Of its reader.
G15 because Lord Alfred Douglas had
asked him to assist Wood. He admitted
that he Thought the matter was black
mail, yet he gave the man IS, besides
his dinner, the next day, and saw him
off for America: He kneY p youth
NAMED Shelley. He and Shelley had
often dined together, and he had given
Shelley e. upon one occasion He denied
any misconduct with Shelley. He also
knew youth named GonWay, and had
tmproper nature had ever occurred be-
tween himself and Conway or Wortaa-
ing.
The court adjourned
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
THE CUBAN REVOLT.

NEW YORK, April 8, 1S95.-A passen-
ger on the Vigilancia from Havana re-
ported that at Manzanila. where he had
been staying, the sympathy of the IN
habitants was all with the insurgents,
and If the latter would approach the
city and make demonstration the whole
town would probably readily embrace
the revolutionary cause. There were fire.
Quent skirmishes between the insurgents
and the Spanish troops, but the former
were too crafty to risk a decisive battle
as yet. Their cause is apparently gain
ing strength daily.
About ten days ago it was reported at
ManZanila that the insurgents forces
were about to invest the town and for
a time there was great excitement, but
the rumor was soon traced to unreliable
sources and the town again became
quiet.
On the Vigilancia was also six of the
crew of the Dutch bark Marie, which
was condemned at Havana. She sprang
aleak while ON a voyage from Pensacola
for Delfzyl, Holland. and put into Havana
in distress
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
MONTCLAIR OBJECTS
MVNEVUHIW VUUUU1 -
Claims to Own the JerseE
City Water Company's /
Source of Supply.
SPLIT RoCK POND IN DISPUTE
Formal Protest to the Street and
Water Board from the
Township.
SPLIT ROCK POND IN DIspUTH

8 The Jersey City Water Company, one
of the companies bidding for the COM
tract to furnish this city with a pure
water supply, has been challenged in a
rather unexpected way. The company
in its bid named as its source of supply
the Split Rock Pond in Morris county,
At the meeting of the Montclair Town.
Council on Monday night, Counsello,l
Charles Thompson, who has an Office III
this city and is also a member of the
Town Council, introduced a resolution
instructing the clerk to notify the Jer-
sey City Water Company that the lights
in the Split Rock Pond are owned by
the Montclair Water Company. This
action was moved by Councilman Charles
Thompson because Of information which
he had received that the Jersey City
Water Company had named the Split
Rock Pond as its source of supply in It's
bid for the contract to furnish this city. T
MONTCLAIR'S CLAIMS.
Mr. Thompson, when interviewed by
a reporter of 1.-THE Jersey City News
this morning, said
II introduced that resolution at the
meeting. on Monday night because un-
Rock Pond The rights are not owned
by that concern, but Dy un6 N1ontc!alr
Water Company. Under the present law
believe that the company which estab-
fishes priority in its claims to the lights
of. certain waters Of the State cannoE
be denied the privilege to use those
waters. When the Montclair Water
Company contracted to supply Montcialr
Of supply the Split Rock Pond. This wa5
five years ago, and the company would
have no difficulty in establishing prlors
ity 1t was understood at the time that
in case the City of Newark should NOM
opolze the Pequannoek supply the Mont
clair company would have to look to, the
Split Rock Pond to supply Montelairs
At the time the township made its con5
tract the company sank several large
wells, and these, with the assistance or
the Pequannock supply for time fur-
nished all the water needed. But the
township has grown SO during the past
few years that we must look to another
= : TFfE sTgND's PURE WATER.
The Split Rock Pond, it is claimed, Will
furnish fifty million gallons daily but
it is stated upon good authority that It's
capacity is but twenty million gallons
daily. The water of this pond IS very
desirable, being unsurpassed by any N
the State The location of the pond
makes it one OF the most Desirable
sources of supply. 1t Is midway between
Boonton and lCopperas, Mountain, sla
feet above the level Of the sea, and be be-
ing in valley is replenished frequently;
It drains into the Rockaway River and
but little publication to make it MT Tor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
DISTURBED THE COURT.
Judge Lippincott Orders Lawyers to
Wacnfo n ESOnrn

Judge Lippncpht this morning threat
ened to keep the door between the front
and the back court rooms permanently
BARRED Between the two courts is a
small waiting room for court officers 1t
is the custom of lawyers who have maj
ters. to DISCUSS with their clients to util-
fze the walking room.
While case was ON IN Judge Lippin-
colts court this morning sound OF
loud talking came from the waiting room
In charge of the dbor and ordered HIM
10 clear the room and take aa the chairs rs.
lounging place for lawyers he said,
land I Will not have 1t made one. 1
have been much annoyed of late by at
torneys wllo have made use of it as
a smioing room and engage in loud con-
versatlon The place Is for officials and
no one else. The officers must see that
VT is kept clear. Every time the door
is opened there comes in volume of
noise that INTERRUPTS the Court
-Four or five constisbles hurried to re-
move the chairs, and the attorneys who
were founging about the room beat a
Ih3SSty retreat
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
SHE WAS mary MARTIN
The Dismembered Murder Vie
tim In New York at Last
Identified.

u NEW YORK, April 8, 1S95.-Eight per-
sons this morning positively identified the
body of the woman which was found
at Sixth avenue and Waverly place on
last Sunday morning as that of Mrs.
Mary Martin, the wife of Thomas S..
Martin, a West Indian negro. Mrs. Mar
tin had been living with William Caesar
negro, at No. $50 West Twenty-seyenth
street as his wife. Caesar is a porter at
a Broadway hat store. Keeper White of
the Morkue, was so convinced that the
identification was correct that ne IN
structed Policeman Jennings, VINO mas
measures for the arrest of Caesar. Jen-
nings Went Immediately to Police Head
quarters. t was said that Caesar would
be arrested this morning
OF the eight persons who Identified the
sssNies = Tapsher, a negro. and his
their testimony. TaDsher and his wife
live at No, 148 West Twenty-seventh
street. They lease the house at No;
that Caesar and Mrs. Martin had hired
rooms from them and had lived there for
some time as man "a and wife. Iaey aes Z
Morgue. Louisa Miller. Who had been
an intimate friend of the Martin woman
These. three had seen Mrs. Martin every
day for months. They unhesitattsnggiy 3 ),
was that Of Mrs. Martin. Louisa Miller
said:-'I would know her in thousand :
William Wood. OF No. 157 West TWeT1-
sy-fourth street. also called at the
Morgue this morning. He sad that ne
had known Caesar in St. Thomas, ana
that he had lived in the same fiat with
Caesar and Mrs. Martin for three months
He said that the BODY was that of Mrs
Martin.
Robert Coles of No. 172 West Twenty
third street. who said that he had known
Mrs. Martin for eighteen months, also
viewed the body today and said that 1t
was that of Mrs. Martin.
Caesar h.nseR called at the Morgue
this morning. He showed no emotion up
on seeing the body, and said that 1t was
not that of Mrs. Martin.
detective Jennings arrested man
who looked like a Frenchman and two
negro women shortly before noon. They
were taken TO the Charles street ponce
james Matthews, the colored under
taker of Sixth avenue, called at the
Morgue this morning, and told Keeper
White that four colored men, whose
names he refused to make public, mad
offered 10 pay for the decent burial OF
the wourans body. He said that they
would inter her In Linden Hi Gene
terry on Long Island Mr.. Matthew's
thought he could get the body at once,
but Keeper White said that ne Wouid
not give it UP until Tuesday next.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
STREETS TO BIZ OPENED.
Mercer Street Will Be Extended
to the Boulevard and West
Side Avenue Improved.

Mayor Wlanser held a long conference
last night with the Street and Water
Commissioners at his Office in the City
Hall. and discussed with them the most
feasible method of making a number of
mulch needed Improvements, which will
enhance valuations greatly In various
parts of the city. The most Important
project considered was the irn'medi9iV
opening. grading and paving of Mercer
street to the H.H, .'The Jersey City
News" has from time to time called at
tertion to the necessity of thorough
fare from the boBer sectior of~std1e eitys
ito the Hill. which is not obstlrlcted with
car tracks. To reach the Boulevard at
present without encountering car tracks
is pr'actically impossible. except through
Railroad avenue. where the mud and
filth is ait times two feet deep.
MERCER STREET TO BE OPENED.
A plan was discussed for the open
ing and grading of Mercer street. from
Brunswick street to Summit avenue. The
work wiz cost perhaps $4,000, but the
benefits that Will be derived will. far ex-
ceed that sum. The most expensive part
of une work is the filing In that is neces-
sary. Mayor Wanser expressed himself
as favoring the plan prepared by the
Commissioners. and steps are TO be, taken
at once to proceed with the. work. All
the necessary surveys have been made.
o-'se Z 10 Be naased prohibiting It's use
for horse sssE or trolley trolley eaE SG puTFRoaessk TRRaeks
I'VE want one street free from car
tracks said Commissioner, Ho2ker.
rss Mgeef to seee be opaaea is ing he ao ns aaOf IL Of
tine meadow lots at the foot of the Hill
will improve property generally. It Is
am interested in the welfare of the city,
and while !7i Office I will devote nay time
to assisting improvements that viii bene-
fit everyone. ~ tsa
Commissioner Harding has for the past
month or more been making .. hard fight
for the opening, grading and extension
of West Side avenue, from the Newark
& New York Railroad to Danfof4th ave-
nue.. AIT last nights conference he In
itr+oduced the subject, and carried his
point.
'inhe extension of West Side. avenue,
he said, will open UP "a territory that
has been practically Inaccessible hereto
fore. Property will be increased In value
and / believe that people in that secltton
of the city should De given me same
the avenue would, in my opinion, place
all that unused property along the ave
nue. on the market for manufacturing
purposes. We should encourage manu-
fadturers to, locate in our midst, and i
think the proper rove at this time Is
Mayor Wanser agreed with Mr.. Hard
ing, and preliminary estimates OF the
cost of the work are to be secured at
once Within a month 1T IS probable
tllfet work will be begun upon these two
great Improvements.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
ANOTHER HARDING ARRESTED.
He Received Goods Stolen From the
limited Sfates Ex,snesa CoMapany.

United States ExssfesS company.
The arrest of William s. Harding, at
Binghampton, New York. yesterday, for
colnpMa.ty in the robbery of the United
States Express Comp@ny will probably
result in more arrests being made today.
William Harding, the Bins.hanpgon pris-
oner, is a cousin of Herbert Harding,
the bill clerk under arrest IN this city.
William Harding. 1T has been learned,
received a greater number OF the stolen
C. o. D. packa ges. He disposed OF some
of them, while others he in turn re-
shipped to accomplices in various parts
of the country. The scheme was SO
syst erllaltteally worked that the company
lis unable TO place any definite amount
on its losses. The mysterious disappear
,a1ce Of the boxed bicycles is still IN
solved. It is believed. however, that the
wheels were disposed of by. the Bins-
hampton Harding. The prisoners are
still detained at Police Headquarters.
They have made no new confessions in
volving accomplices. The Express Com
panys detectives are hard at work on
the case and sensational developments
are expelled IN the course of a day or
two. There is a Hkealhood of other EN-
ployes of tine company being drawn into
the case.
The prisoners Harding and WarbecN
are we'll known in this city,, and their
arrest caused a genuine sensation among
their friends. Am effort will probably
be made to have the Binghampton Hard
ing removed 10 this city for trial for
receiving stolen goods.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
RESENT The CHARGE.
Officials Take Exception to
Judge Lippincott's Sweep
ing Remarks to the
Grand jury.
THE COURT WAS MlsINFoRMED
Engineer Harrison Says the
Boulevard Is a Credit to the
County and Was Built
,..,..,.,.C Cheaplyy. ...,....---....-
City Hall Commissioners Ask to
Be Investigated = Prosecutor
Winfield Will Not Talk.

Justice Lippincott's charge to the Grand
Fury yesterday created considerable com
ment among officials of the city and
county. Some of the latter take particu-
lar exception to the remarks OF the
Court. Engine Edlow Harrison con-
tends that ths Judge was misinforned
when he asserted that the Boulevard mas
already cost twice as much as was orgi-
nally intended.
..The law provides for the expenditure
of s., 600, 900 for the road said Mr.. Har-
rison this morning. "All the necessary
contracts have been given out, and after
all the payments have been made there
viii be a surplus of about $4,000 of the
s., 900 900.
ORIGINAL ROAD OBJECTED TO.
"Under the act OF 1883 the county was
authorized to expend 81 OoQ. 900 in the build
ing of a county road. That bill provid-
ed for the opening and grading OF the
road, building Of bridges and the natural
acquisition of the necessary property for
the right of way. The road provided flor
under that act was objected to be-
cause it was found that it would be-
come a mud hole. The work provided
for under the original act cost $780,
600 or sS,oO0,00O in excess of the amount
authorized to be expended. There was
no provision made for the paving of the
road, and the public generally wanted
good road or none at all. II was de-
cided to ask for 81, 900, 600 additional to
make the road one tla would be a
credit to the county.
'.An act to meet the emergency was
prepared and the Governor demanded
an estimate of the work, which neces-
STATED s1.0co,oO0 more An estimate was
prepared showing the cost of the right
of way to be S520,000. Under q decision
condemnation of property, considerable
change was made In the cost Of land.
TOTAL COST OF PROPERTY.
1.-THE total cost of the property was
$734, 900, or s214,000 in excess of the esItd-
mate With the additional s1,000,0O0, curb
lighting of the road were provided for.
the necessary bridges were estimated to
-sost S1z5, ,000 but 1t required $l2I, go Grad
mg was estimated at s2l0,U0o, but 1t is,
guttering was estimated at $3.50 and
Is being done for s46s. 900, a saving of
S12S,000. The tree planting was estimated
at IS. $780, but 1t will cost by contract 81, 200
The electric light plant was placed
were submitted. An award was made
to the ss3, 900 bidder. but the contract has
been thrown out by the courts. The
100000 road was never intended to be
the road We have at present. l court an
Jury drawn since work was begun has
investigated the road, and I am satisfied
to have the new jury begin at once. l
will give the members all the assistance
possible. We have kept within the ap-
preparations and complied with the law
In every instance. The Boulevard will
be satisfactory, think, to every one
when it is completed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
RESULTS IN MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, April 8, 1ss5.-Returns re-
ceived from elections held in Missouri
yesterday show that the lightest vote in
many years was cast. In many cities
and towns the Republican ticket was
elected by increased majorities over the
vote polled in the last Congressional
election. At Springfield the Democrats
elected seven out of eight candidates for
Aldermen. At Macco, Lebanon, st.
Charles, Boonville, Carthage and st. Jo-
seph the Republicans elected, the entire
ticket. The Democrats made clean
sweep at Moberly. Poplar Bluff, Paris
and Salem. At Jefferson City, Bedalla
and other important cities in the State
The successful candidates are evenly di-
vided between Republicans and Demo-
Gratis No election was held IN Kansas
In ST. Louis the Republicans elected 20
out of the "a candidates for the City
Council by an average majority OF l0,-
aA0a rn% nc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
IRON QUEEN BURNED.

z PoMEROY, O., April 8, 1s95.-At eight
o'clock this morning, while putting off
freight at Antiquity, twelve miles above
Pomeroy, the passenger steamer Iron
Queen took fire and was totally Destroy
ed. One chambermaid is missing.
The Iron Queen left Cincinnati for
wheeling and Pittsburg at five P. NJ,
Monday
1t is difficult to get particulars of the
burning of the steamer Iron Queen at
Antique this morning, as it is at coun-
or telegraph office, and the roads to It
are in a bad shape, but the latest from
chamberlnaid, whose name is not known.
She could not get OF and was burned;
The steamer Valley Belle Is expected
passengers. The fire was caused by the
explosion of lamp in the engine ROOM
When the boat passed here this morning
she was loaded nearly TO the guards
with freight and had a big passenger
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
SAVED BY MAX sALINGBR.

Anna Snowden pleaded guilty this
morning to malicious mischief when ar
Counsellor Salinger asked the Court to
allow her to substitute plea of not
guilty. The Assistant Prosecutor OBJ
to Miss Snowden and was satisfied in
his mind that she was not guilty. ''It
would be an injustice" your Honor, ito
sentence her.
The Assistant Prosecutor said:-"f my
learned friend, Salinger, is satisfied in
his mind, I withdraw my objections"
Mr.. Salinger hastened to explain, that 1t
was In his mind and no where else that
he was convinced. His client was ad-
nitted to ball awaiting trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
OUTRAGE ON THE ETHELRED

WASHINGTON, April 8, 1Ss5.-Commis-
sioner Chamberlain of the Treasury
Bureau of Navigation says that the
Ethelred, reported as having been fired
upon, halted and searched by a Spanish
cruiser off Cape Maysi Cuba, is prac-
hies the British ensign. She is engaged
in the fruit trade and plies between Bos-
ten and Cuban ports. The vessel was
built in England, but is owned in Bos-
ton. AS the vessel was built abroad, by
our laws, she could not sail under the
American flag, though owned here, No
report of the incident has been received
either at the State Department or by the
Spanish Legation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-03
PLANK ROAD COMPANY SUED.

The bows9rit of the schooner Brandy
wine, John Cost, Master, owned by the
off on April Is, 1892, by a collision with
the bridge of the Newark Plank Road %,
Company over the Pas.saic River; Thee
AGAINST the Plank Road Company for
$500 damages. They. claim negligence on
the part of the bridge master.
was but half open, whils a green light
was displayed. sign that the channel
morning in the Circuit Court before
Judge Iippincott A counter quit. has
beer brought by the Plank Road Company
for damages done to the bridge.
IT will be tried tomorrow.