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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
WAKING UP CARPENTER.
The Administration Taking Every
Step 10 Profect Am erf fcan interests.

step 10 PrOacca AfMeFIcha AHhSFSes~'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 1S95.-The pro-
test sent to President Cleveland by
American citizens in Shanghai against
the alleged inactivity and Indifference to
American interests of Minister DENLY,
particularly in allowing British Con-
sular officer to represent the United
States in the inquiry into the Ku-Cheng
massacre, was received by Acting Sec
retary Adee by telegraph this morning
from Gay Gables. conference follow
ed between Mr.. Adee and Acting Secre-
tary McAdoo of the Navy Department.
AS result Mr.. McAdoo sent a despatch
to Rear Admiral Carpenter informing
him of the complaints of inactivity and
telling him to use all the vessels under
his command to protect threatened Am
erican citizens or interests. He also
requested him to answer at once as to
the condition of affairs and whether, his
force could be so placed as to give pro-
lection and calm the fears of Ameri-
cans who may be in danger.
HOW EXAGGERATIONS OCCUR.
There is a dearth of news at the State
Department concerning the attacks on
missionaries. Errors in the telegraphic
transmission Nof Chinese names and the
different spellings of them by people of
various nationalities are giving the peo-
pie of this country somewhat erroneous
view of the outrages, which are undoubt-
edly general enough, but not SO much
SO as would appear from the repetition
of dispatches concerning attacks on the
same place but with the name spelled
differently in each instance, thus ap-
parently indicating that the attacks
have been as many as the different spell
ings of the town where the riot occurred.
This is the State Department view of
the matter and is borne out by several
examples. One despatch stated that a
riot had occurred at Hutien, apparently
adding another to the list of places where
missionaries have been ill-treated, but
the department has learned that Kutien
is merely the British spelling of Ku-
Cheng, where so many English mission
aries were murdered. Most of the cable
messages received at the Department
from its officers in China come by way of
Siberia. and the errors of the Russian
telegraph operators in receiving and
sending on the. wire unusual names are
not strange when we consider that others
have been guilty of distorting the name
of General Daniel Sickles into Suppes
and Smelly in the same despatch to the
London Times on November 9. 1869,
shortly after the opening of the trans
Prussian Telegraph system.
THAT BRITISH CONSUL.
Nothing has been heard at the
Department from Mr.. DENLY to
the effect that he has placed
the interests of the United States in
the inquiry in the hands of British
official. AS the nearest American Con-
sulate to Ku-Chengs is three weeks
journey distant, it is thoagh- at the De
rartment that Mr.. DENLY may have
found it expedient to delegate American
interests in the investigation to the
T2ritish Consul win will 90 there
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
INYONps SURPRISE.
Leaves the Niagara Far Behind In
the Twenty-Raters Race.

PORTSMOUTH, UAug. TO- 1Ss5.-The
twentyraters raced today from Southsea,
in connection with the regatta of the
Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht
Club. for the Yachtsman's Cup. The
course was from an imaginary line off
the station, to and around the Warner
Liehtship then to and around the
Northeast Middle buoy and back to the
starting line. twice around, distance
of twenty-eight miles. The weather
was cloudy. but there was fresh
southerly breeze. The Luna and
Stephanie, though they were entered,
did not appear. The Eucheris did not
enter. The others got away in cluster
after the firing of the starting gun. The
Inyoni was slightly ahead of the Vineta,
with the Isolde and Niagara together,
and the Audrey last. They beat down
to the Warner Lightship, carrying CLUB
topsaiIs and iibtopsails .4,,
Running back to the Commodore' Wlth
spinnakerS to Starboara, the lnyoIl Heto.-
ed the Others. and the, Audrey passed
through the Niagaras lee. me utfleia3i
times of the finish, of the first round, tla
starting line was drawn, Were;-llnXyoon yol
2:4S:31; Audrey, 2:474l; y Niagara. 2;4S:ll;
At the Warner. Lightship on the seond
round the positions of the boats were
unchanged On the reach back to the
Northeast Middle buoy the Inyoni sailed
away from the others in a light sa.a WING; d;
a mile astern of the Audrey. The Isolde
and Vineta were then passing Noman
Fort, some distance to the Eastward OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
THE HARTFORD REMonELLBD.
Farragut,s Flagship to Go Into Conn
mission Again.

Z WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 1S95-Chief
Constructor Hichborn. of the Navy De-
partment, asserts that the historic old
Hartford. which was Farragut's flag
ship at the battle OF Mobile. and which
is now being remodelled at the Mare
Island yard, will, when in commission
again. prove to be one of the most SER
viceable vessels in the Navy Her boil
ers. machinery, and the batteries will
be of modern construction. She will be,
to some extent, composite ship, since
her spar deck beams, hatch comblns
and hammock waist will be of steel. The
purpose of the steel deck beams is to
give greater space between the decks
and add to the structural strength of the
boat.
She will carry Thirteen five-inch rapid
firing guns, very efficient battery in its
way, iasmuch as the naval battles fought
during the Chino-Japanese war demon
strated that the rapid-fring gun, while
possessing no great penetrating quail
ties, was a powerful auxiliary to the
heavier armament in destroying the
unprotected parts of an enemy's vessel,
and throwing the crew into confusion as
result of it's continuous and Calling fire
The Hartford will also be supplied with
ample sail power which can be utilized
in emergencies and add enormously to
the saving in the consumption of coal.
She will have steaning capacity of
thirteen knots an hour. She will be,
moreover, an economical vessel in that
her hull being wood she can be kept
ahoat indefinitely and thus avoid the
continued expense of docking.
u,to will
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
LIVED IN OPIUM HULKs.
Census OF Residents in Ia American
Settlements in Shanghai.

WASHINGTON, Aug. u 1S95.-An in
teresting statement based on a census
taken this year, has been furnished the
state Department concerning the Foreign
population at Shanghai by Mr.. Jernigan,
the United States Consul at that place
"Hankew," the American settlement
contains nearly two-thirds of the whole
population of English and Americans
The total foreign population of Shang-
hal is 1854, the British leading with
1886, the Portuguese oming next with
731, and the Americans third with S2S.
Next in order are the Germans with
314, Furasians 260, japanese 25os Spanish
15l, Frerich 13S. and East Indians ll9.
The fie res of the American population
has increased from 255 in 1870 to S29 this
year.
Of the "a Americans who lived in
opium hulks. two were American. man
and boy. Me. the greatest number of
any foreign nationally, Of the opium PUN
hulks residents We're British subjects. /
males. Other nationalities had one ~, or
two men apiece in these places. The
only child in them was American.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
WOMAN MURDERED A GIRL.

WELLSBORO, Pa. Aug. 10-At ten
O'Clock last night Mrs. Charlotte How
ell. of Tioga. a good looking woman
about twenty-seven years of age was
lodged in Jail here for the murder of Miss
Libbie Knapp at Tioga on May 20, last.
Two detectives from the Wilkinson
Agency in New York have been working
on the case for six weeks and it is
believed that they have secured evil
dence enough agaist Mrs. Howell to
convict her of the crime. Her examina-
tion is to take place next Tuesday.
Miss Knapp died under mysterious cir
cumstanees. She retired at night in
usual health and awoke in great pain
and died twelve hours later. She stoutly
affirmed before her death that she had
been poisoned. and so the Cofoner's jury
decided. Miss Knapp had been living
with the Howells and it is believed that
Mrs. Howell became jealous of her.
It is said that the detectives have some
evidence to show that Howell's first wife
died under similar circumstances few
years ago and his young son also died
suddenly both deaths resulting from poi
soning. and that Charlotte Howell, cir
scumstantially. may be connected with
these cases also.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
FOUR DAYS STEAMER DREAM.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10, 1895. The
probabilitySof a four day steamship to Eu-
rope ever being realized is not given much
consideration by those interested IN the
steamship building in Philadelphia. 1t has
been rumored that plans and designs for this
marine wonder are almost completed in this
city, but the work must be done with great
secrecy as nobody seems to know anything
about it.
Charles H. Cramp, president of the Cramp
Company, says that the foui-day steamship
may be a possibility, but its relization seemed
a long distance off.
''It is fully forty years ago, said he s'since
I first heard of the four-day steamship, and
it has not got here yet. l will admit that
wonderful progress has been made in the
shipbuilding industry since that time but it
viii necessitate the accomplishment of enor-
Dlous strides in the business before asship
will be constructed to cross the Atlantic in
four days. In fact there is scarcely a fort
night during many years past that [ have
not been informed OF the certainty of the
four-day steamship. / will not say that it
will never come. but marine architecture has
not advanced to that stage of perfection up
to the present time. !"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
BOWLER ON BoUNTIEs.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 10, 1s95-Judge
semmes, Of Louisiana, the attorney of the
sugar planters of that State, made the final
argument in the sugar bounty cases before
Comptroller Bowler today.
He asserted in opening that bounty, direct
and Indirect had been sanctioned by the
people and by legislation after which he
cited the power given by the constitution to
Congress to raise money, and to make ap-
propriations He then quoted numerous
authorities on constitutional law to show
that Congress was not restricted in its use
of money Following this he took up the
question as to what was "public purpose y,
and quoted many legal authorities In this
connection he said that for over centuryno
court in the United States, for any reason
whatever, had ever attempted to interfere
with the grant of any appropriation by Con
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
NEVER MORE PROS:
Porous.

FALL RIVER. Mass, Aug. 49, 1856
Secretary Howard of the Mule Spinners'
Association, in his call issued today for
a meeting of spinners to be held Wedaes-
day night, says in part:-Our union was
never in all its history more prosperous
than at the present time. We feel pleas
ed to say that every branch of the Ma
tional Mule Spinners' Union has had all
the reductions made in their wages
during the past three years. restored,
with the exception of Manchester, n.
H; Fall River and New Bedford. and
possibly another small place or two. Let
us keep on in our good work and keep
united as one man, so that when the
appointed time arrives we will be in
good position to demand such remunera-
ton for our labor as the markets war
rant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
MURDERS IN THE SUPREME COURT
A Federal Judges Ruling on Sci
Defence and dpremeditasiOn.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 10, 1S95.-Two
murder cases have been docketed in the
Supreme Court of the United States,
on appeals from Judgments entered by
Judge Isaac Parker. In the United
States Court of the Western district of
Arkansas, each of which present inter-
esting and unusual features In both
cases the grounds of appeal are largely
exception to the judges ruling in the
matter of introduction of testimony and
of the matter of his charges 10 the jury.
In respect to this latter it will be re-
membered that the Supreme Court of the
United States has found it necessary
within the past two years to reverse
Judge Parker and grant the convicted
persons new trials. The Court said that
in these cases that Judge Parker was
not sufficiently clear and explicit in the
definition of legal terms to the juries, to
which fact the Judge pays his respects
in the charge to the jury in the case OF
John Allison, in which he said
'tMalice imports premediation.
That is. the purpose to kill is thought of
beforehand Now, of course, you are
to distinguish (and 1 have to be particu-
lar upon this point I have my reasons
for it, and it is not necessary to name
to you what they are) between case
where a man prepares simply to defend
himself and keeps himself in the right
in that defense, and a case where he
prepares himself recldlessly, wantonly
and without just cause to take the life
of another. If he prepares himself in
the latter way, and he is on the lookout
for the man that he has thus prepared
to kill. and he kills him upon sight, that
is murder; and it would shock humanity,
or even the most technical and hair
splitting court, to decide anything else.
John Allison was. youth of twenty
years, who, on January last shot and
killed, his father. William Allison, in
the Cherokee Nation Mrs Allison, MS
mother was a native of the Indian Ter
ritory, but in her youth moved to the
Pacific Coast, where she married. Ac-
-cording to her testimony in the case
Allison mistreated his. family and was
ington for AN assault upon HIS brother
in-law.
The other appeal is that of Eli Lucas,
who was convicted and sentenced to
hang for the murder of Levi Kemp in
the Cherokee Nation on October l, 1894.
In this case, one count of the Indictment
charged Lucas with the murder of Kemp
and the other charged him with the
murder of a person to the jurors un-
known This seeming Inconsistency was
due to the fact that the corpus delicti in
was apparently some doubt of it's iden-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
DIGGING FOR THE DEAD.


NEW York. Aug. 1O.-lThe search for
the bodies of the victims of the collapse
of the interior of the building at West
Broadway and West Third street con-
tinued all night long by the light of
gas torches. 1t will be several days be-
fore it is ended.
The work is difficult and tedious be-
cause of the great number of iron beams
that imprison the plaster the fire brick
and other material that was carried down
in the fall.
Thus far seven bodies have been taken
from the ruins. The seventh victim was
taken out at II O'Clock last night. The
body was identified as that of John w.
Smith. wireman. The name of the
man was given in the list of the missing
here as John w. Smith.
Eight men are still missing There is
scarcely a doubt but that all of them
will be found in the debris.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
TOO MANY HUSBANDS.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Aug. 10, 1885,
Two months ago woman giving her
name as Miss Clara Ray, of Rochester,
N. Y. came to this city and soon made
the acquaintance of Andrew J. Moore,
who had a short time previously been
granted a divorce from his wife on the
ground of infidelity. After a short ac-
quaintance Moore and the Ray woman
were married July TO- last, and July 81 he
created sensation by driving her from
his home. She left the city, but not
before papers for divorce had been served
upon her.
9es1Lerday II vas iearned that the Wo-
Green Miller. who deserted her husband
and two children living at Ringgold, Ga.
When Moore discarded her she returned
to live with Miller, who has determined
to prosecute the woman for bigamy.
She was arrested last night on that
WOO
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
EX0BITANT LAWYERS FEES

A curious incident of exorbitant lawyers $
fees has come into notice through an order
recently issued by the Supreme Court of
Brooklyn, directing the distribution of the dam
age obtained by little girl in a suit against
troly company The girl had lost both
her feet. and obtained Judgment for s13, 26S.6 6s.
the girls counsel S7224. 50, leaving the crippled
girl $6O23 SO as her share This decree sug-
gests another case Of much the same nature
now pending in the Massachusetts courts. A
prominent building firm recently underbid a
competitor for advertised work, but was not
awarded the contract. Suit was brought
under the guidance of eminent counsel, and
damages of $1e 900 was ordered by the court.
The lawyers rendered bill of services for
$500, and ckeck of equal amount to their
clients This was considered to be outside
the bounds of reason by the building firm, the
$4,000 check was returned to to their counsel
and now the attorneys are defendants in
suit to recover the whole.-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
NOuFOR THE AWARD
Street and Water Commis-
sioners Will Accept the
the Water Bid Oh
Tuesday.
EAST JERSEY COMPANY's REPLY
Rumors of a Conspiracy to Pre-
vent the City From Having
a New Supply.

The Street and Water Commissioners
will award water contract at theii
meeting next Tuesday morning. Tne
Commissioners believe that the award
will be certioraried by Tom McEwan,
who is troubled with 'Mayoralty
Bee" and by Frank o. Cole and a few
others of that class.
It was reported this morning that the
East Jersey Water Company is. closely
allied with the Roelzaway and Hudson
Company, Reon Barnes having hand
in the management of both.
Mr. Barnes is the Lehigh Valley Rail-
roads representative, and his intimacy
with H. H. Holmes of the Rockaway and
Hudson Company dates from the time
the latter was in the Assembly.
It developed this morning that "Pipe
Tester Kent" the self-styled expert, is
a relative of Alexander Mclean, a re-
porter of the Evening Journal" and
it is rumored that there is a fine con-
spfracy in the wind to prevent the city
from acquiring new water.
OFFICIALS IN IT.
officials. it is alleged have lent them
selves to the scheme in a manner which
will surprise their friends. 1t is con-
tended that the conspiracy is in the in
terest of the East Jersey Water Com
pany.
The Jersey City Water Company will
not bid again if it loses the contract
this time. and it is reported that the
East Jersey people. knowing this, are
trying everything possible to defeat the
wishes of the people,
SINCERE COMMISSIONERS
The Street and Water Commissioners
are going to do what they believe to be
the best for the interests of this city.
no matter what schemers are trying to
Duiidoze them into doing.
An award will be made next Tuesday,
without doubt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
DIED..
VAN WARRIOR Tuesday, August 6, 1895.
Stephen L. Van Wart. aged IS years.
Z months and days.

VAN WARRIOR Tuesday, August 6, 1885.
Stephen L. Van Wart. aged IS years.
I months and days.
Relatives and friends. also Grant
Lodge. No. So K. of p; Onward Lodge.
No. 159 /. O. o. f.. and Van .HouIen
tend the funeral service on Saturday,
August TO- at eight P. NJ, from his late
residence. No, 21s Hoadley avenue,
infernnent on Sunday at Yonkers.
M'DONALD-On Thursday, August s.
1895. Margaret Mcdonald. daughter Of
the late PatgGe grsns ana as ehhtad nyte 9s 70 az
tend the funeral on Sunday, August IL
at two ?. NJ, from her late residence,
No. 24S Second street.
BEIRNE-on Saturday. Aug. 10; 1888.
Arm, relict of the late Thomas
Relatives and friends of the family
the residence of her son. John Belrne'
% 4Wayne street, on Monday, August Il,
9cb at webere Ne taePfG igh tS MASS IS Of Pfegei reagei
will be offered for the repose OF her
soul.
DAvIEs-Mary, widow of the late James
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral on Monday, Aug. T.
from her late residence, S6S ocean ave
where a solemn High Mass of requiem
will be offered for the happy repose or
her soul.
NTefyAiRTFIY-On friday Aug. 9, 1895,
1Tol1n beloved husband of the late
elizabeth Mccarthy. aged 80 years
Relatives and friends are respeet1ulIiiy li'
ivited to attend the funeral from his
late residence, 2S6 Sixth street. on sum
day. Aug. II, at Y, M
MILRAvEY..on Friday. August 2 sS lSsS.
at his fathers residence, No. Al Bel
mont avenue Heights, Alexander Nc
IIravey. deeply and deservediy regret
Funeral on Monday, August u, at II
A. NJ.
O'BRIEN-On Friday, August 8, 1895.
Della, beloved wife of James OBrlen.
aged Al years.
Relatives and friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral from her late residence. No. 154
Seventh street., ON Sunday, August Il.
at 3:15 P. NJ.
WARD-At Bay Ridge, l. l., on Fri.
day. At1g}1ss Z; 3. e. 1assSf lslza WIDOW or
Services at Wayne Street Reformed
Church on Monday, AUGUST II, at II AM.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
SCOPE OF THEIR BID.
East Jersey Company Files a
Rejoinder to the ]. C.
Water Company's
Criticisms.

AS counsel for the East Jersey Water
Company. Messrs. Collins & corbin, OF
this city, have filed with the Street and
Water Board rejoinder to the Jer-
sey City Water Company S commune
cation criticizing the East Jersey Water
Company's detailed estimate of the cost
Of its supplemental proposition No. 5.
The document speaks for itself. In full,
it is as follows:-
August 9, 1896
Hon. Board of Street and Water Com
missioners. Jersey City, N j.
Gentlemen-At the request of your
Board. we presented on July 80 through
our counsel. certain explanatory figures
desired by the Board in considering our
Supplemental Proposition No. 5. Our
bid. as originally filed, called for sin
dependent reservoirs and storage bas-
ms located within the State of New Jer-
sey, in such places as to receive and be
capable of storing a water supply for
one hundred days delivery Hereunder,
at the rate OF fifty million gallons per
day" and the annexed plans showed
the locations Of various available reser-
voirs. Among those so shown were the
Longwood and Beach Glen reservoirs
mentioned by Mr. Corbin in his state
ment to you of July 80. Our original
bid also stated that the supply offered
would be supplemented, if necessary, by
other waters controlled by this COM
pany and by the Morris Canal. In this
statement we had in mind the possible
desirability of adding Lake Hopatcong
to the reservoirs above referred to.
When your Honorable Board requested
us to name limit of cost in connec-
ton with our supplemental bid No. 5
(Which was to supply the lands and wa
ter rights for a fixed sum. and to do the
work and finance the operation for cost
and a percentage), we recognized that
the request was reasonable, and by our
statement of july so we fixed such limit
BY this we made no new proposition; but
at your desire presented suecinctly in
figures the scheme outlined by our sup
Elemental bid No. s.
No other bidder could possibly offer the
city such terms. No other interest ex-
lists that can, at the present day, offer
the city. as we can and do, an immediate
supply of good and wholesome water,
and permanent supply from sources
and titles already in the bidders possess
sion and control; not speculatively, or
on options. or on promises based on the
result of indefinite litigation with the
rightful owners. but directly as owners
and possessors of property long since ac-
CURED by the expenditure of large sums
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SANK WITHOUT A SIGN.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10, 1695.-Lynn
G. Troutman, prominent contractor, was
drowned in the Schuylkill river at Shaw
monts, suberb of Philadelphia, yesterday
afternoon. With several companions Trout
man went in swimming, and, without max
ing any sign of distress he disappeared under
the water. The others of the party thought
the man was diving and, for time,
they paid no attention to him.. lie renamed
under water for so long. however, that
the others became alarmed and all
hands swan to the spot were Troutman had
last been seen, and one after another they
dived to the bottom without being able to
locate him. after an hours work the body
was recovered Troutman was 54 years of
age It is supposed he was attacked with
cramps