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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-18
[Copyright, 1896, by the Author. ]

SYNoPsIs-Chapter / In 1884 the Queen, a
clipper bark, leaves Sydney, Australia, with
treasure. There are ten male passengers
and five women. H.-Shc is chased by a cut
ter, which puts on board James Murray, who
wishes passage 10 England. MA steamer
follows. Police board the Queen TO arrest
Murray, who is absconding with money. Muir
ray commits suicide. ". and Wit Is
discovered that the arm u OF the Queen
has been robbed VI and VIII. The cap
tain orders the rooms 10 be searched, but
nothing is found. ~ ard X.-Miss Margaret
Mansel a passenger, oyerhears "a plot OF the
pirate ten 20 seize the vessel She Is gagged
and throwd overheard. N. nj and Kill
The pirate ten seize the vessel and turn the
cres adrft in boat.
LCOA4LNCLD.I 4
81 an very much better. l believe }
have slept. What have you there? Oh,
my clothesl Are they dry:"
'They are, miss, said Mr.. Hardy,
and he politely placed the neatly folded
heap at the bunk side.
Observing the poor lady's anxiety TO
be alone, Mr.. Hardy gave her another
bow and said be would look in upon
her again in half an hour, with pair
Of slippers belonging to himself. she
asked for number of convenience
towels, hairbrush and so forth. All
these things he procured, much pleased
with the brightness of her eyes as they
reflected the bullseye and the looks of
animation in her face, to the very chin
Of which rose the blanket, completely
mummifying her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
LIVELY LOCAL EVENT

The ninth annual outing of the Thomas
J. Kelly Association, named in honor of
ex-Alderman Kelly, but composed largely
of the friends of his brother, ex-Police
Commissioner James Kelly, is being held
today
The associations rooms are at Newark
avenue and Grove street.
At nine o'clock this morning the asso-
citation assembled at the club rooms and
the members and their friends were pro-
vided with hats, badges and canes
Holden's full band had been engaged for
the occasion.
The order to move was given promptly
at half-past nine o'clock.
The standard bearer, his brother James
Kelly, and Louis Meyer, Sr., one of the
Oldest workers and members of the asso-
citation, rode in carriage at the head
of the procession There were all told
about four hundred men in line.
The march was down Newark avenue
to Hudson, to Morris where the steamer
Chancellor was in waiting to carry the
excursionists to Donnelly's College Point,
Long Island.
At the dock Leader Robert Davis. Sher-
iff Heller, Alderman Moran. Freeholder
McNally and many others prominent in
politics joined the crowd.
The start was made at ten O'Clock. A
rousing cheer was given the excursionists
as their boat steamed out into mid
stream. There will be fine fireworks
display upon the return of the association
this evening
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
CRISIS In BOMBAY.
rBv Cable to The Associated Press. /

IBy Gable to The Associated Press.
BOMBAY, July 49, 1S97.-The situation
at Camp Malakand has become very SER
ious Word has been received that the
natives in large force made second at
tack on the fort yesterday.
The fighting was very severe. Thirteen
of the British were killed and thirty
wounded, the latter Including Lieutenant
Castello. The tribesmen lost 100
The worst feature of the situation now
is that the garrison IS short of ammuni-
ton; and it is feared the whole supply
will be exhausted before reinforcements
arrive, The Government is making the
greatest efforts to get these through in
time
It is reported that Mad Mullah has
mustered at least 1000 tribesmen
The editor of the newspaper "Vafbhan, !"
published at Poona has been arrested
and brought hep on charge of sedition
Seidar Balwantrao Natu and Huropant
yesterday on charge of 1sloyalty and
escorted outside the limits of the Poona
Collectorato have been deported, under
the act empowering the Viceroy to issue
a warrant for the arrest and deportation,
without trial, of persons kr&wn to be en-
gagged in diSloyal practices.
This power has not been exercised for
many years. It was last employed dur
ing the Viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin, when
while en- route to stir up discomfort in the
Punjab, in furtherance of plans formed
during sojourn in Russia.
Its present employment has made a
great sensation among Europeans and
natives alike.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
TEE KELLYS' CRASH.
Jersey City Exeursionists Ran.
Down by the Battleship
Maine.

NEW YORK, July %. 1sT.-It is re-
ported that the excursion boat chancel-
lor, with the t. ]. Kelly Association of
Jersey City on board, was run into and
badly damaged by the United States bat
tleship Maine, in the East River. this
forenoon. The Chancellor was smashed
on her port bow and for long dis
tance back above the water line. She
continued up East River, but whether to
the destination of the excursion or to a
dock is not yet ascertained, and it is
yet to be learned whether anyone was
hurt. The Maine passed the Battery
about twelve o'clock, bound for the man
of-war anchorage at Tompkinsville. She
passed City Island this morning at $3.50,
coming from GARDENERS Island. The paint
is scraped off her bow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
HUDSON CI7Y'S RECORD
Erie R. R. Tunnel Blocked and
Trains Delayed Sewers
Flooded.

The storm of yesterday did great dam
age in the Hudson City section of this
city, 1t blocked the Erie Railroads tun-
mel near Tonnele avenue and ripped the
streets in great shape. The Erie tunnel
which runs under the Delaware, Lacka-
wana and Western Railroads tunnel was
completely flooded with water about four
feet in depth At this point the hills
slope downward causing the water to rush
down in torrents and covering the Erie
tracks and flowing into the tunnel at the
northern end. The signal boxes were
knocked out of kilter and refused. to work.
Trains through the Erie tunnel had to
be abandoned from eleven O'Clock until
after midnight owing to the presence of
about four feet of water. One train got
stalled in the tunnel, the water ex-
tinguishing the engines fires The stalled
train was drawn back into the yards and
no further effort was made to pass
through the tunnel until the water had
lowered to level with the tracks.
The milk train which is the first one to
come along in the morning and which is
composed of about forty cars was stalled.
The consequences was that no milk was
delivered throughout this city until a very
late hour by the nilkmen who get their
supply supply from that source. 1t was
not until about seven o'clock this morn
ing that the water had run off and traffic
was resumed. Passengers who were in
the habit of taking early trains were
delayed from one to two hours and did
not reach business until very late.
The sewers in that section were stopped
up with debris. No water would run off
and the streets were flooded for blocks
around The Boulevard from the northern
end of the bridge which spans the cut
over the Pennsylvania Railroad at this
point to ST. Paul's avenue, was COM
pletely washed away The foundation OF
the whole roadway IS laid bare, and il
will only take another storm such as. yes
terday's to carry the whole section OF
the road away At ST. Paul's avenue and
/ the boulevard the sewers are stopped uI
and the water which comes rushing down
Pauis avenue meet here A big hole near
the corner is the result Of Yesterdays CON
f7ict The road in the northern section Is
rapidly being made useless BY the storms
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29

morning employed. gang OF men 10 &c
around through the flooded streets and
remove the covers from the sewer basins
so as to give the water an exit. In the
vicinity of Newark street and Willow ave-
nue., however, the sewers We're so choked
with mud that there was no outlet for the
water, Along Newark street, from Park
avenue to Ferry street, the water reached
the doorsteps of the houses and was over
two feet deep this morning. Shortly
after midnight it was so deep that i
flooded the floors of the horse, cars
sengers were obliged to stand on
the seats to keep their feet from getting
wet. The flood reached above the knees
of the car horses, and the drivers had
much difficulty in driving through It, At
first the horses SHE'D, but after they had
came accustomed to it. When the
drivers reached Willow avenue they had
to get off the cars and wade through the
water to turn the switch and some of the
cars were delayed over half an hour.
Some of the residents in this section
were unable to leave their houses with
out wading through the water, which al
most flowed into their apartments. To-
day the streets are crowded with boys
and the scene presents that of d bath
ing resort One man. whose house was
surrounded by the flood, crossed the
street on raft to neighboring saloon
to get can of beer. After he had made
the trip successfully his wife and family
who. watched him from a second-sJory
window, cheered him with delight, The
cars on the Jersey City, FIoboken and
Rutherford Railway were unable to cross
the Hackensack meadows, last night. on
account of the floods. They stopped at
New Durham and then returned TO Ho-
boken. This morning, however, the full
line was running.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29

of the past two weeks. The lights on the
Boulevard also failed to send forth their
rays last evening.
Between st. Paul's and Beacon. avenues,
on Oakland avenue, the sewer was so
flooded that three manhole covers were
blown up, and streams Of water six feet
high poured into the street. At this. point
all sidewalks were washed away for
distance of 800 feet.
A big landslide occurred last evening
during the storm just west of the Della
ware Lackawanna Railroad tunnel near
Bergen, ~ J. The road which runs along
the base of the embankment at that point
was covered with about four tons Of mud
and stones which were loosened by the
rain. A big gang of workmen with picks
and shovels vas sent cut from Hoboken,
and 1t required about three hours of work
to clear the tracks. In the meantime
three trains were stalled on the meadows
waiting for a chance to pass They
finally reached Hoboken about eleven
o'clock passing three west bound trains
which were held On the switches TO allow
them to pass. 1t was after midnight be-
fore the trains were running regularly
again.
The storm did $500 worth of damage to
Waldecker's box factory, at No. 80 Oak
Land ra{ ee The n water Vat ar ss
also came into the of causing e.; the .Iio5T fopr
damage in the factory. At Oakland and
Beacon avenues, three manhole heads
water. A manhole cover burst at the
West Newark avenue crossing of the
Boulevard, and threw the cover some flve
feet in the air. This was dangerous
place for passengers to get off the cars,
and an inspector of the traction company
was sent there to warn pedestrians The
embankment at the Boulevard bridge by
the Pennsylvania Railroad gave way and
and way and some twenty feet of dirt
were washed down on the tracks A gang
of men employed by that road soon
cleared it away before traffic was delay
ed. About eight o'clock last evening car
No. 80 of the North Hudson Railway Conn
pany Jumped the track at Summit, near
Palisade avenue on the tressel and the
line was tied up for over an hour. over
fifteen cars were stalled. 1t was nine
o'clock before the car was put on the
track and traffic resumed
The big stables occupied by Ogden's Ex-
press Company at Hoboken and Central
avenues were flooded to depth OF three
feet All the horses had te, be removed
and taken to temporary quarters for the
night.
The water swept the platform of the
trolley company away at New York ave-
nue. and Ferry street, causing passen-
gers to wade through the water to get to
the cars.
A passenger train on the New York, Sus-
ouehanna and Western Railroad jumped
the track just north of the tunnel. 1t
took over an hour to get it back.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
STORM DOWN EAST.

WATERBURY, Conn, July 20. 1885,
Waterbury is again deluged, the storm of
last night having swollen the Naugatuck
River to an almost unprecedented height
and caused the Manhan Canal to over
flow seriously. In some respects the flood
is rot as damaging as the recent one,
while in others it is more so. The Naug-
at1ek River has overflowed its bank all
along the line and the waters of the river
are now said to be higher than for years.
The Manhan Canal became torrent and
its waters escaping have carried. away
about so feet of the track of the Nauga-
tuck division of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company,
completely blockading traffic. The
park is flooded to a greater depth
than during the last storm. Great Brook
is still within its confines, but Little
Brook is again on the rampage and cell
lars in the centre of the city are flooded.
MANCHESTER Conn, July 29, 1884,
Lightning, at four o'clock this morning,
struck the old Manchester Green store,
in which the Postoffice was located. The
building was practically destroyed, caus-
ing a loss Of 5000. The proprietor of the
store was John A. Albert, who is also the
Postmaster. The building was the Oldest
landmark in Manchester, the Postoffice
having been established there in 1908.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
STORM KILLED HIM.
Blew Down am Electric Wire Into
Whtoh Weiae Ran and NEes sHfs Deati b

Blew Down an Electric Wire Into
Whfoh Weise Ran and Mes sHfs Death
The storm last evening was responsible
for the death of Adolph Weise silk
weaver in Simon's mill at Union Hill.
He left his home at No. 317 Lewis street
to get pint of beer. He was IN good
health and laughingly promised not to
take too many beers. but to hurry home
with the family pitcher. as others were
also thirsty
Weise raised his umbrella and held 1t in
front of hm, as the rain was coming di-
rectly in his face. He was pushing his
way up Palisade avenue when he ran into
an obstruction. In a second he was a
corpse.
Mrs. Kohlmeyer, who lives opposite the
Town Hall on Palisade avenue, saw a
brilliant display of electricity in front of
her door 1t lasted for few seconds. and
she saw an inert mass fall to the ground.
Rushing to her door she screamed HPo-
licer and her cries were answered by
Sergeant Krieger who hurried to the
spot. By the light of a street lamp he
saw Weise lying in the midst of a tangled
mass of wires. He procured rubber gloves
and a rake and assisted by VIM. .Menzer,
of No. 2.06 Humboldt street. and Henry
Becker, of Union street. he dsentangled
Weise's body, which was carried to the
Town Hall.
Sergeant Krieger then discovered that
the unfortunate man had pushed his UNI
brella against a telephone wire, broken
by the storm, which crossed with the
Hudson Electric Light Company's wires,
forming powerful circuit.
Dr. Schlemm was quickly summoned to
Weise's side but found that the weaver
had been killed in second. His right
hand was burned to a crisp, his back
badly scorched and his left leg burned to
q crisp clear into the bone.
Undertaken Berger took charge of the
body and took it to Weise,s home, where
his grief-stricken wife and four children
were prostrated with grief.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
ANOTHER sMUGGLER CAUGHT.
Wolfgang Winters Had His Pockets
STUFFED with JcweIry.

While the passengers were disembark-
ing from the steamer Havel of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company, Of
Hoboken, which reached port this morn
ing, Customs Inspectors Donohue and
Brown. on duty at that pier, noticed a
man coming down the gangplank acting
in. a suspicious manner. The pockets OF
his coat bulged out and the inspectors
concluded that he was a smuggler.
When the man stepped of the plank
Inspector Donohue tapped the fellow on
the shoulder and lead him aside There
,Donohue and Brown questioned him and
he said his name was Wolfgang Winters
and that he was on his way to his home
in Pittsburg, Pa.
They then searched him and found In
his pockets and in the lining of his vest
three gold chains, a diamond brooch,
fifteen silk handkerchiefs, seven meer-
schaum pipes. The whole lot Is valued
at about s., 600. He was taken to Jersey
City. before u S. Commissioner Linsiy
Rowe. and held in $500 bail for the Grand
Jury He paid cash for his bail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29

the train consisting of songs and jokes.
Several of them had banjos and guitars,
and these in the hands of able artists
served to enliyen things and break the
monotony. The passengers had fine
time and didn't mind being kept prison
ers while they were being entertained SC
royalty While the performers We're sing
ing the loudest the windows in that
vicinity went up and several heads were
poked out of them curious to know what
was going on They found out very soon
much to their sorrow, as. several OF them
yelled for the performers to shut up and
let honest. folk sleep. The storm ap.
the entertainers kept right on IN blissfu
ignorance of the protesting heads.
This continued up until twelve, when
the passengers were taken off by the re-
lief train, none the worse for their i'm
prisonment, save being hungry and
sleepy Earlier in the evening the Jack
son avenue bridge which spans the cut
near the Jackson avenue station was
threatened by the sewer at that point
bursting and carrying away the support
ing embankment Danger signals Were
placed at either end with men to watch
gang of workmen were sent up to re-
pair the damage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29

repetition of the former great HOOD de-
serted their homes. They went back To-
day, for beyond the suspension OF street
car traffic and few feet of water In. the
streets, Bound Brook escaped the fury
All around this section Of the country
the damage to crops has been quite ex-
tensive and the railroad tracks have SUI
fered A herd of cattle is supposed to
have been lost on the banks OF Green
brook.
The residents of Railway, Fanwood and
other places spent the better. part OF TO,
day dragging merchandise from nooueu
stores At Railway the people who i've
in the low lying parts were taken from
their houses in boats.
Rockaway Valley trains on the d, L.
W Ralroad weEs tb qnaole abs e OF
few bridges being washed away no ser
ious damage is reported from Morris
The towpath of the Delaware and Rar-
itan Canal at New Brunswick is sub
merged. Canal traffic between tnat
city and Trenton has been suspended ana
compelled to temporarily shut down. The
United States Rubber Company, with 300
hands idle. the Beacon Lamp, with 200
idle, are two of the many plants af-
fected by this rising of the canal.
A bad washout occurred on the Raritan
River Railroad near Milltown where an
embankment 50 feet high. fell across the
Newark was more fortunate than some
Of the surrounding villages, but the low
nE 9 sd 9 ns o s hs very
the river front were unable to operate
today on account of water in the boiler
rooms The trolley lines Mhieh e, were reT,sed nni
operations today. Railroad communica-
ton is re-established, although the trains
bs sIafs cams at Sea rt Wss
like a lake than anything else today
1t was generally suggested that the naval
Girt. The sun came out, however, and
the guardsmen, at this unusual occur
renee, hoped things might dry up bit
underfoot
rendezvous for stalled and late trains and
it was late in the day before schedule
time was again in force. The Erie tun-
mel, which was flooded last night, was
dry enough for the early morning trains
to pass through without having their
fires put out
the streets were additionally deluged by
the blowing up of two manholes. Through
these two apertures the water spurted in
geyser like fashion and three feet of
water soon hid the neighboring streets.
In Hoboken people rowed in boats to-
day where yesterday they walked; A
yesterdays flood Adolph Fromm. a ten
year-old boy, of No Sc Monroe street,
Hoboken, was wading in a miniature
denly fell forward into the water. He
was dragged out and it was found that
he had received a severe electric shock,
probably coming in contact with live
wire or charged trolley pole; He was
taken to ST. Mary's Hospital, where, it
was said, that the little fellow would
probably die
Northern New Jersey caught the full
force of the storm. Washouts occurred
on the roads of the Northern New Jer-
sey, Greenwood Lake and other divisions
of the Erie. The passenger train from
Jersey City due at HillSdaie at 9.25 last
night. did not reach that place until four
O'Clock this morning. Then 1t was stalled
in the mud at Woodbridge and was not
dug out until today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
DYNAMITERs' HOPES.
Salisbury May Shortly Release Fivs
Irish Political Prisoners.

[By Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON. July 29. 1S97.-As the result
of the efforts of Mr.. John Redmond, the
Parnellite leader, it is probable that the
Government will soon release the five
remaining Irish prisoners. Wilson. Bur
ton, Dalton, Flanagan and Fetherstone.
now undergoing sentences of penal servi-
tude for life in Portland Prison.
Sir Matthew White-Ridley, the Home
them as convicted under the dynamite
act of 1SS3 which carries a penalty of
twenty years Imprisonment. instead of
under the treason felony act of 1S4S. De-
ducting for good conduct Communication
the term of Imprisonment would be fifteen
years.
All the five have now entered the
fifteenth year of their Imprisonment, and
there are strong. hopes Of release be
result of special pressure brought to bear
upon the Government supported by a
large section of the press
It is thought probable that the forth
coming visit of the Duke and Duchess of
York to Ireland will be signalized by the
release of all Irish political prisoners