The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-13
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Lafayette Republican Organ
ization Has an Entertain
ing House Warming at
Its New Quarters.

The members of the Lafayette Repub-
llcan Battery were in high spirits last
evening and exhibited with a pardonaple
pride their enlarged and newly equipped
headquarters, which now run through
from No. 1888 Pacific avenue to Whiton
street. They held a house-warning, 70
which they invited all their friends. There
was no regular programme, but there were
plenty Of volunteer performers an
jmpromptu entertainment was thus made
continuous until after midnight. The walls
of the old headquarters facing en- Pacifie
avenue bore among other decorations
banners which the Battery proudly car
ries in the political parades in which they
participate.
The principal improvement made in the
house consists of a fifty-foot connection
built between the Battery's hall on
Wilton street and the clubs original
headquarters on Pacific avenue. This
connection is utilized as a billiard parior.
equipped with two pool tables and a bill
lard table. Adjoining the billiard room
is the janitor's apartments. The two
story and a half frame structure on
Pacific avenue has been raised in order
to allow a nine foot clearance for a pair
of bowling alleys, which are located in
the basement OF the connection. The
ladies' reception room and gentlemen's
reception room, on the second floor of the
old hail. lave been ~refurnished and the
card rooms and parlors and the secre-
tary's office on the. second floor of the
front building on Pacific avenue have
been made not only comfortable, but the
parlor is almost lux~uriously furnished.
pacidaS a Soatino .7a1aritu rf dh0 in the
Wilton street haE, the assembly room of
the old headquarters will now
date $50 persons.
A special invitation had been extended
to the members of the Lafayette Repub-
lican Association to attend the house
warming. It was not apparent that the
association members fell over each other
in a rush to inspect the Battery's en-
larged and renovated quarters. This fact
is only mentioned in view of the recent
attempt on the part of leading members
of the Battery to amalgamate the two
associations. A few of the associations
members We're there and awaited them
selves of the proffered freedom OF the
rooms.
Louis Cast, a local pianist, presided at
the piano in the assembly room, and
Walter Foley and the Foley brothers., Ed
ward Raymond and others sang solos and
duets. There was no speechmaklng-. Inc
card rooms, the pool tables and the poWl-
ing alleys were occupied.
Among those present were:-Presldent
e. M. Watson, Vice Presidents Frank w.
Angel and Francis Clarke, Recording Sec
rotary Lipman Lyons, Financial Seere-
tary Louis Aldrovondi Treasurer P. w.
M. West, Superintendent John {. KAISER,
Freebooter Joseph Zumbusch, William
Scott, Julius Wittpen, Carl Smith, A.
Sauer, Carl Luck, Leonard Kaiser, James
Allen, Thomas Simon. Chapman Barton,
of the Battery's Entertainment Commit
tee: Henry Steffens, NJ. Blaser, Henry
Dulls. Christian Kaiser. George Fenton,
P. a. Niehoff, John Fitzpatrick, Da-isl
Vreedon. William K rby, Seth Moore, WI
lam Hatfield. Henry Clarke. Adolpn Stef-
fens. Thomas Woods, Charles Graft, Andy
Booth, Edward Duff, John Kull, Daniel
| Black, Harry Kopido, David Havnor,
Samuel West, Louis Havnor, Harry Lock
wood. c.. D. P. Gibson, Legrand B.
Bouker, John Pringle, Daniel Black,
George Stiles, Frank De Mott, Edward
Frederick. John Smith, William Eckert,
Edward Kaiser, Louis Washburn, Charles
Kuedley. Richard Hitler, Gus Stencken,
Thomas Davis, Michael Bollinger. FREQ
Egloff. William Scott, Daniel keenan,.
Carl Kohlmeyer, John Kirchner. Fred
Kirchner, Chris Tisdale, Hudson Lowell,
Frederick Smith, rus Wykander, George
Smell. Daniel Keenan, and G. 3. Houston.
Among the members from the Republican
Association were John Hauck. F.. Meyers,
Mr.. Doubleday and David Fisher.