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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
CIVILIAN VERSUS SOLDIER.
New Chapter In Germany,s Interne-
cine War.
R1f CahIa IN fhx limited fs..a.


BERLIN. Jan. 27, 1ss7.-The second trial
of former Lieutenant v. Brusewitz on
the charge ofsstabbing the workman Siep-
mann at Carlsruhe has jast ended in the
conviction of v. Brusewitz.
The court martial found him guilty and
sentenced him to three years and twenty
days in Jail.
1t Will be remembered that the Kaiser
annulled the finding of the first court
and ordered a second trial.
me case, sufficiently sensational in it
self, achieved further notoriety by The
SUPPRESSION of the play .sMorituri" at the
Court Theatre of Carlsruhe in connection
with it Lieut.; Frstzchen," one, Of he
parts OF the trilogy, contained illusions
to the Y: Brusewitz case, thinly disguised,
which offended the military commander Of
the town, General v. Bulow.
He appealed to the Grand Duke to PRO-
hibit the play, The Duke was appar-
emily reluctant and the General look
heroic measures
He forbade his men ito go to the theatre.
That settled it At the last moment the
Duke put his foot down and '.Morituri''
was not given
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
MIXED THE CUSTOMERS DRY.

BROOKLYN. Jan. n, 1Ss7.-Joseph San
over, of 112 Van Horn street, Jersey City,
in the Butler Street Police Court, Brook
1yn, today, on a charge of larceny, made
by the Borden Condensed Milk Company.
Sanover is known as Kid Ryan He
First street. New ork, who committed sui
eide Saturday.
Detectives Scanlon and Kelly say the
Borden people have 1b complaints against
Sanover for collecting milk bills
He was not employed by the company,
but, It is claimed he has been systemati-
cally collecting bills from unsuspecting
housewives.
He pleaded not guilty,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
SCHOOL ROOMS WARM ENOUGH now

The heating apparatus In all the public
schools were doing business as usual this
morning and no children were sent home
to get warm. Had the cold snap come on
any day other than Monday no trouble
at all would have been experienced, but
the schools are not warmed on Sundays
and it was not until eleven O'Clock. yes
terday morning that the rooms in the
different schools became thoroughly
heated
Over 1,5O0 children were sent home yes
terday morning from schools No. 4, 9, 20,
"a and 25
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
10 FIGHT IN RETIREMENT.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. 1ss7-ColoneI
James s. Casey, Twenty-second Infantry,
will be placed on the retired list of the
army tomorrow on reaching the age limit
of sixty-four years. He was a private in
the Seventh Regiment, New York State
Militia, until June, 1861, when he entered
the regular army as second lieutenant.
He was breveted major in 1865 for gal
lantry at Fort Steadman, Va, and as
lieutenant colonel in 1890 for conspicuous
bravery while leading his command in a
successful charge against superior num-
Der of Indians strongly posted at Wolf
Mountain, Montana, during the winter
campaign Of 1867. For the latter action
he also received medal of honor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
CHICAGO'S BITTER COLD.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27, 1897 The cold wave
that began Saturday night has abated
little in its severity. At midnight and up
to A. M. the temperature remained at
8 degrees below zero. From A. M. to
. A. M, it has been one degree colder.
the mercury standing at A below Snow.
which began falling about Z A. NJ, still
continues and adds to the discomfort of
to o'clock this morning the tempera-
ture In Chicago has remained for 70
hours below the zero mark. This breaks
all previous records.
Ine weather Bureau announces this
morning that the sewers cold will con-
tinue the rest of the week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
MANaLINa THE TREATY.

WASHINGTON JAN 272, 1sS7.-The Sem
ate Committee on Foreign Relations to-
day considered the general treaty Of ar
bitration between this country and
Great Britain without sreaching conclu-
sion. The general drift ;9f the discus
sion indicated that the instrument must
be amended so as to eliminate any pos
sible inclusion of questions concerning the
domestic or foreign policy of either Of the
contracting parties,
1t Is believed by some members of the
COMMITTEES that conclusion will be-
reached at a special melting on Saturday
and that the treaty will be reported to
the Senate Monday \
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
TAPPED a GAS POCKET.
Deadly Explosion in UnfontowD
Pa Coal Mine

UNIONTOWN. Pa, Jan. q, 1857
About five o'clock last evning gas ex-
plosion occurred in mine owned by
Shields Laird and the Hurst Coal Com
pany, at Smock Station. on the Red
Stone branch of the Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston Railroad. Two men were
blown to atoms and seven perhaps fatally
injured and two less seriously. The
names of the dead are:-
Charles McQuistar
Peter Hauser.
One of the miners drilled into a pocket
of gas and as naked lights were used,
an explosion followed. The seven men
most seriously hurt were terribly man
gied. several having their eyes blown out
while others were so badly burned that
great pieces of flesh dropped from the
homes
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
CONFESSED MURDEREss.
MRS. Creger Pleads In the second
Degree for killing Anderson.
SDecidl to the Jerscu Cttu Nctr>,

NEWARK, Jan. q, 1897. Mrs., Gertrude
Creger, who shot and killed her common
law husband, Charles r. Anderson,
colored, at their apartments in Bloom
field on December ID last, was put on
trial for her life in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer here this morning.
The panel of jurors was almost ex-
hausted before the trial jury was COM
pleted. Mrs. Creger quarrelled with An
derson because he had neglected her. He
slapped her face, when she drew a re-
volver and shot him in the heart. The
evidence was direct against the prisoner,
who was expected to plead justification
for the act. claiming that her life was in
peril.
At noon counsel for the defence volun-
teered plea of murder in the second
degree, which terminated the case and
the prisoner was remanded for sentence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
SUED FOR PAINTINGS.
Ackerman Executors Want Charles
W. Allen to Return Certain Pictures

A suit brought by Earle Ldnsley and
Elmer M. Billings, executors of the es-
tate of Lawrence J. Ackerman, to recov-
er oil paintings worth 81, 900 from Charles
w. Allen and Lavinia, his wife, is be-
ing tried in the Circuit Court today. The
plaintiffs claim that Mr.. Ackerman gave
the paintings to the Aliens on August /,
1885, with the understanding that they
were to be returned when he wanted
them. Aekerman died in Florence, on
May II, 1896. The executors made a de-
mand on the Aliens for the paintings, but
len claims that he has a lien on them
for vanishing and touching them up
One Of the pictures is known as the
s.0ld sAckerman painting
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
CHILD THROWN By 4 CARRIAGE

Celia Angie, nine years old, Of No. .20o
Warren street, sustained painful scalp
wounds yesterday afternoon by being
knocked down by horse driven by Oscar
Kreig, of No. 127 Jersey avenue The
child was pushed against the carriage by
playmate while running across York
street from Public School No. /. She
was taken home by friends.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
PATERSON MILL STRIKE.


PATTERSON, Jan. 27, 1S97-Three hun
dred and fifty hands employed in the
Phoenix silk mandatory, refused to go
to work this morning.
The Gold Rod mill employees were the
first to strike. The employers conceded
their demand by increasing their wages
20 percent.
strike has led the employees in all the
other factories to believe that they, too,
can get wages restored to last fall, rate
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
KAISER Is THIRTY EIGHT.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

BERLIN. Jan. 27. 1s7.-Today the
Emperor is celebrating his thirty-eighth
birthday with his family at the Scnloss,
and in commemoration of the day has
conferred the decoration of the Order Of
the Black Eagle upon Doctor Won Luz
canus, Chief of his Majesty's Civil Cabin
ct, and Doctor MIGUEL, Prussian Minis
ter of Finance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
BARTENDERs HAVE A BALL.

The Bartenders' Association held their
annual ball-not the other kind-last
night in Columbia Hall. and it was well
patronized by the gentlemen who mix the
drinks So artistically. The grand march
was skillfully conducted. Among those
present were:-President Conrad Mencken
of the Mencken Association; Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Schmalfeldt, Mr.. and Mrs Anton
Kruse, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Benson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Kaiser, Misses Oberfelt, Anna
Schultz and Emma Goldstein, Messrs, J.
J. Voorbach and Richard Klein.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
NAVAL AoBRBIT1Es.

WASHINGTON. Jan. H, 1Ss7.-The
complaints which have reached the Navy
Department regarding the offensive at
titude of Lieutenant Commander Alli-
bone, of the cruiser Columbia, towards
the men under him, have not been deem
ed by Secretary Herbert Of sufficient
gravity TO lead to a court martial, and
has expressed his determination to take
no further action in the present instance.
Captain Sands, Chief Engineer Harris
and Lieutenant Commander Allibone have
been privately reprimanded for filling
some of the boilers of the Columbia to
trim the shin 4
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
SCARED THE BURGLAR AWAY.

Burglars attempted to break into the
residence, No. 100 Palisade avenue on
Sunday night. One of the panes of glass
in the rear window was broken and the
lower panel of the kitchen door was split.
The noise of the breaking of the panel
awoke those in the house and the robbers
were scared away
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
~. 0OYLE ASSOCIATION.

The Michael J. coyle Association of Ho-
boken held a largely attended meeting
last night in its rooms at Newark and
Washington streets. The semi-annual
election of officers resulted as follows:-
william N. Parslows President; NJ. J.
Murry, First Vice-President; David Van
Wyk, Second viee-P President; Martin Coo
Than. Third yice-P President; Henry F.
Meyer, Fourth yice5Pres:dent; Cornelius
Quidore Treasurer; Thomas S. Field. FL
nancial Secretary; III n. Barck, Record
Ing Secretary; Fred Hansen, Corresponds
at Arms. and Edwin Havens. Steward.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
HoBoXEN's NEW WATER SUPPLY

1t was expected that the Hoboken Wa.
ter Board would take some action at IT'S
meeting last night on the proposed new
water supply but the matter was not
discussed. The Commissioners passed
resolution to pay tho Hackensack Water
Company $1,000 on account. Some claims
We're ordered paid, and the monthly pay
roll was passed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
BURGLAR CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Edward Canovan was caught at an
early hour this morning IN an attempt
to break into the residence No. 567 Grand
street He was arrested BY Patrolman
Gonser and large knife and chiseI was
found On him when he was searched in
f17esF esFGomnauhipaw avenue station house.
He said that he Iiveds at the Montauk
House on Montgomery street and was
held by 5uafice Douglass this morning
f1x the Grssad jury
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
SYLVIA ATHLETIC CLUBS DANCE

The Sylvia Athletic Club held IT'S an
nual entertainment and reception last
evening at Pohlmann's Hall. The hall
was crowded and dancing followed the
entertainment. The club has recently
moved into its new headquarters on South
street and is once more in fourishing
financial condition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
BRITISH GOLD BUGS.
Bv Cable to The United Pres..

LONDON, Jan. q, 1ss7.-The members
of the House of Commons who are in
favor of a gold standard currency met
today and reelected Sir John Lubbock
chairman of their organization.
1t is announced that the members who
favor bimetallism do not intend to take
any action during the present session of
Parliament
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
WoL0oTT's SILLY PILGRIMAGE.
Bu Gable to the United Pres

LONDON. Jan. 81. 1Ss7-United States
Senator E. O. Wolcott, with his family,
started for Dover this morning en- route
for Paris, where he will continue his mis-
sion in the interest of bimetallism Among
the passengers on board the train with
Mr. Wolcott was General Charles Paine,
of Boston.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
FLYER DERAILS FLYER.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 27, 1891. The
westbound Union Pacific flyer ran into
two Pullman sleepers of the eastbound
flyer at Tie Siding. Wyo., at one o'clock
this morning. The eastbound train had
gone on to the side track to let the other
by, but had not cleared the end of the
switch. The westbound train crashed
into the rear sleeper, dsrailinaS 1t and
partly wreckjng its side. The engine was
also badly damaged. No one was injured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
PLUMBERS SET TIE HOUSE AFIRE

Fire was discovered in the basement of
No. 100 Railroad avenue shortly after one
o'clock this afternoon. 1t was caused by
plumbers who were thawing out pipes.
The damage was slight. The building is
three-stery frame one, owned by Will
lam Elverson ana occupied by several
families
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
JUDGE DOUGLASS EASY TIME.

Not prisoner was arraigned before
Justice Douglass this morning in the
Oakland avenue police court and only one
in the CommunipaW avenue court
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
TIE WONDERFUL OLD Man.
Bu Cable to the Lnited Pre.,.

BU Cable to inc United Press
LONDON, Jan. 27, 1Ss7.-Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone started from Hawarden for
London this morning en- route for Cannes.
Both are in excellent health.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
PEFFER,S SUCCESSOR ELECTED.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 81, 1S97.-At noon
today the Kansas Legislature met In
Harris to the United States Senate, to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 81, 1S9a-For the sS
hours ending. at eight P. NJ, Thursday.
For New York City and vicinity ;-Threat-
ening, with snow tonight and on Thurs
day morning; sta ticnary temperature;
northerly winds.
Hartnett,s Theirs na s1er Report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
MATTERS OF FAnr

New Jerseys best flour costs Csc. more pea
barrel than ordinary -four. but worth a dollar
extra. Wholesale only at D. e. Cleary Eo.ss
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT

Calendar for Thursday January 2S, 1897.
Circuit Court cases. Nos. 141, 1859, 20S,
A4, 1o1. rs and 7D1. .sss's'. '' (
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13
SCHOOL NO. 8 INSPECTED.
Hudson City Association Delighted
with the Alteration.

By invitation Of Director of Education
Frederick j. Mersheimer, Messrs. Robert
S. Muir, Wallace Black, H Wackernan
and Frederick Kraft, a committee repre-
senting the Hudson City improvement
Association, on Saturday afternoon last
inspected the improvements made in
School No. 6, Central and st. PauTs ave-
nues. Through the efforts of President
of the Board of Finance Henry Brauti-
gam an appropriation of 49, 700 was Sc
cured for making the alterations and inn
provements to this school. During the
long summer vacation men have been at
work daily under the supervision of Mr..
Mersheimer, and as a result the school
has been put in a better condition than it
has been in for years. The members OF
the committee inspected the improve
ments closely and expressed themselves
as well pleased that the appropriation had
been expended to such advantage.
The exterior of the building has been
painted for the first time in many years
in fact, it is the new wing of the school
and had never been painted before. The
danger of an epidemic from the sewer
water. which formerly lay in the cellar,
has been lone away with by the introduce
ton of an entirely new system of drain
age, and the general sanitary condition of
the school has been vastly improved. In
the old wing the floors were SO rotted
with age that the desks could not be
screwed to them, and new floors had to
be laid, and one story of the building had
to be- entirely renovated and both new
floor and ceiling put in. Many other
changes had been made, and there is
every evidence of a judicious expenditure
of the MONEY appropriated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13
OPPOSES GAMBLING AMENDMENT
A Preacher who Thinks it should
BE a subject for Liquidation.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"
TRENTON, Sept. 10, 1s97.-Several Tren-
ton clergymen spoke yesterday in their
pulpits on the anti-gambling amendment
to the State Constitution, which is to be
voted on by the people on September %.
Most of them favored the amendment, but
Rev. Alfred w. Wishard, of the Central
Baptist Church, opposed it. Mr.. Wish
ard was in favor of the sentiments ex-
pressed in the amendment, but did not
believe in making it a part of the Con-
stitution. He said there was a growing
and dangerous tendency in this country
to limit the powers and duty of the Legis-
lature by Constitutional enactments. This,
he thought, was calculated to dull the
moral sense of the community. These
questions should be open ones, in order
that the people might be kept alive to the
necessity in passing and enforcing whole
some laws. The restrictions placed upon
the Legislature was having the result of
lowering the personnel of the ~law-making
bodies, as it took from them the control
of important questions.
Rev. John H.. Roswell, one of the
Methodist pastors, while not opposing the
amendment, said that the peoples at
tention might better be directed toward
the consideration of an amendment in
favor of prohibition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13
HAsBRoUOK-LEIFER.

A very pretty home wedding took place
at the residence of Mrs. Letter, No. 200
Old Bergen Road, G%reenvilie, last even
ing, when her daughter, Miss Lillian
Letter, was married to Mr.. Isaac Has
brouck of this city. The Rev. w. Sanft
performed the ceremony. Miss Julia
Letter, a sister of the bride, acted as
bridesmaid, and Mr.. Charles Rhode as
best man. The house was beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and ferns and
potted plants were placed in every avail
able nook and corner. A reception fol-
lowed the ceremony, after which supper
was served in the large reception room.
An orchestra from New York, which fur
nished the music for the occasion, was
completely hidden behind Q bower of
palms and ferns. After the reception the
happy couple left for a trip to Niagara
Falls. They will reside In Greenville on
their return.
Among those present at the wedding
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kaiser, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Roth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. August Left
er. Mr.. and Mrs. George Letter, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Wood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Letter, Mrs. J. Letter. Mrs.
Grimm. Miss Lille Conley. Miss Beaney,
Miss Campbell,-Mr. Henry Hoffman, Mr..
George Steele, Mr.. Peter Erhart, Mr..
Peter Coffey, Mr.. Joseph Hardy. Mr..
Denton. Mr.. Smith, Mr.. kewpe of New
York, and Mr.. Nugent of Boston.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13
CHICAGO TO JERSEY CITY.
Papers Filed for am 100 Mile an
Hour Railroad.

A Chicago despatch in yesterdays
sun tells the following wild and weird
| story
Through the air from Chicago to Jer-
| sey City by daylight, at the rate of 100
miles an hour, is the dream of the Trans
continental Railway Company, which is
capitalized for $500, 900, 900, most of which
is already paid up, according to the Pres
ident. A trust deed was executed Sat
urday with the Equitable Trust Company
as trustee, and placed on record in the
Recorders office. This deed provided for
the issue of first mortgage ifty-year 3
per cent. gold bonds, not to exceed $500, :
600. 900, in order to start building in Jer-
4 sey City. The construction, of the road
is to begin at once. Where and how the
ompany is going to establish a terminal
in Chicago are mysteries yet to be re-
vealed.
1.-THE Transcontinental Railway Com
pany got a charter from the Illinois Leg
~islature on June 20, 1895.
The trust deed sets for that the Trans
continental Company is engaged in con-
structing a double-traek elevated electric
railway from Chicago to Jersey City, rep
~resenting a mileage of between 700 and
800 miles. 1t IS also set forth that the
lIy iiac t&1Al y ~ (18 tA4F
rectors and two-thirds of the stockholders
to borrow money by issuing, selling and
exchanging its bonds for construction pur-
poses. for acquiring other railroads. spur
tracks and branches. In exercise of this
power the company will issue corporate
bonds dated September /, 1887, and to ma
ture September l, 1917. of $1,000 each, with
interest at 5 per cent. payable in gold
March and September each year, pro-
vided the bonds shall not exceed 100000.
a mile of the main line. spur tracks.
bra N fSa pC and pnlliDmGntS. III the road is
TO be 900 miles long this would mean the
issue of 800, 900, 900 bonds.
AS trustee, the Equitable Trust Cofn-
pany is authorized 70 Issue, III necessary,
in addition to this S90.0O0,o00 another Sl0,-
0HD. 600 for the purchase or acquisition of
rights Of way, but in no case must the is
sue amount to more than Sl00, 600. 900. The
company conveys to the trustee all the
property 1t possesses and may become
possessed of at any future time, in order
to secure the payment or bonds.
Lysander Hill is President of the COM
pany. He is a patent attorney. With
regard to the construction of the read he
is secretive. He will not reveal the
names of the men behind the scheme, nor
when the day trips to Jersey City VIII be
started. On the possibilities of the ele-
waited electric road to the east he Is en-
The plan is feasible enough" said Mr..
Hill. 1--WE intend to build an Elevated
read eight feet high along the most feast
Bile route. We want the bonds issued so
construction. We have several. routes to
select from. What we desire is as
straight a route as possible to Jersey
civ
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-13
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897.
This paper rs Democratic IN principle
end IS ss.depeadent sn its rse.ss on all 'oc0
questions.
Untimely currency Agitation.

1t is either a crime or a blunder to agi-
tate the silver question at this time. 1t
is a crime which the advocates of silver
consciously commit. because their only
hope of continued existence is to Keep
alive the follies and passions and pre]u-
dices of the last campaign by constantly
s~xacerbating the sores. Discussion among
the advocates of the gold standard Is
criminal when it is taken up in the way
of wanton sensationalism as the New
York "world'' has taken it up. 1t Is
laundering in cases like that of Lyman
H, Gage, who allows himself to be
trapped into print for the purpose Of re-
futing fallacies which have, already, been
refuted ten thousand times.
The silver folly is in the way OF dying
a natural death. Good crops and good
prices for them, with a general reduction
Of debt and increase of earnings, are GER
tain to kill the silver nonsense just as
fast as the days and months roll by.
Arguments like those of Mr.. Gage are not
needed to help the process, and they do
not help it. They simply set people talk
ing n talking. They give the craze an
appearance of vitality which it does not
really possess, and the agitation revlves
the old personal and political b~itternesses,
which are far more potent in keeping the
silver banner afioat than anything in the
doctrine itself.
Let us have peace. Let US have no sill
yer or gold talk now. when they are abb
solutely futile. Let the present condi-
tons work out their own conclusions
rsifhnrt interference.