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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
UNPOPULAR CONG0sTO.
Cuba,s Secretary General In an Ugly
Scrape-Congress Perturbs spain.
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HAVANA, via Key West, Fla, Nov. II,
1Sg7.-The new Secretary General OF Gu
ba. Dr. Jose Congosto, formerly Spanish
Consul at Philadelphia, apparently con-
tinues to make himself unpopular. he
has had a dispute with a prominent Con-
servative, Senior Francisco de las santos
(suz1nan, a former President of Congress,
and he has had another misunderstanding
with prominent Autonomist, Senior
Cueto with the result, it Is understood,
that letters have been written to Madrid
calling attention to the alleged eecentricl-
ties of the Secretary General, and also
dwelling upon his peculiar political sentl-
ments. In fact, the dispute between Dr..
Congosto and Senior Guzman became so
heatted that it nearly ended in a most dis
agreeable manner, and their conversa-
ton becoming generally known, has peen
much commented upon, and has had a
very unfavorable effect among the Span
ish residents.
It is believed that there will be great
excitement In Spain as soon as the United
States Congress meets. Letters round up
on captured insurgents and received from
Spain recently indicate that the insur-
gents were recently advised to keep up
the struggle for three months longer
pointing out that the first act of the Sa-
gasta Government would be the removal
Of General Weyler, and adding that war
would be made on the Spanish Minister
at Washington, Senior Dupuy de LONE
It is charged that Senor Dupuy de LONE
and DR. Congosto are to blame Tor the
spread of the policy OF autonomy n15l IN In sne
they have induced American newspapers
to advocate this policy.
There is much excitement at present
over the news of the landing of another
fiiibustering expedition by the Dauntless
and the hard feelings against Americans
have consequently been increased in Bit
terneSS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
SIXTY NEW JURORS.

Sheriff Heller drew a panel of sixty jul
rors yesterday afternoon at the opening
of the December term. The gentlemen
whose names came out of the box are:-
Jersey City-Chris w. Tangemann,
Richard Tallahee, Louis Thurm, Peter
Elmore, Andrew Kilmurray, John Lorgan.
Anthony J. Lukes, James Brady, John
McMahon, George J. F'elleger, William H.
Westfall, John Farrell, James Mcguire,
John Egan, Daniel Teahan, John G. Land
Wehr. John r. McHugh, George H. Stein,
Patrick Reilly, Edward Murphy, William
stanton, Thomas H. Stewart, Thomas
DOYLE, Daniel O'Brien. Thomas w.
Meeks, James Tumilty, Frank Reynolds,
oscar Polenz, James Hope, James Tier
ney, James Bishop, John F. Foley, Maur-
ice Halloren, Richard James, Mirhall j..
Keegan, Henry Tobin, Henry G. Nc
Lean, David Willis, Philip Freitag,- John
Clark Louis Sienge, John Gogan, James
Mcnamara, James Toohey.
Hoboken-August Kiesemetter, Peter
Flynn. Anthony Monaco Oscar Feist, An
thony Schoenfeld, William Buck, August
I.indenstrlh- Peter Farley.
West Hoboken-Charles Wenzel, Mi
chael Delaney.
Gutenberg Erastus Carpenter.
North Bergen-Willrd r. Porter.
Bayonne-John J. Flynn.
Kearny-Isaac r. Oliver.
Harrison = John Mellon, James G.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
RUSSIAN COUNTESS A SUICIDE.
Lover Dead aud Purse Stolen-Bullet
In Police Station.
IRv Cahle IA The AssocIated "

@AsSoSAfAeSA
EDINBURGH, Nov. IT, 1S97.-There was
tragic occurrence in a police station
here Yesterday evening. A lady, appar--
emily about twenty years of age, and
fa s1ionably dressed in the deepest mourn
ing who said she was the Countess Ter
esa UIfeld. a Russian, adding that she
had come to Scotland a fortnight ago via
Copenhagen, and that she was in mourn
ing for her dead lover complained TO the
police officer on duty that she had been
rohhed of her purse. containing large
sllm of money. The Countess was appar-
emily in great distress and as the officer
turned round to enter her complaint in the
station blotter she drew a revolver and
killed herself by shooting herself through
the temple. Only few shllllngs were
found on her person.
The police promptly began an investiga-
ton. and soon found the hotel where the
Countess had been stopping An exami-
nation of her rooms developed the fact
M into such small pieces as TO render It
almost utterly impossible to reconstitute
IT. She gave her address as the Cloister
Of ST Marie, Moscow. Two photographs
were found among the effects of the de-
ceased One was that OF young ofacer
in the Russian army. and was signed
Alexander Romanoff.' 1t is supposed to
he that Of the fiance. The other photo
graph was that of a Spanish officer who
visited the Countess since her arrival in
Edinburgh.
The hotel people say the deceased
Countess WAS well educated and had evil
IDENTIFY been accustomed to move in the
he 60 capiRtyt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
Fight FOR A CORPSE
Mrs. Moriarty's Husband and
Mother Claim to Own
Her Remains,

Vice Chancellor Stevens, in Chancery
Chambers, this afternoon, is trying Pc
culiar suit in which it is to be deter
mined whether husband or the parents
of a woman shall have her body when
she is dead. The husbands right to his
wife in life has been established by law
but the statutes are not quite clear as to
whom the corpse belongs.
The complainant, who is represented by
Lawyers W. B. Williams and John Ma
rion. is Mrs. Bridget Toppin, who asks
the Court of Cnancery to issue an order
restraining her .son-in-law, John Mori-
Of the body of his wife from one part of
the Holy Name Cemetery to a more
prominent part OF the same burying
ground. The suit was begun many
Mrs. Moriarty, who died while the case
was still pending. Mrs. Toppin has con-
tinued the suit where her husband left
it, in obedience to his dying request.
Mrs. Moriarty died in December, 1895,
leaving husband, who is a well-to-do
furniture dealer. and one child The re-
mains were inferred in a section of the
Holy Name Cemetery, selected and paid
for by Mr.. Moriarty. While his daugh-
ter was living, Mr. Toppin had idolized
her and he felt keenly her death. De-
lily plot in a prominent part of the ceme-
terry and planned for the erection of a
monument to her memory. When the
plot was ready Mr.. Toppin obtained a
transfer permit from the Board of Health
and was about to remove the body when
Moriarty interfered. He denied the right
of MIR. Toppin to remove his daughters S
remains without first obtaining the con-
sent of her husband.
Moriarty insisted that a wife belongs
to her husband, dead or alive, while Top
pin contended that she belongs to him
only in life. She's my daughter besides
being your wife, he argued.
Mr. Toppin tried by force to remove
his daughters body and was only pre-
vented by an injunction which Moriarty
secured from Chancellor McGill and
which forbid the removal of the body
without the consent of the husband.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
DODGING DOOM.
Court Of Appeals Hears Argu-
ment for Clifford and Bin
dernagle--Mr. Winfield
Frustrated.
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TRENTON, Nov. IT, 1S97-The Court OF
Errors and Appeals listened this morning
TO the argument of the appeal of Edward
Clifford from a conviction in the Hudson
County Court of the murder of William
G. Watson, division superintendent OF the
West Shore Railroadsat Weehawken Ex-
Judge William T. Hoffman opened in the
argument in behalf of Clifford. He was
followed by Allan L. McDermott, who
argued at length and quoted many au-
thorities to show that the murder of Wat
son was not wilfal one.
Prosecutor Winfield replied for the
State 1t was evident in the court room
that Mr. Winfield was very sick man.
His voice was weak and lacked all it's old
time vigor and fire. After he had spoken
a few minutes, his voice growing weaker
all the time, he stopped and saying he
could go on no longer asked if some one
would read his brief for him. Mr.. Nc
Dermott hastened to comply with the re-
quest and finished the document. The
brief, quoted copiously from the testimony
to SHOW that Clifford meditated the MUIR
der and knew all the time what he was
doing The Court will hold conference
on the case on November 20.
The Court then took up the case OF
Freeholder Bindernagle, who appeals from
his conviction for keeping a gambling
house at Weehawken. Mr.. McDermott IN
arguing for Bindernagle claimed that the
Supreme Court would not affirm the con-
viction if there had not been a total mis-
apprehension of the conditions shown at
the trial. He claimed that there was not
scintilla of evidence to show that Bin
dernagle owned the premises on which the
gambling took place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
TIE RIVAL LAMP JOHNS.

Lamp inspector John Boyd since the
decssion of the Supreme Court has re-
ported each day for duty and his pay, is
piling up. So John is happy Not SO his
That gentleman shows up every morn
ing and persists in claiming that he is the
Inspector and pretends to make reports.
n Je ran up against Commissioner Heintze
today and complained about the presence
of Mr.. Boyd.
s.He is the Inspector" said Mr.. Heintze.
Davidson is not going to give in. he
SAYS. but every day he will report for
duty and at the end of the month he will
sue for his salary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
STEAMBOATS, IN COLLISION.

The tugboat Titan, of the Starin Navf-
cation Company, ran into the freight
steamer Manitoba of the international
Steamship Line few feet off Pier No. u,
at Hoboken this morning. The bow of
the tugboat stove a hole in the Mani
TOBIAS side. Through the vigilant efforts
Of the crew the steamer was quickly
lashed to the pier and prevented from
sinking. A wrecking company was It
work this afternoon repairing the damage
and it is expected that the Manitoba will
be seaworthy before tomorrow. No ex-
PLANTATION could be obtained as to the
cause of the accident
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
DEAD In THE RUINS.
Mayor Hoos INSISTS ON "a Search of
the Wooseey Paint Works Fire.


the Woosaey Paint works Fire.
The fire at the Woolsey Paint Works
yesterday was attended with fatal results,
despite the first reports that all he en-
ployes had escaped. AT noon time it was
ascertained that John Hart, a driver, was
rnissing-as told in 1.-THE News yester-
day-and men were at once set at work
clearing away the charred timbers and
debris. The gang OF laborers that was set
at work Ly the company was assisted by
the fremen. A large crowd of anxious
people witnessed their labors. They
worked all the afternoon and until after
darkness had come on without results.
It was shortly after o'clock when one OF
the firemen discovered a human arm pro-
truding from bereath a heavy beam. At
ter ten minutes of hard work the body
of Hart was uncovered, and removed TO
his home 1t was found that he had been
killed by the elevator shaft falling upon
him and pinning him to the ground, break
ing his back. The heavy beam had
crushed his ~SpiHe.
The body would not have been found
as quickly as it was had it not been for
the action OF Mayor Hoos. He went to
the ruins yesterday afternoon. The fire
men had been recalled as soon as the
flames we're extinguished. When Mayor
Hoos learned that there was supposed to
be a body in the ruins he telephoned at
orce to Fire Headquarters and ordered
Chief Conway to send some men at once
to assist in the search.
Hart, the victim of the fire, had been
in the employ of the company for ten
years, and was one of its most trusted
men. Manager Robert Simpson, of the c.
A. Woolsey Company, went to the be-
reaved home, at No. 395 Montgomery
street. last night, and did what he could
to console the widow. The company will
pay all the expenses of the funeral and
Mr.. Simpson has promised Mrs Hart that
she and her family shall never suffer
want. Hart left his family in fairly COM
Portable circumstances.
1t is not probable that the Building In
spector will make any investigation of the
falling of the building, as it was regularly
inspected each month by insurance in
spectors and was pronounced safe There
will be meeting in the office of the Wool
sey Company tomorrow between the mem
bers of the firm and the representatives of
the numerous companies in which the
building was insured. The work of re-
building will be begun at once, as the floor
space is badly needed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
BEER FOB HIS BOARD.

Frederick Fritchie, who worked for
bother, for exercise, probably. because he
got no wages, was tried in the General
Sessions Court this morning for petty
larceny. FHritchie boarded with Mrs.
Winter at Dubois street and the Boule-
ward, but naturally he was unable to pay
his board In this dilemma he made an
arrangement with Mrs. Winter to pay his
board with his employers beer. The ar
rangement worked all right until Win
gender missed five boxes of beer and
made an investigation. After he had
traced the beer he had Fritchie arrested.
Fritchie admitted that hestool the beer
to Mrs. Winter in payment for board,
but said that he intended to pay his
employer for It as soon as he got any
wages The case was given to the jury
lust before recess
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
THOs. ]. KELLY ASSOCIATIONS.

A regular meeting of the Thomas. J.
Kelly Association was held at headquar-
ters, Newark avenue and Grove street,
last evening. at which fifteen new mem
bers were admitted. The organization is
in sunerb condition and progressing very
favorably The rooms were made very
attractive by the walls being newly paint
ed and decorated. A piano has been adj
ded to while away the time pleasantly,
and games of all kinds are indulged in.
The committee of arrangements for the
annual ball, which takes place Jan II,
1898, at Woods Hail. are llntiring in their
efforts to make it the affair Of the season.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
SCRAP OVER WEYLER.

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coR4INA. Noy.s17. 1s97.-There is a Nio-
lent campaign here for and against pop,
ular demonstration in honor Of General
Weyler, the former Captain General OF
Cuba, when he arrives here from Hayana'
crate Republicans and Carlists are in fav-
or of a demons tration and are doing ey-
erything possible TO organize reception ION
for the General. On the other hand, lne
Renubjicans. Liberals and Socialists are
organizing counter demonstration. The
general public is Indifferent.
General Weyler's son was serenaded To-
day on his arrival from Cuba
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
OPENING FOR KEANE.
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ROME, Nov. II, 1ss7.-The congregation 10, 4
of the Propaganda has submitted TO the
Pope a. report on the three candidates Tor
the Archbishoprc of New Orleans me ne
probabilities favor Rev r l. ehapelHEe ZAP oiil 81
ness desires to take the opportunity ana
send Most Rev John j. Keane, former
rector of the Catholic University at
Washington, back to the United Stat9s .ia
Archbishop Keane is now Canon OF the
I,ateran Basilica and Consultor Tor
American affairs to the Propaganda. key
DR.. Chapello was formerly pastor OF ot.
Mathews Church in Washington, u. y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
DROWNED UNDER THEIR BOAT.

NEW YORK, Nov. II. S97.-F'ishermen
today discovered an overturned catboat
In Shinnecock Bay, off Good Ground. Long
island. Entangled in the rigging under
the water two men were visible. 1t is
said there were three men aboard when
the boat left after unloading cargo of
yesterday.
The third mans body was not found
The boat in her light condition. without
ballast, may have been a prey to last
evenings heavy storm. but some favor the
idea Of collision with a larger craft in
tho darkness.
The names of the men found in the
rigging are Andrew Foley and Henry
Walls nf Jamestown Long Island
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
THE NEVA FLOODS.
Eighteen Hundred Persons Made
Home less by the Rising Waters.


ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. II, 1S97.-It Is
estimated that about 1890 persons were
rendered homeless by the rising of the
waters of the Neva, the flooding OF the
canals the suburban islands and the out
lying portions of the city, through the
fierce wind from the sea, which drove
the waters up the stream sweeping away
several bridges.
When the food assumed grave proper
tions. canon shots were fired at frequent
Intervals from the fortress in order to
warn the inhabitants of their danger.
he police are providing lodging and food
for the homeless. A number of ships
In the Neva were driven from their moor
ings by the force of the Wind. Only the
abatement of the gale last night averted
q most terrific catastrophe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
PROSPERITY.
lFrom This Mornings "Trtbune.n)

(From This Mornings "Tribune.o
Customs receipts reported from Wash
ington today were s342,ls4. internal rev.
enue receipts sSs5, 1868, and the miscellan-
eous receipts, sos. .1ss; total Government re-
ceipts for the day, s75Ils7; expenditures,
sl,3s6,oOo; excess of expenditures, $63s,slS.
Receipts for month to date, $l3,272S6 S66; sex-
penditures. s1s.e75.ooo; excess Of expendi-
lures. s6,4o2,l34.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
CLEYELAND'S THANKS.
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PRINCETON, Nov. II, 1S97.-Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland said today to represen-
tative of The Associated Press.
THE number and heartiness Of the con-
Firth of our son are so gratefully appre-
ciated that | wish you would eoavey
through The Associated Press our thanks
to ali the kind people who have tnas
given proof of their friendliness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
G. B. & 0. DIVIDEND.

BOSTON, Nov. II, 1Ss7.A quarterly
dividend of / per cent. was declared by
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road this morning. 1t is payable on De-
eember Is, to stockholders on record Mo-
Ix-er,bet, %
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
NIoARAeURN RAILROADS FOB SALE

WASHINGTON, Nov IT, 1S97.-ConsuI
Wiesike, at Managua, informs the State
Department that the Nicaraugan Govern
ment has determined to send commission
abroad to sell or lease the national rail-
roads. He has advised the commission to
visit the United States first and suggests
that American capitalists might find this
a good opportunity to make an 1nvest-
ment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
sultan Hacks Down.

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LONDON, Nov. II, 1S97.-A special des-
patch from Vienna says that a telegram
has been received there from Baron de
Calico, the Austrian Ambassador at Con-
stantinople, saying the Sultan has de-
clared his Willingness to give Austria full
satisfaction for the Morsina incidents. and
in regard to the disputes in connection
with the Oriental Railroad, growing out
of the transportation of Turkish troops
during the recent war between Turkey
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
BURIED IN A BBER KELLER.

[By Cable to The Associated Press.1
MUNICH, Nov. IT, 1s97.-The vault of
the Maximillian cellar collapsed today.
burying seventeen persons. Eleven of
them have been extricated, but the others
are probably dead.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
NEW DREYFUS ENQUIRY.
JBy cable to The Associated Press

[By Gable to The Associated Press.]
PARIS, Nov IT, 1897-General Saussier,
the Military Governor of Paris, has ap-
pointed General Pellieux to inquire into
dinand Walsin Esterhazy, the former
Major of French Infantry. who has been
charged by Mathieu Dreyfus, a brother OF
former Captain Alfred Dreyfus 'of the
French army, of being guilty of the crime
for which Alfred Dreyfus is now under
going sentence of Imprisonment for lie,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
EEEEs.

HILL.-On Tuesday, November l6. 1897,
]. Frank Hill, aged forty-five years.
Members of Bergen Lodge are requested
to meet at the lodge rooms. MONTGOMERY
street and Tuers avenue. on Thursday
evening. November Is, at 40 o'clock sharp
Of our late brother Past Master j.
Frank Hill.
The craft are invited to attend.
HENRY FITCH, w. N
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
BAD FOR nINGLEY

TBy cable to The Associated Press.
SYDNEY, N. s. w. Nov II. 1881.
wheat crop Of New South Wales is ap-
nroxi1nated at 9,343000 bushels, an aver
ace Of 80 bushels per acre.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
NEW zELaNn's TRADE BILL.

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WELLINGTON, N. a.. Nov. IL, 1S97.--A
9bifl has been introduced into tho Parlia-
nsent OF New Zealand providing fo reci-
procl trade relations with Great Britain
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
BNGLBwooD's NEW P. M.

WASHINGTON, Nov Il. 1S97.-The
President today appointed James Harris
as Postmaster at Englewood, Bergen
county this State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
wFATHtR INDICATIONS

forecast for New York city and vicinity
for thirty-six hours ending eight p. NJ.
iFhursday:-F tonight and Thursday;
warmer Thursday; westerly winds.
aarsne.t,s g,berm.osnel.r iseport.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
psA11EsRs or FACT.

-:Ssw Jersey best Hour costs c5c. more Fer
as.s-rei than ordinary lsasI. worth dollar
zcxrra Wholesale only ut D. e. Cleary Cas-
ssorss Greene and Montgomery streets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17

Coughs colds. pneumonia and fevers may be
prevented by keeping the blood pure and the
system toned up with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17

Business Men's Table dHete. Z = sP. M.
Taylefss Hotel. 5Oc-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20

VH, tHuHn sou, thut WIN Vuttc VtButs
I-yGI arc you going to take me oil tho
way?"
"such was my intention, II you will
permit"
"Oh. ycs--you arc very good; I should
like to introduce yOm TO my grandfather"
and hcreupon ! related how grandpapa
and ! met In tho hunting field, and how
the reconciliation came about. He liz.
tened. apparently much amused. and In
turn told mo all l wanted to know about
Burnside.
! learned that my grandmother was
very failing and III, ana that Uncle Remy
had not been IN inmate of Burnside for
tho last five years. After Alicia Lyndon
had married Sir George Lascclles Hervey,
Remy had gone to Monte Carlo, where
he had married u rich widow. The union.
however,, lasted only two years when,
probably because both had gambled away
their money, there was a judicial separu-
ton. Last year Mr.. Burnside had receiv-
cd word that Remy was In want and had
sent him remittance. Since then he had
heard nothing from him.
BY this time tho train had arrived at
our destination and In an instant fran
tic onslaught was made upon the carriage
by grandpapa and Rayvenham, and ! was
almost smothered In the embrace of the
former.
"Grandpnpa," gasped. disengaging
myself, II am quite safe, and very sorry
for giving YOU such a fright. And wasn't
1t strange that should meet such an old
friend? Mr.. Burnside! Mr.. Carewe"
Needless to say, We all repaired togeth-
or to the Hotel Biancha, where, after
waiting to watch Aunt Roses expression
when her hero was introduced to her In
the flesh, was glad to slip away to rest.
and resign myself to Marianne to be
brushed, ROBBED, petted and scolded In
bsssth.
Go be continued)