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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
CEN. MERRITT In PARIS
Spanish Peace Commissioners
Slow in Getting to Work.
[By Gable 10 The Associated Press. ]

BY tapie 10 + ne Associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. 2, 1SsS.-Major General Mer-
ritt, who commanded the American
troops at Manila, arrived here this morn
ing from Marseilles for the purpose Of
giving the United States Peace Commits
sion the benefit Of his observations In
the Philippine Islands. He repaired to
the Grand Hotel de l'Athoneo. and d e
clined to be interviewed as he was sur
fering from fatigue. The General did not
see the United States Peace Commission
ers before the opening OF the joint ses-
sion today.
The American Commissioners held a ses-
sion this morning at their own offices,
preparatory to the second meeting with
the Spanish Commissioners, which began
at the Commissions rooms in the Foreign
Office Immediately after their assembling
there at two o'clock this afternoon. The
plan of work directed to be prepared by
the secretaries has not been perfected, as
the secretary of the Spanish Commission
did not arrive here until today.
The American. Commissioners viii be
received By President Faure at FIVE
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
CHEAP HIGHWAYMEN.
Armed With Guns They Held Rgen
DIP Ror Eeer Money.

Thomas Wilson. Sc years old, Of Provi-
dence. r. 81; Frank Brannigan, 20. of
Youngstown. Pa: Thomas Kelly. 80. of
No. 10 Paten street. Newark n. j.. and
Thomas Ryan, Is. who refused to give
his address. were arraigned before Police
Justice Potts this morning. They were
charged with carrying concealed wea-
pons and with being disorderly persons
The complaint was made by Daniel Hu--
ley of No 30 Grand street who was as
saulted with he butt of revolver. in the
hands Of Ryan, who was identified by
several witnesses. Previously to the as
sault the men occupied their time hold
ing up pedestrians for beer money" The
arrest was made by Officers Bariy and
Bumstead Of the Gregory street station.
Ryan and Kelly we're found in the Saliva
ton Army lodging house. The Others
were picked up upon the street.
Ryan and Kelly. upon whom the revolt
.vers were found were hned so each for
carrying the weapons. and three months
in the County Jail. The Others were
sent I'D for three months each
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
OUR NEW SCHOOLS. /
Pupils Enrolled in Nos.
and 49, Programme
for Opening.

Two of the SIX new schools which nave
been erected in this city within the Rast
year, were opened this morning for she
purpose of enrolling new pupils 1Eiey
were School No II on Duncan avenue,
midway between West Side avenue snd
the Boulevard. and No. IS, on Storm aye
nue. No. II is the smallest Of the Six.
1t was to have been much larger, but the
appropriation was cut down and the plans
altered accordingly. This building ls or
red brick and is two stories high with
basement There are eight class ROOMS,
four on each floor. About 400 pupils eaii
be seated It is understood that all sof
the new schools. with the exception Of 10,
on York street, are to be for primary
purposes only.
Eight teachers were assigned TO Noss54s
this morning. with Miss Martha G. Eyasss
as principal Miss Evans was formerly
a teacher in No. Is School, in Greenyille.
The other teachers are Miss Mary MIC
Namara, first vce-principal; Miss Mary
c. Davies, second vice-princpal; Misses
Ethel Cameron, Beatrix Jackson, Mary
Dalton, Jennie Whinyates, Mary Stokes
and FLORENCE Carrick Miss Whinyates
is to be the critic teacher. One hundred
and FIVE children were enrolled this morn
ing. and Miss Evans win remain at the
so,,e,ea ~, 10, far tba nnrnose Of enroll
ing any who may come in. There viii
probably be enough pupils on hand tornor-
row to start about four classes. fhe
classes will be divided into grades, eight,
seven and six, as none of the children are
far enough advanced to be placed in any
,., .o7e i, ohaut ,hrea terms fhe
iii6hS1 Sieees- - -
full primary department VIII pr0paDlyt pc
co,nnleted As tbe terms go on the teach-
ers will still remain III cnarse o. 'issiA
classes until the children advance as Tar
s.a.,s,a v,,.,,,,, -, ,5a,4artynent
as possible - = =
The opening exercises will be held apput
,oav+ 1Fon5av evening and the Director,
1s'-As = ,,a,e;,,g The ,sra
" lei = s..es7tsd 1af.oe
gramme. Mr. Rice presented laFse
American flag to the school a few days
80 !, ~, f,oats from the immense
aso. ai,u = ~ 80 80 ,sss,,,,d
flag pole in the play ground.
No is. on Storm avenue, is the largest
- :, ,,,.f,,,sry lscrools and the arch
y 'iie '.e" = hx,
itect. Mr. Rowland, was coin1neAoeu =
the Mayor for finishing the buildlng SO
e,.ielrl,r r. is a beautiful building with
QUICKLY. = to.7s tf,a+
i'll ana Wlthoui, anu eAs
were assigned to It. are greatly pies'sse,
rrbara ORC tom class rooms in the build
q - ,e,e,,,, oale,,lstast
ing ana ia1se assstiiol5
to seat about four hundred Inc ssaelhs
eanacitv of the class rooms is 600. One
s,,,,,garea and seventeen children were en-
rolied inns Laor1asf 1o. ne lower erasles
70 pe trahsleilslu .sleoeIs NAV mon a5plca-
n me 4SneI s,a ,.inni1,aI receive their trans-
sars - 81 n IA, * only the eighth sew
il elsn atia i ,,,1,51s e,sIi, p 4 5ssrsaa
uisti ~ tite otrs sssisse5 to this school
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
GREENvILLE DEMOCRATS.

A meeting of the United Democratic
Club of the Seventh Ward will be held
this evening at the New York Bay
House, Wilkinson and Ocean avenues.
The secretary, Mr.. Joseph Murray, has
drafted resolutions endorsing the can
didacy OF Efvin w. Crane for Governor,
which win be passed unanimously Mr..
Murray who ran fer Freeholder, two
years ago. against Frank Pferey, seams
to be the only candidate in the field for
that nomination this fall. There is no
doubt that he will get 1t. The Demo-
Gratis of GreenviHe are quite confident
that they will carry that ward by a
larger majority than they did last spring.
Mr. Murray. is a popular man in Green
VILE and he is confident of winning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
cL!FF0aD's FATE.
His Lawyers Abandon the ERort for
a Lunacy Commission.

The. effort which was to have been made
to save the life of Edward Clifford by the
appointment Of lunacy commission has
been abandoned by Warren Dixon and for
mer Attorney General Stockton. Cham
cellor McGill said, this morning, that a
secret application for the appointment Of
a commission to examine into the sanity
OF Clifford was made TO him one day last
week, but was Withdrawn two days later.
Lawyer Warren Dixon refused to say why
tina move to save Clifford had been
abandoned He said that no other ap-
p!ication would be made for the APP
4naintment Of lanaey commission. but
fhsif later other means would be employed
to proiong, and, If possible. save elf
fftt-flsc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
JUDGE POTTS DRUNKEN TARIFF

Frank Casey. of No. Az Pearl street,
New York, was found helplessiy drunk
at $50 Saturday night, at the corner Of
Fifth and Henderson streets. He pro-
duced in court duplicate OF a pledge he
had taken before he left New York. to.
visit his sick brother in this city, and az
he did not break the pledge after COM
ing here his condition must have BEEN
ehargeable to the old drunk. He waa
fined 50. the tariff for Saturday nights
drunk, while Sunday drunks were fined $.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
CHARLES ECKEL'S LUCKY FIND.
Picked Up Ring While the Owner
Was Telling Of Her Loss.

Two young women. neither over z
years, stylishly dressed. walked up tc
Patrolman Flanagan. Of the Gregory
street station. at Newark ard Jersey ave
nues. yesterday afternoon. and told him
at $50 They were greatly excited. They
said that the ring must have been
dropped somewhere on Newark avenue
nue..
While the young women were explain
ing their loss to the policeman Charles
Clark place ran up holding the missing
ring In his hand. He was going to tel
Flannigan is his rich flrd. He had picked
II up not Afsy feet from where the young
women discovered their loss. The von-
en- look the ring and gave the boy 81 td
reward him for his honesty. They leff
without giving their names.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
GROVE STREET TROLLEY.
Ordinance to Give North Hud-
son Co. Permission Pre-
sented Today.

The ordinance granting permission to
the North Hudson County Railway Com
.pany to run a trolley line on Grove street,
was presented to the Street and Water
Board this afternoon at its regular meet
ing.
The company proposes to build a single
track and run cars by electricity, for
which privilege they will pay $500 per
annum into Jersey City's treasury. This
ordinance presented by the committee this
afternoon is practically the same as that
previously presented with the exception
of the remuneration to the city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
giULME.-T0RGERS0N.

Niles Annie NJ. Torgersen and Mr.. Abra-
ham j. Hume were united in marriage
Saturday evening, at st. Paul's Method
ist Episcopal parsonage, No. ZIG Third
street, this city. The Rev +. Z. May
ham officiating The bride wore white
satin trimmed with lace and carried
white roses Her brother and his wife
Witnessed the ceremony.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
HILL SUCCEEDS MOORE.
Rochester AFan Appointed SECRETARY
Hay's First Assistant.

WASHINGTON. Oct 8. S9s.-The Presi--
dent has appointed Mr.. David J. Hill, OF
Rochester First Assistant Secretary of
State to succeed John Bassett Moore, re-
signed. DR.. Hill is president of the
Rochester Union, is a scholarly gentle-
man. and is particularly known through
his knowledge of International law. He
has taken prominent part in New York
politics, and has delivered many public
addresses in recent campaigns. He is now
in Holland. but is expected to return at
once, having accepted the position.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
VETERANS OF THE THIRD.

The Third Ward New Jersey yolun-
teers. veterans of the Civil War, will have
their annual reunion on Wednesday. 1t
will be held in this county for the first
time at McDonald's hotel. Bergen Point
The business meeting will be held at II
A. NJ, and a shore dinner will be served
at / p M Coll John J. Toffey, who was
Of the arrangements. General George w.
Minble, who was colonel of the regiment,
will be present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
MR.. cAREY'S BOOM GROWS.

The Minkakwa Republican Club will
meet this evening Resolutions recon-
mending the name of Robert Carey for
the Congressional nomination will prob
ably be passed. All the Greenville Re-
publicans seem to think that Carey will
land that particular nomination, and add
that he will make q big fight If he re-
ceives it, There is no doubt that all three
of the Greenville clubs will support him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
FOUND suLLlvAN'S S LOST DRAFT.

Mr.. George " Brown, Of George
Brown & Co. No. 1.4o4 Park avenue. Ho-
boken, wants TO see Mi. Patrick Sullivan.
Mr. Brown. his morning. pIcked W 7
cral pounds drawn to Suievan's orcer.
Mr. Sullivan can recover the draft By
proving his title to II.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
GERMANY WILL NOT HELP.
Will Maintain Her Reserve as to the
Dreyfus Affair.
TBv cable ID WE Associated Press.

BERLIN, Oct 8, 1S98.-A semi-official
statement. issued by the Cologne Gaz-
ette,9 denies the assertion made in French
newspapers that the German Minister Of
Foreign Affairs has been commanded by
Emperor William to furnish the French
Government with friendly explanations as
to the role of Colonel .Schwartzkoppen in
the Dreyfus affair. The Cologne Gaz-.
ette'' adds
Now that the revision has been enter
ed upon Germany has less ground than
ever to depart from her attitude of re-
serve
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
EIGHTH CONGRESS DISTRICT.

The Eighth District Congressional
Democratic Convention has been called
to meet on Wednesday. October u, in
the Zouave Armory Building, City of
Elizabeth. The City Of Bayonne is en-
titled to nineteen delegates
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
TO ENFORCE LANE ROUTE RULES
FBy cable to The ASSOCIATED Press

by Cable to The Associated Press.l
BERLIN, Oct 8 1sss--As a result of
representations made by the Hamburg
American Steamship Line, the German
Foreign Office intends to invite the Gov
ernsnents of the maritime nations TO come
to an agreement TO legally compel Steam
ers TO follow TRANSATLANTIC lane routes in
order to avoid collisions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03

MATTERS OF FACT

New Jerseys best aeur costs a6c. more per
barrel than ordinary flour, but worth dollar
extra Wholesale only at D. E. CIeary Co.'S
stores Greene and Montgomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 1898 forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending At eight
P NJ Tuesday. For New York City and
vicinity:-Threatening. with showers to-
night and Tuesday; stationary tempera-
ture; fresh to brisk southwest winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-03

Was the nzst Landscape Lawn Cemetery. ii
the State. Lot oWners have no expense Tor
care Of grounds. nor fer fencing. II y6u need
a cemetery lot tand every family needs aol,e)s
you MlH be Interested in ita beauty and neat
payment. offlce ID Jersey City. 2Ss Washsnx-
ton street. ever E1oVident Savings Bank Y<ie<
phone No. 81.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-03-11
Lille Du Diable.

The Isles du Salut three small rocky islands
about ten miles from the mainland and about thirty
miles northwest of Cayenne, the capitol of French
Guiana They were known the Hes du Diable
until the year 1763 when thousands of French emf
grants entced by latterng promises to the tropical
junges of the neighborng coast of Korou, were
dying of pestilence and fever. and remnant saved
their lives by crossing to the islands Formerly over
grown to the watcr-side, they bare volcanic
rocks devoid OF vegetation, except few cocoanut
palms, mangoes, weeds and bushes. They form one
of the principal convict stations Of the colony and
it would be difficult to find more secure place The
largest island lie Royale, is the chief settlement and
of it's twin hillocks planted the barracks
of the soldiery the quarters Of the officers and the
residence of the commandant, while the other is sur
mounted by the vast prison of the convicts, the
almost equally big hospital for the SICK the Roman
Catholic chapel and the house of the cha plain In
the hollow between the hills embattled wall de
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-03-11
ube sorrows Of an anti=semtte.

DR. Lueger must be accustomed by now to read
ing in the financial newspapers accounts of his mis-
adventures as administrator. No doubt he would
explain the tone in which these accounts invara-
bly, written by reference to Semitic influence in the
world of finance English readers, however, are
aware that the Economist is not subject to Semitic
influence and therefore the history of Dr. Lueger's
latest proceedings which that newspaper published
last Saturday may be taken to be the work of inn
partial observer. DR.. Lueger, is well known, is
anxious that the municipality of Vienna should sup
ply it's gas; and he has for some time been
deavoring to float loan for the purpose. 1t is
derstood that he tried, months ago to raise money
in the English market; but English fnanciers would
have nothing to do with the project. According to
the Vienna correspondent of the Economist he has
since made two attempts, He applied to the
German bank, which appears to have been willing to
lend the money, but only condition that it should
be allowed to work enormously profitable electric
DR.. Lueger naturally unable to accept propo-
sal by which one undertaking would have been NUM-
cipalzed while another, of equal Importance, would
have been transferred to foreign hands, So he turned
to the Credit Lyonnais but the Credit Lyonnais has
just refused to undertake the loan Ofcourse neither
market have any academic objections to municipal
enterprise; but they all object to lending money to
municipality which is controlled by majority of in
competent antiSemtes.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-03-11
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

tends the sleeping soldiers from surprise, and indeed
the whole island is fortress He Joseph the next in
point of size, has only few cabins the summit for
maniacs and convalescents, and the lie du Diable,
which preserves the original of the group, is
shoal Of rock, sand and gravel, nearly mile
from the Others and swept by all the storms of the
From He Joseph one see the lie du Dable
broiling under the equatorial sum- and to-day the
figure of its solitary captive be distinguished by
his white dress from the warders who shadow him
wherever he goes. He lives in small wooden cabin
built for him beside the quarters of his guards, who
relieved every four hours in the daytime From
to he is free to walk about his rock but
they never lot him out of sight and forbidden to
speak to him under any preteXt. At night he sleeps
in cell with armed sentry at the door. Accord
ing to M. CASTOR Camette, his very gaoers
their lot and one of them has gone wrong in his
mind. Dreyfus is provided with food wine, CT CARS
and other luxures at his expense. He is allowed
read and write but his letters examined by the
authorities. He tried make little garden, but
nothing would grow in the arid soil. He smokes and
reads much eats and drinks little takes long walks,
and sleeps well; but the unnatural life has made him
old man His hair is white his complexion sallow,
his form bent, and his step infirm. No wonder His
only scene is the muddy ocean, the adjacent islands
and their PRISONS the distant forests of KOrou with
here and there suen mound rising above it like a
raincoud the horizon. His only prospect is lin
gerng death in life, and then-the sharks. He pro-
tests his innocence, but however innocent man may
be- it is not easy to bear up against fate like this
and in such deadly climate
A weeks ago Isidor Pollacsek, Jewish SOL
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-03-11

FEW weeks ago Isidor Polacsek, Jewish sol
dier of the Thrty-second Infantry Regiment, quar-
tered at Budapest, Hungary, committed suicide by
shooting himself He gave cause for this act Sc
we're maltreatment and insults suffered from euten-
ants because he a Jew. According to the Buda
pest Egyetertes this poor soldier underwent mar
tyrdom. He was knocked about and trod upon by
the lieutenants When Poacsek entered the canteen
to make purchase, lieutenant would come up to
him and say, Pig Jew, you must not enter the can
teen" and pulled his ears. Unnerved by the constant
prosecutions he suffered he shot himself having first
written heartrending letter to his parents in which
he gave account of what he had undergone, and
concluded, 81 am too weak to endure any more bru-
tality."
There $4,000 Jews in the Austrian army; of
these 1000 are officers. The persecution Of Jewish
soldiers by their military superiors is Of frequent
currence in Gacia although the matter is mostly
hushed up, but in Austria, too, the :" blood tau" is
made to bear doubly heavy on the Jew.
The herald., 1898-11-17
NEGROES IN INDIANA
MEET TO PROTEST AGAINST
OUTRAGES
The Fed eral Authorities Have Decided
to Investigate the Case Of Post
master Tolbert

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l6-The audi
torium of the Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church was crowded to the doors
with colored people last night, drawn to-
gether to express their indignation at the
slaughter of negroes at Wilmington, N. c.,
in South Carolina and Mississippi and to
take such action as might be deemed prac-
ticable and advisable.
Throughout the meeting the deepest in
terest was manifested A committee of five
was appointed to draft suitable resolutions
and report against the outrages perpetrated
on the colored people, and that it was time
to ask for the finding of some remedy to
correct such abuses, and that the President
be asked to call attention to Congress to
the widely increasing evil in order that some
action be taken by Congress to prevent a
recurrence of the outrages in the future. 1t
was also urged that a copy of the resolutions
be forwarded to the Indiana Senators and
Representatives in Congress; to the newly
installed Mayor of Wilmington, n. c., and
TO the Governor of that State, and also that
copy be sent to Governor Tanner OF III
inois Through whose neglect OF right OF
;ustice. negro miners were shot down by
tbe Illinois State Militia at Nirden."
resolution was also introduced and
adontcd providing for the selection of five
colorcd citizens by the chairman who shall
constitute standing committee bearing to
the colored people of the country much the
same relation as was borne by the Cuban
iunta to the Cuban patriots.
The herald., 1898-11-17

The five years for which the present COM
bination was formed expires next year. There
has been some dissatisfaction among num-
Der of stockholders. The cause of the dis
satisfaction is that the results were not up
to expectations. They did not receive for
the 1896 wine as much as those operators
who are not members of the corporation.
There were 200 stockholders present and
$50 shares out of a total of HOO were repre-
sented.
President Henry J. Crocker called the
meeting to order and submitted his annual
report. In it he spoke of the good results
accomplished by the corporation in seeking
the markets of the world. Before the new
vintage is out all debts will be paid, there
will be cash deposit in bank to meet the
payment of judgment of 100000 to the
California Wine association, if it be affirmed,
and a good balance on hand for distribution
to the members. Under the present man
agement the corporation has paid an annual
dividend of per cent on the par value Of
the stock Mr.. Crocker made plea for the
continuance of the cooperative plan, the
results of which warrant such course as
long as the producers in acting together pro-
tect their own interests and their financial
supporters.
The report of Secretary Hotchkiss stated
that the outlook for the winemakers is prom
ising and the market will not be forced. It
has on hand seven million gallons of good
wine for 1893.
The herald., 1898-11-17
A FAREWELL SESSION
Of Delegates to the w. G. T. U.
Convention

ST. PAUL, MINI, Nov. l6.-The closing
day of the twenty-ifth annual convention
of the w. G. 7. Z. of the United States was
very full of business, many delayed superin-
tendents reports being heard at the morn
Illinois, who, for nineteen years has been
president of the Woman's Temperance Pub
fishing association, made her last report
from that affiliated organization and then
laying aside her report, delivered a brief and
touching farewell to those with whom she
had so long been associated. In dramatic
scene on the front of the stage, she clasped
hands with Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon,
beside Miss Wizards vacant chair, and rs
they stood with fearful eyes and lips smiling
their happiness over the peaceful ending of
the one bitter fight of the convention, a
photographer who had just come to take q
picture of the general officers, caught the
group on the camera.
In announcing her retirement from the
publishing association Mrs. Carse said she
would fill once more her well-known column
in the Union Signal, the organ of the w. G..
T. u, after which it would be transferred
to the columns of the Appeal, the publica-
ka to Chicago to become the organ OF the
Willard memorial circles, which will work
on behalf of The temple.
In the afternoon the usual resolutions
were adopted, those on Miss Willard and on
the army canteens being new subjects, while
the others had simply new wording OF the
well-known sentiments.
The evening session was the farewell.