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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
MUSEMENTS
The Fatal Card al the Academy o
Music.

~ Girl I Left Behind Me" was
booked to appear last season at the Adel-
PM, London, but was crowded out ow-
ing. to the success OF THE Fatal Card"
which the management decided to keep
ca all the season. and which win be pro-
duced at the Academy of Music this
week with the usual matinees.
There Is a great deal of comedy in
tersperssd throughout the play. the
bathing scene being a very ludicroas ar
fair. Mr.. Julius Calm has provided an
especially. strong ompan for this play.
and 1t will be given here in its entirety,
and with all the brilliant scenic effects
that characterized its long run at Palm
er's Theatre. New York. last season.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
T.
TO All NhOn NAV Concern

PUBLIC notice is hereby given by the
golnt Bridge. Committee of Hudson and
repair. and rebuild the Bridges over the
Passalc River, belonging to said counties,
arg known as the Bridge Street Bridge
intend to make such repairs and rebuild
ing, and for that purpose it will he
necessary to obstruct and stop nav:ga-
the first to the twentieth day of Febru-
AIRY next ensuing the date hereof.
ELIAS S. DEAN.
Chairman Joint Bridge Committee.
JOSEPH A. RIORDAN,
Secretary.
Dated January I'd, 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
10 All Whom it May Concern.

Public Notice is hereby given by the
County of Hudson, New Jersey. that it
IS necessary. to repair and rebuild the
bridge crossing the Hackensack River
City, said State; that they Intend to
do such repairing and rebuilding and
for that purpose it will be necessary to
obstruct and stop navigation on said
river at that point from the first to the
5wentieth day of February next.
THE Board OF CHOSEN FREE
HUDSON.
Per JOHN BOYD. Clerk.
Dated January I, 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

TRULY, virtue is its own reward when
General William J. seweirs anti-Monroe
Doctrine speech in the Senate win him
the warm praise Of the Evening Post
IN a recent number that toploftical pub
lication patted our Railway senator on
the back.
speech were rendered particularly note1
worthy by the fact that he showed soma
perception Of The condition Of the coun-I
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
COLVLLE JAIL TRAGEDY
Convict Niese Cuts the Throat of
His Wife and Commits
Suicide.
The Couple Had Been Convicted of
Beating Their Boy to Death
With a Club.

SPOKANE, WASH, Jan. 2S.-Adolph
Niese, who was held, with his wife, in the
jail at Colville for murder in the second
degree, they having beaten their little boy
to death with club, to-day cut his wife's
throat with an old razor and then his
own. He is dead and she will die. The
killing was done SO quietly that no one
knew of it, and when the jailer went to
open the cell at O'Clock he found the
floor covered with blood. Niese had
deep wound in the right side of the neck,
severing all the arteries and the veins in
the throat, and he died in few minutes.
His wife was also cut on the neck and
suffered greatly from loss of blood. She Is
not dead, but there is no hope OF her re-
covery. A number of letters were left
addressed to different persons who had
been interested in the trial.
The crime for which Niese and his wife
were convicted was most brutal one. A
son about II years of age was deliberately
beaten to death, and when the neigh bors
inquired the cause of the boys death they
SAID he had fallen down bank.
At the trial the evidence proved that
they had killed him, and further that thew
had been implicated in the murder OF
Niese's first wife in Wisconsin. The ONLY
reason they were not convicted in the first
degree was that one of the Jurors had
scruples about hanging a woman and
compromise of murder in the second de-
gree was accepted.
Not an hour before the commission of
the crime in jail to-day they had been SEN
fenced to twenty years each in the peni-
Tertiary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
BIC BLAZE At WOODLAND,
Incendiaries Apply the Torch
to Shepherd & Columns
Woolen-Mills.
Second Attempt Within Twenty. -Four
Hours to Fire the Buildings Is
Successful.

WOODLAND, CAL, Jan. 29-2 A. NJ
The Woodland Woolen-mills, owned by
Shepherd & Collum, are burning. Flames
are pouring from every window, and the
immense structures cannot be saved. The
fire was started by incendiaries. The mills
are valued at 900 and all will be lost.
At 2:30 O'Clock the work of destruction
was almost complete. The walls were fall
for miles around. Not thing has been
saved from the mills, the machinery and
stock on hand being destroyed.
The mill property was owned by Mrs.
Emma Laugenour, who holds an insur-
ance policy for $4,000 upon it. The
lessees, Shepherd & Collum, are insured
for $11, 900.
The wooden mills were Wood and's chief
industry, employing day and night
force of men, and being crowded TO their
full capacity. Their loss will be serious
blow to the town.
This was the second attempt to destroy
the mills made since yesterday morning,
and it has resulted successfully. The
first attempt was made just before
daylight yesterday. The torch was
applied, but the firebugs were frustrated
through the presence OF mind of Ed
Shirley, the nightwatchman. The bark
ing of dog attracted his attention, and
looking in the direction of the bleaching
room he discovered flash of fire, as though
issuing from a sudden explosion.
Shirley ran in and discovered blaze
coming through the floor. He broke two
hand-grenades, which had the effect OF
checking the flames, and the prolonged
screeching of the whistle brought assist
ance and the fire was effectually extin-
guished.
An investigation disclosed the fact that
pole, on the end of which had been tied
lot of lighted papers and rags, had been
| thrust under the dyehouse through one OF
the air holes in the foundation. About 4
o'clock in the afternoon two strange men
had applied for work at the bleaching
house and had been refused. They are
suspected.
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He Skillfully Cross Examines
the Witnesses for the
State.
TELLING TESTIMONY GIVEN
Driver Howard Identifies the Prisoner
as the Man Who Halted His
Stage.

UKIAH, CAL, Jan. 2S.-The preliminary
examination OF John Schneider, charged
with robbing the stage running from
Ukiah to Harris on January Is, was be-
gun to-day. Schneider is the man alleged
to have shot ex-Sheriff Standley while the
latter was trying to capture him, and he
is now also charged with robbing the
United States mail. in having stopped the
Willis stage on the last day OF 1895 and
ordered the driver to throw out the mail
sacks. Under this last charge he is now
in the custody of Sheriff johnson as a
United States prisoner. The charge under
which he is being examined is brought in
the name OF the State of California, and
will be tried in this county if he is held to
answer.
Only three witnesses were examined to-
day-Theodore Howard, the stage driver
who was held up; J. S. Hart, agent for
Wells Fargo & Co., and c. Tecumseh
James, chief clerk in the express Office, to
whom is entrusted the work of preparing
express boxes for the several stages run
ming from Ukiah. and who delivered the
express box to Howard on the day that
the stage was robbed.
From James testimony it was learned
that the contents of the box consisted OF
only SIS in coin and a small parcel oil
merchandise. Howard positively identi-
fed Schneider as the man who held him
up, and could not be shaken in his state
ment during the searching cross-examina-
ton to which he was subjected by the de.
fendant.
Bandit Schneider had refused the services
OF an attorney, and conducted his own
case. His cross-examination of Howard
was exceedingly clever and his numerous
objections, on legal grounds and couched
in legal phraseology, inclines one to believe
that he is not entirely unacquainted with
the courts. From the questions put 10
Howard by the defendant the officers are
more confident than ever that Schneider
had al accomplice in his crimes.
The examination will be resumed on
Thursday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
PAoIFIo BASEBALL LEAGUE
Four Northern cities Place Professfona
Teams IN the Field.

Four Northern Cities Place ProfessioaaaL
Teams IN the Field.
PORTLAND, Or, Jan. %. - The mana
gers of the new Pacific Baseball League
held meeting here tonight and decided
upon schedule for the opening of the
season on May L. Victoria, B. c., is to be
fourth city in the circuit, and the fran
chise hangs between Gus Ciough, the old
baseball player, and Lawyer shultz of
Victoria. Tacoma's Manager Strobel is
detained in the East, and Manager GlenaI-
vim of the Portland team and Manager
Leadley of Seattle will meet with Secre-
tary Roche tomorrow to complete the
business.
Each of the three cities. Tacoma, Seattle
and Portland, deposited its guarantee
money, $500 each, to-day. The managers
expectations regarding baseball for the
Northwest are unsurpassed, and they feel
very enthusiastic over the new league s
prospects, as all the cities are overwhelm-
ingly in favor OF baseball. At to-night's
meeting it was decided to make popular
admission price of Is cents.
The Portland team is not quite COM
pleted yet. Manager GIenalvin to-day
signed two old California players, Tom
Mcguire, shortstop, of Vallejo. ard Pete
Lehman, catcher, OF Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
MILL VALLEY SONG BIRDS
Citizens Enter Heartily Into the
Plan of Importing From
Ireland.
Feathered Warblers to Be Brought to
Marin County and Given
Their Freedom.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, Jan. 2S.-At a
meeting of the Mill valley Improvement
Club, Mr.. Michalitschke stated that a
number of Mill Valleys citizens had
formed a club to take some action on the
proposition to import song birds from Ire
land and turn them loose in the valley. In
the new club are men having large prop
erty interests here and they are heartily in
favor of the scheme.
Secretary Thomas Fottrell, of the I'm
pr ovement Club, stated that he had re-
ceived a number of offers of financial aid
from persons who had seen the scheme
mentioned in THE CALL, and that he had
written to Ireland, where a Mill Valley
citizen was now travelling, in order to
ascertain what the cost OF securing the
birds and shipping them to California
would be.
The interest taken in the matter is sur
prising, and without doubt Mill Valley
will have some beautiful birds as soon as
proper arrangements have been ompleted
for their care and propagation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
A EUREKA MANS PLIGHT,
Supervisor AcheSon Learns That
He Is Not a Citizen of
This Country.
Discovers After Many Years That
His Father Had Never Become
Naturalized.

EUREKA, CAL, Jan. 2S.-Rumors of
disqualification which were circulated
against Supervisor Acheson of the Fifth
District before his election in November,
1895, were to-day verified in a dispatch
which Chairman w. ]. SwortzeI received
from Mr.. Acheson himself, who is now in
Detroit, where he has been for some time
looking up his fathers naturalization pa
perS. The dispatch contains notice of the
resignation of Mr.. Acheson, which will be
rendered on his return to this county.
Mr.. Acheson, who CO me when a boy with
his father from New Brunswick to Michi-
gan, always believed himself citizen by
virtue of the naturalization of his father
who, it seems, had only declared his inten-
tons, supnosing there was no other bal
against citizenship.
About twenty years ago Mr.. Acheson
came to Humboldt County and immedi-
ately took up redwood timber lands This
land has since become very valuable and
whether or not it will be forfeited is q
question. Some discussion IS also going
on in reference 10 the legality of the pro
ceedings of the board while Mr.. Acheson
was member of it. The general opinion
OF the bar is, however. that what services
he performed as a de facto officer are lega
and binding. AS soon as Mr.. Acheson' s
resignation Is handed in Governor Budd
Will be asked to appoint successor, who
Will hold the office for five weeks, in which
time a special election can be called and q
permanent official be chosen to serve out
the unexplred term OF three years,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
moDEsrO,s FAM0Us SUIT.
Governor B,sdd appears as Counsel in the
lyman Case.


lyman Case.
MODESTO, CAL, Jan. 28.-Another
chapter of the noted lyman case is being
enacted before the local Superior Court
with Governor Budd as participant.
DR.. Thomas E. lyman, wealthy citizen,
disappeared mysteriously from Modesto in
October, 1892, shortly after suit had been
brought against him by two stepdaugh-
tiers. Mrs. T. Woodside aud Mrs. Fuquay,
for division of property.
Offers OF rewards and the searching OF
detectives failed TO find him, and he was
declared legally dead in September, 1898.
Then the step-daughters were award ed
three-ffths of his belongings and the case
was carried to the Supreme Court, 1t
being remanded back for second trial.
The doctor returned home in September,
1894, having been in Boston in seclusion.
Now the second trial is going on before
Judge Minor and jury under the title of
E. A. Woodside eft al. VS.. T. E. lyman.
Plaintiffs are represented by Governor
Budd and Messrs. Hazen and MadduX,
and the defendants by D. M. Delmas of
San Francisco and Messrs. Hatton and
Fulkerth. The property involved is valu-
able, and the case will undoubtedly last
for some days.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
FAILURE At SAN JOSE.
The Hurlbert Printing Company
Files a Petition in
Insolvency.
Small Creditors Take Recourse TO the
Courts to Recover Amounts
Due Them.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 2S.-The Hurlbert
Printing Company, by its president, E. G..
Hurlbert, to-day filed petition in in
solvency. The company has been engaged
in business in this city since September g.,
1895. A general depression of business
and stringency of money are given as
reasons of failure. The liabilities are
$4627 3D. and the assets consists of plant
valued at $50s6 81, and book accounts
amounting to $3094 SO. The hearing on the
petition was set for February 6.
Mary A. Talcott filed a suit IN the Supe-
rior Court this morning against e. G..
Hurlbert and others, to recover $425 prin-
opal and interest, due on promissory
note executed by defendants to T. I. Hale
on July Is, 1893 The note is secured by a
second mortgage on the plant.
In Justice Gass' court this morning
Judgment was given to Charles Oetken
guardian of V. Bergin, minor, for $193
against the Hurlbert Company, for wages
as an employee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
END OF THE STORM.
Rain Ceases to Fall and Danger of Floods
Is Passing-Stock Losses in Yuba'
County.

MARYSVILLE, CAL, Jan. 2S.-As re-
suit of a renewal of the storm the Feather
River gained three feet during the last
twenty hours. The Yuba River is ris-
ing slowly. There is very little snow in
the mountains. The general opinion is
that the worst is passed. The First
Ward residents of Marysville were in
convenienced by slough water, but the
new pumping plant will remedy that in a
few days. The prospects for more rain
are good. but it will probably not be as
severe as that of last week.
One half the acreage of Suffer County is
flooded with tule water and backwater
from the Sacramento River. The ranches
south of this city are flooded as the result
of the breaking Of private levees. Many
hogs and sheep were drowned during the
storm. The rainfall to date is 16. 55 inches.
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George Guilland arrested Joe Taylor on
the charge of issuing counterfeit money.
The coins were from an excellent die, of
the date of 1891, and had a true ring, but
were Light in weight and had that oily
feeling denoting glass in the composition.
Joseph Taylor returned here. short
time ago from Spokane, where 1t IS sup
posed he obtained the spurious coins. The
prisoners are between the ages of 20 and so
farmer rs aT living ing in in the Cowiches v alley.
Other officials, however, believe that til e
Taylor boys are in league with gang of
counterfeiters somewhere in this locality.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
HoNoRs TO FATHER YoRKE.
st. James Church Parish Gives Him
Hearty Reception.

Hearty Reception.
A reception was given to Rev. Father
Yorke by the representative men of ST.
James parish last evening at the parochiaI
residence. His Grace the Archbishop
During the evening addresses were pre-
sented to Father Yorke testifying appre-
citation of his labors in defense OF Catholic
loyalty.
Father Yorke, in response to the toast of
"Our Guest" spoke feelingly of his graft
tude for this testimony of appreciation of
his efforts in the cause of truth, and said
that his sole aim in the present con-
troversy was to make the truth in regard
to Catholicity known.
The pastor, Father Lynch, having ex-
pressed his pleasure in entertaining the
brilliant and fearless advocate of Justice
and morality" the honored guest of the
evening, and having congratulated them
on being the first representative body to
publicly recognize his worth, proposed the
health of his Grace the Most Reverend
Archbishop Riordan.
His remarks were followed by two inter
esting written addresses one by the Off
GERS and collectors OF St. James Church
Hibernian Society, and the other by
Father O'Connor. Both expressed the
greatest veneration for the honored guest
and unbounded appreciation for his bril-
liant efforts in behalf of the Catholic re-
iigion and the defense of the sisterhood
against the attacks or those unfriendly
disposed to those of the faith. Upon the
religious controversy Father O'Connor
wrote:
The result is that an amount of moral good
has been effected in this City, through your
discourses and lectures, which cannot be suf-
iciently appreciated. We. therefore, beg leave
to thank you for your presence here this even
ing. We join in heartfelt universal
prayer that God may long preserve you the
ornament of the priesthood and the fearless,
invincible champion OF our creed and country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
FOUGHT A DUEL TO THE DEATH.
Two Texans Quarreied Over the Ownership
of Land and Riddied Each Other
With Rifle Bullets.

FORTH WORTH, TEX, Jan. 2s.-A duel
which resulted in the death of both COM
batants was reported this morning from
Shooters Lake. Andrews County Crick
Atmore and Willis Mason quarreled over
the ownership of section of land and
came to blows. Then each returned home
and started on search for the other with
rifles. They met on the bank of the lake
and bred at the same time. Atmore was
struck In the head and died instantly.
Mason was hit in the body and died in less
than an hour.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
YORK ON THE SCENIC ROAD.

Operations Van Commence as Soon as
the Weather Permits.
MILL VALLEY, CAL, Jan. ga good
sized colony of Italians has sprung up on
the property adjacent to Eastland station.
They are cuddled together in five small
houses and came here with the intention
of securing work on the Mill Valley and
Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad.
The location party of the railroad under
the charge of Surveyor Dodge has been out
placing the stakes and as soon as the
weather permits a large force of men will
be put at work grading and building the
road
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
SAFE ,A1ouo the Sacramenso.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 28.-There
has been no material change in the high
water situation since last night. The
river rose slightly between daybreak and
noon. There is no danger on the Sacra-
mento side, as the water finds escape
through breaks in The Yolo side into Yolo
basin.
stated this morning that al, danger of
overflow in the island district is believed
to be past, though there is little fear
that the water may rise tonight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
ozErTE's BIG FLOoD.

Dwellings, Washed Afcay by the En-
croachnaent of Ssoolten Streams.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Jan. 28-
Information from down the straits this
morning was to the effect that the pros
porous farming section known as Ozette
had been inundated as result of the heavy
rains, and much valuable property de-
stroyed.
Not only has property been ruined, but
according TO the reports, sheer good luck
is all that precluded several fatalities.
One well-known settler spent two days in
a treetop, while another was forced to cut
MS way to freedom through the shingles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
SANTA BARE RA,s Loss.
The Ocean BouIerard Damaged by an
UnaisadlLU High Tide.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan. 28.-The
extraordinarily high tide of last night,
aided by strong shore wind which set in
with the second installment of the storm.
sent breakers dancing over Santa Barbara s
Joy and pride, her $50, OU0 ocean boulevard,
finging spray over the row of electric
light poles which line it, washing away
the sand foundation and cutting a great
hole into the bitumen pavement at one
point, which corps of workmen repaired
to-day.
There was an unusually low tide this
afternoon and the high water of last
night will no doubt be repeated tonight.
So great is the alarm felt over the situation
that guard of volunteers will be on watch
TONIGHT.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
Escanea Fron. a,. OFFICER.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 2S.-Joseph Lam
bodo, an orange peddler, who was con-
victed in Justice Dryers court of misde-
meanor and embezzIement and sentenced
to serve 100 days in the County Jail,
escaped from Constable Coschina while be-
ing taken to the prison last evening. Lam
bodo was given a S. piece in payment for
25 cents worth of oranges by Mrs. e. B.
Stanwood and appropriated the change.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
CRAzED By GRIEF.
A Toman's Mind Unbalanced Thromqh
the Loss of Hea. Hatsbnnd

ZIN5UW3IU,
SAN JOSE, CAL, ] an. 2S.-Mrs. Jane Lea
man, who had been confined at Agnews,
but was released on parole short time
ago, was returned to that institution this
afternoon.
Mrs. Leaman has been residing with
her family on North Fourth street and
yesterday morning wandered away. Last
night about II o'clock the Sheriff's office
was notified that the unfortunate woman
was at Oak Hill Cemetery weeping over
the grave of her husband, but when the
officers reached the place she could not
be found. About 9 O'clock this morning
she was located near the Franklin School
and brought TO her home in this city.
This afternoon she was returned to Ag-
news. The loss OF her husband a couple
of years ago unbalanced her mind.
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Is Yet Yeru Serio1s.

LONDON, Eng, Jan. 2S.-The Times
VIII Tomorrow print telegram received
from and signed by British residents in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
The dispatch declares that the situation
is very dangerous. The Boer forces, it
says, are arrogantly dictatorial with their
own executive ana deadly opposed to
granting reforms for the benefit CT the Uit-
ianders. The forces are still concentrated
around the town. The executive is choos-
ing site for fort. The dispatch adds
that catastrophe can only be ayerted by
the adoption of urgent measures.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
DoG-Po1soNERs AT WORK.

Valuable AnimGIs FGU TictiIns to a
Mysterious IndtrtduapS Spite.
MILL VALLEY, CAL, Jan. ga dog
poisoner is at work at this place and has
already killed two valuable animals. The
people are indignant and all valuable
dogs are being kept at home. Sausalito
was visited some time ago by dog
poisoner, who managed to Kill almost
every valuable dog in the town. Rewards
were offered by the irate citizens for his
arrest and conviction, but he was never
caught, despite the strenuous efforts that
were made to capture him.