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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
MLAREN AND %PARKHURsT.
The Amiable Novelist and the Defest-
able SuE FELLOW Passengers

NEW YORK, Sept. %. 1896.-Rev. John
Watson Gan Mac Laren), the well known
author, and Rev. DR.. Charles H. Park
hurst, who arrived during the night on
the White Star steamship Germania, did
not land until this morning. Both clec-
gymen were in good health and spirits.
The Rev. Mr.. Watson, as he came down
the gang plank, was met by Major Pond,
under whose auspices the author comes
to deliver a series of lectures in this
country. To a reporter of the United
Associated Presses Rev. Mr.. Watson
said
when the steamship came in sight of
the Statue of Liberty, I felt a thrill of
deep emotion all through me. / am a
Scotch Highlander by birthright and SEN
timent, and we all love freedom As a
subject of Great Britain also, l am a
friend to the United States. The friend
ship between Great Britain and the
American Union cannot be broken. All
true subjects of Great Britain love free
DOM"
He refused to discuss American poll
tics, but said-"As a whole l admire the
Americans. | am their friend and they are
my friends"
He stated that he would open his lectur-
ing tour in Springfield, Mass, in Octo-
Der, and would also appear in Brooklyn
and New York. He thougn MI ms tour u
HOalo al 33 " 49, W.
should he added, dearly love to go to
California and the Pacific coast, but l
must be governed in my movements by
the time that l shall hav at my dispo-
SAL" He said he would visit the prin-
cipal cities in Canada. He also said he
had an engagement to lecture to the
students at Yale before beginning his pub
lie lectures, and that while there he would
be the guest of Prof. Fisher.
Mr.. Watson said he had accepted an
invitation to a reception by the Lotus
Gu during his stay in New York.
DR.. Parkhurst, when asked by a re-
porter of the United Associated Presses
as to his views on the campaign, said
McKinley's election means the. preserva-
ton of the National honor, and the ques-
ton of the Presidency should at this mo-
ment relegate all other subjects to the
background.
.Tammany's attitude is the one it
should take. 1t has never been a Demo-
cratic organization. but a running sore
on the body of the Democratic party.
AS to our society it will get to work inn
mediately after election, and continue
to labor. There is a good deal to be
done"
Among other passengers on the Ger
mania was George Vanderbilt, who said
he had been engaged while abroad in
picking up knick-knacks, and intended
going at once to "Bellmore," his place at
Asheville, N. c.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
BRUTAL EEGRO's OUTRAGE.
Two Innocent Men Narrowly Escape
Lynching at the Hands of a Mob.

ELKTON, Md, Sept. Is, 1S96.-It was
feared here last night that another lynch
ing would be added to- the list which has
steadily grown in Maryland the last few
months. The cause for the expected
lynching was a brutal assault upon a
white woman, Mrs. Maggie Foundes, liv-
ing at Harlan's Mill, this county, by a
negro. One negro was arrested by the
Sheriff and safely placed in jail, but it
was proven he was not the man, and he
was released.
At a late hour it was reported a negro
answering the description OF Mrs.
Foundes' assailant had been arrested in
coming here a large crowd of men gath
cred on the outskirts of the town, armed
with all sorts of weapons, to tax him
away from the Sheriff and string him up.
Sheriff Mackey arrived at the E1kton
Jail at midnight with Taylor Roulette.
who halls from Mehrion Station, Va, he
having been arrested by Constable Crew
on suspicion of being the perpetrator of
the assault.
When the Sheriff arrived there was a
crowd of 800 people around the jail. The
prisoner was hustled into the jail by the
back door and as the crowd seemed de-
termlned upon hanging the guilty man,
states Attorney Evans and Sheriff Mackey
questioned the suspect closely. They were
u diC liHCCSuC6 anu as
sured the crowd that he was not con-
nected with the assault. When it became
convinced that Roulette was not the
guilty man the crowd dispersed.
Mrs. Foundes, the victim, was terribly
~sraten. and will probably lose an eye.
She was on her way home on the country
.oad when a negro sprang at her from
behind a tree. As the woman struggled.
the negro struck her a terrific blow in the
face which rendered her unconscious. She
wore glasses, which were broken by the
brute,.s blow and a piece OK glass pene-
trated one eye.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
RBsIGNINa THE MITRB.
Bishop cursis, OF Wilmington, De-
sircus OF Returning to Parish Work

"
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25, 18s6-The
Catholic bishops Of the Province of Balti-
more have selected the names of three
priests which. with three selected by the
priests of the diocese of Wilmington, VIII
be sent TO Rome. From the six names
a successor to Bishop Curtis, of Whining
ton, may be chosen
Bishop Curtis wrote to Rome asking to
be relieved of the cares of his diocese,
and or July % it was made public that
he had received a letter from the Pope
granting his request. Bishop Curtis found
the duties of the Office too laborious.
The Bishop was averse from the first
to receiving a mitre, and it was said at
that time that he would only retain the
position ten years, when ne would ask
the Pope to relieve him in order that he
might become again a parish priest. He
has always had a strong love for the
work of a priest, and while holding the
exalted office would frequently take the
1t is believed hat Rev. c. F. Thomas,
rector of the Cathedral, is Cardinal Glib
bons' choice for the successorship to
be chosen. Bishop Curtis. in that event,
would probably succeed Father Thomas
as rector of the Cathedral.
Father Thomas was born in Baltimore in
College, in Howard county, finishing his
classical studies there. hen he entered
St. Mary's Seminary in 1878 nj was or
dained four years later. He was APP
pointed assistant priest at St. Patrick's
Church, Washington. and afterward was
assistant at St. Stephens Church, in the
same city. Later he was transferred to
Baltimore. Three years ago he went 10
the Cathedral as chancellor of the arch
diocese. On the elevation of Father
Donahue to the e~piseopate of Wheeling,
Gibbons rector of the Cathedral
The diocese of Wilmington comprises
the State of Delaware and the eastern
shores of Maryland and Virginia. 1t con-
tains thirty-seven churches, twelve sta
tons and five chapels, besides a number
of schools, seminaries4 and a~syluns.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
.coRPoRATIoN NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given that on the pa day
sessrnent fled in the Office of the Board of
assessment map and report for the
IMPROVEMENT OF LAKE STREET.
from Montrose avenue to Hudson Boulevard.
by grading. ETC.. in accordance with petition
previously presented TO said Board on the
9TH day of Mas, 1895, and conforrnably to
the provisions of Chapter 2lI of the Laws Of
1895. and the same Is now open to public in
spection in the office Of the Clerk Of said
Board.
is included in said assessment, namely
LAKE STREET
from Montrose avenue TO Hudson Boulevard.
MONTROSE AVENUE,
on the west side from Lake street about Is
feet north.
HUDSON BOULEVARD.
on the east side from Lake street about q
feet north and Is feet south.
And that the 5th day of October. 1896. at
2 O'Clock r NJ, and the meeting room of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioner
are hereby fixed as the time and place when
and where the Board or Street and Water
Commissioners VIII meet 70 hear. consider and
adjudicate. upon al objections to the conhr-
NATION Of said final assessment map THAT
Hy order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Ts GEO N bottom.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
CORPORATION NOTICE

Of Sept September. isss, the commissioners Il As
81 the Clerk of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners thefT preliminary assessment
map and report for*the
OPENING OF cUSTEE AVENUE,
between the Old Bergen ROAD and the Hudson
boulevard. which said opening was petitioned
for on the 2sth day OF May. 1895, by the
estate of Stephen b. Nreeland and others, in
the manner and form as follows
The street to be sixty (60} feet wide, the
centre me thessot esginning az a POM On
distant two hundred and seventy-eight feet
and nine inches CTS IT. ? in-l easterly from
the centre line of Pamrapo avenue; said dis
lance being measured at right angles TO said
centre line of Pan1rapo avenue; thence running
northerly parallel with the centre lins Ct
inches therefrom to the southerly side OF the
Hudson County Boulevard in aceordance vita
provement may be described as follows
Of tie Old bergen Road: said point being ais
tant. measured at right angles AS.76 feet
Avenue; thence running ncrtherly and parallel
with Pamrapo avenue l4egH feet 70 the
southerly side OF the HUDSON B9sleyare
being distant s7s.7s feet, measured at right
angles from the present easleriy side OF Pam
Pamrapo avenue to the Old Bergen Road:
thence southeriy along the Old Bergen Road
ss me Tar lana 70 Sc assessed for said proposed I'm
provement may be described as follows:
CUSTER AVENUE.
from Old Bergen Road TO Hudson Boulevard.
And that the 18th day OF October, 1896, at
ten o'clock A NJ. and the meeting room Of
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
are hereby fixed as the time and place when
and where the Board of Street and Water
any Objections to said report or the im~
provement thereof that may be presented in
81 order Of the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUroN.
Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
VICTIM OF APPENDICITIS.
Special to the Jersey Citu Ne1ua.

PLAINFIELD, Sept. rs, 1Ss6.-N. Erick-
son, who has conducted a financial and
general advertising agency in Temple
Court, Nassau and Beekman streets, New
York. for the last thirty years, died at
his home, in this city, at $50 O'Clock this
morning, from al attack of appendicitis.
he was born in Christiania, Norway, on
May %, 1872, and came to this country
when a boy. AT the age of twenty years
ne entered the employ Of W. b. Shat
tuck & Co., who conducted a newspaper
advertising agency in New York, and
continued with them until they went out
of that business to establish a banking
house. He then organized the adver-
Using house under his name and built up
an extensive business. He moved to this
city twenty-five years ago, and had been
prominent in social and public affairs. He
was a member of the Common Council
Tor four terms and was treasurer and a
vestryman of Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church for several years. A widow.
three sons n a daughter survive him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
FIVE BURNED In A MINE.
Serious Explosion of Gas Near Potts
vIIte-Tw0 Are Dead.

POTTsVILLE, Pa. Sept. %, 1Se6.-At 5
o'clock last evening an explosion of mine
gas occurred at Middle Creek colliery,
near fremont, and five men were seri-
ously burned and otherwise injured. Two
of them died after reaching their homes
at Blackwood, about two miles from the
colliery. The dead are:-
Jasper Newton, Sr.
John Cosgrove, his son-in-law
Both are married and have families.
Charles Shoffstall and James Norton. also
of Blackwood, are severely burned and
may die during the day. Edward Dem
moyer, of fremont, sustained a fractured
collar bone and arm. The men were en-
ployed at contract driving a gangway.
A leader of gas had been struck which
burst out into the gangway. The volume
was 50 dense that the gas forced into
one of the safety lamps used by the men
and communicated with the fame and
ignited, causing a terrific explosion.
The five men in the ngw were
blown and tossed about and thus sus-
tanned injuries in addition to the burns.
The colliery is owned and operated by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
COmnany
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
FATHER N'AY0Y's EXPERIENCE
Rung Up a Fare Instead of stopping
the Car.

The Rev. Father McAvoy, the popular
pastor of st. Joseph's Church, Hoboken,
was ieeced out of a dime yesterday af-
ternoon by a conductor of the North Hud-
son Railway Company. The clergyman
boarded a Summit avenue trolley car at
the lower ferry and gave the conductor
instructions to let him off at Henderson
street When the car reached Henderson
street the conductor forgot all about CIV
ing the priest notice. Father McAvoy
seized the rope and gave it a vigorous
jerk; The conductor ran to the rear
PLATFORM.
sWho pulled the bell?' he demanded,
Il DID" said Father McAvoy; I told you
to stop at Henderson street,
Well, youH have to give me another
nye cents You AVE rung up a fare on
the Indicator"
I'll make the fare good, but you'll
have to give me a ~transfer back to Hobo
ken. said Father McAvoy. The conduc-
tor refused to do this, although he was
to blame, and Father McAvoy was COM
PEELED to pay another fare back to Ho-
boken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
SMASHING BICYCLE RECORDS.
Great Interest I'm the Twenty.Four
Hour Race at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. %, 1s96.-Interest in the
great twenty-four Q u bicycle race at
the Coliseum had not abated this morn
ing. Nearly all the contestants stopped
for a rub down and a hasty breakfast
and then pedaled away in a determination
to cover as great a distance as possible
before nine o'clock tonight, when the
race ends.
tances covered up to nine A. NJ. were as
follows:-Gimm, 266 miles; Skinner 255, /
lap; Miller. 254, 2 laps; Waller. 243, 8
laps; Myers, $40; lap; Sehock, 225; Hard
lee, 207; Hyde. 1888. 8 laps.
All records from % miles up have been
broken and four men are now ahead OF
fine record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
Is MURDER EpIDEMIo9

BUFFALO. N. Y, Sept. IS, 1S96.-About
II o'clock this forenoon. Peter Kemm, %
years old, murdered his wife Mary and cut
his own throat from ear TO ear with a
razor.
Joseph Rabel. over 81 Lemon street, hav-
ing separated from her husband last
February.
Kemm called at the house this morning.
pushed Mrs. Rabel aside, and aid
want my wife,
Mrs. Rabel called for help and ran into
the street. Neighbors rushed to her as
Mrs. Kemm was found lying on the
kitchen floor dead with her head cut
open. the wound having been inflicted
with a hatchet. Kemm was found in
an adjoining bedroom dead with his
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
BLANCHE WAISTS RETURN.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25, 1sss-Miss
Blanche Walsh returned from Australia
yesterday. She says Goodwin's trip has
not been the success expected. He tried
The Gilded Fool" 1.-The Rivals and
"In Mizzoura." during the five weeks she
was with him in Melbourne, but only the
last named caught the people. 1t is
stated that Goodwin will soon return to
San Francisco. Miss Walsh said: There
was no earthly use for two leading
women in the company, and as l did not
propose TO divide honors with Miss Ell
lott, l came home"
The Trilby Company returned on the
Mariposa, the steamer which brought
Miss Walsh. The tour a highly salts
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Summit Lodge, No. 1872. j. q q n vc
completed all arrangements for their On.
tertainrnent in Franck's Hall next Ties
day night, and If what some IF the Nom
pers say Of it is true, 1t will be an ex-
The Bruno Prasser Association mel last
night at Prasser's Contra Hall, and de.
cided 70 hold an invitation reception a.
that place on October 6.
The Fourth Company. Boyss Rriraso
VIII drill tonight at the Beegen Reforms
Church. 1t is the first drill Of life sea
son.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS o
Building a Wall on North Side of
City Hospital Grounds,

About one hundred and ninety feet long,
and making all excavations required, viii
be received at the Office of the Board of
Police Commissioners. corner of Gregory
street and Cooper place. on
WEDNESDAY, BOTH INST,
AT A O'Clock P. N.
Specifications can be seen at the Warden's
Office. City Hospital, corner OF Baldwin ave
nue. and Montgomery street.
Bonds in the sum OF double the amount OF
the bid will be required for the faithful per-
Torrance of the contract.
Proposals will be enclosed In sealed envelopes,
addressed to Commissioner II. II. Abernethy.
President Of the Board of Police Commission
ers," and marked Proposals for Building Wall,
etc, and handed to the Clerk at or before
four O'Clock P. NJ. Wednesday, s0th instant.
By order of the Board of Police Commission
G. p. ROBINSON. Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
THE DEAD MANS ERROR.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept. Is, 1885,
William Stein, Edward Roderick and Ed
ward Brennan, the three State Mine IN
spectors appointed to investigate the Twin
shaft disaster at Pittston the 9Th of July
last, whereby hfty-eight lives were LOST.
tings. The inspectors say that in their
opinion Mr.. Lagen. who was in charge
OF the work at the mine erred in judg-
ment IN going 50 far into the min from
the bottom of the shaft. They saw his or
ror. of judgment was the cause of the loss
OF MS own life as well as Of those subor-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25

TO JAMES McNALLY, MRS. JAMES Nc
Nally. his wife: Charles Clinton. Amelia
Rcemmelt. administrator Of estate of John
Andrew E. Leicht. Amelia Roemmelt, Charles
K. Leicht. William K Leicht and John NJ.
Leicht, next of kin of Andrew Leicht, de-
ceased; Isaac Romano, assignee in bank
ruptcy of John Roemmel and Isaac Romaine,
assignee in bankruptcy Of Andrew Leicht:-
sale made By the city coIssctoT Of Jersay
City, on the 18th day of October. 1884. The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased
for the sum of seventy-eight dollars and fifty
three cents ALL the land and real estate
situate in Jersey City, in the County Of Hud-
son and State of New Jersey. fronting on Beach
street, which is laid down and designated as
lot thirty-eight 3), in block number nine
hundred and forty-three (s43). upon an assess
900, made by the Commissioner of Adjust
ment" appointed in and for said City by the
Circuit Court Of the County Of HUDSON, a
certified copy of which report and map was
filed in the office of the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the It'll day of March, 1898. said re-
port and map and said sale being made pur-
suant to the provisions of an act Of the Legis-
lature of New Jersey, passed March S0th. 1886,
entitled
IAN Act concerning the settlement and col
lection Of arrearages Of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
levying a tax. assessment and lien in lieu
and instead Of such arrearages, and to
enforce the payment thereof. and to pro-
vide for the sale OF lands subjected to
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
near to have an estate or interest In said
land and real estate. and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
yided in said acts. before the expiration Of
six months from and after the service hereof.
a deed for the same VIII be given conveying
n The Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey CITY.
The fee simple Of said land and real estate
according to the provisions Of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., September 10. 1895.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
tSeai.) Mayor.
Attest: n j. o'DoNNELL,
City Clerk.
Tho New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
RUSSIAN S HERE.

NEW YORK, Sept. rs, lsss.-Bishop
Nicholas, Of Alaska and the Aleutian
Islands and Chief of the Orthodox Greek
hierarchy in North America, arrived in
this city from Texas yesterday.
He contempiates making an extensive
tour through all the Eastern States.
There are nearly 5000 Russians. nearly
all members of the Orthodox Greek
Church. in this city alone. and while he
is here the Bishop will be feted and en-
tertained in royal fashion.
Today the Russian Orthodox Church of
St. Nicholas, there will be special SER
vices in honor OF the bishop.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
R0LoFF HELD FOR TRIAL.

NEW YORK, Sept. Is, 1Sg6.-rhe ex-
animation of General Carlos Roloff. ac-
cused OF aiding flibustering expeditions
10 Cuba, was resumed this morning
The government announced that It's tes-
tlmony was all in. Counsel for General
Roloff moved for his discharge on the
ground OF insufficient evidence.
ton and neld General RolofT in 300 for
the grand inrv v-'oV -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
TROUBLE FEARED IN JAMAICA
HALF OWNED Tribes Are Coming
Down from the Mountains.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. II, 1885,
Jamaica's half-civilized mountain tribe,
the Msroons, are once more giving trouble
to the authorities by descending on adj
jacent plantations and laying claim to
such portions of the cultivated lands as
strike their fancy. 1t VIII be remembered
that about the middle of last year con-
siderable trouble was caused by these
people, but the judicious leniency of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
smoothed matters over. The Maroons, 1t
now appears, conceived the idea that
the Judge let them off simply because 1t
was beyond the power of the Jamaica
Government to treat them as mere ia
maicans.
The idea has lately got abroad among
the Maroone that by degrees the OUT
lying lands of their reservations. down
along the plains, have been encroached
upon by the land holders and it was to
recover these supposed losses that the
kick-up of last year was started. The
decision of the Supreme Court, including.
as 1t did, the release of the leaders of
have onveyed the impression that not
only could the authorities not punish
them, but that their claims were recog-
nized. A year. having elapsed and the
lands claimed being still withheld from
them. they now start again to forcibly
take possession.
The latest advices, which reached
Kingston last night, were to the effect
that the Maroons had descended from the
mountains and established themselves at
Fuller's Wood, the principal bone Of con-
t%ention. A large posse of police has been
despatched to eject them, and the re-
sule is awaited with anxiety. If the
Maroons withdraw no attempt will be
made to treat them with severity; but
should they again oppose any resistance
latter nave orders to arrest the leaders,
ever if force has to be resorted to, to the
extent OF firing on them. 1t is believed
that the ultimate of these disturbances,
if persisted in, will be the dispersal of
the Maroons among the general popula-
ton and the confiscation of their reser-
walton.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
A SPANKING NEEDED HERE.

Richard o'Connor, of West Side avenue
and Broadway, Marion, was seated On his
stoop last evening when Tony Spio, 10
years old, of No. q Giles avenue, saun-
tered along. With him was his favorite
spitz TERROR. When he was in front Of
OConnor, he is said to nave .sicced''
the dog on that gentleman, and the dog
buried his teeth in the calf of O,Connor's
leg. He had the wound cauterized n
Splo arrested. The dog will be shot.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
TERRIFIC STORM ABOUT BRITAIN
Bu Cable % ne United Press.

LONDON. Sept. Is. 1sss.-A terrific
northeast gale prevailed throughout last
night in the English Channel, the Bristol
Channel, off Cornwall and elsewhere along
the coasts, doing a great deal of dam
ashore in the Bristol Channel and off
Cornwall, and the steamer Teutonic. from
Liverpool, September "a. for New York,
sstss uetagea At a. oueenss9wn tour nous,
and she proceeded on her voyage at TAI
O'clock this morning,
The barks Agder and Baron Hoburg
were wrecked off Folkestone during the
night. The crews of both vessels were