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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
SCENE OF ruin.
Some Doubt as to Whether the
List Of the Dead Is Yet
Completed.

GARRISONS, N. Y, Oct. 25, 1s97-The
gray day dawn, twentyfour hours after
the frightful happening of yesterday,
broke upon a scene of greater litter and
property destruction than yesterdays sun
and last nights torchlight displayed
The weary gangs of wreckers were re-
Meved early this morning by fresh ones
and the work of getting the chains from
the derricks upon the submerged cars was
vigorously prosecuted. AS the wreckage
was pulled from the bottom of the river
and placed on the shore, it added to the
picturesque though distressing sight.
When the wreckers got sufficient tackle
on the sleeping car Glen Alpine to drag
her up, there was much excitement and
speculation, as it was believed that there
must surely be some bodies in this car,
the most deeply submerged of the lot.
When the car had been placed on the
seow and the water had run out of it, a
careful searching party went through, and
to the relief of the railroad officials and
everybody near, not a body was discov-
cred. Some curious things We're dis
covered, however, which tends to make
the escape of the passengers in this car
almost miraculous. Not only were all
the blankets and curtains thrown down
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
To settle tho Boundary.

WASHINGTON Oct. 25, 1S97.-It is be-
lieved here that in view of the great
prominence Alaska has achieved, owing
to the recent gold discoveries and the i'm
portance of definitely fixing the boundary
line between our territory and that of
the Dominion of Canada, that the Sen
ate when it assemblies, in December, Will
take early action upon the treaty penang
between Great Britain and the United
States for the. survey and marking OF
the 141st meridian. This treaty was sent
to the Senate almost two years ago.
The Hist meridian marks the eastern
boundary of Alaska down to within ten
marine leagues of the southern coast,
where the line trends to the southeast,
keeping that distance from the coast
Concerning the 141st meridian there is, of
course, no controversy between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, but no basis
of settlement of the southeastern line mas
yet been reached by the two countries
The original treaty as sent to the Sen
ate, it is understood, was amended or
proposed to be amended, by Senator
Stewart so as to include the settlement
of The dispute relating to the southeast
ern line. If such an amendment We're
insisted upon by the Senate, as appears
not unlikely will be the case, 1t is not
at all certain that Great Britain ny would
at present agree to the modification.
The work Of adjusting the difficulties
between the two countries regarding the
Southeastern line has not progressed Tor
pointed a commissioner to survey the ter
ritory through which this line runss and
each made Typographical maps or the
country, which were submitted to the res
pective Governments Dec. 81, 1895. These
commissioners however, had no power to
propose settlement; their work was con-
fined strictly to furnishing information
upon which subsequent negotiations could
proceed. AS no range of mountains runs
along the coast, as was assumed to be
the case when the boundary line between
Russia and Canada was fixed in terms,
the alternative proposition of line ten
marine leagues from the coast must mark
the limit of our territory.
But in the determination many intricate
questions are involved; whether the coast
line shall be assumed to follow the .sinu-
osities of the shore or run from head
land to headland; or, whether the line
shall be considered to run ten marine
leagues to the interior from the outer
shore of the islands, which form sort
Of archipelago along the coast, The
Government officials who have studied in1d tne n,
cludes the islands aud ten marine, lengths
of territory from coast line, with all It's
Siy,,1oSitiaS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
sTERNBERG & 90. IN OHAEOERY
Dispute Over stock Transfers, Profits
and sEAa prasldercv

ice-Chancellor Pitney this afternoon
began the hearing in the case of Lazar
Sternberg and his wife, Rose against
Dav 4 Wolff and others. The bill shows
that Sternberg and his wife own 500
shares Of the capital stock of L. Stern
berg & Co., a concern that has clothing
stores in Jersey City. Newark and other
cities. The company was organized in
July, 1892, w1gh a capital of 100000, divid-
ed into 1000 shares, of which 499 shares
were issued to Sternberg and 499 shares
to Wolff. Wolff transferred his stock to
his wife, and in January, 1897. she gave
him one share. The other two shares
were issued to Caesar Misch.
Some time in August Sternberg charges,
Wolff prevailed upon Misch to assign his
two shares to Mrs. Wolff These two
shares were subsequently put into the
names of Samuel Sondheim and Henry
Kern, and when the next annual meeting
came Sternberg was very much surprised
when Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf and Sondheim
and Kern appeared holding a majority Of
the stock and took control of the com
pany They attempted" the bill puts
it, to elect Kern President and Wolff
Secretary and Treasurer. A resolution
profits of the business should be trans
ferred to working capital account, instead
of used to pay dividends. All of this, the
Dill C0dTSeS, WAS IOT lU6 purse VI
freezing OUT Sternberg from his office of
President and deprive him of his profits.
Sternberg then took steps to have the
legality Of the meeting tested, when
Wolff promised to compromise by having
Kern and Sondheim transfer their stock
to Mrs. Wolff and Mrs. Sternberg. This
was not carried out as Sternberg wished,
and he obtained from the Chancellor a
rule to show cause why Wolff should not
be restrained from disposing of any OF
the stock and why receiver should not
be appointed
Mr.. Chandler Riker, who appeared for
Sternberg, read the bill and a large num-
tions in it. He argued for the granting
of the injunction and the appointment OF
receiver. The motion was opposed by
Mr. McCarter. The Vice Chancellor re-
served his decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
COOKED HER OWN GOOSE.
EIIddle-aged French Woman Too
Fond of Ffnsry and House Linen.

Anna Diether, a middle aged woman,
was tried in the General Sessions Court
tl.is morning for grand larceny. On Sep
ternber 2 the defendant was installed as
French cook and laundress in Mrs. Mary
E. Holten's house, No. 1.100 Bloomfield
street. Hoboken On the following We'd
nesday she had made elaborate prepara-
items for leaving. Her trunk and valise,
which were practically empty when she
arrived were found on that day filled
with household articles belonging to Mrs.
Holten The articles consisted of salt
and pepper boxes, knives, forks, spoons,
napkins and table linen. Several bun
dies we're found tied up, and on being
opened they were found to contain silk
underwear belonging to Mrs. Holten S
husband, and six pairs of silk stockings
belonging to Mrs. Holten's daughter.
Policemen Dougherty and Breen were
summoned to the house. At first the de-
fendant said she did not know where the
keys of her trunk were. When the Off
GERS threatened to break open the trunk
and valise she produced the keys Then
Mrs. Dether said all the articles belonged
to her, and that she had brought them
with her from Paris.
This morning she diselaimed the owner
ship of the goods and declared that some
body must have put them IN her trunk.
She thought the coachman or chamber
maid might have done it, She was con-
yicted
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25

ed before a nasty squall in the fog. 3, tx ,is, &
ter three hours the crew was reSc ued py
the steamer City of Sheboygan.
The steamer Tuscarora Of the Lehigh.
Valley line, from Buffalo to ChicagoS
missed her course and ran far on the
rocks on Thunder Bay. Islands smashing. e
the steel plates and frames along. hatf
the length of the vessel. No lives were
lost, as the work of rescue was speedy
but the damage to the big steamship is
considerable
This is the list of accidents
F. w. Clifford, schooner, foundered In
Lake Michigan. Crew picked up and
brought to Chicago.
Tuscarora, steamer of the Lehigh Val
ley line, ran aground on Thunder Bay
Island, half the length of the vessel. and
badly damaged.
Cadillac, steamer. ran on rock at the
entrance to harbor at Marquette, Mich,
and badly damaged it's bow.
Sheldon, steamer struck by the tug
Boscobel, at Toledo, O., stanchions and
rail being broken.
A. d. Thomson, whaleback steamer,
went on the Lime Kiln Bank, near
Amherstburg, on the Ontario, in a heavy
fog; one of its tows, a coal-laden barge,
also went on the banks; steamer released
but the conSort is still on.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

TWEED, Ont, Oct. 25.-Beatrice and
Ethel Eyer, six and eight years of age,
were visiting their aunt. Mrs. Eyer, at
Bridgewater, village five miles from
here, yesterday. Mrs. Eyer put the chill
dren to bed at nine O'Clock on Friday
evening, and then locked the house and
passed the night at the bedside of q sick
neighbor. At two o'clock yesterday morn
ingS she saw flames issuing from her
house and ran to the burning house. She
dashed into the flames and reached an
upper room, where her two sons slept. One
leaped from the window as she entered
the ROOM and the other she threw out
of the window and both were saved.
She then made for the inner room, where
the two girls slept, but the place was inn
passable She threw herself from the
window. Her condition is serious.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
TO STOP TRAINS QUICKLY.

WASHINGTON. Oct. Is, 1S97.-Consul
Norris at Client, Belgium, reports to the
State Department a new invention re-
Gently tried on the State Railway of
France and which is intended to check
and stop trains The device is operated
from the station and placed $50 yards
away will stop the train before It reaches
the station. 1t is fastened to the rails,
and when In operation catches a lever
hanging from the passing locomotive,
which causes an air valve to open and
n,Its the brakes Immediately in action.
in connection with this device is another
which connects the grade crossing gates
with it In such a manner that that gates
cannot be opened without the brake from
the track is in operation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
NATURE GUARDS HER GOLD.
Famine and Plague Beset the
Miners In the AlOnlilSe Region.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. rs, 1S97.-Miners
who arrived on the steamer Farralon
from Dyea and who left Dawson City
abo4t forty days ago, say five days be-
fore they left, Hansen, one of the man
ayers OF the Alaska Commercial COM
pany, arrived in a canoe and told OF tne
abandonment of efforts to get food up
the river Fully 400 miners at once made
preparations to start out over the trans,
but the Citizens Committee refused to
allow them sufficient provisions for the
journey, so to save those who had al
ready started, all will have to remain and
share in the priyastll,o9ns va ion. at Dawson; T o,,+
with Butt Woods and Archie Burns, says
that beside the famine, a mysterious DIS
ease has broken out and is carrying on
an average of five men daily. Twenty
four hours after the victim is attacked he
turns black from the waist to the throat,
and two days later in majority OF cases
is dead.
On his way out over the Dalton trail
which in many places run along the Yu-
kon's banks, the party met many boats
bound down. About 300 boats are now
going down the river with from four to
seven men in each boat.
The Fries party was the last to leave
Dawson. AT Five Finger Rapids they
fell in with the party headed by Kay
Stuart of New York, which left six days
before, and reaching Dalton's boat they
caught up with the, party made up OF OF
guide. This party ran short of food and
for four days none had any food save an
owl, which they shot, and some soup
made from a rawhide strap which they
were using in packing their goods. The
Farralton brought down about $4,000 in
gold.
Town site boomers have struck Dyea
in force A town site was fecently sur
veyed and the location of lots began inn
mediately. Lots were being located and
jumped all day Tuesday and several trag-
edieS were narrowly averted.
The narrow valley between the Dyea
water front, clear above Healy and Will
son trading post, mile distant, is filled
with tents and shacks of all descriptions.
The cause of this activity is the antici-
pated rush over the Cholkoot Pass this
winter and next spring. A wharf is be-
ing constructed at Dyea, the interested
parties, it is understood, being Chicago
capitalists. In addition to this 1t is ex,
over the summit of the Chilkoot Pass.
The distance will be over two miles. The
wire for the tramway IS now at Finne-
gan's Point and Sheep Camp. 1t is stat
ed that goods will be transported from
Dyea to Lake Lindeman at a rate that
will not exceed twelve cents a pound.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
CHALLENGES INQUIRY.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 1s97.-Chauncey
M Depew has sent the following teie-
gram to the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners:-
.'I would request that your investiga-
tion of the accident upon our line yes
terday, near Garrisons, might be had at
the earliest possible moment, and II you
will name the day and place | will see
that you are in possession OF all the IN
formation we possess, and that the Off
GERS of the company are in attendance.
"(Signed) CHAUNCEY M. DfPEW."
It is interesting in this connection to
note that the New York Central Railroad
carried %, 166, 483 passengers curing tne
single passenger was killed, and only fif-
teen injured. None of the injuries was
due to fault of the railroad company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
HELD UNDER A LOCOMOTIVE

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y. Oct. Is. 1887
An extra freight train on the West Shore
Railroad ran into an open switch in this
CITY last night The engine broke
from the train and rolled down the em-
bankment to the bank of the Erie Canal,
landing bottom side up. Engineer Decker
of Frankfort was pinioned in his CAB ana
badly scalded by escaping steam. He
had to be chopped out. He will recover.
No one else was hurt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
DENSE FOES IN CHICAGO.


CHICAGO, Oct. Is, 1Ss7.-Dense fogs and
heavy seas all over the great lakes
brought disaster to several vessels yester-
day. Eight men reached Chicago last
night after a terrible experience, leaving
their vessel as 1T sank out of sight in
Lake Michigan Four vessels ran on rocks
and banks and one suffered from collis-
ion in the fog. 1t was the Chicago steam
er +. w. clifford that feundered in Lake
Michigan, but fortunately the crew was
picked up and brought safely to port A
can Of oil kept the heavy waves from
breaking oyer the little yaWl as 1t drift
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
JOHN sARTAIN DEAD.
Eminent EDgraver Dies on His
ssanHax-ninfh RirthdaY AnniversarY.


EBehay-ninfh Birthday Anniversary.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 1S97.-John
Sartain, the eminent artist and engraver
died early this morning at the home q
his daughter.
Yesterday was Mr.. Sartain's eighty
ninth anniversary, and although nearly
every member of the immediate family
came to the city to call on him. the Gus
was omitted, owing to thea aged artlst 5
serious condition.
John Sartain was born in London in
1905 When but twelve years OF age ne
began to earn his own living, WorKlng
about the Covent Garden Theatre, Lon
don. When fourteen years of age he was
apprenticed to a writer and engraver. In
1928. when scarcely twenty years OF age,
he devoted himself to the mezzo-tint as
the more effective method of engraving.
His fame and fortune have been based
upon it, In 1880 he came to Philadelphia
m 1248 he became proprietor and editor
Of Campbelps "Foreign Semi Monthly
Magazine" "Sartains Magazine" was
has been a director of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. He has received
medals and honors from every quarter
of the globe among them being the title
of Cheyalier from the King of Italy: He
was chief of the Art Department of the
Centennial Exposition of the American
F,xposition held in London in 1887.
Mr. Sartain was the designer of several
nubiic monuments. He was prominent
Mason Mr. Sartains children are re-
markably talented. William Sartaln, one enc
Of the sons, is an associate in the Ma
fional Academy of Design, has been Pres-
ident of the New York Art Club and was
one Of the founders of the New York So
ciety of American Artists
.1<<1. TT,&, koa Q
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
NO WOMEN sHIPMAsTERs.
TFv Cable to rne Associated Press |

BY Cable to The AssocIated Press.
LONDON, Oct. %. 1Ss7.-The Board of
Trade has refused to grant yachts
masters certificate to Lady Ernestine
Brudenell-Bruce, a great yachtswoman,
who had prepared herself to undergo all
the examinations requisite for masters
certificate. She asked to be examined by
the Board of Trade, pointing out that she
merely wanted authorization to command
her own yacht, and did not desire to serve
on board other ships, but the Board of
Trade replied that 1t would not permit
a woman to be examined for masters s
certificate, as the term masters clearly
implies that only men are eligible.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25

DELAWARE BREAKWATER. Oct. aE,
1S97.-The northeast gale which reached a
velociay of nearly fifty miles an hour last
night is still blowing forty miles an hour,
with no signs of abatement. The schooner
H. W. Laws, which went ashore near the
fish factory, yesterday, is still pounding
on the beach.
The schooners Lizzie Falkanourg and
Sarah r. Vaughan came ashore last night
at West Maull's pier, and barge No. Ii
and dredge are aground near the life
saving station.
The schooner Anna L. Ponder with
wood from Virginia for New York, is
ashore three miles north of Iaull's pier.
No word has been received from down
the coast on account of interruption to the
life saving service wires
The schooner Elizabeth Lee, coal laden,
Philadelphia for Gloucester Mass,
grounded on the Point of Cape Henlopen
at noon. During the heavy storm last
night the schooner dragged anchor and
was dangerously near shore. She was
taken into tow by the tug Pioneer, but
the latter was unable to hold the big
vessel and she went ashore on the Cape.
The crew was taken off. The sea is
breaking over her and she will pxobably
be total loss.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25. 1S97.-The
claim Of Dr. Joseph o. Hirschielder of this
city. that ne has discovered a cure for
consumption, announced last April, has
heen investigated by the faculty of the
Cooper Medical College Sixteen patients
who have been treated with Oxytubercu-
line, as the doctor calls his preparation,
made this week will be favorable. DR. L.
G. Lane. President of the college, an
nounces his faith In the discovery, which
is in no sense a. secret one, as the method
Of its preparation is freely given to the
medical profession
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
ArRIDIs IN FORCE.

[By Gable to The Associated Press.1
SIMLA, Oct 25, 1s97.-Ohcial dispatches
from Khangarbur. received today, say
that the advance upon the Senpagha Pass
on both sides of which the insurgent
tribesmen are collecting in great force,
and where t. e next serious fighting is
expected to occur, will be resumed tomor-
row. The position taken up by the enc
my is of the strongest description and can
only be assailed in front and over broken
ground. The tribesmen are expected 10
make a most determined resistance to the
advance of the British troops.
1t is also expected that the Peshawur
column will have warm work to do, as
1000 Afridis have collected at BaIkai and
Mai-Mai, near Bara-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
Damage in South Jersey.

Especial to 'The Jersey City News.''1
CAPE MAY, Oct. %, 1S97.-The north
east storm which has prevailed along the
coast for five days, developed in the
night into the worst storm which has
struck Cape May in nineteen years. The
tide covers over one-third of the terri
tory of the town and surrounds the mann
moth Stockton Hotel and all the section
northeast of it.
The wind reached a velocity of forty
five miles an hour and is still blowing
gale. The board walk is slightly dam
aged. -Four miles of trolley on the beach
IS entirely broken. An unknown two
masted schooner, sailless, is at the
mercy of the elements, two miles off
shore. Sightseers say that one vessel
went down oft shore about $3.50 o'clock
this morning. This statement cannot be
verified. Trains over the South Jersey
Railroad cannot get across the meadow.
South Cape May is also badly flooded.
many cottages, porches nd fences being
washed away. The train service to all
beach resorts is suspended. Telephone
service between the life-saving stations
IS interrupted. The fishing pavilion on
the pier was washed away at eight
a,clocl<
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
LAST YEAR BEATEN,
TFrom This Mornings "rrIbune."1

[From This Mornings 'eTribune."1
The United States Treasury received
last week from customs $2,264. 42s; from in
ternal revenue, ss,0sS, AGA, and from miscel-
laneous sources. s244,74e. making total Of
$5, ,6o2, ,633, against $s,02S.O72 in the preceding
week. The receipts for the month to
date amount to s1S,63S.s7e, and the pay
ments to s26.sos, 900, making the excess of
expenditures over receipts s8,27o,O24.
The total deficit for October, 1896, was
s7.es5. 447
The total deficit for October, 1895, was
$6,6O1, SIT.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
THE BED MASS.

TBy Gable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, Oct. 25, 1ss7.-For the first
time since the Reformation, the reopentng
of the law courts, today, was initiated by
a special service in Westminster Abbey,
all wearing their robes.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Salisbury.
afterwards held reception of the judges
and barriSters.
The causeists show a marked increase
of cases of all descriptions.
The Catholic Judge and barristers at
tended 'red mass at the Sardinia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
TO ATTACK OsMAN DIGNA.

IBy Gable to The Associated Press.l
CAIRO, Oct. Is, 1S97.-A column of
troops commanded by General Hunter, 1t
is announced in dispatch from Berber,
on the Nile, has started to drive Osman
Digna, the great Dervish General, from
the Atbara River. But, the dispatch
adds, it is feared Osman Digna will not
wait for the Anglo Egyptian troops to
attack him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
Bx-pREs1DBHr HARRISON IN TOWN

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison passed
through the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
ton this afternoon on his way to Indian-
anolis. He was accompanied by Mrs. Har-
rfson and a maid carrfsd the wonderfm
The ex-President looked exceedingly
well and walked along with 9 youthfui
step which belied his years: Mrs. Harrl-
son looked charming, while thf babys 8
features were enveloped in a cloud OF lace:
The party occupied the drawing room OF
the Indianapolis sleeper on the St Louis
express, which left the station at ais
o'cl0c<
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
BIG CHINESE LOAN.

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.1
PEKIN, Oct. rs, 1Ss7.-The negotiations
OF the Chinese Government with the
Hooley Syndicate for a loan of e16,0 100000
$3.50 900 OO0) have fallen through and the
Government is now negotiating with the
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
THE FEVER SITUATION.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 25, 1897
Five new cases and one death had been
reported to the Board of Health at ten
o'clock this morning. Otherwise there is
little change in the fever situation and
no present promise Of frost or drop
In the temperature.