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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
JEFFERSON AVENUES CONDITION.
Reinhard Says the Sidewalks We're
Better Before They Were Improved

The condition in which the sidewalks on
either side of Jefferson avenue have been
left by the contractors who recently as
phalted the roadway, is a source OF much
complaint from the residents of the street
At the intersection of Baldwin, formerly
Bonner avenue, about ten feet OF nag
stones on either side of the street were re-
moved, and they have never been REPLACED
The same is true of where Jefferson ave-
nue. intersects Palisade In rainy weather
one must travel through the Intervening
stretches of mud where aagstones should
be or else take to the dirt covered as
phait roadway The widening OF the
sidewalks has left large mud stretch
from the single hagstone to the curb, SO
it is now impossible to traverse the
street dry shod.
Peter Reinhardt, of No. 2S Jefferson ave-
nue., said TO News" reporter
whatever may have been said of the
street before this alleged Improvement
was made, our walks were at least IN a
passable condition, and should have beeq
left so. That the contractors snou!a
have been permitted to leave the walks IN
their present condition is sad oommen-
tary on the efficiency of those having IN
charge the supervision OF the = work; rk;aon+s
commissioner Nolan, who the residents
here look to as their particular repre-
sentative, in the Street and Water Boafo,
should visit Jefferson avenue on some
rainy day and | am sure ne would see
that relief was afforded"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
NO WATER AWARD TODAY.
Mayor Will First Inquire
About Removal Of Sod
at Boonton Reservoir.

Mayor Hoos did not act on the water
contract today. His Honor now proposes
making an inquiry into the merits OF
having the sod in the proposed reservoir
at Old Boonton removed to depth OF
eleven or twelve inches The Mayor
has been advised that the removal OF the
sod will do much toward keeping the
water pure and wholesome. Nothing that
will preserve the purity of the water
is to be overlooked by the Mayor before
he makes final disposition of the award.
Counselor Henry v. Condict was at the
Mayors office this morning. 1t is pre-
sumed he discussed the proposed award.
Mr.. Condict has with one exception been
opposed to every contract that the city
contemplated making. The exception was
an occasion when MIR. Condict was IN
terested in making a private award.
The McEwan protests against the aware
have ceased to come in. The city of1clals
are of the opinion that the Congressman
is preparing some new surprise for them.
They do not believe the Congressman IS
going to drop the water subject without
making another play to the galleries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
FATHER AND SON AT WAR.

Justice Potts thought he had very
dangerous man to deal with this morning,
when Edward White. of No. n Palisade
avenue went on the stand and swore
that his son, Charles, made several at
tempts to take his life, the latest Sun
day morning about two O'Clock. White
claimed that his son dragged him out
of bed and kicked him about the floor
His face bore out his statement about
being roughly handled
The prisoner was asked what he had
to say about the matter. H accused
his father of being habitual drunkard,
shamefully abusing his mother and
brothers, and that he had on several oc-
casons turned them out of the house
He struck his father to prevent him from
abusing his mother.
Mrs. Anna White. the mother, swore
that her. husband never took care or ner
or the children and that they could no
longer stand his abuse. IF you are go
ing to let that man continue as ne mas
for wears" /" she said, "then you had better
send my boys to Snake Hill.
The case was put off until tomorrow
morning when more witnesses will be on
hand to testify as to Whites character
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
COYLE MAKES TROUBLE.
Objects to Have Coal Weigh
ed by Board Of Educa-
ton and Makes
Roede's Life
Miserable.

James Coyle, the coal dealer, who has
the contract for supplying the public
schools with coal, is making the life of
Inspector of Scales, Weights and Meas
ures Roede miserable. The Board of Ed
ucation, at its last meeting, served no.
tice on Coyle that not dollar would be
paid him for coal unless each load was
deighed and the quantity certified to by
Inspector Roede.
On Friday last Coyle made trouble in
one or two schools by refusing to de-
liver coal His refusal was based on the
fact that Inspector Roede was not on
hand to weigh the coal. Mrs. Roede was
i'll and the Inspector was at home with
her He was notified of what Coyle was
doing and the difficulty was adjusted
without delay.
This morning several orders for coal
were sent to Coyle for schools, where the
supply was short. Notwithstanding the
fact that the calls were urgent this
morning Gayle refused to put more than
two trucks delivering, and he informed
Inspector Roede that he would probably
have to use the two trucks later in the
day for his other business.
Under the present arrangement 1nspec-
tor Roede is compelled to drive to the
coal yards of Coyle, down on the Hack
ensack, at st. Paul's avenue, to weigh
the coal. Roede objects to driving SO far
and it is his intention to make Coyle
drive to City Hall and weigh
1t is expected that Coyle will refuse
to drive so far out of his way 1t will
probably have to be arranged to have
the Weighing done at some convenient
point on the Hill.
The members of the Board of Educa-
tion say that no matter how much
trouble and inconvenience is caused, they
will not accept ton of coal from Coyle
which has not been weighed and certi-
fed.
The members of the Board say that if
Coyle refuses to deliver coal as 1t is
ordered they will purchase coal of some
one else and deduct what is spent from
the amount due him on his contract.
Coyle does not like the idea of having
his coal weighed. He says that the plan
does him an injustice, as it makes it ap-
pear that he might possibly deliver short
weight If not watched
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
Z PRINCE
HENRY" SUED
Mrs. H. Traphagen, Of Ho-
boken, Brings Suit Against
Him for Desertion.
SAYS HE ISASpORTING GENT
Makes Large Sums on the
Turf but Can't Give Her
a Cent for Support.

Mrs. Minnie Traphagen, wife of Henry
Traphagen, of No. 1,010 Garden street,
Hoboken, popularity known as primes
Henry the Sport has filed bill for di-
verce from his Royal Highness, and
through her counsel, Lawyer John A.
DENIM, this morning asked Vice Chan-
cellor Stevens for counsel fee and ali-
mony to prosecute that suit
Mr. DENIM, in making the application,
said that the parties were married on Oc-
tober 49, 1891 by member of the Board
of Aldermen of New York City, and since
then have lived in Hoboken. There is
one issue of the marriage, a boy named
Harry.
For month or two, Mr.. and Mrs. Trap
hagen lived a Darby and Joan life, but
soon he began to treat his wife unkindly,
and his treatment became SO intolerable
that she filed a bill in October, 1897. for
limited divorce and alimony. Soon after
the filing of the bill Prince Henry made
overtures and executed and gave to her
power of attorney to collect from William
C. Traphagen and Henry V. Condict,
trustees for her husbands estate. the sum
of SIS per month. Out of this sum the wife
was to pay house rent and supply neces-
saries for her home. This was agreed to
March, 1895.
Mrs. Traphagen continued to receive
the money from the trustees regularly
until November, 1898, when she was in
formed that her husband had revoked the
power of attorney, and since that time has
receip ed no monies for her support, IN
spite of her repeated requests for money.
Continuing, Mrs. Traphagen said that
her husband s'has been and is now en-
gagged in lucrative position as clerk in q
horse racing pool in New York City and
receives a salary of S day, and in ad-
dition has other means of support. De-
scribing some of her husbands charac-
teristics, Mrs. Traphagen said
1.-THE said defendant is very careless IN
the management and disposition of his
business affairs, particularly with money!
that he is addicted to horse racing, gam
bling and to drinking to excess, and that
if permitted to collect and handle oil
monies from the trustees he will waste
the same in gambling and riotous living,
and will leave your oratrix entirely PEN
| niless and dependent upon the charity OF
| her relatives"
The sole surviving trustee OF Primes
Henry's" estate is Counselor Henry v.
Condict of this city, and Mrs. TraphaSen
said in her bill that it brought Q considers
able amount and sufficient to give her $50
a month aiimony. She also said that the
| large sum of money made by her husband
| on the turf was more than sufficient 10
keep him and pay his counsel fees ~,
| The defendant put IN no delence 10 ,5 .n5
| motion for counsel fees and alimony, and
| the Vice-Chancellor allowed sou montn
| alimony and s. counsel fee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
COMMITS SUICIDE IN TRUNK.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 80 1899. Robert
T. Rink, Jr., aged 2S years, took his
life last night in the same strange man
ner as that adopted by Miss Ayers at
Penn yam, N. Y, last week, by closing
himself in trunk and then swallowing
noison. Rink. who was a picture frame
glider. boarded at No 212 North Juniper
street Not putting in an appearance to-
day his room was opened and the search
revealed Kinks body in a trunk, the lid
a half emptied bottle of whiskey and on
a table in the room was found the rem
nants Of crystallized powder, with
which it is presumed Rink ended his life
Rink was in poor health and on Satur-
dav he told his landlady he would like
to meet death as had Miss Ayers Of
whose suicide he had read.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
EACAN RECORD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80, 1ss9.-The rec
ord of The court martial in the case Of
Commissary-G Eagan was placed in
the hands of Judge Advocate General
Iieber today for review. Secretary Alger
discussed the matter with the President
yesterday and the papers came to the
Judge Advocate General through the usu-
al routine channels. General Lieber could
not say today how long it will take him
to complete the review. When he has
concluded with the papers he will send
them along to the Adjutant General.
Col Weston who has been designated
to act as Commissary General, is report
ed to be still lying i'll in New York, and
the reports do not indicate when he may
be expected here to assume the duties
of the Office.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
NO NEWS IN ADAMS CASE
Captain McClusky Wearied
With the Witnesses Who
Claim Everything and
Prove Nothing.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 1S99.-Clues that
are not clues, clues that might be clues,
SUSPECTS that are as intensely interesting
as they are eventually disappointing,
druggists, detectives, handwriting experts
and regiments of amateur sleuths con-
tinue their Kaleidoscope course in the
Adams poisoning case, but, apparently,
without aiding the police in their search
for the individual who intended to muir
der Harry Cornish, but who only suc-
ceeded in killing the unfortunate Mrs.
Adams. AS far as definite evidence ind
motives are concerned the police of this
city seem no further advanced in their
work than they were few days after the
murder was discovered over month
ago.
New and apparently reliable solutions
Of this remarkable mystery follow each
other with appalling rapidity, but they
seem to die aborning. Today Chief OF
Detectives MoClusky came down with a
disappointing thud upon the latest as
pirant to honors in criminal research
William c. Kontnik, of Hoboken, IN. j.,
yesterday became the centre of attraction
by declaring that one of the suspects IN
the Adams case had handed him In this
city on December % the identical package
in which the poison was sent to Cornish.
Kontnik was shown number of men
with view of Identifying sus-
poets, and he promptly pointed out
one of the headquarters detectives and
declared that he was the man who
handed the fatal package to him.
And Captain McCluskey said point
edIy this morning that he had mo
further use for Kontnik.'' and didn't be-
lieve his statements. Thus Kontnik, ac-
cording to McClusky, disappears from the
case. but doubtless only to make way
for others The police, Captain Nc
Clusky said somewhat YEARLY; are are Is still Il L
Kontnik's aspirations grounwards and
beyond the statement. that they still
labor the police officials had nothing more
to saw this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30

hardt, Elizabeth Brennert, Pauline Little,
Estella and Florence Bauck Annie
Nolan, Mrs. L. Coffey. Misses Annie ana
Mamie Mccarthy, Mrs. Peter Huber
Mrs. Hanna Cahill. Miss Laura Stanton,
Mrs. NJ. ]. Coyle. Mrs. E. A. Allen, Mrs.
M McDermott Mrs. c. Donovan, Mrs.
Robert Curry, Mrs D. Van Wyck. Miss
Rosa Strebel, Mrs. Fallon, Mrs. Murray,
Misses Nellie and Mary Londrigan Misses
Annie and Maggie Fitzpatrick. Misses M.
e. and A. G. Scott. Mrs. Fred s;ss Hansen, Ea
ME Hitchcock, Miss M. Scott, Miss Carrie
Happy Mrs MIA Harry ora BarsK Marpy yr MRS MSs NJ
Stack Miss Stack. Miss Snyder, Mrs.
Clara Costello. Mrs. Lynch, Miss G. Pc Pc
ters, Miss McKiernan, Miss Gillian, MISS
Lambert, Miss e. Lawlor, Miss =, Scott,
Miss Rose Murphy, Miss Mamie Murray, Miss
G. F. Stanton, Miss Laura stanton stanton MISS Mss
Anne Mccarthy, Miss F'lorie Blank, MISS
Helene Nolan MI Miss nanai sheler caIe aha MISS Miss
Nellie Hamilton, Miss Ella Wolf, Miss
Clara Wolf and Miss Lottie Cole
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
cARBERRY HELD FOR GRAND JURY

John Carberry, the lunatic who mar
rowly escaped taking the life of Frederick
Diehl. on January 20, while the latter was
walking along Webster avenue at nine
O'Clock at night, was held for the Grand
Jury this morning by Justice Potts.
Dehl was walking along with a com
panion on the night in question when
bullet whizzed past his head. Across the
street on the stoop of a one story shanty
was Carberry brandishing a revolver.
Diehl and his companion waited to see no
more but took to their heels. Patrolmen
John Martin and John Brady were found
and they were told of the lunatlcs ac-
tions. The officers had hard tussle with
the infuriated madman, but finally landed
him in the Webster avenue station He
was held for examination as to his sanity
by Dr. Converse.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
HOW ARE THE SOLDIERS :?
Senate Bill Asks Information
of Death Rate and Sick
List at Manila. :

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80, 1s99.-In the
United States Senate today Mr.. Mason
Qll) called up his resolution offered Sat
urday afternoon and presented a resolu-
ton in an amended form as follows
Whereas A large number of the sail
ors and soldiers of the United States are
now in the Philippine Islands, or on
their way there; and
'sWhereas There are differing news
paper reports as to the condition of the
health of the soldiers ard sailors; and
.'Whereas, 1t is reported by the press
that there is large percentage of those
who are made sick by reason of the
climate of said islands; and
.sWhereas, 1t is stated upon good medi-
cal authority that during the late years
as high as so per cent. of the soldiers
unaccustomed to that climate have died
by reason of the said climate; therefore
be it
"Resolved, That the Secretary of
War be directed to furnish for the in
formation of the Senate a statement as to
the percentage of our soldiers who are
sick and have been sick and the number
of deaths in our army by reason of the
sickness caused by the climate in said
islands and to set forth when, according
to the generally accepted term, the sickiy
season begins in the said islands,
Mr.. Hawley. Comm did not see the use
fulness of the resolution. 1t could only
furnish food for the sensational press.
While he would make no objection 60 IL
he had no respect for 1t.
The resolution was adopted.
A bill to declare the proper construc-
ton of the act entitled AN Act to
provide for the adjudication ana payment
of claims arising from Indian Depreda-
tons, was passed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
MRS. FLAMM'S SUIT.
Extracts From the DENTS
Her Alimony and Coun-
sci Fees.

Mrs Mary Flamm, an attractive look
ing young woman, was in Chancery
Chambers, this morning, for the purpose
of extracting alimony and council fee
from her husband William, who is a New
York dentist.
The story told to Vice Chancellor
Stevens by her counsel, Isaac Goldenhorn,
was that her husband kept dental parlors-
at No. 1876 livingston street, New York
City and made upwards of $3.50 per week
Besides he had sufficient money to buy
a farm at Woodclif, N. j., worth now
$15, ,OO0 For no other reason than pure
cussedness, she said, he wouldn't give her
a penny for support and she was Obliged
to sue him in the New York Courts. There
she was awarded $40 a week alimony ana
$50 counsel fees. To avoid paying that,
her husband skipped to his farm In New
Jersey and made his business over TO MS
brothef Louis. Then the wife began suit
in this State and learning that her nus
band was about to leave for Porto Rico
and exercise his pull on Spaniards and
Porto Ricans alike, she secured from
Chancellor McGill a writ of ne excat,
which temporarily prevented Mr.. Flamms S
game, and compelled him to give
bond of $500 for his appearance in
court.
He appeared this morning on the motion
for alimony and counsel fees. His law
yer said that Flamm didn't buy the
Woodcllff farm, it was his brother Louis
Louis also, he said, owned the dentist
business and gave him $40 a week to work
on the farm Further he said that his
wife had 500 worth of jewelry and was
skillful dressmaker capable of earning
so week.
Lawyer Goldenhorn submitted aftida-
Wits throwing considerable doubts on these
statements Chancellor Stevens
affidavits. to lay the matter over to ex-
anime the defendant, but the lawyers
laid their heads together and compromised
on IS week for the wife and $35 for The
counsel fee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
WOES OF A. CONDUCTOR.
Minute Directions Wanted as to
How to Reach Hoboken.

conductor on .Greenville car this
morning had just collected fare and was
about to pass to the platform when a
little woman with big hat and snappy
red face underneath it, pulled his coat
and in one breath said:-
.sOh, please, Mr.. Conductor, do you give
transfers to Hoboken, because don't
know whether should go by the Junction
or by the Grove street car, and don't
know much about transfers, and want
to go to Hoboken, for my sister Saran
lives there and she is engaged and about
to be married to a young butcher there,
who is very prominent politician, and
she is going over to Wanamaker's to buy
her things, you understand, and want
to get there as quickly as
'Ma'a am, you can get transfer to
Pavonia avenue but the conductor
didn't get any further.
You don't understand she snapped
at don't want to go to Pavonia avenue;
1 want to go to Hoboken, and, as my
sister lives at No. 1,415 Bloomfield street.
and in a very fine brown stone house.
for it is very fine neighborhood, I can
assure you, and 1 want to reach there
as fast as possible, for 1t is long ride
to the Hoboken ferry, and we must lose
no time to get to to store, because she
must get her things"
well, ma'am,'' said the conductor
getting a word in edgeways, "Tn give
you transfer at the Junction; we are
here now
mo, 1 don't want it this morning
thank you; / only wanted to know how
to get to Hoboken for
"All out for Junction.! Change for
Newark, Lafayette and Court House,
shouted the conductor, putting an end to
the thrilling history.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
MRS. KERRlsoN DRueeED.
Especial to "The Jersey city Ne

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."l
NEWARK, Jan. 80, 1S9S.-Ada Stewart
and Mamie Scott, negresses, were held in
police court today on the charge of drug
ging and robing Mrs. Ellen Kerrison, an
aged widow, who lives at No. 80 Thir-
teenth street. Mrs. Kerrison was found
on the streets yesterday apparently intox-
icated, but the police soon ascertained
that it was drugs and not drink that she
was suffering from.
Mrs. Kerrison said she had come to
New York to buy things for her daughter.
She was tired and one of the prisoners
offered to find her a. place to rest. She
was she says, drugged in their room,
sons rings, her bonnet and the pur-
chaSeS she had made.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
BILLIARDS. IN THE WEST.
Snow Does Damage In Several
States--Fast Northwestern
Train Late.

OMAHA, Neb, Jan. 80, 1S99-The North
Westerns fast train arrived eleven min
utes late today on it's initial run. The
train kept on schedule time until Logan,
Ia. was reached, when it ran into an in
tensely cold wind and the engine was un-
able to generate enough steam to keep up
the pace The other Chicago Omaha
trains were also late from twenty min
utes to an hour, the Rock Islands fast
train being twenty minutes behind sched-
ule time, due to the same causes which
delayed the Northwestern.
Family Killed in Colorado Snows1ide
DENVER, Col, Jan. 80, 1S9s.-Snow
began falling on the mountains shortly
after midnight last night and the storm
which has been raging since week ago,
with an occasional let up, is again in full
blast There have beeen numerous snow
slides, and at Apex, Co., the wife and two
small children of Mr.. Rudolph were
buried in slide and killed. The town of
Breckenridge, about forty miles from
Leadville, is completely isolated. Fuel
and provisions are getting low and much
suffering to the lack of necessities must
L.. ~
Como on the south park for two days and
reports from there tell of great losses to
range stock.
The mines about Leadville have been
forced to close down, as no ore can be
moved Hundreds of men have worked
almost necessarily at different points on
the South Park line between Como and
Leadville to open the road to traffic but
have at last been compelled to surrender
to the elements. Snow is packed in great
drifts in the cuts and the wind piles it
in as fast as the shovellers can make
an opening. Kokomo is almost hidden
away by the banks of snow on all sides,
Snow slides are frequent and danger OF
destruction threatens the town.
No trains have moved west of Lead
vile on the Colorado Midland for several
days Should the storm keep up its
present fury great suffering and loss of
fife will result The storm extends along
the mountains in Wyoming and already
the loss to cattle has been great.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
CAPTAIN m'NULTY'S ILLNESS.

Captain McNulty, of the Webster ave-
nue. station, is lowering between life and
death at his home, Palisade avenue and
Jefferson street, as the result of an oper-
alton performed yesterday morning. Drs.
Fischer, McGll, Janeway, Allen and
Nevin were on hand when the operation
was performed Captain McNulty has
been suffering from stomach trouble for
some time and it is hoped that yesterday S
operation will save his life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-30
THINKS HUSBAND DIED IN KLoNDIKE
TBy Cable to The Associated Press.l

[By Gable to The Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 80, 1S99.-In the Probate
Division of the High Court of Justice to-
day. Lady Sarah Curtis applied for leave
to presume that the death of her hus-
band, Sir Arthur Colin Curtis, Bart,
third Baronet of that name, occurred
near Ouesnelle. Mud River, British Co
l,Imbia while he was on the way TO the
Klondike. Evidence was given that he
left his party's camp on June 10, 1898,
after disagreement, and has not been
seen sincey The Judge thought the ap-
plication was early in view of Sir Ar
thurs death being SO recent, but he
granted leave, on the precedent being
cited. The estate is valued at e16,O0O