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Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

HOME COMMUNION. TfFI u
The fPiea santrille Home Communion, No y
meets every Tuesday evening in Red Mems Hail.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

President, DR.. Eva W. Lake; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. G. Il. Jenness; Recording
ecretary, Mrs. Gertrude Lake; Treasurer, Mrs.
Caroline A. Risley. Meets every Thursday at
SP. N.
.sTHE N. J. CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY
President, Miss B. Cheesman; Vice President,
Joseph g. Risley, Secretary, DR.. Eva Lake;
Treasurer, Mrs. VIM. Large. Meets the Second
Monday Of every month at 7.30 p. n.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

p,aasantville Lodge, No, SO, meets in Red Mems
Hall on the arst and third Monday night In each
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

p,easantville Circle, No. q. mssts on n Jay
spsnings in Red Mems Han.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28
SECRET SOCIETIES.
rmysooyyrD ORDER RED MEN.

.s,mnewaugba Tribe, No Do. meets in Red Mems
San on Thursday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

south Jersey Council. No. s12, meets in Red
Mans Han on the second and fourth Monday
nights In each month.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28
ROYAL ARCANUM.

A. Q. q. W.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

There is presence beating at the i'm
pulses of conscience, beating through
the manifestations Of nature. Itis not of
stuff or stone, but is the soul of God,
And we can never find peace until it
enters in. Rev. A. M. Judy, Unitarian.
Davenport, la.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1898-12-28

The mission of the church is like that
of the north star to the mariner. She
guides, she directs. Her ambition in
winning over to Christ the intellectual
world of today is to make all the sci.
ences SO many little worlds Of thought
gravitating toward God. Rev. Edmund
7. Shanahan, Catholic, Washington
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
"DEATH TO THEsJEWs."
Cries at the Zoia Trial-Murderous Rush
 for ZoIa's Carriage

Paris, Feb 1S-In vilew of the reve- lations made by General Pellieux in court yesterday, regarding the secret document in the Dreyfus case. the nlin- isters had long secret conference with President Faure last evening, rel ative to the course to be pursued. The approaches to the Assizes court of the Seine were crowded early to-day, in spite of the rain, and the police in con- sequence were reinforced. General Pellieux was cheered on his arrival, but there was no demonstration when M Zola, Colonel Picquart, Major Es- terhazy, and Madame De Boulancey reached the court. There was a dem- onstration when Generals Boisdeffre, Gonse and De Lane arrived at noon.
 During the session M. Laborie made several efforts to question Major Es terhazy, who was summoned to appear, but the court would not permit it. Af ter permitting the major to make a statement to the jury in refernce to the famous bordereau, the court dismissed him as witness.
 M Clemenceau then asked him if he had relations with the German military attache, Schurtz-Koeppen, but the pre- siding judge overruled the question on the ground that it concerned foreign affairs, saying: Above everything else, I place the honor and security of the country (Tumultuous applause) Major Esterhazy left the stand without opening his mouth. Court then ad- journed.
 There are five or six witnesses yet to be heard. On leaving the palace of justice all the officers were acclaimed by the crowd outside the building and General Pellieu, who descended the steps bare headed, was given a great reception Major Estezhazy was greet ed with shouts of 'Vive lArmee." The police were powerless to manage the immense crowds and several Jews were the objects of insults and menaces. There was a general fight. The mob threw itself upon the Jews yelling: Death to the Jews, Throw the Jews into the Seine'' The republican guard were obliged to charge the rioters to clear the square. The crowd fell back cheering for the army, singing the "Marsaillese" and shouting Spit on Zola."
 M. zola left the palace of justice at 5:3O p. n., aud immediately after he had emerged from the building he was greeted with storm of hisses and the authorities were obliged to protect his carriage with a double cordon of police On reaching St. Michael bridge the mob made A determined and murder ous rush for the carriage, but the po- lice threw themselves between the ve- hicle and the mob and series of min iature battles ensued. Ultimately the police drove the mob back and M Zola was enabled to proceed without any further molestation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
TRIAL OF sHERIFF MARTIN,
The Commonwealth Expects to Close It,
 Case To day.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The com- monwealth expects to close it's case against Sheriff Martin and his depu- ties tomorrow. Frank Kubiski testi- fed to-day that the sheriff had told them at West Hazleton to go home, adding: I'm the sheriff of Luzerne county and you cannot go through here unless you kill me-" At Lattimer he saw two men shot dead, and as he ran two more dropped by his side. He was away up on the hill when the firing ceased.
 John Pockuhanis testified that he was shot in the thigh while 140 yards from the deputies. John Hantiwicz, a friend ran over to assist him and was shot through the body. John Mickas sixteen-year-old breaker boy, march ed with the strikers to Lattimer. When the shooting commenced at Lattimer the witness laid down in the road Witness stated that as he lay there he was shot through the shoulder. Jo- seph Ladlock said that when the sher- if stopped the men some of them push ed to hear what he had to say. The sheriff grabbed two men, pulled them out of line and shouted fire. Asked if he could indentify the sheriff. he point ed out MT. Palmer, one of the lawyers for the defense, and there was much laughter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
GUARDING THE WRECK.
Divers of Newspapers Not Allowed to In
 vestigate-Great Care Taken.

Divers of Newspapers Not Allowed to Iu-
 vestigate-Great Care Taken.
 Havana, Feb. 1S.-On the night of the disaster, Captain Sigsbee requested Ad- miral Manterola to station boats around the wreck, to prevent any one approaching it without official leave. As result only those with special per- mits are allowed to get near the wreck. Captain Sigsbee himself, going in the early morning after the explosion to the scene of disaster was warned off, not being recognized, and was obliged to return and get a formal permit from the naval authorities. Admiral Man terola refuses to allow the divers sent here by American newspapers to make an investigation near the wreck, at least until Captain Sigsbee shall have finished his official investigation.
 This morning Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, Lieutenant Holman and Chief Engineer Howell went with div CTS to search for the bodies of Lieu tenant Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Merritt, but the guards would not al- low them to make the search and they returned to the consulate and lodged a formal complaint with Consul General Lee. However, the agreement reached between Captain Sigsbee and General Blanco was that the American com mander is to be allowed to use any divers, even the divers sent here by the American newspapers in his official in vestigation. Captain Sigsbee and the commander of the Fern, accompanied by General Lee, visited the captain general this morning and had a con-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
BOARD OF CONFIRMATION.
Attorney s. c. Morehouse, Representing
 r. II. & w. Co.,, Heard.

Y. H. & w. Co.,, Heard.
 At the meeting of the board of com
 pensation held last night Attorney s.
 c. Morehouse of filling, Webb & More
 house, representing the Fair Haven
 and Westville Railroad company, ap- peared in the interests of that company
 concerning the assessments for benefits
 attending the building of the East
 Chapel street drawbridge, the change
 of grade on East Chapel street, the
 East Chapel street railroad bridge, the
 widening of Derby avenue and the
 building of the Derby avenue bridge.
 Mr. Morehouse stated to the board
 that the Fair Haven and Westville
 company had no franchise to extend
 its tracks on Derby avenue any farther
 than they now extend. He said that
 the company did have franchise, but it expired in 1897. He then set up the claim that the company could not therefore be assessed for benefits for the construction of the Derby avenue bridge In regard to the widening bf Derby avenue, MT. Warehouse claimed that there was no damage to any one, and that the only person who might be considered to be damaged was the owner of piece of property at the corner of Derby avenue and Norton street. He stated however, that the owner of that property desired the street to be widened and would be will ing to consider the benefits and dam ages equal. a.
 In regard to the East Chapel street railroad bridge, MT. Morehouse called attention to the fact that it was built | by order of the railroad commission CTS, which order directed that the ex- pense should be borne by the city of | New Haven and the New York, New | Haven and Hartford Railroad compa- ny. He set up the claim. therefore, | that the city had no right to lay the | burden on any one else.
 l MT. Warehouses final argument was l that If any parties were benefited by l the East Chapel street and Derby ave- | nue widening and bridges and could be
 assessed, according to the state law.
 it would be the abutting property own- | CTS. Since the Fair Haven and West | vile Railroad company was not an abutting or adjoining property owner l at the points in question he made the | claim that it could not be assessed. Nc l definite action was taken by the board l in any of the matters on which MT l Morehouse was heard, but they will be further considered and acted upon at a l future meeting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
NEVIS FROM HAVANA.
Captain Sigsbec Visits Wreck and Saves
 Shin,s Cat and Dog.


 Havana, Feb. 1S.-At o'clock this evening 1855 bodies had been recovered. The bishop of Havana telephoned Chaplain Chadwick a license to hear the confession of our poor sailors. None has complained. On the contrary, all have expressed themselves as satisfied the circumstances. With Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, Lieutenant Holman and Engineer Wilson, Captain Sigsbee went on board the wreck this morning. The big cat that was atop of the screw and that was found yes- terterday on the wreck so much fright ened that it apparently had not moved was taken on board the Fern. The captains dog Peggy was also saved. The United States navy divers are ex- pected tomorrow.
 Havana still mourns with the Ameri- can people. Since the funeral ceremo- nies of yesterday the city has removed the outward signs of grief, but the work of succoring the living and car ing for the dead whose bodies are re- covered proceeds tenderly. Every care is shown the survivors. Captain Gen. eral Blanco and the officials continue to cooperate with Captain Sigsbee and Consul General Lee. The cssages re- ceived from Spain and the United States showing that the action of the Ha- vana authorities is appreciated gives satisfaction to the officers who are making efforts to ameliorate the condi- tion of the survivors.
 There is sincere regret that circum- stances make it impossible to meet the wishes of friends who desire that the remains of their loved ones shall be sent home for burial; but in eases where the officers of the Maine deem 1t practicable the necessary facilities will be afforded. The feeling of the community is that social functions would be out of place at a time of such mourning and these will be suspended for the present. Statements at Madrid and Washington published to the effect that many people in the United States believed the explosion was accidental is very gratifying to the Spanish off, cers in Havana.
 A revolting incident of the day has been the presence of vultures wheeling in the air above the wreck. The Man grove will probably carry to Key West this evening eight wounded from the ilifarv bncrSifa1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
LIFE ENVIRONMENT.
owen Murphy, Who Blinded Girl With
 VitriOI, Sentenced

Bridgeport, Feb. 1S.-Owen Murphy, the Norwalk vitriol thrower, was found guilty of mayhem in the superior court this afternoon and was sentenced by Judge Elmer to state prison for life. The trial was concluded late this after noon and the jury reached a verdict with little delay. Murphy threw vitriol into the face of Miss Jennie Kensella of Norwalk one evening last fall as she with some companions were return ing home from work, he mistaking her for young woman whom short while previously had refused to receive at tentions from him. Miss Kinsella was blinded and her face horribly disfig- ured. An attempt was made by coun- sel to show that Murphy was insane.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
Mrs. Lucy TuttIe.

Mrs. Lucy Futile, widow of the late Martin Futile, died in this city yestcr- day, aged seventy-six years. Her death resulted from pneumonia, of which she had been III for month. Deceased was a most estfmable lady and her death will be mourned by a large number of friends She was twice married and three sons survive her, two, Benjamin B. and Frank Vann, by her first hus- band, and William M. Futile by her second husband. She resided at the time of her death with her son, Ben jamin E. vann, at 75 Whalley avenue Mir. Futile, her second husband, died about ten years ago. and was for many years a grocer on Greene street, well known and esteemed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
LETTERS FROM THomAs TROY.
The Waterbury Man Who Was Member
 of Maine's Crew.

The WaterDury Man Who Was M em Der
 of Maine's Crew.
 Waterbury, Conn.,, Feb. 13.-Inas- much as extracts from letters of mem bers of the crew of the battleship Maine have been published tending to show feeling of alarm aboard the ship, few extracts from letters re- ceived by Mrs. Thomas B. Carney of this city, sister of Thomas Troy, one of the victims of the Maine disaster, tends to show the feeling general among the crew. In the last letter re- ceived from him under date of Havana, February 8, Troy said: We are a lit- tie afraid here, but think we will go to New Orleans next week" In @ pre- vious letter written January 3, when the Maine was off Key West, he wrote: There was a rumor aboard ship that we proceed to Havana, but the order was postponed. I was thinking of making out my will, when heard that we would have to go to Havana" In another letter written after reach ing Havana, he tells of going ashore with a party of seamen and being badly used and since then how none but the officers were allowed ashore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
S25,OO0 Fire in Danbury.

Danbury, Feb. 1S.-A fire, which sup posedly started in the plumbing room of the J. NJ Ives company, hardware and general house furnishings on Main street, at 10 o'clock tonight, resulted in $10.000 damage to stock and s9.0O0 damage to building. William Grant, dealer in paints and wall paper, suf- fered a $5,O00 loss and the Union Pa cific tea company and P. s. Andrews department store were damaged about 5000 by smoke and water, making a total loss of s25.OOO, insured A general alarm was sounded and the f1renen had many narrow. escapes owing to the dense smoke. The fire was practically extinguished at midnjghtS N
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
TOTAL RESULT OF DISASTER.
An Official Statement Issued From tn,
 Navy Department.

Navy Department.
 Washington, Feb 18.-The navy de- partment has compiled the following summary showing the total results of the Maine disaster from all available official information up to the close of the department tonight: Total officers and men on board Maine, 355. Total officers, 26. Total men, 329. Total of- ficers saved, 24. Total men saved, 76. Total officers lost 3. Total men lost, 246 Total officers injured, none. Total men injured, 57. Doubtful (men) '. The seven men appearing as doubtful probably represent that number or less, whose lives have been saved, but who cannot be identified at present on account of the errors in the transmits sion of the telegrams. The fifty-seven appearing as injured are included in the seventysix appearing as saved. Two men reported as having died in hospitals are included in the total of 246 appearing above as having been lost.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
SMOKING TORPEDO STORY.
Sailor Alleged to Have Told It Makes Ab-
 sOIute Denial.


 Key West, Fla, Feb. 1S.-Rea.r Ad- miral Sicard is preparing a precept or advance order for assembling here the court of inuiry into the loss of the Maine. The warships Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts are expected to- night or tomorrow morning. Their officers and those of the cruiser New York will probably compose majority of the court. The court may proceed later to Havana. As regards the story that one of the crew of the Maine saw a small object emitting smoke ap- preaching the warship just before the explosion the correspondent of The As sociated Press has interviewed the man in the hospital who was said to have circulated the report and has had from him an absolute denial. Lieutenant Blandin, officer of the deck at the time of the explosion, and Lieutenant Hood who was with him, both positively deny that such a story could have any foundation unless it was the smoke of the City of Washington.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
THE DRAW WOULD NOT CLOSE.
Projecting Ends of Steel Beams Must be
 Cut of.


 Cut Off.
 Yesterday afternoon about o'clock an attempt was made to close the draw of the new Grand avenue bridge for the first time The draw has been open since it was placed in position and the trial closing was the occasion for the gathering of large crowd of interest ed Fair Haveners. It was found to be impossible to close the draw, however, until some slight alterations are made. The ends of the steel beams of the stationary ends of the bridge project so far as to obstruct the draw and pre- vent it from swinging into line with the roadway, and it will therefore be necessary to cut off these ends before the draw can be closed.
 The report was in circulation last night that the draw when it was swung in towards the close struck the abut- ment but this is untrue. The ends of the beams will be cut off within two or three days, and the only obstruction in the way of closing the draw will there by be removed. There still remains, however, about two weeks work to be done before the bridge will be opened to the public. The draw must be pav- ed and the car tracks laid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
L0NG'S0FFICIAL STATEMENT
NO CONCLUSION YET REACHED IN
 MAINE DISASTER.

Department Is Waiting the Result of the Examination by Divers-No Action Was Taken at the Cabinet Meeting-Wiid Ru- mors Again Denied-Has Not Asked Chief ofNew York Police to Guard the yizcaya Latest News from Havana-Captain
 Sigsbee Visits the wreck-saves the
 Ships Cat and Dog-United States Navy
 Divers Expected To-day.
 Washington, Feb. 1S.-The feature of the day at the navy department was the large number of rumors of war like tendency that came to the atten- tion of the officials as requesting at tention and in every case contradicted. So formidable has grown the disaster that at the close of office hours to-day Secretary Long was induced to make the following statement as the easiest manner of disposing at one time of all these stories:
 Really no information has been re- ceived since Captain Sigsbee's first dis patch. All we know is that the Maine blew up. There. is abundant room for speculation of all sorts, but no conclu- sion can be arrived at until an exam ination has been made by the divers and more facts obtained. It is a sim pie fact to say that such a thing might happen by design or it might happen by accident. As yet there is no indica- tion of design. At the cabinet meeting to-day the matter was not discussed except as any body of men talk about an event of that kind, and most of that talk related to the terrible loss of life and to expressions of sympathy.
 You may say absolutely that there has been no secret cabinet meeting; that nothing has taken place in the cabinet that the public have not been informed about; that the department has no more knowledge on the subject than have the public, and that the report which was to the effect that Captain Sigsbee had warned the de- partment- that the Maine was in dan ger is utterly without foundation
 The secretary also denied, briefly and comprehensively, wild rumors that he had requested the chief of police of New York to guard the Vizcaya, and he had selected Constructor Bowles to go to Havana and raise the Maine. The last work of the day for him was to consult the representatives of the wrecking companies, who probably will have charge of this work, and en- deayor to arrange for both of them to work together so as to secure the use of each plant and to save time. The secretary when asked what was the departments opinion of the conduct of Captain Sigsbee replied:
 T think express the feeling of the president as well as my own when say that Captain Sigsbee has conduct ed himself as an officer of our navy should. He was the last to leave his ship when she went down. His dis patch to me that night was so com p1ete that since then I have thought of no question of fact to ask him which is essential to the situation and which he could answer which is not covered by that dispatch. Nothing is harder than for naval officer to lose his ship so that I have great sympathy for him I await with confidence further re- ports.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19
TOTE ON BANkRUPTCY BILL
Will be Take in the House eTo-day-S1OO,-
 900 Appropriation.

Washington, Feb. 1S-The house to- day promptly and unanimously voted $10OOOO asked for by the secretary of the navy to recover the bodies lost in the Maine disaster. The rest of the session to-day, which lasted six hours, was devoted to a continuance of the debate on the bankruptcy bill, which will come to vote tomorrow.