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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
NIGHT OFF
They Entertain Their Friends
With a Trolley Ride
and Dinner.

The Aldermen had trolley ride and
clambake last night. Tickets cost S.
apiece, but that did not keep seventy
gentlemen from participating. The Alder
men and their friends met at City Hall
at eight o'clock. 1t was nine o'clock
when the party was ready to start. Mayor
Hoos, City Clerk O'DonneH and Alder
man William j. Calnon headed the pro-
cession across City Hall Square to the
corner of Grove and Montgomery streets
where brilliantly Illuminated closed car.
was in waiting. The crowd was a jolly.
one and all had a merry time of it for
the hour that was consumed in reaching
Bergen Point. Stops were only mades on
the downward trip to let members off the
Board and their friends aboard Motions
to stop for other purposes were made but
did not prevail.
AT Munn's shore house a dinner had
been prepared. The fable presented an
inviting appearance. The way the Alder
men fell to astounded the good visitors
at Munn's. There were about the festive
board Mayor Hoos, Alderman-at-Large
Midlige, City Clerk NJ. j. O'Donnell
Aldermen Burns, Mcbride, Guiton, Ditt-
mar, Howeth. Cole, Calnon, Warrin,
Maxwell Murphy, Fry. Ehrhart, Decker
Steli, Muller and Menge, Building Inspec-
tor Kelly, Assessment Commissioners Barr,
Philip Tumulty, City Marshal Vreelard,
Thomas Cummings, Thomas Halstead,
Thomas Fallon, Oscar Krieg. Alderman
Calnon was made master of ceremonies.
In that capacity he covered himself with
glory AS the evening progressed the
fun became fast and furious. Mum, the
proprietor of the shore house will certify
to the fact that full justice had been
done TO what was served.
After dinner there was speech making.
After a bright Introductory address by
Alderman Canon, Mayor Hoos was
called upon. He was given a hearty re-
ception. His Honor made a hit by de-
claring that the Street and Water Board
should be shorn of some of its power for
the benefit of the Aldermen
The Street and Water Commissioners
have entirely too much power and the
Aldermen entirely too little" was what
he said. The Mayor also advocated the
reduction of the Board of Aldermen from
declared that the Aldermen should receive
some compensation for their services.
That the Mayor was cheered is expressing
it mildly.
Alderman-at-Large Midlige made a
serious speech. He was followed by City
Clerk O'Donnell. who, with marked
adroitness tore to pieces everything he
said. The City Clerk afforded his friends
considerable pleasure for half an hour.
Very few Imagined there was so much
wit concealed in the Clerk.
Alderman Decker and Phillip Tumulty
also spoke. There was singing and
dancing and other things to amuse the
City Fathers and their friends The start
tor home was made at about midnight.
II was a merry party that arrived in the
city limits at one O'Clock 1t is probable
the Aldermen will have an outing similar
to last nights S every year
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
YELLOW JACK AT MONTAUK
Transport Seguranca Brings
at Least One Unmistak-
able Case.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 1S9S.-The Camp
Wikoff officials received a decided set
anca arrived from Cuba having on board
sick and conyalescents from the hospitals
at Siboney, there being an unmistakable
1ient is isolated. He will be kept on the
vessel for the present. The Seguranca
brought 40 men who were not able to care
for themselves and 35 convalescents. All
these men will be transferred to the de-
tention camp this evening.
The City of Mexico also arrived at the
camp this aftsrnoon err sEg She 1; has on n board
which was left behind in Cuba to care for
the belongings of the regiment. There
were rs men in all, eighteen of whom are
sick, but none have any contagious dis
ease
The boarding officer, DR.. Magruder, had
been ordered back to Washington, as
when the transports arrived there was no
regularly appointed Quarantine officer to
go out to her. General Wheeler had
talk with Colonel Greenleaf, who has
been experimenting the hospital work,
and 1t was decided to send one of the sur
geons from the camp to inspect the
Seguranca. How many soldiers she had
on board is not yet known on shore The
arrival of the ship will necessitate the re-
opening of detention hospital.
All the sick from the. Seguranca will
as they are landed. The men will be
taken off without delay and expect to
have them all in the detention hospital
today. The news that yellow fever had
appeared on the transport spread quickly
through the camp and there was consid-
erable excitement among the soldiers.
They did not seem to relish the idea of
remaining in camp with the suspects.
There were 496 patients in the general
hospital today. Two hundred were sent
to New York on a hospital ship and
fifteen were transferred to Norwich
Conn., on the Red Cross yacht Three
hundred and fifty of the men in the hos
pital are seriously i'll. They will be trans
ferred in day or two to the permanent
ward and will be occupants of the hos
pital for several weeks to come.
There were two deaths reported this
morning.
Lieutenant Alfred j. Roberts, Of Com-
pany F, list New York Volunteers, and
Charles Congo, Troop A, Sixth Cavalry.
were the Victims
lieutenant Roberts died from pneu-
monia, Trooper Congo expired from ty-.
phoid.
General Greenleaf is to inspect the var
ious hospitals in the different cities
where sick from Montauk Point have
been sent. He will first Visit Boston and
will lthen go to New York
Their are ssEns Of the breaking up OF
the camp on all sides. Linemen are TAX
ing down wires and poles and large guam
titles of baggage and equipment are be-
ing sent away daily.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
TRIAL FOR P|CQUART.
The Accused Officer Springs
a Sensation on the Court
MOT a Suicide.
lBy Gable to The Associated Press. ]

PARIS, Sept. q, 1S9S-The papers here
say the Minister of War. General Chan
DINO, has examined the documents in the
Drcyfus case and has ordered the prose-
cutino of former Colonel Picauart, on
the charge of forgery and using forged
documents
The trial of Colonel Pieauart and M.
Lobleis, lawyer, on the charge OF re-
yealing documents Concerning the nation
al defence, commenced today before the
Correctional Tribunal, but the Public Pros
ecutor asked for an adjournment on the
ground that the prosecution of Colonel
Picquart on the charge of forgery and
using forged documents had been ordered
by the Minister of War. NJ. Labori, who
was counsel for NJ zola during the lat
ter's famous trial, indignantly opposed
the adjournment, which, he said, was an
attempt to hand over Colonel Picquart in
to the clutches of the military authorities.
Colonel Picquart then rose and made a
statement which caused a sensation. He
said
This is, perhaps. the last time snail
speak in public. l shall sleep, perhaps, in
the military prison of Chercho Midi.
there the strangling cord of Lemercier
Picard, or the razor of Colonel Henry, it
will be murder, for / have no idea of
committing suicide.
The audience was intensely move and
shouted, t'yive Pioauart!''
The Judges, however, after short de-
liberation. decided TO Immediately adj
journ the case and Colonel Pioquart WAS
led away between policemen.
Lomereier Picard, the man referred to
by Colonel Picquart, was detective un-
derstood to have been employed in the
Dreyfus affair, who was found hanged In
his lodgings about a year ago. under cir
cumstances which did not indicate that It
was certain he had committed suicide
The commission appointed by the Minis
ter of Justice M. Sarrion. to examine the
documents in the Dreyfus case and pro-
nounce upon the advisability OF the
Government formally granting the pris-
oner of Devils Island a new trial. met this
afternoon at the Ministry of Justice The
greatest precautions were taken to in
sure secrecy
1t is understood the Commission will
come to a decision by Monday next, when
NJ Sarrion will communicate its finding
to a Cabinet Council which will be pre-
sided over by President Faure.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
.C0NV|CTS MUT|NY

[By Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, Sept p, 1895. special de-
spatch from Paris says the Deputy rep
resenting French Guiana in the Chamber
has received a despatch announcing that
mutiny has taken place among the
convicts at Cayenne. the capital Of French
Guiana.
The mutineers, it appears, overpowered
and murdered their guards, then stormed
the military storehouse and seized the
arms and ammunition there
They are now. according to the de-
spatch. besieging the principal prison and
it is feared they may succeed in freeing
the four thousand convicts confined in
the building.
Reinforcement have been telegraphed
for, to the island Of Martinique. but 1t is
said they viii not arrive in time to sup
press the mutiny.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
FELL TO THEIR DEATH
Trightfll Accident at Perl
mutter's New Building
on Newark Avenue.
TWO WINDOW CLEANERS KILLED
Carelessness in Fixing q Scat
fold the Cause Of the Fall
of Nearly Seventy Feet.

A frightful accident, which resulted in
the death of two persons, occurred on
Newark avenue at 1:15 O'Clock this after
noon In the presence of several hun
dreds of persons two men fell nearly
seventy feet to instant death. Their
bodies, horribly mangled, were on the
sidewalk in the sight of a morbid crowd
for over ten minutes. The accident, It
was said, was due to the carelessnesss of
the victims.
The dead men were:-F. j. Posch, of
No. 81 First street, Hoboken, and his
assistant, whose name the police We're
unable to ascertain up to the time The
News" went to press
Posch was proprietor of the United
States Window Cleaning Company. He
secured the contract to clean the windows.
in Henry Perln1utter's new store, NO. l39
Newark avenue. He started this after
noon to clean the windows on the top
floor, which is nearly 10 feet from the
ground The windows extend across the
entire front Of the building. In order to
clean the outside of them Posch erected
a seaffold He did not make the scaffold
in the regular way, but instead built an
improvised, fimsy structure. He secured
TWO planks and stuck one out of either
each plank he nailed to the floor of the
building. Across the ends which pro-
truded from the windows he laid another
plank on which to stand while cleaning
the windows.
Joseph Perlmutter, son of the pro-
prietor, saw Posch building the scaffold
and heard him order his assistant upon
1t to begin work.
You surely wouldn't trust the life of a
man on a fiimsy structure like that, would
your asked Perlmutter
II certainly would, said Posch, Il
guess l understood my own business
The assistant went out on the scaffold
and began to clean the windows. In a
few minutes Posch followed him. He was
tearing noise within the building, the
nails were pulled out Of the planks, and
before the two men could realize what
was happening they felt the plank give
way under their feet. Each uttered a
piercing scream that was heard by hum
dreds Of persons who were passing in the
street below.
Their bodies fell with the plank they
stood upon, Both men landed head first
The force with which the plank fell was
SO great that it tore hole in the as
phalt sidewalk. The bodies of Posch
and his assistant were frightfuly man
gled. Their heads were crushed in and
their blood covered the sidewalks and
flowed into the gutter. The men died
instantly.
The police of the Gregory street sta
tion arrived with the patrol wagon al
most Immediately after the accident
Hundreds of persons crowded around and
jostled each other TO get a glimpse of the
gruesome sight. Some person was
the mangied heads of the victims. When
the police arrived they put the bodies in
the patrol wagon and carried them to
Speer's morgue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
ALL TO BLAME.
President Of the Spanish
Peace Commission on
the National Dis
aster.

BY CaDie 10 Inc Associated 1Tess
MADRID. Sept a. 1s9s.-Senor Montero
Rios, President of the Senate and Presi-
dent of the Spanish Peace Commission,
in an interview, published today, is quot
ed as saying
1T is a painful spectacle to see politi-
clans on all sides trying to throw on each
other the blame for disasters, the respon-
sibility for which rested on all parties. |,
personally, have always favored autonomy
for Cuba, Spain being unable to forci-
bly, maintain her sovereignty at such a
great distance.
"It is useless to speak of our disasters
Has not the country accused all our
governments OF exhibiting too much weak
Spain wanted was a mar ready TO sacri
fee himself and who recognized the Inn
possibility of war with a powerful nation,
especially after years of useless conflicts
with insurgents
The Spanish Government has decided
upon the remuneration which the Peace
Commissioners of Spain will receive for
their services while at Paris. The Presi-
dent of the Commission, Senior Montero
Rios, will receive 1900 francs monthly
and expenses, and each of the Commis-
sioners will receive 5000 francs per month
and expenses.
The southern part Of Spain has been
visited by terrible floods. At the village
of Herrera, near Cadiz. eighty persons
have been drowned. Agreat quantity Of
cattle has perished and the olive harvest
is lost, especially In the Provinces of Sc
many deaths in ether parts of the flooded
cOllnfrr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
lee WANTS HIS BABY.
Board of Health Hears a
Strange Complaint--Other
Cases Heard.

I Hugh Lee, of No. AS West Twenty
sixth street, New York, made an urgent
appeal to the County Board of Health,
yesterday, to assist him in recovering his
one-year-old baby. Lees wife died on
April Is of this year, when he lived at
No. 276 Eleventh street, this city. He
was out of work at the time and he sent
two Of his three children to St Mary's
Orphan Asylum, in Jersey avenue. The
baby was sent TO the Almshouse at Snake
Hill.
Four weeks ago Mrs. Ferrella. of No.
PTS Eleventh street, removed the baby
from the almshouse with Lees consent,
and took her home. Lee s.nce obtained
dren back. In his letter he says that he
has gone to Mrs FerreIla's house several
times but she has refused 70 give him his
baby. Not only that but she has threat
ened to kill him ii he comes to the house
Lee declares, in his letter, that the
child is being starved and that she looks
worse than the Cuban soldiers. He is
afraid, he says, that the baby will be
starved to death unless Mrs. Ferrella is
forced to surrender her. Lee declares
that Mrs. Ferrella has threatened to blow
his brains out and he begs the Board
TO save the life of his baby, which is
fast ebbing away The case was re-
ferred to Health Inspector Hendricks for
investigation.
An agent of the Sanitary Construction
Company, Of New York appeared before
the Board and explained the great ad-
vanfages of his concerns method of Gre
mating infected clothing. Nothing was
done about it as the crematory process is
rather expensive.
The birth of Charlotte M. Newton, on
May IS, 1882 was ordered entered on the
records. Charlotte was born in kearny
and the attending physician who has
since died failed to send a return of the
birth.
Mayor Edward Kenny of Harrison sent
letter to the Board thanking them for
having abated nuisance in his bailwick.
Deputy Inspector Weastell reported that
David Cantor's fat boiling establishment
in Secaucus is now provided with every
thing requisite for preventing it from be-.
ing nuisance. and a permit was granted
TO Cantor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
CRANE INJURIES FIVE.
"A Steel Guy Lime Breaks and Pre-.
cipitates Men to the Ground.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. q, 1ssS.-Five
men were injured in the new government
dam at Neville Island, near Corapolis, Pa.
by the breaking of large travelling
crane. Two of the men are in a critical
condition and may die. Their names
are:-
NJ. Evans. Montour Junction; Noah
Stanley, Evansville. Ind; Martin Beck,
Wellsburg. W Va; John Young Evans
vile, Ind; William White Pittsburg.
Evans and Stanley are injured Internal
III and are not expected TO recover.
The accident was caused by the break
ing of a steel guy line on the crane,
which precipitated large derrick sixty
feet above the crane to the ground. IN
its descent the derrick tore away the sup
ports of the crane, which crashed down
upon the workmen "A huge block Of
stone which was being raised when the
guy line broke, fell distance of 45 feet
ran for their lives and al but FIVE escaped
Injury, 81 81
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
FATAL DUST EXPLOSION
Accident in a Toledo Ele-
vator Kills and Wounds
Many Employees.

TOLEDO. O., Sept 81 1s92.-A dust ex-
,,,a.,;ax, 49, ,r.o,t clov,a+,r - ~
plostoti - tiie sAeat eieNAloi y eiie
Union Elevator ana Transportation com
pany at S,25 last night, resulted in the
aaatb ~ r,oet of tha arnnloyas in Tho
~ -s1-''.5s =. - - = .i'o
structure, ana money loss eNceeolns a
half million dollars. There We're 100000
bushels of wheat. corn. and oats in store.
.,a ~ ortfra fo,,sss mas 81 ,rorl. u ~
1iio 'ne e.siA - - "s'o . WIZ e'As
time OF the disaster.
ne ROOF oi me structure was thrown a
hunared rect INTO the ar ana Iell a mass
oi WfeEhast. 1ie sues q lhe uu1luilS
We're al ihrossh outWard WARE isavifg the
nuge gralh plhs slahulhs Wliiloul cover
ING. EFefy 1art ol tne WIecA was IN
stantiy z mass OF names, ana tne con
nagraIion was seen Hlles away peIore the
Ere peDartment could reacn me scene
ne nsl O. casuaitles M IS as Ioilows 10y,
SuperlntenGeht FaIks nag MS cniidIen
with him IN the building. he was at tne
ONCE at the time or the eatastrophe was Is
blown lhroilga ,WlhaoW ana lonha 4,
rect way lrlgaifuliy S D. 9urned and with IN ms
ci0thlng torn OH HIS csaIlHtef Sraee WAS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
HASBROUCK'S OPENING.
Forty Third Year Of Study
Begun With Propitious
Omens.

For the forty-third time in its history
Hasbrouck Institute began its scholastic
year this morning, and from present ap-
pearances the chances are that the year
1889 will dawn. on the most successful of
the whole forty-three years. The number
Of new entries from year to year has been
steadily increasing and this mornings
record is not behind previous years in this
respect. AS yet the exact number OF new
pupils cannot be aseertained, but It IS
above the average There were at least
three hundred pupils in attendance this
morning, with full corps of teachers, all
ready for work. although there was the
usual amount of social chatter and ex-
change of notes as to where last vacation
was spent.
Promptly at nine o'clock the doors of
the institute stood open; promptly at
nine o'clock, and for fully half an hour
prior TO that time, came the procession
of pupils with the usual supply of books
The books. however. were not needed this
morning, as the faculty were too busy in
examining new candidates, assigning the
pupils to their places and arranging the.
various classes, to give much attention
to lessons outside of giving the boys and
girls enough In the way of preparatory
study for tomorrow's sessions TO keep
them out of mischief.
The school had many visitors during the
morning. consisting of the parents of new
applicants and some of last years gradu-
ates, who came to see the fun. Nobody
was sorry when it was announced that
there would be but one session for today,
and joyous procession of boys and girls
poured out of the institute at noon.
Principals c. G. Stimets and Horace c.
Wait. however, were not so fortunate.
There was too much to be done in the
way of examining and assigning new
pupils for these gentlemen to even stop
for "a short time, and it~was after two
o'clock before they were free to partake
=. q
ers are much encouraged by this morn-s
ing showing and feel sure of pro-
pitious year.
The instructors in the various studies
Charles 6. stimets, A., M; Principal,
Mental Mental Philosophy and Mathematies; We
principal. Superintendent Of Boys
Department, History ard Classics; John
H. Frye, A. M. Elocution and Classics;
Frank w Lindsey, Natural Sciences and
NJ, Latin and English; Amelia b. Myers,
M. e., Superintendent of Girls Depart
Burgess. 3; l.. Rhetoric and Literature;
Georgiene b. Welsh, English Branches
and Penmanship; Clara L. Johnson, Inter
mediate Branches, Susan g. Morris, SUI
Mabel Helen Snow. Primary Department;
Emma Radford, Kindergarten; Ernest G.
DC Nilaine. F. =; French and Spanish; 81 s
son Atkinson, "A. NJ, Military Drill. Boys
Departments; Mabel H Snow. Physical
Culture; Girls. Department School Of
Drawing and Painting; Florence Halsted,
keramioS and Miniature. School of
Music-Nictor Baier, A. G. o., Superinten-
Gustav L. Becker Piano and Theory of
Music; Edward j. Groebl, Piano. Organ
and Harmony; Theodore Arnheiter, Vio-
Mig. Cornet and other Wind Instruments;
Sigismond Cieszkowski, yioloncello.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
COL0RED TEACHER,
WHITE CLASS.
Surprise for People Of La
fayette When School
No. 10 Opens.
MISS FEARING'S APPOINTMENT
She Is a Bright Girl With
Strong Backing May
Be Temporary.
MISS FEARING'S APPOINTMENT

Lafayette people are busy these days
discussing the news regarding Miss Daisy
Fearing, a colored young lady, who haa
been appointed to teach by the Board of
Education. The reason Lafayette parents
are doing the talking is because Miss
Fearing has been selected to teach q class
of youngsters in the new No. IS school
at Johnston and Manning avenue This
school is still in process of CONSTRUCTION
and will not be finished for at least three
weeks, SO the objecting parents win have
any amount of time to go before the mem
bers of the Board of Education and
register their little kicks against thai
honorable body's selection.
The reason the appointment has never
been prominently discussed before, WAS
simply that the people dwelt in blissfuI
ignorance of the fact that colorea
teacher had been appointed to instruct
their offspring. When the appointments
were announced at the meeting of the
Board held on June 49, Miss Fearir gss
name Was in the large batch, but her
complexion was not made known when
the proceedings of the meeting were pub
lished- Otherwise there would have been
many comments heard long ago
Some of Lafayette'S residents were Of
he opinion that the Board had decided
10 establish class of colored children
in the new school in that section and
thought this was the reason for appoint
ing Miss Fearing But such is not tho
case, and some parents have said that
they will think twice before sending their
children to be instructed by a teacher
with negro blood in her Veins. When il
becomes more generally known that Miss
Fearing has been detailed TO the Lafay-
cite school, more comments are looked
for, and ones not of a pleasant kind
DIR. John j. Broderick who is the di-
rector of the new school in Lafayette.
was seen this morning by News re-
been selected to teach in that school.
Yes" he said, but only temporarily.
Later We intend to transfer her to No.
is, on Harrison and Monticello avenues.
children. that neighborhood being more
thickly populated with colored young
sters
Il know that there will be great deal
of comment if she is allowed to remain
IN Lafayette, and ii was with the UNDER
standing that she was to go on the
Heights that she was detailed to No. 10.
There has been some talk about a
colored teacher. but what are we 10 do2
She was educated in our schools and
of the training school She is very
bright girl and l think capable of filing
the position without much effort. At the
time of the meeting of the Board in June
last, great many communications were
read asking for Miss Fearing's appoint
ment and accordingly II was made
DR.. Broderick then said that some eight
years ago there was colored teacher in
this city, but she only acted as d subst-
tute. He said there was no objection to
a colored teacher a that time.
If the people strongly object to Miss
Fearing teaching in Lafayette,n he said,
then we will put her in No. is, without
hav4Acr her teach in No. 49,