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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
FIVE SALOON TRIbVBs TAKEN
Gang Found I'm a Easement I'm Golden
Street Held by Judge Potfa.

Patrolmen Tooman and Dougherty, of
the Gregory street station, arrested a
gang of five thieves shortly before four
O'Clock this morning in the basement of
the house, No. Is Golden street, where
they were carousing and enjoying the
fruits of a raid they had made two hours
before on the saloon of Hugh McNulty,
No. 279 Grand street. The men arrested
were:-Patrick Hayden, q years old;
John Walsh, 25 years old; John Small, 3S
and Michael Kilmurray, "a years old, all
of No. IS Golden street
McNulty closed his place at one O'Clock
this morning. AT 2:30 o'clock Patrolman
Dougherty found the front door open. He
called McNulty, who found that the
saloon had been entered and that the
thieves had secured about $25 worth of
money and goods. He made an inventory
of his losses as follows:-$6.5O in cash
from the til, two boxes of cigars, two
bottles of whiskey and twelve boxes of
cigarettes. Patrolman Dougherty searched
for the members of the gang but could
not find them. He searched the basement
in which they make their headquarters,
but they were not there. He reported the
result of his investigation to McNulty,
who said there could be little doubt as to
who committed the theft He asked
Dougherty to return with him to the
Golden street basement. On the way they
picked I'D Patrolman Tooman
On reaching No. Is Golden street the
officers heard the sound of laughter and
singing coming from the rear of the base
ment. They entered the rear yard and
forced an entrance into the basement.
They found seven men crowded into one
small room, the only furnishings consist
ing of two chairs and an old bed. On the
bed We're two men sleeping. When the
officers entered the singing ceased and the
men made a dash for the door. PATROL
man Tooman headed off two of them and
McNulty took care of two more. Hayden
made dive for the window, but before he
could go through it Dougherty grabbed
him and dragged him back into the room.
A desperate fight ensued before Hayden
became submissive. The stolen property
was found in the room This morning
the police arrested Michael Harris, an
other of the gang. All the prisoners were
arraigned before Justice Potts in the First
Criminal Court this morning and were
helds for examination tomorrow morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
DIED FOB HER CHILDREN.

NEW YORK, Dec. q, 1s97.-Adrs. Lizzie
Gallagher was burned to death last night
at her apartments in Brooklyn in her
efforts to save her children. The baby
had pulled the cloth from the table, up
setting the kerosene lamp. Mrs. Gall
lagher's clothes caught fire, but she de-
voted her efforts to rescuing her little
children, neglecting herself: Covered with
burning oil she carried her three little
ones to safety 1t was only than that she
thought of herself, and, running to a
neighbors bedroom, rolled herself in
blankets. 1t was too late, however, as,
burned from head to foos, she died quick
ly after reaching the hospital where she
was subsequently taken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
NEW JURY PANEL.

The following petit jury has been drawn
by Sheriff Heller to serve two weeks -
Jersey City-James Wakefield, Joseph
Manning, William I. Lucellum, John
Sweeney, John Galloway, Luke Hogan,
Bernard Lennon, James Burke, Robert
Biewitt, William Roche, Albert schofield
George Colbrath, A. NJ Carroll, Louis
Ackerman, John Weldon, Robert Mercer,
Albert Mansfield, WilliaN Dugan, John
Lyons, Charles Young, Philip Maxwell,
John Ricketts,, Stephen Ibbs, John E..
Wright Ferdinand Chapman, Thomas
Lynch, John ]. Lally, John Hutton, Jas.
H. Leather Joseph Kearny, Henry Smeld,
Francis McDevitt, John E. Dufrayne, John
Kelter, Dennis Toomey, David II. Johnson
William Hanbury, Matthew T. Maloney,
Charles Lewis.
Hoboken-William Wirth, James Lanni-
gan, Joseph Lagomarsini, Andrew Black
burn, John Nealon, John F. Shannon.
Town of Union-JameS knight, August
Kreiger, jeremiah O'Connor.
West Hoboken&Emil Doublepois, Will
lam Lloyd.
North Bergen-Jacob Hensche, William
Lehman.
Guttenberg-Michael Clark.
Weehawken-Jacob Barrick.
Bayonne-Charles Franks, Christopher
Coyne.
Harrison-James Short
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
THE WIFE WON'T SIGN.
Interesting Suit Before vice Chan
ceIlor Stevens To-day.

Vice Chancellor Stevens, in the Court of
Chancery this morning, listened to argu-
ment on the application of Charles H.
Jewett for an order to compel his wife to
sign a mortgage for $1,000 on property in
Hoboken. Jewett and his wife are living
apart on an agreement entered into be-
tween them after suit for separation,
begun by the wife upon the ground of ex-
treme cruelty. According to this agree
ment Jewett was to pay his wife $12 a
week and she agreed to sign any mort
gage which he might desire to place upon
his property.
Jewett, who is produce dealer, recently
joined the New York and New Jersey
Produce Exchange. The membership fee
is $1,000, and being 81, 200 short of that
amount he proposed to raise the balance
on mortgage on some property he owned
in Hoboken. When he asked his wife to
sign the mortgage she refused. He then
made his application for an order to com
pei her to sign.
Senator Daily appeared for Mr.. sJewett
and Mrs. Jewett was represented by
James Minturn. The Vice Chancellor re-
served his decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
THE ERIB's DUPLICITY.
objects to an Improvement
Promised to Sustain.

The Street and Water Commissioners
held a brief session this afternoon. OBJ
iections to the proposed opening of Bald
win avenue were called for. Three were
presented. The most important one was
from James Allen, who represented the
Erie Railroad He objected to the i'm
provement for almost every conceivable
reason, but principally because it will put
the company to the. expense of building
a bridge over its proposed new cut
The astonishing part of the Erie's pro-
test is that the company agreed in the
track elevation contract not to oppose
the opening of Baldwin avenue in any
particular The company's objections will
not be sustained. Protests We're also filed
NV Sophia Freebel and William Bender.
The objections will be considered next
week.
TO the proposed construction of a sewer
in Hoboken avenue and the improvement
of Danforth avenue no objections We're
made.
John Rivellen was appointed inspector
of the reconstruction of the Jackson ave-
nue. sewer, and Thomas Lillis improve
ment of Communipaw avenue. The Board
is to meet again Wednesday morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
STOLE A CASE OF WHISKEY

John Lunduski, of No. 64 Essex street
was arraigned before Justice Potts in
the First Criminal Court this morning,
and was found guilty of stealing a case
of whisSey from Emanuel Gross, of No.
313 Henderson street. John Mouniski, OF
No. IS Steuben street, who was arrested
as an accomplice, was discharged Lun-
duski admitted stealing the goods from
in front of Gross store while drunk. Lun-
took the whiskey to Mouniskis house,
telling him that he had received it as a
present They drank it together. Lun-
diski promised to pay Cross for the wais-
key Justice Potts suspended sentence on
payment of costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
VETERANS MUCH INoENsBD.
Dismissal of Comrades by the Free
hooters Rouses Their IRE.

The Executive Committee of the Vet
erans Rights Association will hold an i'm
portant meeting at the residence of Major
w. B. Simmons tonight. 1t has been de-
cided to hold regular meetings on alter
nate weeks instead of every Saturday as
heretofore.
The veterans are much incensed at the
action of the Board of Freebooters in
dismissing their brother member, George
Kreigh, who was employed as a carpenter
at the Court House. They threaten pro-
ceedings against the members of that
Board for violation of the statute, which
they assert makes it a misdemeanor for
a public board to dismiss a veteran
against whom no charges have been pre-
ferred.
Freeholder Fagan especially has aroused
their ire. The members are warm in their
eulogy of Senator DAILY for his conduct
Of the Jennings veteran case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
COURAGEOUS RBsOU Els AT A FIRE
The Janftress of "a Burning Building
Saves the LEfe Of Her Chtad.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 1S97.-The lives of
firemen as well as some of the inmates of
the burning apartment house, No. Sal East
Forty-first street, were imperilled at a
fire today. Two were hurt but not dan
gerously. They were a fireman and a
man residing in the burned building. Fire
man William Cullen was caught between
the burning building and the one next
door and overcome by smoke. He was
rescued by Fire Chief Welch and Fireman
Connolly.
The janitress of the building, Mrs. John
Tiesdale, rescued one of her children and
had returned for her other child when she
lost her way in the smoke filled halls.
Alfred Varney, who lived on the first
floor heard her cries for help and sue
ceeded in effecting her rescue, but he
himself was severely burned. Neverthe-
less he returned again to seek the wom-
ans child, whom he subsequently learned,
had been rescued.
one with a baby in her arms. jumped
from window and landed safely. A po-
lceman rescued another woman. The
damage by fire was only 5000, 1t appears
that a Christmas tree in the apartments
of the janitress caused the fire.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
MONEY ROLLS IN.
Collection Of Taxes Far Ahead
of Last Year-Mr. Smiths
Red Hot Fight.

City Collector Simeon H. Smith has col
lected so far 81, ,169, ,S50.14 on account Of the
new years taxes. Last year at the same
time only $l,045,S 5,S99.31 had been collected.
The amount collected to date represents
about one half of the entire levy.
Tax payers have until January 10 in
which to pay their taxes before interest
pates collecting at least 100000 more by
that time.
Il am making a great effort to get the
taxes in,' said the Collector this morn
ing. 1T would please me greatly, II we
could this year collect a greater percent
age of the taxes than ever before.
Property owners understand that they,
must pay and why they viii hold off until
the last minute l cannot understand In
regard to the collection of personal taxes,
l propose making a red hot fight"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
JOHN NUTLRR FOUND UNCONSCIOUS

While Patroiman Bose of the Ocean ave-
nue. station was walking along Grant ave
nue. about ten o'clock Christmas night he
found man lying on the sidewalk. The
man was apparently unconscious, and
Bose summoned the patrol wagon. At the
station house the man was attended by
DR. Limeburner. He was found to be
very sick and had fallen down when Pa
troinlan Bose found him. He said his
name was John Muller of No. 125 New
York avenue, Union Hill. He said he did
not know. how he came to be, that far
he was in a dazed condition he must have
wandered around for several hours, and
becoming exhausted, tainted 1t is very
fortunate that Miller was found, other
wise he would have been frozen to death.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
NEW CUBAN. CABINET.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 1S97-The new
Cuban cabinet, which, with the Captain
General of Cuba, will form the executive
organization under the new autonomous
regime, will be announced during the
present week. according to the expecta-
tion of Spanish officials here.
There is no doubt that Senior Galvez
will be the first Cuban Premier. He mas
been long prominent as the leader OF
autonomist party in the island. He is
described as a man of wide influence
among the most substantial Cuban ele-
ments and popular with the people at
large.
Senor Amblard will be another name in
the Cabinet list if he will consent to
take a place. He has been in Washing
ton for several days in conference with
the Spanish Minister and left here last
night for Cuba. 1t is possible that Senior
Amblard may prefer to continue in par
liamentary life, in which case it is be-
lieved he will become the leader of the
Cuban party in the Cortes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
CHIEF MURPHY EXPLAINS.

Chief of Police Murphy made the fol-
lowing statement this morning regarding
the change in the tours of police duty,
which went into effect today THE Po-
lice Board at it's last meeting directed
do duty alike. This order went into eff
feet today BY it's provisions the men
who have been doing day duty in the
day squad are renanded to regular duty
and the men all do that tour in turn.
The men who have been in the day squad
were excused from reserve duty and had
every night home, as they were not re-
auired to sleep in the stations. This day
squad outside Of the First and Second
precincts amounts to only about two men
in each precinct and they are usually
mounted men. In the First and Second
precincts, where a section of men is not
enough for day duty, the day force is
increased by detail called the day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
VAN WYoK's FIRST.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27. 1S97.--The name
of Mayor-elect Van Wyck's first staff APP
pointment was made public today. He
has selected John W. Keller for Commits
sioner of the Department of Charities.
The place is worth $500 year. Mr..
Keller is Yale graduate, and during his
college days he was the stroke oar of the
varsity crew.
Mr.. keller was the editor of truth
at the time of the appearance of the
famous Morey letter in the Garfield cam
paign. He was the managing editor of
the defunct Recorder" OF late he has
been on the staff of the journal and Ad-
vertiser, writing the society column
signed 'sCholly Knickerbocker. He has
been president of the Press Club.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
STEAMER IN STRAITS.
Llanthony Reaches Port and the End
of Her Coal at the Same T'ime.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 1S97.-The belated
tramp steamer, Llanthony Abbey, which
left Dunkirk on November q, arrived
safely in port this morning after most
tempestuous passage of thirty days. Cap
tain Townsend of the Llanthony Abbey,
on arrival at Quarantine, this morning,
reported that the voyage was the severest
he ever experienced but the vessel came
through all tn storms in good shape
the crew were well, in spite of the
hardships of the voyage. About three
tons of coal were all that were left in
the bunkers and the supply of provisions
just sufficient to last them in getting
into port. Captain Townsend stated that
the weather consisted Of a succession of
terrific westerly gales with tremendous
seas.
For several days the vessel made no
progress, battling with enormous seas
for many days she logged less than 100
miles per day, her best days run being
rs miles On Christmas Eve the steamer
ran into a fierce blizzard, the wind blew
with great fury, accompanied by heavy
squalls and high seas, ending in a furi-
Gus snow storm. Strange to say she
managed to escape any serious damage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
TOO EAGER FOR W9IsyEY.

NEW YORKER, Dec. 27, 1S97.LThe Cor
oner, today, received letter asking him
to investigate the death of James Flanni-
gan, laborer, who died yesterday. DR..
D. F. Lyons, the attending physician,
who wrote the letter, suspected that
Flanagan had been poisoned. He quoted
Mrs. Flanagan as saying that fellow
workmen had given her husband pois-
oned decoction to drink. 1t now develops
sive sublimate, thinking it whiskey. and
that Patrick McNulty is dying as the
result of making similar mistake. They
with three other men, who are recovering
from the effects of the poison, last Mon
day were removing the furniture from a
house on Fifty-second street when they
discovered small demijohn labeled Pure
rye whiskey" Its real contents turned
out to be corrosive sublimate. The men
not suspecting this all sampled it with
the above serious results.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
HOUSEWIVES SURRENDER.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 1s97-The House
smiths and Bridgemen's Union made a
complete surrender to the firm of ]. B. &
J. M. Cornell today. This is their third
recent defeat at the hands of the Cor
nells. Because of the alleged employment
of non-union iron workers on the Syndi-
cate building being erected at Park Row
and Ann street, this third strike was or
dered ten days ago. Including sympathetic
strikers, carpenters. hod-hosters brick
and tile layers, there were 800 men who
found it difficult to purchase Christmas
blamed for this state of affairs, and today
they all returned to work, as they had
threatened they would regardless of
whether there was a settlement or not.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
GRAND BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
The Leading Bowlers TO Compete AT
the Madison square Garden.


the Madison square Garden.
NEW YORK, Dec. q, 1S97.-For the first
time since bowling gained firm foot
hold in the East will the bowlers of
Greater New York and neighboring cities
have an opportunity of displaying their
skill in public This is a chance that the
sturdy knights of the wooden sphere have
long been waiting for, and it will come
with the Sportsmens' Exposition at
Madison Square Garden on January 1S
next Four regulation alleys of pine
wood, with maple at both ends, are to
be erected on them. They alleys and
competitions are to be decided on them.
The alleys and competitions to be held
are ineharge of Samuel Kaiff, Secretary
of the American Bowling Congress. Two
of the alleys will be kept open for the
public On the other two the tournament
will be held.
There will be a headpin tournament
open to all, three best tickets to count:
each ticket entities a player to roll five
balls, the contestants to be allowed to
roll as many times as they may choose
The winner will receive a handsome
trophy offered by the Brunswick-Balke
Collender Co., and which will be em-
blematic of the headpin championship OF
the United States. In addition to this
these will be several hundred dollars In
cash prizes.
What should prove highly interesting
tournament will be the one between
thirty-six leading bowlers of Greater New
York and vicinity. Each contestant VIII
roll seven games and in order not TO
make the affair a long, drawn, t1resome
one, the total pins will count, American
Congress-
The contestants will be divided IN
'spairs" according to their averages IN
previous tournaments. One pair" will be
scheduled TO roll in the afternoon and an
other pair in the evening. In this way
each contestant will only be obliged TO
journey to the alleys once and the spec
tators will see new faces in every con-
test. The players scoring the Creates,
number of pins in the seven games Will
receive as his regard a handsome trophy
donated by the Sportsmen's Association,
No entrance fee will be asked IN this
competition.
The following well known players have
been asked to compete: J. L. Martin, ].
Sellers, j. Boemmerman, n. Boemmer-
man, A. Silver, ]. Winserenfeld, J. REM
pei, w Meyers, H. Schaffer, II. Iiede-
mann, r. Mullins J. McClog, T, Brill, W
III. Mcclellan, John SohL r. Menninger,
Phi Wolf, DR.. H. Timm, DR.. S. Timm, A.
Paulser, l.. Stein, p. Schultz, j. Thum,
K. Storr, D. Shiman, ]. Leuly, II. kahls-
dorf, 7 Clinch. ]. j. Clingen, J.. p. AZ AT.
mold G. Klingelhoffer, D. G. La Due ".
Gerdes, C. Rehm. D. F'rercks and A IL
Sievers. -
On Thursday, January 20. at three P. M,
there will be a contest for the newspaper
championship. This competition will be
open only to bowling and sporting writ
New York Three prizes will be offered
for the three highest scores.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
MERCY TOO LATE.
Prisoners Pardon Recommended To
day. But He Died Last FrIday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 1S97.-The petit
ton imploring Governor Black to pardon
Diederich Tragman, of Brooklyn, who is
accused of being a professional bonds
man. shas been sent by the Governor to
District Attorney Olcott for his afIirma-
tion or dissent.
Tragman was sentenced to two years.
and six months imprisonment two years
ago. District Attorney Olcott said today
that he thought Tragman had been suffi-
ciently punished and that he would rec
ommend his pardon to the Governor
Just as the friends of Diederich Trag-
man seemed likely to have their efforts
to secure his release from Sing Sing
crowned with success, a telephone mes
sage from Sing Sing announced that he
died in the State Prison there of heart
disease on Christmas Eve
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
DASHED DOWN THE SHAFT.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 27, 1897
John Agnew and Thomas Kennedy met a
horrible death today in the Alden Shaft.
They had been sent down the shaft to
cut the ice which prevented the carriage
from running. Starting at the top con-
trary to custom, they cut away the ice
until the car had descended 200 feet, when
it stuck. The men could not signal the
engineer. and the rope continued to coil
on top of the bonnet of the car until its
weight forced the carriage beyond the ice
formation. The car descended swiftly
until the rope broke when it fell 450 feet
The men were dashed to pieces. The en-
gineer said he had warned the men to
begin cutting the ice at the bottom.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
THE COTTON GOLD BRICK.

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 27, 1S97.-It is ex-
pected by those interested in the cotton
manufacturing situation that the State
Board of Arbitration and Cancellation will
be called upon TO take upon the matter
of the cut down in wages which goes
into effect the first of the year in many
places, but up to today no intimation that
the services of the officials are desired
has been received from both manufac-
turers and operatives in Massachusetts
The board. however. has had the matter
under discussion several times and is fully
asked to do so.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
BUOY PLAYS TRUANT.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 1S97.-The obser-
yer at Sandy Hook reported about ten this
forenoon that the buoy with it's perch and
cage on the tail of Romer Shoal he be-
lieved was missing, as it was not visible.
Governments steamer Ordnance which had
Just reached her dock from up the bay,
on the way down passed the tug Ocean
and there was noticed attached to the
rudder of one of the barges, a buoy which
is believed to be the missing buoy.
The tug Ocean King passed Quarantine
at l0:15 A. NJ bound in with three barges
in tow, the rear barge having the missing
bouy foul of her rudder.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
FACED YOUNG GRIFfo UNAWAREs

Z SAN FRANCISCO Cal. Dec. 27, 1897
Young Critic, the prize fighter, and Billy
Starr, who has fought few battles
met in the loft of a stable on Golden Gate
avenue, last night, and Young Mitchell
stopped the fight in time to prevent Starr
being knocked out. Afterward Starr cnal-
lenged Peter Jackson to fight. The color
ignorant of the fact that he was fighting
Young Griffo. He had told Mitchell that
he could whip any man in town, and
for that reason Critic was put up against
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
The DEFICIT TALLY,
[From This Mornings Tribune. y

The United States Treasury received
last week-five days-from customs 81
o3s,1s2 against s2,ess,6 GOA in the preceding
week; from internal revenue, $2746,Oe2,
and from miscellaneous sources s1O3, ,726,
making total of $4,sS2,97o against s15,-
1872, ss5 in the preceding week. The re-
ceipts for the month to date amount to
$45, ,5232 23o, and the payments to $2355o,Ooo,
making the excess of receipts over ex-
penditures $21, ,ss7, ,2sO.
True December deficit to date. about
s., ,52e, no.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-27
A HUMBLE LgAR's END.

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. q, 1Ss7.-An
unusual suicide was that of L. W. KAN
pei, tailor, who was found by his
daughter dead on his work bench He
had attached a rubber tube to the gas
let and from it inhaled the gas until he
was overcome. He was at one time quite
wealthy and had divided his property
among his children, whose ingratitude
weighed upon his mind.