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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
GRAsPED A I'VE WIRE,

BOSTON, Sept. 2s, 1sss.-About three
o'clock this morning parties who were
looking out from the balcony on the north
side of Music Hall, where the Williams
followers had remained after the Bryan
rally in order to gain possession of the
hall at today's convention. discovered a
mans body lying in the alIeyway which
leads from Bromfield street. They noti-
fed a police officer. and the latter found
that the mar was unconscious. A ply
stefan who was in the hail was called
and he pronounced the man dead.
A deep bfuise in the palm of the right
hand showed that a fatal current from an
electric wire had killed him.
The man was identified as James
Hughes, a married man, living in LEN
wood street, Somerville. He was a. dele
gate to the convention and had gone
out OF the hall. He was undoubtedly try
fire escape when he was killed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
MARTIN DAAB'S VISITOR.
She Rushed Into the Dukes House
and said His Brother Was III.

Ats0 SoA0 AAAS " a. Il
A youn woman, respectfully dressed,
rushed into the Dukes House in front of
the lower ferry, Hoboken, yesterday af-
ternoon. The hotel is kept by the Daab
brothers. Philip and Martin. Martin Daab
lives in the Dukes House, but Philip
Daab lives at No. POS Bloomfield street.
The young woman dashed into the office
in q great furry. rs MI. Daab here?''
she cried.
Martin Daab appeared to answer her
call.
"Oh," said the young woman, ..you
must go up to your brothers house right
way. I am the nurse girl there. Your
brother has been taken very i'll, and they
have sent for a doctor, They want you
right away"
Martin grabbed his hat and coat in a
hurry and started of as quickly as his
300 pounds of ~ayoirdupois would allow.
caution to cali his bartender into the Of
flee. The bartender planted himself down
in Mr.. Daab's ample chair, and started
to talk to the young woman. She did not
versation. and said she would have to re-
turn to Bloomfield street, as Mrs. Daab
would need her. She left in almost as
great a hurry as she came.
Soon after Martin Daab came back with
blood in his eye.
Where's that young woman?" he asked
as soon as he got his breath.
"She went back to Mrs. Daab's," said
the bartender, who had been smoking
good cigars during the wait.
well, she be - said Martin. "She
never saw Mrs. Daab, and Phil is all
right. The - hussy wanted to get me
away and then loot the Office
The bartender said he guessed tina was
her little game. The woman has not been
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
STILL A MYSTERY
Police Think Young Thomas
Reynolds Shot Roger
Costello.
THE OTHER MEN DISCHARGED
Chief Murphy Confident That He
Will Find the WouId-Be
Murderer.

The shooting Of Roger E. Costello, the
produce dealer of Mullica Hill, N. J.. in
the home of Dennis Reynolds is still
shrouded in mystery, and Chief Murphy
is disincfined to discuss the occurrence.
The entire detective force is at work on
the case, and it is expected that the man
suspected of being the Hould-be assassin
will be in custody by night.
This morning Justice Potts upon the
recommendation of Chief Murphy dis
charged Dennis Reynolds, Frank, his
SON; John Scanlon and Peter Fox, all of
whom. lived in the house where the shoot
ing occurred, and who for a time were
suspected of knowing something about It.
The police suppose that the shooting
was lone by Thomas Reynolds, a stepson
of Dennis Reynolds. Thomas has up to
the present time succeeded in evading
the police. Detectives have not been able
to find any trace of him.
One reason why the police suspect
Thomas is that he disappeared imme-
diately after the shooting. Stili another
is that no stranger could nave made his
way to the room occupied by Costello
without arousing someone. A particularly
vicious watch dog is chained almost d.
rectly under the windows of the room oc-
cupied by Costello, and it is claimed by
the police that a stranger could not have
quieted the dog while prowling about the
&house.
The suspected son is said to have a vio-
lent temper. A few days ago his father
discharged him. The boy, it has been
learned. has been acting sulkily ever since
and has threatened to get square with
someone. It is supposed that while under
assassinate his ~stepfather, who always
occupied the room in which Costello was
shot down.
Conflicting stories are told as to whether
Thomas kne Costello was In the house
at all, and particularly whether he was
aware that Costello was to occupy his
fathers room.
Chief Murphy is confident. he a that
when he captures Thomas the mystery
of the Shooting will be cleared I'D at once.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
TELLER ON TIE TEST.
The Weeping Turncoat Treats
Cleveland Crowd TO Insane Lies.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 2s, 1896
Senator Henry M. Teller, who bolted at
the st. Louis Republican Convention, ar
rived in this city yesterday. He spoke
confidently of the situation in the West
and said there was an overwhelming
sentiment for Bryan and free silver. Dur
ing the Senator's visit to the Bryan
headquarters a crowd collected outside
and clamored for a speech. Mounting the
grand stand on the public square Senator
Teller said in part
II abandoned my party when it de-
clared that we are a people incapable of
self-goyernment without the consent of
England. The best men in our country are
for bimetallism. and nearly every econ
enlist in. England is for it. We haven't
the money to buy the newspapers. Our
opponents have The gold bugs have no ar
gument, Thurman said in my presence
that he did not know silver had been
demonetiZed until the bill of 1873 had
gone through. For a year afterwards
hardly anyone knew Of the crime. I am
not interested in silver mines. l am talk
ing for principle. This campaign is more
important than the one of 1861
Although the meeting was impromptu
three thousand people listened to the ad-
dress.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
where they Came From.

O.. dear, is equivalent to "Odio MO-.
or. Oh, my God.
Rotten Row. the famous drive in Lon
DON, was originally called a la route du
roi, or the Kings passageway.
Pope was originally papa and
Gear and Kaiser are Roth Caesar.
"Thimb1e', was originally ssthumbbeIl."
as the thimble was first worn on the
thumb.
Dandelionv was dent de leon. or the
lion's tooth
Vinegar is taken from the French, vim
aigre,o or sour wine.
Villain was simply the name given to
a laborer on the vile Of a Roman coun-
try gentleman.
Dominic, the old name used for a preach
er. is derived from Dominus.
Lord. in the old Anglo-Saxon. was
hiaford. or loaf distributor.
Sir was originally the Latin senior.
Madame is my lady.i
Slav was originally a person of noble
lineage; not the slave as now applied.
Jimmy is a "Reminiscences of the classical
adjuratfon, Ogemini used by the ancient
Romans when they called upon the twins
Castor and Pollux. to assist them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
John E. Foster, of Atlantic High
lands; o. H. Brown, of Spring Lake, an
Peter Vredenburgh, of Freehold.
SBVELL'S PREDICTION
The General is Confident Me-
Kinley and Hobart Will
Be Elected.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26, 1ss6.-sNew
Jersey is sure for 40, 600 majority for Me-
Kinley and Hobart, and the election Of
the Republican candidates is now out of
all Doubt"
That is the substance of a prediction
made last night by United States Senator
William ]. Sewell on his way TO Hot
Springs. The General has stuck closely TO
his desk all summer, with his multifa-
rious public and railroad duties, which
means a vast amount of work and worry.
Several days ago he went to Hot Springs
for a brief period of rest and TO tax the
baths there. He has had a touch of pesky
rheumatism, and hopes to come out ahead
of it. He came up yesterday on a flying
business trip, and returned last night.
The General is not afflicted with the
predicting habit. He seldom makes an
election prophecy, but when he. does say
anything regarding probable results it IS
after careful observation of the drift of
events and a scrupulous balancing of
facts. His prediction concerning New
Jersey is, therefore, worth more than
passing notice.
II don't know what Mr.. Bryan expect
ed to gain by coming East to speak"
continued the General, for surely neither
he nor any other man could turn the tide
that has already begun to sweep. The
Republicans. will. carry every Northern
and Middle State. There is no doub in
my mind as TO their getting. the electoral
votes of Delaware and Maryland; they
will certainly get West Virginia and prob
ably Virginia. There is no doubt in my
mind about their carrying Kentucky.
Minnesota and Iowa are certain, and
from what l have learned they will get
both the Dakotas, certainly South Da-
kota, and / firmly believe Montana. The
men who are at the head of the Bryan
movement are not the men to inspire
confidence in the people, and certainly
Bryan himself is not adding to his
strength by his stumping tour.
One thing / was very sorry to learn
while I was away was that the Republic
In had consented TO arrange a joint de-
bate with Senator Tillinan at the Mount
Holly Fair"
When informed that there was no de-
bate, but that Tillman had merely in
duiged in one of his characteristic har-
argues, and that Judge Lansing, of Ne
braska. had made only a sound money
appeal to the people, without noticing
the South Carolinian's TRADE, the Senator
seemed very much relieved.
Asked concerning the condition of the
Camden State Senatorial contest, General
Sewell said:-sOh, now, I am taking no
hand in that. Mr.. Engard is a very good
friend of mine, and he Is a fine young
man. So is Mr.. johnson, and they are
both popular"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
OUR MAILS IN TIE EARLY DAYS
They Moved slowly and the Letter
Postage Was Very High.

In Washington's first term an effort
was made to speed the mails-to move
them at the rate of one hundred miles in
twenty-four hours, or about four and a
half miles an hour writes ex-President
Harrison in his This Country of Ours,
article in September Ladies' Home Jour-
nal" This would have been a notable
advance, for the carriers were then kim
nearly thirty hours between Philadelphia
and New York. The roads were bad and
there were many slow ferries. . . In
lil6 there were only twenty-eight Post
offices in the Colonies; in 1875 there were
-four hundred and hfty-three, and in 1895
there were 70,064. The rates of postage
when the department was organized un-
der the Constitution were high: for
thirty miles, six cents for one letter sheet:
Tor sixty miles, eight cents: for one hun
bred miles, ten cents, and so increasing
with the increased distance to the maxi
mum, twenty-five cents for distances over
-four hundred and fifty miles. Stamps
We're not in use in those days, nor was
the sender of a letter required to pay
the postage in advance. The postage. six
cents or twenty-five cents, as the case
might be, was written by the Postmas-
ter on the letter, and if the sender paid
the postage the word paid was added;
II ne did not the postage was collected
OF the person TO whom the letter was
addressed. These rates soon yielded a
surplus over the cost OF the service. spite
of the franking privilege which the law
gave to Congressman and the heads of
departments. The demand of the
newspapers and periodicals of every class
for cheap postage. seconded by their sub
scr1bers, has led to a reduction of rates
greatly below the actual cost to the
government. In his report for 1892 the
Postmaster General, after stating that the
present letter rate pays twice the cost
OF the letter mail, says that the book
and newspaper mail is carried at a loss
OF SIX cents a Mound In rponpt uaa ~ fh1
Postofflce Department has been charac-
terszed by a very progressive spirit, and it
IS now rendering, rot a perfect service,
partment has more nearly kept pace with
try"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

Distress has been displayed by a
prominent organ of the tailoring pro-
fession'' at the decline of the sblack
Court Journal. While the prominent
organ bewaiis the fact, there are others
who rejoice and complain that the bond
age of the black coat is insuferable.
They would give rein to the fancy of the
clerk in the cry. and allow him to salts
fy his fancy among checks and stripes,
and thus Officially clothe himself in gay
garments. 1t iska terrible proposal. the
LACK coat IS the only preventive against
daring outrages of sporting, instinct in
the East Centre of London. The liberty
of a holiday, when the black coat is not
Officially demanded, reveals the taste OF
young London when allowed the liberty
Of checks and stripes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
OLEWS' DIAMOND MATCHES.

CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 1S96.-The threat
ened suit of Henry Clews & Co, the New
York stock brokers, against Jameson &
Co., boxers of Chicago. on account of 700
shares of Diamond Match stock, sold at
the real estate board the other day, was
begun in the Federal Court last evening.
The bill recites that Clews & Co., on Au-
ust 8. sold TO Jameson & Co., through
Schwartz, Dupree & CO., seven hundred
shares of Diamond Match stock at 500.
and thai subsequently, on August 81. SET
ting day, Jameson & CO.. refused to take
the stock. The sale of the stock the
other day is recited. and the Court is
asked to award to Clews & Co. a iudg-
ment for $64 900, being the difference be-
tween the price Jameson contracted to
buy and the price the stock brought at
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
TWO SETS OF DELEGATES.
The Republican Primary at Ions
Branch Ended in Division.
oDecidlTo the jersey Citu Neics.

oV'"rE OFtH1ftWse
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 26. lS96.-The Re-
publican primary held here last night
for the lection of delegates to attend the
county convention ended in a row. The
result is that another primary viii be
held tonight and two sets of delegates
instead of one viii go to Freehold.
The primary was the largest ever re-
corded in Ocean Township. Twelve hun
dred voters We're present when e. Asa
Francis. chairman of the last primary.
called the meeting to order. Mr.. Francis
rival, Mayor p. Hall Packer, of Seabr!ght
arrived at eight o'clock with 500 voters.
Two sets of delegates were Nominated.
Following this ex-Mayor Heisley offered
a resolution debarring men who did not
vote the Republican ticket last fall from
voting. The Francis delegation left the
hall. h Packer people remained and
elected delegates pledged to upport him
at the county convention.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
POLITICS IN BRIEF.

The Twelfth Ward Democratic Club
met last night at its rooms, No. 299 Cen
trail n The candidates nominated
at the recent primaries were endorsed.
committee will meet on next Thursday,
when the candidates are expected to be
present and address the meeting.
The Fourth Precinct Democratic Club
of the Eighth Ward has organized with
the following offers president, David
Barry; Vice President. James A. Banks;
Treasurer, John B. Faunce; Secretary,
Bernard Hendricks; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Danial / Danar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

Sir Edward Landseur. the famous ami
maj painter, had an old servant-his but
Ter, valet and faithful slave-named Will
lam, who was particularly assiduous in
guarding the outer portal. No one could
by any possibility gain direct access to Sir
Edwin The answer would be. Sir He'd
WIN Is not at 'ome.' The prince cof.-
sort himself once received this answer
when he called, ampliied on that occa-
sion by the assurance thai tthe had gone
70 a wedding" an entire fiction on Will
iarnss part, as tbs prince found out. for.
on walking boldly in and roand the gar
den, he noticed Sir Edwin LOOKING out Of
his studio window. This was the faithful
attendant who one day, when a lion had
died at .the ZOO and his corpse came Up
in a four. wheeled cab to be painted from.
startled his master with the question.
Please, Sir Hedw.n, did you horder a
lion?"1San Francisco Argonaut.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
Spurned BY. Their women.

a German who has been living in South
one of his conspatriots a letter ii which
he gives the following as the original
cause of the Matabeles' revolt. h young
women in Matabeieland are seductive.
handsome, well-formed and very agree
able, though perhaps somewhat proud and
Wild. Many whites at Buluwayo. and
nearly. all Europeans in the country
for their wives, with the ready consent
of the latter. These girls insult the men
Of their own race. calling them .sthe dogs
of the white men, and they decline anv
friendship with them Tina contempt has
irritated the Matabeles against the Euro
peans and melted them to Instruction.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS FOR
Building a Wall on North Side Of
CITY HospitaI Grounds.

About one hundred and ninety feet long.
and making all excavations required. will
be received at the Office OF the Board Of
Police Commissioners, corner OF Gregory
stree and Cooper place. on
WEDNESDAY,. 7 INST,
Al 4 O'Clock 2. M
Specifications can be seen at the Nardenss
Office. City Hospital. corner Of Baldwin aye
nue. and Montgomery street
Bonds In the sum OF double the amount Of
the bid win be required for the faithful per-
Torrance Of tho contract
Proposals will be enclosed in sealed envelopes.
addressed to rCommisslonef II. H. Abernefhy.
President Of the Beard Ct P9iice Commissions
ers. and marked Proposals for Building Walt.
etc and handed q the Clerh beforS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
4 Tnssle WIN whales.

Two men in a row boat fought for their
lives amid a school of ten whales recent
ly OF Newport Beach, Cal. The men
were camping at Newport. and had gone
for a fishing trip in a row boat.
Having found a good fishing ground, they
were pulling in yellow tail and barra-
couda, when suddenlN what appeared to
be an island arouse from the water along
side Of the boat. Whales then appeared
on all sides. and after being in the school
for some time, the leviathans swan away
leaving the frightened men at peace.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
7 T FOB M'KIHLEY.
SpeciaIt TO the jersey ctr Nsus.

ORANGE. Sept. 26. lsss.-For several
weeks local hat manufacturers have been
giving their employees their wages in en-
velopes printed on the outside with short
financial sscAtechisms in favor of sound
money. The plan is working well. and
several hundred hatters are being en-
rolled daily in the Hatters' Sound Money
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
BUFFALoNIANs OFF FOR CANTON

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. &c, 1sgs.-Be-
tween five and six hundred business men
left here by special train at seven O'Clock
th5s morning for Canton, Ohio, to pay
their respects to Major Mckinley.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
4 memento oftb. Dsparted.

Mr.. AT presume you carry a mo-
mento of some sort in that locket of
yours?'
Mrs. B.-"Prec.sely; it is a lock of my
husbands hair"
Mr.. A.-"But your husband is still
aliver'
Mrs. B.-"Yes, sir; but his hair is all
gone"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
CUMBERLAND FOR MKIHLEY.


MILLvILLE. septs 2s, 1sss-From present
indications Cumberland villa give 500 more
majority than ever before.
The Assembly ticket nominated yester-
day is one Of the strongest ever placed
before the people Mi1lville having the
candidate tor 9heriR and Yineland and
Hridseton each : candidate Tor Assembly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
ALBERT SYDNEY JoHNsON's WIDOW

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. &c. 1885,
Mrs. Eliza Griffin Johnson, the widow
Of the late General Albert sydney John
SON, died in this city yesterday at the
home of her son-in-law, United States
Attorney Denis. She was IA years old.
Her former home was in Kentucky.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
PEARY HEARD FROM.

NORTH SYDNEY. c. B., Sept. 2s, 1Se.-
The steamer Hope, with Lieutenant
Peary's Arctic expedition on board, pass
ed in at this place at 1O:4O A. NJ. today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
ERWIN is RIGHT IN IT.

Somebody has been industriously circu-
lating a rumor that Under Sheriff John
]. Erwin has pulled out of the ace for
the Republican nomination for Sheriff.
The rumor is not true. Mr.. Erwin is in
the field until the nomination is made
by he Republican Convention, and his
friends are confident that when that is
John j. Erwin will be the candidate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
A Good Thfng to ne.

wish / was a squash vine.v sobbed
Wilbur, after he had been punished for
trampling down the corn. Squash vines
can run all around the garden and nobody
complaints"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
Ring Lore.

Cromwelrs ring bore his crest, a lion
rampant.
The finger ring was the earnest ofna-
ment worn by man.
Betrothal rings were used in Europe in
the ninth century. $
Every Roman freeman was entitled to
wear an iron ring.
Wedding rings were used in Egypt o,oVo
years before Christ
Augustus wore a ring charm to project
him from hunderstorms
Chaucer alludes more than once to, the
thumb ring as common in his time.
Roman Ambassadors sent abroad wore
gold rings as a part of their State dress.
The State ring of the Pope is set with
a large cameo bearing the portrait of
Christ.
Early Celtic rings were made in in
terlaced work, often of very intricate
patterns.
When peers were created in great Brit
ain a ring i psed during the ceremony
The ring of the Jewish high priest was
invested by tradition with many mystic
powers
Greek legends declare that the mystic
ring of Gyges, the Kfng of Lydia, made
the wearer invisible
Down to the sixteenth century every
physician in Europe wore a ring as a
badge of his profession.
In the last Roman empire rings cut
from solid stones, generally agate or
onyx, became fashionable.
Lorenzo De Medicil wore a ring that.
according to tradition, had once belonged
to the Emperor Nero.
Anglo-Saxon rings were fashioned after
knotted cables. the knot being worn on
the outside of the land
Most of the medieval kings wore and
used signet rings. because they were UNI
able to write their v names,
Until the seventeenth century a ring
formed a part of the official dress of
every priest of the Romish Church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

The cleverest Is she who knows
how 70 laugh at other peoples VII, not
{she who causes other people to laugh at
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

At on Household Goods aid
Z -. r~nt, Chattels of Every Descrip-
4~s ti0n. Won nn pay II back
- r. weskty n monthly pr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
NEXT YEAR.
The Board of Tax Commissioners met
this morning in the City Hall and fixed
the tax rate at s2l4o per $1,000.
TIE NEW FIRE HEADQUARTERS
Alterations Arc Nearly Completed
commissioners Pleased.

The new mantel which is TO be put over
the fireplace at Fire Headquarters ar
rived this morning. 1t is made OF OAK
with bevelled mirrors. The renovations
are almost completed and the building
now makes a comfortable headquarters
The woodwork and desks are all of quar-
tered oak, and the flooring of hard pine,
rightly polished. The owe part OF the
walls is covered with tiling paper, and
the upper part with gilt figured paper.
The ceiling is of steel panels frescoed.
The front wall of the building is built
of terra Gotta brick. The lower part, or
up to the second floor is rock faced, n
the upper part buff brick. This trimmings
are granite. Altogether the building, as
the Commissioners say, is a 'little beau
ty."
and Thomas II. O'Neil, the delegates
from this city to. the State Firemen's AS
sociation convention, TO be ED at Cape
May on September 80, leave on Tuesday
morning. They expect to return home
Thursday night. While away they VIII
visit the Delaware Breakwater and
spend a few hours in the City of Sleep.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

Cumberland County, which is the heart
of the glass industry of New Jersey, will
vote strong for Mckinley.