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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
no DOUBT OP REEDS ELECTION.
General Bingham OF the Wars and
Mans Cenam5ttee Talks.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1S96.-General
Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, who,
next to Chairman Joe" Cannon, of
Illinois, is on the Appropriation Com
mittee,, and who it is thought may be
transferred to a corresponding position
on the Ways and Means Committee in
the next Congress. is prepared to enter
on his work for the short session. He
Is chairman of the Sub Committee of
Appropriations, having in charge the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial APP
preparation bill, one of the most import
ant measures that comes before Con-
gress
General Bingham will call his sub-com-
nittee to meet here on November 80 and
will have the estimates well in hand by
that time and we'll considered The sig
nificant fact that every Republican MEM
ber of the Ways and Means Committee
has been reelected (Which has heretofore
been mentioned in these despatches) in
General Bingham's opinion, will enable
them to do most valuable work during the
next three months, ready for the exetra
session if it should be called Mr.. Bing-
ham has no doubt of the reelection Of
Speaker Reed If he still desires to pre-
side over the House of Representatives.,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
1RBNY0N'S MYSTERY.
The Girl Suicide Not Identified
Motive for Her Rash
Act Discovered.
specia! to the Jersey Cttu Ne,ts.

TRENTON, Nov. "a, 1S96.-The identity
OF the young woman whose body was
found yesterday morning in clump of
trees on Revere avenue just outside the
city limits, Is still a puzzle to the police.
Numbers of persons called at the morgue
this morning. but none was ,able to iden-
tify the body: The Chief Of Police said
this morning that he had not the slight
est elew by which to trace the young
woman
1t was clearly a case of suicide, and go
3 II the body is not identified in a day or so
IT VIII be buried in Pouter's Field.
The police do not think the woman be-
longs here. They had number of per-
sons visit the morgue this morning who
the city and nearby places, but none had
ever seen the woman before They think
che came here with the deliberate inten-
uion of committing suicide and was careful
to remove anything from her person that
would serve TO Identity her.
The examination made by County Ply
stefan r. r. Rogers revealed the motive
of suicide. The young woman killed her
self to hide her shame, or rather 70 avoid
its consequences in life.
The body was discovered yesterday
morning by a woman passing the spot
The young woman had then been dead
about an hour. There was a bullet hole
In the left temple and a small revolver
was held tightly in her hand.
When the police examined the body
they found no jewelry Or any possession
than her clothing, on which was no mark
and the small revolver which is like
thousands of other cheap ones.
The body is that of a slightly built.
good-looking woman about twenty-five
years old, with luxuriant dark brown
hair, which was tastefully arranged The
hands showed no sign of hard dork, and
the finger nails are shapely and well
kept.
The young woman wore skirt of dark
blue material and light-colored Jacket
with three large pearl buttons The un-
derclothing is of good material
the police at first thought that she
might. have been of q wealthy family
but changed theier minds. They think
now that she was a Hungarian or Polish
woman.
Several persons living in the neighbor-
hood of Quinton's old race track, which
Is near where the body was found, say
they saw woman about there early yes
terday morning who acted as though she
were stranger looking for some one or
some place, but they could not identity
the body as that of the woman they saw.
The police say that the published de-
scription of the young woman will lead
to the discovery of her identity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
MINNEAPOLIS LEAVES SMYRNA
All Quiet at Constantinopie aud the
Fleet Fy5saarxfpo

WASHINGTON, Nov q. 1ss6-The
cruiser Minneapolis. from which Admiral
Selfridge transferred his flag to the San
Francisco last week, left Smyrna this
morning for Mersine, several hundred
miles further away from Constantinople
than she has been the past six weeks.
When the Turkish situation was more
threatening last August, Admiral Sell
fridge, with the Minneapolis as his flag
ship, was in English waters, but hurried
down to the Mediterranean under orders
from the Department just at the time the
BGHeroft and Cincinnati left New York
to join the squadron.
The Minneapolis, with the Admiral, ar
rived at Smyrna the nearest available
port to constantinople, on October I, the
San Francisco. Cincinnati Marblehead
Jater The troubles in Constantinople
fortunately subsiding about this time. the
Marblehead left for home, but the entire
squadron has ever since remained at
anchor in Smyrna harbor until today. If
matters remain quiet, the Admiral who
is constantly in communications with Min
tster Terrell will let his other ships
cruise about, remaining always within
easy call.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
|RAV|NE ROAD SEWER
Vice Chancellor Pitney
Holds Jersey City En-
tlrely Responsible
for the Nuisance.
MUST BEAR ALL EXPENSE
Eight Months Allowed in Which to
Rebuild the Drain Before a
Penalty Will Be In
ficted.

Vice Chancellor Pitney this afternoon
gave a decree against Jersey City in the
celebrated Ravine Road sewer case, and
exonerated the city of Hoboken from all
blame in the maintenance of the nuisance.
The final argument took place at two
o'clock when Mr.. Charles L. Corbin,
counsel for the State Board of Health,
which brought the injunction suit against
Jersey City, Hoboken and the D. L. and
W. r. R, Company, said that Jersey City
was to blame for the nuisance. and had
ample powers under the statutes to secure
right Of way and carry the sewer to the
river
Mr.. Spencer Weart and Judge Blair, for
Jersey City. held that it was all Hobo
ken's fault, and that Jersey City had
no power under the law to expend money
on the sewer.
Mr.. James F. Minturn of Hoboken ar
gued that Hoboken had secured com
mission filed in around the sewer, inn
plored Jersey City to help them and had
repaired the sewer and now having done
all that was blamed as the cause of the
offense.
There is not the slightest doubt in
my mind" said the Vice Chancellor, ..in
saying that Jersey City is responsible. and
Y VIII so decree. She should have stopped
the nuisance even if she was obliged to
cut off the sewers from the Hin. I VIII
withhold the punishment for eight
months
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
SHOT Els BOARDING MISTRESS.

TAUNTON, Mass, November %. 1885,
Frederick Luther, fireman at the electric
road power station, shot his boarding
mistress, Mrs. Abby e. Barber, Just be-
fore noon today, and then killed him
self. The cause for the act is unknown
The tragedy occurred at Weir village
Luther worked nights, hence he was
about the house this forenoon and went
into the kitchen and helped Mrs. Barber
wiring out the wash
Her daughter heard two shots and a
scream from her mother, who called her
fear. She ran to the Cohannet Mill office
and asked for help. The alarm was Civ
en- and as people fiocked to the house
three more shots rang out in Luthers
room. An officer found Mrs. Barber's
body in the kitchen and Luther dead in
his room. He had bullet in his head
and in his breast.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
PARENTAL OBJECTIONS DID IT.

GREENSBURG, Pa, Nov 80. 1885, Some
time ago James Tarr, a young farmer,
10 year daughter of John Long, a neigh
Dor farmer, and despite the objections of
the girls parents, secretly married her on
Decoration Day. Two weeks ago the par
ents found the marriage certificate but
still denied Tarr permission to come on
the premises.
Yesterday John Long and wife went to
visit a sick relative. During their abb
sence, young Tarr called and spent some
time alone with his wife. A hired man
working in the barn heard two pistol
shots and hurried to the house. Young
Tarr and his bride were found dead, ly-
ing on the kitchen hoor with bullet holes
through their breasts Ttsis not known
whether they had quarreled.
Long and his wife are frantic with
grief, and so angered was the father that
he threw the body of Tarr insthe yard
where the undertaken found it. The
cause for the tragedy will doubtless re-
main permanent mystery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
'CUBA'S FRIENDS help.
Spaniards Said to Be Losing
Hope Men and Arms Plen-
tiful in Rio del Pinar.

TAMPA. Fla, Nov. %, 1Ss6.-General
colazo writes to his family In this city
from Santo Tomas Eastern Cuba, saying
in part.
The excellent and intelligent way with
which @ our friends in the United States
nave worked and the rapid arrival Of
expedition after expedition means the
exit OF all Spanish hopes
cannot give exact figures, but can
say we have at least %, 900 fully equipped
men and 1000 more properly drilled and
ready to take their places in the army
as soon as we have means to arm them
In the last revolution of ten years We
never mad more than 5000 men armed
ana we were always short of arnmuni-
ton Now we have three times as many
mon, plentiful supply of ammunition
unph.
1t seems the, Spaniards have lost an
nope OF ruling. here, but they believe in
accumuiating forces in the Vuelta Abajo
tIlnar. del Riol district, They are go
ing TO pacify the island in sections. Tfiey
Will soon find out their mistake Each
locality has It's own forces thoroughly
acquainted with the country they de-
fend; always on the watch and fighting
needed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
MYSTERIOUS DEATH In HoBoKEN
The Police Pretend TO Know All
About 1T, Rut Keep Mum.

Samuel Kohn, thirty-two years Of age
was taken violently i'll on washington
street, between Second and Third streets.
last night, about eleven o'clock The
was taken to the police station and the
doctor. summoned. When Dr. Simon ar
rived he pronounced the man in dy-
ing condition and he was taken to ST
Mary's Hospital, where he died soon af-
ter his arrival
The case is a peculiar one and the police
are investigating it.. The man had $40
in his pocket, and it is known he said
before he died that. he felt all right after
eating, his supper What else he has said
the police won't divulge. nor will the doc
tor say what caused the mans death.
Kohn keeps a cigar and Stationery store
at No. 519 First street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
CARLISLE IS A DEMOCRAT

LOUISVILLE. KY. Nov. %. 1S9s.-A
Washington despatch to the Courier
Journar says
Secretary Carlisle was recently asked
by d friend if he had seen the reports
printed that if he desired he could retain
hip position as Secretary of the Treasury
in the next Administration. He replied
that he had. but the reports were too silly
and absurd to require from him thought
much less an answer.
There is no inducement in the world
that could be offered me to serve under
the Mckinley administration day he
said. Il am as good a Democrat now as I
ever was, and always expect to be- I have
nc aspirations whatever for any public
position. There is no man in the country
who will welcome the advent of the fourth
of next March more gladly than myself =
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
CRISIS IN SUGAR.
BIZ Cabls to the United Pres,

LONDON. Nov %, 1ss6.-A representa-
tive of the United Associated Presses OBJ
tanned an interview today with Mr.. Ne
vile Lubbock, who is at the head of the
Colonial Company, the leading West In
dias sugar firm, upon the subject OF the
necessity for sending a commission 10 the
British West Indies to inquire into the
critical condition of the sugar industry,
Once is now considering. Mr.. Lubbock
said that the present indications were
that a conference of some kind to discuss
the situation would be held shortly, as
the question was becoming very acute
Germany and Austria, he said, were quite
prepared to enter into an international
agreement to regulate the product of
sugar, but in the meantime the British
Government maintained its old attitude.
The proposed commission, Mr.. Lubbock
thought. would have no effect.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
DIED.


GALLAGHER--In this oity, on Sunday
November 2, 1896. John, beloved hus~
band of Ellen and son of James Gaila-
gher, aged "a years.
Relatives and friends of the fanily are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
on Wednesday morning, November Is.
from his late residence, No. ZIG Grand
street: thehce to st. Patrickss Church.
corner Bramhall and Ocean avenues.
where solemn high mass of requiem wsH
be offered for the happy repose of hts soul.
RATIGAN.--On Monday. November 2.
1896, Thomas ]. Raigan, beloved son
of the late Thomas and Catharine Rati-
gan, in his 26th year
Relatives ana friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his late
residence, No. 500 Summit avenue on
Wednesday, November 25. at A NJ;
thence to St. Josephs Church. where .
solemn high mass will be offered for the
happy repose of his soul
STRAUS,-At Hoboken on Sunday. No
ven1ber z. 1896. Mary A. staus. be-
loved wife OF Jacob Straus and daush-
ter of Charles Seagrist deceased.
Funeral from her late residence. No. SIS
Bloomfield street. Hoboken. on Wednes-
day. November Is. at r. n. Relatives
and friends invited
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
BIG OLoTHIERs EMBARRASSED.
MaIbey q Co., OF Detroie, File Mort
gages--Wf1 Pay an EuII.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. %, 1sss.-Mabley
& Co, clothiers one of the oldest retail
mercantile establishments in this city, this
morning filed three chattel mortgages,
covering all OF their stock and fixtures
otfle Union Trust Company, as trustees
for the benefit of the FIRMS creditors
The mortgages aggregated nearly $780,
600. No statement of the assets of the
firm has vet been made. The principal
creditors are w. s. Peck & Company and
Rosenberg Brothers and Aronson Of Roch-
ester, N. Y; Mrs Katherine Mabley and
the American Exchange National Bank of
thia city.
Bruce Goodfellow, president of the conn
pany, said this morning that he believed
the assets of the firm would cover its ha-
blities, and that 1t would pay dollar for
dollar He expects that the company VIII
continue business.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
ON TO KHARToUM.


LONDON, Nov. %, 1Ss6-General Sir n.
II. Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the
Egyptian army. started on his return to
Cairo today. General Kitchener has had
daily conferences with the officials of the
War Office for the last fortnight and re-
turns to Egypt with instructions to have
everything in readiness for the Anglo
Egyptian Nile expedition to advance from
Dongola to Berber and Khartoum in
March next. The expedition will be or
ganized by the addition OF an armed
steamer
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
NINETY YFAR OLD BoNIPAoE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. 1896. IF rankin
A. Tenney, who was proprietor OF the Ma
tional Hotel In this city for ne<aIay forty
years, died here at his residence last even
ing. He retired from the National a few
yeana ago and was proprietor OF The Hotel
Varnum. near the Capitol, at the time Of
his death.
Colonel Tenney was nearly 30 years old
native Of New Hampshire and had al
ways voted, at his old h3me where ne
usually spent part Of each summer He
WAS well and fav0rably known to the
fnaveIing public Of the Unsted States
throuxh Az lo1s ana honorable career
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
MORRIS BRETzFELD DYING.
Hoboken's Old Lawyer Has a Para-
lyffc Stroke

Morris Bretzfeld, lawyer of Webster
avenue, Heights, with offices on Newark
street near Washington, Hoboken. was
stricken with paralysis while sitting in
his chair on Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Bretzfeld generally reaches his home
on Saturdays at three o'clock in the
afternoon. When he did not arrive al
his regular time his family began to
worry. They waited and waited and be-
came more and more anxious TIL after
eight o'clock. son then went to his
fathers Office and found him UNCONSCIOUS.
He was taken to his home and DIR. Nixon
of the Heights was called n and said he
had an attack of paralysis Little hope
of his recovery Is entertained.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
GOLD IN THE WIOHITAB.

DALLAS, Texas, Nov %, 1896. Reports
from Henrietta. Texas, are to the effect
that excitement is high at that place
over the recent rich discoveries of gold
in the Wichita mountains. Indian terri
tory, sixty-five miles northwest of Hem
the new mines. The Henrietta Board of
Trade met Saturday night and took the
matter up. The business men started
the organization of railroad company
to construct line from Henrietta to the
gold fields and on to Fort Sill. A COM
mittee was appointed to wait on Com
gress to procure charter and the right
of way
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
HUMBBRT'S POPULARITY.

ROME, Nov. %, 1S9s.-King Humbert re-
turned to Rome today and received pop-
uIar ovation to which he replied with q
speech. His Majesty viii receive King
Alexander OF Servia on Wednesday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
THE MARBLEHEAD IN PORT.

NEW YORK. Nov. @. 1ss6.-U. s. S.
Marblehead. which was recently detached
from the European station and ordered
home. arrived in port roday. She brings
with her seanen from the different ships
of the European fleet whose time OF en-
isstfnenf has expired
The Marbiehead was relieved, on the
other side, by U. s. s. Cincinnati. After
little overl1auiing at the Navy Yard
here she viii be attached to the North AT
Cincinnati
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VIII She Indeeaa
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

PARIS. Nov. %. 1Ss6-The Figaro" IN
an article on the relations of the United
States and Spain in view of the situation
in Cuba, says:-'.The American newspap-
ers which are melting the Un5ted States
to war with Spain on account of Cuba
ought to remember that Spain will have
Europe behind her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
VISITORS TO M'KINLBT.
Mail and Express at Canton
Busy, Too-A Whole
Menagerie.

CANTON. Ohio, Nov. q, 1S9e.-There
was an air Of bustle and business about
Major McKinleys house this morning that
contrasted with the Sabbath calm of yes
terday. More than a score of visitors
called before noon and the postman and
the expressman brought large burdens of
mail and packages. Someone sent a live
lamb from Missouri.
Major Mckinley has received since his
election three eagles, four coons, two roos-
ters, one jack rabbit and a lamb A force
OF men were ait work this morning replae-
ing the fences which were de-
stroyed by the delegations and car
ried away for souvenirs The front
yard will be plowed up in a few days
and planted with grass seed. Ex-Con-
gresham and Mrs. Bellamy Storer ar
rived this morning and are guests at the
Mckinley residence. Among the callers
today were Colonel L. P. Tarlton of
Frankfort, KY, who was chairman of the
delegation from his State to the St Louis
convention, and Ex-Governor L. F. Hub
bard of Minnesota Governor Hubbard
says the people of Minnesota would be
very. glad to have Senator Cushman K
Davis appointed Secretary of State by
Major Mckinley.
Senator Davis said he, sis man of
broad culture and information He has
been an active member of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations for some
years; is an accomplished hnguist and a
close student of foreign affairs
The rumor that Fred D. Grant is TO
visit Major Mckinley today finds no con-
firmatfon here as yet
Mr.. Abner Mckinley arrived from New
York at noon
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BIG AUSTRALIAN FAILURE.
b. CAME 70 he Un.tsa p,-.s,

LONDON, Nov. %, 1s96.-The announce
ment was made today of the failure of
Mesers. Webster & BURNS, Australian
merchants doing business at No. q Cam
non street, London. The liabilities of the
firm are f18o,OO0 and Sbeir assets 100000
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
wEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Nov %, 1sss-For the 80
hours ending at P. NJ, Tuesday-For
New York City and vicinity: Fair to-
night; partly cloudy Tuesday; warmer:
northeasterly. shifting to southeastefly.
winds.
saarsuert,s TAerna1.s.r Reperr
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Rooms az washington.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s, 1Ss6.-It has
not been doubted that President-ele
Mckinley would occupy prior to his ifau-
guration, the same rooms he has always
occupied since his election to Congress.
IN the. Ebbitt House. It is now stated
that Governor McKinley's brother, Mr.
Abner Mckinley, last night completed the
arrangements for the reception of the
Presidential party and left for Ohio. The
rooms which Major Mckinley and his
wife occupied during his Congressional
career viii be refurnished and made
suitable for the occasion.
Mr.. McKinley's party will consist Of
himself, his wife and her maid, his
mother. his brother. Abner Mckinley: his
nephew, James Mckinley; his niece Miss
Grace Mckinley; his. wife's sister, Miss
Barbour, and perhaps others.
Mr.. Mckinley and his invalid wife will
occupy suite No. 332 on the third floor,
fronting on Fourteenth street and over
looking the avenue. 1t is big, handsome
suite with nine large windows, and has
a fine bathroom and an anteroom att
tached. These were occupied by Vice
President Stevenson during the Inaugural
fion four years ego. Other suites engaged
are on the some floor, extending the en-
tire Fourteenth street side of the house.
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New Jersey's best fIour costs 2sc. more per
barrel than ordinary nogr. blf worth dollar
extra Wholesale only &t d f. C1eafy Coz
stores, Gxesns ami kzonxssmery ntreetN.
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One pound package Of a, B, G Soda
o45lce tfcket. r
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Lots and graves cared for by Cemetery
Association no assessments; moderate prices:
perfect title Four and q half naf)eS frosn
Court House; "A minutes by ran hom Erie
Depot Once over Profident Savings Bn6K
No. ~ washington stfset
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his people, Before the Consolidation iaea
had been broached Pastor Grant had in
timated TO MS consistory that he wished
to be relieved of his charge about the be-
ginning Of June, 1897, as he contemplated
going abroad for a year or more with
some friends for rest and study How
ever, had the consistory received the
financial relief hoped for from the Do
mestic Board it was the purpose of the
consistory to offer DR. Grant years
leave Of absence for travel and study. But
| railing in that. In view of the arrange
ments now in progress, and which in the
near future are likely 10 be consummated
the congregation Will. with great reluc-
tance, have to part with q pastor who has
served it longer than any Of his prede-
cessors, and who, when he. does 60 will
carry with him the love and esteem of his
people, wnom he has served so faithfully
ana disinterestedly. The sconsolida tion.
therefore. OF these two congregations NAV
pc executed in the near future
1t is possible, though not probable, that
the church and society of the Tabernacle
viii refuse the overtures made by the con-
sistory The society win meet first and
discuss the financial aspect, and If the So
ciety decides to accept the proposition the
church will meet later in the same even
ing and define the conditions as to the SER
vices and meetings
The Board Of Trustees and the Board Of
Deacons met officialiy yesterday after
noon, to consider It preparatory to bring
ing 1t before the church, at the residence
of Mr.. s. G. Negus Ne s65 Crescent ave-
nue.. There were present the Rev. ]. L.
scudder the Rev ~ n Wells, Deacona
W. >. HUM, ureait;; willfem Bunee, Sam
uel Vance, Marcus Higginbotham and 8.