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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
WORKING FOR Mr., BARR.
seventh Ward Wants Him Made AN
Assessment Com M misaIoner

The United Democratic Club of the Sew
enth ward held an enthusiastic meeting
last evening in the New York Bay House,
Wilkinson and Ocean avenues. This club
is rapidly developing into very strong
organization, and has now membership
of nearly two hundred members. The
meeting of last evening was presided over
by Vice President ]. Mccarthy in the alb
sence of the President, Mr.. Gotthardt.
The committee which was appointed some
time ago to draft the cons titution and by
laws reported and the report was adopted
as read. The other regular routine busi-
ness was gone through with, but nothing
Mr.. Julius Breternitz stated that he
would Ike to offer resolution, but be-
fore doing SO he would like to say few
words in regard to the coming appoint-
ments which are to be made by Mayor
HooS. He said -
when We take into consideration that
this ward for a number of years back
that it was very seldom IL ever carried
by the Democratic party, we wonder what
has brought about the sudden change that
has put US in the Democratic column. For
the past three or four years the Republic
can majorities have greatly Diminished,
so much SO that the Democratic party
has been victorious on more than one
occasion. This last victory in this ward
was only gained by the hardest kind of
work. This ward has shown up wonder
fully, and it is all due to the efforts OF
the party workers There is one man who
deserves credit for what he has done 1or
the party in the recent campaign. ard
that man is Alderman Edward Barr. He
is always ready to work for the benenu
Of the party, and I think that if any
appointment is to come to this. ward Al
derman Barr is the man who is entitled
to it. He is, in fact. entitled to a posi-
ton anyway, and l am sure this club is
with me when | say 50.
mark Of the speaker was tremendous. A
resolution was then passed calling for
a committee Of six to be appointed 70 call
on the Mayor and urge the appointm tmelt
Mr.. Barr is a candidate for is that OF
Assessment Commissioner. resolution
was also passed asking Sheriff Heller TO
annoint ,,3 the recently elected constable. Mr..
shannon, to his Office.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
DOCTOR VERSUS DRUGGIST.
Case In which 500. Figures Against
Charge of Illegal Practice.

Druggist Albert Meyer, of No. 1,137
Summit avenue was placed on trial to-
day in General Sessions Court, on
charge of Illegally practising medicine.
Health Board was the complainant He
testified that on October last he visited
Meyer's store and asked for a remedy for
pains in the back and stomach. Meyer,
he said, gave him drink OF soda water
and a small phial of Fowler's Solution OF
Arsenic Witness said he explained to
Meyer that as he lived a long distance
from the store and might want the medl-
cine. renewed, he would like to have a
prescription. Meyer, he said, gave 1t to
as also thirty-five cents for the medi-
County Clerk Fisher and Clerk Rooney
of the County Board of Health office tes-
titled that Meyers name did not appear
among the list of practising physicians
in the registry book of their respective
o ceS.
Meyer. testifying in his own behalf, said
that Hendricks asked him for some
Fowlers Solution of Arsenic on October
a. 1897. At first he refused to give 1T,
he said. but when Hendricks said he
was a physician he let him have it.
You also gave him g. prescription!
said Assistant Prosecutor Van Wrinkle.
Yes he asked for it, and I wrote 1t
down on the back of a business card
And you knew he was physician
when you did so?'
Yes replied Mr. Meyer.
He then testified that Dr. Hendricks
afterwards came to him and offered to
said he would try and borrow the money
from his brother, but later on he sent
word to the County Board of Health
office that he could not raise the sum
required Recess was taken at this point.
The case will occupy most of the after
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
ORANGES IN THE Slate
Mayor Hoos, It Is Said, Will
Make Appointments
Tomorrow.

Mayor Hoos will make seven appoint
ments, and probably more, tomorrow.
His Honor is as anxious to have the APP
pointment question off his mind as candi-
dates are to have the uncertainty over
The Mayors slate has not been changed
since yesterday, it is said. 1t is subject
to no changes now.
This morning a delegation of eleven
property owners of Greenville called on
Mayor Hoos to urgently request him to
appoint ex-Alderman Barr an Assessment
Commissioner. The Mayor attended a
wedding this morning and did not arrive
at his office until noon. Mr.. Bars friends
did not wait. They will call on the Mayor
again -t0morrow morning
The Indications are that Adoiph Walter
will be Police Commissioner. John Errick-
son Will so into the Fire Board. Andrew
j. Corcoran has been substituted, it is
said, for Henry Hintermann as Robert
McAndreWs successor in the Sinking
Fund Commission. John Wahl Queen will
be City Attorney. Nelson j. III. Edge is
to be reappointed a Library Trustee.
Either General William Heppenheimer
or John J. Voorhees, may go into the
Finance Board Both Messrs. Furst and
Ringle have been dropped, according to
latest reports. Who the Republican will
be is not known.
The Assessment Commissioners may not
be appointed tomorrow. James C. Clarke
will be re-appointed Tax Commissioner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
WHERE IS WIN. HOAG
Started for Bicycle Ride Satur-
day and Disappeared his
Wife Fears Foul Play


Mrs. William Hoag of No. 112 Park ave-
nue., Hoboken reported to the police of
that city today that her husband had been
missing from his home since last satur-
day
Hoag left his home ON Saturday even
ing on his bicycle. He told his wife that
he was going for ride ON the Boulevard
in company with A Boyd, neighbor.
Boyd says that Eoag left him at First
and Garden streets. when they had gone
only a block from the house, and rode
off in the direction of Washington street.
That was the last that was seen of him.
Mrs. Hoag says she can give no e,, reason
lieves that he has met with foul play. She
has searched the hospitals and morgues
of New York and vicinity, but her efforts
have been fruitless. Hoag was employed
by the Central Railroad and at the time
he left home he had his weeks wages in
his pocket. He wore a blue serge coat,
gray knickerbockers, a black sweater,
with a red stripe on the collar, and a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
A LOAFER FINED $40.

John Murphy, of No. 674 Newark ave-
nue.. one of a gang of loiterers who annoy
pedestrians in his neighborhood, was this
morning given the option of paying fine
of $40 or going to Snake Hill for ninety
days. He was arrested by Patrolman Nc
Guire. While Mcclure was testifying in
the Second Criminal Court this morning
McGuinn. Murphy's brother i1l-iaw.
The Justice, after warning McGuinn,
ordered him put out of the court room.
He still persisted in annoying the Court
from the hallway and Roundsman Jack
son hustled him downstairs. He resisted
all the way down and the Roundsman
locked him up. He was subsequently ar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
OFF FOR THE WAR.
Three Companies of U. $.
Infantry Leave for
Tampa, Florida.
LIEUTENANT WORTH IN COMMAND
Arrived by the Bay Street Annex
About Two O'ccIock and
Left at Once.
LIEUTENANT WORTH IN COMMAND


Three companies of the 18th U. S. In
fantry, under command of Lieutenant
Colonel L. D. Worth, passed through the
city this afternoon on their way to Tam
pa, Florida. They arrived at the Bay
street annex of the Pennsylvania ferry
from Governors Island. on Annex Boat
No. 4, about two o'clock, and imme-
diately commenced to load a train with
the field equipments and rations for tfllr-
ty days, which they brought along with
them.
1t looks just bit like war times in
that vicinity of the railroad yards Few
persons knew of their arrival Those VINO
mad business at the Bay street ferry
gathered in group and admired the APP
pearance of the soldiers. They were a
Iine looking body OF men. The detach-
nlelIr numbered about $50 men, The
truckmen in the vicinity admfangly not
ed the systematic manner in which the
soldiers transferred their equipment from
the boat to the cars, and altogether the
scene was interesting as well as excit-
ing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
RESULT OF KELLY'S ARREST.
Subpoenas Issued for Four Nor
Persone Implicated In Row.

The arrest of William Kelly of No. 5S
Fisk street and Joseph Green of No. 80
Mallory avenue Sunday, for assault and
battery on Thomas J. Carey of No. 1s4
Virginia avenue and John Dawson of No.
AZ Mallory avenue, has led to a number of
counter charges and arrests of others inn
plicated in the fight. 1t seemed TO be a
general row.
Kelly and Green it appears pounced
out walking with his little girl. William
Carey came along and assisted his BROTH
er. He. got punched In the eye. Prior to
fight with Patrick Farrell. John Dawson,
who got mixed up ii the shuttle and who
charged Kelly with assauiIing him is
injured
Subpoenas were this morning issued for
four more persons implicated in the row.
Police Justice Nevin in the Second Grim
inal Court this morning put the entire
hearing over until next Monday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
MADRID HEARS IT.
rBy Cable to The Associat

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.1
MADRID, April 10, 1S98.-The general be-
lief here is that the joint resolution of
Congress makes war between Spain and
the United States inevitable.
The correspondent of the Associated
Preess was the first person to take the
news of the action of Congress to !
United States Minister, General Stewart
L. Woodford, and to the Minister for the
Colonies, Senior Moret, and the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Senior Gololn.
The Premier. Senior l5agasta, had long
conference with the Queen Regent this
morning.
Queen Regent will deliver at the opening
Of the Cortes tomorrow are jealousy
guarded: but it is said that the speech win
prove firm, convincing and satisfactory
to the national sentiments.
It is claimed here that per sct unan-
unity prevails in Spain to face var rather
than yield to the demands of the United
States.
An Official note issued this afternoon
says negotiations are actively proceeding
between the Colonial Government of Cuba
and the insurgents of that island, with q
view of obtaining the submission of the
latter as result of further concessions
regarding autonomy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
4 GRBENVlLLE NUISANCE.
Property owners on Danforth Ave
nue Complain of Carriage Dumping.

Property owners on Danforth Ave
nue Complain of Carriage Dumping.
al number Of Greenvil1e property owners
who reside at the foot of Darforth ave-
nue.. lust west of the Boulevard, are
Justly complaining of the dumping of gar
bage in that vicinity. The nuisance has
become so unbearable that some of the
property owners have drawn up the fOl-
lowing petition, which will be sent to the
Grand jury
To the Grand Jury of the County of
Gentlemen- the undersigned
property owners on Danforth avenue,
west Of the Hudson County Boule-
vard Jersey City. desire TO call the
attention of your honorable body to a
nuisance which has existed for some
time in our vicinity and which we
deem of sufficient magnitude to re-
Quire attention at your hand.
The nuisance in question Is that OF
the dumping Of garbage by the con-
tractor on the property owned by
Jacob Detwiller, about q feet west OF
the premises of Jacob Piercy, at No.
2Ss Danforth avenue. and about 800 feet
from the Boulevard.
The garbage is of the foulest kind
and the odors arising therefrom are
not only Objectionable but dangerous
to the health of the residents In the
vicinity. We have complained to the
Jersey City Board of Heath. but have
failed to obtain relief from that
quarter Therefore, as a last resort,
We ask your honorable body to inves-
tigate said nuisance and take such ac-
tion as the circumstances seem to re-
quil'e.
This petition has about fifteen sigma
tures all those of property owners.
One Of the residents when speaking
about the nuisance last evening said that
1t was outrageous that such a practice
was allowed 70 exist. We hear that the
owner Of the property has given the con-
tractor privilege to dump the garbage
there, he said, 'but II such Is the. case
1T should be stopped. We will send our
petition to the Grand Jury. as we are de-
fermined that such a thing must stop.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
ANOTHER NEW SCHOOL.
Programme Arranged for No. 26'
corner Stone Laying.

FEO2E8 HI M1o n EEd scu AOt ~ " = =
CORNER Stone Laying.
The programme has been arranged IN
connection with the ceremonies Of laying
the corner stone for No. rs SCHOOL, at
Palisade and Reservoir avenues, next
Thursday. The first part will be asxfol-
lows :-Selections by Professor Ecksrt 8
band. invocation by the Rev. End AZ
Meury; song. America by the pupils
of Schools Nos. 6 and s; intro oductory ad Il
dress by Director Frederick j. Mer-
sheimer of the Board of Education, and.
laying of corner stone and address< Dy7
Mayor Edward Hoos. The trowel used
on this occasion WAS presented by the
Hudson City Citizens Improvement As
socia ton
Then there will be more music by the
band and an address by Senator Willi#snI
D. DAILY; song by the pupils of Schools
Nos 6 and 5, THE Flower of Liberty;
addresses by Henry Brautigam and Fred
erick Kraft president of Hudson City
Improvement Association; song by &he.
pupils of Schools Nos. 8 and s. "Colum-
bia''; addresses by President Joseph IL
Firm Of the Board of Education and
Henry Snyder, Superintendent OF Schools.
closing with short talks by citizens and
guests; The Star Spangled Banner by
the school children and benediction by
the Rev. Charles S. Wright, d. D.
The exercises will take place at two
P. M. The committee of arrangements
are School Directors Frederick j. Mer-
sheimer and Henry w. Dewitt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19

lsas4l.
HARRISON Monday April IS, 1895.

HARRIsON.-On Monday, April 49, 1898.
Eleanor u Harrison, aged so years.
Relatives and frienGs are invited 10 at
tend the funeral from he residence of
her daughter, 1Ifs. Eugene Chapman, 50
p. NJ
K KELLEy.-On Sunday April II, 1898, Jofn
]. Kelley. Beloved husband OF Matilda
Kelley.
Funeral from his late residence, q
Gregory street. on Wednesday, April 20,
at A. NJ thence 10 ST. Peters r. c..
Church. where a mass OF requiem viii be
SHERIDAN.-O Monday, April is 1898,
Sarah, beloved wife Of Jonn Sheridan.
Relatives and friends of the family are.
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
on Wednesday, April 20, at 3 a. M. thence
TO ST Bridget's Church. where a solemn
high mass will be offered for the happy
reDose of her soul
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
Mr.. ADAMS TENEMENT.
lss Want OF Sewer Connection Costs
Him Ten Dollars.

Martin Adams who is ever expatiating
upon the virtues of the American soldiers
and sailors, and whose virtuous soul re-
coils at the indignity heaped upon them
by the local Monumental Committee in
selecting a NEUROLOGICAL goddess of the
ancients to typify the vets yalor and vir-
tues, was fined $40 by Police Justice Nevin
this morning for maintaining nuisance.
Mr. Adams owns a tenement house at
No. 250 Duncan avenue. 1t is not connect
ed with a. sewer and Mr.. Adams lays
his present trouble with the health au-
thorities at the doings of deceptive scav-
enger He says he notified his agent to
abate the nuisance, and his agent told him
he had contracted with a scavenger to
attend to the matter. This scavenger, he
claims, did not fulfill his contract.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
MADE HIS LIVING PRETTY Hor.
So wiliiam Wegman shot Himself,
Euf VIII lsscOycr.

Hut Will k-covcr.
William Wegman, twenty years old, of
No 219 Halliday street, attempted suicide
shortly before midnight last night by
shooting himself in the right breast with
a 32-calibre bullet. He is in the CITY
Hospital and will probably recover.
Wegman is employed as clerk in the
grocery store of .Beckman & Tietjen No.
344 Communipaw avenue He went home
shortly after nine o'clock last might md
retired to his room. Some time later his
boarding mistress heard a shot in his
oo b e faed doGr 1rin was On Dt2Men fb h9 9psn &
bullet hole in his right breast. He was
unconscious. On the coverlet of the bed
was pinned note in German which read
as follows:-"Notify my cousin, Miss
Louise Mskel, of Maspeth, L. l. They
made my living pretty hot for me and 1
thought would die" He was taken to
the City Hospital The doctors hope to
save his life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
BBEPsTAKE CLUB TONIGHT.

The Jersey City Beefsteak Club win give
another of it's delightful and delicious
dinners this evening at ITS clubhouse.
No 81 Newark avenue.
These gentlemen form the Committee Of
Arrangements:-Mess James Nugent.
Chairman; George Garretson Thomas
Flanagan. j. H. Brown and T. J. Carol
and it goes without saying that the bee
steak will be juicy, tender and proper
cooked the fiXings will be all right e
those who. will attend will be we'll ia
care of Dinner will be served at $50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
oU1NN's LITTLE YELLOW DOG.

The man who was decapitated on the
tracks of the Central Railroad near the
Pacific avenue station, early yesterday
morning, was identified last might as Jo-
seph John Quinn, thirty-five years old,
of No. S2s1s Halliday street. He was em-
ployed on the railroad. When Quinn met
his death he had a little yellow dog with
him. The dog remained at the spot where
he was killed for over twelve hours. He
could ont be driven away. Finally small
boy dragged him to the Communipaw
avenue station. where he remained all
last night
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
LITTLE RESPITE.

[From This Morning. ''Tribune"I
Customs receipts reported from Wash
ington, s5o4,oe1; internal revenue receipts,
s1,154.O44. and the miscellaneous receipts.
ss7s,S total Government receipts for ths
day, s2,o ,444; expenditures. s1,sso,ooo. Re-
ceipts for the month to date, sls,44l.155;
expenditures, s2S, $4,000; excess of sxpsn-
ditures, s10,726. S45.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
GARRISON NOT A CAN
DIDATE.
Especial to .sThe Jersey city News.'.I

Especial to 1.-THE jersey City News,"I
CAMDEN, April 49, 1S9s.-supreme Court
Justice Charles G. Garrison, who has
been doomed as a Democratic candidate
for Governor. said yesterday
''The frequent mention of my name in
connection with the Democratic noanina~
ton for Governor of New Jersey leads me
to say that I am not a possible candidate.
The execution of my Judicial Office, as
understand 1t, and its proper acceptance
by the people. require that this matter b.
laid at rest. This statement is intentions
ally premature and positively fnal."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
GRIGGs' FIRST APPEARANCE.
He Makes Hi. Maiden Argument in
tho Supreme Court.

tuG supreme COuTds
WASHINGTON. April 10, 1S9S.-Attorney
General Griggs made his maiden argu-
ment before the Supreme Court yesterday
1t was in the case of the United States
VS.. The North American Commercial
Company. a suit to recover on the lease
made to the company by the Government
in 1890 of the right to take seals ON the
Pribylov Islands.
When the company bid for the privilege
the annual take of skins was 100000, but
Immediately after the contract was let
the Government reduced the number, and
it has since varied from 900 to 10000. Un-
der these conditions the company has re-
fused to pay the full amount due the
Government by the terms of the lease.
Last year the United States sued the com
pstny in the Federal Court at New York
and recovered Judgment for nearly 81
100000. From this judgment the company
appealed TO the Supreme Court, and the
case came up today. Mr. Griggs present.
ed the views of the Government and j. G.
Carter those of the company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
PRETTY SORT OF PEACE.
fBv cable to The Associated Press

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.]
HAVANA, April 10, 1898. According to
statements made by Spaniards here, the
ince a Sergeant of Volunteers, and, it is
added, they killed the man and most
terribly mutilated him, cutting out his
tongue eyes and other parts of his body.
Quiet prevails here, the streets present
a more lively appearance than they did
few days ago prominent people believe
war may yet be avoided but business is
almost paralyzed, no contracts are being
entered into and the papers are urging
Spain to declare war Immediately.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
FOR ALLEGED sooRoHING.

John Roulsten, of No. SO Jewett avenue.
was fined So this morning by Police JUS
tice Potts in the First Criminal Court
for scorching. He was arrested by Bicycle
Policeman Murphy, who chased him from
Eighth and Coles streets to Varick street
and Railroad avenue before he caught
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
OF COURSE THE SINGLE MEN WON

men defeated a married mems. team on
the alleys Of the ST. Michaers Club last
night The crowd present also enjoyed
an exhibition of fancy bowling by Prof.
Zacharia of Brooklyn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
LEARNING TO JUsTIFI0ATE.

Edward Stanton, the new Recorder of
Hoboken, sat on the bench in the First
Criminal Court with Police Justice Potts
today. He got great many pointers on
the proper methods Of dispensing justice.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
ALDERMANIC COMMITTEES

Robert Davis had q conferences with
City Clerk O'Donnell this morning ~ re-
lation to the makeup Of committees of
the new Board of Aldermen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK. April 10, 1895. Forecast
for the thirty-six hours ending at eight
p NJ Wednesday. For New York City
and vicinity.-Rain tonight; clearing,
warmer Wednesday; easterly shifting to
westerly, winds.
ksarsnsLa,s ghermom meter Report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
HAuoK TO BE PRHsID BNT..

The Street and Water Board will reor-
ganize on May 2. Commissioner Hauck,
II is said. Will succeed Mr.. Boltwood as
President
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19

The continued absolute auction sale of
real estate owned by Jersey City will be.
held tomorrow at the city Hall at one
p. M, conducted by Frank Stevens,
auctioneer See advertisement In this Is
at the auctioneer's Office. IS montgomery
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-24
HAPPY THOuGIIT.

In the waiting room Of the Military
C~nu.missi"n in II RUSSIAN town sat tvs
fathsf:s of families in deep ANXIETY
iibout the fate of their sons, which
would be shortly decided by the SAID
commission. M.
II ann at a loss" said one. what to
say If | am asked the & Of my son.
If ! nake him out younger than he is
he Will be sent to school,; if make him
too old. they'll stick him in The army.
What am I to sny?"
How would 1t be if you told the com
mission his exact age?' inquired his
friend.
The first speaker looked up in amaze
ment. " II
Capital: I hadn't thought Of that"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-24

The Business Mems Association and
the citizens of Newport News gener-
ally should do everything in their
power to crystalize sentiment in avor
of greatilaval parade II review. The
affair would not only be interesting and
timely. but would furnish an excel
lent opportunity for advertising the I'M
cxcelled advantages of the sturdy
young "Iiverpoo, Of Virginia. An
Immense throng would gather from all
parts Of the country to witness the
pageant and this, 90, would mean bus
mes for this section. Let every possi-
pie effort be made to induce the Navy
Department to agree to the parade and
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