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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
AIDED HIS rRIBrD 10 SUICIDE.
Told Osborne 10 Sboos Himself in
tho Head, and Saw Him DO II.


tho Head, and Saw Him DO IL.
NEW YORK. July %, 1S97-Adolf Wise,
sixty years old. of Fifth avenue and
Sixty-fifth street. Fort Hamilton was in
the Coney Island Police Court today
charged with aiding and abetting a man
to kill himself. He admitted that he had
furnished William H. Osborne, his friend.
with the revolver with which Osborne
afterwards shot himself. He was held
in the sum of $1,000.
Il accompanied Osborne to the woods
said Wise, in court, and when Osborne
asked me how he should shoot himself,
replied: You are an old soldier; you
ought to know where to shoot in order
to Kill. Shoot at the head e Major Os-
borne is dying at the Norwegian Hospi-
tai, Brooklyn. with bullet in his brain.
Wise ran TO the Fort Hamilton avenue
police station yesterday and said man
street, near Stewart avenue. The police
found the man lying there with revolver
beside him and a wound in his temple.
Wise admitted having been with the dy-
ing man earlier in the day. He was lock-
ed up on charge of Intoxication. Os-
borne is said to have been major in
-'the Seyenty-first Organized Regiment
At Osborne's address, No. II West l27th
street, it was learned today that Mr.. Os-
Exchange until two years ago. A won-
an who was related to Osborne, said
Mr. Osborne left home a little over a
week ago on a little trip. During his abb
sence we received three kilograms from
him. all coming from the lower part of
the city saying that he expected to be
we felt no alarm for him. When he left
the house he had only a small sum of
money and no weapon of any descrip-
ton.
Il can think of no motive for this act
He had, however, been in poor health for
nearly a year and was attended by DR..
H. H. Warner, OF No. 14S West Forty
fifth street, who is a friend and member
of the Old Guard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
GOVERNORS DAY.

Especial to The Jersey City News."l
SEA GIRT. July %. 1Ss7-This was Gov
ernor,s day in the State Camp and q very
gloomy one indeed The men of the
Fourth Regiment had been hoping for
pleasant weather that they might show
Governor John w Griggs. Brigadier Cen
eral wanser, the commanding officer, and
the other post officials what they could
do in the way of drilling. 1t rained mostly
all night and did not let up this morning
1t was more than likely that the ground
would be too wet to permit the review by
the Governor of the evening parade. The
drills today were cut on account OF the
weather and the men kept under their
tents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
OFF FOR SEA GIRT.
City Officials Leave Their Desks TO
Enjoy Governors DAv.

Today you couldn't find city official
of any prominence at his desk. From
Mayor Hoos downwards there was a rush
for Sea Grit this being Governors Day
Finance Commissioners Brautigam
Bailey, Simpson and Kellers forgot tax
budgets, scraps over concurrent powers
with the Street and Water Board and
tits with the Mayor and hurried to the
Pennsylvania depot, where a big mob
was present There was the Mayor with
a smart looking hat on his official head,
Robert Davis. George T. Bouton, Martin
Finck. President W. F. Midlige of the
Board of Aldermen, and many others.
Mr.. Charles B. Thurston came in the
depot, but when he saw the rain he
quietly went back to his Office and his
work Some took the $40 train and others
the 9:15 There must have been nearly
fifty well known people starting for the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
Masl,fngton Interested.

WASHINGTON, July %. 1S97.-Professor
Willis Moore, Chief of the Weather
Bureau was very much interested in the
report cabled from Christiana, NorwsfS,
that a carrier pigeon arrived yesterday
bearing this significant message stamped
on its wings
North Pole, 142 W. Al, c."
The pigeon was supposed to have been
loosed by Andree, the daring Swedish
balloonist, and to be the announcement
that he had successfully reached the pole
Professor Moore, however. although he
believes sufficient time has elapsed for the
receipt of such message, is inclined to
look upon the report as a canard If
the bird had been freed by Andree he
thinks the ring on its foot would have
been marked with his name and the mes
sage would have been signed. He also
points out the fact that the message was
not dated. Still if it should prove to be
true the news win be especially pleasant
for Prof Moore, who on the day after
Andree started, after careful examina-l
tions and pressure in the Arctic region
for this month. predicted that If Andree
reached the Pole the, air currents would
indicated and hand him eventually near
Point Barrow on the north coast of
Alaska.
With regard to Andree's means of locat-
ing the pole Professor Bigelow, the mag
netic expert of the weather bureau says
that he would unGuestionably use the
navigator's sextant The sun is always
above the horizon at this time of the
year and there would be no difficulty In
getting observations. OF course at the
Pole there is no longitude, but he could
know his longitude until within a very
short distance of the theoretical Pole.
The magnetic needle would be valueiess
practcay az s9fn @ aasune blo d On aIeouRs .S a;
the needle. The magnetic Pole is longi-
tude 9S west and latitude 70ia north. This
would render the use of the needle still
more difficult
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
$4,000 FIRE AT PORT JEFFERSON

New York, July g. 1S97.-A fire at Port
Jefferson, L. l., at an early hour today,
caused much excitement and did damage
70 the extent of $4,000. 1t was raining
hard and the Volunteer firemen were
quickly on hand with streams, but the
fire practically burned itself out. ]. NJ. &
B. F. Bayles general store, L. H. Davis &
Co.'s meat market, the Village Feed Com
panys store and A. F. Davis, Jr's feed
store, were consumed. What caused the
fire has not yet been ascertained The
damage is but half covered by insurance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
LADY BRAssBY INJURED.

IBy Cable to The Associated Press.]
MELBOURNE, July %, 1s97.--Lady
Thomas Brassey. wife of the Governor
of Victoria, has met with a serious acci-
dent While outs driving. her horses, a
spirited team, took fright and ran away.
Lady Brassey was thrown out and
severely injured, two of her ribs being
broken.
In February last Baron Brassey was
thrown from his horse and badly hurt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
BACK TO WORK.

Especial to 'srhe Jersey City News"i
PATERSON, July 22 1S97-A comprom-
Use having been effected the weavers in
the Gallans Brothers mill returned to
work today The strikers have secured an
advance of from 10 to Is per cent.
The strike in the Dolphin Jute mills was
also settled yesterday after two months,
and the men will go to work on Monday
morning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
DRAGGING FOB THE LOST HEAD

The New York Harbor police, with three
launches. are at work today dragging the
Hudson River. off weehawken, for Gull
deusuppe,s head. The New York police
believe that 1t is probable that Mrs Mack
and her lover. Thorn. who are accused of
the murder Of Glildensrppe, went over to
Christie the day after the murder was
committed and that probably they threw
the head overheard from a Weehawken
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
MURDERED BY BURGLARS

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July %, 1897
Word reached here today to the effect
that Marcus Nicholas of Daniels Farms,
small settlement eight miles north of
here near Parlor Rock, was murdered
during the night by burglars who shot
him to death Nisholass' sister was also
shot bq the burglars, and is rejorted to
be in serious condition. The police of
this city were notified and detail have
gone to the scene. The country is being
scored for the murderers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
UNKNOWN SCHOONER SUNK.

\ BOSTON. Mass, July e. 1s97.-A dis
patch from Nobska, vineland Sound, this
morning, says that an unknown three
masted schooner was sunk during the
night On Hedge Fence Shoal. There were
nd further particulars.
The same dispatch says that an un-
known two masted schooner is ashore on
the MI idale ground near that port.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
CAN'T SHUT OUT OUR
GRAIN.

IBy Gable to The Associated Press.1
BERLIN. July %. 1Ss7.-The .'Reich-
sanzeiger" says that the proposal that 2
decree be issued temporarily excluding
foreign grain, in accordance with the
petition of the Farmers Alliance, is in
consistent with existing treaties and
therefore impracticable.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
london Interested.

[By Gable to The Associated Press.1
LONDON, July o. 1S97.-keen interest is
felt in geographical circles here as to the
result of Andrees polar expedition, and
this is greatly increased by the arrival of
the pigeons at Soevde and at Tromsoe
Island, though there is some doubt as to
whether either bird came from Andree.
1t is a curious fact that the inscription
'142 W. AZ, 62,s agrees exactly with the
geographical location from which the
London experts believe they might hear
from Andree at about this time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
THE CURRENCY SCREED.

WASHINGTON, July p, 1ss7.-It is ur-
derstood at tho Capitol today that the
President will send in his currency com
mission message immediately after the
tariff bill is signed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
Rain Cau.es serious Fioods.

WATERBURY, Conn, July %, 1897-A
rain of the proportions of = cloud burst
has prevailed here since twSA o. clock this
morning and as result flood has been
caused, which at eight o'clock gave indi-
cations of being the greatest on record in
Waterbury. The rain has fallen almost
incessantly for over six hours and it came
down in sheets. Two small streams al
ways troublesome in times of heavy rain,
have run mad, and thousands of dollars
damage has been done. The streams
are known as"Great'an Little Brooks
and they they run from the northern sec
ton of the city through the centre, at all
times underground. These brooks have
become ciloked and the water is pouring
in torrents into the streets. Cellars in
the northern part of the city are flooded
clear to the floors and lat $50 it was inn
possible to even guess at the damage.
Serious washouts were. to be found ev-
erywhere in the city. but there, were three
of alarming proportions. Manhan street
near the Naugatuck River is practically
annihilated The lower end of the street
was simply carried away. Great holes,
sometimes twenty feet deep, were gouged
out.
lUfOuS uOut Srt1 StAOCt tAC CAltAt Z 4Oe*0
bed was carried away and the gas pipes
and water mains were laid bare. North
Willow street, one of the principal streets
in the city, is filled with holes often ten
feed deep. Trolley service was suspended
absolutely during the early forenoon.
Where the roadbed had not been washed
away great mounds of sand were piled up.
The Central Square was a lake all fore
noon, with water over a foot deep. AL
most every cellar in the centre of the
city was filled to the floor above it. Sew
eral firms are heavy losers by damage to
stock stored in the cellars. At seven
O'Clock this morning water a foot deep
was coursing through the main corridors
of the post office. The sewers were con-
gested and the cutters and streets were
rivers. At eight o'clock the rain let up
and the rest Of the forenoon saw only
slight sprinkles
At least $4,000 damage has been done to
the streets alone. There is no way, at
present, of telling the extent of the dam
age In other ways, but it is thought to
be hardly possible that the damage will
he less than x40 ono nd if NAV he great eF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
SARATOGA FEELS AN
EARTHQUAKE.

SARATOGA, n. Y, July %. 1s97.-Earth-
quake tremors were felt here at three and
three-twenty o'clock this morning. The
vibration passed from east to west.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
MATTERS oEFACr.

New Jerseys best -four costs 25c. more per
barrel than ordinary -four. but worth dollar
extra wholesale only at ID. e. Cieary Co.'S
stores Greene and Montgomery streets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
BUCK By a TROLLEY CAR.

Mrs Julia Marony, sixty-five years old,
of No. rs Montgomery street, was struck
by il Greenville car in front Of her home
this morning. Her left arm and side were
ssix4,tiy sinjn-ed Dr. lAcGili attended her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22

..s.scre : no question about II Hoods Sarsa-
r-xIlsss IS she best blood purifer. This Is proven
II lis won5erful cures q 5locd diseases.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
HBATIBST RAINFALL.
City Deluged at an Early Hour
This Morning Records
Smashed.

st. Swithin, the venerable saint OF the
calendar who is supposed to have charge
of rainy days. is rubbing it in with ven
geance. Old country folk used to say that
if ii rained on his day. July II. it would
rain for forty days more, but il
..On st. Swithin's day it was fair,
Ye would for forty days see rain nae
mair.
The experience of the weather has given
some force of truth to the old adagefor 1t
now seems that the rain 1t raineth every
day, and tomorrow as we'll
Never for weeks, aye years. say the
weather sharps, has the rain fallen SO
heavily as it did in the early hours of
this morning. The downfall of rain during
the past week has been so great that por-
tions of Long Island and New Jersey nave
been converted into swamps, and crops OF
vegetables are suffering from too much
moisture.
1t began at five o'clock and there came
a storm which swept the streets with the
force of tornado. Umbrellas We're turn
ed inside out and the few unprotected
straw hats which were abroad at that
early hour were reduced to mush in few
moments. 1t seemed as though river
were dropping on the city.
The cutters were roaring torrents and
in many places the sidewalks were i'm
passabie. OF course the Boulevard suf-
fered. The top dressing was washed off
and it is now wrinkled and flIrrowed as If
a million ploughshares had passed over it..
The worst of it all is that the rain is
likely to continue for some days, only to
be followed by extreme heat. Reports
from every quarter show lowering skies
and outpourings from the heavens.
AS result of the heavy rains of the
past few days, the paving at Bramhall
and Ocean avenues, near one of the
sewers, has sunk ABOUT four feet and is
in very poor condition. 1t should be
ATTENDED to at once, before some one is
hurt
The registers on top of the Manhattan
Life building New York City, show 123s
inches of rain during July, and that is
about one-fourth of the average rainfall
Why said Mr.. Emery, this IS the
freakiest July on record. This Is the
greatest summer deluge that has happen
ed since we have been keeping records,
both for the number of storms and the Sc
verify of them.
"The first two weeks were the hottest on
record. Now we are having the wettest.
AS for humidity, it has reached the high
average of 81 degrees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23
JOHN CIBOTS DAY.

-Four hundred years ago, on the 18th OF the
present monitor thcreabouts-J John Cabot east
anchor in Bona Vista Bay. on the southeastern
coast of Newfoundland thereabOuts, again
about five years after the discovery of Waiting
Island by Columbus, an historic event only sec
ond in importance TO that greatest one in The
annals of geographical discovery. Its com
mcmoration will be somewhat obscurcd by the
Queens Jubilee. which outshnes it in the hour
but which in permanent historic impressive
ness does not surpass it.
Cabot or Cabotta, as his name is spelled in
the document presented to King Henry VII pc
ttionng him for sailing charter to discover
new countries, was an italian, a native OF Genoa
who had been citizen Of Venice, and who
finally established in Bristol, which was the
headquarters of his maritime enterprises. The
Kings charter is dated March ,, 1496, and ai-
thorlzed Cabot and his sons ito sail to all parts
countries and seas Of the East OF the west ana
"the North under our banner and ensigns with
give ships, and to set up orr banner on any
new found land, as our vassals and lieuen-
"ants.' Here is, no doubt found the origin of
the name Of the great island outlying the con
tnent which he was the first to discover, ana
which is now pretty nearly desolate as it
was four centuries ago, when his SHIPS dropped
anchor under its sterile, bird-haunted hcadlands
Cabots achievement pointed further way
to his own and others explorations, and fixed
his name in permanence among the most re-
nowned discoveries Of new lands and seas and
peoples who have ever lived. In ordinary times
! the incidents of cOmmemOratlOn which accom-
panied the anniversary would have attracted
attention more commensurate with their de-
servings, but in the glow of Her Majcstys Jul
bilec just now crescent. everything else on this
side of the world is more or less Obscured But
the name and deed of the stout old explorer
will outast the memory Of many kings, float
ing indissoluble in the older and older memory
of men while the sea bears up the grim Isle Of
his discovery and baptism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23
Uniforms AND PAGEANTS.

If used to be accepted as an axiom that Amer
cans disliked pageantry and looked upon uni
forms Of all kinds as n badge of seryility. But
like some other things that most people take for
granted. the belief rested on a slender basis OF
fact. There IS no evidence that Americans ever
objected to snowy pageant. on the contrary.
they have always liked fine spectacle ana
have never shown any backwardness in decking
themselves out in many-hucd uniforms. This
was 50 even in the days before the War, when
Jefrersonian simplicity was preached as n so
cial and political gospel. And during the years
since the War the liking for outward display has
been rapidly increasing, until to-day il never oc-
ours to any American. however intense may he
his Americanism, to feel the least alarm ut this
tendency
Nor IA there. in fact. any real reason for alarm.
One may easily scoff nj what he calls the van
ity which induces prosaic citizens TO trick them
solves ont in gorgeous and fantastic uniforms.
but M the worst it Is only n vanity that does
no harm to anybody. Indeed. the philosophy or
clothes has n proper place in the scheme OF He,
in spite of the scorn heapcd on the Idea by the
grabbed old Sage of Chelsea. There Is certainly
no need to prove this in the G Sc of soldiers, po-
Icemen lctter-carrlers and other public SER
wants. When Colonel Warning put his street
sweepers in uniform Tom" Grady and few
other patriots Of the same calibre loudly de
aoupced the order as an insult 10 labor Yet
every one Of sense today recognizes the wisdom
of the step. Instead of degrading the men, 1t
has actually raised them in the estimation of
the public, and, what is quite as important, has
done much to make them proud of themselves
and the work they are doing. The great sue
cess OF military schools for boys is due TO the
fact that, among other things, they recognize
frankly the philosophy OF clothes. and make
Use of 1t to enforce lessons OF obedience, dis
cplne. neatncss and good order. Whether we
regard II as a weakness or not, IL IS n fact that
average humanity is more powerfully swayed
by the concrete than by the abstract. And as
in the nature OF things principles are purely
abstract as a rule, 1t becomes the duty of those
who are set TO enforce principles to clothe them
somehow or other in the concrete.
Hence, in every civilized country in the world
the flag not only symbolizes loyalty, hut is Il
powerful incentive to loyalty. Yet from the
point of view Of pure philosophy. how absurd
II is that a mere piece of rag should play part
in the moral and spiritual life of man. Re
ligious bodies that put themselves on record
many years ago as opposed to forms and cere
monies are to-day considering whether they have
not ndoDtcd a mistaken attitude. After all. lu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23
PERSONAL.

Governor Tanner of Illinois has gone to tie WIGS
OF Minnesota to hunt elk
Lady Aberdeen presided at the convention OF inc
National Council of Women or CANADA WHO"
met In Halifax last week
Bishop John =. Newman (MethodsO Visneu
South Onondaga. n. y, on Sunday In winch low"
he WAS pastor Of his first church hfty years ago
He made an address In which he tod no" ne ""e
obliged TO walk n nine-mle circuit and speak at
four services every Sunday until member OF the
congregation took pity on him ana raiSed ."O"e
money to buy him "A horse. THE morse niu '"o''
legs" said the Bishop. "and had long iess' CON
seauently I could by turns either walk or rlue
without dlsmounting The salary Tor year
service was 500: and" said the Bishop. you owe
me $ of that money yet. The Bishop con anhcr
as a writer as a citizen, can attribute an 10
these elements: Conservation purity OF IT. rsgH
larty. constant reliance upon God through prayer
and hard work-the sweat Of the BRAIN
Charles b. Lore who has just been reapponted
Chief Justice of Delaware. under the new consul
tuition was graduated from Dickinson College III
1852 He studied law with Judge John X. findIay'
OF Philadelphia and. returning TO Deia"are. was
elected Clerk Of the Delaware House oi i'ep,
sentatlves in 1851. He then turned his attention
to the Methodist Episcopal ministry. and was ac-
cepted on trial and appointed to the Princess Anne
Circuit After a year he withdrew and iesumeo
the study of law under the late Chancellor Dah.e'
VI. Bates He admitted to the bar In 1901. III
1859 he was appointed Attorney General Ny 'oN-
ernor Salisbury and during his term conduc'ed
aumber Of noted cases In 1852. and again IN 1874
he was elected a Democratic member OF the house
of Representatives. in Congress. ana ms recoIu
there has always been considered brilliant. IN
1855 he was supported for United states oena.q
bur was defeated by narrow majority ~ ths
caucus of his party in the Legislature. on March
81, 1893, he appointed Chief justice, py uo'
ernor Tunne to succeed Alfred T. ROBINSON
Kingston. n. Y. June Estate Controller James
A Roberts has taken one of the old stone houses
of this city for the summer. 1t Is in Albany ave.
The Controller will bring his family mere i'r july
and August.
The late Mrs r. &. Bacon. Of Hartford, conn.,
Ieft e. OOo I'm trust to the Old Peoples Home In
Hartford Sums amounting TO more than S5o'"~
additional are left equally, in case of the death Oh
a son without issue to the Hartford Hospital the
Hartford branch OF tine Woman's Board oil roreish
Missions and the American Missionary Association.
Under similar restrictions FUND ~ Iclt 10 ''e
Congregational Home Missionary society