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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
mr.. DAVIS WAR COLLECTION.
Choice Collection of Weapons Used
by Spaniards at Santiago.

City Collector Robert Davis is the hap
py possessor of a number of war relics.
He anticipates having a choice collec-
ton in a short time One of the most
valuable and interesting relics is the iron
portion of Mauser rife, which was
taken from the wreck of the Spanish bat
tleship Vizcaya The barrel of the rifle
shows the effects of fire and water. The
wooden stock is missing, having been
burned off The barrel is rusty, but the
locks still remain and are in working
order. Loose portions of the rifle are be-
ing distributed among Mr. Davis inti-
mate friends, who prize the souvenirs
The Nizcaya relic is to occupy a eonspic-
uous place over the Collector desk in
the City Hall.
A second relic is a Mauser rifle in per-
feet order, which was picked UP on the
battlefield of Santiago. Attached to the
rifle is a sword bayonet. which has every
appearance of having penetrated some
ones body This rifle is to be presented
to the Robert Davis Association In adj
dition to the rifles the Collector has sew
eral sword bayonets, all of which appear
to have been used considerably
In a few weeks the Collector will re-
ceive many more relics The donor is
Chief Cook Hogan of one of the trans
ports which was stationed off Santiago.
Mr. Hogan is an old Jersey City man
and has always been great friend and
admirer of Collector Davis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
IN MANILA BAY.
Setting the Wheels of Com
merce in Notion
Dewey's Prizes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. %, 1855
An Associated Press correspondent, writ
ing from Manila, under date of August
so, says
The work of setting the wheels of busi-
ness in the harbor of Manila in motion
has been entrusted to Captain Henry
Glass of the u. S. S. Charleston. One of
his first duties was that of taking an in
ventory of all the shipping that fell into
Admiral Dewey's hands on the 18th inst.
This includes everything afoat either on
the bay or river, which means a radius
of forty miles, and its value is about
81 100000
To aid Captain Glass and Lieutenant
Braunersreuther in the work, five officers
were detailed from Admiral DeWey'S fleet
Ensign Moffet has been busy with gum
wrecks that were sunk in the Pasig River
and the outer harbor, and of the twenty
or thirty wrecks in the river nearly all
have been destroyed, so that the ships
drawing fifteen feet of water may now
enter and come to the wharves-
Lieutenant Mcmillan, late of the San
Francisco photographic office, is in
charge of the weather bureau buoys and
lights and the photography of the harbor
generally. The shipping in the river IS
under Lieutenant Marcus Miller and
Lieutenant NJ. r. Wall is the boarding
and berthing officer, Lieutenant j I.
Meyers of the Marine Corps is in charge
Of ali the prizes The natives are rush
ing to the office of the Captain of the
port with all sorts of complaints so that
the place is at once a justice court and
entry and clearing office for vessels
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
BRIDGEpORT'S MYSTERY.
Police Worried Over a Visit
to Or. GuiIford's Home
Funeral of the Victim.


BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. %, 1855
The work which is being done by the
police today In their efforts to trace the
murderers of Miss Emma Gill, the fei-
low Mill Pond murder mystery VICTIM
is being carried on very quietly ana dur
ing the xorenoon, so far as the pupiic
is made aware, very little was accomp-
lished. The police officials We're evloentiv
very greatly disturbed this morning ana
an investigation proved that the cause
of their troubles centered about the early
morning discovery that one of the WIN
dows in the house vacated by Dr. Nancy
Guilford, had been opened.
While the detectives refused to admit
it. it is whispered that they fear that
some one entered the Guilford residence
during the night and performed the er-
rand which may have been intrusted TO
DR. Guilford's son. Harry, who was ar
rested as he was about to enter the
house yesterday evening.
The really interesting development OF
the morning was to be found in the state
ment of Supt. Birmingham, to the effect
that Charles A. Plumb, one Of those un-
Ger arrest will probably be released To-
day. Plumb, however, it is added will be
an important witness later on.
The detectives are at work in Stfat1ord
today in an effort TO trace the movements
of Miss Gill during her sojourn there.
While the police were engaged in ef-
forts to run down the murderers, the
body of the victim was for the second
time being prepared for shipment to It's
claimants, the Gills of Southington. At
an early hour the remains We're exhumed
from their resting place in the Fotters
Fields and taken to Cullinan S Morgue-
There the casket, the same one which
made the trip to the home Of Marian
Grace Perkins in Middleboro, Mass, and
return, was opened, the head was placed
with the other portions of the body, and
at 9:55 it left this city for Southington,
where it is due to arrive at l2:48 F. M.
This afternoon Attorney ]. B. Klein,
counsel for the Guilfords, had stormy
interview with Supt. Birmingham, and at
it's conclusion the lawyer announced his
purpose to swear out a writ of habeas
corpus to secure the release of Harry
Guilford.
As the day wore on and the predicted
release of Plumb did not materialize.
Supt Birmingham was asked If there was
any truth in the statement which an
nounced Plumb's probable release from
custody.
The official merely answered: II do not
believe Plumb is in it..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
HOBOKEN'S PRIMARIES.
No Opposition to the Regular
Ticket--Those Who
Were Elected.

There was no opposition to the regular
ticket at the Hoboben Democratic pri-
maries, last night. The delegates elected
are as follows:-
First Ward J. coyle, John Gala
han, Hugo Ochs Adolph Lankering. Max
Driesen, Richard Griffin and John J. Fal-
lon.
Second Ward Lawrence Fagan, Leon
Albeit, William S. stuhr and L. R. Nc
Culloch.
Third Ward-Patrick Smith, Cornelius
J. Tahen, Richard Murray, William Ker-
rigan James Lewry, Charles Quaraglia
and Henry Egert.
Fourth Ward-Ja1n j. Fox, r y Don
ohue, Patrick Driscoll. Michael o Neill,
Henry Meyer, John Cordes and Charles
Hoffman,.
Fifth Ward--WilIiam D. Daly Edward
r. Offermann, Lloyd H. Nettleton, Thos.
Callahan and James Roarty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
ENTOMB[D ALIVE.
Fifty Men in a Deadly
Peril in a Colliery
Through a Gas
Explosion.
MANY MAY BE LOST
Gallant Rescuers Working
Towards the Victims at
Desperate Risk.
AGoNIzED RELATIVES
Great Crowds About the
Mouth of the Pit--DetaiIs
of the Tragedy.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. %, 1sss.-An
explosion of fire damp occurred at the
Umpire coal mines. near Brownsville, Pa
this morning. Fifty men are entombed-
Two have been taken out dead.
The explosion occurred at eight A. NJ,
and was caused by an accumulation of
gas. There were 1870 men at work at the
time, and all but about fifty. escaped with
out INJURY. Five men are believed TO have
been killed and a large number are stiil
entombed. AS soon as possible after the
explosion rescuing parties were organized
ana are now trying to reach the unfor-
tunate men. There is great excitement
and hundreds of women and children sur
round the mouth of the pit
The mine is owned by the Umpire Coal
Company
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
POSTAL THIEVES CAUGHT
Captain Kelly and Detective
Brown Make Good
Arrest.

The police this morning arrested
Michael Riordan, of No 15S Second ave-
nue.. New York. and Frank Brush, also of
New York. who refused his address. for
robbing the Post Office at Arden, New
York. The arrest was due to the clever
ness of Police Captain Kelly and Chief
Detective Brown of the Erie Railroad.
At the time The two men We're arrested
it was not known that they We're the
Arden robbers Police Captain Kelly was
sent for this morning by Chief Detective
Brown, who wanted to consult him on po-
lice business. He met Brown in the Erie
depot They were beneath the train shed
talking when the Buffalo express pulled
into the depot Two men alighted from
the train who attracted the attention of
Captain Kelly
Il don't like the looks of those fellows,
he said to Brown.
Neither do |, said the detective.
let us look them over. and find out
Who they are.'' SAID Kelly. Each of
the strangers carried a bundle, which he
seemed anxious TO conceal as much as
possible. When the men saw the officers
they seemed nervous and tried to lose
themselves in the crowd. Captain Kelly
stopped them and asked them who they
were and where they were going. The
men trembled with fear and gave such
evasive answers that Captain, Kelly and
Detective Brown placed them under ar
rest and took them to the Seventh street
police station. There they searched their
bundles. To their astonishment they found
that in addition to articles of wearing
apparel they contained large quantities
of postage stamps Captain Kelly began
to believe that he had made a good cap
ture. He WAS about to send out a de-
scription of the men, with view OF ind
ing out where they We're wanted when
Detective Brown, who had gone back TO
the depot. came in with telegram in
his hand. 1t had just been received al
two men who robbed the postoffice at
Arden last night.
The Arden police and the postoffice au-
thorities We're notified of the arrests. The
men We're held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY

BROWNSVILLE Pa, Sept. 25 1885,
Fifty-four men were entombed in. the
Umpire mine of snowden, Gould & Co,
one fourth mile below Brownsville, by an
explosion of gas at eight o'clock this
morning. Two dead bodies have so far
been taken out. The dead are James Hall
ana John Bennett.
Searching parties are making frantic
efforts to reach the entombed miners, but
their progress is slow. and there is great
danger of another explosion, which might
bury them also under tons of rock and
earth.
Immediately following the explosion Of
gas there was a second explosion of fire
damp. There were 14O men in the mine
at the time of the explosion. work hav-
ing been begun for the day short time
previous OF these fifty-eight were in
entries Nos. 9 and 10.
Four men, Jacobs, Davis, Whetzell,
Walker and a Hungarian. were near the
Aioutii u LIE ciitIlc7- iAC OtIciot "ciC
far in. When the explosion came these
four men made rush for the main head
ing, which they succeeded in reaching
though all were more or less injured
They finally erawled out to the qeen air
OF the fifty-eight men in Entries and
10 these four are the only ones who are
known to be alive. They say there is no
possible chance for the escape of the
fifty-four who worked with them.
Intelligence of the disaster soon spread
and crowds gathered around the mouth
of the mine Terrible scenes of grief and
horror were presented. Wives and chill
dren of the entombed men were frantic
with grief and their shrieks and walls
were frightful to hear. Notwithstanding
the great danger. the rescuing parties are
working bravely. but their efforts have
so far been fruitless.
At one o'clock this afternoon five more
bodies were recovered and 1t was feared
that none of those still entombed would
be taken out alive. The names of the
five found were:-Harry Hager, Jonn
Cartwright, VIM. P. Richard, John Hais-
tua and S. Hastings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
LEAPED FOR JOY.
Soldiers From Porto Rico Re-
joioe on Reaching Amer
lean Soil Again.

The United States transport, Seneca, ar
rived at the foot of First street at ten
O. clock this morning, and docked at pier
J. Penns ylyania Railroad She had
aboard 1853 officers and men of the signal
corps, and a number of civilians and la
borers from Ponce, Porto Rico. Captain
E. Duhr was in command of the vessel.
Through misunderstanding trainmaster
McConnaugh, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road objected to the Seneca docking at
Pennsylvania per. He had not, at the
time the vessel arrived, received orders
for the transportation of the men, and
aid not know but that they were to be
handled by some other railroad.
You can't land here" he said to Cap
tain Duhr.
II will land" was the word the Cap
If you do said McConnaugh mot q
man will be permitted to land unit !
know what is to be done with the troops.
While the controversy was in progress
word came from Quartermaster Kimball
that the Pennsylvania Railroad was to
take the troops TO Washington. Trans
were made ready fer their reception ana
the Seneca was docked in a jiffy. Lieu
tenant Colonel Samuel Beber, who is IN
charge of the men of the signal corps
was the first man ashore He was not
in uniform, but wore brown suit and a
sloueh hat. He said that the Seneca mad
a fine voyage and that the men We're III
first class condition with the exception of
two who were very i'll, one with pneu-
lnonia and the other with typhoid fever.
The sick men are Sergeant William Mas.
sey and w. f. Denny. They were taken
ashore at once and were transferred TO
tbe hospital at Governors Island. The
packers We're the first persons put ashore.
Many of them were so delighted TO be on
United States soil again that they danced
jigs and cut up all sorts of ridiculous
antics.
One fellow. as he put foot on the pier,
threw his hat in the air and said-"No
son of a gun win ever get me back to
Porto Rico Many of the men brought
souvenirs of the campaign with them.
Several of them had cages filed With
Porto Rican canaries. A number of the
birds died on the voyage. The men
bought them for len cents each at Ponce.
with the Signal Corps men was a stow
away Ramon Dias, a ten-year-old Porto
Rican boy Efe is an orphan and has no
one to regret his leaving his native land.
Lieutenant Crawford of thy Fifth Com
pany. whose home is in Little Rock, Ar
kansas. has taken charge of him. He
viii take him to his home and will haye
him educated. The little fellow was
seized with pneumonia on the trip north.
He is somewhat improved now, but is
stilI iii a critical condition. He IS great
favorite with all the men. The members
OF The Signal Corps will go direct to
Washington. where they will be mustered
oltts of service.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
NOT GUILTY; BUT DON'T DO IT AGAIN

Howard Graham, a colored youth, who
was charged with breaking entering and
larceny. had a lucky escape in the
Special Sessions Court yesterday after
noon. Judge Blair called him up and said
the Court had been informed that samAel
salinger, sof No. 4S Sussex street, the COM
planning witness, had been bothered a
good deal by thieves and the suspicion
was very strong against Graham, but
the proof wonfd scarcely be sufficient to
convict him. The Judge discharged the
prisoner, but warned him that # he came
before the Court again he would be se-
serefy nunfsheq
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
WHAT PROTECTION BRINGS.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. % 1sss.-At a
meeting Of Ingram carpet yarn spinners,
held in this city, an absolute shut down
of the mills represented was decided upon
This action is taken because of the over
production of yarn.
At the present time, owing to unusual
conditions in the carpet business a large
per cent OF ingram looms are not run
ming. While the looms have been shutting
down the production Of yarn has kept
up, with the result that there has been
overproduction and consequence ten
dency toward lower prices. Some time
ago the yarn men decided upon a scale
of prices, and the Shut down was to es-
tablish this firmly.
Seventy five per cent. of the ingram
yarn capacity was represented, and the
decision to shut down was unanimous
The shut down will be indefinite
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
RICHARDS THIN STORY DlSBELlEvED

During. cake walk in a hall in Gutten-
berg in the early part OF this month";
William Richards, vino IS also. o.ealied y al
lace Richardson, eolored man, and his
lady friend were jostled against by VIII
lam Kelly, a white man and his partner,
and trouble ensled In few minutes
there was a great mix up OF whites and
hacks and the result was that Thomas
Carney was cut in the abdomen and Kelly
GOT d bad cash in his forehead. a knife
was found In Richards pocket after ne
was arrested. At his trial in the Special
sessions Court yesterday afternoon for
assault ana battery Richards declared
tllat somebody must have put the knife
III his pocket as he never carried either
a knife or a razor when he went out to
entertainments. He was convicted ana
sentenced 10 two years in STATE prison.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
LOOKING FOR WATER
Street and Water Board
Go To Examine FIynn's
She'd.


Street and Water Commissioners Hauck,
Nolan, Smith, Heintze and Boltwood are
at Boonton inspecting the Rockaway
River The Commissioners are the guests
of P. II. Flynn, whose bids for furnish
ing the city with a new supply of water
are now before the Board. At Dover
the Rockaway River and Morris Canal
run together. Commissioner Heintze en-
tertained the idea that the Canal water
must certainly contain impurities. He
wanted to make a close examination of
the water and also have it explained to
him how Flynn proposes preventing pol
luton at that point
All the Commissioners were anxious to
see whether Flynn proposes es-
tablishing his intakes and reser-
vors. Mayor Hoos was to have
accompanied the Commissioners, but
he had so much business requiring
his attention that he was unable to leave.
The Commissioners Will get home tonight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
HousEKEEpER AMkNDA'S WAYS.

Amanda Natousch was employed in last
July as housekeeper for William Schroe-
der, widower, who lives at No. 2oz
Washington street, Hoboken. As soon as
she had been installed she began to wear
the late Mrs. Schroeder's clothing and
ieWelry. AT the end of three days and
a half she threw up her situation and
went to another place in Washington
street, taking with her quantity Of
clothing which had belonged 70 Mrs.
Schroeder and her children. Amanda
Was tried in the Special Sessions Court
Yesterday for larceny. She confessed 70
sixteen summers, but she had evidently
forgotten to include the winters. She
was convicted but as she had returned
the property Judge Blair let her off with
a suspension of sentence on payment OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23

began. have been relighted by the Span
iards. except at San Juan, where the
lighthouse was destroyed when this place
was bombarded by the fleet under Rear
warn mariners approaching the port. We
bear the expense of the maintenance of
the coast lights.
United States Consul Hanna is flooded
with letters from fortune hunters. He
strongly advises all of them to remain III
home until the Americans are in complete
ral
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
FOR SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE.

Police Justice Nevin in the First Grim
inal Court this morning, fined Michael
Calucci $50 for running a saloon at No.
1sS Twelfth street without license. Ca
Clark A month ago he bought the saloon
from Frank Joklonia. He failed to get
the license transferred. When arrested
he alleged that he was merely running
the saloon for the proprietor, and had net
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
ASSAULTED HER NEIeHBoR

Ann Stiekler, of No. 4s5 Henderson
street, was held for the Grand Jury in
$500 bail by Police Justice Nevin in the
First Criminal Court this morning for
atrociously assaulting Mrs. Grove, of the
same address. Mrs. Grove was ascending
to her apartments on the top floor when
the Stiekier woman, with whom she had
quarrelled came out of her room and
struck her over the head with some hard
blunt implement. Mrs. Grove alleges that
it was the blunt end of a hatchet. while
the Stiekler woman declares it was only
a chunk of wood
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
MERCY FOR A FIEND.

DOVER. Lei. Sept. o. 1898. pom rec
onmendation Of the Board of Pardons,
Governor Tunnel has eommuted the SEN
tence Of death imposed upon William Fl.
Fisher, former negro preacher, to life
imprisonment Fisher was convicted for
entering the home Of Mrs Maria Hunt.
IN Wilmington. at night with intent to
commit assault.
tober I.
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CALM IN PORTO RICO.
[By Gable to The Associated Press

S-stF5Ic % 7 ~ "
SAN JUAN, Island of Porto Rico, Sept.
%, 1898. Everything regarding the evaeua-
tion of the Island Of Porto Rico by the
Spanish troops is proceeding satisfac-
toriIy. The Spaniards are acting in per-
feet good faith AND are turning over
everything as they quit the various
towns.
Preparations are being made for an
elaborate and Oppressive ceremony when
the American flag is raised over san Juan.
The Military Commission has adjourned
until Monday Spext
The lights on$the North coast Of the
island which haye been dark since the wdr|
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23

NEARING HOME

WASHINGTON. Sept. %. 1898 THE
Second New Jersey Regiment, which is
en- route home is travelling in four sec
tions Of 4 train over the Southern Rail-
way. The last section passed Columbia,
S. c., at ten o'clock this morning. The
first section will reach here about mid
night and the other three between that
hour and six A. NJ.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
SPANISH OFFICERS LEAVE FOR HOME

The Hamburg American Line steamship
Fuerst Bismarck, which sailed from Ho-
boxen yesterday carried in the first-class
cabin over TWO dozen Spanish officers.
They came from Cuba and were officers
in the Spanish army which surrenderea
fne city 81 Santiago to our soldiers. They
are bound for home Among the twelve.
offlcers but two could speak English.
These two wflen approached by news
papermen would say nothing for publi-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
REPUBLICS TO ARBITRATE.

IBy Cable to The Associated Press
BUENos AYREs, Sept. %, Sss.-An
agreement between Chill and Argentina, to
submit the boundary disputes between the
two countries to arbitration has been
signed.
The Senate has sanctioned the mobiliza-
tion of fifty thousand troops, as voted by
the Chamber.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
IMPOSED ON eLERGYMEN.

Robert Hare, who lives at the Salvation
Army Hotel on Montgomery street, was
sent to the County Jail for thirty days
by Police Justice Nevin in the First
Criminal Court this morning for imposing
upon elergymen throughout the city.
For some days Hare has been going to
various ciergymen and he pretended that
and obtained financial assistance. He
was arrested yesterday at the home of
the Rev, Mr.. Cronin, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church on Mercer street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
GALLAeHER's LUCY ESCAPE.

Michael Gallagher, of No. 1854 Nine
teenth street, Jersey City, a trackman,
employed on the West Shore Railroad,
while walking along the tracks at the
foot of the hill. at eight street. Hoboken,
was hit by a drill engine. His escape
from instant death was miraculous. AS
it was. both legs were broken, and he was
taken to ST. Mary's Hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
BOYS ANNOY sToREKEEPER's.

Anthony Hornyer. IA years old, of Ne.
507 Jersey avenue, was before Police JUS
tice Nevin in the First Criminal Court
this morning, charged with being one OF
a gang OF boys who hang around the
corner of Jersey avenue and Wayne street
and annoy the storekeepers and neigh
bors nightly by their boisterous actions.
The boy was paroled until tomorrow
morning, when he viii furnish the Court
with list of the other members of the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-23
ASSAULTED HIS WIFE.

Joseph N. Smith. of No. 50 Morgan
street, was fined IS in the Second Criminal
terry on his wife Marie, who lives at No.
go Academy street. The couple have been
separated for some time past