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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
have Trey MADE Up +?
Coleman Drayton Divorce Case
Will be Withdrawn What
the Lawyers Say.

There is very little possibility of the
Coleman-Drayton divorce suit ever com
ing to trial in the Court of Chancery.
Great efforts are being made to stop any
Iurther proceedings. The bill is still be-
fore the Court. but counsel do not seem
inclined to push it to a hearing.
Mr.. X. ". Lindabury. counsel fore Mrs.
Colemal-Drayton. laughed when he was
asked the status of the suit.
l Know this that the bill was filed and
We have filed our answer. The Chan
cellor has referred 1t to V~ice-Chancellor
Emery, n | am waiting for Mr.. Cole
man-Drayton to begin. We are ready AND
can meet all the absurd statements in
the petition"
Why does not the vice-Chancellor fix
a gay for hearing?' counsel was asked.
Why not ask him?' replied MI. Lind
wal addressed Mr.. Emery.
read az h l . know N about the case t;,, Is that da t,. ! !
the Chancellor had referred the case TO
me, but beyond that no one has appeared
before. me 10 ask to fix a date"
M. Alvan A, Clark, the counsel for Mr..
of infidelity. and names ]. II. Burroughs
as correspondent. when spoken to about
the case. assumed an innocent look and re-
My deaf. sir. there is nothing new about
1t. l really don't know thai there is
anything more to be said,' and any at
tempt to extract news from him was a
dismal failure.
From one who knows you know" it
is said that Mrs. Aston has. after many
attempts, effected a meeting between
husband n wife. and if not a reconcile
alton. at least a sort of truce has been
patched up. Mrs. Drayton has paid FREE
quent visits to the children. and on the
last visit her husband escorted her to
her carriage n babe her goodbye in
q fashion not customary with husbands
who are anxious to be divorced from their
wives.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
ANOTHER HANDBALL DEFEAT.
Pat Scott of the Jersey City club
Beaten By LasvIor.

There is still a great deal of enthusiasm
in handball in this city. but not near as
much money as there was two weeks ago
among its followers. Handball is a very
lively game and very exciting, especially
when two experts well matched particle
pate in a contest of skill for money or
other consideration characterized to draw
cut the best points of play. The friends
Of the game in this city have had a sam
pie Of good playing and a great deal to
interest them,-although to some 1t has
been rather costly sport. Two of the
most prominent matches in connection
with the history Of the game in New Jer-
sey nave occupied the boards at the local
club and the last of these was finished
yesterday. Both had a local player on.
one end. and the result in each case was
the same. Fortune smiled not upon the
Jerseymen. and their money vent with 1t.
One week ago Pat Barrett. of the Jersey
City Club, played Mcmahon. of Brooklyn,
and over 500 was lost on Barrett's
chances. The latter fiattered his admirers
by winning the first game, but thereafter
some one else did the better playing. So
it was yesterday in the games between
Pat Scott, Of this city, and Ed Lawlor. of
Brooklyn: Scott had everything in his
own favor. but lost his speed and much
OF his old skill, and he was simply out
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
CITY NEWS T

There AVE been II fires reported at
Fire Headquarters 50 far this month. The
last box pulled was No Al.
Clerk Graft of the Board of Education.
Is busily engaged today making out the
teachers payrolls for January.
The Board of Directors of the Palestine
Building Association viii hold a meeting
tonight.
Richard Barry was arraigned in the
Special Sessions Court this morning to
plead to an Indictment for ~assaulting
Anton Disch with intent to rob him. He
pleaded guilty and was remanded for
sentence.
Justice L~ippincott was in Trenton to-
day and consequently there was no ses-
sion of the Circuit Court. The Sessions
Court took advantage Of the opportunity
to get a little better ventilation n
transacted its business in the front court
room.
Detective Lsarkins of the Seventh pre-
cinct raided q craps game on Storm ave
nue. last night. He captured James
Stewart, eighteen years old, OF No. 81
Jewett avenue. He was fined s. by JUS
There were four cases of4measles. two
Of typhoid fever, two of scarlet fever.s
end two of d~iphtheria, reported this
lnornmg to Health 1~nspector Ben1amin
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
STRUCK AN OLD A

John O'Dee, Is years old. Of No. "a
street, Hoboken, entered the sa-
loon of Peter Weiss, at No. ss Bloomfield
street, Saturday night, and began to
quarrel with everybody who came into
the place. He got into an argument with
Henry Reaper, So years old, of No. 2o2
River street. and because Reaper knew
more esbout the subject they were dis
GUESSING than he did, he struck the old
man over the head.
Weiss put him out and then called OH
GER Dittes from Police Headquarters.
which only across the street, from the
saloon, and had O'Dee arrested. This
morning he was fined Sc by the Recorder
for being drunk and disorderly. Old man
Reaper would not press the charge of as
sault and battery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
INCIDENTS OF A STARRING TOUR



Mary Anderson de Navarro, in the
concluding chapter Of her stage me-
moirs, in February Ladies Home Jour
nal, asserts that early in her profess
sional career she learned not to read
the press notices relative to her per-
~formances, she accepting a friends adj
vice that any marked comment, whether
in praise or blame, necessarily made one
s-eIf-eonscious of the point or points crit
icised, thus marring the spontaneity of
the performance. Thereafter. articles
containing useful suggestions made by
capable critics, VINO clearly stated why
the work was good or bad, were care
fully put aside, and when the season
was over and study recommended, often
proved profitable. She recalls, in recit-
ing some of the incidents of her starring
tours. having been arrested at the in
stance of two young men, who had been
removed from the theatre during her
performance the evening before for bois-
ferrous department. Mrs. de Navarro
describes her terror, and humorously
tells of her ridiculous flight from the
theatre to the hotel. where she went in
the aforementioned tragedy. into which
her name was unconsciously dragged.
and Of which she was marked for a vic
tim, she refers briefly. and with a shade
of sadness. she adds:
MANY of those early days were as
fraught with dangers n excitement as
viii discomfort and WEAKNESS. have
often smiled at the general belief that
my path has been one Of roses" This
final chapter brings into review her first
tour of the Eastern cities and of Can
q and her mountaineering with
1t also recalls with probably less dis
pleasure than did the incident provoke.
the love OF a small and unclean urchin
who expressed his admiration for ner
acting in nightly seeing her on the stage
from a gallery-and who. at the end of
ing the playhouse, precociously solicited
a rewarR for his constancy in the words:
t.Say. Mary. do give us a. kiss II Is
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
COMPANY a VETERANS.
of Officers and Dinner at

Company Veteran Association, Fourth
Regiment, held its annual meeting at
Morelli's, New York, Saturday night. All
the officers were reelected. They are
President, George B. Bfederhase; Vice
President. Charles w. Laws Secretary,
Henry w. Brinkerhoff: Treasurer, Alvin
ing supper was served and the Vets
did considerable damage to the good
things under the weight of which the
tables gfcaned. Some of the toasts re-
sponded to were@"Company A Veteran
Association" President Biederhase; THE
Fourth Regiment and the state of New
After feasting the party re-
paired to Heyts Theatre and witnessed
the production Of IA Black Sheep"
Among those present were:-Ex-Captain
Company A, C. w. Laws: Captain $. q.
Boaker, Company q; Captain "A. H. Graft.
Company i; Battalion Adjntant H. ",
Bowiy. exzCommissary Sergeant G. B..
Biederhase, ex-Sergeant A. j. Galloway.
ex-Sergeant &. Stratford and L. F. Rowe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
THE SAME OLD GAME.
Film FIam Game Praeticed success
fully in Gree ville.

A clever fakir worked an old game on
the unsuspecting young lady who tends
the counter in Weber's bakery on Ocean
avenue near Danforth avenue, on Satur-
day evening. At S:45 o'clock there en-
tered a dark c-omplexioned young man
with a slight black mustache and wear
ing a derby hat and a long black over
coat. He looked the gentleman in every
way. Miss Nellie Lozier is the sales
lady's name and to her he addressed him
self.
Il wish to send $40 to my mother in
Oshkosh he said. land would like to
exchange these one dollar bills for one
twenty dollar bill. Can't you let me have
She handed the man the twenty dollar
Ter tie roS q p' small iii bins. These The s's she
meanwhile placed the single bill in the
envelope. apparently h sealed it up.
The young lady counted only nineteen
over them again and tailed nineteen.
Then she informed the dark-eyed and
d~ark-wayed stranger that he was tshy"
He evidently doubted her assertion and
counted them himself, and then laid the
envelope with the twenty dollar bill in
he COUNTED those bills twice over. Then
he went down in his trousers pocket and
brought up some small change, There
'T'm sure, he said, II can't tell where
1 lost that bin, but I certainly. must have
lost it. And I nave. only $19.75. I've
sealed up the other bill, too. Here it is;
will you keep it until / run around the
corner to my home and get a quarter. l
won't be a n
But he was, and when the minutes
and the quarter, and the other $l9.75 as
well, came not the young. lady became
alarmed. At length with some mis-
givings of the truth she tore open the
envelope. Alas, within 1t there was only
some sheets of blank writing paper.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
AN INHUMAN FATHER.
Henry Rfma a Genera Bad Man
Aasa uIts His Daughter.


Henry Rima is captain of the ice barge
T. H. Westfall. now moored at Pier No.
2 Of the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad in Hobokens He and his
wife live upon the barge. Yesterday af-
ternoon their daughter called upon them,
and while on the boat, Rima. whom they
say is a brute, attempted to XII her.
He told her to go home to her husband,
as he Rima) did not want her around.
She would not go. as She wanted to talk
to her mother. w~hereupon Rifna became
angry. and forced her over a chair and
nearly choked her to death.
Mrs. Rima called Detective Fenton, who
was upon the pier at the time. and he ran
70 the girls asslstanee, Men F Zen 9 PLACED cea
Of Oficer Dittes. lodged the nhuman
father in Police Headquarters;
All the station house Mrs. Rinla. who
made the complaint, said that her hts-
band was continually getting into trouble
and one time. when in Brooklyn. nearly
killed a couple of policemen who at
tempted to arrest him. .
Jury by Recorder McDonough.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
Pool for Woncv,

Saturday nights pool match for s25 be-
tween James Guarnoni and William
Thompson drew a large crowd to Her
man Rohlf's. Monticello n Belmont
avenues. 1t consisted of 200 points, n
while being rather one-sided was never
theless very interesting. The playing OF
to be the best italian player in the city.
Frank Meade, a prominent PLAYER of this
city, was referee, and during the game
many crack players were on hand ready
to play the winner, but GuArnoni fought
shy n after pocketing his coin made his
escape. Thompson is said to have beaten
Guarnoni a short time previous, which
ended in the second meeting. Thompson
played well at. times but met with, a
great deal Of hard LUCK Many Of his
noni pocketed the largest number Of balls
and won by a score of 200 to 100.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
A THIBVING DOMESTIC.

Annie Knuppel. nlneteen years cid. OF.
No. rs Hancock avenue. this city, a SER
want lately in the employ Of job eau
teur. of No. SO Grand street. Hoboken. was
arrested Saturday night by Detective Nell
upon complaint of Cauteur,. who accused
the girl of stealing a suit OF clothes. sew
erat Jars Of preserves and a humble Of
glasses.
When arrested a pawnticket for the suit
of clothes was found in her possession.
The preserves and drinking glasses were
found in her room.
She was committed for trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
WON'T BREAK ANY MORE WINDOWS

Michael Torpey, II years old, Of No. s59
Sixth street. Hoboken, was arrested Sat-
urday night by Detective Fenton. on a
warrant issued by the Recorder. upon
complaint Of Henry vorrath, OF No. 500
Clinton street, who charged him with
malicious mischief.
IL tg Wan sing. in the basement 81 IKE
building where yorrath lives. Vorrath
IS the owner OF the premises. Recorder
McDonough fined the youth SIS, and warn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
MRS. KELSEY ABANDons HER SUIT

Judge w P. Douglass asked vice-Chan-
celler Emery this morning for leave to
dismiss the suit OF Mrs. Clarence II.
Counsellor Marshall Ven Wrinkle, for
Mr.. Kelsey, opposed the motion, 4 in
sisted on the case being carried on Mr..
Van Wrinkle said that he wished to nuke
an oral argument. ard the VicezChancellor
postponed the case Ter two weeks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

a million the people would scarcely need
more than 10000, 900 gallons a day.
In view of all these facts it would
seem that the deliberate action of the
majority Of the Board of Works in
pany to come to them and enter upon a
new bargain is o blunder of the first
magnitude.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
CAP DID NOT FIT HIM.

Michael Buski. Of No; ss5 First street,
while placing an iron cap on d signal
pole OF the Central Railroad in the Com
tni7nipAW yards yesterday. was painfully
lnjured bx ths eap fsIlinE on BIZ Rssd.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

The promoters of the physical culture
society organized recently among the
members of st. Bridget's Lyceum have
arranged for q meeting to be held in
their rooms tomorrow evening: TIL OBJ
jects of this meeting is to discuss the
Subject of gymnastic training in. all it's
branches, n It is expected that ar
engagements will be made to secure the
medical examiner, and to engage a prac-
teal gymnast as instructor. The meeting
will open Immediately after the conelu-
sion of the mock Trial which the enter
tainment committee has arranged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
SCHOOL BOY ACCUSED OF THEFT

Michael Hall, a schoolboy. Of No. 1879
Essex street, was accused in Justice
Potts Court this morning of stealing SSS
from Sarah Michal, of the same resi-
dence. The woman says the boy entered
her apartments while she was out. He
in held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
HUDSON COUNTY BOWLING ASSO-
CITATION

There were no games Saturday night
the home team and the NeWark Y. NJ.
C.. A.. in the State League as the New
Palace gets two games by default.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
The CenterviIle A. C. TOO Mach fol
Them at Football.

1nerM at F~OOtbalt.
One of the largest crowds of the sea-
son witnessed yesterdays game in the
National Football League between the
International Athletic Club and the Cen
treville A. c. of Bayonne, which was
played at ~Commuhipaw on a very
spongy ground, in many places soft with
mud. This was favorable to the Bay
oniie boys. as they were the more lighter
in weight. 1t was a remarkably fast
game notwithstanding the slippery foot
ing and the playing of both teams was
Of a high order. The members were fnli
got the better Of their Judgment 20 far
as to indulge in an exchange of blows.
Tn The cS e9mpa tan po wers ii ssp tas fsald af aaa
surrounded the belligerents. The Cen
treviHes were a little too strong In ag-
s fsfnstiona RiIssf fox gss he most sd part Fs On lie he de- de-
IN aAS Tie. I~nternsesionaf tsrritefs. II did
fhs saoTing me fo Gsn Mitaing J 10n Minutes Il s'a af.
ter the cali of play SPAWN ran the ball
down the Held and Gagged Il fer The fgsst
score on a fine run and Kick by jamie
son. The half closed with an even
SsaTs; t than the sve ssee Tse e esntr ssfsls r esSe
half Fan ''and I Protected q Oliver. VINO worked
the bali down the field and passed 1t to
SPAWN. who Gagged it. international tried
hard to tie the score, but the visiting
backs prevented 1t. and Bayonne won by
two goals to one. Teams were:-
Taylor and Flynn, full backs; .O'Donnell,
Stibbs n Kinberlin. half backs: jamie
son and Jones, right wingsi Higgins,
Ce~ntrevilla A. C.@smith, goal; Camp
bell and Wilson. full backs: Winter.
Buell. and Byrnes. half backs; SPAWN
and Cooper, right wings, Oliver, centre;
Clark and Grundy, left wings.
Referee. Stephenson, Of the Scottish
Americans. Lifesmen-James SPAWN,
for Centreville A. c.; M. H. HUMPHREYS,
for international A. c. Goals Kicked
Spavin and Oliver, for Centreville;
Jameson, for "Internatiohals.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
Potato

Boil six r~aedium-sized potatoes in salt
ed water until thoroughly cooked; mash
them and set aside to cool; then add three
Hour enough to make a pancake batter.
sake quickly on a well-greased griddle
and serve very hot.-February Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
BURGLARS AT SAM SINGS.

Burglars effected an entrance to the
laundry Of Sam Sing at No. Alt Grove
street last night and stole SO in silver.
The robbery was committed by boys 1t
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
SOAP
$4,000 PURE

AT all grocery stores two sizes of Ivory Soap are sold; one that
costs five cents a cake, and a larger size. The larger cake is the more
convenient and economical for laundry and general household use.
If your Grocer is out of it, insist on his getting it for you.
Tss s4se 3 enaAc To- cMn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

9iassed by. Lawlors who beat him Q to 4.
This match was $50. besides a great many
bets. 1t began two weeks ago in Green
point, and Scott beat Lawlor three out of
in this city. and the ease with which Scott
Won the opening. ganne made his friends
sanguine he would win In. a walk. 1t is
evident that Lawlor was laying back for
bets for IN the next games he played all
together with a different style, and forced
and allowed Lawlor to win With ease. all
though. with careful playing he might
easily have. run out more than one of the
games. The result was a very great
disappointment. and more care will be
observed In the arrangement of matches
and il the betting.
In the opening game Scott was the first
to score, and scored two ais, but in the
next, two hands he went out for a blank.
Lawlor made an all and then two blanks;
was BANKED and Lawlor went to the
front with five. Scott did some great
playing in the next hand and scored 10,
Lawlor was blanked. but on his next hand
banged put three. Scott followed with
four; Both were retired. and on the next
reversed in the. next game Scott made
one and retired. Lawlor failed. Sc aid
Scott. Lawlor got three and Scott fol-
owed with five. Both missed, but on the
next hand n,d Law Sd5,s.y get I three to se wst,s
Scott went out with one, and in the next
hand Lawlor made the splendid run of
u. which gave him the game. In the
other games he had to work harder. In
the third game Lawlor had 81 innings be-
of seven. His best run was four. The
fourth game was drawn out to "a innings,
while the fifth was settled in seven. The
scores were:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
LIFE MADE EASIER
BY Excepting the Fingers Busy when
fhe Mad IL Idle.

There are ways by which a woman may
make life easier for herself.
One way, writes Margery Daw, is to do
some Of our summer sewing now. Much
good time is thrown away by allowing the
nands to remain idle while gossiping.
VI course there are people whom one
must receive with impressive formality.
Al the business Of existence. except find
ing out what Is the visitors opinion Of
the weather and the prospect of war,
must be ignored. Under such circum-
stances to sew would be to offend.
Bnt When your. intimates cali why not
ieI the fingers busy themselves with such
simple ARTICLES as every one needs, and
most Ct US think that we have not time
g doa Il, with heads together. while
tnus engaged, would be just as easy to
tass a reputation And, too, the occupa-
ing Of a good word for any one whom it
might help.
commend US to the sewing habit! And
Nehen the sultry summer days are upon
Us We shall be able to keep cool and
comfortable serene in the Consciousness
oI bureau drawers full of such little
eailngs as transform a simple frock into
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
s,rikes and Spnres.

The Bergen Bowling Club will engage
in the first game of a series with the
Independents of Newark. Friday evening,
on the Independents alleys. These teams
The second series viii take place at
Fischer's Hall.
Archie Duke and Sam Coffman will
bow the last half of their match Friday
night on the Woods Hall alleys. and It
is generally believed that Coffraan will
win.
ested in the series of best s in II games
for $25 to be rolled Wednesday night on
Heyes' alleys. between Charles Cathcart
of the Nonpareils and Arthur Tasch of
the Fairmounts.
Only one series of games will be rolled
in the Jersey City League this week n
these will be bowled tonight on the Doc
lttle Club alleys at Woods Hall with Old
Velvet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27

ne bdPtlst MINISTERS Of .Accomae, Va,
have declared their unqualified dlsappro-
val of the custom SO prevalent in h
region of getting married in b,eeies
along the public highway. AT their re-
Gent monthly meeting, held at Modest
Y they unanimously adopted a reso-
luton condemning the practice, as de-
tracing from the dignity, soiemnity and
sacredness OF the ceremony. While
they DO not expressly say so, they strong
" intimate that they will not hereafter
perform the marriage ceremony unless
the contracting parties are in a church
or some other suitable house.-Correspon-
dence Baltimore American.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
Women of Cincinnati.

The Woman's Civic League, of Cincin-
matt. says the Chicago Chronicle, has at
tempted to bring about many reforms
n the manners and customs of the Queen
lily; Last Spring. the League maze an
Urgent appeal to the Board Of Adminis-
traton Tor sand piles to be scattered over
the city that the children might play in
laem. Later the League. suggested to the
Mayor thaI cuspidors be placed along
might expeetorate into them. A few
DAYS one Of the members of the
league, while riding on a street car,
saw a policeman who was chewing to-
oacco n squirting the saliva on the
noor; This lady reported the incident
70 me League; The women addressed
an appeal to the Mayor, and his Honor,
Mayor John M. Caldwell, issued an or
der to the police force, %forbidding ex-
the Sidewalks. The Women's Civic
League is becoming a powerful political
agency in municipal affairs.