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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
HUDsPETH MBRCIPUL.
Prisoners in the Sessions Get Light
Sentenees-Tickee leave NJ an.s Fate

Judge Hudspeth tempered justice with
mercy in pronouncing sentences yester-
day afternoon. Otto Knop and George
Weigart were first called to the bar
Weigart had been convicted of stealing
articles from Gallagher's factory in Ho-
boken, where he and Knop are employed.
Fancy toilet articles and hand mirrors
are made in the factory. knop first
pleaded guilty when he was arraigned
several weeks ago. Then a lawyer saw
him and persuaded him that he might not
be guilty after all, so he was allowed to
withdraw his plea. Finally he decided
that he was guilty and changed his plea
again. Judge Hudspeth said that in
view of the previous good character of
the defendants and appeals made to the
Court by prominent citizens in their be-
half, he would suspend sentence on pay
Inent Of costs.
week to pay a fine of s1oO and costs for
cutting man with a knife, was officially
notified that unless the fine is paid be-
fore next Thursday he Will be sent to
Cornelius oNeill was sent to the peni-
tentiary for nine months for stealing
brass journals from the. -nnsylvania
for new trial having been denied.
O'Neill is a ticket-of-leave man, and this
conviction will force him to go back to
rape.
Thomas Fennerman and John Malady,
who broke into Pennsylvania Railroad
car and stole a case of shoes, We're sent
to State Prison for a year and five
months. Fennerman insists that he is
innocent, although he was caught in a
pawn shop trying to pledge some of the
stolen shoes.
Stephen Pfeiffer was committed to the
County Jail for Is days for embezzlement
This was his first offence.
John Reilly, steamship fireman, was
sent to the penitentiary for six months
for taking money out of another fireman's
pocket when they were both drunk
Judge Hudspeth said he was evidently
not an expert or he would not have picked
the other mans pocket in the presence of
several witnesses.
Henry Haufe. who stole pair of opera
glasses from his uncle, William Garner
and pawned them, was sent to the Coun-
ty Jail for thirty days Garner accused
his nephew of having stolen $40 out of
his pocket while he was sleeping on a
roof, but that charge was not sustained
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
WILLIAM r. sUhL174.ArI.
TIL B0ST ON, maass aai Ak ai.s2. ~ as
SILVER IN Peru.
Decree Suspending the Coinage
Of the White Metal Re-
eeived in Washing
ton.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May II, 1881
The State Department has received the
following copy of the decree promulgated
last month suspending silver coinage in
Peru
arising in the constant depression of the
silver metal demands rhat the national
executive power take such measures as
are within its legal faculties.
NO. /. To suspend the coinage of ma
tional silver money The mint will
therefore not receive bullion for that OBJ
ject.
g. Silver soles converted into an article
of commerce by the fact of thelE being
exported from the country. cannot return,
8. Consequently the importation after
the tenth of May next will be delivered
to the mint. This. article and the pre-
ceding one also refers to foreign silver
l. To render the foregoing article eff
fective the importation can take place
pulsory to make the respective manifest
at the custom house to be transmitted
by the custom house administrators to the
mint, there to he melted into bars at the
cost of the importer then returned to him
in this form
s. In the interior. prohibition will not
bring with them for their personal ex-
penses and which must not exceed the
sum of fifty soles.
6. The national silver money which is
removed from one port to another of
the republic. will be conveyed with a Gus
tom house permit, stating 1t has not been
imported, only shipped by ithe custom
house authorization.
Given at the Government House, this
ninth day of April, 1897.
(Signed,)
n. DE PIOIOLA. President
IGNACIO REY. Secretary of State
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
EDWARDS IN THE WAY.
why John boyd VIII Not Begin Hi
Term az Lamp Inspector Tomorrow

John Boyd, the ex-Cierk of the Board
of Freeholders. will not be able to take
possession of his new Office of Lamp
Inspector, tomorrow, as he expected to
do. Ex-senator William D. Edwards, act
ing for John T. Davidson, whom Mr..
Boyd was appointed to succeed, applied
to Justice Lippincott this morning for
writ of certiorari, and it was granted.
Davidson claims that he is protected by
the police tenure of office law. When the
Office was in the control of the Police
Commissioners and Anthony Conk held
it. Conk secured the passage of an act
by the Legislature extending the tenure
of Office law to the Lamp Inspectorship.
The question is whether the Office is still
under the control of the Street and Water
Board.
The writ of certiorari takes the removal
of Davidson and the appointment of Boyd
to the Supreme Court for review, and
the case will be argued at the June term.
The writ carries a stay with it SO that
Boyd will not be permitted to take the
Office It is suggested that If Davidson's 8
contention is void the Office will revert
back to Anthony Conk because his re-
moyal was illegal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
NO CUBAN SENSATION
If Mckinley Sends in a Message,
1t Will Be Entirely
Pacific.

WASHINGTON, May IA, 1ss7.-President
Mckinley has under earnest consideration
the advisability of sending message TO
Congress next week on the Cuban ques-
ton, but has not yet come to decision
in the matter though he is at present in
clined to send to the legislative branch a
communication suggesting that measures
be adopted to relieve the distress among
American residents in Cuba.
The message, if it goes in, will be en-
tirely pacific in tone, and, it can be stated
on good authority, will not be of a war
like sensational tenor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
IMMIGRATION BUREAU RETURNS

WASHINGTON, May ID, 1S97-The returns
received by the immigration Bureau during the
last several months show a marked falling
off in the number of immigrant arrivals in
this country. The number of arrivals during
the nine months ended March 81 1897, was
1924, as compared with 2os. $50 for the same
period in the fiscal year 1896 This is a de-
crease of 66.6S9 During April the decrease
at New York alone was 11,439, and during the
first eleven days in the present month the fall
ing off at New York was lo,So0. Commissioner
the entire country during the fiscal year end
ing June 80 next viii not be less than $4,000,
of which New York probably will show 70 900.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
DROWNING NARROWLY ESCAPED

Frank Boyle, a bridgeman, in the en-
ploy of the Hoboken Ferry Company, had
a narrow escape from being drowned this
morning. When the ferryboat Musconet-
cong was coming into the slip about S
o'clock. she struck the head OF the pier
and her stern shifted over against the
other side of the slip so that she was
unable to either back out or go ahead
Boyle walked out on the stringpsece to
throw a rope to her deck, but lost his
ed out of the water with a boat hook
and taken to his home on Park avenue
unconscious.
He revived later, however, and will re.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
MORE MERCER STREET DELAY.
Sewer Laying Stopped by Missiles
from the Junetfou Railroad Bridge.

from the Junction Railroad Bridge.
Work on the Mercer street improvement
has stopped again. This time 1t is not
the fault of Contractor M. T. Connolly,
who has to build sewer. there before
the street can be filed in. Connolly's
work is finished with the exception of
strip about one hundred feet long direct
ly under the trestle of the National Docks
Railroad.
Yesterday Connolly's men attempted to
work, but at intervals of every few min
utes, hammers, bits of iron, hot bolts and
such things dropped on their heads from
the trestle where iron men are at work
One man was Painfully injured by a ham
mer falling and striking his head Con-
molly has decided to do no more work un-
I'll the trestle is finished. That will be
Tuesday next.
Connolly will complete the sewer by
the following Saturday. On the Monday
next fe3lll9Swing 3lSNi Henry Byrne will com
macadam roadway which is to extend
from the viaduct approach to where the
asphalt ends The street will be
thrown open by June at the latest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
SENATOR DAILY RETURNS.

Senator William d. DAILY returned from
Hot Springs this morning. He looks as
though his sojourn there had greatly inn
proved his health. The Senator. came
back to see If he could get some irforma-
tion concerning the special session. He
said he was all in the dark over the
reason for the call and thought that the
Republicans had some scheme UP their
sleeve.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
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McCABE-william j., son of Judge
Thomas J. McCabe, in his 25th year.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from his late residence,
No 121 Brunswick street. on Saturday,
May Is, at $50 A. M, thence to st. Mary's $
Church.
.COoKE.-On Friday, May IA, 1897, at her
late residence No. q Sussex place
Julia Cooke, beloved wife of Richard
d. Cooke.
Notice or funeral tomorrow.
KAVANAGH.-Sudd on Wednesday
n May Il. 1897, John, beloved husband of
Mary Kayanagh.
Relatives and friends, also members of
the Exempt Firemen's Association, are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from his late residence, No. las Eighth
street, on Saturday, May Is, at 2 P. NJ
STEFFENS.- Thursday May Is, 1897
at Cambridge. Mass, Nellie. wife Of
julius E. Steffens and daughter of
Charles H. Buttrick
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services. on Saturday.
May 15. at two P. NJ, at the residence of
Mrs. Sophie Steffens. No. Isl Maple
street, Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
PROFESSIONAL THIEF AT TEN.

Joseph Augert, the ten-year-oltl thief
who was committed by Justice Nevin
yesterday for, tapping the till of an Italian
saloon keeper, was arraigned to answer
another charge today. James Wasdstein,
boy of having robbed him Of Ss5. Young
Augert is held to answer both charges.
He will. it is thought, be sent to the Re
form School
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
Cravatr Are Ancienf.

The cravat was once the name of great
the Balkans. 1t was their fashion to wrap
large shaws or pieces of cloth around their
necks and shoulders, About the middle of the
reign of Louis XIV. he uniformed several reg
irnents in the Croat fashion, with huge shawis
about their necks. The fashion took and the
shawl Diminished In size to the slight strip
of cloth we still have with us.-Philadelphia
Press
People buy Hoods Sarsapariila year after
year because 1t does them good. 1t will do
you good to take 1t
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
HIGH WATER III THE ADIRoNDAoKs

SARATOGA N. Y, May a. 1s97-All the
Northern New York and Adirondack lakes and
streams brim full as result of the heavy
rains during the past twenty-four hours; mag
nificent weather for crops.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14

There seems to be no demand for artists
houses in London. Sir John Millais house on
which he spent 100000, was offered at auc-
ton recently. but no bid made, and, after
trying to sell Sir Frederick Leighton's house
lily offered it to the nation, but the gift does
not seem to have been accepted yet-Ex-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
FRANK sUgBBRLAND's oIHoH.
The Now Law Gives Him an Acsior
Against tho Commissioners.

Mr. G. Frank Sutherland apparently
has the better Of his fight with the Street
and Water Board, and the four members
of that body who voted to abolish that
office have evidently gotten themselves
into heap of trouble. The Legislature
OF 1897 passed a law which distinctly
makes it a misdemeanor for any munich
pal officer to vote for veterans ..re-
moval by abolshing his ofTlce* ;
shall be guilty Of a. misdemesnor
This act is Chapter 35s and is found on.
page 142 Of the sessions laws Of 1897 1t
is entitled, An act respecting the EN-
ployment of honorably discharged Union
soldiers. sailors and marines in the public
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
QUEEN TO DINE ooNsUELo.


by Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, May "a, 1Ss7.-The Duke and
Duchess Of Marlborough will visit Queen Vic
toria today and viii dine and sleep at Windsor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, May IA, lse7.-Foreoast for
thirty-six hours ending s p NJ. Saturday,
for New York City and vicinity:-Clearin
tonight; fair and slightly cooler ION Satur-
day; westerly winds.
Hartnesa,s momes.rtReporx.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
NOTICE
is hereby givenethat
w alter Rents;
for the year
1S07-OS
will be
Due on the First Day. of May. 1887.

and the same will be payable to the Regis
trar at the Office of the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners, City Hall, Jersey
City.
Penalties for non-payment will be added
as follows:
On all rents remaining unpaid on the first
day of July following, one ~ per cent.
On the first day of September, two (2) per
cent.
On the first day of November, three %
per cent
Interest at the rate of seven "a per cent
per annum will he added to all rents remain
ing unpaid on the twentieth day of Decem@
Der following
Water rents for the year 1S97-9S will NOT
be received from property in arrears until
such arrears are paid
Board of Street and Water Commission
GEORGE t. BOUTON, Clerk
Dated Jersey City, April 80, 1887.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-14
Furnishings,

Z uFisaSEHEESgSs
GREAT
SHIRT WAIST
SALE.
Hundreds to select from, and our
prices the lowest. All Waists fit
perfectly and are of the best make. flfln
Lawn and Percaae Shirt Waists, Vut.
this Seasons latest effects, QuU
Large and up-to-date line of LADIES'
and GENTS STRING TIES AND BOWS
at prices Within reach of all.
Large assortment of BOYS FAUNTLE-
ROY BLOUSES and SHIRT WAISTS,
in all the leading colors, at popular prices.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
The Situation at Mobile Improvfu

Mobile, Ala, September 27.-The re-
port for Monday has greatly revived
the spirits Of the people here. They
accept it as an indication that the
energetic efforts to surround the dis
ease and stamp it out are meeting with
success. Three new cases were report
ed at noon for the previous tw~enty-four
hours. The only death reported was
that of Florence Barlow, aged % years.
h lived in Elmira, near Lipscomb. A
peculiarly sal feature is hat she was
engaged to be married next month, and
during her illness, and even after her
death, her f1ance was not permitted
to see her nor attend her funeral, the
regulations being 20 strict that none
outside Of the physicians, clergy and
undertakes may approach fever cases
A summary OF the situation of cases il:
Total to noon, 81: total deaths, s; dis
charged. rs; remaining under treat
ment, 20.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
Superior Court

The fall term of the superior of
New Hanover county convened yester-
day morning at 10 o'clock, His Honor
Judge Oliver H. Allen, of Kinston, pre-
siding. The officers OF the ,cour in at
tendance were Solicitor M. C. Richard
son; Colonel John D. Taylor, clerk,
Mr.. Preston Cumming, assistant clerk,
and Deputy Sheriff w. w. King.
The first case on the docket to be
called was that Of Mrs. Jennie T. Rit-
.tenhouse, administrative, against the
Wilmington Street Railway Company.
1t was continued till the afternoon in
order to examine DR.. Burbank as to
the sickness of a witness who could
not attend. The case went over in the
afternoon as DR.. Burbank could not at
tend.
The next case was that Of Mrs. En-
ma J. Walker VS.. J. B. Mercer, ct al.
On accoun of the absence of a witness
in New York this case was continued.
Several motions were made in cases
on the molten docket for time TO file
~pleadings and and for con-
tinuances. In the case of Joseph S.
Sneeden VS.. the City of Wilmington,
for damages for killing his horse. the
plaintiffs COUNSEL prayed for judgment
upon failure OF the defendant to put
in an answer. 1t was shown that the
answer had been filed in time. but was
not sworn to, so the motion Of the
plaintiff was denied. The case was set
for a hearing next Thursday.
The court took a recess till 10 O'Clock
this morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
A CARPET.
A Jubilee Gift to Queen Victoria That
Took a Year to Make.

A Jubilee Gift to Queen Victoria That
Took a Year to Make.
The beautiful carpet presented to Queen
Victoria by her women admirers in Great
Britain in commemoration of her diamond
jubilee was made by twelve women. who
tied 4,262. 400 stitches in it. The idea of the
gift originated with Princes Mary AIDE
laide, Duchess of Teck, who took the
greatest interest in every detail OF the
making. The design Is symbolical of the
vast Empire. The ground Of the carpet
is of the richest crimson, on which is
found lighter shades of the same collar.
In the center is the garter Of royal blue
and gold, surrounding the monogram 'V.
r. L." and these circulated by the crown.
dates 1Ss7-1s97. The four corners represent
respectively, India by the tiger, Australia
by the kangaroo, Canada by the beaver.
and South Africa by the Elephant. Each
symbol Of the mutual strength OF Great
Britain and her colonies, and each sur
mounted by the crown Of imperial su-
premacy Connecting these corners and
entwined by a broa d ribbon of blue are
the rose shamrock, thistle and lotus on
in with a band of oak leaves in gold on
ruby.
The size Is 1s feet 9 inches by 1s feet 5
inches. . The yarn employed was the
best English grown. and III pile is nearly
an inch thick. This magnificent carpet
the combined gift Of the Duke and
Duchess Of Teck. their family and some
sixty counties, represented by women Sec
retarfes% Of the British Silk Association.
promoters Of the British Industry. The
carpet was placed In the coronation rooms
at Buckingham palace, and L. only used
on great occasions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
Our Relations With Snain

Madrid, September 27.-The United
States minister, General Stewart l..
Woodford, paid visit of courtesy this
morning to the Spanish premier, Cen
eral Asacarraga.
Several of the newspapers of this city
a1lege that General Woodford has said,
in interviews with their representa-
tiwes, That the negotiations between the
United States and Spain on the sub
ject OF Cuba have not begun and that
he has only had a preliminary hat
with the Spanish minister for foreign
affairs. The general is quoted as hav-
ing added that he found the duke Of
Tetalan to be a most .amiable n able
man and that no uitimatum to Spain
was delivered, as that country would
not put up with it, and because the in
tention OF the United States was only
to offer it's good Offices in the most
friendly terms.
Secretary Sherman still, according to
the interviews in the Spanish news
papers, desires a prompt solution of the
question, by November at the
latest, as he fears the limoges" will
make themselves heard on the reas-
sembling OF congress.
Finally, it is alleged that General
WoodfOrd has said that in the vent of
complete accord being established be-
tween Spain and the United States. the
latter will take measures. to prevent fl
clustering.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
The Yellow Fever Scare

Yesterday was one of wild rumOrs in
the city concerning the yellow fever.
One report was that there were wv
cases in Columbia; another was that
there were two cases at Florence, and
still another that there were two cases
in Charleston. Later, the number of
cases in Charleston was magnified to
five. Investigation into the rumors
proved that they were without founda-
ton. There vas a IN Columbia
on account Of the detention OF a train
for eighteen hours on Sunday because
a mar on board was sick with a. fever,
but it turned out to be a case Of ma
larial fever. It is supposed this ex-
perience Of South Cardinals capital
city led to all IA other rumors We
are glad to learn that u sister cities
are free from pestilence, and we are
specially gratifed ITO report hat the
health of Wilmington is good, barring
the usual amount Of ordinary sickness
at this season Of the year..
In this connection, we call the at
tention of our board Of health to the
fact that there arrived in the city yes
terday a man from Cedar Keys, Fla,
who came off the American schooner
Senator Switzerland, which had w
deaths on board from yellow fever,
while at Port au Prince, Hayti. The
vessel went from here to Port au Prince
with a. cargo OF lumber, and the
mar who came back yesterday shipped
on her for the voyage. The vessel is
now at Cedar Keys and the man is
here. In all probability, he has been
off the vessel long enough to void any
danger Of infection, yet it would be
well for the board of health to inves-
tigate the matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
No Pay Dirt There

A very ragged and very unwhole-
some-looking tramp stopped at the
back door of a small house in Avon
dale, and addressing himself to the
housewife who appeared in response
to his knock he said: Madam. per-
haps you have heard of the greet gold
strike on the Klondyke river?"
II don't believe l have. Only strike
I've heard of is the one about coal"
You don't know, then, madam, that
the gold fairly sticks to ones clothes,
until it can be taken out with a curry
comb?"
Il don't believe any such thing"
Nevertheless. it is quite true. A
man who lies down to sleep on the
ground wakes in the morning with
chunks Of gold stuck to his coat like
burrs."
The woman looked at him very cold
ly.
Yes, ma'am. l suppose that these
clothes Of mine, If assayed properly,
would yield about $12, O0O."
The woman remained silent.
But what, madam, is gold to me
little dabs of it like that? / have made
my pile up there and am Independent.
/ don't need to bother about such little
things. What / was going to say is
that, feelin~ n large sympathy for
striving folks, / would be willing to
trade you this coat and these trousers
for your husbands Sunday suit, al
lowing you the benefit Of whatever ore
you find in assaying."-The Chicago
Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Harrisburg, Pa, September 27.-En-
gineer E. Bennett Mitchell was killeE
and Fireman John r. Cauley seriously
injured this morning by the explosion
of a locomotive on the Northern Gen.
trail railway. at Georgetown, a few miles
north of Harrisburg. Mitchell was
thrown UP the side of a mountain, a
distance of sixty feet and was dead
when found. Firemen Cawley was
hurled in an opposite direction almost
to the edge OF the Susquehanna river.
He was so badly lscalded that it is
thought he Will die. He was removed
to the Sunbury hospital. MitchelPs
body was brought to his home in this
city.
The wrecked locomotive came out of
ing, and the railroad officials cannot
account for the explosion. The boiler
was blown 159 feet. and slighted CO. the
m~OuntainSide, which rises at IN angle
of so degrees from the track. The
trucks were thrown into the river and
the tender along the bank. All the
ears except the rear Pullman sleeper
were derafled.
None of the passengers were injured,
although several were badly shaken up.
The explosion occurred opposite q
MATCHBOX, Which was reduced te
kindling wood and the Waterman badly
hurt. The wires and track fos a dis
tance of $50 yards were torn up and
Geographic communication and travel
was suspended fOr several hours.