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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
NOVELTY IN RAILROADING.
Belgian Hospital Car 30 he I'm.
trOduced I'm America.

& WASHINGTON, March 25 1897-The
latest novelty in railroading is the Belgian
hospital car, which is made the object OF
"a special report to the State Department
by Consul Morris at Ghent. 1t serves a
double purpose. In the event of a serious
accident along the line it may run to the
spot where the wounded may be gathered
up and taken to the nearest large city
for treatment instead of being left to
pass tedious suffering hours at sorne way
side station while awaiting surgical at
tendance. 1t also enables the railway
special occasions to transport large num-
bers of invalids to health resorts or
places of pilgrimage.
This new hospital car will enter into
regular service on the State railways
April q. The interior is divided into
main compartment, corridor along one
side and two small rooms at the end.
The large compartment is the hospital
proper and contains twenty-four isolated
beds in steel tubes hung upon powerful
strings. Each patient lies in front of two
little windows, which may be opened at
will. Each bed is provided with move
able table and net serves to hold all
the various small articles the patient
may need. The corridor leads to the
the latter having large closet of which
the upper portion is for drugs and the
lower for surgical instruments.
This room also CONTAINS a folding bed.
The floor of the hospital compartment is
deadened to sound and below it, reached
through trap doors, are an ice chest. a
compartment for the disinfection of linen
and a provision cellar.
If necessary a portion of the hospital
may be transformed into an operating
room for urgent cases. Finally as Gus
tomary in Belgium, a small chapel for
religious worship is provided
Z The car will be put in charge of a sur.
geon, doctor and nurses, and will be chief
direct to the alleged miraculous cure Of
Lourdes in France. The feasibility of in.
Producing such cars on American rail-
roads does not seem to the Consul to ad-
NIT of question If run for instance dur
ing the winter season between any of the
great northern cities and we'll known
southern resorts, he thinks they would be-
well patronized
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
MAYOR PAGAN ACCEPTS
German Americans Of Hoboken
Select Him for a Third
Term.

lhere was new impetuous given to
political gossip in Hoboken last night
When it was announced that the German
american Independent Citizens Verein
had endorsed Mayor Lawrence Pagan as
q candidate for a. third term Although
it, has been known all along that the
F'agan faction was power in the Eerein
yet many of its members were said to be
strongly against the Mayors endorse
nlent
It was given out on good authority.
When the Werein was organized several
months ago, that its object was to oppose
the Fagan faction, but when its members
had enrolled it was found that the Fagan-
ties were by no means "a small element
among them. The verein is one of the
most influential political organizations in
the city Branch associations have been
formed in each ward, and the officers of
the main organization claim to have en-
rolled nearly. 700 voters to membership
The meeting last night was held in
Bush's Hotel, at Third and Hudson
streets. for the special purpose Of en-
-tlorsing Mayoralty candidate. When
President Lankering called the meeting
70 order the assembly room in the hotel
was crowded to the doors with interested
politicians and voters. President Lank-
ering stated the objects of the meeting
and said that there were three Demo-
cratic candidates in the field: Lawrence
sFagan, Fire Commissioner f. w. Bender
and Bryan Smith. All three men, he
said, were good respectable citizens and
We're worthy of the confidence of the
public. He said that the members were
privileged to vote for the candidate they
thought best and should not allow outside
inhuencesto bear upon their vote. There
were 144 members present
SsaNVhen the vote was taken Mayor Fagan
received 100 votes; Bender "a, and Smith.
l6. One vote was cast for A. Mohnking,
one for Paul Breeder and two were
blank
AS President Lankering announced the
vote the Faganites cheered vociferously
and called for a speech from their can
didate. Several members went to Mayor
Fagan's house to bring him to the meet
ing.
In the meantime President Lankering
said - While there were some members
N this association who were opposed to
Mayor Fagan, still think the Verein
should act as unit in helping him to be
elected; eject r ! nope oI "a all Of the members will
. After a few minutes had elapsed Mayor
Fagan appeared and was loudly applaud
ed He said
Mr.. President and members of the
German-American Independent Citizens
Verein a will accept the nomination you
have rendered me and / will say that I.
am@bound to be your candidates. l have
endeavored, during my term as Chief Ex-
ecutive, to be a servant of the public and
not have the public my servant. I have
done everything could for the benefit
OF the people who have elected me, and
4 shall continue in the future as l have
in the past" Speeches were made in
German by a number of members before
the meeting adjourned
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
WHO is 10 BLAME
West Side Citizens to In
yestlgate the Build
ing Of JohnstoWn's
School.
sUPT. sNYDER's EXPLANATION
Hundreds Of Children Cannot Go
to School and Parents Are
Indignant.
sUPT. sNYDER's EXPLANATION

George Bennett, of Duncan avenue, will
call together the members of the West
Side Improvement Association early in
next week to discuss the question Of
school accommodations for the hundreds
of children west of West Side avenue who
are at present forced to remain at home
because there is no suitable school for
them to attend.
The last meeting of the association was
held last fall, when the subject of school
accommodations for the children Of
Johnstown was argued to such good ef-
feet that the Street and Water Board
| was induced to purchase ten lots on Dun
can avenue for the purpose of erecting
suitable structure and promised to be-
gin the work Of building at once. Nearly
six months have passed since the site
was purchased and the contract has not
yet been awarded. It is for the purpose
of finding out who is to blame for this
delay and to urge that the work be push
ed at once that the special meeting is to
be held.
1t is estimated that there are over five
hundred children who will attend the
school when completed that are to be,
found on the streets now during school
hours. and about as many more are
forced to walk over one mile in order to
get a schooling in the overcrowded
schools on the Heights, which should not
be burdened with the children Of the. West
Side.
"A News reporter interviewed several
citizens of the West Side last night who
expressed themselves as Indignant at the
long delay in building the promised school,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
DIED.

BUCHBINDER.-o Wednesday. March
a. 1897 William B., son of Oscar B.
and Martha Buchbinder, aged
months and Is days.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral services on
Friday, March 26. at two P. M, from the
parents residence, No. log Old Bergen
Road.
James, aged 81 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from the resi6ence Of
on Friday. March 26, at nine A. NJ:
thence to st. Patrick's Church, where q
solemn high mass of requiem will be
celebrated.
MILLIGAN.-In Woodbury., N. j., on
Wednesday. March "a, 1887, William
Milligan, In the 62d year of his age.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his
late residence on Delaware street, Wood
bury on Saturday the 9th inst, at one
O'Clock P. M. Interment private.
BURKE.-On Thursday, March Is. 1897,
Edward J: Burke. beloved son OF
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from the residence of his parents, No. 6sS
West Newark avenue, on Monday, March
20, at nine A. NJ. thence to st. Joseph 8
Church, where solemn high mass of re-
QUEEN will be offered for the happy repose
of his soul.
HARRIOTT-On Thursday, March 25,
1897, Thomas F. Harriott, beloved hus-
band of Maggie Harriott, aged 80
years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from his late residence No. 5 Lenau
place. Heights, on Sunday, March q. at
two p. NJ.
MURPHY-On Thursday, March 25, 1897,
Mary widow of the late James Muir
ply, aged AS years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence, 81 Gilchrist
street. on Saturday, March q, at nine A.
NJ; thence to st. Bridget's Church, where
q solemn high mass of requiem will be
offered for the happy repose of her soul.
WHITE-On Wednesday, March "a, 1897,
James, beloved husband of Annie and
son of John and Margaret White,
aged Is years and 8 months.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from his late residence, 1S4 Pavonia ave-
nue., on Friday, March rs, at two P. NJ
WINNER--On Wednesday, March "a, 1897
George Raymond, youngest son Of
Adam NJ, Jr., and Alice e. Winner.
Funeral private
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difference between the promised prices
and what he actually received.
Mr.. Clark (Dem., Mo.)-And wasn't the
man sued the head and front Of the gold
bug Republican Aid Society Of last year?
Democratic applause)
Mr.: TaWney-Itis is true that Mr.. Bynum
s.oea sse. Tor sound money and the national
credit in the campaign of 96. But 1t is
also true that he made the promises
spoken of. And | think the gentleman
make them came very near to it.
To this Mr. Clark made no response.
Jerry Simpson (Pop., Kan) made his
first speech since his re-appearance In the
House at this juncture- He read from
Mr. McKinley's speech to the Minneapolis
convention, in which he said it was the
policy of the Republican party to tax
foreigners rather than the people of our
own country to raise money to meet the
expenditures of the Government ..We
have been bothered a good deal out in
Kansas, Mr.. Simpson continued, ito
know why Congress should be bothered
ABOUT this matter of increasing the rev.
enues when it was so easy to reduce ex-
penditures But this speech of the present
President explains the whole thing. The
.IoreigQer pays the tax, and the idea Of
the Chief Executive is to pass this bill,
and make the foreigner pay the taxes
that it imposes. 1t seems to me, in view
of this fact, that the foreigner ought to
be mighty thankful that we didn't raise
a two billion dollar Congress instead of
a single billion dollar Congress. Laugh
ter and applause.)
Referring to the speech of Mr.. Walker
(Rep., Mass.) yesterday, Mr. Simpson
said that he had carried his argument to
its logical conclusion, and had declared
that the purpose of taxation was to. dis
tribute wealth among the people.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween Mr.. Dingley (Rep., Me.) and Mr..
Bailey (Dem., Texas that the two hours
preceding the vote on the Tariff bill next
"wednesday be divided between the two
gentlemen named. when they will close,
for their respective sides, the debate on
the measure. The House will be asked
this afternoon to concur in this ar
srangenenf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
TO SEEK TIE LAURADA.


ncrmuGa sent 10 Sea 0y the, Cuban
Jpnta-The Monarch Searching TOO
PHILADELPHIA, March 25, 1897. The
Record this morning says:-By order Of
the Cuban Junta the steamer Bermuda
sailed from Fernandina.. Fla, in search
of the missing steamer Laurada, which
is known to have on board an important
expedition in aid of the insurgents The
Bermuda cleared from the Custom House
for Samana, San Domingo but was act
ing under instructions from President
Palma of the Junta, who had been in
consultation at Jacksonville with Colonel
Nunez. 1t is believed that the Lalrada
has broken down and that those on board
are in need of assistance. The tug Mon
arch has been started from Pensacola
on the same errand and is now cruising
among the Florida Cages.
From cablegrams received from Havana
1t is almost positively certain that the
Laufada has not landed her big cargo Of
munitions of war and it is reluctantly adj
mitted by Cubans that her mission has
thus far been failure. The seizure All
Jacksonville of the steamer Three Friends
for violation of the neutrality laws is also
the cause of discouragement to the frien1s
of Cuba.
The Laurada was seen off Watlingss
Island on March 10 by the steamship
Curly, which arrived here last night from
Jamaica. She had her cargo still on
board, and was heading to the eastward
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
Will Search All Vessels.
Ry Gable to the U,pitesS pr.ss

LONDON, March 25 1ss7-In the House
OF Commons today Right Hon. George N.
Curzon, in reply to an in
quiry on the subject, that Brit
ish and American merchantmen and
vessels of the same class of other nation
aities, consigned to agents at ports in
Crete were liable to be searched should
they attempt to reach their destinations
despite the blockade of the Island, and
would also run the risk of being prevented
from delivering their cargoes, ait the dis
cretion of the admirals commanding the
foreign warships in Cretan waters. The
blockade, Mr.. Curzen said, was a measure
Of police enforced with the consent of the
sovereign power.
Mr.. Curzon also said that Sir Philip
Currie, British Ambassador at Constan-
tinople, had been Instructed to urge upon
the representatives of the powers, as well
as upon the Porte, the idea that the with
draWal of the Turkish troops from Crete
of the Greeks from the island
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
MARY GIsTER's HALLUoINATIoa
Smashed Her Masters Furniture
and Thought IL Was tho Devil.

SMA9n6u 1eI uH aStefS4 Euf nltuEo
and Thought IL Was tho Devil.
Mary Gister, domestic, z years old,
became violently insane this morning in
the house Of her employer, F. u. Kloes,
No. Al Highland avenue. Mr.. Kloes and
his family were awakened shortly be-.
fore six o'clock this morning by a loud
noise as of falling furniture and the shrill
screams of a woman. Mr. Kloes hurried
downstairs expecting to find some one
numbering his servant. Instead he found
her running about the Kitchen in a:
frenzied manner, using a poker as a.
fail and whacking the walls and the
furniture and everything in sight.
When Mr. Kloes entered the room she,
rushed at him and aimed a, blow at his
head. He grabbed her and held her.
In the meantime other members of the
family sent for Patrolnan Galway, who
took the insane woman in charge. She
fought and shrieked more than ever. At
the Seventh precinct police station Ser
geant Wolhaben, thinking to quiet her,
said he was going to send her to the
hospital
don't want to go to the hospital, ;,
she said. Il want to go to church, The,
devil tried to get me this morning, but /
bate him!.
Mary Gfster's is a peculiar case. She
was taken i'll some months ago and was
sent to the City Hospital. She thought
she was going to die Immediately, and
one-half years, her conscience was
greatly troubled. To make matters worse
a. very pious woman died in the cot be-
side hers two days after she was adj
mitted. After that Mary became very
religious. She read all the religious ua-s
pers she could get, and talked religion
morning., noon and night to- whoever
would listen to her. When she was dis
charged she took to attending church SO
much that she neglected her work. The
mania kept growing on her until. it
reached the climax in the violent out-4
break this morning when she attempted
to drive away the devil with a poker.
4 She was arraigned before Justice Do1g-8
less this morning, and was turned over
to. Poormaster Hewitt, who will send her
tothe Alnlshouse
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
DBLA7 IlNGlHR WAIT
The Hearing op the ll Term Ex-
tender Postponed to Satur-
day Republican Hand
Shown.

TRENTON, March 25, 1Ss7-The Jersey
City election case came up this morning
befores Justice Guramere and Garrison as
a branch Of the Supreme Court
John J. Griffin appeared for City Clerk
.o'Donnell, and desired to take charge of
the eases but Spencer Weart claimed that
under the law Of 1895 he was the proper
person to state the case for the city off,
cial.
The Court agreed with him.
Mr. Weart then asked for an adjourn
ment of the hearing, as his colleague, Mr..
cerbfn, was engaged in case in the
Court of Errors.
The Court agreed to hear the matter on.
Saturday in the Supreme Court Chamber
here:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
JUMPED FROM A FERRyB0AT.
Weli-dressed suicide Struck the Cold
Water with Three Yells.

While the ferryboat Secaucus Of the
Christopher street Line was on her way to
Hoboken on the 7;15 trip from New York
last night. man, whose identity is un-
known, jumped from the rear deck and
was drowned. He had attracted no par
ticular attention and only one passenger
saw him jump. According to this pas
senger, the suicide was thirty-five to forty
years old well dressed and of medium
height. He appeared to be under the in
fiuence of liquor.
When the boat was in mid stream he
opened the gates, rushed to the edge of
the. deck and leaped overheard. AS. he
plunged into the cold water he gave three
piercing yells which brought number Of
the passengers out on the deck. The ferry
boat was quickly stopped and a line
thrown out but the body was not found.
On reaching Hoboken the passenger who
saw the man jump. hurried to catch q. a
train on the d, L. & w. Railroad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
ENGLAND WEAKENED.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

CoNSTANTINoPLE. March Is, 1881
1t is stated here that in the event Of a
blockade of Greek ports by the warships
of the powers the Admiral commanding
the British Squadron is under instructions
TO acquiesce. therein, but the British fleet
VIII take no part in the actual blockade.
It IS reported that the Turkish Squadron
which arrived from Gaihpoli yesterday
ostensibly for Smyrna and SaIonica, has
been ordered to cruise in the Aegean Sea.
The Sultan has ordered the summary
dismissal and immediate arrest of the
Turkish officials in Tokat, in Asia Minor,
where few days ago 100 Armenians
were massacred and special commits
sion will be formed before which they
will be tried
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
BEAVER IN FLAMES.

BEAVER, Pa, March 25, 1891. The town
OF Beaver this morning experienced a fire
that, on account OF a high wind and poor
fire lighting facilities, Threatened to des,-
troy the entire business portion of the
city. The fire lasted about two hours,
and damaged property to the amount of
about $4,000. The r. NJ. Buchanan block.
a four-story brick. the finest building in
the city, lis entirely demolished, and ad-
joining buildings suffered from fire, water
and the falling walls of the Buchanan
structure The fire started fro man eS-
plosion in the office of the Beaver ''Star,''
which was in the buchanan block In
the block was the Post Office the CON
tents of which were destroyed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
TIE WILMIHGToN STORM BOUND

NEW LONDON, Conn. March q 1907
"A fierce northwest wind and heavy
sea today caused another postponement
Of the speed trial run of the new gun
boats Wilmington. The torpedo boat
Porter ran out toward the course al 4
"A. NJ, and returning, reported that none
of the observing boats was at the sta
ton, that not vessel was moving on the
Sound, and that no ordinary anchor
would hold vessel against the wind and
sea that were outside
The trial board waited until 10 o'clock
before abandoning hope, but the wind in
creased all the time until 1t had become
a wild gale. Another attempt to test the
gunboat's speed will be made at A, NJ,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
CLOTHES LINE THIEF CONVICTED

Frank Miller, tramp, was convicted
in the Special Sessions Court today Of
petty larceny. Miller, who is a clothes
line thief. masde the mistake of taking
some Of ex Recorder schindler's under
clothing from the clothes line in M.
Schindler's yard in West Hoboken.
Policeman Charles Reck saw him walking
along the road with bundle under his
arm and ordered him to halt Instead OF
halting MilleI' ran as fast as his legs
could carry him and being sprinter he
distanced the policeTnan:- Reck fired q
shot In the air to frighten him, but Miller
evidently was not afraid of bullets He
got away from Reck only to fall into the
hands of another policeman Miller said
he saw the falndle lying near the fence
and as he wsIs In need of underclothing
he took it: He was sentenced to three
months in the penitentiarx
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
FLY WHEEL BURST.

PITTsBURG. Pa, March Is, 1S97.--The
engine in mill No. 2 Of the Edgar Thorn
son Steel Works ran away about mid
night last night resulting in the burst
ing of the immense hywheel, David
Hugo, engineer, had both legs crushed
and died this morning. George B, Nc
Lellan Snyder was fatally injured
The f1ywheel was twenty-four feet in
diameter. The force Of the explosion
badly wrecked the mill and caused thou
sands of dollars worth of damage Por-
tons of the wheel were thrown almost
incredible distances.
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KRUGER's TYRANNY.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

CAPE TOWN. March 25. 1s97.-The
Cape Times says that the recent sup
preston of the johannesburg Critic
and the later suppression of the Johan-
nesburg Star by the Transvaal Govern
ment leaves 5000 persons without an or
ing no votes, the paper adds that
means of expression of opinion is not
open to them. Their public spokesmen
have been banished, forced into silence
and imprisoned. They have no courts to
appeal to and they have been disarmed.
That is what is called a republic of the
nineteenth century,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
TIE PILGRIMS SUICIDE.

y NE WORK, March 25 1897. The pas
senger who is thought 10 have commit
ted suicide by jumping from the Steamer
Pilgrim, during her run to Fail River,
was discovered today TO be Thomas r.
Harris, senior member OF the firm of Har-
ris & Holmes, cracker bakers. The iden-
tification was made this morning by Mr.
Harris's two sons, Thomas and James
The two sons are utterly at a loss to ac-
count for their fathers sngcide, If he did
kill himself.
Mr.. Harris left this city on Tuesday
might to visit relatives IN Boston He
never reached Fail River.
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CRUSHED BY AN EMBANKMENT.

CHICAGO, March Is. 1S97.-o. F. Erick-
son was crushed to death at eight o'clock
this morning in the basement of the old
post once. Which is being torn down, by
the falling Of an embankment Erickson
ing to load wagons along the efnbaIak lr
ment on the east side Of the basement.
me EDS taking away Of the foundation had
lelt the emb bankment Unprotected Erick-
but he said there was no danger and
began to shovel the debris. When the
rescuers dug him out life was extinct.
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DIED OF HYDROPHOBIA.

WHEELING. w. Va. March 20. 1897
VIM. Higgins died this morning of hydro
phobia. He was bitten by dog last
January and seven others We're injured
at the same time. Two of them We're
successfully treated at the Pasteur IN
stitute, New York, and the death of
Huggins has caused much alarm among
the friends of the others who were Bit
ten.
popular subscriptions is being taken
up to send them TO New York, but some
fear it is too late. The Pasteur Insti-
tute has been telegraphed regarding the
matter, but no reply has yet been re-
ceiyed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
VENEZUELA AND ENGLAND.
BIZ Cable 70 the Unttea Press.

LONDON, March %, 1Ss7-The venezue-
Ian Consul here Senior VILLAIN
ueva, confirms the statement that DIR.
Juan Pietri, recently appointed Venezue-
Ian Minister to Spain and Germany, has
been accredited in that capacity to Great
Britain, despite the continued assertions
to the contrary, and adds that Senior Ber-
nabie Planes has been nominated Secre-
tary of Legation in London