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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
CHILDREN PLAY WITH MATCHES.
Usual Results Follow and Fire
Department Has Some Work.

Some excitement was caused by a FIRE:
which broke out in the apartments Of
John Pendergast. on the first floor of the
five-story brick tenement house, No. s5s
Grove street about three O'Clock yester-
day afternoon The fire was caused by
children playing with matches. They set
fire to a mattrass. Fire alarm box No.
262 was pulled by a citizen
The flames were exting1ished before
much damage was done. Nell Campbell
Is the owner OF tho building.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
ACCUSED or CHICKEN STEALING

Mrs. Henry Rusch. of No. "A Mallory
avenue. VS. arraigned in the Second Grim
inal Court this morning, charged with
stealing chicken from Mrs. Henrietta
Drager, of No. 70 Hatch avenue. The
rear yards of the two women adjoin
each other. Mr.. Drager found one Of
her chickens over In Mrs Rusch's yard
Mrs. Rusch denied that she store tns
chicken. The case was laid over until
tomorrow morning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
VICTORY A Ia MADRID.

by Gable to The Associated Press.l
MADRID July rs. 1898 Is A. M.)-An of
fetal despatch from San Juan de Porto
Rico makes the statement that seven
hundred volunteers have compelled an
American force. which was advancing on
Youoo, near Port Guanioa, to retreat to
the positions they previously occupied
The Kings attack of measles is taking
its normal course and there are no COM
nlina inns
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
BAD FALL IN LARD.

Henry Tiedemann. 80 years old, of No
"a Clinton street. Hoboken, while hand
ling barrels of lard this morning on the
Hamburg steamship dock had his right
leg badly mangled by failing tier OF
barrels. He was taken to St Marys Hos
ptal where it is said his leg will have
10 be amputated
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
BISMARCK BETTER


BY Cable 70 The Assoclated PressJ
HAMBURG, July 2S. 1S9S.-Prince Bis
marck has somewhat improved since yes
terday evening. His condition might be
described as fairly good; but for violent
pains in his foot and face he would
have passed good night. AS it was, he
slept fairly. The Princes diet yesterday
included ham, caviaro. eggs beer and
champagne. This morning the Prince
read the newspapers and smoked his pipe
in nod
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
Hartnets's Thermometrioai Report
DIED.

BIJTTS-At Avon N j., on Tuesday.
July 26, 1898, Theophilus Butts. aged e6
years.
Relatives and friends are invited 20 at
tend the funeral at ST. Paul's Church,
Hudson street Hobolzen, n j., on FRI
day, July 70, at 4:S0 P. NJ
VAN WINK Lion Wednesday, July q.
1925 at his late residence, No, Ii
Emory street, Abraham j. Van VIM
kle.
E,111laral nriVate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
ARLINGTON CEMETERY

Was the first Landscape Lawn Cemetery In
the state Lot owners have no expense for
care Of grounds. nor for fencing. ff you need
a cemetery lot (and every family needs one),
Won Will be Interested In its beauty and neat.
ness It's moderate prices and easy terms Of
payment. office in Jersey City. 2s9 Washing
ton street. over p1ovident Savings Bank Tele-
phone No. 521.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
BABES BODY FOUND IN THE PIER

Norris vogal, deck hand on the ferry
boat Baltimore last night, found the body
of new born male child in the slip, at
the foot of Exchange place. II was wrap
ped in muslin and brown paper. The body
was taken to Speer's morgue-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, July Is, 1895. Forecast for
thfrty-six hours ending s p. NJ. Friday
Fer New York City and vicinity:-Cloudy
weather with showers tonight and Friday;
warmer Friday winds becoming south
erly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28

II you have been sick you will find Hoods $
Sarsaparilla the best medicine YOU can take to-
give you appetite and strength
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

rronSed him.. But the Thought thnu ne was
free comfortcd him in the awful loneti-
ness. He began to feel the cravings OF
hunger. On every hand there were Gesola-
tion and sterility. Not o sign Of habita-
ton could DO distinguished. For two days
the young fellow went without eating.
His hunger became awful in its intensity.
At nights, with nothing but the cold,
metallic sky above him, he slept, occa-
sionaily awakened by dreams OF stealning
and luscious food. His disappointment
upon ascertaining shat the food1vas but g
fancy Of the brain, disardered by the pangs
of hunger, was agonizing and 1n~addenlng.
He tried to stave eff death from starvation
nv eatlng grass and bark. Toads and in
sects were deIicaoias which he hunted with
every animal instinct aroused and deyour-
ed ureedily. He o began to show evil
dances of mental and physical collapse.
He was worn to a skeleton, but he did not
give M hope of rescue. He called upon
God to save him in q pitiful supplication.
One day he crawled to a knoll, and, look
ing out over the sea, he saw a ship. lie
rubbed his eyes ard looked again. There
it was, a full rugged clipper. bowling mer-
rily over-the waves about two miles Gil.
He staggered to his feet, Invested himself
pf his blouse and waved it frantically
about his head. He yelled with all his
strength. He had hcan seen. Down came
the sails. The. vessel rounded TO, o boat
was launched, men dropped into it and
with sturdy strokes. pulled for shore.
Haertig fell in a dead faint. His r~escllers
tenderly conveyed him to tho boat and
rowed pack to the ship. He was lifted on
board and carried into the first mates
cabin, where he was revived by grog.
The vessel was bound for a port IN
China. Haertig made himself valuable.
By this time he could go aloft as grace
fully and rapidly assaEy Of ths crew. He
was well liked, and the sailors tool pride
in teaching him. The long voyage was
most pleasant SO far, but a rough time was
ahead. In the China sea a typhoon struck
the gallant little ship with terrible force.
She withstood the terrible pounding in
ficted by the angry waves fer hours be-
fore she sprang a leak. The pumps Were
manned and every effort made to keep
afioat, bur the water gained steadily in
her hold. She soon began to settle by the
bows and roll and pitch heavily. The
good ship was doomed and preparations
were made to leave her. The great waves
swept clear over her decks, and it was
only at the peril OF life and limb that the
crew worked to launch the boats. The
task was accomplished without mishap and
after skilIful ~maneuvering they managed
to keep from being smashed against her
sides. Sadly every eye rested on the bat
tered craft as they pulled away into the
gloom. For sesaral days they rowed and
drifted aimIessly but finally landed on the
Chinese coast.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

this much Professor Starr has assured
himself by previous observation: The
disease is as contagious rs smallpox or
common leprosy. It takes three forms,
Which are stageso of the sane malady-red,
purple or black and white. The red has
been supposed to mark the beginning Of
pinto. Professor Starr believes that the
white CONES first. then the red and last
the biack Many sufferers have only the
first Or second forms and never contract
tho tbiyd.
Among the JuaYes pinto il accepted as
one Of tho ordinary chances OF existence.
No remedies are applied, and 10 physician
has eyer cone to the aid Of the people.
Professor Stasr knows 0 about the dis
ease than cry other scientific authority
and his observations have bcea made hith
erto in a superficial wayin connection
with Other work. On the present expedi-
ton he expects toTneAo u study Of the dis
oaso which Will be Of great interest to
scientists and vastly benefit humanity. To
the ordinary laind tho dangers of con-
tagion seem formidable; not go to the
professor.
"No. I shailnot contract the disease, " he
says confidently. Contagious diseases
arc not 'cau2ht' by people Of coed physical
condition aid clearly habits | am no
more afraid Of pinto than Of smallpox.
The Mixes are another tribe which the
professor rather breads to encounter.
They were cannibais within his own neIn-
Org. They now keep up the practice OF
bloody animal sacrifices to propitiate their
various gods. Tho Catholic priests have
got partially into the country and car
ried to tie sayagss some Of the ways CT
civilization. a great many Of the fathers
have lost their lives among tia Mixes. the
priest whom they murdered three years
ago being an especial ~fayorite with them
up to the tine " hen tneir childish anger
syas excited in some way. When the priest
is in a village Of the Mixes, they all claim
to be deyout Catholics. They keep their
idols and affairs hidden in caves, however,
and whenever the harvest is in Danger or
some especial favor is desired they appeal
to their ancient deities. There IS great
diversity il their huts, some heing built
of brush and logs, others Of mud. They
are q crafty and ugly people, with broad,
black faces. They are pure Indians OF
uumixel blood, but IN the color OF their
skins resemble the Negro. Their hair Is
long, Black and lank. They are short in
figure, with huge trunks and muscular
ar-rs
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26
when Baby Exas Collie.

Most infants begin to suffer from collie
when they reach the age Of 8 or 4 weeks.
The parents begin to lose sleep at about
the same time as q consequence. The at
tacks usually come on at the same hour
every day and last from one to four hours.
A good remedy is qwuinine given in half
grain doses an hour before anticipated at
tack, repeated at commencement, or a lit
tie before the attack comes on. The rom
edy should be given rubbed up with a lit
tie sugar of milk. The child at this time
hiss little development Of the sense Of taste,
and will usually take tho medicine with
out much trouble. A grain of q~uinine
divided into TWO parts given daily in this
manner viii speedily break up the period
ic collie, and need not be continued longer
than three or four days. A possible relapse
may be cured in the am way.-St- Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

Some years ago banquet was rendered
Generals Brooke and Crook in one of d
western cities. On this occasion all tho
speakers paid tribute to the fighting quail
tiles OF these gentlelnen, especially with
their Indian campaigns. Among the
speakers was an esteemed friend Of mine,
who after rising informed Generals
Brooke and Crook that he felt hurt that
they should lave fn~eIlopolized all the In
dian campaign thunder. n ave killed
q few Indians myself, Z he said, with q
pretense OF great pride
And while the hanqaeters were wonder
ing how his remark should be taken llo
added, ~You know I was q doctor and
f,racticed quite extensively among the In
diars." This brought down tho house,
for probably number Of those present re-
membered that the doctors first patient
was an Indian napoose-which was Iics
permitted to Witness tho wonderful prog
ress Of the city Of its birth In etheF
words, the papoose died, but, a. tie doctor
explainad, cit would fiayo died, even bad
I not been the only doctor In
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

Cambridge has been always the home OF
poess-a nest or nursery of singing birds
1t has teen said-and perhaps with . little
exaggeratf5a-that Cambridge produced
the martyrs, while Oxford brrned theanf
and SO it might be said that Cambridge
has cherished her poets. while Oxford
usually expelled them.
Clough and Matthew Arnold are happy
exceptions. but Shelley was sent down
from the university for airing his atheists
ical opinions, and the Jacobin Lander had
to leave Trinity for firing q gun across the
quadrangle at the windows Of his opposite
neighbor, who happened to be a Tory;
but, as q nlatter of fact, nearly every Eng
lish poet worthy Of the name who was Id
q university at all was-for a time at least
Ia member of one or another Of the col
leges on the Cam. Chaucerss connection
with Clare CHS tSolere Hall must, we
fear, be consigned to the region OF ro-
nance but Milton was undoubtedly at
Christ's, and his mulberry tree Is still the
object Of attention In that charming little
gErden-the loveliest thing in its way IN
ell Calnbria9o -Blackwnod
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

TAs he looks after seven years OF exile.1
and faced in the day Of final reckoning, to
return Immediately to Philadelphia Even
though the books and papers OF the bank
are conclusive enough in themselves as to
the falsity of this accusation against me
it will be some satisfaction TO me to have
you open you- lips upon al tho facts to
those who probably would net believe tho
truth even through one arise from the
deadr'
Mr.. Wanamaker paused again and wiped
his brow The effect upon that great cons
course of men was really startling. Some
s~pasinodic applause came from tho top
gallery, but 1t WIS as nothing to the elo-
quent silence that prevailed through the
body Of the house. Then Mr.. Wananeker
went on with his speech
That portion Of it referring to Marsh
was sent broadcast over the country by
the Associated Press. Marsh read it HIM
self in a paper out in the state Of Wash
ington. Just what be theught no one but
he himself knows, but he packed his few
belongings and went cast,
He communicated with an old friend in
Philadelphia. a man named Pooley. A
meeting was arranged for in New York,
There Marsh met Pooley and William H.
Wanamaker, his bonds1nan. The fugi-
tive's former wife, who obtained a divorce
on the ground of desertion only last
spring, was also there.
And this man, who had been chased all
over the world by detectives, for whose
capture there was a standing reward Of
$4,000, quietly went back to Phifadeiphia,
and after a brief preliminary hearing al
+lAo <x;.e.s.< - 1<ssao .rac 20 Io, 80
Moya1nensing jail.
Two other mel were caught in the ruins
Of the Keystone bank. One was John
Bardsley, city treasurer OF Philadelphia.
Nearly $500, 600 OF the city's money was
deposited in the bank, and when the run
came Bardsley refused to draw it out. He
served five years in prison for his part in
the affair So did lanes Lawrence, who
was cashier of the bank under Marsh.
Neither of these two would tell the secrets
of the transaction, and both suffered, al
though it is declared that neither p~roited
by the wrecking Of the bank.
Gideon Marsh elected to u away rather
than stay and face Che consequences Els
bail had been liked at $40, 600, and vii
liam H. Wanfnlaker, a brother Of John
Wanamaker, was his bondsman. Where
he went after he disappeared is still q
mystery. His capture in South America
was reported several times, but not one OF
thefmany detectives who secured the ne#
world for him ever got him in a corner
After several years Of absence he had
almost become forgotten and many be-
lieyed him to be dead. Now, seven years
after his exit, he appears again on the
scene, having emerged from an obscure
portion OF the state ct Washington. He
has como back TO take his medicine and
tell his story
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26
WHERE BoB's GEESE WENT
How an Alligator Nearly Broke Up
a Southern. Industry.

How an Alligator Nearly Broke Up
a Southern Industry.
Six or eight years ago Bob Vorus start
ed a goose farm on his mill pond. He
knew the value of feathers and thought
the people would appreciate the oppor-
tunity of obtaining them near home for
making pillows and beds. His big mill
pond wa such a fine place for them to
swim and live and grow in. Sc he got up
500 or SEQ pairs of geese and put them on
his pond, says the Silnpkin Independent.
They were in their glory, and tho water
was dotted from morning till night as
they gracefully glided along over theplaeid
expanse of the pond. Their nests were
built in the PUSHES along its sides, and
their melodious voices ~reverheaated along
its banks from end to ED, but they aid
not increase according to Bobs notion
their numbers were diminishing percep-
tibly. A dead Il could be seen occasion
ally drifting along the edge of the border
ing rushes.
At first Bob thought it might be minks,
offers, skunls, possuns or what not that
uaro 7~eefroxinc them fllt soon fa4frH r1ik
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26
THE LIE DU DIABLE
Prison Place Of the Worlds
Most Famous Pris-
oner.
LITTLE CARIBBEAN lsLEr
Where Captain Dreyfus Has
Been Confined for More
Than Four Years.
LITTLE CARIBBEAN lsLET

Since Dreyfus has become the most IA
nous prisoner in the world DEVILS island,
on which he is confined. has likewise
grown to be the most famous prison place.
Devils island, which in the French
tongue is more e~uphoniously known as
the He du Diable, is one OF three little is
lands which lie in a closely connected
group off thacoast of French Guiana and
in the southeastern end OF the Caribbean
zen. The French call this group the lies
du Salut, or the islands of safety. Il is
on these that France has been in the habit
Of keeping the most dangerous OF her con-
yicts. The whole of French Guiana was
originally no moro than a penal colony,
end these islands are reserved for the most
desperate characters.
Islands of safety they ma be so far as
the possibility of escape goes, but theirs is
probably the most unhealthy climate to
be found anywhere north of the equator.
The unlucky dwellers there are either
burned by the tropical sun or drenched by
the tropical rains. Fever laden breezes
sweep from off the marshy shores and dis
ease turks everywhere.
DEVILS island is the smallest of the
group. 1t is merely a fiat topped rock
WA4OA IAGCo 0QbOi t4l0 SC0 anu VIII i 04t
sparsely covered in spots with tropical
trees. A MAJ can walk all around it in
half an hour. On it are two buildings.
One is a mere hut inclosed by a stoua
stockade. The other is a one story build
ing witha tower at one end.
During the last two years of Dreyfua
agitation enterprising newspaper artists
AVE from time to time given us imaginary
pictures of this lonesome little islet, but
not until recently has an accurate picture
Of the place of confinement of the worlds
most famous prisoner been given to the
public. The accompanying illustration is
authentic. 1t is taken from a drawing re-
Gently made by a French artist sent out
by ILLUSTRATION Of Paris for this express
purpose.
The artist knew he would not be allowed
to land on the island, but he learned tnat
the stea1mer for Cayenne stopped for q
short time off lie Royale and passed quite
close to DEVILS island. He made his sketch
while the steamer was within a few hum
dred feet of the shore, using a telescope to
make out the details. AS this picture was
drawn only a few weeks ago it shows con-
clusiyely that the stories about the con-
fnement Of Dreyfus in a huge iron cage
were unfounded.
The small hut within the stockade is the
prison house of the lone convict whose
detention has almost split France in
twain. In the inclosed yard, which is not
more than so feet in length and less than
10 feet wide, Dreyfus takes his only exer-
else. Two guards constantly patrol out
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-26

SECRETS or TIE KEYSTONE BAMf
WRECK no Be REVEALED.

why Gideon Marsh, After BEING For
seven Years q Fugitive, Returned
and cave Himself Up-Et VIVA Be a
Famous Trial.
Ore Of the most important criminal
trials Of recent years IS soon to DO begun
in Philadelphia. Gideon ". Marsh, the
former president Of the Keystone bank of
that city, is to be the defendant. After
being a fugitive from justice for seven
years, during which time dozens Of detect
ives had vainly tried to track him across
two continents, he has come back 20 stand
trial on q charge of misapprcpriating
funds.
II the results of the coming trial were
expected to concern only Gideon Marsh.
it would attract merely local attention in
PHILADELPHIA. But the returned exile is
expected 90 tell The history of the looting
of the keystone bank. If he does, he will
either implicata or free from suspicion
two men CT national prominence. Ono of
these is Senator Quay, and the other is
John Wanainaker, ex-postmaster general.
The voluntary surrender of Marsh,
which occurred recently, was one OF the
most dramatic features of the affair thus
far. During the late political campaign
Mr.. Wanamaker became q bitter opponent
OF Senator Quay. This led to the arrest OF
the senator or a charge OF m~isapplying
certain funds.
Then Senator Boies Penrose stepped
into the breach. He intimated that the
whereabouts of one Gideon W. Marsh were
not totally unknown, and that should,
Marsh ever return to Philadelphia Mr.
Wanainakcr might be somewhat egabar-
raised. He didn't put it as mildly as that.
In fact, his statement was decidedly
pointed.
Mr.. Wanamaker had in 1891 fully con-
WINGED an investigating comaaittee Of wise
Philadelphia counciimen that his dealings
with the bank had boon legal and honor
able. Naturally this rattling Of dry bones
was not at all to his liking. He addressed
a mass meeting one night in tho Academy
OF Music and took occasion to defend HIM
self.
He dwelt briefly upon the innuendoes Of
Senator Penrose, and then, as though in
spirsd, he paused and stepped well out to
the foetlights. 1sere was an impressive ST
lenee for a moment, and then, with his
eyes fixed steadily, as though upon some
shape Invisible TO his auditors, lie raised
his arms as a man evoking some superhu-
man power aud delivered himself of this
appeal:
ssGiaeon ". Marsh, if the newspapers
print this and YOU read 1t ] appeal to you
as 4 man to another. who must be n1es