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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
SCRAP OVER RAILROAD FARE
Passenger From Baltimore
Arrested In This City by
Conductor.

Elmer E. Kirkland, a cigar manufactur-
er of Binghamton, N. Y, was arraigned
before Justice of the Peace Mccormick
this morning, charged with riding on a
Pennsylvania Railroad train without pay
ing fare and refusing to pay the fare upon
demands made by Train Conductor Frank
Killing, who had charge of the train from
Philadelphia to this city.
The complainants asked time to pro-
duce witnesses whose testimony would be
most important and the hearing was adj
journed until tomorrow morning. Mr..
Kirkland deposited the sum of SO to in
sure his appearance in court tomorrow.
That sum was decided upon as it would
cover. in the event of his guilt being
proven, the maximum penalty fixed by
law in such cases and also the costs of
court.
Mr. kirkland in his testimony said that
h and a friend boarded a Pennsylvania
Railroad train at Richmond Virginia
Yesterday afternoon and that they each
had transportation tickets entitleing them
to a through passage to New York and
also Pullman accommodations. Mr.. Kirk
lands transportation was shown by three
tickets. he said, one from Richmond to
Washington, one from Washington to
Philadelphia and one from Philadelphia to
New York.
He said that when he boarded the train
at Richmond he laid the tickets down on
a seat while he went to the water cooler
at the end of the car. Upon his return
an employe of the road was punching the
tickets. He heard no more of the matter
until he reached a point few miles out
side of this city, when a demand was
made upon him for $3.50 fare from Phila-
delphia to Jersey City. He refused and
when he reached the station here he was
again requested to pay and he again re-
fused.
Conductor Filling then requested Mr..
Kirkland to go to the offices of the COM
pany and explain the case so that Killing
would not be charged with neglect to col
lect the fare and with the amount. Mr..
Kirkland went with Killing and no satis-
faction was given Hilling. He then in
formed Mr. Kirkland that Kirkland would
be put under arrest Mr.. Kirkland awaited
the pleasure of Killing for a long time.
No officer appeared and Mr.. Kirkland de-
cided to go to New York. Killing at
tempted to stop him and the two men
struggled and Kirkland was arrested.
Killing stuck to his statement that the
prisoner had not paid and the hearing
was laid over
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
NEW POST OFFICE.
Board Of Trade Hears Re
ports of Special Commit
tees On Improve
nlentS.

The Board of Trade held a placid meet
ing last night, confining itself solely to re-
ports of special committees on city I'M
provements.
Mr.. Joseph A. Dear, of the committee
to arrange the matter of transfers on the
trolley roads, reported that he had seen
Mr. David Young, president of the North
Hudson County Railroad Company and
he had promised to bring the matter be-
fore the Board of Directors at the next
meeting. The question of transferring
from the North Hudson line to the North
Jersey Street Railway Company's line mas
been agitated by the Merchants Protec-
tive. Twelfth Ward, Hudson City ana
Business Mems Improvement Association.
The Board of Trade was the first mover
in this matter and the committee Oh
which Mr.. Dear is at the head has endea-
vored to bring the relief about.
Mr.. Iyron j. Furst hoped that the COM
mittee would push the matter to sue
eessful conclusion. 1t was demand from
the people and it was a just demand, he
said There ought to be no Difficulty
about the transfer when the companies
were practically merged into one corpor-
alton.
The Board received letter from SEN
ator A L. McDermott in relation to the
Improvement of the Hackensack water
front. The Senator from Hudson had sug-
gested to the Street and Water Board the
advisability of adopting resolution re-
questing him to appear before the Board
of Riparian Commissioners asking them
to sanction grants to the city.
Mr.. James P. Hall hoped that the mat
ter would be hurried along because 1t
meant a great improvement to the city,
and an added revenue.
Mr.. Myron Furst brought up the ques-
ton of the new Postoffice for Jersey CITY.
He informed the Board that the House
Committee on Buildings and Grounds had
been unable 20 visit Jersey City to IN
spect the sites for the proposed building,
but would fix another date. Mr.. Furst
spoke confidently of the success of the
project. and said that when the visit was
to be made the Board would be advised;
In the routine part of the meeting MT.
H. Nugent was elected member OF the
Roar6
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
THE FOURTH'S MEDALS.
Award Will Be Made Next
Thursday Night.

colonel Robert G. Smith issued thesa
orders for the Fourth Regiment last even-
ing
1.-The regiment will parade In State
Service uniform (cap, blue shirt and white
gloves, officers lin full dress) for review
by Brigadier-General Bird w. Spencer;
Inspector-GeneraI of Rifle Practice of New
Jersey, and for presentation of the decor
ations won at Sea Girt, Thursday, May ~,
1899 Assembly at $50 o'clock P. M. Ad-
mission will be by ticket, and these tick
cts will be distributed under the direction
of commanding officers of companies.
1.-THE detail for Guard will be as fol-
lows:-Officers of the Guard, First Lieu
tenant A. f. 7. Sorensen, Company 81
Second Lieutenant, John Macdonald.
b, one corporal each from Companies A,
E and X, and forty priyates four from
each company except Companies l. anu
M. Assembly at $50 Z. M.
III.-The Order of Exercise will be as
follows
/. Review in line of masses by Brigadier
General Bird w. Spencer.
e Presentation of Sharpshooters, Marks
mems and special decorations won at
Sea Girt, season of 1899. To be present.
ed by Brigadier General Bird w. Spencer.
New Jersey. AS their names are called
the officers and men will form In the Ioi-
lowing order: Officers on the right, nrsr
line, sharpshooters; second line, marks
men.
g. Presentation of regimental trophy for
highest score between company Teams
Won by Company A team
Regimental drill.
5. Regimental parade in line of masses.
At the conclusion of retreat the band will
play The Star Spangled Banner and the
flag will be lowered. The audience is re-
questeo to rise while the flag is being
lowered.
The Governors champion match was
won by Captain Walter c. Whittemere,
Company C. New Jersey State Rifle As
sociation match was won by Major Henry
Lohnann, Jr.
A reception viii follow the medal pres
entation- and review. The non-comnis-
stoned staff will have charge of the floor
An election to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Captain Frank l. De
Ronde of Company L of Englewood, was
held Monday night. First Lieutenant Il
NJ Coke was selected as Captain; sec
ond Lieutenant W. NJ. Coe to be First
Lieutenant and Russell B. Reed to be Sec
ond Lieutenant. Other vacancies In the
regiment will be filed in a few days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
JENSEN GUESSED RIGHT.
He and His Brother Get Three
Years Each In State
Prison.

William Jensen's anticipation, expressed
in his letter to his friend, Lulu Strieber,
at Canaan Four Corners, N. Y, that he
and his brother, Charles j., were liable to
get three or five years in State Prison If
Lulu and two young men failed to come
down and swear that the Jensens were
at her place on January 26, at the time
they were assaulting their step-mother
and robbing their fathers house IN High
land avenue. was verified this morning.
When the incorrigible youths were called
up for sentence Judge Blair, without max
ing any comment whatever, gave them
three years in State Prison. They took
the sentence with an air of indifference,
particularly Willie, the younger brother,
who is the more hardened of the two.
Philip Herman and Barney Harris, the
remaining two of the four Lauterbach
burglars got off with light sentence.
When they were called up Howard Nc
sherry. their counsel, made a powerful
appeal for clemency, saying among other
things that they have families depending
on them and they had never been arrest
ed before. Judge Blair said that the
Court had given their case great deal OF
consideration and concluded that there
ought to be some difference between their
punishment and the punishment OF the
other two. For that reason the Court had
concluded to impose sentence OF one
year in the penitentiary and $500 flne.
There confederates were sentenced last
week to three years in the State Prison
and 81, 900 fine.
Thomas Ellison, James Ellison and Pau
luther the truckmen who sold some
scrap iron. which they were carting from
staten Island to Ames's spike work in this
city, were fined $50 and costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
BOULEVARD BILL HELD UP
Senator Johnson Says He Is
Looking Out for His
Farmers.
lspeclal to "The Jergey City News.'')

Especial to tfThe Jersey City News.")
TRENTON, March q, 1904 delegation
of the Good Roads Committee of Hudson
headed by Boulevard Commissioner Urqu-
hart made it's appearance to look after
the bill now before the Senate for the
preservation of the Hudson County Boule-
ward. The visitors expected to have a
hearing before the committee in charge
of the bill and show the necessity for its
passage, but they were disappointed. The
committee did not appear to listen to
them and the delegation went home very
much disgusted with the Republican leg
islator in general and President Johnson
of Bergen in particular. Mr.. Johnson has
had the bill amended so that the Com
missioners are directed to provide cer-
tain section of the road over which heavy
wagons can be driven. This is done for
the benefit of Bergen county farmers, who
find the Boulevard a most convenient and
accessible avenue for reaching the New
York markets with their truck and pro-
duce.
This is emphatically opposed by the good
roads people, who say that it will cut up
and destroy the road. But Senator john
son insists that it should be adopted, and
the friends of the bill say he is usuing all
his efforts to hold up the bill unless his
amendment is accepted.
1 asked Senator Johnson if he was hold
ing up the bill and he said all that he was
doing was protecting the warmers of his
county.
The Senate took up the bill making ii
unlawful for the Mayor of any city to
make any appointment to office where
the incumbents term expires within sixty
days of the expiration of the Mayors
term. Mr.. Francis it's introducer, said il
had been handed to him and he knew
nothing about it.
Mr. McCarter advocated the bill, which
he said, applied especially to Jersey City
but would also affect Newark. 1t was
intended to defeat the schemes of parti-
sans who formed conspiracy against the
popular will by resigning office Just be
| fore a Mayor favoring them went out OF
office. The Mayor would then reappoini
| them over the term of the incoming
| Mayor.
Messrs. Pitney and Cross thought i
| bad policy to interfere with Mayors
prerogatives. The bill failed, to II.
Senator Braun introduced bill to repeal
| the act merging the Erie and Susquehan-
ma. Senators Braun, Cornish and Martin
asked Attorney General Grey today for
an opinion as to the action of the Erie
| Railroad Company in raising rates on the
! New York Susquehanna and Western
| Road after the Legislature had authoriz-
ed the merging of Susquehanna with the
| Erie system Mr.. Grey gave a verbal
| of rates was illegal under the act of mer-
ger, but said he would investigate more
| fully and would prepare written opinion
| If the latter bears out the verbal opinion
| the Senators will introduce in the Senate
a resolution asking the Attorney Genera
| to proceed against the Erie Railroad fol
| it's violation of the provisions of the mer,
| ger law. The House passed the bill au
| thorizing Jersey City to issue bonds Il
/ pay for the new water plant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
The PRIMARIES.
Democratic Harmony DEM
onstrated by Last
Nights Vote.
REGULAR TICKET UPHELD
A Little Healthy Rivalry in
Some Wards-La Vote
in the Fifth.

The Democratic primaries were held last
night There was little healthy rivalry
exhibited in some of the precincts put
everything was as harmonious as posi-
ble
In the First, Third and Fourth WARDS
the primaries passed off very quietly thsre
being no opposition to the regular tlcket,
In the Fifth ward the only contest was LOT
the Aldermanic honors. The contest was
between John Lyons Superintendent OF
The Plug Department of the Lorillard fac-
torv. and John A. Burke, a popular livery
stable owner. The vote cast in the ward'
il is said, was one of the largest ever tak-
en- at a primary. After close vote 1t
was announced that Lyons mad Won
There was no disorder in any of the many
precincts of the ward.
There was no excitement at any OF the
Seventh ward primaries. Patrick Hanley'
who opposed Peter Ehrhart, the regular
ward club candidate, received few scat
tering votes. In his own precinct ne re-
ceived nine. He got no votes in the
Fourth precinct, while the three other
precincts gave him five apiece. Mr.. Han
ley will probably try again at another
time
The Democratic primaries in Hoboken
were the most harmonious held in that
city in years Opposition to the regular
candidates did not crop up in single
one of the twenty-five election precincts
The tickets
First Ward-For Water Commissioner,
Henry L. Schmidt; for Councilman, Hugo
Ochs; for Tax Commissioner, John CAL
laghan; for Commissioner of Appeals,
Herman Hoppe.
Second Ward-For Water Commissioner,
Henry L. Schmidt; for Councilman,
Charles Schultz; for Tax Commissioner,
John Horstmann; for Commissioner OF
Appeals Armin Schoenfeld; for Justice OF
the Peace, Charles Hoops.
Third Ward-For Water Commissioner,
Henry L. Schmidt, for Councilman, Jonn
NJ. Fitzpatrick; for Tax Commissioner
Richar Moonty; for Commissioner OF Ap-
peals. William Wurzbach, Jr.
Fourth Ward-For Water Commits
sfoner, Henry L. Schmidt; for Councilman.
James j. Fox; for Tax Commissioner,
William Korbach; for Commissioner OF
Appeals. Patrick Driscoll; for Justice OF
the Peace Samuel Engler.
Fifth Ward-For water Commissioner,
Henry L. Schmidt; for Councilman, Philip
Steuerwald; for Tax Commissioner, Mar
tin J. Whalen; for Commissioner of Ap-
peals, Angelo J. Arata; for Justice OF the
Peace, James P. Laverty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
CAPT. PRINeLE RESIGNED.

Captain John T. Pringle, of Company A,
Fourth Regiment, has rendered his resig-
nation to Colonel Smith, after having
been member of the Fourth for almost a
decade. He was elected a captain of that
company about six months ago. Captain
Pringle commanded the Gun Detachment,
which was disbanded when the National
Guard was reorganized. He then entered
Company A as a private and became a
captain in less then six months.
Some members are attempting to per-
suade ex-Lieutenant Colonel J. Howard
Bumsted to re-enlist. He has been Sorely
missed since he resigned a year ago.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
MR.. SHANLEY'S FUNERAL
Ceremonies in st. Patrick's
Cathedral on Friday
Tributes to His
Memory.

The funeral of Mr.. Bernard M. Stanley
will take place on Friday morning, at ten
o'clock in ST. Patrick's Cathedral, New
ark and the interment will take place in
the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre
The pail bearers include many distin-
guished men, among whom will be e. F.
C. Young. From this city large number
of well known people will be present. The
North Jersey Street Railway Company
directors will hold meeting on Mon
day next, when resolutions will be passed
touching the death of Mr.. Stanley.
The officers and directors of the Essex
and Hudson Gas Company met today to
record their sense of the loss which the
company had sustained in the death Of
its late president, Mr.. Bernard M. Sh/l-
ley. They passed this eloquent tribute to
his memory
Language, at best, is but an imperfect
medium of expression, and we cannot
hope for words with which to adequately
describe the character and extent of the
personal services rendered to this COM
pany by its late president.
1--WE realize that we have been bereft
of a genial acquaintance, a faithful friend,
and an eminently wise and trusted eoun-
sellor, and yet our sympathy goes out
first of all to his family and kindred,
whose irreparable loss and affliction is
shared by all of those who had the priyis
lege of his acquaintance and friendship.
1--WE record upon the minutes of this
company this tribute to the character and
memory of our friend and late president,
and direct that this minute be engrossed
hi fay ilxy
and also published in the daily papers.
sand the Board of Directors do further
resolve that the several offices of this
company be closed on Friday, the sd
instant, while the funeral services of Mr..
Stanley are being conducted.
81. p. DUSENBERRY,
Secretary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
APP PREPARATIONS DELAYED
Some Doubt of Adjournment
Friday Expressed in the
Legislature.
Cspecial to ..The JERSEY. CITY Newg.s')

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey. City News:
TRENTON, March 81, 19O0.-The Appro-
priation Committee was in session until
the early hours this morning trying to
get the bill ready for presentation to the
House in time for final adjournment on
Friday. Their labors, however, were not
successful, and the bill this morning is
far from completion. The trouble appears
to be that the bill is much larger than
usual this year and would be even larger
if the committee allowed all the requests
made of it. The increase in the number
Of items is due to the number of new
buildings which the Legislature has
authorized: a new Senate chamber, new
armories new wings and buildings to
various institutions and the like
There is much doubt this morning
whether it will be possible to get through
this week and another weeks session is
freely predicted by such leaders as Sena-
tor Stokes, Comptroller Hancock and
Augustine Barber, secretary of the Sen
ate.
A large delegation of Trentons leading
citizens headed by former Senator Skirm
and Mayor Briggs appeared before the
committee last night and urged that
$500 600 be appropriated for new armory
in Trenton. The committee readily grant
ed the request and then with beautiful in
consistency reconsidered the matter
Among the items agreed upon were:-
To the Railway Reformatory Commits
sion for furnishings, $2oOoO to the State
Sewerage Commission, $4,000; to the
] epiIeptic village $5S.O00; to the State
House Commission, $4,000, conditioned on
the passage of the new measure for q
new Senate chamber; to the Board of
Childrens Guardians, $2,S19, for expenses
| already incurred and $1,000 for curren ex-
penses.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
MONEY TO BURN.
official Cast Into Flames
Se2s,o 900 of City Bonds.

.eWe have money to burn this morning.
said City Clerk ODonnell this morning,
pointing to a mass of bonds on his desk.
Beside them stood Finance Commissioner
Henry Lembeck, and subsequently Mayor
Hoos, his secretary, the Comptroller ana
Treasurer. The heap in front of them rep
resented $92S, 900 of Jersey City six and
seven. per cent. coupon bonds which had
been exchanged for registered or liquidat-
ed bonds.
When Clerk Feury had finished check
ing them off from a big book, City Mar
shall Vreeland carried them downstairs
and in the presence of the officials they
were cast into the furnace, and in a few
minutes were destroyed
"Wish we could get rid of all of six and
seven per cent. bonds that way" said
Amen" gravely observed the City
The last burning of bonds was January
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
REED WH|TEWASHED.
Burns Withdraws Charges Of
Disloyalty TN the In
terest Of Harmony"

The withdrawal of charges of disloyal
ty against former President William E.
Reed last night, furnished the last act of
a farce which for the past two months
has proved most interesting to the Grant
Club. and most amusing to outsiders of
both political parties. On the eve of the
day set for the trial. Mr.. William Burns,
who made the charges, arose and moved
that they be withdrawn. The motion was
carried.
making the motion Mr.. Burns deliver
ed a neat little speech to the effect that
in the interests of harmony the charges
should be dismissed. 'It will give the
Grant Club said Mr. Burns, .an excel
lent opportunity to set a glowing example
to all other Republican clubs in the
county. Mr.. Burns then surprised his
hearers by stating that he was not the
author of the charges. 1t was generally
believed, and is still believed, that Mr..
Burns was the instigator.
Mr.. John Dickson objected to the
charges being withdrawn, claiming that
Mr.. Reed should have a chance to prove
his innocence. He was ruled out of order
by President Ramsey. For similar arbi-
trary rulings Mr.. Ramsey has been dubbed
"Czar.'
Burns action last night is conceded to
be back down. pure and simple, and
for that reason the Reed faction is elated.
The charges preferred against Reed were
the outcome Of Burns's being turned down
for County Committeeman. There had
been long struggle between Reed and
Burns for supremacy in the Grant Club.
Burns some time ago was indorsed by the
club for the office of County Committee
to fill a vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Alfred Hargen. The matter came
before the Ward Association and Burns
was defeated Burns then claimed that
his defeat was due to Mr.. Reed, whose
recommendation for an associate Commit
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
TRIED FOR BURGLARS D0INGs.
Martine11i Was Accused OF Hunting
Keissewetter's House.

Arnold Martinelli was tried in the Cen
eral Sessions Court yesterday for malic-
ious mischief Martinelli Occupied a store
on the Boulevard, West Hoboken, where
he rented bicycles, repaired watches and
did variety of other business. When he
vacated the premises, Louis Keissenet-
ter of Secaucus, who owned the house,
found it in a very bad condition and
presuming that Martinelli had put it in
that condition had him indicted for malic-
ious mischief.
Mr.. Kiessewetter testified yesterday
that the boards had been riped off, seven
teen panes of glass broken, the plaster
torn off, the shutter sawed off, nails
driven in the parlor walls and dragged
out again, in fact the house looked as if
cyclone had struck it.
On cross examination by Counsellor
| George Ryerson, who appeared for the de-
fendant, Mr.. Kiessewetter admitted that
he had not rented the house to Martinelli
1t had been rented by his agent, Carl
Schlutter, and he supposed that Martinelli
was the tenant.
1t developed later that the house was
rented by Mrs. Julia Ferri and her hus-
band and that they sublet the lower
floor to Martinelli for business purposes
Martinelli denied that he had done any
of the damage to the house. He said thai
| it had been entered by burglars. The jury
acquitted him. evidently taking different
view Of the case from that taken by Jus.
| tfce of the Peace Francois. Mr. Kiese-
wetter sued Martinelli in Justice Fran.
co.'s court for two months rent and OBJ
tanned Judgment, although the came tes
| timony was produced to show that Mar
tinelli had not rented the premises.