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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
PLEAD NON VULT.
Judge Blair Accepts It As
Second Degree Murder
for the Delmonicos.

The trial of John Delmonico for the
murder of Caesar Rosso was to have be-
gun before Judge Blair in the Court of
Oyer and Terminer this morning but be-
fore the case was called, after a con-
sultation between the Court. Prosecutor
Erwin and Alex. c. Young, counsel for
the prisoner, Judge Blair agreed to ac-
cept plea of nolle contendre or non
vult, which. under the 107th section of the
session of the criminal laws of 1898, is
equivalent to a plea of guilty to second
degree murder
In accepting the plea Judge Blair said
From such information as has come to
the Court in relation to this case and
from reading the evidence taken at the
Coroner's inquest, the Court is disposed
to accept this plea.
1T is a plea that authorizes the Court
to deal with the prisoners as though they
had been convicted of second degree MUIR
der. In that view the Court accepts the
plea and the prisoners may be remanded
until next Thursday, when their cases
will be disposed Of
Counsel for the defendants asked the
Court for permission to be heard in their
clients Dehaf before sentence was tm-
posed, and Judge Blair replied that he
would hear them on that day.
In the case of Michael Delmonico, in
dicted jointly with his brother for the
same crime, similar plea was then en-
tered by Lawyer E. W. Arrowsmith, who
had been previously assigned by the Court
to the defense.
1t is understood that John will receive
the maximum penalty for second degree
murder-thirty years in State Prison, and
that his brother will be sentenced to
seven years in the same institution, the
maximum for atrocious assault and bat
terry.
The crime for which the Delmonico
brothers were indicted for murder in the
first degree occurred on the evening of
September 8 at No. 518 Monroe street,
Hoboken. Caesar Rosso, a tenant in the
house was on the stoop singing song,
glorifying in the assassination of King
Humbert of ITALY. The Delmonicos took
exception to the song and quarrel re-
suited, in which John fired several shots,
one of which took effect, and Rosso drop
ped dead,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
WALTER COLLINS DEAD.
Son Of Supreme Court JUS
tice Succumbs to Ap-
pendicitis.

Walter Collins, son of Supreme Court
Justice Collins, died last evening at his
home, No. S12 York street, after an illness
of five days. He suffered with appended
tis, which developed into peritonitis before
an operation could be performed.
Mr.. Collins was the only son of the JUS
tice, and was twenty-eight years old He
was admitted to the bar three years ago.
On Wednesday he became i'll and was con-
fined to. his bed. Thursday it was seen
that the young man suffered from appen-
dicitis. An operation was arranged for
Friday morning. but before it could be
performed peritonitis had developed and
the physicians gave up all hope.
Mr.. Collins became delirious and force
was necessary to keep him in bed. He
lapsed into unconsciousness about 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon and died at
7:S0 O'Clock. All the members of the fam
ily were at his bed side when the end
came. 1t is very severe blow to the
Justice and he is receiving sympathy on
all Sides
Walter Collins prepared for college at
Hasbrouck Institute and from there went
to Columbia College, New York Later
he went to Williams College, Massachu-
setts, from which he graduated with ex-
ceptionally high honors. After that he
read law in the Office of Collins & Cor
bin, and in 1895 passed the New Jersey
Bar examination with a high percentage.
He continued in the Office of Collins &
Corbin until his father was appointed SUI
preme Court Justice after which he took
up an independent Office He had acquired
an extensive and lucrative practice.
Mr. Collins was of a very studious nat
ure. He was an excellent French and
German scholar fer his years. Society
had but little attraction for MIR. Collins
He preferred his books and stuck to them
almost continuously. He leaves an ex-
cellent library of a general character.
Interment will be made at Stonington,
Conn. The funeral services will be held
at No. 212 York street, tomorrow, at 23O
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
WILD MAN LIVED IN A TREE.

Especial to ''The Jersey City News.v1
GLOUCESTER, Nov. II. 1s09.-Robert
Varick, a gunner. while in wild tract
of land near the Gloucester city water
works yesterday saw pair of rough
shoes protruding from hole in the butt
of q big oak tree. Varick kicked the
shoes and found the owner alive. He
was sure enough wildman.
A crowd of young men were led to the
spot last night by William Shaw. Jr.,
and Harry O'Neil. They found the queer
dweller in the tree sleeping. He was
aroused by Harry ONeil's stern COM
man
"Hey, there, old man, come out so we
can see you"
The wild man crawled slowly from the
hollow and was marched to the Gloucester
City Hall and placed in charge of the po-
lice.
The man was given a hearing on .
charge of vagrancy before Mayor Boylen.
He said his name was Herman Zeller,
his age forty-five years and his home
Philadelphia. The hollow in the tree is
only about three feet in dfameter. The
man had lived there for a long time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
IN RESPECT FOR WALTER COLLINS.

When the Delmonico murder case had
been concluded in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer this morning, Prosecutor Erwin
moved that the Court adjourn out of re-
spect for the nitmory of Lawyer Walter
Collins Lawyer Joseph NJ Noonan, in
seconding the motion, spoke of the bright
prospects for the young lawyer, had he
lived. He said he gave promise of great
ability. Mr.. Noonan spoke feelingly of
the great love of the father, Supreme
Court Justice Gilbert Collins, for his son.
and said that his affections and hopes
were bound up in his son.
The Court recognizes the propriety Of
this notion said Judge Blair. 1--WE all
must necessarily share in the grief of the
father over the loss of so promising a
son."
He then declared the Court adjourned
out of respect to the memory of the dead
lawyer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
EXPOSED BY COMBS AND HAIR PINS.
Mrs. Augusta Smiths Charges in
Hev Divorce Suit.

Augusta Smith, of this city, has begun
suit for divorce against her husband
Frederick Smith, and named Helen Cor
field as correspondent. Mr.. and Mrs
Smith were married on October %, 1887
and have one son. Mrs. Smith says she
married against the consent of her father,
who, did not forgive her until her SON
was born On October Is, 1899, she and
her husband were living at No. 322 Bar
row street. She went out, taking her son
with her When she returned her hus-
band had gone out and she found on the
floor sdecembs and hairpins which she
identified as the property of Mrs. Cor
field. She Immediately left her husband
and has since lived apart from him with
her son.
Mrs Smith says that in 1891 she separ-
ated from her husband, but was induced
to return to him again.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
TWO BREMEN FIRE VICTIMS.

The bodies of the two men found float
ing in the basin of the destroyed Bremen
Pier No. 8, Saturday. are still at the
morgue in Hoboken awaiting identifca-
ton. The bodies are clad in laborers'
clothing, and are evidently those of two
Of the big fires victim probably long
shoremen. In the coat pocket Of one was
found SNUFF box, on the lid Of which was
the inscription, "a. Meyer, 1898" Al brass
rule was found on the other. The bodies
arose to the surface after the Bremen tug
Lautenbach had towed string of lighters
from the basin and they were brought to
shore by Captain Winsloh.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
HEADLEsS BODY FOUND.

The body Of an unidentified man was
found floating in the bay of Stapleton,
Staten Island, by Frederick Johnson, of
that place, and taken to the County Farm
Morgue.
The body was that of man about S
feet inches tall and weighed le5 pounds.
Tht clothing was poor. The body was
badly decomposed. and 1t is supposed to
be one of the victims of the North Ger
man Lloyd fire on June 80.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
DRUG FIEND STARVEs WIFE

r.
John Holmes, of No. 6S Madison street,
Hoboken, drug fend of the most pro-
nounced type, was arraigned in the Re-
corders Court today charged by his wife
with non-support. The woman cried when
testifying against the prisoner She has
a family of four children and is to give
birth to another shortly. Holmes does
not contribute a cent to their support,
she says:
every penny he lays his hands on he
spends for drugs" she testified. srHe
smokes opium, drinks choral and takes
hypodernic injections of all kinds
can't stop him. He was once good drug
gist and had paying business of his
own. but he lost all through his unfortun-
ate habit"
Recorder Stanton remanded the pris-
oner until tomorrow
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
COLLECTOR DAyIs'S TRIP.

Collector Davis is out of town for this
week. Needing rest after the arduous
work of the recent campaign, he left town
on Saturday night. It is understood that
he has gone to Canada with Senator-elect
Robert S. Hudspeth, who owns cottage
In the Dominion. There is plenty of game
and fish in the neighborhood, and doubt
less they will be diminished in number
during the visit of the two men behind
the gun and the fishing pole.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
.Sc0RNED WlFE'S MEAL
Isnecial to aThe Jersey city News

Especial to "The Jersey City News."1
CAMDEN 1Nov. 12, 19OO.-Mrs. Frances
Sidebottom. thirty-two years old, OF No.
420 West Fifth street, this city, drank
laudanum at her home and was removed
to Cooper Hospital where the doctors
saved her life after heroic efforts
Mrs. sidebottom's attempt to end her
life was caused by her husbands refusal
to eat the dinner she had prepared for
him. She told the hospital doctors that
she would kill herself at the first oppor-
tunity
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
LosT HIS EIGHTY DOLLAR WATCH.

Patrick O'Haras of No 10 Fulton street.
while riding on Bayonne car last night.
was relieved of an eighty dollar gold
watch and chain. The theft occurred
somewhere between fulton avenue and
New York Bay Cemetery. The police In
vestigated the affair and learned that
some man had left the car at Danforth
avenue and gone towards the railroad
station. The police think this was the
man who got the wstch and that he made
good his escape to New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
LIBRARY NOT Yet CLOSED

The Free Public Library is not yet
closed for removal, but is doing business
as usual at Nos 2ss-2i5 Washington
street. Several days notice will be given
before closing. Until further notice two
books on any subject may be drawn on
one card
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12

Of the sheds and rear stoops of adjoining
property were damaged beyond repair,
and the people who resided IN the houses
at No. 144, 142 and $50 threw great deal
Of their furniture out Of the windows.
These last features viii add $1,000 more
to the losses of Bannon and Brinkman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12

DIED.

COLLTNS-On Sunday, November II, 1900,
Walter, son of Gilbert and Harriet
Collins, aged 2S years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend his funeral services at
his late residence, No. 312 York street,
Jersey City, N. J., Tuesday, November
49, at half-past two p. M.
Interment at Stonington, Conn.
Kindly omit flowers
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
An Old and Wel1 Tried Remedy

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup for
children teerhing shonld always be used
for children While reething. Ii softens the
gums. aIlays the pain. cures wind collie
ard u the best remedy Tor diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12
7 AK APPEALS 6.

The Commissioners of Appeal in Cases of
Taxation, will meet at the City Hall to
receive application for correction OF as
sessments where any error exists, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1900
From to 8 o'clock p NJ,
and thereafter from to 9 o'clock p. M.
each Tuesday and Friday and from to
o'clock p NJ. each Thursday in December,
and Friday in January, and from te
o'clock P. NJ each Friday in February.
MORTIMER LANlPSON,
JOHN MEHIs, Jr.,
JAMES E. CANNON,
Commissioners.
HARRY HTNTBMEN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, N. J., Nov. u, 1900.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-12

n casea Of catarrh Hoods sarsaparilla heals
me Tissues. builds up the SYSTEM expel1 i'm
pllritiss Hom the blood and cures,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
A FOOLS PARADISE.

The smells in the Asiatic quarter are
getting worse; there are not excavators
enough to go around; livery stables are
rising again in the heart of the city;
a filtration plant is no longer thought
OF; the garbage crematory Is not vet
In evidence: no actions have been
brought under the law requiring prop
erty owners to keep their premises
clean; ships from the Orient tie up at
the wharves without rat excluders and
the rat bounty is no longer paid. What
are We coming to?
Honolulu has had three epidemics of
small pox, one of cholera and one of
bubonic plague; and typhoid fever
keeps cropping up all the time. After
each epidemic the city made the best
OF resolutions and then forgot them.
Last December when the plague came
our people suddenly remembered the
pledges they had passed to each other
when the cholera was suppressed and
demanded to know why nothing had
been done. The reason was clear
enough-the authorities had been too
lazy or too busy with other things or
both to enforce even the simplest sani-
tary rules. Matters are not quite so
bad now but they are bad enough. And
they promise to get worse.
In the meantime Honolulu Is right ia
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05

the path of travel between San Fran
cisco, Sydney, Yokohama, Kobe and
Hongkong, places where the pestilence
has stalked within a year and where
with one possible exception, it now ex-
lists Any steamer may unload the
germs of cholera, bubonic plague or
yellow fever; and If it does there will
be no trouble for such germs to find
the kind of soil they thrive in.
If Hawaii is to shoulder the claims
due to the accidental burning Of China
town-claims which, in simple equity,
ought to be borne by the insurance
companies-its cities cannot be safe
guarded in a sanitary way. There
would be no money left for that pur-
pose Self-preservation is the first law
of nature and if the next Legislature
does it's duty it will provide for sanl-
tary defence before it appropriates a
dollar for any other purpose. The
scrambling claimants can wait to bet
ter public advantage than Honolulu
and Hilo can wait for safeguards from
the plague.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
REGISTER TO-DAY.
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
Art for Business Sake.

There was an art teacher on our
steamer going over" said girl just
home from the Paris Exposition, who
secured six pupils for next winter just
while crossing from New York to Liv-
Iy enterprising women, and the way she
buckled down the first day out to know
ing everybody upon the boat, and. what
is more, to making everybody like her.
was caution. BY the end of the voy-
age, six mothers had promised to send
their daughters to learn art from her
next winter, and, with knowing CLEAN
in her cold gray eye, the art teacher
announced this fact to us with the sup
Elementary statement that she'd never
crossed the ocean yet without working
it so that she had more than paid ex-
penses.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05

Why should native Hawaiians trust
wilcox In his first revolution he hid
In gas tank while his dupes were be-
ing shot at and on his trial he escaped
justice by accusing the King. his ALL,
of being the real offender In his second
revolution Wilcox always led the
fiinching and the running. finally land
ing himself and most of his followers
In jail. At Washington he put in his
time trying to get the Crown lands
away from the Queen so he could vest
their title In his own family. Back in
1898 he was the first deserter from L.
huokalani's cause. making an annexa-
tion speech in the Drill Shed and giving
the Provisional Government to under
stand that he would oppose restoration
IL granted an Office In return. Always
ready TO betray his countrymen he
stands In Hawaiian politics as a pro-
fessional Judas. grasplng for his thirty
pieces of silver at any cost to those
who trust him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
Novel Depot Features

Some new features are to be intro
duced in the Encouragement of the en-
larged Grand Central station waiting
room in New York. One will be a tea
room for women, where a cup of tea
and a. biscuit will be served at a merely
nominal price, to women waiting fol
trains. This tea room will have no con
nection with the regular restaurant
There will also be a bootblacking stand
exclusively for women. Another fea.
ture will be perfectly appointed toile
rooms. with all of the conveniences o.
home bathroom, to which an admis
sion fee of five or ten cents will b.
charged.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
FORESTRY QUESTIONS.

We are glad to see an announcement
x Governor Dole will reserve some
...e, Yelt lands on Hawaii and we
venters 10 ss~press the hope that the
same policy WIN n pursued in the other
mountainous districts OF the group.
Eventually. II circumstances permit.
something more ought to be done in
the way of reforestation. The work on
the slopes of Tantalus. represented by
great areas of eucalyptus, has been so
beneficial that we could wish to have IL
30 further and proceed on a better
principle. Directly east of Tantalus
are wide reaches OF hilIy upland that
have no trees TO speak of and are more
adaptable to the support of forests than
for anything else. The steep elevation
back of Makiki. which Is one of the
mountain buttresses Of the Manoa val
+. ley is waiting for some one to cover It
with groves and so are many denuded
areas on the waianae range. For the
sake OF the rainfall these hillsIdes
should be covered with forests and OF
n Kind. we may add, that would pay
for their keep.
The art of forestry does not merely
look to woody fibre and shade. II II
did the planted public forests of Ha-
kwaii might well run exclusively to eu-
dyptus and acacia, ugly as the for
her and inferior as the latter are con-
~ceded to be. The question Of CONNER
ciai value must also be counted in. A
rubber tree takes no longer to mature
than a monkey pod; a sandal wood
tree win grow In this soil and climate
as easily as an algeroba: and date
palms thrive as well as palms which
yield no fruit. The rubber tree is es-
pecially desirable. not only because its
product Is as easily gathered as maple
sap but for the reason that a revenue
from 10, as Is the case with the sandal
wood tree, does not require a constant
thinning out OF arboreal growths. II
Round Top. east of the Tantalus forest,
was covered with mature grove or
rubber trees the annual net revenue
from the sap would hardly fall below
100000. People have proved that the
rubber tree does well here: therefore It
ought to be planted out. wherever re-
forestation Is attempted, In preference
TO trees Of ordinary quality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05

The local Bow Wongs are anxious to
know what has become of Leung Chi
tso, who has not been heard from in
weeks past. He Is supposed to have
gone with the allies to Picking but he
may have Journeyed south and been
one of the thirty reformers who were
murdered at Hankow. Considering the
price on his head-s65.O 900 in gold
Leung Chi-tso took his life in his hand
when he entered China and has possi-
bly, lost II. A hundred dollars will hire
three murderers in the Celestial empire
and prize like $4,000 would raise an
army OF them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05

We understand the cement sidewalks
are object lessons. But what kind OF
objects will they be after tree roots
have had a chance to grow under them
for two or three years? Grass is now
showing through the asphaltum walk
laid few weeks ago on upper Beretania
street and the first we know trees will
be coming up through the cement.
Gravel. well packed down. makes the
best sidewalk material for Honolulu
and does not cost so much as to inter-
fere with the mending of highways.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
The Brlbee Can be Punished.

Among the statutes of New York
state made by the last legislature, in
effect September 1, is one making il a
misdemeanor to solicit from a candidate
for an elective office money or other
property in return for newspaper or
other support in a political campaign.
This creates a new crime-the seeking
to be bribed. 1t does not require a brib-
er as a party to the offense
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
Professor Newcomb's Novel.

Professor Simon Newcomb, who oc-
casionally takes his eye away from his
telescope long enough to write an en-
tertaining short story, has found time
to write a novel in which he tells how
an American inventor builds an airship
which can sail ninety miles an hour,
and thus gives his country the control
of the destinies of the world. The story
viii be called THE Defender"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
Pretty Newsgirls.

Newsgirls are the latest on upper
Broadway in New York-not ragged
specimens of humanity, but bright, well
dressed young women, with a word and
CHEEKY smile for every purchaser.
Some time ago a chorus girl who had
been crippled in a runaway, took to
selling papers in front of the Casino
She is there every evening until IL
O'Clock, and scores of other girls have
followed her example.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
Victoria was a Wa bier.

Queen Victoria as singer could have
held her own in the professional world.
She had a charming mezzo-soprano
voice. which was cultivated to the ut
most by Signor Lablache, who for eigh-
Teen years was her teacher. A good all
around musician, the Queen PLAYED the
pianoforte excellently and could read
music well at sight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
Record Breaking Apple Crop.

This years apple crop in North Am
erica is expected to be the largest ever
known. The horticultural statistics pre-
dlct from S0,OOO,OO0 to 100 900. 900 barrels,
Whlcn VIII be supply of more than one
barrel for every inhabitant of the Unit
ed States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05
The Chinese Foot.

A learned doctor asserts that our toes
may disappear in-well, 1000 years. The
Chinese men have large feet and we'll
formed feet, with seldom a corn or a
bunion. The Chinese woman's foot is
restrained from infancy and remains
through life a hideous deformity, yet it
is said that this process, carried on for
centuries, Is practically without hered-
itary influences, girl babies at birth
having as perfect feet as those of our
own race.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-05

Robert Wilcox denies what he told
Abram Kauiukou, n native reporter OF
the Advertiser, that III. +. Baldwin
would carry Maui. Wilcox Is accus-
toned to deny his own words whenever
they embarrass him. but such dis
chalmers do not count. He said that
Baldwin would carry Maui and for once
IN his life he was probably right.