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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-23

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
JACKSON AVE. IMPROVEMENT.
Commfssicners of Assessment Say II
Will Cost 100000.

Much progress, has been made in the
week in the matter relating to the pro
posed opening of Jackson avenue. The
Commissioners of Assessment on Thurs
day last. equipped with maps and the
report of Acting Chief Engineer Van
Keuren, who had the property surveyed
last week. went over every inch OF the
proposed extension. From ten O'Clock IN
the morning until six in the evening they
worked and the result is that they nave
fixed the valuation on the property to be
cut through at about 100000 This, OF
course, is only a rough estimate, ana the
chances are that 1t Will be increased al
least $4,000.
This amount will compensate the prop
erty owners for the property to be cut
through, but the property owners Will
in turn be assessed for the benefits re-
ceiyed. The Assessment Commissioners
reported to the Street and Water Board
the result of their labors. More maps
of the property will be drawn and the
exact cost of the property to be taken
and the assessments will be figured out.
The cost of the extension of Jackson
avenue, after the assessments have been
deducted from the valuation, viii be $780,
O00 The Street and Water Board will
meet this afternoon and will consider
the report of the Commissioners of AS
sessment- The date of public hearing
the matter will be heard will also be
fixed.
1t looks very much at present as If the
proposed extension will surely go through.
The property owners who are behind the
project are anxious for the Improvement
and it is thought that things will go
along without a hitch.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
SANDY HOOK In FIGHTING
TRIM.

NEW YORK, March A. 1S9S.-The 300
artillerymen ordered to Sandy Hook were
transferred to that point today. Prepar-
ations commenced early at Forts Hamll-
ton and Wadsworth. From each of these
forts two batteries were sent to the
Hook
Under the direction of army engineers
hundreds of soldiers and workmen are
busy mounting guns, building ramS2rts
Not since the war has such activity been
seen there. There was no cessation OF
activity even on Sunday.
A train of twenty-one cars, eaeh loaued
with Pinch steel mortar, Is lying on a
siding near the fortifications. 1t arrived
yesterday from the Watervliet arsenal.
The work of erecting mounts for the NOR
tars is being rushed.
Many mortarS are already in place.
They are out of sight in deep pits, IN bat
teries of sixteen each. and cannot be
reached by an enemy's guns except by
shell. The pits are surrounded by heavy
masonry, covered by layers of concrete
and faced with slopes of sand. The dis
appearing guns are similarly concealed.
On the sea side the great Notifications
are hardly noticeable.
Dozens of eight, ten and twelve inch
steel rifles are at the Hook ready for
mounting. When the engineers are
through the fortifcations will be among
the strongest in the world.
All women and children under sixteen
years old have been ordered from the
Hook. The wives of many of the work
men left yesterday.
Hundreds of masons, carpenters and
other mechanics are working on the ad-
ditional quarters needed for the artillery
men. They are nearly completed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14

to extend the said street or any streets
over said reclaimed land. and have no
right to interfere with your orators in
the use of said land for the purposes of
their railroad or any legal purposes what
ever"
Other clauses of the bill set forth the
following whatever might be the
right of the city to extend Thirteenth
street no proceedings under the charter
of Jersey City have been taken for that
purpose. and that the city has not, and
that the said Jersey City Electric Light
Company has not, nor has either of them
any right to enter upon the said lands to
erect thereon amy structure Whatever;
that neither the said Jersey City ELECTRIC
Light Company nor the said Board of
Street and Water Commissioners of Jer-
sey City, nor the Mayor and Aldermen
of Jersey City, nor anybody for eith9r
have obtained the consent in writing q
your orators, who are the owners OF the
soil for the erection of said poles, etc.,
"and, further, there has not been, as your
orators are informed and believed, any
designation of the street in which the
same shall be placed, and the manner OF
placing the same by the city or Jersey
City, according to law, or not IN any man
ner in accordance with the statutes in
such case made and provided. but that
which the said Boyd attempted verbally
to give to the employees OF the Electric
Light Company at the time OF the plac-
ing of the said poles, and that the same
are not in any street of said city which
has been laid out and opened according
to law, but that on the contrary, the said
Thirteenth street has not been, as your
orators are informed and believed, and
here charge as fact. ever opened by
any proceedings under the charter OF said
city as above stated.
THAT the place where these poles are
being located and this line is attempted
to be constructed, is a menace to the
tracks and property of your orators and
source of great annoyance and danger
to the employees of your orators. Your
orators fear that if they attempt to pre-
vent the erection of said poles by force
they will be interfered with by the police
officers of Jersey City. East of the
ancient of original high water line, with
in the lines of Thirteenth street if ex-
tended easterly of said high water line,
there has been no travel there at any
time except such teeins as have gone over
your orators property to the piers of your
orators in connection with the business
of your orators and very little of that
.'As the matter stands now said Com
missioner Heintze this morning, 1T means
a suit. We will find out who owns the
lower end of Thirteenth street. the city
or the railroad company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
RESULTS OF A MIXED ALE PARTY
Police Raid a Heuse I'm HobOken
and It's Owner IL Held.

A linked ale'' party resulted in the ar
rest of three men and two women in
house at Twelfth and Monroe streets,
Hoboken, yesterday afternoon. In conse-
quence of complaints to the Recorder, a
warrant was issued charging Edward
Berkery, the alleged owner of the prem
ises and tenant WELL with maintaining
disorderly house.
Three policemen went to the house yes
terday afternoon while the so-called
guests were celebrating, and arrested the
inmates. AT the Second precinct police
station the prisoners described themselves
as Edward Berkery, thirty years old, Of
Twelfth and Monroe streets; John Null
doom, twenty-four years old, and Joseph
Hughes. twenty-three years old, of Four
teenth and Clinton streets; Della Gavin
and Bridget Kelly, both servants, of
Twelfth and Monroe streets.
Recorder McDonough this morning de-
cided to commit Berkery to Jail in default
of bail to await the action of the Grand
Jury for maintaining disorderly house.
Muldoon and Hughes were fined S.. each,
which they paid. The two women, Brid-
get Kelly and Della Gavin, were commit
ted to Jail for sixty days. The Recorder
said they were "old FOUNDERS as he ex-
pressed it, and deserved no mercy.
The Kelly woman carried six months
old infant in her arms and when taken to
Jail asked the police to allow her to take
her babe to jail. The police consented.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
EX-POLICEMAT IN TROUBLE
Neglected His Family and Brought
70 hook AT Last.

Frederick Rottger, formerly of the Ho-
boken Police Department, was pitiful
spectacle when arraigned before Recorder
McDonough in Hoboken this morning,
charged with ill-treating and abusing his
wife. About a year ago he was dis
missed from the department for drunken
ness.
Mrs. Rottger frequently complained to
the police that her husband neglected his
family of five small children and refused
to contribute towards their support. She
was compelled to go washing for neigh
bors to keep her family from starving,
she said, and frequently when she re-
fused to give her husband any money for
liquor he abused and ill-treated her.
When Mrs. Rottger appeared in court
this morning to prosecute her husband
for assault and battery, Rottger tried to
intimidate her with threat that he
would kill her when he was released if
she prosecuted him. The Recorder
warned Rottger that if he attempted to
threaten his wife he would be committed
to Jail on a more serious offense. Mrs.
Rottger paid no heed to her husband s
threat and prosecuted her complaint.
Rottger denied her allegations but Re-
corder McDonough committed him to Jail
in default of bail for trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
THEIR NUPqIAL FUND.
Hearts Divided But Cash Still
Intaet-Girl Arrested at
Ex-Loyer's Suit.

Sarah Havener e pretty ,s5 ,y3n young gs11a wom-
was before Police Justice Nevin, in the
the alleged embezzlement of SllO from
Louis Wasserberg, of No. 20 Gregory
street. The case is a sad and peculiar
one.
Two months ago an announcement ap-
peared in local paper that Louis Was
serberg and Miss Sarah Havener were en-
gagged and they received the congratula-
tions OF their friends. 1t was understood
that they were TO be married this month.
To their intimate acquaintanceS they con-
hded the fact that they were saving 10
gether and would wed as soon as they
had enough to furnish a home and begin
housekeeping. Wasserberg is employed
as barber and earns good wages, While
Miss IIavener makes her living as sales
woman and is able to save little each
week fromNher salary.
Miss Havener acted as banker and kept
a special account into which both turned
what money they could save. By the
middle OF February they had Sl1o. OF
this Wasserberg has saved $110. Every
thing went well until February 20, when
the lovers had a quarrel. 1t was more
serious than such quarrels usually are,
and Wasserberg declared that as far as
he was concerned the engagement was
off. He asked Miss Havener to refund to
him at once the $40 he had paid into the
housekeeping fund. This she refuser to
do and she also refused to release him
from his promise to marry her.
On March IL he made a formal demand
upon her for the money, again she re-
fused. He then applied to Police Justice
Nevin for a warrant for her arrest. She
was arrested at her home last night by
Detective McNally. She was not COM
mitted to a cell, however, as friends
secured bail for her as soon as she was
made prisoner
Senator Daily appeared in the police
court this morning for Miss Havener. AS
semblyman James Murphy. was counsel
for Wasserberg. On hearing the eyi-
dence Police Justice Nevin at once dis
charged Miss Havener.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
YOUNG KBARNY ESCAPES
Left Alone He Runs Away
From the Plainfeld Sani-
tarium-Can't Be Found.

watts aa Kearny al1s fy Of New G York, @ and grand
son Of General Philip Kearny, escaped
at seven o'clock last night This IS the
institution where, month ago. Leonard
r. Welles, former Police Commissioner of
Brooklyn escaped and ended his life a
short distance away in the woods.
kearny was sent to the sanitarium un-
der legal proceedings. instituted BY his
father in the New Jersey Chancery Court.
1t was sought to have him pronounced a
heavy drinker and an order res training
his liberty was asked.
He denied the truth of his fathers ale
cations, and his aunt aided him in the
fight The case had several hearings in
the Chancery, and ended by the order
asked for by the father being issued.
side Sanitarium, which is in North
Plainfield. He was not considered bad,
ed only to recovering patients and to
those who are inmates of their own yoli-
ton. He was allowed outside the
grounds and occasionally Wenf to to pain
tendant. He made what was considered
an effort to escape few days ago. but it
failed.
was left alone for a short time by the at
tendant having him in charge. When the
attendant returned Kearny was missing.
A short search convinced the authorities
of the sanitarium that their charge had
left the building. and the police were noti-
fled. No trace of the escaped man has as
yet been found. 1t is not known in what
direction he went.
1t is not known if he had any money
with him The authorities do not think
he will harm himself, but believe he will
make an effort to get outside of the State,
so that the courts OF New Jersey cannot
reach him.
General John Watts Kearny instituted
proceedings before Chaneeflor- McGill in
New Jersey in December last to have his
son committed to the institution. The
young man had but shortly before re-
turned from Paris, where, according to
his statement, his father had him impris-
oned in an asylum. He had been restored
to his liberty through the good offices of
the American Consul.
General Kearny made application to the
Chancellor to be appointed his sons guar
dian and to be allowed to select the asy-
lun in which he should be confined The
aunt who defended the son was the Mar
qllise de Kernel, sister of General
Kearny. who deferred her return to her
home Il Paris to obtain counsel for him. i
Ing kept ''incommunicado' in the Hudson
County Jail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
TWO SHIPS BOUGHT.

by Cable to The Associated Press
London March IA, 1S98.-The Brazilian
Minister confirms the report that the war
ships Amazonas and Admiral Breu have
been sold to the United States Govern
ment. The contract is to be signed to-
day. and the Brazilian officers and crew
now on board the Amazonas will return
to Brazil by the next mail steamer sail
ing for that country.
The Press Association says Spain has
built by the Armstrong;, for Chilli; but
the Chilian Charge dAffaires does not
confirm the report. He says Chilian crew
for the vessel is expected here next week
to take the O'Higgins to Chill.
The Amazonas, her sister ship, the Bar
rozo, and the vessel unnamed in the
Naval Annual are of $500 tons displace-
ment and $500 indicated horse power.
They are $50 feet long, have 43 feet inch
es beam and have a maximum draft of
16 feet 10 inches. They are driven by two
propellors, have AZ inches of armor over
their gun positions and have protected
decks inches in thickness. Their arma-
ment consists of six 6-inch quick-firing
guns, four 4.7-inch guns, ten 6-pounders,
four 1-pounders and four small rapid-fire
guns All three vessels are estimated to
steam twenty knots per hour. have three
torpedo tubes and carry 700 tons of coal
as their normal supply.
WASHINGTON, March IA, 1895. The re-
ported sale to the United States of the
two Brazilian cruisers Amazonas and
Admiral Breu, now receiving their finish
ing touches in an English shpyard was
confirmed this afternoon 1t was learned
also that Spain has not secured the
O'aiggins and that Chill will not sell her
to Spain 1t is said furthermore that
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
NO RESTITUTION YET

County Collector Hugh Dugan was seen
by reporter for '"The News" at his
office, this morning, relative to Attorney
General Grey's fee of s1,46S.S5, which, as
shown in 'AThe. News" of Saturday, was
Illegally paid out of the county treasury
for services in the Noonan-Simpson case.
He said that the Attorney-General had
not yet returned the money.
Were you aware at the time you paid
the claim that it was illegai?" asked the
reporter.
NO." replied Mr.. Dugan. 81 paid the
bill upon the certifcation of Judge Lippin-
colt and that is all know about it. The
bill is certainly illegal, as shown by The
News of Saturday. 1 don't intend to do
anything in the matter until directed by
the court
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
M0ONsHINERs AT TROY.

TROY, N. Y, March IA, 1S9S.-An illicit
still and its operators were caught Satur-
day night at the house of Mrs. Mary
Casey. No Cos Twenty-fourth street, this
city. Ten United States marsnals forced
their way into the house and there found
a copper Kettle boiling on the stove near
ly fun of liquor. Nearby were several
tubs of mash. A large quantity of
whiskey, two per cent. below the regula--
ton standard was seized and forwarded
to Albany.
Dennis Maloney, who was found in the
house was arrested. He was taken to
Albany and will be arraigned n the Fed
eral Court this morning. Dennis Maloney
is the owner of the property. Mrs. Casey,
it is alleged. formerly operated still on
Nineteenth street She will be arraigned
in Albany this morning as will also Mr..
Ma1aney
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
DIRECTOR GREEN SCORES
Justice Depue Refuses to Grant
Mandamus to Admit
Clayton.

[Speciale to ''The Jersey City News."1
TRENTON, March IA, 1s9S.-Justice
Depue this afternoon refused to grant a
writ of mandamus to compel Director
Green to make way for Freeholder Clay
ton. The application was made by Leon
Albeit and was based upon the action of
the Supreme Court in the Camden free
holder case of some years ago, when the
Freeholders who refused to recognize the
decision of the Court were fined 5000 each.
Justice Depue saidit was only necessary
for the Court to make an order to secure
favor and that this would be done as
soon as a bond is filed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
THE DEFICIT.

(From This Mornings "Tribune.")
The United States Treasury received
last week from customs 50. 255, 1856; from in
ternal revenue, ss.lss.44s, and from mis-
cellaneous sources $780, so1, making total
of ss,7s7,715, against ss,1s7174 in the pre-
ceding week. Receipts for the month to
date, s1s,1el, ,25s; expenditures. s15,o3o,Ooo;
excess of expenditures, $1,S6S,742.
Actual March deficit, s1,s6S,742.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14

Major Espinoza, of the insurgent army.
who had evidently been killed by the in
surgents, who discovered their in$eRtion
Of surrendering to the Spaniards. The
buried at La Esperanza
Commissioners Klopsch has given his
correspondent check for 81 900 in Alneri-
can gold, for Transmission to the United
States Consul Brice at Matanzas, and
another check for the same amount to be
forwarded to United States Consul Bar
ker, at Sagua le Grande. Both checks
will be forwarded to their destinations
by messenger.
Commissioner Klopsch says he would
prefer that the money be used for the re
lief of the silent sufferers otherwise
those who are in great poverty but who
are too proud to make their wants known.
Finally the Commissioner will give
Consul-General Lee s., 200 for direct ex-
penditure, and $500 for the relief fund.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
COST OF FUN In HOBOKEN.
Reckless Driver Gives Two Ceppera
Lively Chase.

Ward Martin, eighteen years DID, of No.
500 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights,
gave two Hoboken policemen lively
chase early this morning before they sue
ceeded in capturing him. Policeman
Hayes was on Washington street when
he saw man driving a horse and buggy
down the street at break neck speed. He
tried to stop the animal, which he sup
full He then blew a whistle and attract
ed the attention of Policeman Borrone.
After a lively and exciting chase Borrone
tin, the driver, laughed when the police
asked why he made no effort to stop the
horse. He said he merely wanted to
have some fun.
The Recorded fined him $5 for reckless
driving and 81 for the horses board in a
livery stable while was held in the lock-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
FLOODS IN CANADA.

TORONTO, March ID, Dispatches
from Western Ontario tell of the over
flow of the Grand and Thames Rivers,
causing serious damage along their val
leys Sections of London Brantford and
Gait are completely submerged to a depth
of from five to seven feet. In London
1880 people are homeless, having been
buildings were swept away by the rush
ing torrent In Brantford firemen and
citizens fought the raging waters all of
yesterday but were finally beaten out,
and West Brantford is a regular lake.
At Gait a heavy loss was sustained by
the business people. The ice jam in the
Grand River gave way and the flood fol-
wrecked a number of factories and prt-
xata roSidanpaS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
SPANISH FOURS.

rBy Cable to The Associated Press.1
LONDON. March IA, S9S-Spanish fours
on the Stock Exchange today opened at
Saturday.
Spanish fours showed further weakness
and on Paris sales dropped to 521a, a net
loss of 21z from Saturdays closing.
PARIS, March IA, 1Sss.-On the Bourse
today Spanish fours opened at 81 5-16
sic lower than Saturdays closing prices
Spanish fours showed considerable
weakness in the afternoon. The opening
was 81 5-16 but soon dropped to 537s
Later the price declined to 52sz, closing
at that figure, net loss of rs from Sat
urday's closing.
MADRID. March IA. Sss-Spanish fours
here today were quoted at 1850, against
II 90 the closing prices of Saturday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
DBMoL1sHING IRIE's TRAIN SHED

A small force of iron workers and la
borers are at work today tearing away
the Erie's big trainshed preparatory to
the erection of a new one, Ten sections
of the northern side of the roof have thus
far been taken away. AS soon as the tel
egraph and electric wires which run
through the shed can be transferred to
other positions pending the erection of
the proposed new shed a force of about
two hundred men will be put to work
and the entire shed torn away in jiffy.
The new shed will cover two more tracks
to the north. 1t is said that it will be
open on the sides as well as the ends.
The quantity of glass and iron that will
be used in the construction of the new
shed can be measured by the acre.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
CURZON WOULD NOT REPLY
rPv cable to The Associated Press.

TBy- Gable to The Associated Press,1
LONDON. March IA, 1S9S-In the House
of Commons today the Parliamentary
Secretary for the Foreign Office, Mr..
George N. Curzon replying to Mr..
Michael Davitt, Anti-Parnellite. member
for South Mayo, who asked the Govern
ment whether Great Britain offered to
lend men of war TO the United States, in
the event of a conflict between the United
State and European power, said the
Government had not made such an offer.
Answering a. series of questions which
Mr.. Davitt put with the view of elieiting
whether there have been any negotiations
for an alliance between Great Britain and
the United States, or whether Great
Britain has offered to mediate in the
Cuban crisis, Mr.. Curzon said these ques-
ton were of such a nature that it was
inexpedient to reply to them.