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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
DEBOE Is SENATOR.
FRANKFORT. KY. April %, 1Ss7.-De-
Doe is elected United States Senator.
TRAGEDY AT A FIRE.

NEW YORK. April 28 1S97-Four per-
sons lost their lives at a fire at 1918
Third avenue, early this morning. The
dead
Mrs Celia Barnett, aged ffty-fve years.
Mrs John Newell, aged thirty-eight
years, and her two children, John aged
hve years and Louis age three years
The flames began in the lower hall,
and spread with great rapidity through
the building, completely cutting off the
escape of the Newell family, which oc-
cupied the top floor When Mrs. Newell.
found the stairway burning and the halls
hlled with smoke, she threw her chill
dren from window to the street below,
where four men held blanket to re-.
ceive them. The children bounded from
the blanket and were killed by falling
on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell was afraid
to attempt the leap, and was later found
sufrocated in her apartments Her hus-
band escaped with slight burns.
On the floor below the Newells lived Mr..
ana Mrs. Barnett. They reached the
street in safety, but Mrs. Barnett ran
pack into the burning building to secure
some jewelry she had left behind. She
was discovered later in an alcove room
NSe.N Gnu Sii6Atly UuruGQ.s Inc loss is
estimated at $4,000. The origin of the
fire is unknown
me fire, it was said later, was of in
cendiary origin. The scenes witnessed
py spectators powerless to help were ter
,,lpIe rlpIe In the extreme. That many more
nVes We're not lost is only due to the
prompt action of the police
Wnen Mrs. Newell threw her little son
Louis from the window she was so crazed
eyo py III Irigns 1 that the boys body only just
as It heard the crash ON the flags.
with a cry of despair Mrs Newell then
seized her other son, John. Mr. Newell
could be seen through the veil of flame
trying to restrain the white-faced Won-
an Then there came flying through the
smoke what looked to be a little. black
bundle. After that dull thud and soon
tne crowd knew that the two children
In herr horror and despair Mrs. Newell
rushed from the sight that met her view
below and staggered into the flames that
hlled the room behind, beyond her hus-
bands aid. Her body was found after
ward In a hallway.
Then in response to the shouts of the
people below. Mr.. Newell jumped through
the hames and landed safely in the blan-
ket. With the exception of slight burns
and sRrained ankle he was unhurt
Mrs. Barnett, Is seems was so crazed
by fear that she sought little alcove
room where she shut herself up and thus
met her death.
Little John or 'Jack" Newell as he was
called was well known in that section of
Brooklyn. He daily rode with great skill
wheel specially built for him, and which
was exhibited at a recent bicycle show as
the smallest wheel in tho x1,orld
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A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS.
[By Cable to the Associated Press. ]


ATHENS, April s, ,1ss7.-Public excite
nent is increasing every hour The for
eigners are hoisting their national flags
over the buildings inhabited by them. A
popular outbreak is feared.
The Opposition Deputies have issued
the following address to the people:-
Fellow Citizens-In the critical period
through which the country is passing,
the summoning of the Chamber is consid-
cred necessary. The Opposition believes
it to be its duty to address to all citizens
a recommendation and a request to do all
in their power to contribute to the main
tenance of order, which is indispensable
not only for the safety of all, but because
it constitutes an indispensable element
for safeguarding the honor and rights of
the nation.
Let us forget that the enemy is tread
ing the soil of our country and that our
army is confronting it. At such a mo-
nent, anyone attempting to disturb order
would be nothing but an ally of the
Turks
This address is signed by all the Op-
position Deputies now in Athens.
Special trains have been placed at the
disposal of the Provincial Deputies in
order to enable them to arrive in time to
take part in the extraordinary session of
the Legislative Assembly.
The French Minister here, M. F. A.
Bouree, has telegraphed for the French
warship Latouclie Treville to return i'm
mediately to the Piraeus
The merchants on Hermes street have
organized a private guard to protect their
stores and patrols have been placed in
the streets near the Bourse and Telegraph
office.
The address Of the Opposition Deputies,
however, had a calming effect upon the
people. better feeling now prevails here
and there is little probability now of a
dynastic crisis.
The report that the King was COM
PEELED to sign decree recalling Prince
Constantine from the front is unfounded.
The Crown Prince will remain at the
head of the army.
The Greek troops in Epirus have been
losing ground and have. been obliged to
retire to Luros
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
CLERK wEsTERVBLT RESIGNS,
Comptroller's Efficient Assistant
Leaves the C5ty3a Service

AcAscs tDA CAfy'S service.
There was considerable surprise in the
City Hall today when it was officially
announced that Deputy City Comptroller
Charles Westervelt had resigned. Mr..
Westervelt handed his resignation to
Comptroller Hough on April %, when his
term expired.
His resignation naturally caused the
widest kind of rumors to be flung about.
One was to the effect that he had been
asked to resign to make room for some
Republican heeler. Still another was that
he was dissatisfied with the pay, which
was S125 a month.
1t is fact that a few weeks ago, at
the suggestion of Commissioner Detwil-
Ter, the Board of Finance cut s25 off Mr..
Westervelt's salary. In addition to the
$125 a month he was receiving as Deputy
Comptroller SIS month for preparing the
Intricate reports of the Sinking Fund
Commissioners. The latter was cut off.
Mr.. Westervelt did not relish the reduc-
tion and boldly told the Finance Com
nisstoners SO. He had been offered po-
sition paying $3.50 month and he ad-
vised Comptroller Hough to find a man
for his place. Mr.. Westervelt has en-
barked in the electrical business in New
York on his own hook
As Deputy Comptroller Mr.. Westervelt
has never had an equal. He has served
under Comptroller ,Hough since 1885, and
in all that time there was never occa-
sion for fault to be found. In point of
absolute correctness he was marvel,
and his books have been frequently ex-
hibited as models of neatness and per-
fection. Mr.. Westervelt was a model Off
citl and was doubtless the most popular
man in the City Hail. His friends have
wished him success in his new undertake
ing.
Who will succeed Mr.. Westervelt is not
known. Comptroller Hough is~a Demo
Mayor Wanser It is thought probable he
may be prevailed upon to appoint Re-
publican. The matter rests entirely with
the Comptroller
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
NAMED LADY COMMISSIONERS.
Tennessee Comnissionar Praises
Mayor Wanser,s GaGInntry.

Mayor Wanser's GaEInntry.
Mayor Wanser this morning received
the following letter from A. w. Wills,
Commissioner General of the Tennessee
Centennial which opens May 1, and con-
tinues six months
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
kind favor of the 23inst naming the Cen
tennial Commissioners for your city. /
have given full publication of the same
and will send them centennial literature.
and refer your letter to Mrs v. L. Kirk
man, President of Woman's Board, as I
note that they are all ladies', save one.
This is quite commendable in the ex-
,cellent Mayor of Jersey City and is an
evidence that he is fond of the ladies'
His Honor filed the letter.
New Jerseys Centennial Exposition
Committee consists of:-Willian h
Bodine, Williamstown, N j.; James F.
Rushing, Trenton; e. G. Harrison, Asbury
Park; Johnston Cornish, Washington, N.
j.; Charles Burrows, Rutherford; Jere-
miah O'Rourke, Mary E. BUSHNELL, New
ark; John J. Toffey, Jersey city, and
Charles G. Mcbride. Elizabeth. Mr..
Rushing president; Jeremiah ORourke,
secretary; p. g. Harrison, treasurer.
e.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
WHAT THE SULTAN HEARS
[By Gable to the Associated Press.1


CONSTANTINOPLE. April 2S, 1897
Governor of Janina, Province of Epirus
telegraphs that perfect order prevails in
that town.
The Turkish troops at Larissa captured
sixty artillery eaissons, in addition to a
large quantity of ammunition.
An Official despatch received here from
Salcnlca says that in an engagement at
Losfakia the Greeks were compelled to
retreat with the loss of four hundred
killed and many wounded.
The report of the bombardment Of
kafaburun is denied in this despatch. 1t
IS explained that the Greek fleet man
oeuvred in the vicinity of Karaburun, but
did not fire upon that place.
It Is now believed that the Greeks viii
probably not be expelled from the Turk
lsh Empire at the expiration of the fort~
nights notice, beginning on SATURDAY
April 40, the day the Turkish troops were
ordered to cross the frontier. Among the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
MR. HARDING STILL MISSED.
Street and Water Board Meets But
Does Little Business.

The Street and Water Commissioners
met this morning. Commissioner Hard
ing was not present owing to the fact
that he was serving on the Fleming
jury. No partisan measures were brought
up and only few claims such as have
been recently incurred were passed. In
response to the demands of consumers the
Board revised the new schedule of water
rates, removing the charge which was
fixed for water used in not air furnaces
and hot water heating apparatus. 1t is
understood that the new schedule will
undergo many changes before the water
bills for the coming year are set out.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
Anxious 10 Accommodate.


She was a new girl at the Central Tel
ephone Exchange.
Her previous experience in this big
busy world had been behind the counter
at Chintz & Chally's
Nevertheless she was pleasant spoken
young lady, and amiability was written
all over her nature.
She had adopted as her. motto the
touching sentence, 1--WE strive to please
and she honestly tried TO live up to it,
There was ring at the bell.
She applied her ear to the instrument
and asked sweetly:-
What number, please?"
Let me have No. 474',
II am sorry that No. 474 is busy now 2
she 81 replied. You can have No. 473 or
The Individual at the other end of the
wire hung up his receiver and used lam
guage which plainly showed that all ef-
forts to please do not necessarily sue
ceed. -Harpers Babar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
WIDE DESOLATION.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 2, 1se7.-At
1885 A. NJ today cyclone swept
between Abilene and salina. doing i'm
mense damage. All telegraph wires on
the main route to Denver were destroyed.
The cyclone is supposed to be con,
tinuatien of the frightful storm which
resulted in such disaster in Oklahoma.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
HUNGARY. HEARD FROM.

BUDAPEST, April 2S, 1ss7.--In the
Lower House of the Hungarian diet to-
day Count Apponyi, the Opposition leader.
interpellated the Premier, Baron Banffy,
as to whether, if the territorial status
quo and the granting of autonomy to
Crete. are the guiding principles animat-
ing the powers, the moment has. not ar
rived to lend the aimless and political
ly detrimental war" and whether the OBJ
ject of Emperor Francis Joseph',s visit to
st. Petersburg is to modify the condi-
tions of our alliances or, without modify
ing them, conclude an arrangement with
Russia on the Eastern question ?',,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
MISS ERWIN MUST TELL.

CHICAGO. April 2s. 1S97-Miss Sara
Louise Erwin. the woman in the case
has been summoned to appear before the
Grand Jury today to tell what she knows
about the recent failure of the Globe Saw
ings Bank and the disappearance of funds
of the University of Illinois. Miss Erwin
was President Spalding's private secre-
tarv F.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
SAL0NICA CALMER.
TBy Gable to The Associated Press

SALONICA, April 2S, 1ss7.-The people
here have become calmer and the ap-
prehension of an attack upon the part
OF the Greek feet is dying away.
Nine guns OF large calibre have been
mounted on Fort Karaburun, for the bet
ter protection Of the harbor of Salonica
The French cruiser Bugeaud has ar
rived nero to Protect French interests
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
VICTORIA STARTS FOR HoME,

[By Cable to the Associated F'ress.l
NICE, April 2S, 1S97-Queen Victoria
started at noon today on her Journey
from Gimiez to England
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28

Wanser has appointed There will be
two boards and the courts will be called
to decide which is the legal body.
The Mayor this morning also gave Free
Public Library Trustee Haskell his COM
mission.
1t is possible that the Board of Educa-
tion will meet and organize tomorrow
night
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, April 8. 1se7-Fprecast
for thirty-six hours ending EIGHT R. nj.
Thursday, for New York City and yfcir.
ity:-Generally fair tonight and THURSDAY.
slightly warmer; winds northwesterly
shifting to southerly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
WEB IN WIEN.

by Cable to the Associated Press
VIENNA, April 2S 1Ss7.-.Charlotte
Wolter, the tragedienne, is critically ill.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
Hartnets's Thermemas.rk kseport
MATTERS oFFAor.

New Jerseys best flour costs 25c. more pen
barrel than ordinary -four. but worth a dollar
extra. Wholesale only at D. E. Cleary Co.'S
stores. Greene and Montgomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
GOLD FOR EXPORT.

NEW YORK, April 2s, 1s97.-Gold coin
to the amount of s1,5oo.Ooo, has been en-
gagged for export tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28

II the system is. fortified by Hoods Sarsa-
psrilla, which makes rich, red blood there
Is little danger of sickness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-28
Land owner. in Great Bri,n,u

Fully one-third Of the land in Great
Britain Is owned by members of the
House of Lords Exchange.
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page.l
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-06
Grand Opera House.

Lumiere's cinematographe is emperor,
standing proudly aloof from the cheap
machines and limitations that are now
being shown throughout the land. But
two Of these imperial machines are now
working, one at Keith's theater, Boston,
and the other at the Grand opera
house.
There was a crowded house last night
at the Grand opera house to see the ex-
cellent performance given by Katie
Rooney's Greater New Workers. The
program is clean and bright. The GEN.
trail and leading member of the COM
pany was of course little curly headed
and jovial Katie Rooney, whose sweet
voice and captivating manners have won
for her many admirers. Miss Adeline
Routine has a strong soprano voice,
and her singing was loudly applauded.
1.-THE Millionaire's Reception" opens the
program, in which the whole COM
pany appears. The program concludes
with burlesque on Charles A. Taylor's
Derby Mascot" in which Miss Katie
Rooney appears in the role of the
Jockey, Johnny Blue. Special mention
must be made of the marvellous per-
Torrance given by Newell and She
vette, the triple horizontal bar experts
The cinematographe is proving a great
success the beauty of its views placing
it far above those of inferior machines
You see not picture of a scene at any
one moment but a continuing repro
duction of the scene itself. The figures
move about as ma tural as life, for the
very simple reason that it is life
One scene is the fording of a broad,
deep river by a company Of cavalry.
The horses come along in ones and
twos, march into the stream, and begin
to swim. The riders, stripped to the
waist, slip off into the water and swim
while guiding the animals, the horses
struggle with the current. when they
feel it's full force, and are swept down
stream, scattering and plunging as
they go. You can't begin with words
to present the life and vigor of the pic
ture that is there given, and back of
what you see is the consciousness that
it is real. Here is something that actu-
ally has been. 1t isn't anybody's inn
agining: it is a fact
The performance will be given every
evening this week with matinees daily.
The box Office is open daily from a.
m. for advance sale Of seats.
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The biograph Is proving more popular
than ever at Polls Wonderland theater
At no time during the engagement have
the audiences been SO large, and at no
time have they been so well satisfied.
1t is recognized now pretty generally
that the biograph is the best machine
in existence for the display of motion
pictures. and that its reproductions are
the most perfect of any machines in
vented for this purpose. In the Trinity
church view many well known persons
appear, among others w. ]. Mills, L. w.
Beecher, w. c. Bushnell, General SUI
perintendent Platt OF the Consolidated
road, and others equally well known
Many ladies who are well known can
easily be recognized also. The vaude-
vile bill has many special features Of
excellence. Among those who contrib
ute to 1t are Conroy and Fox, Drum
mond Staley and Belle Birbeck, the
great " niianls. the three Viiona sis
tiers, Mr.. Van and Miss Vera. the four
Troubadours. and Mr.. Flatow and Miss
Lunn. The biograph Is shown after
moons at and 5, evenings at $3.50 and
1920
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-06
"sunset" Tours.

e. e. Currier, Of No. 9 state street,
Boston, Mass, Is the New England
agent for the Sunset personally con-
Quoted tours to the Pacific coast
Leaving Washington every Saturday in
Pullman tourist sleeping cars the trav-
eler is transported through the south
ern States, and reach Los Angeles in
four days and San Francisco in five
days without change of cars or attend
ants. The route precludes the possibi-
lily of delays which are sometimes in
evitable in the northern States during
the winter months, and every detail of
arrangement for the safety and COM
fort of the patrons of this line Is look
ed after in the most careful manner by
competent and courteous officials Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle are reached
in seven days, with but one change Of
cars, after delightful ride through the
garden state of California
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DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL EVENTS,
Other Social Notes.

A small but decidedly pretty society
event of yesterday was the ladies'
luncheon given by Mrs. Horace Wells
at ler charming home on Trumbull
street for her mother, Mrs. Griffin or
Lyme. BY judicious floral treatment
extra charm was added to the rooms
The tables were attractive with cut
flowers. Among those present We're:
Mrs. James Hoppin. Mrs. Salisbury,
Mrs, Moseley and Mrs. Benjamin
Bacon.
Miss Marion Whitney, who spent the
holidays in Washington, d. c., as the
guest of her brother, returned to town
yesterday Miss Emily Whitney Is
making preparations for two or three
weeks trip to Washington to visit Mr..
and Mrs. Whitney.
Word reached here that Mrs. Charles
S. De Forest and Professor and Mrs.
Du Bots, who have been in the Ber-
mudas for the holiday season, sailed
yesterday for home.
A New Haven party who sailed Sat
urday for a six months trip abroad
included Mr.. and Mrs Victor Thorne,
Mrs. Thorne's grandfather, and MI.
Henry Sanford, brother of Professor
Sanford of Yale. Part of the winter
will be passed in Rome.
An event of interest in New York
society to-day will be reception given
at Sherry's by the New York chapter,
D. A. r. The presiding orator will be
a leading member of the international
arbitration conference, taking for his
subject THE Proposed Bond of Peace
Between All Nations Mrs. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox is down for the read
ing of an original poem on the day S
program. Another feature will be songs
by Sokiehi Kudzouka of Japan. The
committee Of arrangements are Mrs.
Clarence Postly, chairman; Mrs. Roger
A. Pryor, Mrs. Donald Mclean, Mrs.
r. Ogden Doremus, Mrs. Gertrude Van
CORTLAND Hamilton, Mrs John Russell
Young, Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mrs.
Carolyn Halstead, Mrs. Walter Curry,
Mrs. William Winslow and Mrs. Ed
ward T. Bartlett.
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ENTERrAINMENTS.


santa MARIA was presented petore
a fair-sized audience at the Hyperion
theater last evening, and it is to be re-
peated this evening. The piece is la
belled romantic comic OPERA" which
is term so broadly comprehensive
that 1t includes anything from grand
opera to vaudeville. 1t is The compost
ton, both as to words and music, Of
Mr.. Oscar Hammerstein, bess known to
fame as theatrical manager, some Of
whose ventures have been more Crigi~
nal than successful. This present at
tempt has enjoyed success for several
months at the Olympia and now sallies
forth to conquer the provinces, This
is not Mr.. Hammerstein'S initial ven
ture,' to employ the diction of the pro-
fessional world, because he has already
blessed the public with Marguerite,
q ballet after the French style, which
was given in the most charming man
ner at the Olympia last year. Mr..
Hammerstein has a. passionate desire
to please the public, so in Santa Ma
ria he has tried to satisfy all the null
tiple longings by giving them taste
of all the popular forms of musical
compositions now in vogue. Naturally
to provide excuse for this variety Oh
entertainment is perpleXing task.
The resulting plot is somewhat battling
to the simple mind, and people say
strange, incoherent things apropos OF
nothing except to prepare the mind for
arias, topical songs or Whatever the
emergency demands. Moreover, the
music is somewhat crude. Mr.. Ham
merstein is not practical musician.
Heaven sends him ideas, put ne mas TO
entrust them to other people LOT mar
monizing, which IS a methoa hkely 70
hamper the development OF even the
greatest genius.
But Mr.. Hammersteln eVlaehtiy 10y,
ed TINS OFFSPRING OF ms praln any
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