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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
DOWNS IN THE REAR.

OOW ND LIN i LIE 1CEA6.
Without quoting any of the officers
of the Twenty-fourth infantry. it is as
certained from high authority that
Colonel Downs was about three miles
to the rear when the soldiers of the
fighting Twenty-feurth were in the
very front. storning the Spanish de-
fenses. Only about three companies of
the Seventy-first New York volunteers
were anywhere near to the fighting
line, and these three companies We're
by the very officers now assailed by
Colonel Downs ordered into a small
gap in the Twenty-fourth's ranks 1t
was while directing the execution of
this command that Captain ]. E. Brett
received his wound in the arm. 1t is
not related what was the exact position
of the balance of the Seventy-first New
York regiment, but it was 'in the
rear"
1t is not true that "two companies
of the Twenty-fourth were lying down
between Colonel Downs men, and that
cit was all their officers could do to
keep them from stampeding to the
rear" The truth is that every soldier
in the Twenty-fourth, and officer, too.
was from the very start crowding to
the front and UP the hill, meeting the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
Salt Lakers at New York.
Special to The Herald J

New York, Oct. 1.-THE following
people from Salt Lake City were at the
hotels during the past week: A. w.
Perego, Astor House; o. Cassidy. Ho-
tel Cadillac; D. Gurnsey, Cosmopolitan;
c. o. Whittemore. Hotel Imperial;
Mrs. Dainig, Waldorf hotel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
BLAZE AT R|CHF|ELD
New Mormon Tabernacle Totally
Destroyed Last Night.
LOSS REACHES $4,000
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION MAR
RoWLY ESCAPED.

Tabernacle Was Just Nearing Com
pletion and There Was Not a
Dollar of Insurance = Believed
That It Was Started By An En-
emy of the Contractor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
MEETING OF CAPTAINS.

During the afternoon Captain Ducat
received a dispatch from a New York
paper, asking for statement in reply
to Colonel Downs assertions.
Shortly after the receipt of the dis
patch the captains of the several COM
panies al Fort Douglas held a meeting.
1t was, according to all accounts, a
very animated session. 1t was decided
to answer the New York papers dis
patch to Captain Ducat in the iollow-
ing terms:
1.-The officers of the Twenty-fourth
infantry decline to notice any state
ment, either derogatory or commenda-
tory, emanating from Colonel Downs.
Officers of the Twenty-fourth Infan-
try"
This brief but emphatic reply was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
ATTITUDE OF GENERAL GARCIA
HAS ACCEPTED NO FAVoRS
FROM THE AMERICANS.
Half the Island Will Soon Be Evac-
uated-Spaniards Report That
They Are Making Good Progress.


Havana, Oct. 14-Cosme de Ia Tor
General Calixto Garcia, is quoted in
an interview as saying that the general
has not accepted any post from Gen
eral Lawton or the other American Of
ficers, and it is not true he is making
a tour of the eastern part of Cuba ad-
vising the disbanding of the Cuban
army, and that there is no truth In
the statement that Garcia is going 10
the United States for the purpose of en-
deavoring to raise a loan, which ne has
no authority to do. The aid-de-camD
and secretary further asserted tnat
Garcia has not denied the legality of
the actual revolutionary government OF
Cuba, nor has he accepted the SupFem-
acy of the United States. But it aD-
pears Garcia has unofficially expressed
the opinion that the present Cuban gov
ern1feuts owing co tEe lack OF MEM
bers and personnel, could not be con-
sidered legal, as a quorum was impos-
Sible, and, therefore, its actions are un-
constitutional.
Further, General Garcia is alleged to
advocate the closest union between
the SDaniards and Cubans on the
island, forgetting the past and uniting
in every effort looking to the establish
ment of independence.
These statements are considered
among the SDaniards here as indicat-
ing Garcia's real attitude towards the
United States and the future of Cuba.
Since Aug. II, 6.775 passengers have
arrived here They were almost en-
tirely refugees who emigrated during
the war.
EVACUATING CUBA.
The Spanish military commissioners
today delivered an official note to the
American commissioners, giving the
number OF the Spanish troops shipped
to Spain up to the present time at 6,617,
not including those who go by the
transports Montserrat and Miguel Cal
lart, which will take 2,200 additional
men. In addition, it was announced
that transports to carry the entire gar
risons Of Gibara, Holguin and other
places in those divisions will leave on
Oct 20, Oct. 24, Oct. 70 and Oct. 30.
After they have sailed, it is pointed out,
half the island of Cuba will have been
entirely evacuated.
Contrary to expectation, the remains
of Major Beebe were not transferred
from the cemetery to the Orizaha to-
day The ceremony viii be performed
tomorrow morning, when the remains
Will be removed from the Colon ceme-
terry with great solemnity to the Ma
china wharf, and then to the Orizaba.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
MRS. VLLANO'S BRIBE.
Her Son Went 10 state Prison In
Spite of II So She wants &c Hack.

Mrs. Barbara Villano, who lives in the
Jersey City Italian colony. sued Michael
Ricco, a saloonizeeper, at No 500 Jeffer-
son street, Hoboken, in the Hoboken Dis
trict Court, this morning, to recover $500
which, she claims, she paid him to pre-
vent her son from being sent to State
Prison.
About three years ago Mrs. Villano's
son, V~incenzo Villano, was a prisoner in
the County JAN awaiting trial for afro
cious assault and battery. Mrs. Villano
was ANXIOUS to secure his. release, pend
ing trial. She was unable to secure a
bondsman, and induced Ricco, who is
known by the police~ as a professional
bondsman, to give bail for him.. She
claims that she paid Ricco $500. with the
understanding that if her son was not ac-
quilted the money would be returned.
Villano was convicted and served two
and a half years in State Prison. He was
released a few weeks ago and his mother
began suit against Ricco to recover the
money.
Leon Albeit appeared as counsel for
Mrs. Nillano when the case was tried be-
fore Judge Smith this morning, while
Corporation Attorney James F. Minturn
looked after Ricco's interests.
Ricco, in his defense, acknowledged that
he became yillano's bondsman to secure
his release from jail, pending trial. He
denied that he received Mrs. Villano's
money. He said that Mrs. Villano came
to his saloon with Lawyer Archibald, and
she gave $500 to secure her sons release.
He said that Archibald told Mrs. Villano
that he could influence Judge Hudspeth
to discharge her son.
When Villano was a~rraigned before
Judge Hudspeth for sentence he exposed
Archibald, who fled to escape arrest. No
trace of Archibald has been found It is
thought he went West.
Judge Smith, after hearing both sides,
reserved decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
Y. NJ. c. 4. NOTES.

A very important meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Young Mems Christian
Association will be held on Tuesday ev-
ening of this week. Every member of the
Board is requested to be present.
This evening Randolph Perkins bust
ness law class will meet at the rooms,
Hasbrouck Institute. This class has been
unusually successful, and Mr.. Perkins
methods Of instruction very practical and
thoroughly appreciated by the large num-
Der in attendance.
General Secretary Browns Bible class
will be held On Thursday evening of this
week, instead of Tuesday, the usual time.
The fifth week of the canvass for funds
to place the Y. MIC. A. on a solid basis
will be ~inaugurated this week. The direc-
tors are very much encouraged over the
outlook. Many new subscribers are being
obtained. 1t is proposed to push the
work until the whole amount necessary
for this years budget has been obtained.
General Secretary Brown has been the
recipient OF many congratulations on the
improved prospects in Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

lister Of Hudson County. reports that
there Ii a slight increase in the number
OF cancellations, Hudson county is not
agricultural by any means and the real
estate transactions are numerous, partfc-
ularly In the urban part of the county,
but Notwithstanding the increase In the
number Of mortgages that are being re-
corded, there is a greater increase to the
extent of ten per cent. In the number of
cancellations.
Mercer county has made a good record
for the present year, and the figures.
perhaps more than in any other county,
indicate the general prosperity Of the
artisan as well as the farmer. 1t is
both an Industrial aud agricultural local
ity and the farmers are near to both the
New York and Philadelphia markets, and
have a fair local market of their own.
In 1896 the cancellations were 1855, and
in 1897 they were 839, and the outlook for
the present year indicates that they will
go we'll into a thousand unless a war
panic interferes with the general tenden-
cies of the season. The banks of Trenton
all make the statement that the times
are improved n the payment of notes
of both manufacturers and farmers has
materially improved during the past ten
months.
1t was impossible to get the actual
statement concerning the cancellation Of
mortgages from Hunterdon or Warren
counties, because the clerks of those
counties do not keep any statistics of
cancellation or recording. From legal
sources it has been ascertained that the
increase in Hunterdon has been better
than in Warren. The same conclusion. is
reached by the bank officials. There has
been more money exchanged by the far
mers during the past year than for FIVE
years previous.
The statements from Sussex county in
dictate a large cancellation of mortgages.
fewer discounts in the ank and a slight
increase in the value of farms. The Pas
sale county clerk reported that the fig
ures of cancellation were not available.
Bergen county reports more real estate
transactions than for several years and
better prices. Somerset banks find an
improvement in payments by all custom
ers, but particularly with the farmers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
Mr.. Y0UHGs MANY INTERESTS.


In the Directory OF Directors" a new
publication showing the various institu-
tions and corporations in which promi-
nent financiers are interested, one of the
most prominent names is that of E. f.
c.. Young of this city. Mr.. Young fig
ures as president or director of nineteen
different companies. Since this directory
went to press he has added two more
to the list.
The list Of companies includes Ameri-
can Graphite Company, American Pega-
mold Company, Butler Hard Rubber
Company. Cleveland Seed Company, Colo
NAL Life Insurance Company, Con-
solidated Traction Company, First Ma
tional Bank of Jersey City, Jersey City
and Bergen Railroad Company, Joseph
Dixon Crucible Company, Liberty Ma
tionai Bank, National Exhibition Com
pany, National Surety Company, Newark
Passenger Railway Company, Newark
Plank Road Company. New Jersey Title
Guarantee & Trust Company, New Jer-
sey Traction Company. North Jersey
Land Company, Peoples Light and Power
Company, Port Richmond & Bergen Point
Ferry Company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
CUT BY SPLINTERS
Passengers on the 2. r. +.
Ferryboat Princeton
Hurt in a Mid
stream Col
1ision.
TUG TEA ROSE Hello HER WAY
Warning Whistle D~isregarded--
Crash Abaft The Paddle
Wheel.

The Pennsylvania Railroad ferryboat
Princeton. of the Desbrosses street line,
was run into by the tugboat Tea Rose,
belonging to the Standard Oil Company.
shortly before ten o'clock this morning,
and was badly damaged. Several of her
passengers were hurt and one Of them,
3. Goldstein. of No. 81 Mangin street.
New York. was sent to the City Hospital.
It is not thought that he was seriously
hurt. in fact the authorities cannot de-
termine just what is the matter with him.
The others were cut by flying splinters,
but preferred to continue on their way
and did not even leave their names with
the police.
The Princeton was in midstream when
the accident occurred. Captain L. M.
Decker saw the tugboat coming up stream
and whistled once as a warning for her to
change her course. The captain of the Tea
Rose, Captain Decker alleges, did not
whistle in reply as he SHOULD have done,
according to harbor law. Instead of
changing his course-the ferryboat always
has the right OF way over tugs-the cap
tain of the Tea Rose continued as he was
steering, with the result that the Tea
Rose struck the Princeton on the port side
just abaft the paddle wheel.
The bow of the Tea Rose tore away a
portion of the guard rail of the Prince
ton and stove a hole in the wall of her
cabin. The flying splinters struck a num-
Der of the passengers. Those who had
seats at the point where the tug struck
had no warning of the collision and were
thrown from their seats. The Princeton
continued on to Jersey City and discharg-
ed her passengers. She was then sent to
HOboken for repairS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
ERIE RAILROAD ELEVATION.
Work Rapidly ProSressing-Tem-
porarY station Almost Finished.

The iron frame work of the Erie train
shed has almost entirely disappeared.
About fifty men are daily employed TAX
ing it apart and loading fat cars with
the debris. This is being shipped to some
distant point. The work is being done in
a methodical manner, and does not in the
least interfere with the moving in and
out of trains.
AS already told in sThe News" a series
Of artistically covered platforms, some
thing after the design of the Long Island
Railroad station at Hunters Point, is to
AXE the place of the old trainshed until
the new elvated depot is erected. The
latter may not be built for several years.
1t was necessary to tear down the old
shed, because the blasts of sulphur and
gases from the smoke stacks of the loco
motives had rotted the iron work of the
structure.
The preliminary work Of elevating the
road between the tunnel and the river is
being pushed ahead. The big new
freight station on the south side of Pa
vonia avenue is nearly completed, and
work on the new coaling station has been
started
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
A THREE CENT PLEASURE TRIP


Ever since the p. r.. r. started running
its Twenty-third street ferry in juno lasr,
there has been a total lack of excursion
lists. Yet one would expect 10 see quite
a number of them. Both the Brooklyn
annex and the Staten Island ferryboats
are often crowded. many of the pas
sengers crossing and recrossing simply
for an outing on the water. There Is
very little to be seen on either of these
lines and the one costs i've cents and
the other ten. On the T~wenty-third
street ferry the scenery is ample and fine;
ty minutes, and best of all the trip costs
only three cents. Then, too. the boats
are very comfortable.
One could have a most enjoyable sail
by starting from Jersey City some fine
spring morning on the New Brunswick
or st. Louis, which leave every half hour.
and sitting on the left hand side of the
boat-the left preferably. because the APP
proach going up the Hudson is very
pretty Hugging the Jersey shore the
boat passes quite close to the Hamburg
American and the North German Lloyd
steamship docks. then Hoboken, the Erie
depot, Hoboken Heights. Castle Point, the
old Stevens homestead, that has been a
land mark for a quarter of q, century, and
as the boat rounds into her dock at
Twenty-third street, the Eldorado, where
a fortune was lost and is now almost en-
tirely built UP, and stretching in the dis
lance. as far as the eye can reach, the
famous Palisades of Hudson. SO fast
being destroyed. Then on the return trip,
taking the New York side, it is very in
teresting to look down each street as the
boat passes, to watch the car as 1t goes
along Twelfth venue to note the tall
buildings visible from the river, and to,
perhaps, watch an ocean stealner come
into port.
Then as the boat gets further down
towering to the clouds, the majority of
which have been built within the last
three years. The Home Life, with its
pyramid like steeple; the World build
ing. which has long lost its reputation as
being tall; the American Tract Society in
Nassau street. the New Syndicate, which
when completed will house over LOCO 600
people; old ST. PauIs. the American
Surety. historic Trinity, the Manhattan
Life, now almost hidden from view, and
the Bowling Green buildings. Then, too,
one gets a good view of the bay and the
Statue of Liberty. So much for a day
trip. At night the myriad lights reflected
in the water from both buildings and
boats, the lights along the shores, the
trolley winding it's way in and out among
the trees on the Hoboken Heights; the
glittering electric signs on the New York
and Jersey shores all convert the scene
of a few hours before into a veritable
fairy land, and the trip only costs three
cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
NO EASTER LILIES.
Dr.. Stoddard Thinks They Cause
Painting Fits and Will
Not Have Them.

The Rev. E. l.. Stoddard, rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church. who startled
the straight laced a few months g by
starting a dancing class in connection
with his church, sprang a new surprise on
his congregation yesterday and again
demonstrated that he does not feel it his
duty to be conventional or to respect old
traditions when they conflict with his
common sense views. 1t is customary in
every Episcopal church to decorate the
altar and the chanc on Easter Sunday
with hundreds of Easter lilies. DR.. Stod-
dard astonished his parishioners yester-
day by requesting that no Easter lilies
be sent to the church this year. Other
flowers, however, are solicited for deco
rating purposes. The announcement h
no Easter lilies are desired was also
printed in the bulletin in which the church
news is published each week.
AS in all his innovations the Rev. DR..
Stoddard has a sufficient reason for pro-
scribing the lilies. 1T is for hygienic
reasons alone that he has prohibited their
use. Last year and several previous years
members of the choir were overcome in
the midst of the most important service
of the day, that at 1920 o'clock, and had
to be carried from the stalls to the vestry
room. The church was not o~verheated
n DR.. Stoddard was at a loss to ae-
count for so many persons fainting. He
noted that Easter Sunday was the only
day in the year on which such a thing
O. curred. He finally came to the con-
clusion that it was the heavy odor of the
Easter lilies that caused the women to
faint and the men to grow dizzy.
He decided last Easter that he would
never again cause the choir to suffer as
they had in past years. 1t is for this
reason that he has issued the order. h
effect, he believes, will be that the sing
ing will be better and there will be no
accidents in the choir. He believes that
it will also be more healthful for the
members of the congregation to omit the
E1iaS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
ST. JOHNS MISSION CLOSED.

The mission at st. Johns R. c.. Church
came to a successful termination last
night. Both Saturday night and last
night the church was well filed. The
closing services. which were u by
the Rev. c. Smith, were very impressive.
The shrine of the B. v. M. was beauti-
fully decorated with flowers and wax
candles were placed wherever there was
room for one. The exercises closed with
the blessing Of the missionary fathers, the
Papal Benediction and Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament. This morning the
missionary fathers visited all the sick Of
the parish who were unable to attend she
mission and conveyed to them the Papal
Benediction. Father Smith, who has had
charge Of the mission, expresses himself
as being we'll pleased with the results. He
estimates that over 1000 men and women
pasesd through the confessionals. Father
Ter Woert is also happy over the result
of the two weeks work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
SAVED BY ARREST.
Grimme,s Suicidal Design Headed of
by els Brother.

Herman Grimme, twenty-one years old,
of No. 40 Laidlaw avenue, Heights, went
to the home of his brother, Henry, at No.
35 Adams street, Hoboken, yesterday,
and told Henry that he was tired of life
because he was suffering from a disease
the nature of which he refused to reveal.
When Grimme left, his brother followed
him, fearing that unless he was restrained
he would commit suicide. AT the lower
'Hoboken ferry he asked Policeman Haw
to arrest his brother and prevent him
from crossing the river. as he feared that
he would jump overheard when the ferry
boat reached midstream.
Grinllne was arrested and spent the
night in a cell. When arraigned before
Recorder McDonough, this morning, he
seemed penitent and the Recorder dis
charged him after he had promised HI
he would never attempt to end his life.
Grimme went home with his brother.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
fOmcial Proceedings.J

h~NAoA AONS(G4h50fl
$3.50 to M. c. Egan, for groceries for
outdoor poor to March 8, 1898.
$22.a5 to T. j.. Gilheaney; for meat for
outsaoor poor, March ] 1898,
Sic. rs 10 John T.. Hauck. for coal for
outdoor poor to March 8. 1898.
so to K. Jansen, for groceries for out
door poor. to March 8, 1885.
$50 to Peter McGuinness, for coal for
outdoor poor, to March Z, 1898.
s51.25 to T. McGoyern, for groceries for
outdoor poor, to March s. 1898.
Resolved. That the following claims be
paid
$40 70 Thomas g. Hall, for GOA at Ar
mory, February "a, 1898.
so 70 ]. G. Electric Light Co., arc lights
s2l252 to 7 G. Electric Light Co. in
uary % to February "a. 1885.
$40 to Jacob kegelmanls, for coal for
Arrnmory March !, 1888.
used at Armory, February, 1898.
BY Committee on District Courts
Resolved. That the sum of $7 be paid to
Second District Court, March. 1885.
BY Committee on Elections.
Resolved, the following claims be
S22 to George R. Steinberger for rent of
place. Eighth Precinct, Tenth Ward, Gem
eral election. 1897.
$50 to Edward Kenny for storing cleo
ton furniture and booths, November and
December, 1897, and January, 1898.
BY Committee IN Printing, Stationery
and Supplies
Resolved, That the following claims be
paid
$3.50 to Jersey City News for advertis-
ing liquor license applications.
IS to Jersey City News for printing
manual, February s, 1888.
SIS to w. H. Lopey for furnishing Sem
ate and House bills, session of 1895.
SIS to A. e. Nolan for binding for City
Clerks office.
The resolutions were adopted by the fol-
lowing vote, the yeas and nays having
been ordered and taken:-
Yeas-All the members present, sixteen
(16) in number.
On motion of Alderman Moran the
Board adjourned.
MICHAEL j. O'DONNELL,
"a -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
TO OPPOSE ELECTRIC POLES.

The Good Government Association of
Bayonne, of which Alex. Christie is
president and J.. G. Hendrickson, secre-
tary, has issued a ~circula to property
owners regarding the electric poles bill.
now in the hands Of Governor voorhees,.
1t gives notice hat the Governor has
fixed Wednesday. April 6, at 1880 at the
State House for a hearing on the meas
ure blouse bill 17S). 1t says:-sThis bill
is the one over which SO much discus
sion was had during the late legislative
session. legalizing the maintenance of
poles and wires of electric light COM
panies in streets of our cities and towns.
You are earnestly requested to have a
delegation in attendance 10 pos the
signing of the BILL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
MADE A PRETTY BLAZE.

The paint shop Of James Trainor, No.
GA Montgomery street, was destroyed by
fire on Saturday night The flames spread
to the carpenters shop of Jewkes & Sons,
next door, and damaged the place slight
ly. The fire made a great display. the
paint and varnishes being excellent food
for the flames. Cans of wood alcohol ex-
ploded and added to the excitement. h
fremen were on the scene at once and
did excellent work. They not only kept
the flames well in hand, but saved the adj
joining frame buildings from catching
fire.
The burned building belonged to the
Gautier estate.