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The evening times., 1896-10-20
wolves.

"Grimesey, me boy" Teddy, the ire
| presstble tomboy; Snagg the lawyer, who
tries to run hotel, and all the other
amusing people introduced in Charles Hoyt's
first and best farce comedy, "A Bunch of
Keys are holding the stage of the Iiiou
Family Theater this week, before large
| audiences of laughing, applauding people.
If there is ANYTHING in signs. he old farce
is as popular as ever and will do a big
weeks business.
Ada Bothner, one of the liveliest soubrcttcs
i'll the business, has made n star part Df
Teddy, and with her Songs and dances.
pantomime and Ceaseless funma king, does
much 10 carry the show
Among the clever people surrounding her
are Ben T. Dillon, who plays Grimes up to
the limit; George +. Hall, whose irnita-
tions OF famous actors prove his ability
even better than the part of Snaggs; G e orge
Mitchell. who makes Il lit with his cha rae
ter songs In a clear tenor voice: frankie
st. John, a graceful and acrobatic dancer
and MiSsesGrace Vaughn, Bessie Var>r a nd
Fannie Tcukesbury, who lead in the songs
and choruses.
There are selections from ''El CaEitan'
and other recent operas; a political march
ing song and parody on --f6 to l - which
score heavily, and specialtieS galore, he
sides the familiar tricks which have made
"A Bunch of Keys a laughing success for
every day in addition to the nightly per
formances at the Eijou.
If one can judge performance from the
applause it receives, then Weber's Olympia
Company, ut Kernan's last night. is truly.
one OF merit.
Last night every available seat was oc-
cupied, and standing room, sure enough
appeared at premium.
The performance began with L. Lawrence
Weber's own creation, entitled 'Fads and
Fancies," which is OF a pleasing nature,
This introduces Miss Letta Meredith and the
entire company. Then follows Succession
of good things.
Pauline Black sang herself in TO favor Col
Inns and Henshaw were easily the hit of
the evening. Sam Collins as an acrobatic
comedian is great and kept the audience
at work giving rounds of merited applause
Evans and Huffman, Leslie and Fenley
Celtic wits, and the Whitney brothers,
musical artists, made up the rest of the
olo. Fred Solomon's burlesque, entitled
apollo in New York." is an exceedingly
clever composition. The comedians have
plenty of scope and fun is rampant
The evening times., 1896-10-20

Cooper has forwarded challenge to Jay
Eaton, who is said to be the champion in
ioor bicycle rider.
The evening times., 1896-10-20
DISEASE OF BRONCHIAL TUBES.

This condition often results from
Catarrh extending from the head and
throat, and, If left unchecked, ex-
tends down the windpipe into the
bronchial tubes, ana i'll time attacks
the lungs.
The evening times., 1896-10-20
DISEASE OF HEAD AND THROAT

The head and throat become dis
eased from neglected colds, cuus-
ing Cutarrh, when the condition OF
the blood predispUses TO this cOndt
The evening times., 1896-10-20

Foreman Santa Marie Ranch.
IN. B.-We buried Gray Wolf the same
day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
WARSHIPS In PORT.

QUARANTINE, S. L, May s, 1S96.-The
u. S. cruisers Cincinnati and Montgom-
cry arrived this morning from New Lon
don and anchored off Tompkinsville, S. /.
rhe United States cruisers Cincinnati
and Montgomery arrived this morning
from New London and anchored off
Tompkinsville
York, flagship of the North Atlantic
Squadron, with Rear Admiral Francis
M. Bunce on board and Captain Winfield
S. Schley in command, and the protect
ed cruiser Raleigh, Captain Merrill Mil
ler commanding, anchored off the same
place, so that the four ships are the adj
vance guard of the largest and most
powerful fleet of American warships ever
gathered in this harbor.
This is the beginning of the assem-
bling of the fleet in New York waters,
in accordance with the suggestion made
by Rear Admiral Bunce to the Secre-
tary of the Navy that it would be q
good thing to make New York the rem
devious of the fleet, instead of Hampton
Roads.
Captain James H. Sands, will come up
from Hampton Rhoads within week.
The Indiana is already here, and the
Newark, now in the timber dock in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, will in a few days
join the others. The monitor Terror and
the ram Katahdin were also at the Navy
Yard in commission, and it is quite certain
that they. will be assigned to the squad
ron. This combination of ships will af-
ford a remarkable marine spectacle. Ten
war vessels under the American flag
from the ponderous Indiana down to the
almost submerged Katahdin, will be some-
thing far out of the usual run.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
WARNING TO WHBELMEN.
GreenviiIe Police After Cyclists With
ONT E,5pbt&

The police of the Fifth precinct are waging
war on cyclists who ride on the Boulevard
the County Road every night either with
lamps unlit with lamps at all August
Rohde, sixteen years old, Of No. 922 Garfield
avenue. arrested at S:2O P. M for riding
without a light by Patrolman Burke He
was paroled in the custody of his father
Besides the regular patrolmen whose beats
patroling Mounted Policeman Burke does
duty until nine o'clock each evening". The
greatest vigilance is exercised against the
careless cycers and more arrests are promised
from now on A point which Captain Nugent
has conceded is that wheelman without a
light travelling with another who has one
will not be molested. Otherwise no mercy
is to be shown the riders.
Wheemen have the greatest difficulty in
procuring lamps that will not jolt out, blow
out or burn out before they finish riding
On the Boulevard last night brilliant lamp
was seen on one wheel when 1t was some
blocks away from some pedestrians watching
the steady procession of wheelnlen pass Dam
forth avenue. The light was as bright as a
trolley headlight some blocks away, but when
it. approached seemed to lose some of its
brilliancy. 1t was one of the latest things
in bicycle lamps an electric headlight
A great number of people ride at night be-
cause they are employed all day and must
take their recreation after dark So the
boulevard is occupied more after nightfall
than all day long. Many Of the riders be-
lieve that the electric lights do away with
the necessity of bicycle lamps, but shese will
be quickly undeceived by the police.
Some years ago, when the Greenville Citizens
Improvement Association was alive the ques-
tion of insufficiency of the small police force
In the Fifth precinct was frequently agitated-
Yet today there are still the same humber Of
patrolmen guarding the same long BEATS One
mounted patrolman takes care of the Boule-
ward from the Newark and New York Rail-
hands full doing it, Law breakers, if they
can keep in front of him until either end Of
his beat is reached are secure from arrest
as soon as they cross either the canal or
railroad bridge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
DUGAN ''MUGGED.n
He Made a Bluff at Resistfng, But
EfnaIlv XEfIfad

Thomas Dugan, alias Judge Dugan who
reg me police such merry chase Yesterday,
was arralgned before Justice Potts this morn
ing He was committed without bail on forynal
charges of assault preferred BY DENNY Sbar-
ms Roekton and Teel. His sister Annie
Whom he shot at, not asked to make q
ehaIse against him. 1t feared when
tne time arrived for her appearance in court,
she would be among the missing
Much against his wishes Dugan was nto
tosrdphed Tor the rogues gallery. 1t is re-
markable thing, but in all his criminal "a recr
ne mas escaped being "mugged.'' This morn
ing wnen Chief Murphy ordered his removal
70 a photographer's, he objected Detectives
Dalton, Pearson and Douglass tried TO drag
him but to no avail
You people won't get my picture and that's $
all about it,. he said, defiantly
Chief Murphy heard the loud talking and
photographer was sent for, and he arranged
ms apparatus in the Chiefs reception room
sWhen everything was in readiness Dugan
was brought out. He looked at the photog-
rapher and then at the Chief.
You don't get it and that's all there is
to it,. he remarked
Oh, guess we will,'' answered the Chief.
4Ihe detectives pretended to seize Dugan
and then he wilted. Turning to the Chief he
said;-sI like your cheek and nerve and if
my picture viii be of any service to you, you
may have it,
The picture was taken without any further
trouble, and Dugan was returned to his cell
Detectives are now working on clues which
It is believed will develop evidence that will
fasten several burglaries on the prisoner
Joseph Dudley, Dugans accomplice who
escaped through rear window of No "A
Ogden avenue yesterday, has not been found
yet. He married Nettie Dugan. She is a
blonde and the prettiest of the Dugan sisters
The house was home for the thieves who
followed Dugan.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
CHICAGO'S BLUFF.
Can She Make Good Her Finan-
eial Promises to the Demo-
cratic State Committee.

CHICAGO. May 5, 1S96-A definite i1li-
derstanding regarding the finances of
Democratic National Convention wiz
probably be reached today between the
local guarantors and the subcommittee
of the National Democratic Committee.
The following members of the latter body
arrived here on the early morning trains
and registered at the Wellington Hotels:
National Chairman w. F. Harrity Phil
adelphia; J. G. Prather. ST. Louis. With
Thomas H. Shirley. of st. Louis. With
them wereArchitect Canada of New York
ard Sergeant-at-Arms John I. Martin, Of
St. Louis. Immediately after breakfast
the vcitors assembled in the club room 10
await delegation from the Finance
Committee of the local Democrats.
In the Interim Chairman Harrity said
to a. representative of the United Press.
81 know nothing Of the. financial situ-
alton beyond what has been published,
the local committee will meet its obli-
cation. II 1t does. not then our COM
mittee VIII act-and act promptly. "A
large proportion of the guarantee is due
and I cannot think that the Chicago peo-
pie will ask q renewal of their notes,
as it Were. We will, however, reach a
derstand that a number of subscribers to
the convention fund excuse their tardiness
in making good their word on the ground
that the convention is yet a long way
off and that there is no immediate use
for the money. That is true, but the
situation as the committee looks at it is
tllis:-If we were going abroad with les-
ters Of credit a.t there ~, re rilnors that
to be embarrassed. We would require
definite and absolute understanding before
starting. So in this case. We want to
know, and .hat now. whether the finan-
cial pledges apon whish the, convention
was voted to Chicago are to he kept.
relreat, however, that I have no risgiv-
ingS as to the outcome"
When questioned as to how he con-
strued the bond given at Washington by
eight prominent and wealthy LEGAL Demo-
Gratis that the obligation would be met,
he replied that he regarded it in the light
OF a substantial assurance.
On general issues Chairman Harrity ex-
pressed the opinion that the sound money
sentiment was growing that there would
be no change in the two-thirds rule and
that the talk in the East of TWO conven-
items was not to be seriously entertained.
The local Finance Committee and the
guarantors were to have held conference
at the Weling at ten o'clock. but an hour
and a half later not one of the number
had put in an appearance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
MIR. KAISER IN A HOLE.
The Diggers Tried to Dig Him Out
and Then to Fill Him I'm.

Employees of the Jersey City Electric Light
Company yesterday afternoon renewed their
operations in front of the saloon owned by
John Kaiser at the Junction Last week an
attempt was made to place pole in position,
but through the efforts of Daniel Lewis, the
owner of the property, and Mr.. Kaiser, the
proprietor of the saloon, the worlzrnen were
prevented from planting the pole. Yesterday
afternoon about llalf-past three force of
workmen appeared and proceeded to erect it.
Mr. Kaiser was in his place at the time and
someone rushed in and informed him as to
what was going on. He went out upon the
sidewalk and attempted to talk the men out
of doing the work. AS this means of warfare
proved Of no avail Mr.. Kaiser resorted to
confab was going on between the foreman
and Mr.. Kaiser the workmen were digging
the hole It had now been dug to that
depth that it would be deep enough to
raise the pole.
Mr. Kaiser seeing that his efforts were going
to be fruitless walked over to where the men
were digging and pushing them aside jumped
into the hole. Now" said he, 'if you in
ead a o to dig hHs b here have got to to dig
and did it handsomely. .Shovels, crowbars and
pickaxes were used. Little Johnnie, as Mr..
Kaiser is frequently called, looked as If he
did not relish the proceedings. He in the
hole up to his shoulders. When the worknen
saw they could not dislodge the little man
they commenced to pile dirt and stones in
upon him. This he could not stand and
clambered out. Rushing into his store he
shouted, I've come after a gun; give me one
quick
No one responded, so he cleared the bar at
one jump and grasping an antique looking re
volver again repaired to the seat of war. He
four1shed the revolver a few times in the
air, when the police patrol with the reserves
from the Fourth precinct arrived. Mr.. Kaiser
was hustled into the wagon and taken to
the station house. He was locked up charged
with assault and battery. Bail was accepted
for him by Justice Roe. Frederick Prusker
became his bondsnlan.
Mr.. Kaiser was interviewed last night He
said: 'I do not intend to let the matter drop
where 1t is, and will say that I will not
leave that pole there. I was advised by
friend to tar the pole and set fire to it, but
will not pursue any such methods as that
If there is any law in this land I will find
it,
Mr.. Kaiser exhibited hole in his trousers
which was made by a crowbar. Mr.. Lewis
the owner, will combine with Mr.. Kaiser in
his efforts to have the pole removed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
LIFE IN PRISON FOR HILL
DRETH.

ROME, N. Y. May 8, 1s96.-The jury N
the case of John Watson Hildreth at
1:3 A. NJ today. returned a verdict of
murder in the second degree. In reach
ing this conclusion four ballots We're
taken Court took recess till nine A. M;
today, when Judge McLennan sentenced
Hildreth to Auburn prison for life.
In passing sentence the Judge said he
thought the jury had dealt very leniently
bQ Hildreath; they might have convicted
him of the highest crime known to law
He said Hildreth's crime was a terrible
one under our civilization, almost as bad
as poisoning the stream that came from
the hillsides Hildreth stood up and re-
ceived his sentence without flinching, but
after he sat down by the side of his father
his eyes filled with tears and his lips
trernbled perceDtlbly.
AS soon as Hildreth had been sentenced
he was taken back to Jail and few min
utes thereafter Theodore Hibbard and
Herbert Plato, the other indicted train
wreckers, were brought into court. BY
advice of their counsel, Mr.. Sayles, they
withdrew their former pleas of not guilty
to murder in the first degree and pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the first degree
on each of the two indictments against
them in causing the deaths of Engineer
Hager and Robert Bond. Mr.. Sayles asked
for clemency for the boys. Judge McLen-
nan then sentenced the prisoners to forty
years each in the Auburn State Prison
twenty yearslon each Indictment. The pris-
oners were very pale and seemed much
downcast, but shed no tears.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
GEM CONVICTED AGAIN
The Jury Believes He Was
Sane When He Shot
Clara Arnim.

Paul GEM is once more declared guilty
of murder in the first degree for the kill
ing of Clara Arnin. his 'edelweis., ., The
case was given to the jury just before 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon and at $3.50
last night they had agreed upon a YER
dict 1t is understood that they stood to
8 for that verdict from the beginning.
The evidence in the case was all in just
before recess. The morning had been taken
up by expert witnesses. After DR.. Kindred
at the time of the murder and for several
weeks before it, DR.. Peterson of the Hud
son River Insane Asylum was called. Mr..
Collins put to him the same hypothetical
question he had put to DR.. Kindred. The
question embodied all the facts in the
case and GEMS actions from the time he
formed his meretrcious alliance with
Clara Arnim until just before his last
trial: The witness was asked if in his
opinion a man who acted as GEM did
during all that time was sane or insane.
DIR. Peterson said he would certainly con-
slider him insane. Then Mr.. Winfield dis
sected the long question into several small
questions and asked the witness if any
particular act of the defendant indicated
insanity. The witness said not of itself,
insanity.
City Physician Kendrick of Hoboken,
who attended GEM in the police station
after his arrest. testified that he thought
at that time that Genz was sane, but
after hearing the testimony at the trial
he has changed his mind.
lum near Trenton, testified that he had
examined GEM and believed him to be
sane. Prosecutor Winfield formulated a
hypothetical question giving all of Genz's
actions and asked the witness if he con-
sidered a man who did these things was
sane or insane. Dr. Ward said he would
consider him sane.
County Physician Converse gave his
opinion that Genz is a nervous, excitable
man and rot up to the average mentally.
Mr.. Collins offered TO submit the case.
but Mr.. Winfield said he had better argue
it.
After recess Mr.. Collins suggested that
the defense ought to know what the State
proposed to claim, what degree of crime
Mr.. Winfield said he proposed to claim
a verdict Of murder in the first degree.
Then have nothing to say said Mr..
Collins. That left Mr.. Winfield no oppor-
tunity to say anything and the case went
to the jury. on Justice Lippincott's charge.
When information came from the jury
room that the jury had agreed Justice
Lippincott and Judge Audspeth took their
seats on the bench and GEM was brought
over from the jail. He looked nervous
When the verdict was announced GEM
thanked the jury and shook hands with
his counsel Justice Lippincott said the
prisoner might be remanded, and GEM
was taken back to the JAIL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
DOUBLY sUNDERED LIVES.
Husband and Wife Separated for
Years. Meet. Eotll Remarked.

FOWLER. Ind, May 8, 1sss.-Judge
!Ma1bro of Kentucky was standing on the
platform at the Big Four station at this
placeey yesterday when the Chicago Limited
pulled in. In the parlor car sat lady
whom he thought he knew. He approached
her and they recognized one another i'm
mediately. 1t was his wife, whom he mar
ried twenty years ago in England
She was the daughter Of Lord Linds-
ley. Her father was so opposed to the
marriage that he induced her to leave
married She relented and desired to re-
turn to her husband, but was Informed
and made to believe that Marbro was
dead. Marbro, incensed at his wife's ae-
ton, came to America. He was shortly
after informed that she had secured a
divorce.
About six months after their separation
son was born to Mrs. Marhro who is
now in the English navy. At the death Of
Lord Lindsey Mrs. Marbro fell heir to
since married and has Ia three children by
visit a sister in San Francisco
Judge Marbro is very wealthy. He is
also married. He accompanied his wife
Of former years to Chicago.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
A CARD.

In reference to an article
which appeared in several Of
the daily papers, commenting
on a letter written by a certain
piano house in this city as an
advertisement mot mentioning
the name of the house, and sent
to a number Of residents in
Jersey City, we would wish to
say, so as not to mislead our
patrons and the general public,
that it is not our style of ad-
vertising and does not apply to
the Bradbury Piano Co.
F. G. SMITH, M'fr.,
43 Montgomery ST., ]. C.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
MOE POINT SETTLED.
State Fax mmIssioners Rule as to
Time for Appeals From Assessments

When the State Tax Commissioners sat in
Jersey City last they had peculiar case be-
fore them, which Counsellor C. H Hartshorne
brought to their attention. The case was that
Of Thomas f. Cox who owns brick house
on Newark avenue. few doors from the
City Hall. The house was assessed at $40, o0o
Mr.. Cox appealed the ground that the
property was only worth about $16,0O0
Mr.. Hartshorne said that up to March, 1896
taxpayers were entitled to appeal against as
sessments of taxes levied at any time since
the State Tax Board was created. But since
that time two statutes were passed by which
the city contended that these measures cut
off the right to appeal from all taxes levied
prior to 1894.
My argument is said Mr.. Hartshorne
that those statutes did not apply to the
case of Mr.. Cox. who had been assessed in
1892, SO. "a, IS, prior to the time the statute
was passed. I hold that the language of the
statute is prospective, applying to taxes in
the future only
Ex-Judge Blair for the city, contended that
the language of the statute retroactive
and applied to taxes fixed before that time
The Commissioners gave no opinion at the
time.
Today they have ruled in favor of Mr..
Hartshorne's point that the statute only re-
fers to cases since the creation of the Tax
Board.