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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
The TEACHERS PENSION ROW.
This Mornings Action at Trenton-
Committee Nos Abolished.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."]
TRENTON, Dec. 2S, 1897.-The State
Teachers Association by vote of 50
ayes to 54 nays, this morning, defeated a
resolution offered by H. E. Harris of Bay
onne providing for the abolishing of the
association s Committee on Pensions. This
committee is the one that has done most
of the work in connection with the pas
sage of the Teachers Retirement Fund
law and has recently been considering
amendments to the law to be offered to
the incoming Legislature.
Mr.. Harris, in offering the resolution,
thought that the work of the Pension
Committee should be done by a. commit
tee to be appointed by the trustees of
the Retirement Fund.
Miss Elizabeth Allen of Hoboken, who
has been a particularly strong champion
resolution and said that it will be inter-
preted as an expression of hostility on
the part of the Teachers Association to-
ward the Retirement Fund
Mr.. Harris and others who advocated
the resolution denied that it was prompt
ed by any such motives.
This afternoon the associate will con-
slider proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition doing away with the Intervention
of a nominating committee in the matter
of selecting the associations offers. This
proposition comes from Miss Allen and
her friends who are favorable to the elee-
President of the association for the ensu-
ing wear.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
CHRISTMAS MAILS.
No Great Boom in the Local
Post Office Money Orders
Slightly Increased.

The mails of this Christmas did not in
dicate to any great extent the arrival
of Mr.. McKinley's promised prosperity.
Last year the mailing force of the local
Office were busy writing up the mail for
the carriers morning delivery until after
midnight ,on Christmas Eve. This year,
they were through by $50 P. M.
There was a marked decrease, especial
ly in the registered letters and parcels.
The ordinary mail was fully as heavy as
that of last year, except that this year it
came to the office in bulk about two days
before Christmas. Last year it came in
slowly for the five days before. The
outgoing foreign mail was slightly heav-
ier than it has been for several years
past. There has been also slight in
crease IN the issuance of both foreign
and domestic money orders.
The carriers had little to complain of
though they usually look like pack horses
when they start out on their Christmas
morning rounds. The ninety REGULARS
We're reinforced as usual this year by the
full force of twenty-one substitute
carriers. The heavier they are laden,
however, it seems, the better they like it
on Christmas morning. They are renem-
bered all along the. routes and are the
recipients of many Christmas tokens of
appreciation of services rendered during
ba
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
DE-.
DaED.

LOHSE-On Sunday, Dec. 26. 1897, Nico-
laus, beloved husband of Gesine
Lohse, aged AZ years and I months
and IA days.
Funeral services at his late residence,
No l04 Wayne street. on Wednesday,,
Dec. 30, at 1880 P. M.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
CALLERY.-On Monday, December q,
1897 Mary beloved wife of BARLEY
Gallery in her 9th year.
Relatives, and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral on Wednes-
day December 29, from her late residence.
No. IL Frazer place; thence to St. Joseph's
r. c. Church. Baldwin avenue. where at
ten A. M. a high mass of requiem viii be
offered up for the happy repose OF her
soul.
KENNEY-On Monday, Dec. 27, 1897, Julia
Kenney. in her 6Sth year.
Funeral from her late residence, No. S12
Newark avenue, on THURSDAY, Dec 80,
at 9 A. M; thence to St. Johns Church,
corner Van Winkle street ana the Boule-
ward where a solemn hign mass will be
offered for the happy repose of her soul.
wILTERBERGER.- this city, on Mon
day Dec. %. 1897, William Storm Wilt
berger. in his 62d year
Relatives and friends, and members of
Hoboken Lodge, No. 106, x. of p. are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
on Wednesday, Dec. q, from the Palisade
M. E. Church, corner ef North street and
New York avenue, Jersey City, at 2 P. NJ.
FRYE.-On Monday, December q, 1897,
Annie G. Frye. widow of DIR. #. B. ].
Frye in her S1st year.
Funeral services at two P. NJ. sharp on
Wednesday, December 29. at her late resi-
aence No. 20 Gardiner avenue. Jersey
City.
Washington, D. G.. papers please copy.
PAEGELOW-On Monday. December 27.
1897, Caroline Paegelow, beloved wife
of VIM Paegelow, aged so years,
months and days.
Funeral services at her late residence, IS
Jackson avenue, Jersey City, on Wedpes-
day, DecerDber %, at s p, NJ.
Interme6t Thursday morning in Cypress
Hills Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
FULL HEAD ON.
Pumps Worked Last Night, But
Now the Pequannock Flows
Once More.

A full supply of water was turned on at
seven o'clock this morning by the East
Jersey Water Company. The break in
the main above Little Falls was repaired
yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, but
the company's engineer was unwilling to
turn on the full pressure until the repairs
had been thoroughly tested. The supply
was turned on gradually all night, and
this morning the engineers were convinced
that it would be safe to turn on the full
supply
The engines at Belleville and High Ser
vice were kept running all day and last
night, but even then the supply in the res
ervoirs kept going down steadily. This
morning, however, when the East Jerseys
supply was again turned into the mains
the reservoirs began to gain rapidly. En-
gineer Fowler notified Belleville to slow
down in order to keep as much Passaic
water out of the reservoirs as possible.
1t is expected that the Belleville engines
will be shut down at noon today. The
East Jersey Company is capable of fur
nishing all the water that is being con-
sumed.
It was reported today at City Hall that
the Street and Water Commissioners con-
template holding the East Jersey Water
Company responsible for the expense the
city was put to starting its engines at
Belleville. The break at Little Falls cost
the company it is said, in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 The expense the city sus-
tanned is trifling, and just how the city
proposes holding the company liable no
one knows. The Street and Water Com
missioners decline to discuss the subject.
They say the company did all in it's pow
er, sparing no expense, to give the city a
Counsel Blair may be asked if the com
pany can be compelled to pay the claims
the city contracted in starting and operat-
ing the pumping stations during the
hrnalx
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
PERILS OF THE SEAS.
by Cable to The Associated Press j

LONDON, Dec. 27, 1S97.-The British
steamer Harrow, Captain Smith, from
Savannah, December s. for Bremen, is
ashore at Niewe dep. Assistance has
reached her The crew have landed.
Owing to stormy weather it has been i'm
possible to board the Harrow and great
seas are continually breaking over her
The steamer is apparently full of water
The British steamer Silverdale, from
Galveston, via Newport News, for Brem-
en- before reported put into st: Michaels
damaged, afterwards having had a fire
in her afterhold. according to a rough
estimate has unshipped about 1900 bales
of cotton most of which are damaged.
The British steamer Brooklyn CITY
Captain Watkins, which sailed from
Swansea, December %, for New York.
ma ssed Kinsale today returning with
machinery disabled.
The British steamer Croma, before re-
ported arrived at Leith from New York
after having been ashore on Inchkeith
Island has three fractures on each side
of the forehold.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., Dec. %, 1S97.-The
American ship Alexander Gibson, Captain
Colley, from New York, July 30 for Yo-
kohama. has arrived here with rudder
damaged and steering with a jury rud-
der. She reports having jettisoned a por-
tion of her cargo.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
RA7CLIFF'S SENTENCE.
Six Months on Blaekwell's
Island the Actors Punish
ment for Alleged
Wife Beating.

NEW YORK, Dec. %, 1s97.-Edward j.
Ratcliffe, the actor who was found guilty
of assault in the third degree for striking
his wife, was today sentenced to six
months in the Penitentiary.
Lawyer Towns, counsel for Ratcliffe,
made a motion for a new trial, which was
denied Mr. Towns then said that there
was some justification for the assault.
Judge Newburger looked at Mr.. Towns
with astonishment and said:-sI am sur
prised to hear counsel make such an ad-
mission" The Judge then said, after re-
ferring to the recommendation for mercy
made by the jury:-"Wife beating may be
popular in some countries but not in
America. / propose in your case to mete
out such punishment as will serve as a
warning to others that they must not re-
peat an offence of this kind.
Ratcliffe was taken to BlackwelPs S island
where he will be confined at hard labor.
The Penitentiary in this State does not
entail loss of citizenship OF imply States
prison.
A large crowd was present to hear the
actor sentenced. Mrs. Ratcliffe and her
father, Peter De Lacey, were absent. Rat
cliffe was perfectly cool throughout the
nrOcpedinPS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
WHERE Is mss. JONES
She Started to Buy Presents Friday
and Has Not Been Saen Since.

and Has Vol tSfen SaeH SsAAcVs
Mrs. Sarah Jones, the wife of Ambrose
Jones. of No. III Blocker street, has been
missing from her home since Friday last.
Her husband does not know what mas
become of her. He has searched for her
in every place where she is known, but
has found no trace of her. The police
of this city and neighboring cities nave
been notified and are on the lookout tor
the missing woman. Mr.. Jones has view
ed the bodies in the morgue in this city
and New York and has studied the ponce
records but without success.
Mrs Jones leaves seven children penlno
her the youngest, girl of six months
the Oldest a boy of fifteen years Mrs
Jones met her husband Friday afternoon
last at her mothers house, No. ~ Beaeh
street, New York. He gave ner some
money with which to buy Chrlstmas
presents for the children. That was the
last he saw of her. When ne got nome
that night he fixed the Christmas tree IN
the front room and waited for his wife to
come home with the presents. he dld
NOT worry about her absence until nearly
midnight and even then he thought that
nerhans she had remained at her
nother,s Since then he has searched
everywhere for her, but without any re-
suit ,....1
Mrs Jones when last seen wore hlSh
hat trimmed with ortrich feathers. Sne
was handsome woman, with piohoe
hair and regular features.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
LETTERS GREAT FIGHT.
aIis Rejection of Certificated Wheat
MAY Make a Big Chicago Scandal.


CHICAGO, Dec. 2S, 1S97.-Joseph Letter
has apparently won a victory in his fight
with George A. Seaverns, the grain. ele-
vator owner as to the quality of wheat
to be delivered on Letters contracts.
Letters commission men, Alex. Geddes
& Co., sent the steamer Iron King, last
week, to Seavern's elevator, the Alton, to
load with No. 2 red winter wheat. By
the time 5000 bushels of the steamer s
cargo of $4,000 bushels had been spouted
into it's hold, Letters private inspectors
turned the wheat down. They declared
it not UP to contract.
Mr.. Seaverns now offers to take the
wheat out of the vessel and give diff
ferent grade.
Letter and his commission men say the
big fight of the great wheat deal is now
on; that they intend to get just the kind
of wheat they bought and no poorer
They have fleet of vessels, of which the
Iron King is only one ready to take all
the No. 2 red winter wheat for which
they hold contracts in the Alton elevator
about 100000 bushels.
The Letter people claim that the Alton
grain has been mixed down too fine and
that it is too late to change it. If this
happens the private inspectors employed
by Letter will protest, the appeals com
mittee will at once be called anew and
the fight will be made over again.
If it should happen that the appeals
committee should throw out any quantity
of the grain rendered by any elevator "a
sensation might follow The State grain
inspection department has inspected the
grain into the houses, thereby permitting
warehouse receipts to be issued against
If The State could be held responsible
IN case it developed that its employees had
been too lenient
There are about s, 100000 bushels of con-
tract wheat in the Chicago elevators.
Letter owns it all. 1t is still in the pos
session of the elevator people. Certain
cargoes were taken from Armour and
found very satisfactory. 1t is, however,
only as Letter begins to load wheat out Of
the elevators that he can tell what kind
of grain he is to get on his contracts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
ORDINARY POWERS IN DOUBT.

During an argument over matters per
tanning to the estate of the late Benjamin
NJ Price of Hackensack, before Chancel-
lor McGill, sitting as ordinary this morn
ing. the question of the constitutional
power and jurisdiction of Prerogative
Court was raised Counselor John o.
Pitney, representing one of the. benefi-
ciaries, contented that. an act of 81 de-
accounts and takes away from the
Prerogative Court and diverts into Or
phans' Courts in the counties matters per-
tanning to accounts OF executors and
trustees.
isaac S. Taylor, on behalf of the estate,
declared that Jurisdiction remained with
the ordinary.
The account was filed with the Preroga-
tive Court and exceptions We're taken on
the ground that 1t should have been filed
The ordinary took papers In the case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
SINCERLY SOLVENT
Chestnut Street National
Bank TOGO Into Volun-
taTy Liquidation.
ALL INTERESTS CARED FOR
Expenses of Receiyership and
Division Of Resources Avoided
-''Record" Firm as
a Rock.
ALL INTERESTS CARED FOR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S, 1S97.-Mr
Eckels today stated that in order that
there may be no delay in placing the
Chestnut Street National Bank in volun-
tary liquidation in case the creditors of
the bank accepted the plan proposed by
the committee having it in charge.
Il have instructed the deputy comp
troller, George M. Coffin, to at once call
meeting of the directors of the Chest
nut Street National Bank to pass the
necessary resolution and issue notice to
the shareholders for a meeting to vote to
go into voluntary liquidation In addl-
ton, l have requested him to have the
directors obtain at once the signatures
of representatives holding two-thirds of
the banks stock, agreeing to vote
for liquidation when the matter is
presented at the meeting to be called
Having done this, | have stated that the
comptroller would then permit the bank
to go into voluntary liquidation, after the
vote is had, on evidence being furnished
that the creditors of the bank have ac-
cepted the plan proposed by the commit
tee in place of evidences of indebtedness
from the bank. By having this arranged
before voting it will enable the public to
understand that Immediately upon the
consent of the creditors being obtained
the bank will avoid the appointment OF
receiver and the expenses and delay at
tendant upon a receivership avoided.
II have studied the plan submitted with
care and am of the opinion that the cred
itors of the bank, the trust company,
and Mr.. Singerly will be better cared for
than by any method which can be de-
vised in which all the assets represented
by his various interests are handled un-
der different agencies. Such division
of responsibility and of assets would nee
essarily entail disputes and result in ex-
pensive litigation as to the rights of this
or that one in the property interests rep
resented by him. 1t would also Jeop-
ardze the value of the asset, which is
the most to be looked for for the pay
ment of the obligations due from the in
stitutions with which he was connected
and from himself. The Importance of
whatever action the creditors take be-
ing quickly determined arises from the
wisdom of not permittingfany asset to be
unnecessarily dissipated or any of the
good will of any valuable property in
which Mr.. Singerly is interested, lost.
The situation is now in the hands of the
creditors and l believe that in following
the plan outlined the end will fully JUS
tify their relying on conservative man
agement of those who have heretofore
been successful in undertaking large
financial matters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
CHARGE AND COUNTER CHARGE
blonde Mrs. Hansen and Her Hus-
band Before Hoboken's Solomon.

Mrs. Carrie Hanson, a young Danish
woman, with blonde hair, appeared be-
fore Recorder McDonough this morning
as complainant against her husband,
James Hanson, whom she charged with
falling to provide for her support Han
son, who is a bricklayer, was arrested
while at work on a new building at
Twelfth and Washington streets.
The woman said that she was married
to Hanson in Chicago two years ago. A
few months later, she alleges, her hus-
band deserted her and came East. She
said she traced him to Staten Island and
caused his arrest there. When the case
came up for trial, she said, ne could
not be found, having Jumped" his bail.
She then located him in Hoboken.
Hanson tells an entirely different story.
He alleges that his wife was unfaithful,
and Furthermore that she chlorofOrmed
him in Winnmill's Hotel, in West Bright
on, S. l., and robbed him of $67. He also
asserts that she assaulted Mrs. Winn-
mill, the proprietress of the hotel, and
was arrested. The particulars in the
hotel excitement have already been re-
lated in New York papers.
Recorder McDonough postponed hear
ing in the case until Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock. Hanson was released under
buf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
ASSIGNMENT Oh ALIM0NY.
Scrap Over the Property when "as
once Mrs. HaveDss Husband's.

An effort was made before Vice Chan-
cellor Pitney, this morning, by Mrs VIM.
Haven and her husbands creditors 10
have an assignment made by Haven SET
aside and a new assignee appointed
Haven was lumber dealeE at. Park
Ridge, prior to May, 1885, when, it is
claimed, he assigned property to the value
of about $4,000 to Robert Sibbald in order
to avoid paying alimony pending divorce
proceedings which his wife had brought.
She secured legal separation. maven
then went to North Dakota and attempt
ed to secure divorce from his wife, put
was unsuccessful. He is now in New
York.
Testimony was produced tending 10
show that deal had been made between
Haven and Sibbald to have the estate
conveyed to third parties so that when
the assignment took place there would
be nothing left to pay creditors. An at
tempt was made to prove that Slbpalo
had bought part of the property previous
to the assignment. Counsellor Clarence
Kelsey appeared for Mrs. Haven and
iHaven's creditors and Counsellor Reuben
R. Hart for Sibbald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
SBQUEL TO The FEAST.
Horsewhips for One and War
rants for Two = Mr..
Sehrober's Lively
Christmas.

4 A sensational horse-whipping case
which grew out of too much merry
making on Christmas night was revealed
before Recorder McDonough of Hoboken
this morning. The complainant, who is
also the one who got horsewhipped, is
Emil SCHROEDER, a German architect and
piano tuner, of No. 539 Bloomfield street.
He does not appear the worse for the ILL
treatment which he alleges he received,
but, nevertheless, he says he was un-
mercifully beaten.
SCHROEDER appeared before Recorder Nc
Donough this morning and swore out
warrants for the arrest of Hugo Boerl and
his wife Lena, of No. 1927 First avenue,
New York city, on a charge of assault
and battery. Until Christmas night the
Schrobers and the, Boerls were the best
OF friends. On that evening SCHROEDER
was invited to celebration at Boerls'
home and he enjoyed the festivities until
midnight. After that hour the merry
makers began to get quarrelsome and
Boerl accused SCHROEDER of insulting his
wife. Boerl insisted on challenging the
architect-piano-tuner to a fight, but
SCHROEDER made his escape to Hoboken.
The next day SCHROEDER says he received
postal card from Boerl on which the
latter expressed his determination to
horsewhip him on sight. SCHROEDER alleges
that the postal was written in vile Ian
guage and he said he intended to place it
before the Post Office authorities
Last night SCHROEDER visited Max Spang-
perg, friend, who lives at No. 425 Gar
den street. He had not been in the house
more than twenty minutes when he al
leges Boerl entered accompanied by his
wife. SCHROEDER says that the woman car
ried a horsewhip and began to lash him
right and left while her husband landed
an occasional blow on his solar plexus.
He defended himself as best he could until
he reached the door. Then ne darted out
into the street and made his escape.
Boerl and his wife returned to New
York Immediately after they had accom-
plished their hellish purpose. 1t is not
likely that they will be arrested owing
to the fact that they are not residents
of the State
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
GIFTS FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOLARS
Christmas Festival at st. Mary's
p. E. Church.

A very pretty and impressive sight was
witnessed at the Christmas festival cele-
bration of the Sunday school of ST. Marys
p. E. Church, Hoboken avenue, near Cen
tral, which was held last night in the
church and the adjoining parish hall
The children of the Sunday school oc-
cupied the front pews of the church
when at 7:S0 o'clock the beautiful service
of the Episcopal Church was begun by the
procession of the male choir, followed by
the rector. Rev. Daniel F. Warren, DID.
The little ones participated in the SER
vice which followed, and DIR. Warren de-
Hvered a brief but appropriate address
After this the children of the Sunday
school Joined in the recessional march to
the parish hall.
Here beautifully Illuminated Christ
mas tree met their gaze, and presents of
books and other things which make the
youthful heart glad were distributed.
Both church and hall were comfortably
crowded with the children and their
friends.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-28
POISON IN JENNIE'S BUUY.
But the Em mbaImer and Not the Hus-
band Zanoli May Re Respo nsfble.

NEW YORK, Dec. Is, 1S97.-Charles
Zanoli, the barber who is suspected of
numbering Jennie Summer, his fourth
wife, and who obtained insurance on the
lives of a number of persons, was again
arraigned in Police Court today. As
prof. Witthaus had not completed his
chemical analysis Of Jennie Sumner S
body. the case went over to January 8.
Assistant District Attorney Van Wyck,
who has charge of the case, stated, how
ever that Prof. Witthaus had told him
that he had found three different kinds
Of poison in the body. The analyst has
not yet been able to ascertain whether
these poisons were injected into the
body with the embalming fluid, or
whether they were administered before
death.
Zanoh refused to talk about his ease
and appeared more cheerful than on his
former appearances in Police Court.