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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
A BRAVE
YANKEE
CAPTAIN.

DeGed Two Governments UntiI
!, He Received His Just Dues.

All the world loves a brave man. 1t
matters not whether he does his heroics
on a battlefield or along the narrow,
we'll trodden lanes of civilian life. This
accounts for the thrill of emotion which
was felt by every m who read recent
ly of the American ship captain who, at a
ST. Lawrence river port, defed the com
bined authorities of the United States
and the Dominion of Canada and man
fully fought for the rights Of himself and
crew until he got them.
There was a matter of $640.24 in dis
pute. Captain George Marks, master of
the late schooner Helyetia, claimed that
this amount was due him and the crew
in wages. The owners of the vessel
wouldn't pay, but they did want their
vessel and sent a new captain and an
other crew to take charge.
Captain Marks loaded a gun and told
the new captain to come aboard at his
peril. Then came Canadian police Off
GERS with warrants. Captain Marks
cleared his ship for action, mounted his
signal gun forward, armed his crew and
prepared to repel boarders, just as the
sailors in the half dime novels do.
The Canadian police were discreet.
linen came detectives anu iaWyerS. EFen
the state department at Washington or
dered Captain Marks to surrender and
seek his redress in the courts a%fterward.
But the gallant captain was not in the
habit of collecting his salary in that way.
Neither was he awed by official com
munications. He had said he meant to
hold the ship until he and his men were
paid, and he stuck by it.
The way the Helvetia and her fight
ing captain got into this fix is a matter
that began six months ago. The At
lantic Transport company of New York
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
Blue BLOOD 4
Murder and Blackma
With Dazzling \
HIGH BIRTH AND LOW ca

Itahan Prisons Well FiI1ed
BILE Observation-Disclosures Of
Ha society-Frauds of Huge 4
lions.
Murder and blaekmail are the
charged against nearly every q
noble criminals or criminal noblen
men and women Of high birth and
graded character-in the Maddalena
other great prisons of, Italy. They eoh
prise every title, says the New Yory
World, even those of prince and duke. i
The first Marquis of Londonderry, the
late Duke of Eiehingen, one of the Draw
est cavalry generals of the French army.i
and more recently the eminent historian
and scholar, Professor Fyfe. were driven
to cut their threats by the persecution OF
blackmailers. These same pests Of sos
ciety are responsible for the death OF
the French multimilhokaire, Max Lee
baudy, and for the ruin of Admiral the
Count de Marquessae and of N. Buloz,
the eminent editor in chief of the Revus
des Deux Mondes.
Among the principal life eonyiets Of
La Maddalena, 10 Italy, are the two
Dukes of Netarbartolo, who were arrest
ed In the first place for the coyardl1
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

had bought six vessels on the great
lakes. They were started down the ST.
Lawrence river to make their way round
to the Atlantic coast. Winter came on
and froze them all up in the st. Law
renee river near Montreal.
While they lay there the Atlantic
Transport company assigned, and the
vessels were thrown back on their origi-
nal owners hands. The captains and
crews of the boats were paid off and re-
turned to their homes in Cleveland and
other lake ports.
Captain Marks was not so fortunate.
The Atlantic Transport eompany's re-
ceiver ignored his demands for pay and
ever cut off his supplies. The original
owners of the Helyetia in Cleveland
would not pay either.
The captain tried at first to straighten
the matter out by correspondence
through the American consul, German,
at Montreal. But things got more and
more mixed. Two months ago the Cisye-
land owners of the Helyetia sent Cap
tain Parker up to Valleyfeld to GUST
Captain Marks and take possession.
That made Captain Marks angry. He
stopped all correspondence. He declared
somebody owed him $6S0.24. He didn't
care whether it was the Atlantie Trans
port company or the Cleveland firm, and
he said he would not give up the ship
till his claim was paid.
The Cleveland shipping firm proceeded
to take legal steps to get possession OF the
Helyetia. They appealed to the Cana
dian authorities to arrest Captain Marks
and forcibly remove him from h ship.
In the meantime the citizens of Valley
field, where the Helyetia was lying at
anchor, had learned of Captain Marks
trouble and had extended their warm
sympathy. They volunteered to help de-
fend his vessel and almost mobbed the
detective who tried to arrest him.
AT one time it looked as if much blood
would be shed over the affair. Detective
Kellert sallied forth from Montreal with
a half dozen armed deputies, and he
warned Marks that he had come to take
him, dead or alive.
"All right" said Marks. why don't
you come and take me!"
II have the authority of the Dominion
government shouted Kellert, waving
some documents.
1.-THE government be blowed!" respond
ed the captain.
AedleIj bOIfOWed ldudefS ttOul TIE hte
station and prepared to scale the sides of
the ship. A dozen men on the wharf
seized the ladders and carried them back
to the fire station, with a threat that if
Kellert attempted it they would throw
him into the water. The chief of the To-
cal police appeared and protested that
the slightest attempts to take the captain
would result in bloodshed, and Kellert re-
turned to Montreal baffied.
After this fiasco the owners tried to
compromise. But Captain Marks would
have all or nothing, and in the end he
was paid his claim in full. When be
stepped ashore, the whole town Of Valley
field turned out to do him honor. They
burned fireworks left over from the
queens birthday celebration, they ban
quoted him and in other ways showed
their respect for the man who was afraid
of neither courts nor governments when
he was in the right. +,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17


ger in his Hindoo garments of diapha-
nous material, but rugged in a bicycle
suit. and, climax of wonders, holding in
his hands a bicycle of the latest model.
This bicycle the fakir would hand around
for inspection, and the audience, to their
amazement, would find no sign of any
collision on the part of the machine.
Apparently it was an up to date wheel
capable Of taking any member of the
company on ii century run, no matter
what the a~yoirdupois Of the rider.
To convince the audience that there
was no deception the Hindoo would ask
permission of the hostess to ride the
wheel and, permission being granted,
would mount and wheel down the Boule-
ward and out of sight, leaving the audi
ence to discuss the marvel and cry,
"Great is the mysticism of the east,
which performs wonders not given to the
white man to fathom or imitate.!"
The explanation has proved to be as
simple as are most explanations when
they Gomez Of such feats. The fakir car
ries the bicycle concealed about his per-
sen and puts it together beneath the
shawl. It was made for him by a skill
full jeweler of Bombay and is really won
derful. The frame is constructed in sec
tons, which bolt together by cunningly
concealed bolts, and when the fakir en-
tiers he has this frame in sections hidden
in various parts of his clothes. The
tires are debated and are carried around
the waist Of the Eindoo, where they are
hidden by his flowing robe. The spokes
hinge to the rim, and the rim of each
wheel is in four segraents, which fold up
like a fan and are carried in pockets be-
meath the fakir's cloak. The tubes of
the frame are made to telescope and are
strapped to the leg. The Chain and gear
are carried around the neck, and the sad
die, exceedingly small, is hidden in the
robe of the magician.
Every part of the wheel is fitted cley-
erly, and where hidden bolts can be en-
ployed to join the separate parts they
are used: where they must, catches are
arranged where a critical search by the
un~initiated would fail to discover them.
By reason OF the number of spring bolts
it is possible to put the Continuance to-
gether marvelously quick; but even if it
took somewhat long to do this it would
pass unnoticed, for all the time he is at
work beneath the shawl the Hindoo
keeps up a constant FIRE of lamentations
and seems by the noise and the strug-
Cling to be in the grasp of the evil ne.
When he energies with the bicycle in
tact, many in the audience believe that
be has obtained it by the direct agency
of the chief of the internal regions.
One thing more remains to be explain
ed. When the fakir disappears beneath
the shawl, he is dressed in a robe. When
he reappeafs, he wears a tight fitting BIZ
cycle costume. This costume he wears
beneath the oriental robe when he an
tiers the room. The robe. when the man
energies, is seereted in its filmy folds in
the interior of the tubing. The Hindoo,
of course, has to do the work with light
ming rapidity, in addition to the clever
way in which the bicycle is built.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

PLAYING "RAGTfME" DURING A
MRNT.
interlude by Barney, a boom, a roar, a
lingering rumble and-"A Hot Time In
the Old Town Tonight"
There goes a corner of the fort"' yell
ed some one. "a little bit to the left this
time and we've got her sure."
''Such a bunch of raggers." Bang.
sOh, you haye to be a ragger!' Boom.
"All hands around" Pink! Ping! Boo
ey. Bang, Boom.
MY God, I'm done for"
'Tm Twin easy, eatin pork chops
greasy" Boom!
'.There goes the fort..'' Wow!
"Tm alvin easy and certn'y liyin
well..,
Zone more round and that forts done
fori''
A boom, a roar, a lingering rumble ana
81 won't leave this house till l get my
chicken. my Shanghai chicken, my feath-
er pickin!'
Through the clouds of smoke to the
ears Of the desperate fighters came the
strains of Barney Bueno's ragtime
tunes. Talk about your martial music!
That may have beer all right in the old
days, but what the soldier Of today
wants is the ragtime.
Tie fort surrendered.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
The Imperial Body Guard.

TIL Cent Gardes foundered with the
Second Empire in 1870. The corps dated
from the time of the Crimean War. when
a visit from Queen Victoria was expect
ed. The tallest and finest looking men
and officers were selected from the caval-
ry. There were 1871 of the former and IL
of the latter, but he number of men
were increased to 2GS. Their function was
purely decorative, and they chiefly served
within The palace. What swells the off,
GERS were in their skyblue uniform be-
Digit with gold lace! The corps had regu-
lations of their own. They were or no
account, when on duty, to stir unless to
salute the Emperor or the Empress, and
only Their when specially ordered. The
worst breach of discipline would have
been to forget they were to be m~otionless
as caryatides. One day Marshal Castel-
lane. a vain, old, peppery parsonage, mad
occasion to see the Emperor 0 o after
the creation of the Cent Gardes.
Two of them kept guard beside the door
opening from the anteroom on the pres
enee chamber. They remained in the
the right arm horizontally stretched out.
and holding a musket by the bayonet.
The but end rested on the ground. The
Marshal was in uniform. Furious at not
being saluted, he asked the n nearest
to MIN wna he meant. The Cent Guard
seemed neither to see nor to hear. Cas-
teiiane lost self-restraint and abused
him. Still the soldier remained impas-
sive. The irate Marshal sent for Colonel
Verify to complain. The colonel failed to
make him understand that approval and
not chastisement was due. Thus the mat
ter was brought before the Emperor, who
gave the complainant a sharp rap on the
knuckles by expressing his pleasure at
the Spartan attitude of a household
guard who was bound to ignore every
rank but the imperial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
STORIES
TOLD OF
HENDERSON.
showing the Personal Side of
ting Coming Speaker.

A well knit man with the shoulders
OF a soldier and the general build Of an
athlete, with iron gray hair and a curv-
ing, gray military mustache, is David
Bremner Henderson, who is the proba-
BILE successor of Thomas B. Reed to that
Office with no peer and only q su-
perior."
There are a few other notable personal
characteristic IS about this man who has
made such a remarkable canvass for
the speakership. Although there have
been some. fine looking men on the floor
of the house during his 16 years as a
member, he has always been feckoned
as among the best of them. While in no
sense dudish in his dress, he is always
well groomed. His fine head, clear,
sparkling eyes and erect figure add the
rest.
Few strangers in the galleries would
ever pick out General Henderson as the
one legged Iowa veteran. Yet n of his
carefully creased trousers legs conceals
a wooden limb with which he patches
out the stump the field surgeons left him
when they had finished fixing him up"
after the battle of Corinth.
While General Henderson takes a
reasonable pride in this honorable wound
he is by no means content to hobble
about on clutches. He m~anipulates his
wooden leg very skillfully. He even
dances on occasion, for he is fond of
society.
The original amputation relieved him
only of the foot, but since then he has
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
DAZZLED CANNIBALS.
Strange Adventures of Two
White Men In Formosa.
DEyoURING HUMAN FLESH RAW.
How a Sacred savage village Was
Terrorized = Visitors Mistaken For
Deities and Compelled to Maintain
-superhuman Manners.

"Since graduating from Yale three
years ago. says Ludwig Steepel to a
correspondent Of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, Il have been travelling in Eu-
rope as well as India and lately in Chi
ma. In December | left Manila and a
month later found myself among the ma
tives in Formosa. My companion was
Leonard Walker, an Englishman, who
had been trading in the Philippines be-
fore the war broke out and was now
looking for a holiday and release from
the disease infected swamps of Luzon.
In fact, it was he who suggested noun
tain climbing, and so far as we could
learn there could be no more adventurous
journey than a trip through the wild
Iowlands of Formosa and an ascent of
Mount Morrison, whose apex can be seen
from the sea, but which had never been
assembled.
sNe were two weeks making the trip
from the coast to the mountains base,
and during that time we met many
tribes. Sport was excellent, sqd, besides
many wild fowl, we shot sevelAl leopards
and other large animals.
ascent of Mount Morrison is very
gradual. We Travelled up a slight incline
all one day and met very few people, and
those we saw seemed %dreadfully afraid of
showing themselves. There seemed to be
a strip around the edge of the mountain
that was practically ~uninhabited. The
reason, as we afterward found, was that
cannibal tribes away up the mountain
had driven weaker v~egetarians of the
lower levels out. The district was heavi-
ly wooded, but away up nearly 1900
feet in height vas the snow capped top
of the mountain. Weather was frightful-
ly hot, and all streams from the noun
tain were swollen torrents.
about noon of the second day we
walked into what was apparently a de-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

The Bishop of Stepeney, s~uffragan to
the Bishop of London, who is about TO
marry the great London beauty. Lady
Ulrica Duncombe, is not. as has been
stated, DR.. Browne, says the Washington
and has in his veins the blood Of that
Pepys family TO which the author of the
Pepys dairy belonged. He is of aristo-
cratic appearance, and from a physical
point of. view, will form a fitting partner
for his lovely and stately wife. Unlike
her. however, he enjoys dining out, and
is so pass onately devoted to golf that
even the fact of his wearing the silkel
apron OF a Bishop does not prevent him
occasionally visiting the links of a Sum
day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

began the practice of his profession at
Columbus. In 1902 he was prosecut-
ing attorney of Franklin county and in
l879-S1 attorney general of the state.
In 1885 he was appointed a member Of
the supreme court commission, a body
which was coordinate with and had the
same jurisdiction as the supreme court
of Ohio and was created as a means Of
assisting that court in expediting deci-
sions in the large number of cases that
had accumulated on the supreme court
docket.
In 1SS0-3 Mr.. Nash was chairman of
the Republican state executive commit
tee and conducted the canvass in Ohio
in the campaign that elected General
Garfield to the presidency. In 1882 he
was a delegate to the Republican ma
tional convention at Minneapolis, where
he supported the nomination Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley.
A self made man, Judge Nash is said
to be well equipped in the knowledge Of
his profession and occupies a leading
place as a citizen, lawyer and jurist.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

BIRD SHOT AND DIPLOMACY.
eeoee
Consul William G. Riley Tells How He Filled
the Queen of Zanzibar Full of Lead.


and shot. lie barricaded the consulate
and single handed and alone resisted an
attack successfully.
Subsequently explanations ensued, and
a commission was sent to Zanzibar to
make a thorough investigation of the oc-
currence. Through the exercise of a lit
tie diplomacy the difficulties were over
come, and Judge Riley remained at Zan-
zibar for five or six years. He says he
became persona grata with the sultan
and sultana shortly afterward, and in the
meantime the American commerce,
which prior to his arrival there had
amounted to but a few thousand dollars
per year, increased to hundreds of thou
sands.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
"RAGTiME" UNDER FIRE
How Fuasfon,s Men Eni1vened a
Bosnbardment In Cuba.


A sensational event in the life of Cen
eral Funston occurred. at Las Tunas,
Cuba. when he was in command of five
guns. The army of Cuban insurgents, to
which Funston belonged, were besieging
the town of Las Tunas, which was de-
tended by p forts, each heavily garTi-
soned with soldiers.
One by one the forts fell, until only a
last one held out. impossible it seemed to
compel the garrison of that fort to ca
pitulate.
1t was impossible to effectively reach
it owing to the location of the besiegers'
guns.
To overcome the obstacle and render
their fire successfully effective the guns
were dragged into a more advantageous
position, up the marble steps into the
fine stone house of a Spanish army sur
geon named Mendez, who had naturally
been compelled to abandon it.
Over the highly polished floors the
creaking gun carriages were dragged,
leaving heavy scratches and deep inden-
tations in their wake.
Into the great paflor they were drawn,
and there, through the deep window
easements, they belched forth their death
dealing fire upon the distant fort.
Through the cumulus clouds of cannon
smoke, through the struggling threads
that drifted back from the rapidly
cracking Mausers, stalked a lieutenant
of artillery.
He was Barney Bueno, an accomplish
ed fellow, a graduate of the Troy Poly
teehnie school of New York state.
Among Barney's varied accomplish
ments was music. In the great parlor
stood a grand piano. Barney sat down.
He played. Dixie" he struck into first.
A cheer, a boom, a roar, a lingering
rumble and-"I wish 1 was in Dixie"
a groan from a dying Cnban. the
sharp. commanding voice of Funston, an
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

GENERAL HENpERsoN's AUToGRAPH.

GENERAL HENDERsON's AUTOGRAPH.
of congress, General Henderson and
"Private' John Allen of Mississippi kept
the table in a roar with their repaftee.
Henderson began by saying that there
was one man in the Confederate army
who, had they beer SO unfortunate as to
meet, would have left less of him to re-
turn home than there was now. Allen
replied that this was true, and they BAN
tered each other on what would have
happened had they met in battle.
Mr.. Henderson's personal relations
with the president will be closer than
were those of ex-Speaker Reed. Ii evil
dence of this were wanting, it might be
recalled that on one occasion he wound
mp a speech in favor of the administra-
zion with this im~passioned outburst:
sand may God bless Little Maekl"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
JUGGLING WITH A WHEEL.
How d Hindoo FaIsir Produces a BIZ
cycle From His Clothes.

cycle From His Clothes.
A Hindoo fakir is creating something
of a sensation in European cities by a
wonderful bicycle trick. Dressed in the
fimsy garments of his race, the fakir
would appear before a select audience,
and, spreading a shawl on the carpet,
would so through a series of mysterious
movements calculated to convince the
most unbelieying member of the audi
tnce that something extraordinary was
about to happen. Then the Hindoo would
crawl beneath the shawl and remain
there for a few minutes, singing oriental
airs of a weird nature, until suddenly the
shawl would begin to move upward and
gradually assume a tentlike appearance
From beneath this tent there would pres
emily emerge the Hindoo, dressed no lon
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
The pride OF Trade.

Gentleman (who has engaged aged color
ed hackman to drive him from the sta
your Manner
Driver-"My name, sab, is George
Washington"
Gentleman-.George washington! Why.
hat name seems familiar"
Driver-"Well, TO- de Lawd's sake. I
should think it ought Ito. Here l have
been drivin' to this station TO- bout TWEEN
tY wears. sah.3
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
Strange Rsnsetrsn.

An ordinary glngerbeer bottle containing
a quantity of chaff and a numbe of mice
has been ound at Shearsby. says the
Midland (Eng.) Mail. The little creatures
were securely corked in. The bottle when
found was lying fiat, and it is supposed
exit pus&ed the glass alley before it, thus
making prisoners of the lot.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
a BEARER.
The Republican Candidate For Gov
of Ohio.

The Republican candidate for governor
of Ohio, George Kilbon Nash, is a native
of that state and is sc years old. He is
a civil war veteran, a lawyer and a poll
tician of long experience. He has the
backing of Senator Hanna in his guber-
Material race,
At % years of age Mr.. Nash entered
Oberlin college, but soon left that insti-
tuition to enlist in the One Hundred and
Fiftieth Ohio volunteer infantry. In
1865 he began the study of law and was
admitted to the bar two years later and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

= We are informed that a hat a day is an
average allowance for a woman OF fash
ion! and it seems. on the one hand. a
providential ~dispensation that so many
i1rto a show stand for so many
models, and, on the ether, hand
lamentable not to display them more
than once.-London Queen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

The area of the Pretoria diamond
fields continues to be increased by dis
coveries in almost every direction. and
the yield from the extensive wash is re-
ported as highly encouraging. the yield
from some of the mines for the first
as 5000 earats.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17
Natural Result.

1.-THE more / pull his molasses CANDY
said the little girl at the waits party,
s'the darker 1t gets. But my hands Ii
gettin' awful clean.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

A new German weaving invention is
reported hich enables manufacturers to
weave plush on ordinary looms.