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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
BURNED AT SEA.
The R1alto Has a Mysterious Exc
plosIon In Her Hold-Creyv All Saved.

QUARANTINE, S. l., March IS, 1897
The Allan State Line steamer Carthagen-
ian, wbigh arrived this morning from
Glasgow rescued the crew of the Wilson
steamer Rialto, which took fire and was
abandoned March 5 in lat 81 81 and lon
22:45
The Riaito was bound from Newcastle
for this port loaded with general cargo.
including a large quantity of chemicals.
She left port on February q and expert
cnced strong westerly gales, gradually in
creasing in violence until March 8 a yerit-
able hurricane was blowing. AT six
o'clock In the morning terrific explos-
ION in the forehold blew. the hatch covers
into the air, killed one seaman and in
jEred the chief mate.
Dense columns of thick yellow smoke
poured out and choking, penetrating
odor peryaded the ship and the crew
were at once called to fire quarters; the
hose was stretched.
It was necessary to batten down the
hatch to prevent the fire having full
vent Meanwhile the ship was wallowing
IN the high sea and occasionally burying
herself under a giant eomber.
The life boats were smashed by the
seas and the crew saw death staring
Them in the face. All hands worked
with desperate energy but in spite of all
At two o'clock in the afternoon the
Garthagendan was sighted and in reply
to signals promised to stand by until the
yea ss g ther g Imaodesated m sufI5cien5ly to permit
did not relax their efforts to subdue the
nres put + crept further into the cargo
q, :, - :. :. - n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
GRIEVED TOR JIM'S SAKE

SAN FRANCISCO, March Is, 1897. THE
wife and mother of James J. Corbett were
completely shocked and broke down ON re
ceipt of the disheartening news of his de-
feat. Their grief was not occasioned by
their disappointment in Jim, but by their
sorrow for him. They knew he would
take defeat sadly to heart and they
thought not so much what the world
would say as of how he would feel They
do not consider that Corbett has been
beaten; they say it must have been an
accident
No matter what the conclusion OF the
hight was" said Mrs. Corbett last even
ing, Il believe now, as I always have,
skillful fighter in the world. / think there
must have been some accident liz the
fourteenth round which gave the victory
to the Cornishman"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
COST OF RAILROAD WORK.
Receivers Of the Y. & O. Issue an
lnterestin~ Report

=
BALTIMORE, March IS, 1Ss7.-Some idea
of the great cost of re-habihtating and
building up a large railroad system may
be gathered from a statement just pre-
pared by the receivers of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad of expenditures made
for improvement during the first year of
the receivership. This statement shows
that total of almost seven million dollars
has been spent for locomotives. passen-'
ger and freight equipment, extraordinary
repairs ito equipment and expenditures
made by the engineering department in
the way of improvements to the mainten-
ance Of way, structures. terminals and the
construction of new alignments and mis-
cellaneous improvements. These ex-
penditures were from March /, 1896, to
February l, 1897
An additional expenditure of nearly
one million dollars will shortly be made
for. $4,000 tons of eighty-five pound steel
rails. which were ordered a few weeks
ago.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
DID he KILL KATE DAY ?

NEW YORK, March IS, 1S97.-The police
today arrested David Kenneally on the
charge of having caused the death of
Kate Day, who was found unconscious
in her apartments in the flat house, No.
2,o5S Eighth avenue on Tuesday afternoon
and died yesterday in the Manhattan
Hospital without having recovered con-
sciousness. There We're thirty wounds
on the womans body. The direct cause
OF her death, according to the doctor
VINO made. the autopsy. was hemorrhage
or the brain. Kenneally was frequent
caller at the woman's apartments and
the neighbors say that recently the cou-
pie quarreled frequently.
kenneally was subsequently, arraigned
on charge of homicide, and held to
awalt the action. of the Coroner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Catholic Benevolent Legion oi
Greenyille held a dance in Giebel's Hall
Danforth avenue, last night 1t was well
attended and in every respect a delight
full reunion.
Joseph Clark, 80 years old, No. 527 Mon
mouth street. fell at Jersey avenue and
Ninti1 street yesterday evening and slls,-
tanned dangerous cut over the right
eye An hour later John E. Hewitt, et
No 81 Bright street, fell at Henderson and
NINTH streets and broke his right ankle.
The Crescent Highland and Montgoni-
cry building and Loan Association met
last might at No. AS Bergen avenue, M Z
receipts Of the evening were:-- Crescent
$S479 90; Highland, S2S9.9S; Montg gomea,T,
$52085. 's'
The Ladies Aid Society of the Berger,
the church parlors on Thursday
March p.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
TOO MUCH PATRIOTISM AND ALE

Tinothy Hayden, machinist, of No. 143
Ninth street, was fined SIS by Justice Potts
today. Hayden went home last aYight aft
ter taking part in st. Patrick's Day par
AIDE chock full of patriotism and mixed
ale. The house was quiet and Hayden pro-
ceeded to enliven his surroundings by
drawing a revolver and blazing away ait
everything in sight, not excepting a be-
lated parader who had meandered into
the halfway by mistake. Hayden was
giving a first class s.Wild West" exhibi-
tion when interrupted by the police
Hayden was penltenit when anuadgmed in
Court TODAY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
DIVISION NO. s AT BERGEN HALL,

Division No. s, A. Q. H., Board of Erin,
held ITS annaal ball last might ait Bergen
Hail. About fifty couples took part i'm the
opening march
The officers of the Division are:-Pres;-
dent, john O'Brien; Vice President patar
Costello; Secretary, Peter McDonolleah
Treasurer, john Brady. Hugh s. Crosson
was floor manager, and was assisted by
Patrick O'Donohue. The Floor Commit.
tee consisted of Messrs john O'Br,feu1
john Mohn, Peter CaIhill Michael Mccoy
james CONNOLLY and Peter Haley.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

and the decks grew hotter and hotter.
For 40 hours. or until the early morning
OF the Sth, the Allan Liner stood by and
make 1t possible for a lifeboat to leave.
As the Rialto's boats were all gone
Captain France of the Carthsgeniaai or
gle the entire crew were taken off with
out nlishap. Captain Rippoth said that
when he abandoned the Rialto the plate
seams Were gaping and there was Is feet
sinking was only a mater of few hours.
The rescued crew saved none of their
effects.
The Rsalto was built in 1878 at Hull.
She was $40 feet long and 1893 burden.
She was owned by Thomas Wilson Sons
q Co, and her agents here were Sander
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
Russia'i PlaRs--Greecs,s Ceurages
BIZ Cable to the United Press

ATHENS. March II. 1s7s-It is re-
ported here that Russia is arranging to
land troops in Macedonia.
The historic flag. the standard of the
cross, which was raised by Prince Alex
ander when the war of independence be-
gan in 1921. resulting in freeing Greece
from the Turkish yoke, viii be formally
handed to the regiment commanded by
Crown Prince Constantin upon the occa-
sion of their departure for Thessaly. The
flag has been kept in the Monastery OF
Labria since the close of the war of ms
dependence
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
PERSONAL.

Messrs Allan L. McDermott, DR.. Leon
ard J. Gordon, Andrew J. Corcoran, presi-
dent OF the Board Of Trade; George N.
George A. Heaney, William George Of the
Traction Company and other well known
Jersey City people were guests at the
annual banquet of the Sons of ST. Pat
York City. - = I"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
WARNING TO COLLECTORS.
Martin Arrested for Sending Insult
ting Letters Through The Mail

Alexander Martin of No. 761 Avenue D,
Bayonne, a collector, auctioneer, agent
and horse dealer was a prisoner before
U. S. Commissioner Linsly Rowe this
morning charged with violating the Fed
eral law by sending insulting letters
through the mails.
Martin, it is alleged, would send letters
addressed to dead beats" containing OBJ
jectionable matter and United States In
spector Lewis asked for the warrant for
his arrest.
Commissioner Rowe held Martin in $1,000
bonds for the Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
SHERIFF HAs THE REMITT1TuR

The remittitur in the cases of Patrick
Mahoney and John DAILY, the convicted
election officers, was received from the
Court of Errors this morning and a COPY
served on Sheriff Heller. The Sheriff
will send all the defendants away fhis
week, Reen to the State Prison and Fowl
er Jordan, Mahoney and Daily to the
Penitentiary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
Frances Suggestion.
Bu Cable TO the United Press.

PARIS, March Is, 1S97.-The Echo de
Paris publishes a rumor that the Cow
ernorship of Crete will be offered to
Prince Henri of Orleans, who is now I'm
Abyssinia, at the head of an exploring
expedition.
? A Toulon dispatch says:-The French
transport ship Auvergne having on board
troops, arms, stores, etc, destined for
Canea, Crete. is aground and it has been
necessary to land the men and stores in
order to float her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
BERGEN REPUBLICANS EUoHRE

The Bergen Republican Club held a
euchre tournament at its club rooms, No.
544 Bergen avenue, last night There were
twenty-eight players. The first prize, a
Japanese teapot, was won by Oscar K.
Gardner. The second prize, a lemonade
set, was awarded Edward Coffin. A
regular meeting of the club will be held
next Wednesday night Another euchre
tournament viii be held Wednesday even
ing, March 81.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
REV. O. &. MAoKBL TO LEoTUBE

The Rev. Charles H. Mackel, who, be-
fore becoming Professor OF Dogmatic
Theology, at Seton Hall College, was so
popular an assistant at st. Michael's
Church, this city, will lecture on st. Pa%-
rick at Lafayette Battery Hail. Wh:son
sIreeI, 81 T., on the evening of Sunday, Mach
II. The proceeds of the lecture will b,S
for the benefit of All Saints Church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
OUR PEOPLE In CUBA.

WASHINGTON, March 1871 s97.-of 90
cases Of Americans imprisoned in Cuba
during the present war, which have been
reported to the State Department, and
upon which action has been taken, it is
stated that but fourteen cases are at
present pending, including those of the
five Competitor prisoners,w hich are now
under consideration with the probability
of speedy release, and five cases in which
the prisoners were caught with arms IN
hand. Two imprisoned Americans were
released by death, one being Delgado.
who died in Hospital after an operation
performed by an American surgeon and
the other, DR.. Ruiz, the cause of whose
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
PARKER's REMOVAL.

ALBANY, March IS, 1897. = Mayor
Strong's private Secretary. Mr.. Hedges.
arrived at the Executive Chamber at 1920
o'clock. He had with him a package of
papers concerning Commissioner Parkers
removal which he presented to Governog
BLACK -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
CHAMPIONS TO PLAY POOL.

Frank Mead, the champion pool player
Of this city, will meet James Mature, the
Italian champion, in contest for s25 d
side. at Grand & August's, No. a2o Com.
munlpaW avenue, on Saturday night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
Russian Troops for Crete.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1S 1s97.--A
Russian steamer conveying a battalion
of troops to Crete has passed through
the DardanelleS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 49,, 1s97-For the So
hours ending ait P. M. FTiday:-For New
York City and vieinfty-Rain and fog this
afternoon and tonight; occasional showers
on Friday; warmer; southerly winds.
Nartneat,s TherEn o eter Reporr.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
MATTERS or EAGT

Stores, factories and institutions can r,-.
get their supplies as good as any ~ ) 4 -
can serve them Complete stock, low prices
ct D p. C1eary & Co.'s wholesale grocery %
stores Montgomery and Greene streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
The Gift of the Cab.

"Dobbins is a good talker, isn't he?"
Good talker? went to his office once
to borrow $50, and before got away he
had borrowed $50 from me"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

FeiRenspan opens the season with
bis Ever POPULAR Beck Beer lcherrx colpra.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

Humors, pimples, boiis, are very annoying
They quickly disappear when the blood is
purified by Hoods sarsaparilla-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

On Dranght all along tho line
Feigenspan's Book, Book, Bockt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
|: X t R 4! !!
INFAMOUS GR|GGS,
The Term E1tender Bill
Signed by the Governor
Without Even a
Hearing to
Citizens.
Special TO the Jersey Cytu Nc,cs.

SVsc1ut 10 tIIe Je7ScY CFtT NcttS.
STATE HOUSE. TRENTON, March IS.
1Ss7.-Goyernor Griggs sent the spring
election abolition bill to Trenton this af-
ternoon from Paterson, having signed the
same.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

Laughter, mirth and Song in
Feisenspan's Book Beer tcherry color9.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23
Railroad Notes.

The Oregon Short Line has arranged
for the following excursions to Garfield
Beach: June 80. the Sixteenth ward of
this city; July u. l. o. o. F. lodges;
July 10. the Epworth League; August
u, the combined lodges of the l. O. O..
F., and A. o. L. w. and the K. of P.
The delegation of Montana newspaper
men who will arrive here Tuesday
morning will be so large that the one
sleeper which had already been pro-
vided Cor them will not accommodate
them. and a second sleeper was sent
from Ogden to Butte for their use last
nisht.
A party of 80 persons, including the
faculty of the University of Utah. and
the summer school of the university
went to Logan on a Short Line special
yesterday to attend the meeting of the
State Teachers association there.
The Oregon Short Line has proposed
to handle 1000 or more old folks on the
outing at Garfield today. The trains
will leave here at S, Q and 1915 a. m.
and special train will leave the beach
al p m. The railroad people expect
that large number of the visiting old
&c ks will leave for their homes upon
their return from Garfield this evening.
The Rio Grande Western railway has
announced special rates for the national
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Buffalo. n. Y. in August
The rate from all main line points will
be $3.50 for the round trip to Buffalo
and the rate from points on the branch
lines will be one single fare to the near
est main line junction. Tickets will be
sold only on August IS and IS. and they
will be limited to a continuous passage
in both directions. All the tickets will
be limited fer return to leave Buffalo
not earlier than August "a and not later
than August 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23

II. Direction of wind, a. m. east: 6
p m, north Velocity of wind. miles
per hour. a. M. 8; s p. m. IL. State
OF weather. a. m. clear; 8 p. m. clear.
Maximum temperature. So degrees:
minimum temperature. IS degrees:
mean temperature. 70 degrees; for p
years. 20 degrees; deficiency for this
date, 3 degrees: accumulated deficiency
OF temperature since January 1.1SS7. 227
degrees; accumulated deficiency OF tenn
perature since June !, 1897. 10 degrees.
Rainfall, 0 inch; mean daily for -
years. 90 inch; deficiency for this date.
.O2 inch: accumulated excess of rainfall
since January l. 1897. 1.31 inches; accu-
mulated deficiency of rainfall since
June , 1897. .16 inca.
Forecast for Salt Lake City and vi
entity for the "a hours ending D. m.
tcday-Fair; stationary temperature
J. H. SMITH. Observer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23

Two thousand faces, worn and
. wrlnkled by age. but beaming with the
Night Of younger days; Two thousand
hearts beating with the pleasantness
10 which they were accustomed in
years SO long gone by that they seemed
almost forgotten; the joyous glow of a
renewed youth resting ike a halo
above the gray heads and bent forms
of veneIF Die DAD age; patriarchs in
years. but children in every other re-
spect-such was the picture of the old
folks, who are the welcome guests Of
The city, at the close Of their first
days entertainment Many tired
bodies and weary limbs lay down to
TEST last night with a sense of joy in
the heart and a prayer Of thanksgiving
on the lips for the opportunity which
had been offered them to forget for
time that their span of life was draw
ing TO a close and 10 believe that they
were children again.
No one was of any Importance in
salt Lake City yesterday unless he
could wear a rOset1e showing that at
leds. 20 years had passed by since he
fist saw the light OF day. The re-
lnalnleT of the pei e. ION We're simply
attendaCts NOthii- WAS left undone
by the committee having the entertain
merit in charge or 10y the large number
CT persons who gave their assistance
IN the matter. 10 make the day one
that TIE cld folks could remember as
one of the hanpiest Of their old age.
Il was old Folks Day" at Fort
Douglas and 1he brawny sons of war
who compose Uncle Sans Twenty
fourth infantry regiment could not
have given their services TO a nobler
cause than in giving the pleasure and
entertainment 10 the old people that
they did. And the soldiers knew it.
Eco. Dress parad5s and battalion
maneuvrea and the other incidents of
army life ia times Of peace may grow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23

opportunity to rest before the taber-
nacle concert in the evening There
were no accidents or distressing incl
dents of any kind. every heart was
happy 10 the last and many were the
expressions of thanks showered upon
Colonel Kent and his officers and men.
At THE TABERNACLE.
The closing feature of the days en-
tertainment was the concert in the
tabernacle in the evening. The outing
at the fort apparently did not weary
the cid people, for they all seemed to
be present in the evening The seats in
the center of the tabernacle were re-
served for them. and all who We're not
entitled to wear the red, blue and white
badges had to take seats on the sides
or ii the gallery. President George @.
Cannon presided and by his aide was
the venerable President Woodruff. who
Wore the white badge. indicating he
had passed his ninetieth year The rail-
ing in front of the choir, the organ and
a part Of the gallery were decorated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Abstract 90 Instruments filed in the
Office of the recorder July %. 1885,. COM
piled by the Security Abstract company:
Amas 5. Gabbott to William J. Hal
loran lots IS 10 -. block ;. South
Main street addition. plat A.. 81 $40
c. b Jack 10 Elizabeth w. Stewart,
part of lot 3. block 81. plat D.. 500
Luelia S Tracy to John Burton.
lot l. block 50. plat A-..-....-....---. I
Nephi NJ. Sheets to Amos 5. Gabbott,
part OF section 8. township south.
range west --............. e-..-.-.---- so
Henry Mitchell TO George w. Bills,
range i west. .................- 40
Frank 3 Stephens TO G. = Bolton.
part of lot i. block -. plat D.. 400
Frank a Grant TO Alfred H. Pea
20. plat Observation-Disclosures. 400
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23

drill was concluded about $50 and then
sner- vas z Waiteof nearly an hour be-
lore the principal event of the morning
me dress Parade. During this time the
old folks continued to pour into the
little military city They came by
every avenue available, by street cars
ana IN private conveyantes. In a num-
Der OF cases they were attended by
younger members Of their families and
Sometimes by little grandchildren. who
suioed their unsteady footsteps and led
tnem TO places where they could rest
But in most cases the old people were
unattended, and thew arrived in pairs.
or IN groups Of four or more. and il was
most interesting to watch the air Of in
dependence with which they walked
about the grounds. Old ladies and old
gentlemen chung to each others sup
port or sat down side by side on the
grass or in the chairs which lined one
slde OF the parade ground. The SOL
dlers OF the fort, both those who were
on guard duty and those who were not
gave them every possible assistance
am direction and cheerfully replied to
Tie numbeTless questions which the old
people had to ask. The favorite re-
sort was on the east side of the parade
ground, in the locality of the band
stand, under the shade Of the trees.
parade there was not room enough for
them there and the line was extended
along the north side of the parade
ground and the old people also occupied
seats on the Dorches Of the company
quarters, where they became the
special object OF attention from the
men. Everybody was in the happiest
spirit possible Old friends who had
not seen each other for long time
81 OF,
and INDUCED in the warmest Of greet
lngs- There was an absence Of all con-
Nentionality. No introductions were
necessary to a conversation. for the
brotherhood and sisterhood OF age
made kinsmen of them ALL The rib
bons Of red and blue. with an occa-
sional glittering Of white, fiuttered in
the breeze and seemed to add to the
merriment Of the occa SIGN. And the
There was not latter-day young lady
to having their age known by
any Of the old ladies of that party
They gloried in the red and in the blue
and in the white if they were qualified
10 Wear them. The white was a fea-
ture only in its rarity. but the blue was
a special object of interest. and even
those who wore the red would stop to
look at every old lady or gentleman
who could wear a blue rosette. Many
Of the weaTers Of the blue looked
than those who We're actually
50. but il was remarkable fact that a
large proportion of all the old folks
bore their years wei. and as far as
COULD be Judged ny appearances. gave
every indication OF being able TO at
end many more occasions Of the kind. |
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
Just before it was time for the d-e-s
parade carriage arrived from the I
'ity drawn by two white horses. and I
having an American flag floating from
he box seat. Within the carriage were (
-hree wearerS Of white rosetfes and in
act enc Of them vas entitled % vc--r /
| still more distinguishing color if j