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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
RACE TRACK STRUGGLE
Supreme Court to Hear
Argument on the Nature
of a Majority Vote.
JOHN P. STOCKTON TO PLEAD
Was the Constitutional Amendment
Passed. Friday TO Be q
Field Day.
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Especial to ''The Jersey City News"
TRENTON. Nov. 49, 1ss7-In the
Branch Court today before Justice Van
syckel, Dixon and Collins, application
was made to have a date set upon which
argument might be heard upon the ques-
ton of whether or not the anti-race track
amendment had been adopted by a consti-
tutional majority of the popular vote.
The issue is that raised by Mr.. Allan L.
MeDermott incidentally during the recent
hearings on the application for a recount
of the vote. The claim is that to effect
the Incorporation of new provision in
the Constitution an affirmative vote
amounting to more than one-half of all
the ballots found in the boxes is neces-
sary. In issuing his proclamation, Cover
nor Griggs assumed that plurality vote
that is a vote in which the affirmative
exceeded the negative votes, irregular
ballots being disregarded, was sufficient.
Ex-Attorney- General, John P. Stockton,
and William D. Edwards appeared today
for the petitioners against the amend
ment. The State was represented by At
torney- General Samuel H. Gray. The pro-
ceedings were very simple and brief. The
Court consented to hear argument on the
question, and set aside Friday Of the
present week for the purpose.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
FIRED A DERBLIOT.
The Wendam Passengers Have a long
But Picturesque Voyage.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 1s97.-The Hol-
land-American Line steamer Vondam,
from Rotterdam and Plymouth, arrived
today with the passengers, both cabin
and steerage, Of the steamer Masdam of
the same line, which had an explosion on
board and was obliged to put into Ply
seneers who had experienced such de-
Law. were embarked on board the Von-
dam November 19, and proceeded to their
destination without further mishap. On
the Way across the ocean, however, they
were treated to the fine sight of a ship
on fire.
On Thursday, November 25, in lat. 4644,
Ion. 1909, a shipwrecked vessel was
sighted and Captain Duit altered the
course of the steamer and soon came
up with the wreck. A boat was low
cred and went to the wreck, which IVA. Was
found to be the English schooner Elite,
hailing from Goole, on the River Humber.
she showed but one foot of free board
amidshjps and was water-logged, her
spars and rigging were floating along
side and dragging over the rail- Both
masts were gone the foremast al the
deck. the mainmast about five feet be-
low the masthead. The hatches were
battened down and it was impossible to
say whether she was loaded or In bal
last.
The British flag fioated from the after
rail- the boats were gone and there was
every indication that she was recently
and hastily abandoned. The officer IN
charge of the steamers boat directed MS
crew to fire the wreck and returned TO
his vessel to report. The schooner was
soon enveloped in flames and could be
seen burning for long time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
A BRITISH INFAMy.
A Boy's Endorsements OF Notes OBJ
tanned bv Vile Pretext.
by Cable to The Associated Press

By Cable to The Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov 20, 1Ss7.-The Lord
Chief Justice is at present hearing an
interesting case, which is attracting the
attention of club men and members of
the aristocraticy here. It IS the suit of
a money lender who is seeking to recover
from an officer of the Guards, named
Clay, the sum of Ell, lib 1850, ,565). due on
two promissory notes cashed for Lord
William Neville Sir Edward Clarke, @.
c., representing Clay, examined the
plaintiff and showed that Lord Neville
borrowed large sums at from 30 to 10
per cent. interest and that in one case,
recently, the parents of a youth who had
endorsed Lord Nevilles unpaid notes, paid
the plaintiff $4,000 ($200, COO.
Sir Edward Clarke, for the defence, al
legged that Lord Neville secured Clay's
endorsement by trick, adding that he
asked Clay to witness his signature to
family documents of a private charac-
ter. These documents, counsel explained,
covered a paper in which there We're
Sits where Clay was asked to sign. The
latter demurred and asked to see the
documents, Whereupon he was told the
documents referred to the divorce of
Lord Nevill's sister, Lady Cowley.
Clay accepted the explanation and
signed, without having any idea until he
was sued that he was signing promissory
notes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
INTRUDERs IN OKLAHOMA.
Agent Wisdom Recommends Their
Eviction From Indian Reservations

WASHINGTON, No. 20, 1S97.-A remark
able and vigorous report has been made
to the Interior Department by Agent Dow
M Wisdom, in charge, of the Union
Indian agency in Oklahoma, where the
five civilized tribes are located. In this
Mr.. Wisdom says
'"The intruders must go. The intruders
have made the Indians doubt the good
faith of the Government and made 1t
more difficult to treat on the more I'M
portant issues of allotment and the break
ing up of tribal autonomy in the Nation
to which the individual Indian belongs.
sound public policy demands the evic-
ton of all declared intruders, and any
measure of expediency on the part of the
Department that temporizes with the
intruder or postponeS his removal on
more technicalities is fallacious and mis-
leading Let all the treaties be enforced
and all the safeguards secured to the
Indians be upheld in letter and in spirit
and then the Indians will make liberal
concessions and accept without murmur-
ing that change in the condition which
confronts them"
The report deals with a number of
important Indian developments. 1t says
the clamor for change in tribal autono-
my has produced Indian unrest ana d1s-
quietude, resulting in q determined puT-
pose on the part of the many of full
bloods who will act in their individual
capacity, to emigrate to either Mexico or
South America, and there purchase new
homes for themselves and families. This
movement, the report says, may grow TO
the proportion of a colony, and 1t is
understood that liberal grants of land
can be secured from the countries men
toned
sThis movement may settle the Indian
problem to a degree and thus happily re-
lieve the Dawes Commission. Congress
and others who have combatted with the
question for years The movement may
be chimerical or visionary, but l am dis
posed to present it seriously"
Discussing the judicial complications in
the territory, the report stamps the
change made in putting Deputy United
States Marshals back on a fee basis as
a great mistake.
The report takes roseate view of the
possibilities of SUCCESS of the Dawes
Commission negotiations.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
FREEBOOTER IN STRIPES
Court Of Errors Upholds the
Conviction of Bindernagle
of Little Monte Carlo.
Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News.,,l

lSptcldi " Lie JtISSy Nity views. J
TRENTON, Nov. 20, lS97.-The Court of
Errors and Appeals, today, confirmed
the conviction of Freeholder Phillip T.
Bindernagle, of Weehawken, for keeping
the poolroom generally known as Little
Monte Carlo. The court stood eleven to
two, Judges Garrison and Vredenburgh
voting to set aside the verdict.
Bindernagle was indicted at the April
Term of Court in 1896 for keeping dis
orderly hose in West New York, known
as Little Monte Carlo. Pool selling and
all kinds of gambling were carried on
there, and the evidence on which the
indictment was found was obtained by
Hobart Tuttle. Governor Griggs' private
shecretary.
Bindernagle was tried on September, a.
1896 and convicted on Tuttle's evidence.
He was sentenced to one year in state
prison. No fine was imposed. Judge
HudSpeth had fully intended to fine him
$780, but overlooked it some way. Inc
Judge was convinced that he had I'M
of everybody in the court room at the
time to convince him to the contrary.
Bindernagle has been at liberty on 5000
bail pending the determination Of the ap-
peal to the upper courts. When the
renittitur is sent to Prosecutor Winfield
by the clerk of the Court of Errors,
copy of it will be served on Sheriff Heller
and Bindernagle will be taken down the
road to serve his term.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
TECHNICALITIES THEIR HOPE.
Queer Defence to Charge of Fraud
-SrauifIefon.s strong Claim.

The time of the General Sessions Court
was occupied for nearly two hours today
in listening to arguments in two motions
one to quash an Indictment for obtaining
money under. false pretences and the other
for arrest of Judgment in the case OF
James Shuttleton, who was convicted OF
bigamy.
Lawyer Powell asked the Court to quash
an Indictment against William N, Barlow
for obtaining S93.79 from the estate of the
late Julius Fehr of Hoboken by false pre-,
tences. Mr.. Powell's motion was based
entirely on legal technicalities. He held
that the indictment was defective because
under the law there must be an intent to
defraud some person or body polite or
corporate, and an estate is neither of
these. Mr.. Powell talked for an hour on
this and other technical points. Assist
ant Prosecutor Noonan showed that under
the statutes the indictment need not deSig-
nate any person or corporation SO long as
an intent to defraud is shown.
The motion for arrest of judgment in
Shuttleton's s case was made on the ground
that the second marriage had not been
proven. A common law marriage. it was
held, is valid for the purposes OF a civil
suit but not in a criminal case. Judge
Hudspeth withheld decisions in both cases.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
MR. sWAPrlBLD BREAKS LOOSE.
Denounces Tammany, Jersey City
and the Catholic Church.

Before a congregation composed for
the most part Of members of the Order
of United American Mechanics the Rev.
Mr.. Swaffield in the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church last night, preached on
The Modern City,
Boston he said has been called "the
Modern Athens, while New York is
known as the Modern Babylon God
help New York when she shall once again
be a prisoner in the tolls of Tammany
Hall The Tammany of yesterday VIII be
the Tammany of today. I don't think
anyone would mistake Jersey City for a
holy city or mistake it for the new
Jerusalem.
1t has too many brothals, too many
saloons, too many gambling hellS to
admit of its laying claim to that title.
lis sidewalks are too bad and its govern
ment too corrupt. There is black star
over Jersey City, but the Star of Bethle-
ham shines too. The standard OF morals
In Jersey City is low, and therefore its
life is threatened. This city needs
saving and / urge the United American
Mechanics to work to that end. !"
Mr. Swafiield attacked the Roman
Catholic Church in the following man
ner:-'.When the historian speaks OF the
Holy Roman Empire he make an
audacious claim. Rome is neither holy
or Roman or an Empire. Thank God
the temperate of the Pope has been
broken. Let us stand by our public
schools. If the Romanists do not keep
their hands off let US cut them off. Put
the bibles into the public schools despite
the priests
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
GUTENBERG NOT IN IT.
John @. Carr Says the Race Track rs
20 Re Sold for Building Lots.


NEW YORK. Nov. 2s, 1S97-The fight
for the maintenance of horse racing in
Hudson county was officially declared
dead today by John C. Carr, one of the
Gutenberg race track big Four" Mr..
Carr gave out a statement as follows:--
"a call for meeting of the Gutenberg
Race Track Association will soon be is
sued, and then the track will be ordered
sold.
"There are 80 lots in the enclosure. upon
which fully 81, 100000 have been spent from
time to time in improvements. The pres
ent grand stand, clubhouse, betting ring
and barns are all fine buildings, especially
the clubhouse. 1t would make fine hotel.
at seems a. pity, but 1 don't see what
can be done with most of the buildings
now, except to have them torn down and
removed for old lumber The grand
stand and betting ring can't be used for
anything else. 1t will nearly all be dead
loss and the stockholders will be lucky Il
they get 80 per cent on the stock oGS-
standing"
7 The association has already received an
offer from a building syndicate which is
ready to buy the site of the old track,
cut it up into city lots and sell the lots
TO individual buyers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
GOVERNOR GRIGGS AS a WITNESS
He Testffies I'm a Paterson Case Be
fore vice Chancellor Pitney.

Governor Griggs was witness this
morning in case which took up all of
yiceIChancellor Pitney's time in the Court
of Chancery. 1t is the first time, it was
said, that he has been witness SINCE he
was elected Governor The Vice Cham
rellor administered the oath to and looked
at the Chief Executive as critically as ne
does in the case of any ordinary witness,
and there was nothing about the proceed
ings to indicate that such distinguished
citizen was in the,room
The case In which the Governor ap-
peared in was the application of Mrs.
Bophrina Burgess to have. set aside the
sale of the Hamilton Mill property in
Paterson under foreclosure proceedings
Mrs Burgess and the Continental Bank
held mortgages on the property subse-
auent to a first mortgage held by the
Paterson Savings Institution. The insti-
tuition foreelosed and obtained decree.
The Continental Bank purchased the de-
cree through Governor Griggs as its trus-
tee and had the property sold by the
Sheriff Mr.. Stevenson of Paterson for
Mr.. Burgess, asked to have the sale set
aside on the ground that she did not
have notice of the sale. Governor Griggs
testimony related entirely to the negotia-
tions between him and Mr. Stevenson in
reference to the settlement OF the
priority of their respective claims The
Vice Chancellor decided 70 set the sale
aside. but on terms which will secure the
rights of all parties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
CLIFFORD DOOMED.
CoUr1 of Errors Uph olds the Sentence
of the West Shore Railway Murders r

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News.'']
TRENTON, Nov. 90, 1897.--The Court of
Errors and Appeals rendered decision
today, affirming the conviction of Edward
Clifford for murder in the first degree.
The vote was unanimous.
On March 5, 1896, Clifford shot and NOR
sion Superintendent of the West Shore
Railroad in his office in the railroad depot
in Weehawken. Clifford, VINO was the
company's detective, had been drinking
heavily for some time He had received
a reward for the capture of Perry, the
train robber, who escaped from the
asylum for insane criminals in Mattea-
wan. N. Y, and went on spree. super
ntendent Watson discharged him, but
Clifford succeeded in getting reinstated.
The Superintendent discharged him again
a short time prior to the shooting. Cliff
ford felt aggrieved and the night before
the shooting he was heard to say that he
would have it out with Watson. On the
day of the shooting he made two visits
was not in the first time. Clifford went
away and drank more liquor When he
did see Watson but few words passed
between them. Clifford said in his de-
fence that Watson sneered at him and
greatly provoker him He drew his re-
volyer and shot Superintendent Watson
as he was sitting in q chair in front of
his desk. The wounded man was taken
to the Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
and died there a few days afterward.
Clifford was indicted for murder and was
June IL and II, 1896, before Justice Lippin-
colt, Judge Hudspeth and a struck jury.
The jury brought in a. verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree and offered
a paper to the Court containing request
on the part of some of the jurors for
mercy. The Court refused to receive the
paper officially, but said that it might be
filed. On July 13 Clifford was brought
into court and sentenced to be hanged
on September IA. The case was then taken
to the upper courts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
DANGER IN 4 TRENCH
Bank of the Montgomery
Street Sewer Gazing
In Near Hudson
Street
yesterdays ACCIDENTS THERE
A Small Boy Falls in the Water
aud Horse Runs Away on
the Embankment.
Yesterdays ACCIDENTS THERE

The Sheridan & Shea Company is having
the worst kind of trouble over the Mont
gomery street contract and the super
stitious among the workmen declare in all
seriousness that the job is a hoodoo one
The trouble over the stone crusher and
the subsequent delay in getting to work
on the repaving of the street, between
Hudson and Green Streets is well known
After that came the cave in of the sewer
and now a new trouble has arisen. When
it was determined to reconstruct the
sewer the Sheridan & Shea Company
was authorized to do the work. The sewer
was laid bare the entire length OF the
block and workmen tore away all but the
bottom of the old sewer. The consequence
OF this was that when the tide came IN
the water overflowed what remained OF
the sewer and began to wash away the
bank of the trench. This was soon dis
covered by representatives of the COM
pany and steps were Immediately taken
to shore up the banks. 1t is doubtful II
they will succeed The bank, especially
near Hudson street, was at noon TO-DAY
badly undermined and appearing to be
dropping away gradually The most seri-
Gus aspect of the affair is that the dis
appearing bank is directly under the south
rail of the Consolidated Traction Com
pany's track. Unless it can be stopped
the water win so undermine the road bed
that when a heavily laden car comes
along it will cause the track to sink and
dump the car into the sewer trench, much
of the manner of the recent accident on
the New York Central at Garrisons.
Up to this time the trench has not
been free from accidents, but fortunate
ly none of them have been attended
with serious results. Yesterday after
noon a. small boy was playing with some
companions around the trench when he
slipped into the opening IN the sewer at
Hudson street. The tide was setting out
at the time and the water was running
swiftly through the opening into the
river. One of the boys companions, with
remarkable presence of mind, caught
him and held on to him until some men
came to his assistance and dragged him
out. Had the youngster not held on to
his playmate the probability is that he
would have been carried by the swift
flowing water into that part of the sewer
which is not uncovered and which is
four feet high in the centre and killed
him. A runaway horse yesterday morn
ing ran upon the embankment made by
the earth taken from the trench and
dashed down the street By miracle
almost the animal kept its footing on the
slippery bank until it reached the Full
Ter Building, when he sprang to the
sidewalk and ran into Hudson street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
JARBCKI'S WOES.
All His Expensive Daughters
Marrying and Marrying
Christians, to Boot,

Cupid has been playing sad havoc of
late in the family of Justice of the Peace
Julius Jarecki of Jersey City. OF his
three daughters, but one now remains at
home The other two have married, and
without the consent of their parents.
First Ida married a Justice OF the Peace
from Hoboken. and now it leaks out that
Emma, the youngest OF the trio. mas also
been married on the sly, and has provoked
the parental wrath by SO doing.
Emma Jarecki is pretty. She was en-
ployed as model in a cloakmaking es-
tablishment in New York. 1t was the
desire of her father, who is a Hebrew,
that she should marry one of her own
faith. However, a Christian won her
heart and hand. The lucky man was
Prentiss Kipp, manager. of one of the de-
partments in the establishment OF Austin
Nichols & Co.. in New York. Kipp and
Miss Jarech met each morning as they
went to their several employments, and a
friendship was formed which ripened into
love. They courted many months. FIRE
quently Kipp sought the consent of the
stern old Justice to the marriage of his
daughter, but each time it was refused.
Two weeks ago, she ana a. klpp went ys,,d IN !,
Catholic Church on Third street, of which
Kipp is a member. On Miss Jarecki' S
promising to renounce the religion Of her
Mooney married her to Kipp. When Mrs.
Kipp broke the news TO her father q few
days later, he dismissed her and sent all
her belongings at once to the home her
husband had provided for her on Seventh
street. He even went so far, it is said,
as to write an obituary notice declaring
that. Emma Jarecki was dead TO the
law This he was about to insert in
the local papers when friends expostu-
lated with him. His better judgment pre-
vailed and he tore it up
The old gentleman still feels very keenly
his daughters action. When seen by a
reporter he said:-'fChildren are so un-
grateful nowadays. / might have known
what would happen. they had been keep
ing company so long. OF course 1t was a
shock TO me, but what is there to do.
Once those little words: I pronounce you
man and wife, are said, it takes lot OF
money to undo the mischief.
1t is said that reconciliation will be ef-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
A CHASTITY FIASC0.

[From the Evening POST of Saturday.
One feature of the Dingley BILL 1t IS
announced from Washington, is giving
the President concern, and his message
will touch upon it. This is reciprocity,
and its failure to work. But how can
Mr.. Mckinley refer to the Dingley Dill
at all without confessing its colossal
failure in it's professed main intent OF
raising a revenue? How can he fail to
urge upon Congress now, as he did last
March, the duty of raising a revenue
large enough to meet with ease and
promptness' not only current p<eds"
but increased pensions, and to do it
without delay, hindrance, or postpone
ment?" Here we are at the end of the
fifth month only of the fiscal year, and
the deficit is s46,Oo0,00O and steadily
mounting. The chatter about advance
importations'' being responsible has
ceased to be- even plausible In his most
lavish moment Mr. Dingley estimated the
loss on this score at no more than $50 0OOV,-
0O0 WE'LL his bill has heaped up SIG 00O,-
900 more of deficit in four months. TO go
on fattering the country with false hopes
about his bill any longer is to pile folly
upon folly. The bill is now a confessed,
a ghastly fiasco Unless mended in the
coming session of Congress, it bids fair
not only to ruin the Republican party,
but to cripple the Treasury and chill busi-
ness. 1t is only a question of time when
Master Dingley will have to eat his
humble pie, and he had better begin to
bolt it as soon as possible. It is bad
enough for man of his superior airs to
have made revenue bill which, in time
of expanding business, piles up bigger
deficit than the Wilson bill did in years OF
panic; he surely must see that it will only
make matters worse, for both his repu-
tation and his party's, to- go on lying
about his tariff
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-29
LINDsLBY-TROTT.

Last Thursday evening, at the home of
the bride, in Mt. Vernon, N. Y, oe-
Cured the wedding of Miss Eloise An
drews Trott and Mr.. Frank Wilson
Lindsey, of the Hasbrouck faculty The
Rev. Mr.. Forbes, of St. Johns Church,
this city, oficiated, assisted by the Rev.
DR. Colwell, of Chicago. The home was
tastefully decorated with palms and cut
flowers. Many beautiful presents were
displayed, among them those of Has
brouck pupils and friends. Maresi served
the supper.
The invited guests were Mr. and Mrs
Forbes. Mr.. and Mrs. Stimets, Mr.. and
Mrs Wait Miss Park. Miss Myers and
Miss Morris of Jersey City; Dr. McIn-
tire, of Carlisle, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs Trott,
the Misses Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs. Wood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stiler, Mr.. and Mrs. Tay-
lor. Miss Levy Miss Wilson, Miss Horner
and Mr.. Clark of Mt. Vernon; DIR. and
Mrs Colwell. of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs.
Merrifield, Of Brooklyn; Miss Randolph,
Miss Kudlich and Mr.. Lewis, of New
York