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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
CITY NEWS NOTES

The Hudson City Improvement League
failed to get a quorum last night to hold
a meeting. Some of the members are not
over New Years yet.
There will be ball of the William F.
Phillips Association at FreschePs Casino.
West Hoboken, tonight.
The Grand Jury came into court yes
terday afternoon and handed up batch
of indictments in jail cases.
Charlie Webber, the policy king of
Jersey City will be tried: on Monday next
in the Court of General Sessions for vio-
lation of the law against policy.
into the cellar of No. "A York street last
night and broke his right leg.
Trolley car No. $50 of the Court House
line collided with an express wagon
owned and driven by Wrn. Neidhardt
at Newark avenue and Henderson street
sustaining fracture OF the shoulder.
The wagon was wrecked and the horse
scratched. Louis Joachim, the motorman,
was arrested.
New York, while at work on the boat
Thomas Gordon, lying at the foot OF
Payonia avenue, had his right leg
broken by a bag of potash falling on
him
street, the bartender who gave John
Weiss of No. 905 Columbus avenue, New
York, ammonia in mistake for whiskey,
yesterday afternoon, was admitted to
bail this morning by .Justice Potts
Weiss is still in critical condition at
the City Hospital.
Prof. Eckoff late of the High School,
is at present In the University of Hin
ois. Last year he was engaged in the
fserap Rernapd ,ri Gordon Of No. 42l Central ave
nue., was arrested by Rsundsman Rich
ards last night for throwing garbage In
the street. He was fiped IS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
MEN AND CATTLE KILLED.
Disasferous Wreck on the Aehfgh
Valley at white Haven.


HAZLETON, Pa, Jan. 3. 1894 seri-
Gus wreck occurred on the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad at three o'clock this morn
ing at White Haven. A drover named
Fuller from Nebraska was instantly
killed Chas. F. King, another drover,
from Munoy, Pa, was fatally injured
and Brakeman Maginnis seriously in
jured. A car of sheep and another of
dressed beef were thrown over an en-
bankment and about sixty head of sheep
were killed. The freight train had stop
ped at the end of the siding to shift
some cars and the drovers were asleep
in the caboose. Another freight train
came down the mountain grade at such
a terrific rate of speed that the engi-
neer could not stop and it crashed into
the standing freight with tremendous
force. The caboose was ground to
splinters Drover Fuller was killed in
stantly.
His dead body was found sticking to
the engine cylinder King, his compan-
ion, was dug from beneath the broken
cars. The car Of live stock and beef
rolled down a thirty foot embankment
to the Jersey Central tracks, blocking
prompt arrival Of a Wrecking crew from
White Haven extinguished the flames.
The Jersey Central tracks were feopened
at nine o'clock this morning, but the
Lehigh Valley tracks were blocked for
several hours later.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
GRUEsOME GRUMBLING.
Undertakers Want the Legislature
To- Create q State Hoard.


The Hudson County Funeral Directors
Association met last night in Roches
Hall. There was a large attendance
resulting from the issue of circular
letter stating that it would be to the
best interests of undertakers to meet and
take steps to rid the community of
some men In the business who are con-
silered unfit to care for the dead. The
undertakers propose securing legislation
this winter, if possible, providing for
the appointment by the Governor of
a commission composed of five members
to examine persons wishing to engage in
the undertaking business as to their
ability of not only caring for the dead,
but to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases. 1t is also intended to have all
undeftakers licensed. A bill in which
these points are embodied was discussed
at length last night, and it was agreed
that it's passage would be productive of
good.
1t was decided to send a delegation of
undertakers, to Trenton next Tuesday
with Assemblyman Parslow. He will be
leagues in business.
Seven new members were elected and
six applied for admission. The secre-
tary reported that every gndertaker in
the county. save ten, were members of
the organization. After Friday next the
initiation fee will be raised from $40 to
COX -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY.

The popular Merry Three gave pleas
ant surprise party last evening at the
home of Mr.. Charles Campbell, No. 206
Third street. Supper was served at mid
night, and dancing continued until morn
ing. There were present:-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Campbell Mr.. r. II. Black
burn, Miss A Connors, Mr.. H. Bodes,
Miss K. Connors. Mr. W Macklin, Miss
A. Smiley, Mr.. J. Lewis, Miss A; Dil-
Nodine, Miss Broas. Mr.. J. Anderson.
Miss Cory, Mr.. J. Macklin, Miss Bond,
Mr. J. Lamp, Miss L. Doyle, Mr.. E.
Roberts, Miss M. Flarety, Mr.. J. Hop
kins, Miss Sweeny, Mr.. J. Smith, Miss
K Mccormick, Miss Efie Oisbrow of
York, Miss Morse of New York, Mr..
Goldstein of New York, Mr.. W. Clifford
Of New York. Mr.; Elder M J. Gowd.e,
Stats, Mr.. w. Broardley, Miss NJ.
schwitzer, Mr.; 6, Anderson, Miss F.
Patten, Mr.. G. Brow, Miss F. Grum-
back. Mrs. Lowrey, Misses Hewett and
Misses Corrigan On the COMMITTEES were
Miss NJ. Connors. Miss M. Disbrow and
Mr.. s. Owens.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05

izsd to select the site and forthwith build
the monument lest we should all be oead
ere it is begun. There are plenty of sites
in the county to choose from. The com
mission should be entirely free and un-
der no restraint either In design or To-
cation: yet / can easily make two sug.
gestions Let the Board of Aldermen OF
Jersey city offer these two places, either Isr
centre of Van Worst Park, where the
fountain now stands. Either would serve
excellently WELL Whether in the busy
neighborhood of the City Hall or in
the grateful shade of the now beautiful
public square the stone shall feebiy
testify a peoples gratitude for those
who died that we might live.
After the address there was an excellent
entertainment, which included humorous
selections by Judge William 3. Green,
songs and instrumentaL. music by the the
METROPOLITAN Quartette-Robert j. Webb,
John T. Woods, David N. Maxon and
Hugh H. kennedy; selections by the
ard an exhibition with the baton by
Major Phillip j. Lynch. The entertain-
ment concluded with the singing OF
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. Mrs. c. Cole
sang the verses and the audience Joined
In the chorus.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05

began the vast space in the PLACE de
Fontenoy facing the courtyard OF tne
"Ecole Militaire" was crowded with men
and women. Many persons climbed the
base of the hexagonal granite monu-
rnent erected 10 the memory OF the
Parisians who were killed in 1870 ana
others hired dollar places upon step
ladders and maintained their, positions
throughout in the biting WIND. ToWaTo
the end of the ceremony the SKY pc
came overcast with snow clouds, which
the sun OCCASIONALLY pierced, but the ar
was extremely cold.
Although the ceremony OF degrading
the condemned officer presented a tns-
atrical aspect to civilians, it had so pro-
found an impression upon the mlhtary
spectators that during the short time
It lasted the representative of the united
a few feet of him six officers whose
trembling limbs were scarcely able TO
hold them 10, while hundreds OF others,
officers and privates, stood WITH plancheo
cneeks and streaming eyes utterly ln-
able to control their feelings. The
crowds outside, who Kept up a contiheai
shout of Death TO the traitor! became
almost delirious, and had the ceremony
taken place in an open space, like the
Esplanade des 1Invalides it Is absolutely
certain that twenty at least OF the most
violent of these fanatics Would nave
broken through the square and tried to
lynch Dreyfus.
When The officers of the reserve cried
out Down with the Judas, silence,
traitor" ETC., DreyfuS was stunned for
a moment, but, quickly recovering him
self. looked upon them through his. eye
glasses, which he wore throughout the
Ceremony, and, with a smile of con-
tempt. said in a clear, firm voice:-"You
are cowsrds.''
Generally ninety-nine out OF every hun
dred men who are thus degraded weep
like children during the ceremony, but
Dreyfus was firm throughout. During
the entire ceremony he appeared to be
less affected than almost any person
present Except that he was stung for
an instant by the taunts of his fellow
officers, he was perfectly cool.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS.
Secretary GresIsam's Report on the
Cost OF Printing Them.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1s94.-Under
the provisions of the last Sundry Civil
BILL the Secretary of State was direct
ed to cause the revolutionary archives,
except military records now deposited
in his department, to be examined for
the purpose Of ascertaining what por-
tions are of sufficient Importance and
historical value to publish and the rea-
sonable cost of their publication. re-
port on this resolution was sent to the
Senate yesterday afternoon. The arch
ives are found chiefly in the records
and papers of the Continental Congress.
and, as the Secretary of State says, the
manuscript collections of Washington,
Franklin, Jefferson. Madison and Ham
ilton also contain material of historical
value Secretary Gresham endorses the
previous views of Secretary Bayard and
urges that the documents be printed in
full. The propriety of Mr.. Bayard's rec
concentrations has been frequently en-
phasized by applications for access to
the original papers.
Secretary Gresham says it would be
impracticable for the department or
even any expert to determine precisely
what would or would not be valuable
for historical purposes, because 1t often
happens that light is sought with refer
ence to matters of apparently little mo-
ment which may be found to have great
significance in historical studies.
The. Secretary says there is urgent need
for adequate provision for the preser-
vation of these papers for the reason
that under present conditions the papers
are liable to serious injury and deface-
ment For the publication of these
archives the following estimate upon the
basis of volumes of 800 pages each, is
submitted
Journals of the Continental Congresses,
| 10 volumes, other records and papers of
the Congresses, 3S volumes-miscellane
Gus papers, principally from the collec-
| tons named, two volumes, making in
all so volumes.
OF these, the first 1000 bound in cloth,
would cost $100,75o, and each additional
thousand copies s22, $50. The cost of a
single copy of a volume of the first edi-
ton of 1000 would be about $2 and for
a single copy of the subsequent editions
about "A cents each The Secretary ac-
companies his letter with a list of the
volumes containing the papers of the
Continental Congress, exclusive of the
military records and a. memorandum
showing the manner of the acquisition
| of the several collections. the work done
upon them by the department and their
present condition,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
STAB BED FOURTEEN TIMES.
Seaman Burke Went Looking for
Fight and Got All He Wanted.

NEW YORK, jan. s. 1S35-An lrishman
and a Dutchman got into a fight last
night in the forecastle of the ship
Kambira, and this morning the Irish
man, Mr.. Burke, of No. 1905 Webster
street, Philadelphia, lies in Gouverneur
Hospital, his body pierced with four
teen stab wounds. while the Hollander,
Olaf Larsen, is under arrest and will
probably be charged with attempted
murder
Both are sailors ON the Kambira, and
since Larsen oined the ship at Kobe,
Japan, have been generally good friends
until last night
The Kambira arrived in port after a
stormy voyage from Yokohama, at four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and docked
at pier 81, East River. Among the first
OF the crew to get ashore was the sailor
Burke. He went away at seven o'clock
in excellent spirits and had not returned
at midnight. Half an hour later. how
the forecastle. where his comrades lay
aaaeep. Burke threw open the door,
giared upon the sleepers and his blood
arose.
"Get up and come out and fight" he
yelled; Il can lick every son of a gun
of Dutchman in the Ship
Burke stands six feet In his socks and
is broad and strong nj proportion.
Only one voice broke the silence. That
came from a Cockney and said:-"Get
to your bunk, and don't make fool of
yourself, Billy" The Hollonder pocketed
the insult and said nothing.
Resenting the silence the Irishman
reached for the nearest berth and pulled
out its OCCUPANT who was the Dutchman,
Olaf Larsen. Larsen is at least G, foot
less than the Irishman and he was like a
child in his powerful hands. Burke pull
led him out of the forecastle on to the
deck.
'Ill have fight with somebody and
tests of his reluctant antagonist he re-
ceived with more blows until the treat
nent became more than the Dutchman
could stand. He pulled out a sheath
knife and stood on the defensive, but
Burke merely laughed wildly and struck
him again.
At the blow Larsen raised his knife
and stabbed him In the shoulder. Then
his sluggish blood arose, too, and he
struck at him again and again until
Burke fell to the deck covered from head
to knee with bleeding wounds, and his
his assailant so that he could do him no
further harm. The wounded man was
removed to Gouveneur Hospital. There
the surgeons found fourteen stab wounds
about his head and body, several of them
being serious. Delirium ensued from the
and Burke now lies in a precarious con-
dition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
DON'T LIKE THE INVESTMENT.
HOboken Men Suspect the Eeepublic

HOboken Men Suspect the Republic
Savings and Loan Association.
When the Republic Saving and Loan
Association of Jersey City opened u
branch in Hoboken, last July, many
prominent politicians and citizens invest
ed in shares.
According to the scheme each share
purchased will in 100 months double itself.
For instance. a share upon which fifty
cents month is paid will in 100 months
entitle the holder to draw from the asso-
citation 800.
The Hoboken branch was organized
with Comptroller Frederick Kaufman
as President and Assemblyman-elect W.
N. Parslow as Secretary Other promi-
nent people who are interested. in the
Hoboken branch are Police Commissioner
M. r. Coyle, City Clerk Martin v. Nc
Dermott, ex-Postmaster C. kiel. ex-
Police Commissioner Charles w. Kauf-
mann, DIR. w. T. Kudlich, DR.. H. B.
Rue and Gustav A. Seide, of the Hobo
ken News .
Counsellor Alex. T. Young was also
a shareholder when the organization was
first started, but he suspected that there
was something wrong with 1t, and he
withdrew. Now he has brought suit be-
District Court on behalf of Editor G.
A. Seide to recover $50, the amount that
Mr.. Seide has invested. The case is
text case. and if Mr.. Seide wins, the
others will also sue to recover their
several payments
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
TO LIGHT UP CARRIAGES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. 1Ss5.-Counsel
Chancellor, at Havre. in an interesting
report to the State Department, says
private carriages have been lighted with
electricity in France for the past five
years, and that this process of illuninat-
ing private conveyances has recently ex-
tended to London and Berlin. the Prince
of Wales being the first to adopt 1t in
England, ard the German Emperor hav-
unsatisfactory lighting of the court car
riages by the substitution of electricity;
not only the outside lanterns and the
interiors being lighted from accumula-
tors, but small co1ored lights which glow
like fire flies are placed all over the har-
ness. The consul says there seems to
be no valid reason why all public car
riages, cabs, omnibusses, street cars as
well as private carriages, should not be
similarly lighted. 1t Is stated that the
charge on installation for a private car
rage is only about $50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
DID YOU KNOW 1T BEFORE?

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 1S95.-This is the sec
ond coldest day Of the winter. The mer-
curry went down to 1o1a degrees above zero
this morning. This is only with 31a de-
grees of the record-breaker of December
80. On that day the thermometer stood
Z degrees.
1t is also the coldest January since
1877, when the thermometer went down
to degrees.
The cold wave covers the Middle At
lantie, New England States and Canada,
The coolest part of the wave in this coun-
try is in the New England States. At
Mortified, VT. it is Il degrees below
zero. Rockliffe, Canada, is the coldest
place heard from on this continent. 1t
is 2S degrees below at that point The
line of freezing temperature runs as far
South as Atlanta, Ga.
The cold is likely to moderate consider
ably after tomorrow
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
GOOD RADIANCE.

NEW YORK, Jan. s. 1S95.-John Burns,
the English labor leader, sailed for Liv-
erpool at noon today on the Cunarder,
Etruria. To a United Press reporter,
who saw him before the vessel left, Mr..
Burns said that he had extended his
visit to this country longer than ex-
pected.
81 have learned a great deal about
American ways he said, "and 1 have
been greatly impressed. The laboring
masses here, while in some cases they
suffer greatly, are better off financially
than their brethren abroad. There is a
future for the American WorkRlen. ]
fail to see any for the English Iaborer.
l hope to get back to America some
d9y"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05


evitable. 1t was then that sinking funds
were created. The result is encouraging.
There are now five funds in existence.
and it is Que to them alone that there
is a slight decrease in the Water De-
partment debt this year. The funds re-
ferred to contain the sum of $255, ,042. 50,
and that amount, deducted from the
bonded debt, shows the net debt $4,880,
95732 or a decrease over last year of
S57, ,362.S5 The decrease represents the
earnings of the sinking funds. The sup
posed economical administration of the
Water Department has done nothing
toward reducing the water debt. 1t may
fact, just the same. The expenses OF
the Water DeDarement now are no less
than they have been heretofore.
The bonded Indebtedness of the city,
including the So, 1876, 600 furnished by the
Water Department, is S1S,S45 g07.07, and
the net debt as shown by the two re-
ports, SO, ATT, ,O99. "a.
thousand, based on sS600O, 600 of ratables.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
STOKES FOR PRESIDENT.
Selected at tho Republican Conference
Last Evening.
Special to the Jersey Citu Nelrs.

Special to the JeTS6u Catu Nelrs
TRENTON, Jan. 5, 1854 conference
of Republican Senators was held last
evening at the Hotel Windsor. All were
present and their meeting lasted about
thre hours.
The members wer pledged to secrecy
but tt is understood that Senators
Thompson and Rogers withdrew from
their candidacy for the Presidency of
the Senate, and that Senator e. c..
Stokes of Cumberland County, received
the unanimous vote for that position.
Joseph C. Kingdom, editor of the "Mt.
Holly News" will be his Private Sec
retary.
Henry B. Robinson was decided on for
Clerk of the Senate, and A. F. Church
of Midd1esex Comfy who was pushed by
Senator Herbert for Assistant Journal
Clerk the position which M-. Rollison
had last winter. No other changes are
to be made.
They also discussed several proposed
measures which are to come up this
winter, but the details could not be
learned.
All the Senators are now, it is under
stood, supporting General Sewell except
Messrs. Voorhees,. Bradley and Ketcham
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
LEGS BROKEN, BODY FROZEN.
Terrible Suffering in a Fan Brook
Railway Wreck.

WELLSBORO, Pa, Jan. 5, 1895.-Fast
freight train No. So on the Fall Brook
Railway was wrecked near Middlebury
early this morning by a Drozen rail. The
engine was thrown upon its side and
badly smashed and eleven cars were
wrecked The engineer, David McQuade,
had his legs pinned under the engine,
and he lay there over five hours before
being taken out. His limbs were literally
cooked by the steam and his body was
frozen. The temperature was twenty de-
grees below zero.
McQuade is still alive, but cannot re-
cover. None of the other train hands
Were injured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
TO CLASSIFY CONsULs.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1ss5.-Mr.
Lodge. a champion of Civil Service, has
given notice Of. two amendments he will
offer which have for their object the
extension of the Civil Service One is
amendatory of the bill making appro-
priation for the diplomatic and consular
after three years, in the classified SER
vice. 1t is similar to the bill introduced
by Mr.. Lodge on December IS last. The
gent Deficiency bill, and provides that
all offices enacted by the income tax
law shall be placed in the classified
service and filled from the eligible lists
cf the Civil Service.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
POLICE CAPTAINS OENsURED.
Chief Murphy Wants Policy Men
RriyeD Out.

Chief of Police Murphy this morning gave
the Police Captains of the First, Third,
Fourth and Sixth precincts a severe haul
ing over the Goals. 1t has reached the
Chiefs ears that policy men are operat-
ing almost as defantly as in former
years He told them that the policy bust
ness had to be broken up and the opera
tors driven out of town. If the Captains
do not obey his order he proposes sending
the offender before the Police Board to
answer a charge of neglect of duty.
One of the Captains explained that he
had broken up all the policy shops in
his precinct, but that a few operators
were soliciting plays by going from house
to house. It IS the rowing policy men
whom the Chief wants followed and
driven out of town.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
WANTS THE VERDICT SET ASIDE

Justice Lippincott, this morning, was
asked to grant rule to show cause
why the verdict in the Cleary case
pany for s2,O55, rendered yesterday,
should not be set aside. Counsellor War
ren Dixon made the application ana
was contrary to the weight of law and
facts.
Justice Lippincott replied that his in
clination was against certifying the re-
turn of the rule to the Supreme Court,
because 1t was a Circuit Court case, but
he would grant the return of the rule
two weeks from today in the Circuit
Court.
Counsellor Dixon said that there were
points of law involved which had never
been settled satisfactorily yet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
FREE SACRED CONCERT

A sacred concert will be given tomorrow
afternoon at four o'clock at Woods
Hall, on Barrow street. near Railroad
avenue. The talent is the South Caro-
lima Jubilee Singers, who are genuine
colored people from the Sunny South,
ana are singers of high merit. Mr.. Les
lie Rowe the blind pianist, and Mr..
Charles Baird. cornetist. will also be
present An address will be given by
the Rev. D. s. Toy, Of New York.
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and will be free
for men only.
Doors open at $3.50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
EA14IRs OF FACT

1884 Defiance tomatoes Just in. Ask
your grocer for them. Cost more than com
mon goods, but a great deal better. Wholesale
at D. Z. Cleary Cos wholesale stores.
4 Physicians Prescriptions and Family
receipts carefully compounded at very low
prices. and only pure drugs used. at Ewing 6
Co.'s
w. J. Montgomery. Auctioneer, will sell q
large lot Of elegant household furniture, piano,
carpets. etc., at his salssroom, IS Montgomery
street, on Tuesday next. Great bargains, as
all must be sold without reserve. See adver-
tiseInent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05
ALMOST KILLED BY A TROLLEY

A Montgomery street trolley car struck
a bere wagon at Montgomery and Bar
row streets this afternoon and threw the
driver with terrific force against the
curbstone, injuring him internally. He
was unconscious when picked up. AT the
Hospital his name was found to be John
Nail, of No. 167 River street, Newark.
The motorman. John Dundon, of No. 677
Montgomery street was arersted and is
held