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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
HARR|SON'S MIDDLE.
Deadlock Likely to Be Soon
Broken--L Lies About
Mr.. Davis.

Harrison politicians say that there will
be dissolution of the municipal deadlock
in that township in a day or two Should
there not be then the citizens committee
will apply to Supreme Court Justice Col
Inns for the appointment of a commission
TO take charge Of the towns affairs. The
factional fight between Aldermen Rice
and Riordan is at white heat.
Rlordan, in an interview published in a
local paper throws mud at everybody
who doesn't agree with him and lays the
Hattering JUNCTION to his soul that he is the
man the man of the people, he is the only
honest and capable man, and if the people
OF Harrison do not have him as chairman
OF the Town Council then the Harrison
people are a lot of Holsters"
He has even limited that Leader Robert
Davis is backing Riees candidature, and
by means of a friend sends letters to the
papers denouncing Mr.. Davis. Mr. Davis
himself refuses to discuss the attacks of
Riordan or the situation, merely remark
ing that it is none of his business what
Harrison's Council wants. A Republican
citizen of Harrison, whose business is in
this city, summed up the matter thus
This man Riordan is at the bottom of
the trouble, and the time is not far dis
tant when he will wish he hadn't been so
prominently identified with the political
affairs of that town Democratic neigh
bors here tell me they don't want him;
that he is politically weak and not to be
relied up. From citizens standpoint 1
don't think he is capable of filling the
chair. Certainly he showed no ability in
the Board of Freeholders, although / un-
derstand he claimed to be the whole
thing, as the boys would say. I don't
know anything about Bob Davis mixing
up with the fight, but from what know
of that astute little man he is the last
person to stick finger in this fight which
cannot possibly affect him.
Alderman E. E. Rice, who is opposing
Riordan emphatically, denies that he had
ever consulted with Mr. Davis about the
deadlock, and that Mr.. Davis hadn't even
mentioned the matter to him at any time
for the good reason that he had not seen
the county leader for some time. AS for
the alleged enthusiasm for Alderman
Riordan, that was explained he said, by
Riordan's Kotowing to the Republicans
and making them all sorts of promises,
which he cannot possibly perform,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
.SHAKE-UP IN THE SECOND
Col. Gilmore is Determined
to Make His Regiment
a Star One.

Especial to "The Jersey City News"1
TRENTON, Aug. 6, 190e-Two National
Guard organizations in the Second reg
iment, it is understood are under the ban,
and may be replaced with two other COM
panies. The organizations that are likely
to be disbanded are Company K, of Mont
clair, and Company l., of Newton. These
companies went to Sea Gfrt with less than
the required number of men: then, too,
the military enthusiasm in Newton and
'Montclair is not as great as in other
localities.
A company to represent Princeton is
being favorably considered, and if va
cancies occur it is more than likely that
the college town will be able to gain rep
resentation in the regiment. With the
convenient trolley connections it would
be quite easy to bring the Princeton
company here to drill, and would be all
the more reason why an armory here
would be in demand.
The second company to be selected
will probably come from Plainfield.
large number of young men from that
city are anxious to form a company,
and they may be allowed to do so. The
only objection to a Plainfield organiza-
ton is that it might weaken the Somer-
vile company, which has members re-
siding in and near Plainfield
Colonel Gilmore is determined to bring
the Second Regiment up to high stand
ard. and more go the way of Newton and
Montclair if they are not kept up to the
mark
When the changes are made it is un-
derstood that an effort will be put forth
to concentrate the command as much as
possible in this part of the State, in order
to have all the organizations convenient
to Trenton, which is the headquarters of
the Second Regiment
When the Montclair and Newton COM
panies are disbanded, Company M of
Somerville will be the only company not
convenient to this city. The other COM
panies of the regiment are located at
Lambertville, Freehold, Elizabeth and
New Brunswick. All of these companies
can be brought together within few
hours, If occasion should necessitatas a
quick formation of the regiment. -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
AFRAID He WILL HAVE TO FIGHT.
Trepidation OF German Over the
War in China.

A much agitated little German hustled
into the County Clerks office at the
Court House this morning and told De-
putty Clerk Hugh Mara that he wanted a
certificate to show that he had never
applied to this county for naturalization
papers. Mr.. Mara turned the man over to
Chief Clerk Haggerty to whom he said
that he was J. Christian Hermann of
Humboldt street, Union Hill. He was a
native of. Bavaria, he continued and he
was very much afraid that he would be
drafted into the American Army to fight
the Boxers in China. He was going to
send to the burgomeister of his native
village, he said for a passport showing
that he was citizen of Germany and ex-
empt from military services in this coun-
try and he wanted the certificate to show
the burgomeister that he had never in
tended to become an American citizen.
He got his certificate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
NO GAMBLING!
Decker Association Will Be
a Highly Moral
Organization.

The members of the George w. Decker
Association has come out fiat footed
against gambling in their clubhouse They
will tolerate no form of gambling and any
| member who attempts to inaugurate the
practice will be summary dealt with and
/ fired from the club.
The first to interposesa strenuous objec-
tion to gambling was the stardard bearer
of the organization. The association, as
was explained was formed for the main
purpose of purifying politics" in the
Eighth ward where the club holds forth
Those who belong to it are people who
have repeatedly stated their enrnity
against the Republican ring, and who are
now endeavoring to bring about the disso-
luton of the Wanser Republican Cluby of
which John II. Weastell is the head
Mr.. Decker, when he learned of the in
tention of certain members to use the
rooms for gambling, denounced the prac-
tice as a curse and form of amusement
to be shunnedNat all times.
ST will not permit the association to use
my name" said he, earnestly, ''if I learn
of any attempts at gambling in this
club Such practice should be discour-
aged forever and we should put forth our
efforts to train our young men. We should
impress upon them the fact that good
men do not grow from the youths who
pursue such paths in life. This form of
amusement has become curse. All over
the city we hear of clubs allowing such
practices, but it should never be said that
this association upheld gambling.
I'VE want the parents of the young men
with US in our work. We wish at all
ma fn 10 bn oil cd
for the purpose of instructing youth not
for the corruption of morals. We wish
to train our young people for the better
things of life and if in doing this 1 feel
!. sure that we will have the parents of the
young men with u.s.
Mr.. Decker stated further that intox-
icants would be barred from the club
house and those who were anxious to
| have them could go elsewhere to get them.
Director Walter K. Birdsall of the Board
of Education as member of the assoc
iation, upheld Mr.. Decker's views. He
said that pool table would be placed in
the new clubhouse at Bergen avenue and
Union street, which the members enter
tonight A schuffleboard will also be
placed there and card games allowed, but
any attempt to gamble would be met with
dismissal.
The members uphold Mr. Decker, they
say that the club will be clean and a Gre
dit to the community.
The i1ousewarming takes place tomor-
row night. An excellent programme has
been arranged and refreshments provided.
The club house has been. refurnished. 1t
is in every way suited to the purpose of
the club
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
FR. M'DOWELL'S FAREWELL
Rector of ST. Paul's Church
Goes to Madison.

Father j. w Mcdowell, of st. Paul's
Roman Catholic Church, preached his
farewell sermon yesterday. Last Febru-
ary on account of throat trouble, Father
Mcdowell had to go South Upon his re-
turn he requested Bishop Wigger to
transfer him to the first vacancy that
should arise. In accordance with this re-
quest Father McDowells transfer was an
nounced last week.
The new parish is located in Madison,
N. J. The air there is very different to
that of this section. Father Mcdowell
will be succeeded by the Rev. Father A.
Schaecken, in St. Paul's.
Father Mcdowell in making his farewell
address thanked his parishioners, young
mems clubs and everybody connected with
the church for the corporation in the
work which had been done in the past.
Father Mcdowell commended them to
their new rector, saying, he was a man
of ability and would undoubtedly lead his
parishioners to their good.
The parish which the Rev. Father Nc
Dowell will go to is one that is entirely
free from debt. The majority of his new
parishioners are wealthy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
FIRED AT CROWD.
Drunken Negro Badly
Wounded Two Men
and Hit Two
Others.
CRAzED BY TEASING BOYS
Daniels Shot in the Air and
Then frightened Gave it
to the Crowd.

There was a small sized riot in the
neighborhood of York and Brunswick
streets Saturday evening about O'Clock.
great crowd of people were mixed up
IN manner that nearly caused serious
results. As 1T is there are two young men
suffering from bullet wounds and the
women Of the neighborhood are in very
nervous state. That murder was not done
is a miracle.
Charles Daniels, giant negro, twenty
five years old, of No. 800 Railroad avenue,
stableman, ran amuck with a loaded
revolver in his hand After firing a shot
in the air Daniels deliberately fired four
shots into crowd by which he was sur
rounded and wounded Peter Conlon,
nineteen years old, of No. 13S Woodward
street, and William Harper, sixteen years
old, of NO 1SS Monmouth street. Conion's
wound was only slight, as it was in the
fleshy part of the left leg Harper's right
kneecap was shattered Clarence Carl, Of
No. 159 Monmouth street, was pricked by
a bullet, but he only suffered slight
breaking of the skin. Alfred Griggs, dog
warden for the s. P. c. A., was shot at
twice but he escaped injury. Daniel was
arrested by Chanceman Moran, of the
Second precinct, and held this morning
by Police Justice Hoos to await the action
of the Grand Jury
Daniels is employed in stable near
yesterdays scene of trouble. He had
been drinking all day and he was drunk
when he did the shooting. A number of
boys bothered him by their presence at
the stable door and their remarks. He
chased them number of times but they
returned each time.
Daniels continued his drinking until he
became crazy. He went to his home and
got revolver and a box of ball car
tridges. He loaded the revolver and re-
turned to the stable. He was met by the
crowd of boys and was guyed by them.
He took the revolver from his pocket and
fired in the air. A crowd gathered quickly.
and Daniels became alarmed. He stood
off and warned all to go no nearer him.
The excitement of the situation made
Daniels wild He levelled the pistol
straight at the crowd and fired. Conlon
and Harper fell. The crowd did not know
how badly the boys were injured, but
feared the worst and they started toward
Daniels. Chanceman Moran arrived on
the scene and arrested Daniels.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
WRONGED W|FE'S REVENGE
She Furnishes the Police
With Information Which
Leads to a Raid.

Captains Cody and Detective Lee yester-
day raided the saloons of Tfmkie Klinker,
Green and Montgomery streets and Chris
topher Kau at No. 101 Hudson street The
places were raided because they had back
rooms which We're frequented by women.
The proprietors were arrested and seven
women were also gathered in the net.
The women gave their names as Sadie
Mcdonald, Hattie Dugan, Mary Conig,
Jessie Kelly, Maud Beasley, Kate Bene-
dict Mary Wineridge and Mary McGarry
All but the McGarry woman were in the
saloon when the police descended. She was
placed under arrest in the station Mary
is a well-known character and has the
distinction of having her picture in the
rogues gallery. She heard of the raid
after the police had finished and went
to the station house to "see about it."
She wanted an explanation of why her
''lady friends should be arrested" Mary
was placed under arrest as a disorderly
person.
The raid was the beginning of a cru
sade which Chief Murphy has decided to
continue until the dives in the lower Sec
ton of the city are wiped out. 1t is
against the law to have back rooms or
booths in a saloon where women congre-
gate and the authorities are determined
to clean the places out. There will be no
exceptions, Chief Murphy says.
About four weeks ago woman called
on Chief Murphy and told of her hus-.
bands neglect of her and their children.
She said they had always been happy
up to a few months ago when her husband
began to spend most of his time in the
back rooms of saloons with women of
bad repute. Things went from bad to
worse with the woman, but she could not
induce her husband to stop his new man
ner of living. She saw where her husband
spent his time and followed him to Kau's
place one night. She appealed to Kau to
keep her husband out of the place, but
he refused to listen to her plea. The
woman then threatened to tell the police.
She says Kau only laughed at her. He
said the police would not interfere with
him because he paid them for the priv
ilege of conducting their places as they
did.
Chief Murphy's aid was requested. He
told the officers in citizens clothes who do
duty in that neighborhood to keep an eye
on the place. They did so and nightly
saw men and women carousing in the
back rooms Saturday was considered
the best night to gather in big crowd
and after midnight the raid was made.
The defendants were held for the Grand
Jury in $500 bail.
Two women were sent to the peniten-
| tiary this morning by Police Justice Hoos
for periods of from 60 to 80 days. Kau and
Kiinker waived examination in the First
Criminal Court, preferring to be tried by
jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
NOT SIEeEL COOPER AGENTS
Don't Give Money to Photograph
SwindIers.

The Siegel Cooper Co., proprietors of
the Big Store on Sixth avenue, New
York, desires to cautions the pubic
against swindlers who are going about
the country representing themselves as
special agents. of the company, solicit
ing orders for photographs, on which they
collect half the charges in advance This
is, of course, the last seen or heard of
these special agents" by the persons Civ
ing them the order and the deposit Not
hearing from them the people who have
been '1buncoed' write or call on the Siegel
Cooper Company, demanding satisfaction.
All the company can do is to explain to
them that it has never employed any
agents, that all claiming to be such are
frauds, and that it has repeatedly adj
vertised in the newspapers of Greater New
York and its immediate vicinity to this
effect The company has even offered a
handsome reward for the arrest and con-
viction of these swindlers, but SO far has
been unable to bring them to justice.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
STRANGE SUICIDE.
Fourth Officer Of the Deutsch-
land Kills Himself
at Sea.
no CAUSE FOR THE DEED KNOWN
Young Woman Who Meets
the Ship Bursts into Tears
When Told of His Death

When the Hamburg-American Steam
ship Deutschland arrived at Hoboken this
morning. Capt. Albers reported that four
tn Officer Edward Thille had committed
suicide at l o'clock on the morning Of
August l, two days out from Hamburg.
Thille was on watch with Second Officer
F. Frank. He went below shortly after
midnight saying that he was going to his
stateroom and would return shortly. at
4 O'Clock in the morning Second Onfcer
Frank went to Thille's stateroom and
found the door locked He Immediately
summoned Chief Officer Sclwamberger
who forced the door.
Thiele was found lying on couch with
bullet wound in his hight temple. Be
side him was a 38-calibre revolver with
one chamber empty. The ships doctor
said Thiele had been dead several hours.
The body was kept on board until two
o'clock in the morning of August 2. when
it was sealed in a metal casket and lower
ed to the bottom of the sea.
Thiele was twenty-three years old He
was born in Blankenese, Germany He
had relatives living there and also in
Montgomery, Ala. He was not married.
Why Thiele committed suicide could
not be learned on board the Deutschland
this morning. Several of the officers said
that he had appeared melancholy Tor
several days, but they could give no cause
for his actions.
Shortly after the Deutschland arrived a
young woman neatly dressed, approached
an officer at the foot of the gangplank
and inquired after Thiele When in
formed that his body had been buried at
sea she burst into sea. She appeared
greatly excited and wept continuously as
she piled the officers with questions as to
Thiele's death.
The woman had in her hand telegram
bearing the address Mrs. A. Martin, No
ls Wallace place. She refused to give her
name to reporters
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
MILK SURE TO GO UP.
But the Borden Company
Is Not Affected By
the Trust.

There is no danger of the Five States
Milk Association hurting the branch of
the Borden Condensed Milk Company in
this city. 1.-The News has told how the
association has cornered the milk supply
of New York State and made plans to
gather in the little milk that the Jersey
farmers send to the city dealers. The
farmers of both States have been reached
by the hackers of the trust, by offering
shalf cent a quart more for their out
,put for five years to come. This option
went into effect this summer The inde-
pendent farmers who held out for awhile
were instrumental in preventing the as
sociation from putting it's machinery into
motion, by supplying the dealers with
their milk at lower rate than the trust
asked. Now these independent dairymen
have been gathered in and the dealers are
expecting raise at any time the trust
sees fit to make the demand.
There are very few farmers in either
New York or New Jersey who have re-
fused to enter the combination and those
who did not enter the trust are unable to
fight the association or supply all .>e
dealers, because of their limited supply
of the commodity 1t is said that it will
be only question of a very few weeks
when every farmer will accede to the re-
quests of the trust and give an option
on their output for the. extra half cent a
quart This raise to the farmer, means
much for the price of milk is quite low at
present and the profit small Being to
their interests it is most natural to ex-
pect that the farmer will readily sign over
his supply.
Dealers can see nothing but serious
trouble ahead for them, not only in the
loss of customers, but in the difficulty in
securing an addition to the price now
charged. The dealers here have various
prices for their milk. Some get but five
cents quart, but all is not milk that
looks white. Others dealers get six, some
seven and the majority eight cents
quart.
The Borden people do not fear any move
on the part of the trust. This firm owns
its own farm in New York State. This
firm has always maintained the eight cent
standard and will continue to do SO, no
matter what action the trust takes. 1t is
said among dealers who get eight cents
a quart for their milk that to charge more
would mean the ruinaton of their busi-
ness. People feel that eight cents is
enough for a good quality of milk and an
increase would raise big rumpus.
The recent spell of cold weather has di-
minished lne demand for milk, and con-
sequently the trust has had no opportun-
ity of getting in its fine work. Dealers
say the advance is bound to come, and it
will be Immediately passed on to the con-
sumner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
GIRL BADLY BURNED.
Some Thoughtless Person Threw
Fire Crankars at Crn1uH

After the meeting held Thursday night
last in connection with the raising of a
Bryan and Stevenson banner by the M.
Sullivan Association, at Fourth and Coles
street, some one threw a lighted pack of
shooting crackers into the crowd Miss
Annie Cavanagh, of Mo. 17S Pavonia ave-
nue., was passing at the time accompanied
by friends.
The exploding crackers fell near her,
and she lodged quickly away from them.
A few moments later Miss Cavanagh's S
dress. which was of light material and
trimmed with lace was discovered on fire.
The flames shot up instantly and envel-
oped her. Justice of the Peace Sweeney
and Patrick Murphy hastily threw off
their coats and with them succeeded in
smothering the flames, but not until Miss
Cavanagh was badly burned about the
arms and body.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
BRESCI'S NAME KISSED
Italians Have a Demonstra-
ton in Honor Of King
Humbert.

Memorial services in honor of King
Humbert were held yesterday by the sew
eral italian military and civic societies of
the county at the italian Catholic Church,
Monmouth and Sixth streets. Over five
hundred marching Italians and as many
more in coaches participated in the SER
vices.
The exercises started at two O'Clock
The societies assembled at No. 402 Second
street and formed in line "A hearse
drawn by six bay horses was standing in
the middle of the street and in front of it
were two men bearing immense portraits
of the murdered King. In the rear of the
hearse were several carriages and the
chief mourners seated themselves inside.
The calvacade then started and followed
by Italians on foot paraded through
Little Italy"
The houses and stores in that section
were all draped in mourning and at the
corner of Newark avenue and Third
street, portrait of King Humbert was
suspended across the street AS the pro-
cessien marched under 1t all heads were
barred.
AT the church the usual funeral exer-
cises were gone through and then several
addresses were made eulogizing the mur-
dered King. Consul General Tosti, of
New York was present. He deplored the
act of which had cast such a smirch upon
the general reputation of his race.
''The people," he said, ''are very quick
to form opinion and naturally look with
distrust upon Bresci's fellow countrymen
The Italians who reside here, am happy
to say, are Ged loving and law abiding
men and not of the class to which the
Assassin Bresci belongs"
At each mention of Bresci's name loud
Misses arose. Speeches were also made
by Col. Dean, Frank Damato, Francisco
Carrie and James lombard
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
RuMoRS OF IAcEnDIARIsM.

A fire was discovered at LOS this morn
ing in the garret of a two-story frame
dwelling at No. 322 Fourth street, owned
by Mary E. Quinlan. Several families oc-
cupy the house, but panic was diverted
by cool work.
One of the occupants of the house was
Miss Norah Mcclure, the principal wit
ness against Maud Thompson, the woman
who abducted Mary Shapiro last week
This coupled with the fact that the fire
occurred in the garret, which is always
deserted gave rise to rumors of attempts
at arson, but rigid Investigation by
Captain John F. Kelly, of the Seventh
street police station, proved the rumors
groundless.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-06
SWIMMERS NARROW ESCAPE.

John Gfblin. twelve years old of No. T7s
Jerseyssavenue, went swimming this
morning in a pond at ThirteentfaHand
Brunswick streets. Hexwas taken, sud-
denly i'll with cramps while in the water
and narrowly escaped drowning. He was
taken from the water by Chanceman Me-
Quilan and taken to st. Francis Hospital
in the patrol wagon.