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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-24
ARMY MATTERS.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 90.
War Department official ex
press the opinion that while
the chances largely favor the
assignment to duty at Wash
ington of Major General Miles.
as command in-chief of the
army, to succeed Lieut.. Gen.
Schofield, who retires early in
October next, yet the question
is an open one, and is being
seriously considered by Pres
ident Cleveland. 1t is under
stood that the President is in
clined to believe there is no
authority in the constitution or
law for q commander-in chief
of the army beyond that which
makes the President cOmman-
der in chief Of both army and
navy, and that maintaining
army headquarters at Washing
ton under a commander-in- chief
is Il proctice that has grown up
permissibly rather than legally:
that the navy has no comman-
der-in chief TO issue orders ex
cept by the Secretary of the
Navy and army affairs can be
conducted by the Secretary of
War in the same manner.
1t is possible that some con
fiict Of authority may have
occurred between Gen. Schofield
and Secretary Lamont, and the
President apprehends that like
troubles may happen with Gen.
Miles. Still the question is un
decided and is one upon which
opinions conflict even among
officers of the army.
The fact will probably be
recalled that Gen. Sherman de
clined at one time to remain at
Washington and removed army
headquarters TO st. Lonis. Just
what..will happen is a matter for
conjecture, and if Gen. Miles or
some other major general, pre-
ferably Gen. Rugar. shall be
designated to succeed General
Schoiield as commander in chief
of the army, With headquarters
at Washington, it will probably
be due to the fact that the Pres
ident believes that the public
safety will be advanced there
by, and not because he agrees
to its legality.
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CITY OFFICERS.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-24
SILYERITES AT WAR.

Chicago, H., Sept. 20.-The
Post says that a lively row is
on between the prominent adj
vocates of free silver now in
Chicago over the location Of
their headquarters. The trou-
bic IS the result Of a proposal
TO move them from Washing
ton to the West. and has, it is
said, developed a great deal of
bitterness among the silver
leaders. Messrs. Sibley and
Warner early in the discussion
fatty refused 10 lend their aid
to the movement to shift head
quarters, while a strong element
demanded that the movement
be conferred i'll the territory
from which it received its chief
support. Chicago men. accord
ing to common report, undertook
10 effect a compromise by nam
ing Chicago as the seat of the
silver war, and by SO doing de
veloped bitter opposition from
both sides of the CONTROVERSY
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-24
BIG STONE CONTRACT.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 20
To-day d contract for 10000
cars Of stone was entered into
by the Galveston Jetty Com
pany, the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe Railway Company
and Lauderdale Quarry Com
pany. 1t is stipulated that the
quarry company and railway
company shall deliver to the
Galveston Jetty Company at
this city not less than 725 cars
of rock per month for use in
extending the jetties in course
Of construction here. 1t is es
timated that the cost of tran
sportation of the above amount
of rock will be 1925 900.
MATERIAL SUGGESTIONS.
Houston Post.
If cotton could not be manu-
featured in the South where II
is grown, we would have a good
excuse for sending it abroad 10
be manufactured, but SO long
as it can be We have no excuse
at all.
1t seems from the newspapers
of Texas that there are two
kinds of hogs in the State; one
kind will eat tomatoes and the
other will not.
The State should at its own
expense, If necessary, enlarge
the Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal College, so as to give all
Of its boys that want to become
useful citizens a chance. 1t has
the space and all it needs IS
further Improvements.
Dewitt county will feed TO-
900 head of cattle this year. !.
would feed more if it had them.
One thousand citizens in the
Wichita valley have subscrib-
ed $500 each to irrigate their
portion of the Brazos river val
ley.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
THE REV. MR. WASHER BURIED.

The Rev. Oliver Washer, who died on
Saturday. was buried yesterday after
noon from his late home at No. IL
Clinton avenue. The interment was III
the old Dutch Reformed Cemetery on
Bergen avenue. The service at the
house was as follows:-scripture. read
ing, the Rev. w. D. Grant: address
on behalf of the United Presbyterian
P~resbytery of New York, by the Rev.
w. s. Martin; address, the Rev. Charles
3: Clyss; prayer, the Rev; DR.; Shagrles
die: benedsction,. the Rev. JAIME A.
Reid of New York.
Mr.. Washer had no regular charge,
but supplied many .pulpits temporarily
in the absence of the regular pastors
It was while filing a vacancy n Rye
tracted the severe cold that resulted in
his death. Mr.. Washer was born in
Horsham, Sussex county, England, on
May q, 1887. He graduated, from Ok
ford University, and entered the min
istry of the Presbyterian Church in Eng
land. I'm 1872 he married Miss Robina
Robbie. They had four children, two of
which. a son and a daughter, survive
him. He came to this country a number
of years ago
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
M0T0RMAN LOSES HIS EYE.
Singular Accident to Patrick Nolan
on an Electric Car.

Patrick Nolan, thirty-two years old,
of No. 236 Erie street, will probably lose
his eye as the result of an accident
which happened to him last night. He
is a motorman on the Montgomery street
line. The tracks were very slippery yes
teday. As Nolan's car was going down
the Hill on Montgomery street, from
Bergen to West Side avenues. on the
$40 o'clock trip, the brake failed to do
it's proper work AS the car approached
the switch and curve at West Side ave-
nue., Nolan became alarmed. Some
months ago a car jumped the track there
and did considerable damage. Nolan
damned his foot or the sand brake, but
1t wouldn't bulge. He leaned forward
put all his strength on 1t. AS he
did so his other foot touched and loos-
ened the ratchet which holds the brake
in place. His head was bent close to
the handle. 1t flew around and struck
him with tremendous force just beneath
the right eye. 1t tore the flesh away, ana
completely closed the eye. The force of
the blow stunned him and Knocked him
back against the door of the car. where
he lay until the conductor hurried to his
assistance. Luckily he had thrown the
power off before the accident happened,
and the car am to a ~standstill. Nolan
was taken to the City Hospital by
Chanceman Mflburn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
NEW REFoRMAToRY SITE.
OF tho States Farm at
Railway.

S57cefdlt to TIC Jersey City NeatA
RAILWAY. April 2. 1s95.-The pro-
posed site for the State R~eformatory
in this city is at its extreme limit. and
fronting on Lakewood avenue boule-
ward. a fine driveway running along the
riverside. high above the water on a
bluff. The land IS owned by the State,
and comprises about fifty acres of fine
ground. high and dry. The place is
known as the old Thomas Edgar home-
stead. TIL property extends over into
the Middlesex county line, and is bound
ed on the south side by the main Wood
bridge and Perth Amboy road, origin
ally known as the "~Ehunpike,'' and built
ioy Edgar. the original owner of a large
tract Of the land there: who built 1t after
was finished in 1903. The land is level,
and by its natural contour well drained.
There are large barns, granaries and
other buildings on the place. and depth
Of water off the dock to float a steam
boat. 1t IS a pretty place and has every
natural advantage. An electro street
railway runs through both these thor
ouehfares that bound the property. The
land is one mile from the man Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad station. which this street
railway passes. Three hundred trains
pass through Railway daily, and it is
the junction OF the Long Branch div
sion. The major portion OF CRIMINALS
comes rom the eastern part or the state
and Railway Is only nineteen miles from
Jersey City. According to statistics. it
is the second healthiest city n the State.
Zymotic diseases are very rare. It has
been asserted in a New York paper
which is becoming noted for its mac
curacies about. Jersey affairs that the
region Is a malaria1 one. This IS a first
class pr~evaricstion. as a number of
deaths from all causes in Railway for
1894, was 1871. On an estimated population
of 10000, thts is 1871 per thousand, a very
low narcpnit9 ga.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
TUESDAY. P R 2. 1895.
This paper is Democratic IN principles
end is Independent ia ats uiesOs on q" local
questions
The yictory in Ohio.

The great Democratic sweep in Ohio
Is the first fruit of the altered condition
of the business outlook. The party has
peen paying. the last two years, for the
sins of a Republican Administration and
a Republican Congress. The panic and
disaster resulting from unnatural in
fation and reckless speculation nave
darkened the fortunes of the party which
came into power just as the reaction
against McKinleyism began. But now
the debt to logic has been paid. The true
valuations of things have been restored.
Business is once more upon a business
basis. Happily there is a sufficiently long
interval between this turn of the tide
n the next Presidential election to
give the Democracy the full benefit.
From this time forward, we may expect
to see a remarkable development in the
popularity of the President and his ad-
visers. Even the last Congress will be
found to have lone many good things,
and while 1t will always be subject to
40t Jill VI 10 Iiifo "a
omission and commission, its record will
always be compared favorab1y with that
which was made by Reed, Mckinley,
Cannon and the other Republican boom
ers in 1889 and 1890.
Thu plea which will doubtless be put
forward by the Republican press, that
the Democratic victories in Ohio are
the result of local causes, is rendered
wholly invalid by the length and breadth
of the movement. Columbus elects a
Democratic Mayor, Mr.. Cotton H. Allen,
c~leville, Celina, Van Vert and other
towns swept by the Republicans last all,
shows complete revolutions. Cleveland is
Democratic after a lively fight. It is
said that the situation causes surprise
to the politicians. This only shows how
stupid politicians are. 1t was really to
be looked for. The party in power is
always popular during a bull movement
and always damned when the bears have
it their own way. AS Allan L.. McDer-
mott once put it, THE King is always
to blame when things go wrong but on
the other hand, he always did it all
when things are prosperous.
The surprise parties for the politicians
are not over yet. Jersey City will fur
nish one next week. The decisive vic
tory of the Democratic ticket which is
an assured thing, will be only the pre-
liminary of a bigger victory in the Cub
ernatorial contest in the fall and in 1896
New Jersey will be found. as usual, in
the Democratic column of states.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
PRISON MAIL LOST.
Keeper Patterson'x Coachman Drops
1t ON the Way to the Post Office.

SitCCtcC " w CoIoCU Cty 4FcNc. $500
TRENTON, April 2, 1S95.-The New Jer-
sey State Prison authorities are anxi-
ously awaiting tidings of a valuable mail
pouch lost yesterday morning between
7 and s o'clock by Keeper Patterson's
coachman.
AS is customary. the coachman took
the mail pouch containing the prison
mail, among which were some very valu-
able letters. and placed it on the seat
beside him in front of the coach He
drove along toward the Clinton street
depot. and did not miss the pouch until
he reached the depot. Then he immedi-
ately drove back over the entire route
he had just taken, but failed to discover
any trace of the missing pouch. The
matter was then reported to the prison
authorities and to the police and Post
Office officials, and a dfligent Search was
made for the missing mail bag, but 1t
could not be found; neither could any one
be found who had seen anything of it.
Up to a very late hour last night it
had not been found.
found the pouch, cut it open, and secured
the ~uncancelled stamps. for their pains,
and whatever else of value that might
have been contained in the letters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES.
what the Young Church People Are
Doing in This County.

The Christian Endeavor Society con-
nected with the Bergen Mission, in Ber-
gen Hall, has charge of the meetings on
Wednesday evenings.
This week they will De assisted by the
choir of the West Side M. E. Church;
L. T. Everitt, leader.
At the monthly meeting Of the County
Executive Committee, last week, the Rev.
Church., Union Hill, gave a very inter-
esting and instructive talk on Chris
tian Endeavor Activity"
All of the districts were reported or
ganized except Hoboken.
The County Union having adopted dis
tinctive c%olors, a badge will be next In
oreer. and a committee composed of
Messrs. j. P. Butler, j. E. Fairbanks and
H. +. Bish.
The County Union will arrange a free
excursion for the poor of the city, and
a committee has the matter under way.
The County Union decided to accept
tan Association to take charge of its
mems meeting in Woods Hall on Sun
day, May 5.
This Will be made a rallying day for
the young men of the churches for evan
gei;stic work.
The committee appointed to look after
this meeting is Messrs.. w. T. Hunter,
Gg Tbe W =; MpFga9 co ana g; Il s9uF sneistv
will hold its anniversary on Thursday,
April IS.
A notable feature of the International
delegates vaii attend the church nearest rasf
TO their stopping place, thus avoiding
Sunday travel, which is in accordance
with Christian En6eavor principles.
Arrangements are being made to ac-
GpmnoQate 60. 600.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02

perior fighting qualities of our blue
jackets, we still can hardly be regarded
as a dangerous adversary to Great Brit
ain. Our seven ships, making up Admiral
Meade's squadron, fine as they are. must
seem a very small force to a nation which
could easily send out twenty-seven ves-
sells of equal power to meet them If the
need should arise.
For the deficiency in our navy we nave
the Republican party to thank. At the
close of the war. we stood second to no
nation in maritime fighting ability. But
some of our warships were sold. some
were left to rot on the stocks. Millions
were ~squandered in patchwork, and while
other powers went on building progressive
vessels, we kept on making ourselves
ridiculous by flying our flag over old
tubs that went out of date with the War
of 1872.
The defences of our coasts are almost
equally behind the age, and for this, too,
the Republican party is largely to blame.
The very interesting United Press letter
from the theatre of the Chinese-Japanese
war. printed in THE News" last Fri
day, dwelt upon the great advantage
which modern forts enjoyed over modern
ships. If the port of New York, natural
ly one of the easiest to defend in the
world, were provided with proper de-
fences, it could defy the united fleets
of the world. But the present wretched
earthworks, though sufficient enough for
the time when they were built, are no
better than nothing at all If assailed by
such batteries as those which demolished
the way for the landing of the British
troops in Egypt.
Our distance from Europe has lulled
us for many years into a foolish sense of
security. The last few years have afford
ed more than one Illustration of the
danger of war which always impends
country as we are. 1t is time that we
equipped ourselves In a style common
surate with our rank among nations and
the immensely of our interests. Not only
hould our navy be built up, but our
army, too. should be increased and
nlodernized. and above all our entire
extent of sea coast should be made as
nearly i~mpregnable as modern works and
modern guns can make it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
The Menace of war.

The New York Recorder" has a story,
this morning, from Washington, to the
effect that Admiral Meade's squadron
had been ordered to Bluefelds to make
a demonstration of force there as a
moral reinforcement of the position which
we have taken up in regard to English
attempts to bu1ldoze the Nicaraguan re-
public. The demonstration is to be made
in connection with the visit of the COM
mission on the Trans-Isthmian Canal
just appointed by the President. The
story is that the programme was de-
cided upon at the Cabinet meeting held
last friday and the instructions given
out for the forwarding of mail for the
ships to Colon was merely intended to
divert attention from their true desti-
nation.
This story perhaps lack confirmation.
mi of the great papers appear to have
heard 1t. Still. it has a high air of prob
ability. The President and Cabinet nave
evidently determined that there shall be
no trifling with American rights. 1t has
brought Spain to an apologize attitude
with remarkable rapidity, and even Eng
and has taken to explaining away her
own words in presence of our determined
attitude. If the President has thought
It wise to make a naval demonstration
at Bluefields to back up his warnings
to John Bull he will have the united
patriotic sentiment of the people at his
back.
1t is a question, however, whether any
Demonstration that we can make at sea
At this time viii impress a first rate
European maritime power as very for
idable We rank only sixth or seventh
in the list Of nava1 powers in respect to
the tonnage and Of our ships,
md making every allowance for the SUI
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
>BAYoNNEs POSTMASTER.

WASHINGTON, April 2, 1S95.-Ex-Con-
gresham Dunn of Elizabeth was in this
city yesterday in compan with Judge
Noonan, who had some matters in the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Dunn called at the
Post Office Department with reference
to the Bayonne post office case, but
could not learn when It is to be settled.
He asserts that nine-tenths of the Bay
onrle people wanted ex-AldermaH O'Far-
rell appointed, but that the Al P. A.
influence YVES prevailing and preventing
O'Farrell from getting the place. Joseph
I. Wood of Williamst0wn, ~. ", was
today admitted to practice before the
Department.
New Jersey postmasters were appoint
ed today as follows:-G. T. Thomson at
EdgTJwood, Bergen county; and Mrs. A.
m. Lowe, at Port Reading, MtdGlesex
county. ~
Today il registry day. See that yunr
name is properly enrolled at your pom
Ing place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
BBRGMAuu'S FATE FIXED
Justice Harlan's Decision Up
holding Our Procedure in
Murder Cases.
Special to the Jersey city Meaes.

WASHINGTON, April 2, 1S95.-August
Bergemann. of Morris county, convicted
and sentenced to death for the murder Of
julius Bergman, will hang. The Su-
preme Court of the United States yester-
day decided that there was no ground
upon which to stay the execution of the
sentence.
The efforts made by Bergmann's at
torneys TO save his life have been per-
sistent, but futile. 1t will be remem-
bered that after ne had been sentenced
he applied to the United States Circuit
Court in New Jersey, representing that
he had appealed to all the State Courts
for a stay of execution and for a writ
of error to review the judgment of con-
~viction, but his application had been de-
MED. He claimed that the Indictment
was defective in that it charged him
with murder in the second degree, and
not in the first degree, and he asserted
also that he had not been afforded equal
protection of the law. He, therefore,
applied to the United States Court for
a writ of habeas corpus, which was de-
MED him. and he appealed to the United
State Supreme Court.
NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Justice Harlan, In delivering the opinion
of the court sustaining the action of the
Circuit Court. holds that there is no
ground for the contention that the laws
Of e Jersey pre- scrffng the form of
lndlct nents in cases of murder n man
slaughter are inconsistent with the due
process of law or the equal protection Of
quotes the opinions Of ch5ef JpstGes
the View that an Indictment charging.
III a general form, the preparation of a
murder without indicating which of the
divided by statute, was Sufficient to full
ill the constitutional requirement of in
FOL ming the defendant of the nature
and cause of the accusation against
In view. of these .decigions," says
and scope of the statutes under which
the accused was prosecuted, it cannot
be held that. he was proceeded against
denying him the equal protection of the
laws or that were inconsistent with, due
process of law, as prescribed by the four
THE WRIT OF ERROR.
he ahf inS asfsTaon n @Ss not thd fau fnow 1us saes
Harlan concludes. as follows
TT is equally clear that the refusal of
5 sns s0a q Wf It S of sr Ters ef t. to s gFa1t th 5es ea ae-
cution of the sentence passed Upon him
constitutes no reason for the Interference
n his oehalT by a Writ OF habeaS corpus
Issued by a. court of the United States.
. . : The court below having. had
Jurisdiction of the offence and of the ac-
ute not r~epugnant to the Constitution of
the United States, he Circuit Court Of
the United States had no authority to m
terfere, by means of a writ of habeas cor
ous. with the execution of the sentence"
William d. DAILY was the counsel for
s 5~ergIaa Rns;ka and of 3sSa4a s 3, sflano Nei fS[
er Of the attorneys were here when the
decision was rendered.
Today is registry day. See that your
name is properly enrolled at your poll
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
COUNSELLOR RAINBs' FUNERAL.

Counsellor Samuel D. Haines was
buried yesterday from his late home on
Montgomery street near Baldwin ave-
nue.. The funeral service was a double
= Mr.. Haine was a Quaker. A num-
Der of friends were present at the fun
eral. They held this service. beginning
at ten o,clcck:-A fifteen minute period
of silence was followed by half a dozen
short addresses. Following the Quaker
the regular burial service at the request
of the sons. who do not believe in the
simple religion OF their parents. The in
terment was out Of town.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
MEADOWS ON FIRE.
M6AUUW6 UN fIn6.
Farmers In South Jersey Fighting
Flames in Atlantic.
6..as.1 L. L. Ia,.nea. Cifat hrnara
Special to the jersey City Nears.

MAYS LANDING, April 2. 1885
North Tuckahoe. this county, was in
danger last night of being consumed
by fire. The owners OF hay meadows
zeal thai place were burning over their
meadows. On Saturday night the wind
changed and drove the fire to the main
land.
Several houses were saved by severe,
hard work, and as it was one was de-
stroyed near Grsscome Swamp. The fam
lily escaped. leaving their goods to be
burned. The farmers were backs fir
ing to save their dwelling. Tt began
to rain this morning, which will help
them greatly.