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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
BONES And PROSE.
Another Dry Scientific Day in
the Luetgert Murder
Trial.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 1897.-The seventh
week of the trial of Luetgert, the alleged
wife murdered, opened today with an un-
diminished crush of people at the Grim
inal Court building. All kinds of schemes
were resorted to by the throng n efforts
to reach the second floor of the Criminal
Court building upon which Judge Tuthill $
court room is located. The police and
deputy sheriffs experienced great diff
Guilty in handling the crowd. Only those
who possessed tickets were admitted
Less fortunate people tried TO squeeze
their way in with the lucky ticket hold
erS. This plan brought several enthusi-
astic citizens into violent collision with
the officers, and hot arguments ensued in
which the right of the Sheriff to exclude
anyone from a public court room was ex-
citedly disputed But the officers in
charge of the entrances We're inexorable
and hundreds of men and women slowly
filed out OF the court house when the
capacity.
Luergert and his inseparable cigar
reached the court room half an hour be-
maker was clean shaved neatly attired
and apparently in the best OF spirits.
He greeted his attorneys and friends
Setback who regarded him &oolly.
Il can stand this sort of thing life
time so far as the physical endurance is
COucGluGu, 5dlu lLuclSSIl WHtii 4ColHplt-
mented by Attorney Paalen upon his per-
sonal appearance. But I wish it was
over with" continued Luetgert, as he sent
a cloud of tobacco smoke into the air. 1t
wears on mans nervous system, espe-
cially if the weather is warm-as it has
been most of the time during my trial. I
feel much better since recovered suffi-
GENTLY from the injury TO my leg. to
abandon that crutch. A crutch is an in
sufferable nuisance to person who is
not used to it,
.sThe trial viii last at least three
weeks longer" said States Attorney De-
Eeen today. when the defence closes
we shall have at least a week of rebuff
tai evidence Then the defence will come
along with another week of the same
kind of evidence. If we get through with
the speeches in weeks time we shall
be doing WELL.
Newspaper reporters who have been re-
porting the Luetgert trial have organized
''Sesamoid Club" The club members
meet daily at the close of the after
noon session of court and shake the
bones for refreshments and cigars. Sew
eral dogs owned by persons around the
Criminal Court building have been re-
christened OF late and now answer the
names of "Sesamoid. s'Femur and AR
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
OBsTRuOTIOHIsTs BEATEN.
Justice Llppineott Upholds the Erie
Elevation Contract.

Justice Lippincott, this morning. de-
MED the application for a writ of cer-
tiorari to remove to the Supreme Court
for review the contract between the
Eric Railway Company and the city for
The application was made in behalf of
Robert NJ. Jarvis, M. I. Connolly, Rich
ard Grant and others, who claim that
their property will be injured by the pro-
posed closing of several streets and the
depression of the grade of other streets.
Justice Lippincott said that the petit
TONERS might make an application for a
rule to show cause, provided they would
agree to argue it before the Supreme
Court on the first day sof the November
term. In the course Of his decision JUS
tice Lippincott said that the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners ap-
peared to have sufficient authority to
concurrence of the Board of Finance was
not necessary. The contract was made
under amendments made in 1893 to the
law of 1874. The standing of the petit
TONERS was weakened by the fact that
their property was not shown to abut
on the proposed improvement. Robert M.
Jarvis is the only one who will be se-
Provost street. Justice Lippincott quoted
the failure of the proceedings brought
by Dodge and Bliss at the time they
claimed that their property IN Greene
street would be ruined by the closing of
that street to permit the elevation of the
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
Counsel for Mr.. Jarvis and the other
It was agreed thai testimony will be
taken on Two days notice. The rule will
be argued at the opening of the November
term of the Supreme Court, in Trenton.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
DIED.

SPENCER-At Elizabeth, on Saturday.
October 2 1897, William Chetwcod
Spencer son of the late Robert Day
ton and Elizabeth Ogden Spencer, in
his 49th year.
Funeral services at st. Johns Church,
Elizabeth, on Tuesday, October s. at three
p. M Relatives and friends and mem-
bers of the Society of the Cincinnati. and
Society of the War of 1872, are respectful
ly invited to attend.
WILLIAMSON Sunday, October 8, 1897.
James, beloved son of James and the
late Ann Williams.
Relatives and friends are invited to ate
tend the funeral from his late residence,
565 Grove street, on Wednesday, October
G. at nine A. M; thence to st. Michael's
Church, where a requiem mass will be of
fered up for the happy repose OF his soul
sDAFELDECKER.-O Friday. October /,
1897 Peter sDefeldecker, aged 63 years.
Relatives and friends also the Hudson
County and Seventh Ward Republican
Committees, the Minkakwa Club. and
Friendship Lodge, No. IS. Order of the
Golden Chain. are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral from his late resi-
denee. No. 2l Old Bergen Road. on Tues
Paups r. c. Church where solemn
mass of requiem will be offered for the
happy repose of his soul.
WORSTER -On Sunday morning, Octo-
ber 2. 1891, Anna Maria, widow Of
Jacob n. Worster, in her 10th year.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend her funeral from the residence of
her daughter Mrs. George Curth, No. S21
Herkimer street, Brooklyn, on Tuesday,
October s. at p m.
Interlhent in JerseT City Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
NO DEATHS TODAY,
Fever Situation In New Orleans
Takes a Favorable Turn.

NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. A. 1S91-At
ten o'clock this morning two cases and no
deaths had been reported to the Board of
Health. 1t is anticipated that numerous
cases will be reported today as on yester-
day, because the Board of Health is no
longer sending its experts to see all the
ca ses that are reported. When the fever
first appeared, the experts were ordered
to carefully diagnose each case, but the
Board no longer considers this necessary.
To visit each case, the experts would
have to abandon their own practice en-
tirety. AS matters stand now, the diagno-
sis of, the physician called in Is taken as
therefore probable that many cases of a
trifiing type will be reported. The New
Orleans members of the Legislature and
country members who can get here, and
the City Council will confer tonight on
the matter of raising more money for the
Board of Health. The State authorities
will provide money through the fiscal
agents if the consent. of members of the
legislature can be obtained.
The Marine Hospital is disinfecting to-
day one hundred and twenty-eight car
loads of freight for Texas via New York.
The steam chamber disinfecting plant for
mails was tried yesterday at the Post
Office Newspapers and fabrics were
thoroughly and effectually disinfected.
The Board of Health will discuss this
evening the scheduled arrival here of 800
Sicilian immigrants. An offer has been
received by the Board to provide a plan
tation removed from the city at which
the immigrants may be landed and taken
care of until it is safe to let them mingle
here and go to the various points for
which they are destined.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
NACK-THORN PLEAS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4. 1S97.--Mrs. Mack
and Martin Thorn were arraigned today
in the Queens County Court. Long Is
lanu City, on the charge OF numbering
William Guldensuppe. They both plead
ed mot guilty. Thorn seemed rather
nervous. William F. Howe was formal
ly assigned as counsel to Thorn. EN-
manuel Frie1sd is Mrs. Nack's counsel.
A large er wd was present in the court
room. District Attorney Youngs, who
has charge of the prosecution. asked
that the trial of Thorn, which will occur
first, should be fixed for october IS. Law
yer Howe agreed to this date, and said
his defence would not occupy more than
ten days.
Judge Wilmot NJ. Smith. before whom
the case will be heard, reserved his de-
cision, however, and will announce tomor-
row whether Thorn's trial Will commence
on October is or go over until the Mo-
rember term.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
AlIM0NY FOR MRS. THORNHILL.
Her Husband Tried to Force Medi
cine Down a Sick ChfId,s Throat.

Counsellor. Alex. G. Young applied to
Chancellor McGill this morning for ali
mony and counsel fee in the case of, Mar
garet NJ. Thornhill against Richard H.
Thornhill. The petition Of the complain
ant set forth that she and the defendant
were married on December 25 1890, in St.
Michaefs Church by the Rev. Father
Boylan. Two children were born to them,
Aldroetta, now six years DID, and Richard
four years. The husband and wife lived
happily together for four years, when on
February !. 1884,. the wife charges her
abuse her. He first beat her on February
/. because he wanted to go to a wedding
and oversight himself and ne blamed the
wife for not waking him up.
He came to be hard 6rinlSer and re-
turning home under the influence Of
liquor would swear and beat his wife,
their young daughter was i'll with typhus
fever and the husband followed the wife
into the sick chamber and beat her in the
presence Of the sick child. He also at
tempted to force medicine down the sick
child's throat. In short his conduct be-
came 50 unbearable that finally the wife
was forced to ieaves him and go home to
her mother. The Chancellor awarded
Mrs. Thornhill s. week alimony and SIS
counsel fee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
REDUCTION OF FIRE RATE.
Insurance Companies Make % Per
Cent Reduction on First Class Houses

Cent Reduction on First Class Houses
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 1S97-Insurance
rates on all first class apartment houses
in this city have been reduced 25 per
cent. The reduction was ordered today
as the result of the meeting of the gem
erai managers of the various companies
which was held on Saturday last The
owners of property in this city will save
several millions of dollars annually. The
former rate on each SI00 worth OF prop
erty was Is cents.
The agitation for lower insurance rates
has been going on for several years, the
owners or executors being the chief NOV
ers in the matter. The officials of the
Fire Department also become interested
in the reduction. The change in rates eff
fects only large apartment houses. or
buildings of more modern type. in
which persons sleep. 1t does not apply
to dwelling houses, purely, any more than
it does to hotels and other buildings of a
similar character Neither are tenement
Houses included as they form a distinct
class of fire insurance risks, for which a
higher rate is charged than has to be
paid for fats and apartment houses A
change, however, it is said, is to be made
In every class of risk
The basis for the change in rates is the
vast Improvement in the efficiency of the
Fire Department during the last ten
years, the increased water supply. the
completion of scores of fire-proof build
ings and the passing of many of the old
wooden structures that were menace to
all other buildings within blocks of them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
NO MORE NATURALIZATION.
Approach uf the Novem Der Election
Closes the Mill Pre- Tenn.


No more naturalization certificates will
be issued until after the November cleo
ton, the law providing that no certificates
shall he granted within thirty days prior
10 any election. In four days last week
Judge Hudspeth. with the assistance or
, Sergeant-at-Arna Wise and Court Inter-
prefers Steger and Filaramo, made about
TWO hundred new citizens.
Ia tn. majority of cases Judge Hud-
spetl put the applicants through severe
examination. One observant court official
remarked that il would be almost as easy
70 pass an examination for admission 70
the bar as to become q citizen. Appti-
eants were required 70 state what they
understood the Constitution of the United
States to be and to give a definition of
the oath OF allegiance. Other questions
of the United States, but these were the
principal questions. When an applicant
the Constitution and the oath of allie
glance he was passed. even il he was not
able to give a technical answer. Some of
the answers were amusing. One appli-
cant who was asked who was the Presi-
dent of the United States answered
Mark Hanna" AS he did not smile he
passed him, probably thinking that the
answer was near enough to being cor
rect.
What would you consider your duty
under the Constitution as citizen of the
United States?" asked Judge Hudspeth
of an applicant from the Emerald Isle.
TO fight against the British flag.
promptly responded the applicant He
passed.
Two Germans who had been rejected
because they had no definite idea of what
the oath of allegiance means, were dis
cussing the matter afterward in Louis
Heller's saloon. They both insisted that
the Judge asked them what they under
stood by the oath of religion and they
could not be persuaded TO the contrary.
Another applicant who was asked the
name Of the President of the United
States replied Grover Cleveland. Fifty
or more applicants were rejected and told
to come back when they had been pro-
perly instructed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
FOUR MEN DROWNED.
A Huge Breaker CapsIxes Roat
With Seven Men at Long Branch.


NEW YORK, October 4. 1ss7-Four
men were drowned by the capsizlng of a
boat at Long Branch. N. j., today The
dead are:-Joseph Herth, aged 50, a
Swede, of Brooklyn; Adolph Pierson, %,
a Swede. of Brooklyn; A. Hendrickson,22,
Swede, also of Brooklyn, and George
Robbins. an American, a. of Monmouth
Beach.
Three other men, Captain Henry Smith,
of North Long Branch; John Johnson
and Andrew Nelson of Brooklyn, had a
very narrow escape, and We're rescued
with difficulty.
All of the seven men were in the em-
ploy of Hennessy Brothers, pound fisher
men at North Long Branch. They start
ed shortly after six O'Clock this morning
for the inshore pound to attend to the
nets, which during the past few days have
been neglected on account of the heavy
seas. AT the same time another crew
set out for the off-shore pound with the
in S0-foot rowboats. The sea Of last
night had gone down, the sun was shin
ing, and the short trip of half a mile or
less seemed TO be safe Undertaking
When the crew bound for the inshore
pound, under command of Captain Smith.
was about 100 yards from the shore and
the men We're making good headway
through the still rather heavy seas, a
huge breaker broke right over the boat
II instantly capsizeds and all seven men
Erickson and Robbins struggled for few
seconds and then went down Captain
Smith, johnson and Helson were dashed
against the upturned boat but managed
to keep themselves. afoat by clinging on
to the oars.
The accident had been seen by the
occupants OF the other boat, which was
in charge of William Hennessy. It was
only a few minutes before Hennessy 5
crew was beside the capsszed boat. Cap
tain Smith and Johnson We're pulled
aboard, but Nelson was washed out of
reach. The other men were not in sight
Then the crew rowed after Nelson, but
before they could reach him the tide did
their work Ior them and cast Nelson,
exhausted and almost dead. on the beach.
Captain Smith and johnson had to be
worked over before they came to-
According to the survivors. when they
recovered sufficiently TO tell their tale, the
accident happened suddenly that ex-
PLANTATION of the circumstances was al
most impossible. The wave struck them
with such terrific force that they were
almost knocked insenSible.
Herth, Pierson and Hendrickson had
been in the employ of the fishing firm for
about three weeks. They came with good
recommendations from Hoboken, and as
they appeared hardy fellows were given
work Robbins off and on had been in
the employ of the Hennessy Brothers for
a long time Captain Smith is an old
enploye, but johnson and Nelson are
new hands,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
THE OFFICIAL CANVASS.

Especial 10 "The Jersey City News"
TRENTON Oct 4. 1Ss7-The official
vote OF Mercer county on the constitu-
tional amendments election was canvas
sed today and showed lib majority
against the anti-gambling amendment, 63S
majority against the ad interim appoint
ments amendment, and ,406 majority
against the woman's suffrage amendment.
The returns from the several counties
will be sent to the Secretary OF State
Office today, but most of them will not
be received until tomorrow. The Secre-
tary of State thus far has received no
figures official or otherwise
The unofficial reports from tn several
counties would seen to indicate that the
anti-gambling amendment is carried by
a narrow margin, and that the ad in
terim amendment is surely carried and
the woman's suffrage is beaten by ten or
twelve thousand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
SILVER WHITE LETTER BOXES.
Uncle Samss Nail Boxes TO he Pains
ed Another Color

Especial to ssThe Jersey City News.''1
NEWARK, Oct. 4, 1s97.-S M. Pritch-
ard, master mechanic in the employ of
the Post Office Department and two as
sistants, arrived at the Newark Post Of
fee yesterday. They will have the task
of repainring the letter boxes within the
local delivery district. Aluminium bronze
is to be the material employed in the re-
modelling process The raised letters on
the boxes will be painted a bright vermil-
lion. The aluminium finish has given
great satisfaction to the Post Office peo-
pie. tt is of a silvery white color, and
possesses excellent wearing qualities. Mr.
ed the letter boxes of the Woonsocket
and Providence, r. l., offices, Newark be-
ing the third city in the East to receive
consideration. About three-quarters of
the local boxes will be taken from the old
lamp posts and placed on posts specially
provided for the purpose. 1t is calculated
that the work will consume about two
months A temporary work shop has
been established in the old Post Office
b1lflfing
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
COURT LADY'S TRAGEDY.

IBy Gable to The Associated Press
VIENNA. Oct. 4 1Ss7.-Arna Stiller. who
was formerly Lady in Waiting to the
former Empress of Mexico Charlotte,
sister of the King of Belgium and widow
Of Emperor Maximilian) is dying in a
hospital of this city, as the result of at
tempting to commit suicide by repeatedly
Stabbing herself in the neck and cutting
off the end of her tongue. The unfor-
tunate woman, who is seventy-four years
of age, was found in her bed covered with
blood. She had led the life OF a reeluse
ever since She returned TO Europe with
the ex-Empress.
A despatch from Brussels on Septem-
ber IA last, announced that Charlotte, ex-
Empress of Mexico, was SO dangerously
i'll that her life was despaired of. The
ex-Empress, a daughter of Leopold I.
King of the Belgians, is the widow of the
Inflated Archduke Maximilian of Aus
tria, afterwards Emperor OF Mexico, who
was tried and shot on June 19, 1867. The
ex-EmpreSs lost her reason through her
troubles and has been lodged in the Pal
ace of Loecken, near Brussels where she
has employed her lucid Intervals in writ
ing memoirs of the Mexican Empire. 1t
is safe to presume that there may be
some connection between the report Of the
app approaching death of the ex-Empress
and the attempted suicide of her former
Lady in Waiting, Arna Stiller.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
NEURALGIA Prompted SUICIDE
Carter Tired of His Sufferings Kills
Himself With a Revolver

To end his long sufferings from neural
gia, Hugh Garter. 60 years old. a retired
plumber, of No. 152 Fifteenth street. West
New York, shot himself dead yesterday
with a 3S-calibre revolver
carter retired from business two years
ago. He owned the house in which he
lived and had a fat bank account Six
months ago he was attacked with pains
in the head. Several physicians pre-
scribed for him. but the intense pains still
continued.
Yesterday morning he visited neigh
boring saloon to get a drink, and son re-
turning to his home went to his bed
room, where he fired the fatal shot. When
his children heard the report of the pis-
room, but found the door locked They
then burst open the door and found their
fathers body lying on the bed. Blood
was oozing from a wound behind the ear
and the pistol was in his right hand
Carter had been a widower for eighteen
years. He leaves two sons and two
daughters
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
CRIPPLE GREEKS GOLD.
New Plan OF Handling the Output
In Colorado Wines.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Oct. 4,
1S97.-A novel scheme for handling the
gold output of the Cripple Creek mines
will. be put into use by the operators in
that district. The plan is to set aside the
output for one month. take the bullion
therefrom and ship it to the United
States mint at Philadelphia at one single
consignment A special train will be se-
cured for the purpose of transporting it,
the bullion will be placed in the charge
Of some express companies which can
guarantee its safety, and all necessary
precautions taken to prevent accident or
theft while the consignment is in transit.
AS the present output of Cripple Creek
is oven 81. .0000 900 per month, there will be
one of the largest shipments of gold bull
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
SHERIFF Oh PRISONER INsANEq

MANCHESTER, N. H., October 4, 1897
"A speeal to the Union from Dover,
says that Joseph E. Kelley, the murderer
Of Cashier Joseph Stickney of the Great
Falls National Bank. of Somersworth,
has issued a letter to the public in which
Kelley declares he is not insane, but that
county is crazy.
Kelley's letter says of Sheriff Hayes
my trial is turning his head, Unless
something is done at once for him, the
trial and the thought of his being. COM
PEELED TO hang me January IS. 1898. will
in a few days make of him a raving
lunatfe.''
KeIley's counsel. Attorney Ryan. says
that the letter was news to him, but that
during the past few weeks. Kelley had
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
ON THE RAGING CANAL.
A Number OF Newark ers Take Trip
to Lake EJopatcong.

Especial to .'rhe Jersey City Newss5'l
NEWARK, Oct. 4, 1S97.-A comfortable
little party of we'll known Newarkers met
together early yesterday morning on
Orange street, close by the canal. In
the canal trim steam launch, with
steam up, was waiting them, and its
owner, Osceola Currier. walked the deck,
kept an eye out to windward and scan
ned the waters through his glass to be
sure that there was not too heavy a sea
for the voyage. Mr.. Curriers' fellow
voyagers were Sheriff Henry M. Dore-
mus, John S. Day, Thomas Cressey, Will
lam Van Steenberg, Frank Allen and
three or four Others whose names the
reporter was not able to get be-
fore the. gang plank was drawn in and
ship, passengers and crew We're off upon
the raging canal.
The party proposed to sail Zip the canal
to Lake Hopdtcong, and ii 1t has not en-
countered head winds or other peris of
the deep it arrived there last night. This
morning the steam launch will take a
trip around the lake. and tonight por-
ton of the party will return home by
train. The steam launch will return to-
morrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-04
SPECIFICATIONS LAID OVER.
street. and Water BOARD want More
LiRht Q n The Water Quesifon

The Street and Water Commissioners,
at their meeting this afternoon, decided
not to accept The specifications and plans
for new water supply for Jersey City.
They we're not acted upon and many who
attended the meeting expecting that they
would be accepted went away disap-
pointed !.
The reason for the Commissioners ac-
ton, or rather non-action, is that there
are many points in the specifications on
which the Board desires very detailed in
formation. The Commissioners will have
conference with the experts on these
matters. and probably within a week or
two the specifications will be adopted.