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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
SHE LOST HER PENSION
Gooper's Bigamous Marriage
Leaves a Widow in
a Fix.

Detective Prescott of Police Headquar-
tiers this morning arrested James Cooper,
who has been living for several months
at First avenue and East Thirty-fifth
street. New York, for bigamy, on COM
plant of his alleged bigamous wife, EN-
ma Sharples-Cooper.
Cooper deserted Mrs. Cooper No. 2 early
in July and she discovered that he had
another wife living. She had a warrant
issued for his arrest. He remained away
from Jersey City until two weeks ago
when he returned and went to live with
wife NO. 2 again. Last night they quar-
relied and this morning she had the war
rant for bigamy served upon him as he
was walking through Gregory street.
Cooper is a veteran of the Civil War. He
enlisted on the first call. when he was
but fourteen years Did. and went to the
front as a drummer boy. When he re-
turned from the war he married. His
wife. Mary Cooper. it is alleged, is liv-
ing at present in Philmont. N. Y.
The second wife, Emma sharples-Coop-
er is living at No. 419 York street, this
city. she was married to Cooper three
months ago. by the Rev. Warren Hoag-
land, of Emory NJ. E. Church. It was
not until two months after the wedding
that Mrs. Cooper No. 2 discovered that
there was another Mrs. Cooper. The sec
ond Mrs. Cooper was the widow of Will
liam Sharples, a veteran. He died three
years ago and his widow secured a PEN
sion from the Government. She was fru-
gal and managed to save several hundred
dollars.
sharples had not been dead long when
James Cooper, and old time friend of the
dead man who had fought with him on
many a battlefield. began to court the
widow. Mrs. Sharples rejected his suit
repeatedly because of his drinking habits,
and also because she knew he had been
married. He promised her that he would
never touch another drop of Intoxicating
LIQUOR. She put him on probation and he
kept his promise for d year. In reply to
the other objection he said that he had
rot lived with his wife in eight years, and
that he had been legally divorced, also
that she was living with another man
whom she had legally married. Mrs.
S~harples was 10th to give up her right to
her pension and a sure means Of support.
Cooper argued that he was getting a
large, pension and that she would be
provided for in the event of his death,
while during his lifetime he would be
abundantly able to take care Of her. She
finally married him and with the money
he had saved fitted up a home.
AS soon as she married again her pen
sion ceased. Cooper soon began to treat
her badly, she alleges. and finally left
her. She received a letter from him say
ing that she was not his legal wife, that
he would not support her, and that he
defled her to get any share of his pension
money. Mrs. Cooper consulted the PEN
sion authorities and attempted to collect
the pension she had been entitled to as
Mrs. Sharples. The pension agent adj
vised her that before she could do SO she
would have to have Cooper convicted of
bigamy and be freed from him. She is
without means and Is in need of the
pension left her by her first husband.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
FOR DAYS PLACE
Effort to Boom the Passaic
Iceberg for Secretary
of State.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. IS, 1885,
Some of Attorney General Griggs' over
friends are trying to boom tbs
Passaic iceberg for Secretary Of State, tc
succeed Secretary Day. They rave a lit
erary bureau, and this is q specimen OF
the stuff they are putting OUT
For Secretary of State. to succeed
Judge William R. Day-Attorney Cen
eral John w. Griggs. formerly Cover
nor of New Jersey. Thai seems TO be
the programme AT present. and some
of the best informed men here at the
capital are today of the opinion that
this is the programme President Nc
Kinley has arranged. Judge Day, It is
confidently predicted, will soon resign,
to become one Of the Peace Commits
sioners TO arrange a treaty of peace
with Spain.
That there is not a member of his
Cabinet whose opinion is held in higher
regard by the President than the pres
ent Attorney General is a well known
fact. For the next few months quail
ties of the highest order will be needed
by the incumbent of the Office of Sec
rotary of State If the interests of the
nation are properly looked after, ana
he knew of no n who was better
qualified for such a position than At
torney General Griggs.
In case the New Jersey representa-
tive in the Cabinet is advanced ten
numbers, as the naval authorities
say, then a new Attorney General will
be appointed, and who he will be it is
difficult at this time to predict. 1t
is understood that the President has
no particular person in view, but will
be strongly inclined when the time
comes to choose a Southern man.
1t is urged in Griggs' favor that he
has been in close touch with affairs
during the war nov ending. n that
the President could secure no one who
could so ably and satisfactorily with
a full knowledge of the situation,
deal with the varied and important
questions which will arise out of this
war H"N4
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
GYPsIES IN EUROPE.
They Are Increasing and Are Not
Always Wanderers ON the Earth.

1t has been. popularity supposed that the
| gypsies of Europe, like the Indians of
North America, were becoming an ex-
tinet race, and the conditions of their ex-
istence are not such as would seem to
u longevity. But a recently pub
lished official report of the English Gov
eminent shows that the number of gypsies
in England, SO far from declining, is actu-
ally on the increase. and the same is true
of some other European countries from
which figures are at land.
BY an authentic computation made re-
Gently there are $1,000 gypsies in Great
Britain. 1000 more than at the time of the
haps tina may have been somewhat i'm
perfect. There are in the whole of Eu-
rope nearly three-quarters of a million of
| gypsies, the figures being: Great Britain.
$4,000; Spain. 10000; Russia, 25.G00: Ger
many 5 1000, and Austria, Turkey and Bal
kan countries 200, 900 each. Gypsies who
are known as Zingari in Italy, Gitanos in
Spain, Ziguerner in Germany. Cziganyok
IN Hungary. Tzigani in Slavic countries.
Tchinganch in Turkey and Bohemians in
France, are considered to be of Asiatic
origin. though the name "Gypsies" is gem
orally acknowledged to be a corruption of
the word Egyptians, and in Scotland a
| gypsy is called an Egyptian. as readers
of the Little Minister are aware.
In the United States there are few gyp-
sizes. for the reason, perhaps, hat they
meet with great competition in the pur-
suits which in European countries fur
nish them with their chief revenue-for-
= ~ -f--
In Europe, though it is popularity sup
posed that they are mere wanderers, the
pariahs of civilization, driven from place
to place as popular sentiment or resent
ment may dictate, the fact is that many
Of the gypsies are permanently located in
towns of their own, maintaining a stable
administration and prospecting to a consid-
cradle extent.
This is especially true in the districts
on or near the lower Danube, and the
gypsy population of Pennsylvania, in
Hungary, is not only large, but also quite
influential. Hungarian gypsies have long
being known everywhere on account of
their appreciation of music, and gypsies'
bands have visited the United States from
time to time and with usually good sue
cess. The aptitude of gypsies in aeuuir-
ing knowledge of music has always been
marked, and Franz List has borne testi-
meny to this quality by saying
Indifferent to the minute and com-
plieated passions by which educated man
klnd is swayed, callous to the painting,
| gasping effects of such miscropic and SUI
percultured vices as vanity, ambition,
intrigue and avarice, the gypsy only COM
prehends the simplest requirements of a
primitive nature. Music. dancing. drink
ing and love. diversified by a childish and
humorous delight in petty thieving and
cheating, constitute his whole repertory of
passions. beyond whose limited horizon
he does not care to look
The gypsies of England are found chiefly
in the northern ounties.-Philadelphia IN
quirer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
R%EGIMENTAL COLORS.
TATTERED EMRLEMs WHICH WILL M
sPIRE MILITIA OF THE FUTURE.

Flags Which the Volunteers Have Carried
to Victory viii BE Highly Priced as
Trophies of war-some of the Various
Designs Described. 1880
When the war is over, no trophies will
be more highly priced than the'regimentai
colors which the volunteer troops carried
to victory and under which they fought SO
~gallantly. The more battered and shot
ridden they are the more they will be rev.
erenced. They will be put away carefully
in glass cases to be exhibited for years to
come in tho armories where the successors
Of the men who fought in1S98 win gather
to drill and preserve the regimental organ
ization.
Perhaps you can imagine with what de-
votion the boys who will compose the Sew
enty first New York militia regiment Of q
dozen years hence will regard the frayed
and weather beaten strips of silk which
represent the colors carried by the regi-
ment when the bloody heights of San Juan
were stormcd and taken or the patriotic
emotions with which the Pennsylvania
national g1ardsmen will look upon tho
relics Of the flag which troops from that
state fought under in the far Philippines.
Every shred and every spot will recall q
tradition, a story Of heroism.
AS you probably know, each regiment
in both the regular and volunteer armies
carries two emble1ns. One is tho stars and
stripes and the other it's own particular
flag.
The national color of the United States
ermy is of silk, with yellow silk fringe, is
4 feet 4 inches high and 5 feet 6 inches
wide and is made with a casing through
which passes the staff, the color being held
firmly by a leather strap at the top and
bottom of the casing. The spearhead is a
heart shaped figure of excellent design
and under the present regulations nickel
plated.
The colors of the infantry regiments
have tassels attached to them of blue and
white silk. The cavalry regiments now
carry no t~assels; the artillery regiments
carry red and yellow tassels.
The stars on our modern colors are en-
broidered with almost mathematical ac-
curacy, the result of this kind of work be-
ing that the stars are the same on both
sides of the blue, and because of the relief
which the embroidery gives them they
stand OF much more distinctly than TIE
ordinary stars of linen or other material.
On the middle red stripe is embroidered
the name of the regiment. which of course
reads correctly on only one side, the stripe
being Of a single thickness of material.
The regimental colors Of the United
States infantry regiments are of blue silk,
showing the eagle bearing on his breast q
shield with the arms of the United States.
The eagle carries in one talon a branch Of
laurel with red berries and in the other a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
PUssYoAT PRANKs.
Southern Feline That X nows a Thing
or Two About Acting.


A lady who has a small menagerie of
pets remarked the other day: II have
come to the conclusion that the cleverest
and slyest animals in the world are the
They are cautious and suspicious, and,
while a dog can be taught implicit obedi-
ence, you can never get more han eye
service from a cat. I own a very intelli-
gent specimen.
Though he is old enough to be more
dignifed. he has a mania for playing with
and pulling at anything that hutters in
the wind, whether it be curtain. or plant.
or ribbon, ard his sharp claws do very
destructive work. When / am present I
have only to say Roger. in a quietly re-
proving tone, and he stops his mischief
at once; but I see daily many proofs that
he takes advantage of the turning Of my
back.
"He is forbidden to go into the parlor,
ana never enters while / am in the house
and were it not for the presence of black
cats hairs on my sofa cushions I might
fancy Roger a model of obedience. One
day as / approached my house I saw
Roger on the parlor window sill, viewing
the passers-by with much interest. He
did not see me until | tapped on the win
dow pane with my umbrella, and then he
disappeared like a fash.
The was upstairs before I opened the
front door, and when I went to my room
there he was stretched upon the hearth
rug. apparently in the deep slumber Of
Innocence. I gave him a slap as a slight
punishment. and he opened his eyes and
gazed at me in mild surprise. as If TO say.
whats the matter with you? He evil
IDENTIFY wanted to persuade me that | had
been the victim of an optical Illusion. No
human being could have done a cleyerer
piece of acting.n-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13

BEFORE SANTIAGO.
bunch of arrows. Over the eagles head is
an arc of sun rays semicircular in shape,
between which and the head Of the eagle
are Is stars. In the eagles mouth is a scroll
with the words, "E Pluribus Unum."
Underneath the eagle is a scroll IN which
the regimental name is embroidered.
The general design of this color is good,
but the execution Of the eagle is very poor.
The birds head and wings are badly
drawn, the wings especially not being in
any respect those of an eagle. With a few
corrections, which could easily be made,
tho eagle could be so improved as to pre-
sent really a strong, as well as artistic ap-
pearance.
Again, the scroll which is under the
eagle, upon which the regimental name is
placed, is out of all proportion in size to
the eagle and is very ugly in design.
It Is q pity that the government does
not allow some person who knows what's
bird looks like and has some idea of aruis-
tic beauty to remodel this flag, which
would compare well with most of the army
colors of European regiments.
The cavalry colors are like the infantry
colors, but considerably smaller, the regi-
mental flag being yellow and very hand
some, but with the same defects in design
as the infantry flag.
The artillery national color is like the
infantry color; the ~regiinental color is red
with two crossed yellow OF this
end of the flag of the engineer battalion,
which is also red, but with a white castle
upon il, the less said the better. 1t would
be difficult to imagine two uglier flags.
Incidentally it may be said that the re-
.--41- -.,L1s-Ar7 -ro,slor4,1 g. - clo,%
on a par with these two, although perhaps
somewhat uglier. 1t has q big star on .
red ground.
The state regimental colors are usually
of blue silk, although some states have
white and some have red flags, with the
coat of arms of the state embroidered or
painted upon them. Some Of them are
very rich. and, like those Of the Connecti-
cut militia. for example, very handsome
in design and execution.
The New York coat of arms with it's sup
porters, two women clothed in ~variegated
colors, does not lend itself well as an orna-
ment to a flag, and the arms themselves
without tho supporters would look better.
Our new regimental state colors are, ac-
cording to regulation, to be buff, but in
this war our state regiments carry tho
United States regimental flag, not the
state.
1t is hardly necessary to say that these
colors are guarded with tender care both
in and out of battle. In 3 charge they are
always carried well up in tho van of the
firing lines, and when the regiment takes
to trenches the Dag is planted in the center
of tho line on top OF tho earthworks. The
illustration, which was drawn from a
photograph, shnws the coiors of 8 regiment
planted on one of the trenches before Sam
tiago. ALFRED r. RowLEY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
ST. PETERS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
The following circular has been sent tc

The following circular has been sent to
the Catholic rectors of the diocese
JERSEY CITY, August Is, 1898.
Reverend and Dear Father
thar st. Peters College offers for compe-
tition to boys from the Diocese of Me-
ark five free scholarships. Winners, as
long as they comply with the regulations
of the College and maintain in class the
standard required by the Catalogue, viii
be entitled to free tuition till graduation.
Candidates must come well recommended
and must be sixteen years of age or I'M
der. They will be examined in spelling.
English. grammar, history, geography
and arithmetic.
The examination will be a written one,
and will take place at the College, on
Thursday, September l. 1888, at 9 A. NJ.
Thanking you in advance for the favor,
I am. Your ervan in Christ.
J. HARPES. S. J..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
LAWN PARTY POSTPONED.

The lawn party that was to take place
last evening under the auspices of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the John
Knox Presbyterian Church, on the
grounds in and around the residence of
the Rev. David Mitchell, No. 27 Union
street. pastor of the church, was post
poned until Friday evening, August 10,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
P. R. R. GOLFER DAM.
A New Dyke Will Be Built Down
to the Rock.

The present Golfer dam, which IS be-
ing quilt for the foundation for the ex-
tension OF the trainshed of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, is a failure. The dam
did not extend down deep enough and
the silt bottom, like a sieve, admitted
the water. Preparations are being made
today TO construct a new dam which
will reach down to the dock and which
will be watertight. For that purpose the
dam will go down over fifty feet and
hugo timbers are being bolted together
and sunk in place. The trouble with the
dam has delayed the work on the foun-
dation at least a month.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
PERSONAL.

Collector Robert Davis will leave town
next week for AGRA, Greene county, New
York, to rejoin his family, who have been
summering in tina delightful region. The
Collector has an exceedingly busy time
of it lately and will spend a week with
them.
Ex-Collector Simeon H. Smith in a few
weeks win go to Florida to seek relief
from bronchial affection from which he
has suffered for some time. He will be
gone four months and isolate himself in
the Businesses of the everglades. After
his return he will resume his relations
with the j. g. Stock Yards Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
KELLY'S SUICIDAL ATTEMPT.

Joseph Kelly, 81 years old, of No. $50
Halliday street, early this morning at
tempted to commit suicide by taking Par
is Green. He was discovered by his
wife shortly after he took the poison
She called in DR.. Mccormick, who ap-
piled the stomach pump and did what he
could to relieve the men. Kelly was sent
to the City Hospital. He will probably re-
cover. The cause of his attempt on his
life is unknown.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
UNION VACATION SERVICES.

The following churches unite in Union
services during August. in the North Bap-
fist Church, corner Jersey avenue and
Fourth street. viz. The North Baptist.
Second Presbyterian, Park Reformed,
Wayne street Reformed and Tabernacle
Congregational
Preaching at 1880 A. NJ. and 7.45 P. NJ,
by Rev. e. C Evans. of Montreal, Canada.
August IA, morning subject christian
Courage;s evening subject. rs Christian
itv a Failure?v Everybody cordially well
nonaod
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
MUSICAL

The fourteenth annual entrance exami-
l M.,sic M 4 rs T5s Tas} sav ep4senyhso styeef
New York, win be held on September /,
from 9 A. N. 10 II M. 2 to 5 r. NJ. and
8 to 10 p. M; September 2. in violin, viola.
wood instrumenfs. 2 to 4 p. M: piano and
organ, September 6, 10 to II NJ, and 2 to
A P. M; childrents day, September 10,
piano and violin. 8 A. NJ. to II NJ; or
feature. will In the Forthcoming season
give eight public performances In Greater
New York, the solo performers being Sc
lecfed from the faculty and advanced
classes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
CHALLENcERS' LIST.

Democratic and Republican organiza-
lions throughout the county are noti-
fed that the list challengers from
each ward must be in the County
Board before August next.
Next week many Of the ward asso-
Citations will lave a lively fight on their
hands, particularly where one set wishes
to down the other.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
zABRIsME POSTS EXCURSION.

zabriskie Post. No. IS. G. A. R., will
have their sixteenth annual excursion
next Monday and it will be one Of the
great events of the season. The iron
steamboat Cygnus has been engaged TO
take the veterans and their families and
friends to Laureiton Grove on Long Is
land Sound. The boat will leave the
Fourteenth street dock in Hoboken at
nine A. NJ and the Morris street dock in
Jersey City at $3.50 A. M.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
St. Tohrl,s.
SMITH HOOKER.
Capt. Hooker's Daughter Welded at
Avondale.

The wedding of Miss Kathrine Dorlo. es
Hooker. daughter of Captain William H.
Hooker, formerly Of this city, to Mr..
Charles Wellesley Smith Of New York
City, took place last Wednesday evening
at ST. Mary's Church. Avondale, N. ].
marriage was performed by the Rev
Father Morris. Mr.. Lynch, an intimate
friend of the family. was best man. The
couple started on a wedding tour to Bos-
ton via the Fall River line.
Upon their return home September /
they will reside IN Twelty-third street,
New York City. Mr.. Smith is a we'll
known architect in New York City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
DlscH CHILDREN RECOVERING.

Helen and William Disch, the Hoboken
children who are at st. Mary's Hospital
from the effects of injuries received by
the falling of a clothes pole, the par
ticulars of which were fully told in last
nights Jersey City News" are on the
road to complete recovery. Mrs. Disch,
Lille Disch and Abraham Schwartz, who
were also injured by the falling of the
pole. have entirely recovered.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
NEW EDITOR IN HUDSON.

FORT PLAIN. N. Y. Aug. 10, 1885,
julius d. Beckwith, for five years editor
and publisher of the Register of this
village, who recently sold the paper to
Edward McKernon, of Springfield, Mass,
has purchased the Arlington-Kearny
observer" published at, Arlington, n. J.,
near New York City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
HORRORS OF war.
Letter From Hoboken Soldier Tells
an Awful Tale.

Justice of the Peace Frank O'Keefe of
First street. Hoboken, has received 2
letter from James Timmons Of that city.
Timnons is down at Santiago with Com
pany H. Eighth Infantry. Timmons. in his
letter. states that he is having a hard
time of it in camp battling with yellow
fever. In concluding his letter he said
Il witnessed any number of cases where
soldiers fighting alongside me had their
arms carried off by shells and the agony
they suffered / will never be able to erase
from my memory.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
CHURCH NOTICES.

TRINITY M. f.. York street. Rev. D..
B.. F. Randolph. pastor. Preaching at
1880 A. NJ. by Presiding Elder, Rev. J: r..
Wright. At 80 p. NJ. by Rev. T. La Rue.
ST. PAUL NJ. r., Third street, between
Erie and Grove streets. Rev I. G.. May
ham, pastor. Preaching AT 1890 A. "a,
by Rev. Louis johnson of Brooklyn. N.
Y, and at 7:30 P. NJ. by Rev. j. r..
Wright, d. D.. Of this city. All seats
freq.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13
From Everywhere.

Some men have queer hobbies and a re-
markable one is that Of a GLASGOW man
who has spent the leisure of four years
in rewriting the Scriptures. He is q
.conpositor with a wonderful gift 81 turn
ing out beautiful writing, and in the time
mentioned he has managed to reach the
middle of the Psalms. In two years he
anticipates that the concluding verse will
have been written. A feature OF this re-
Each chapter has lis artistically designed
initial letter. and each book a pictorial
heading illustrative of the context. me
writer is a native Of Dulnfries, and IN
his boyhoed days ran err2nds for Carlyle:
to whom he regularly carried the local
morning paper.