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The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Irish Mary" Mcdonald of this city
fell down stairs and was killed The
coroner's jury said she died from nat
llral causes. She undoubtedly did. Even
when person is suddenly dropped from
the end of rope and the neck is broken
it is quite natural that death should en-
sue.
Congress meets next Monday. There
are on the several calendars OF the house
1,465 bills awaiting passage. all of which
have been reported from the various
committees. Besides these there are 256
bills on the calendar of the senate. The
greater number of these are private bills.
but there are some of great public inter
est It is not generally believed, how
ever that much legislation will be ac-
complished at the coming short session.
It is not believed that the Dingley bill
will receive, any consideration whatever,
nor that any other tariff measure Will
receive attention. All such legislation
will be left for the extra session which
will no doubt be called soon after Nc
Kinley's inauguration. 1t is thought
that the Pacific railway will be discussed
with greater vigor than ever before as
the road is in such a~condition that it
must either receive an extension of time
on it's Indebtedness or submit to a fore
closure. 3s; .4,
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

The English government in its attempt
to strengthen the army proposes to raise
an Irish regiment of infantry in Dublin.
1t seems a pity that Ireland should in
any way contribute to England's
strength, and thus add to her own mis-
fortunes.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05
!. MANITOBA SCHOOLS AGAIN.

Inc 2ueDec SATURDAY buuSeL says IL
believes that every reasonable and right
minded citizen of the Dominion will ac-
cept as satisfactory the terms of the set
Element of the Manitoba school question.
mo doubt,, it continues, "the Bleu
party leaders and the Bleu press of this
province will endeavor for party reasons
to keep up the racket. They will do
their best to convince the public that Mr..
Laurier has betrayed his co-religionists
in the prairie province and that the con-
cessions which he has secured for them
are in reality worthless. We will be
told that, while he promised them more
than the Tory coercion bill proposed to
give them, he has really obtained .for
them much less, and that, where they
asked for bread, he has given them a
stone. All this however, may be al
lowed to go for what it is worth. The
great point is whether the Manitoba
Catholics, who are the people most con-
cerned. are satisfied, and of this there
can be no doubt whatever. With the
exception of few Tory politicians who
have been curse to their element in
the Canadian Northwest and who want
to get control again of the school moneys
to make ducks and brakes of them once
more as IN the past, the Catholic minor
ity has unreservedly accepted the settle
ment as satisfactory to them in all res
poets and is sincerely jubilant over the
adjustment of the difficulty. Nominal
ly, their separate schools have not been
restored, but practically, they are. AS
the school trustees are elected by the
ratepayers Of each municipality, the
Catholics, wherever they are majority,
will have control of their schools to con-
duct them as they please from the relig-
ious point of view, while in the munici-
$palities where they are in minority, all.
they have to do to secure religious in
struction for their children is to demand
it from the trustees. If the children do
not reach the nilmber fixed by the law,
.HF ( ss & : &
that is to say, Is in the rural districts
and 40 in the cities and towns, the priest
will have the right to visit the school
and give religious instruction or to
5depute any other person in his stead; but
when the legal number is reached, the
trustees viii Sc obliged to employ a
Catholic teacher to instruct the children
not only ii religious, but IN secular res.
poets. Halt an hour daily is to- be de-
voted to religi ods instruct and where
there are 10 French children il any;
school, their rents will have The right
Nv law to insist upon their being taught
their own languag u.
TEs Catnolic arndard ana Times says
ttassnA t6eI
elt d llili Mine 4abIY
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05
THE SPEED OF A TRAIN

! II The train was booming along In great
fashion, There had been quite long derr.
lay the other side Of Rochester, and y was es
evident that the engineer OF the iron noTsas
! in front was determined to make some or
| the lost time at least. The smoker was
perfumed with the odor Of good felloWsnlp5
| and tobacco smoke, as the smoker OF as
New York Central train invariably is.s
/ There We're two or three drummers VINO
wore, Mckinley buttons and beamy SHINES
| Near them sat an old face on the road, AZ
| conductor who was coming to this city tQI
attend the marriage Of his iaug hter. *tzzSI me
lconversatio shifted frequently. as y ususs4.
ally does in such company, until nnaliy$
one OF the drummers said to his nearest sI
companion s, a. s1133 43sslgs
My, but she is piling along. ' z#3 58
Yep said his companion. ...$
"IIow fast do5you suppose we are gofn!,s.
"Oh, I give it up. She can't go too fast
to suit me- .,.tts
| veteran conductor said to the first speak
.'Do you want to knew what we are
making?'' a .s3 5855
"You have my hand to dot %
"Well, Til tell you directly.
EVERYDAY within earsf1ot crowded
around as he said this, and as he said i
he pulled one Of those old reliable railroad
clocks from his pocket, held it In his mana l
and gazed intently out of the WindoW. =
seemed an age until ne SPOKE tlle. elAGASSS
was 80 profound, but when ne nnaliy
spoke ii was to say. sN i .s8..
"This train is travelling at the rate OF
So miles an hour or Whereabouts.
The old conductor said this In a way
to impress all hands with the accuracy OF
his statement and there was chorus OF
Is"How did you guess that?"
Didn't guess it at all, said the vet WITH
an injured air IT know what am talk
ing about. Now, here's how l do It. No
tice the inside of the outer rail on the.
opposite track. Your eyes are not trained
as well as mine in that line,s but just keep
looking at that rail until you are sat1sf1ed
that you can distinguish where one rail
joins the other. Now count the joints ana
as many rails as you pass In q seconds
you will find to be equal to the number OF
miles that this train is travelling per hour
never saw the thing fail, and have
tried it hundreds of times. Ofscourse IT
is necessary to have double tracked road
to tell how fast we are moving, but with
an opposite track, good eye and tenn
perance watch it is the easiest thing 1t the
| world" SsE$8
Afterward, when the drummers asked
the engineer, he said that old Tom was ~
half mile out of the way. Ali of this ha
pened several months ago, and the knack.5ss
as it has been called, has gone broadcast
through d,+ummerdom. 1t has become az
fad on the Eastern roads, and old Tom
will never know until he reads this how
popular and accurate his plan of guess
ing the speed Of train has become. SSss3
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05
AN IRISH SENSATION i! 4 ! ! I y 7 .

ne Inc 1loyenbe mum Der OF The Con-
Isl Temporary Review, illianl o'Brien.
sivcss the world some high inter resting
matter Ing the retirement of Par
ssnuaell rs III matt wIlic has neYeri
seen the light before ne say
d JohnS Redmon who - now the
pnl consi pf renIlio vns,
IyflitI one off
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Grover First (and last) is still chop
ping off heads because of pernicious ac-
tivity. But his own head will soon be
in the basket, when millions Of people
will unite their, voices in singing the SOL
enn hymn, Praise God, from whom all
blessings llow." q: q
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

It is noticed that more banks are sus-
pending since the election than for
long time before it, Is this one OF the
evidences of the promised good times?
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Cleveland gives it out that he will sign
any tariff bill that may be passed by the
Republicans Why not? He did his
best to elect Republican president and
a Republican congress, and it would
hardly be fair. to go back on his politi-
cal friends after they had taken their
seats ,Sl-.g + !s Is tEl.-{
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Ex-Governor Merriam says he will
not go into the cabinet. No doubt Nc
Kinley says the same thing.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Christmas this year falls upon Friday,
but Catholics will be dispensed from the
obligation of fasting.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

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Archbishop Ireland was mentioned
recently II vashing tons as the one most
likely to be ii pointed as the American
resentative on the Venezuelan arbi-
tration comm mission. Il A The archbishop
is aclose friend. If president Cleveland,
It u said that CELL Rhodes, he d
South African IL run Tor
parliament from IN Irish eonsti tuency.!
HE would seem ~ have i warn. I'M
shis hear 1rela y a,e; one time sgave
zIarnslI II. l4! 7 hsip
along ie Gnu
& s
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

Bishop Keane sails for Rome ~ dl' ~
in which city he is liable 70 remalnl II
He wifi be made an arch bishop a. s t1haess
near future. saHsS 3sss z1a
The Irish standard., 1896-12-05

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pationa u sl:l s3ils
good lPener e 81 ha VI
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mora 81 IL 1s FL 49,
ne iii ossible, even we're for i
us to ind All these gna IS ada da7
ton. s,ltt two recent STATE ants are q 2
worth Of note As wife in & tlanta.. Ga,
has SO dull a sense Of her social Il and ND
moral, MOTTO say relig ous, obi atoms lS
that she has had herself div reed from
her hls band in order TIL at he might mar 4
~ another woman who, She knew, Il had iala
fascinated him! But what Of her three
children? l-nly two days later pitif'll
tale of the disastrous consequence Of q di-
yorce' comes from Topeka, Kansas. The
officials Of charitable institution in that
city say that within it's, limits there are
four hundred wives, either divorced or
deserted, appealing for work or soliciting
funds with which to bny bread for them
selves and their children, and that in a
city of only $4,000 inhabitants! And
the number is increasing every day!
Surely it is high time to put a stop to a
practice productive Of SO much evil.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
C0NqEMP9IBLE CREW.
Amateur Sneaks Before the
Grand Jury-The Anti
Liquor Spasm.

The Epworth League ard Christian En-
deavor detectives who went out last
Sunday to look for evidence against sa-
loonkeepers, will appear before the Grand
Jury this afternoon to give evidence
against thirty-f1ve of their victims.
The police have learned that many of
the amateurs adopted questionable meth
DDS in obtaining evidence against liquor
dealers. One instance is known where
man who always keeps closed on Sun
day was tricked by two of the sleuths.
They had been in the saloon all the
evening laughing and talking with the
patrons of the place. few minutes be-
fore midnight the bartender instructed
everyone to leave. Just at that time one
He was conversinlg with an old patron and
was allowed to remain longer than the
others.
When he finally went out, he remarked
with apparent satisfaction that he had
succeeded in getting all the evidence he
wanted. 1t is alleged that the evidence
which will be presented to the Grand
jury today was obtained in this manner
The amateurs met last night at the
home Of DR.. t. r. Chambers in Jersey
avenue and submitted reports of the work
they did last Sunday. Among the min
isters who were present were the Revs
john l.. Scudder, Robert e. Wick, D. B.
F. Randolph, Woerz and Little.
In all, there were thirty detectives at
work last Sunday and they submitted
reports to the effect that conclusive evil
dence had been procured against thirty
taken in charge by Counsellor John
c. Inwright of the Law Enforce
ment Committee of the Epworth League
and Christian EndeaNor Societies.
One thing was apparent at last nights
meeting. it is said, and it was that many
sympathetic prolhibitionists expressed
their approval of the young sleuths i'm
bibing cocktails and such STUFF in or
der to procure conclusive evidence. The
clergymen say that in order to make the
evidence watertight the witnesses must
be able to- swear to the character of the
stuff they buy and drink.
The average age of the sleuths is
t11raf fI--fc !
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
PRESBYTERIAN ISSUES.

SARATOGA, N. z, May 26, ss6.-The
Presbyterian General Assembly opened
as usual this morning with the report
of Chairman Booth of the Committee on
Bills and Overtures. The most import
ant bill before the committee is the one
in regard to the New York Presbytery.
which disobeyed the orders of last years
Assembly in receiving students from the
Union Theological Seminary. The COM
mittee decided to refer the matter to the
Committee on Church PoMty DR. John
R. Davies, chairman of this committee,
is from New York, and his committee
refuses to take up the bill. A similar
overture was received from the Long
Island Presbytery, protesting against the
assumption of power by the Assembly
and declaring that the Presbytery would
not obey the order of the General AS
seDl1bly.
The General Assembly ordered the
matter referred to the Judicial Com
nittee
G. ". f; Birch, Stated Clerk Of the
New York Presbytery. is the second mem
Der of the Judicial Committee
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
UNCLE And PADR0NB.
Feliee Muggio Mains the Boy
Whom He Could No
Longer Rob.

A story of an inhuman fellows treat
ment Of his fouBteen- -year-old nephew
was aired this morning in the Recorders S
court, Hoboken. Peter TAuggio is a bright,
Intelligent lad, who came to this coun
try from Italy two years ago. He went
to live with his uncle, Feice Muggio,
barber, at No. 10S Fourth street, Hobo
ken He worked for Muggio for seven
months, and in all that time never re-
ceived penny compensation, but was re-
peatedly beaten. Then he ran away to- a
friends in New York and got work in
another BARRIERS shop at fifty cents a
week and his board
When he had been in the place long
enough to earn ss Nduggio called upon him
and took the money away. lie purchased
for the boy, however, a IS suit of clothes.
Little Peter then left the New York
shop and returned to Hoboken, where he
got a place at $4 a month and board. He
mad not been Installed in it, however,
him and demanded his money The child
pleaded to retain 1t, as ne needed clothes
and other things. but Muggio would only
told him he could only have twenty-fiVe aty five
cents week. Time went on and Muggio
called regularly for the boys wages AT
last, Vincent Bufana, the barber for
Peters father in italy. asking him what
ne should do in the matter as he did not
like to see the boy imposed upon by his
avaricious uncle. The father wrote back
not to give the uncle another cent.
Yesterday Peters month was up and
as usual Muggio called for the 81. He was
Informed by Bufano that he could not
have It, and the letter from Peters father
was shown him
Muggio became enraged and threatened
to break the boys neck. He made a grab
for him but Bufano stepped in between
and told Muggio if he wanted to s'iick'
e ene Boy he would have. to do it outside,
Tor he could not do it in the shop Mug
gio commanded Bufano to put the boy
cur, but Bufano refused to do SO. Muggio
then Shipped around to where his nephew
was standing and catching hold of the
BOYS right hand bent the fingers back
to the wrist, breaking every finger and at
the same time dealing the boy a heavy
blow IN the face. The coward then fear
ing Bufano's righteous wrath ran out of
the shop.
This morning the boy accompanied by
Blu1ano, appeared before Recorder Nc
his uncle'S arrest
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
PARISHES CARVED up
Two New Ones to Be Cut
Off St. Patricks S Large
Territory.
ST. BRIDGET's TO CONTRIBUTE
Fathers Sheehan and Smith Will
Probably Be Appointed to the
New Churches.

For some time rumors have been cur4
rent to the effect that the territory com-
prising the parish of st. Patrick's Ro-
man Catholic Church would be divided.
and new parish made The first au-
thentic information Of the state Of affairs
was told a reporter of THE News last
evening. ST. Patrick's Church stands on
the corner of Bramhan avenue and Ocean
avenue. The present boundaries of the
parish are Bidwell avenue on the south.
Newark Bay and the Hackensack River
on the west, Montgomery street to Free
mont street on the north, and from that
point on Montgomery street to the Canal
on the east This immense territory is
about one-quarter of the entire city, and
the remaining three-quarters is divided
among thirteen other parishes in tlu
city.
The plan which will be adopted is to
cut the Lafayette section off and make
two new parishes of it, The southern
boundary of the first will probably be-
Pacific avenue; the eastern boundary,
Conmunipaw avenue, Grand street the
northern boundary, and the tracks of the
New Jersey Central Railroad will mark
the western boundary.
The remaining territory in Lafayerte
will be used for the second parish. which
will, it is stated. take in a portion of St.
Bridget's parish ON Montgomery street
The Catholic residents of Lafayette are
pleased at the idea of having a new
Catholic Church near them. Now it is
necessary for a church attendant TO trsy,
el about three miles in order to reach
a church. This Bishop Wigger aasStak Am
into consideration, and the result WIS
the announcement of the two ne1x
parishes.
The News reporter, In speaking tea
q priest who is close to the inner cfreies
OF the Catholic church, was told that
1t was not true that one new Iaarasu
would be made, but that the Bishop and
the Diocesan Council had decided 70 cl1t
st. Patrick's present parish ifEto stlirea
parishes. Father Sheehan OF St. Pat4
riok's parish will, it is said, be pastos
OF one OF the churches, and Father Smith
of st. Jcseph's Church, on Baldwin ave.
nue., Will be pastor of the other. Neither
of these priests could be- seen.
1t is not known exactly Misen this
change will be made, and il Is. NOT. like
ly it viii be effected befores4he first Of
the year.
Just how far into st, BriGget's present
parish the new parish viii extend rs
not known, as the exact boundary lines
of the new parishes have not been de-
cided upon; but It IS probable 9GiatsSt will
take in Grand street from Pacific ave-
nue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
PERIPATETI0 JUNK SHOP.

A suspicious character, giving his
name as Meyer Lichenstein, of No. 27l
Seventh street, this city. was arrested
by the HobolSen police this morning upon
complaint of Albert j. T. Jefson, of No.
1923 Washington street. Hoboken. Lich-
enstein sold Jefson for 25 cents a ticket
for watch which was pawned for s4.
In handing him over the ticket IIichen-
stein displayed several Others. and Jefson
ana had the pawn ticket seller "a arrested ssteS5.
AT the station house there were found
upon him four pocketbooks, five silver
watches, two gold chains, magnifying
glass, six pair Of .spectacles. about fifty
pawn tickets for all kinds of articles and
any amount of keys and other small,
articles. In one poclSetbook was found
$50 in five and ten dollar bills, and IN
another pocketbook Sc in small bills In
one Of his pockets he had several dollars
in small change.
He was held on the charge of ddsorderly
conduct, it not being proven that he was
swindler or n piekpocket
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
DUGAN WAS ACQUITTED.
But Was Immediately Rearresfed Ton
Possessing surgIar,s Tonls

Thomas Dugan, the alleged burglar, who
created a sensation in town on the after
noon of May Z, was tried in the General
assaulH and battery on Herman Rochstoff
and Frank Thiele Readers of nThe
News" will remember the exciting chase
Dugan gave "a number of citizens and the
police on that day. He had had a quar-
rel with his sister, Mrs. Annie McDernaott
with whom he and his mistress were
boarding in Railroad avenue, and ne de-
clded to move.
He engaged John F. Lynch's truck
loaded his trunk on it. and was about to
about some board that was due She
grabbed one Of the horses by the head
ana clung to him screaming and kicking
Dugans directed the driver to whip up
his horses and get away. RockstoI, who
tissn as an amateur detective, asked Mrs.
McDermOtt if she wanted to have Dugan
arrested. He caught Dugan by the leg
and attempted to pull him Off the truck
to blow sRockstoff's red head off il he
didn't make himself scarce. Rockstoff
proceeded to make himself scarce without
further parley. Thiele. who was with
Rockstoff, got in. Dugan's way as he was
Dugan fed through Barrow street to
Bay street, and thence down to the
Pennsylvania Railroad freight yards, fol-
lowed by yelling crowd. He scaled
the fence, ran through the yards and
finally escaped. He. was afterwards cap
tured in the house of another sister on the
Hill after holding the fort against the
police for some time. Lawyer Alex
Simpson, who defended Dugan, scored
Rockstoff unmercifully. The jury ac-
arrested on charge of having burglars
tools in his possession.