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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
JUDGE KIRKPATRICK SWORN IN
He Immediately Proceeds to the
Transaction of Court Business.


TRENTON, Dec. 2, 1~ss6.-Judge Andrew
Kirkpatrick was yesterday sworn in as
Judge of the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey, in the
presence of the court officials and a num-
Der of members of the bar. Clerk of the
Court Cranmer read the commission OF
the new Judge and the oath was then
administered by Judge Acheson, of the
United States Circuit Court. District
Attorney j. Kearny Rice introduced the
court officers to the new Judge, who was
congratulated on all sides.
Judge Kirkpatrick at once proceeded
to the business of the court and signed
an order for the removal of William
Morgan, alias Thomas, to Brooklyn,
where he is wanted on an Indictment.
Morgan is now in Mercer jail, where ne
was committed as a green goods man.
An order was also signed Tor the re-
moval of a Newark counterfeiter to
Richmond.
Judge Kirkpatrick announced that
pleas of prisoners would be heard on
Tuesday next. It is possible that the
last term Of court, which was not held
on account of the death of Judge Green,
will be continued this month instead Of
waiting until regular term in January.
In the United States Circuit Court, ar
In the case of the Shaw Electric Crane
Company against Henry r. Worthington.
The court room was filled with model
electric cranes, some of which were
operated by electric currents for the
editication Of the Court. Frederick II.
Belts and Francis Forbes represented the
complainant, and John r. Bennett, OF
New York. the defendant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD

~
6.52 A. NJ. daily Sunday TIP A. M for
MAUcH CHUNK and ~ermsd stations
s.33 A.. NJ. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA.
susPENsIoN BRIDGE and the Wess. and
principal local points. Dining Car to Buffalo;
Chair Car to Buffalo.
I.0S A. NJ. daily. except Sunday, for MAUCH
CHUNK and intermediate points,
R.H noon daily, except Sunday.
'BLAcK DIAMOND EXPRESS"
arrives Buffalo s.65 P. NJ. Through car 10
Rochester. Pullman vestibule Day Coaches
and Parlor Cars. Dining Car Service Meals
a Ia carte. Connects at Buffalo with through
L.55 p. M. daily, except Sunday. for MAUCH
CHUNK and intermediate points.
La P. NJ daily. except Sunday. for WILKES
ping only at principal intermediate stations
Connects for all points in coal regions. Chair
az r. M daily. except Sunday. for WILKES
BARRE, PITTST0N,e SCRANTON and prin-
cipal intermediate stations: Connects for all
Car to WiIkesbarre.
5ss P. NJ. daily for EAsToN and internns-
81 P. N. daily, except sunday. Express for
sLATINGToN aud principal intermediate sta
tons. Connects for Reading and Harrisburg.
7.42 P. NJ. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
FALIS and all points West Pullman Sleeper
vestibuled Train, New York to Chicago. Sleep
for EAsToNs BEsTHLEHfEEM. nAUcH
CHUNK, SAYRE, GENEVA ROCKIES
TER and BUFFALO. Pullman Sleeper
for Buffalo.
SIP P. NJ. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA,
ROCHESTER,. BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS
and all points West. Pullman Sleeper to CHI
cago and Buffalo. Sleeper to wilkesharre.
Additional local trains daily. except Sunday.
for BOUND BROOK and intermediate points,
leave as follows: as A. NJ, IA. 4Ss and s4s
P. NJ.
Tickets and Pullman Recommendation at
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
NJ 7-rapSfar - will call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence through to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
PANIED By HIS BURIED ARM.
George Hann Sufrared Because j
Was Cramped In the Grave.
Specfcs to he Jcrsev Ctr Neus.

NHtttes ttc JCfStuC 1tF ItCN&.
FLEMINGTON, Dec. 2, 1sse.-The case
of George F. Ham, who had his arm
crushed on the Pennsylvania Railroad
rear Ringoes, while coupling cars nearly
two years ago, IS puzzling the medical
fraternity. Hanna's arm was terribly
crushed at the elbow. Before he reached
Pennington he nearly bled to death. The
member was amputated above the elbow.
Since then, he says, the lost arm con-
tinually pains him. The most distress is
in the fingers. After the amputated arm
was buried. Ham told his relatives they
had cramped 1t into the box. They ex-
humed 1t and found his statements true.
Later he was sent to q Philadelphia hos
pital. where another amputation was
made, but the pain did not cease. Later
Ham informed his friends that a stone
rested upon his buried fingers. The arm
was again dug up and found as Ham had
stated.
A few days ago 9 third operation was
performed, but with no better success.
One of the many remedies suggested was
tried today by Mr.. Ham, when he dug
up the afaputated arm and eremated II "a
the engine that caused his great distress.
b. y now atxiotisfY aW8iftnx rSasf
H1x6 ~ oot ~ ~ ma buried
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
MRS. POOK'S QUEER CASE
The Swindler Of Undertakers
Denies Pleading Guilty
Rumors Of Funny
Business"

Mrs. Kate Pook, the enterprising wom-
an who swindled several undertakers, de-
MES o that she pleaded guilty on Nom
day. She says she had no intention of
pleading guilty, as she had done nothing
for which she could be held responsible.
Everybody who was in the court room
on Monday afternoon when she was
brought over from the county Jail got the
impression that she retracted her former
plea of not guilty to three Indictments for
obtaining money under false p~retences
and pleaded guilty.
Prosecutor Winfield called Mrs. Pook,
and she stood UP.
You wish to retract your plea of not
guilty n plead guilty to these three in
dictments?" said the Prosecutor.
Il do" she answered and Judge Hud-
speth ordered her aiken back to the Jail
to await sentence.
Her husband was in court this morning
waiting to see Judge Hudspeth and plead
for his wife. He went around yesterday
and returned the none she had obtained
from Undertakers Stevens. Carey and Fla
herty, and he had the receipts with him
when he came to the Court House.
Pook's sudden revival of interest IN mis-
wife ma excited some comment and some
of the people around the Court House are
wondering where he got the money.
When Mrs. Pook was arrested she
claimed intimate acquaintance with sew
eral gentlemen who are prominent in
politics and business, and said that she
would soon get out of the little diff
Guilty she was in, with the aid of their
influence. Sh expected to be released on
bail at once, but the influential friends
she claims seem to nave kept carefully
away from her.
It is said that influence will be brought
to bear on the Court to let her off with
a nominal punishment, but it is more
han likely that Judge Hudspeth will
make the punishment fit the crime. Mrs.
Pook is in anything but a penitent fran
of mind. She declares that she did not
swindle any undertakers. She merely
borrowed some money from them. If
they were foolish enough to loan money
to a stranger that was their lookout.
She also say that anyway her husband
has repaid the loans and there is no
charge of any kind against her of which
the Court can take cognizance. She ex-
poets to be discharged tomorrow.
The story of the manner In which Mrs.
Pook swindled the undertakers has been
told several times. She represented that
she had just received word of her hus-
bands death in some place out of town
and got the money to pay her fare there
and meet preliminary expenses. OF course
she engaged the undertaken, whom she
was buncoing, to take charge of the fu-
neral, and exhibited an Insurance policy
on her husbands life. A large number of
tradespeople in this city and Hoboken
would like to have Mrs. Pook or her
husband settle their claims.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
MUST HAVE FREE SILVER.
Hammonton Minister Could Not Live
Under a Gold Standard.
&pecfdL to the Jersc1l Ctr Nea.x

HAMMoNToN, Dec. 2, 1ss6.-The wife
and friends Of the Rev. G.. d.. Coleman.
who suddenly disappeared from Hammon-
ton ten weeks ago, and who has just been
heard from in Mexico, are greatly mysti-
fed as to his reasons for going to that
country. When he left Hammonton he
mad but little money with him, and his
bank account was untouched. Some Of
his friends assert that he has a mania for
the same thing once before when living
in Brazil.
Mr.. Coleman was an enthusiastic Bryan-
tie when he left home and expected him
Mrs Coleman, he states tina as he JOUR-
neyed through the different States he DIS
covered that Mckinley al a sure thing.
and he determined that II he could not
enjoy the benefits of free silver in this
country he would go to a country where
he could.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
Mr.. HIuRICHS CRUELTY
coldly and Deliberately In
formed His Wife While She
Slept That the House
Was Afre.

Mrs. Louise Hinrichs, wife of the well
known produce merchant, Bernard Hin
richs, Of Pin street, Lafayette, has
filed a petition for divorce, in which she
makes a remarkable charge of cruelty.
Thu bill sets out that they were mar
ried on December u, 1863, by the Rev.
G.. w. Drees, pastor of the Lutheran
Church, on Forty-third street, New York
City. They came to Jersey City in 1873,
and lived on the southeast corner of La
fayette n Wilton streets.
1t was In this house that the follow
ing event occurred. which the bill says,
as follows
"on September Is, 1885. your oratrix
and her said husband resided on the
southeast corner of Lafayette and Viii
ton streets, In Jersey City. That in the
early morning a fire occurred on said
premises, apparently with the knowledge
of your 9oratrix's said husband.
'Tha the said Bernhard Hinrichs cold
ly and deliberately informed your ora
trix, who was asleep at the time, of the
fact of the fire being then under way
and that your oratrix was obliged to
save herself n her children entirely by
her own exertions, escaping from IN up
per window, and without any III or as
sistance from her said s~husband, who
paid no to your oratrix what
soever-
Continuing, the bill sets out that she
had been beaten, bruised and choked on
different occasions and often had threat
ened to kill her and once attempted to
tax her life. She had, she says seen
him manipulating a revolver and found
that he had boxes of cartridges and from
this incident entertained the belief that
he intended to murder her.
Mrs. Hinrichs winds up her complaint
by saying that hi one day clutched her
by the throat and assaulted her and she
caused his arrest. He was committed to
Jail and gave bail for his temperance.
Counsellor Ezra X. Seguine, who rep
resents Hinrichs, has filed an answer. In
the extraordinary paragraph of the bill
where it says deliberately informed your
oratrix, who was asleep at the time y
Mr.. Seguine struck a snag. He was
puzzled to know how information could
be impaired to a sleeping woman with
out awaking her so he dexterously avoid
ed the awkward thing by simply denying
it.
A for the pistal business says Mr..
Seguine, that is nonsense. MIR. Hinrichs
goes to market at a very early hour in
the morning and carries very large sums
Of money with him.. 1t is for his protec-
ton he carries a uistol and every man
in his situation docs the same"
To the remaining paragraphs of the bill
Mr.. Seguine enters a general denial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
PATRONS OF HUs8ANDRY.
Annual Meeting of tho State Grange
Opened Yesterday.
Srecinl to nc .yelsep Cftu Netcs.

TRENTON, Dec. 2, 1S96.-The annual
meeting Of the New Jersey State Grange
began in the Assembly Chamber at the
State House yesterday and will continue
today and tomorrow. There were about
100 delegates present. Worthy Master Cox
presided. After the roll call and the re-
port of the Committee on Credentials.
the meeting adjourned until the afternoon.
when the committee appointed to wait
upon the Governor announced his regrets
at being unable to attend.
Worthy Master Co then read his
t~wenty-fourth annual report, in which
he gave a review of the work Of the
past; spoke of the obligations of farmers
and citizens; commended the lecture
work in the State among the farmers,
and spoke of the Importance of woman's
work in the Grange. He advocated a
higher and better system of education
among farmers, and commended to his
hearers Professor E. b. Voorhees, book
entitled First Principles of Agricul-
ture," which he said had. been adopted
as a text book in some of the New Eng
land States.
on railroads, which he said were public
highways. He said there should be no
discrimination or rebates in rates, but
said that these We're too high in many
cases. He also spoke of the experiment
of free rural mail delivery. which Assist
ant Postmaster Jones said had not been
successful. The real facts in the case.
said the speaker. were the appropriation
for the purpose had run out.
The distressed condition of agricultur-
lists was also discussed, and the low price
of staples, which the speaker predicted
would never be restored to their former
value. The whole business world. he
said, was in a critical condition. yet there
was less trouble among the farmers than
many others because they raised SO much
OF their own n-ecessaries of life.
A resolution introduced by Isaac N;chol-
son, of Camden, was adopted. proyid-
ing that the New Jersey Grange endorse
the action of the National Grange. in
appointing a to wait upon the
Pr~es.dent-elect to request his considera-
ton Of the appointment of a practical
agriculturist to the position of Secretary
of Agriculture.
An open session was held in the even
ing, when ]. L. Woodward, of Lockport.
New York. made an address on How IL
Keep Boys on the Farm
John Gould, of Aurora, Ohio. also SMOKE
Of the American farmer not living Il "a
the best of his ability.
Colonel Fisher, Of Pennsylvania, also
mace a few remaks, the Grange tben
going into private session, and afterwards
aulourning until this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
DISAGREED WITH THE BISHOP.
A Flutter of ExcItement Created by
the Rev. DR.. Hanlon.
Hpeciul to the Jeracu yxtp Neux

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 2, 1896.-An
incident occurred at the closing Of the re-
sdedicatory service in the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of New Brunswick on
Sunday evening. which has created con-
siderable comment among the Methodists
and other religious denominations. The
Rev. DR.. Thomas Hanlon, president of the
Pennington Seminary, preached, and his
text. was the proverb:-''The path of the
just Is the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day. The way
of the wicked is as darkness. They
know not at h they stumble"
DR.. Hanlon, while a young man, attend
ed Rutgers College. and there were a
number of students of tina institution
present at the evening service. DR.. Han
lon in the early portion of hts sermon re-
upon the temptations of college life and
cautioned his hearers to be ON their guard.
In strong terms he contrasted the life of
the righteous with that of the wicked,
and with characteristic acknowledgements
ness and brevity said:-"I do not know
whether the clergymen present will agree
with me, and / do not care, but I believe
that the young follower of Christ, during
his first year of service, is less happy than
the young person who lives wholly for
the world
Instantly Bishop Cyrus d. Fosss of Phil
~adelphia, who was seated upon the plat
form, interrupted the preacher with this
remark:-"I disagree with you emphatic
ally. l do not believe that the young
Christian is less happy rnan the wording,
but. on the contrary, is happier!'
Bishop Foss' unexpected words treated
a fiutter of surprise and excitement in the
large congregation. In a moment DR..
Hanlon, turning TO Bishop Foss, said
Il am glad to know you are frank enough
to say it. / do not ike to dispute with
the Bishop, but ] have the courage of my
convictions. The young Christian has to
form new habits. This involves a great
! deal of self-denial, and Tor the first year
of his service l say he does not, on the
whole, enjoy life as much as the person
devoted to the world. Blu habits of yir-
tue will strengthen as well as habits of
vice, and each veal of Christian living
makes service more easy. As you journey
on the Christian life. oh, what a growing
satisfaction you will enjoyt'
Bishop Foss made no further remark.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
FARMERS COMPLAIN OF TAXES
Special to the Jerseu eta nsses.

SOMERvILLE, Dec. 2, 1ssS.-The COM
plants of the New Jersey farmers over
the high rate Of assessments on farm
lands has stirred the State Board Of Tax
alton to unusual activity. AIT a meeting
OF the State Board, held here yesterday,
john F. Mcintyre complained that ne had
been assessed at the rate of SEQ an acre.
while his ~neighboys only paid about s35.
The Board VIII OF once investigate Mr..
MeIntyre's complaint. In an interview
Major Lentz. one of the Board, aid: ION
investigation we find that farm lands are
taxed up to the full limit of their valua-
ton. while urban property Is not
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Joseph Frantz, of No. 1856 Pavonia ave-
nue., was committed by Justice Potts this
morning for stealing several pairs Of
rubber boots from the store CT George
Troll. at No. AT Grove street.
There is to be a stag at the Palma
Club Saturday evening. 1t is the opening
event of this season.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Robert Davis Association is to be held
tonight. Arrangements are to be made
In Woods Hall on or about January Is.
Arboret Council. Royal Arcanum, OF the
Heights. wifi hold It's annual ball tonight
at Pohlpann,s.
hold a church bazaar ait Bannber Hall,
Nos. 81 q 80 Linden avenue. this even
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
To all to whom these presents may come,
Greeting:-
Whereas. In the Judgment Of the Board Of
Directors of The Imperial Hygenique Fluid
Company, a corporation organized under the
laws of this State, 1t has been deemed adj
visable and most for the benefit of such cor
poration that the same should be dissolved
before the expiration of the time limited In
a duly authenticated record of the proceedings
OF said Board of Directors of such corpora
tion, held in accordance with the provisions
OF an act entitled IAN Act concerning corpora
tions Revision of 1885," approved April q,
1896. which said record, including the consent
in writing of the stockholders Of said corpora
tion that such dissolution should take place.
as by said act required having been by said
corporation deposited in my Office;
Now. therefore, |. Henry c. kelsey, Secre-
tary Of State of New Jersey. being satisfied
by due proof that the requirements OF IAN
Act concerning corporations Revision Of 1886"
luton of corporations. have been fully complied
with by the said corporation. Do hereby Ger.
tify that The Imperial Hygenique Fluid Com
pany did, on the eighteenth day of November.
1886. file in my office a duly executed and at
tested certificate OF consent to the dissolution
OF said corporation by the stockholders thereof,
which said certificate of consent and the record
of the proceedings aforesaid are now on file
In my said Office. as provided by law
In testimony whereof. I have hereto set my
hand and affixed my official seal, at
November, A. D. eighteen hundred
HENRY c. KELSEY,
Secretary of State
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
AN EQUINE TRAGEDY.
Horse Wandered Into the swamp,
with a MILK Wagon and PerIshed.

A horse attached to a milk wagon
owned by Mr.. v. Murphy, of Nc. 7K
Grand street, wandered away from Elk
change place at $40 o'clock this morning
while the driver was delivering milk in
one of the hote.s in that n~eighborhood
The driver, s~upposing his rig had beer
stolen, notified the police. A general alarm
was sent out.
At half-past six O'clock the rig was dis.
covered in the .swamps at the. head OF
Mercer street. The wagon was overturned
and the horse dead. The animal, it was
supposed, made its way from Exchange
place to Mercer street, Following the as
phalt driveway to Merseles street, where
it ends abruptly in the swamps. The
wagon had to all appearances sunk deep
into the mud, and the horse in endeavor-
ing to extricate himself had sank in the
swamp to his belly. That the animal had
made desperate efforts to free himself
was apparent from the torn up state OF
the mud IN which 1t had wandered.
Exposure caused death. The animal was
valued at $500.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
A MIDNIGHT ASSAULT.
Henry steffens, His Wife
and Baby MurderOus1y
Struck With a Mon
key Wrench.
JOHN oTHERsEN ARRESTED
The Family Had Given Him a
Home Because Mrs. Steffens
Knew Him in Ger
many.

Henry Steffens, his wife Gesmie, and a
sixteen months old child were murder
ously assaulted while asleep in bed this
morning between five and half-past five
o'clock. Steffens is the proprietor of a
saloon in the one-story structure, No. 81
Park avenue, Hoboken. Next door is a
furniture store and aver this store the
Steffens family lives. They have four
roomf.
Some time ago Mr.. and Mrs. Steffens
took into their home a young man named
John Othersen, whom Mrs. Steffens knew
in Germany before she and her husband
came to this country. He was poor and
without a home and indness prompted
the action Of the Steffenses.
Mrs. Steffens went to bed last might at
eleven o'clock with her baby. othereen
retired on a lounge in a back room at one
O'Clock. There is a Kitchen between the
two rooms. When Mr.. Steffens went to
bed it was about two o'clock and he put
out the lamp before retiring.
Steffens was suddenly awakened by be-
ing struck ON the head with something
heavy. At the same time his wife, who
was also struck, awoke and thinking that
her husband was striking her in his sleep.
cried out, Henry, what are you doing?'
But her husband was grooming with
pain and the child who was between them
had also been struck and was crying. Mrs.
Steffens screamed for Othersen, but she
avs it was a long time before he APP
peared. Mr.. Steffens Lit the lamp. and
when Othersen saw the bed covered with
blood and the husbands and wife's faces
red with 1t, he simply said, "Oh. what's
the natter"
Steffens got up and found the doors
all locked, just as he had left them be-
fore going to bed. He dressed himself
and went to the police station, wsEare he
went to the house and arrested Othersen.
The doorman found among the bed
clothes a monkey wrench. covered with
blood.
At the police station Othersen was
very cool and unconcerned.
Mrs. Steffens says hat on Monday
night the wrench was used in the saloon
to crack nuts with. Yesterday, when she
made the bed, she was surprised to see
the wrench lying on the floor. under the
bed. She. however, did not hin much
it. The husband says he did not put
it on the floor, and 1t is thought that
Othersen must have placed it there.
Othersen denies having committed the
assault.
Mrs. Steffens has always befriended
Othersen, while her husband disliked
him and tried to get rid of him.
Othersen went to Staten Island yester-
day and told Mr.. Steffens when he got
back that he had procured a position in
Stapleton as a bartender in the saloon
of a man named Horsrnan, at Bay and
Water streets. He was to start to work
today.
Steffens has four cuts in his forehead
and right side of his head, and the wife
has two cuts over the nose. The baby
has one cut on its forehead. None of the
wounds is expected TO prove serious.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
DISMISSED, BUT REAPP0INTBD.
Changes Made Among the Street and
Water BOARD EmnlOYea

Edward OiNein was awarded a contract
for the construction of a sewer in Waiver
ly street this morning. This improvement
has been hanging fire for eight weeks ow-
ing to objections having been filed by the
Delaware, Lackawanna ana Western
Railroad. The company's objections were
Cverruled today.
&c. S. Giberson, Joseph F. McLain and
Byron Fairchild, all employees of the
Engineering Bureau, were dismissed, but
were subsequently r~eappointed. Giberson
n McLafn We're detailed as clerks in the
water department and Fairchild was
named as chairman in the survey bureau.
His salary was reduced from SIS to $40 a
north. The transfers were made neces-
sary by the limited salary appropriation
of the Engineering Bureau.