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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
SAYS COMPANY is RESPONSIBLE
Mrs. Calkin Says Her Husbands
Death Was Caused by Negligence.

Mrs. Lillian Calxin, of Clinton avenue,
West Hoboken, brought suit, before Judge
Collins, in the Supreme Court this morn
ing for $4,000 against the North Hudson
Railway Company for the killing on June
II last, of her husband, who was an en-
ployee of the company. Mrs. Calkin was
represented by Charles Corbin, of the law
firm of Corbin & Corbin.
Mrs Calkin alleged that her husbands S
death was due to gross negligence on the
part of the railroad company. She testi-
fed that her husband was the conductor
of a Hudson Heights car which left the
corner of Fourth street, Union Hill, at
six o'clock n the morning of his DEATH
The car had proceeded as far as Twenty
third street, West New York, when the
motorman noticed the absence of the con-
ductor Thinking probably that Calkin
had fallen from the car the motorman
backed down to Sixth street, Union Hill,
where he found Callzin, lying on the
ground at the side Of the track bleeding
profusely from severe wounds on his head
and face. Calkin was removed to Christ
Hospital. where he died early the follow
ing morning.
The testimony for the State was COM
pleted at one clock. The defense, in
charge of former Senator William D.
Edwards, will occupy the entire after
noon. The defense will be negligence on
the part of Calkin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
ST. PAUlS c. E. |. FAIR.
Ladies at the Booths Are Doing a
Great Business.

The fair for the benefit of st. Paurs
German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
which opened at the Avenue House. Five
Corners on Monday evening last, was
patronized by large crowd last evening.
The numerous booths which artistically
adorn the ball rooms are very prettily
decorated and are stocked with numerous
fancy goods and other articles of value.
Ladies in charge of them are working
like beavers to make the affair big
financial as well as social success. The
various departments are in charge of
these LADIES'
Fancy Goods No. Mrs. Mary Trim
mer, Mrs. Schukraft, Mrs. Joiner and
Mrs. Bley.
Fancy Goods No. 2-Mrs. Cordes, Mrs.
Fluegge, Mrs. Peters. Mrs. Hotter and
Mrs. Horn.
Fancy Goods No. 3-Mrs. Vogts, Mrs.
Groth, Mrs. Damaschky and Mrs. Heye.
Fancy Goods No. Mrs. Mehlenbroch,
Mrs. F. Freund, Mrs. Brann, Mrs. Bayer,
Mrs. Wohlleben and Mrs. Richter.
Candy-Mrs. Meta Siewers, Mrs. Prang,
Mrs. Prigge and Mrs Claussen.
Apron-Mrs. Tasto. Mrs. Meta Freund,
Mrs. Rosa Kerner and Mrs. Gansmann.
Flower-Mrs. Petronello Sfnitz assisted
by Misses Hettie F'reund Clara Stuckert,
Annie Groth and Lena Meyer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
CAUGHT RUNAWAY HORSE
Mounted Officer Burke Saved
Mrs. Lewis's Rig.

Just at the close of the Hudson County
Road Drivers Association parade fine
bay horse, driven to a rubber tired runa-
bout by Mrs. Daniel Lewis, wife Of the
Boulevard Commissioner, became fright
the animal was getting beyond control
and jumped out of the rig. The horse con-
tinued in it's course straight north along
the Boulevard until it reached Noble
street, when Mounted Officer John Burke
saw it coming madly along.
Burke settled himself in the saddle and
started after the brute, which was past
him in an instant. Burke dug his spurs
into his horses TANKS and soon was get
ting the speed out of the horse. After a
chase of about eight blocks Burke came
up to the runaway at the corner of Boule-
ward and McAdoo avenue. He rode along
side and grabbing the bride of the fright
ened animal, managed to bring the horse
to halt.
Burkes horse is one he has lately gotten
and it had not been tried before as to
speed.
The Boulevard was crowded at the time
of the accident. but everybody saw the
horse coming along in time to get out OF
the way. Mrs. Lewis luckily escaped any
injury when she jumped from her car
riage.
Burke received a great amount of APP
plause as he rode back the line, leading
the captured animal. AS Burke is a very
modest man the reception rather confused
him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
RUSH AT THE POST OFFICE.
Campaign Documents Increase the
Work.

With the approach of election comes the
usual rush of mail matter at the post
Office Chairman Edward Woolley of the
Republican County Committee, in his re-
port to the Executive Committee Tuesday
night, said that 10000 campaign documents
had been sent to voters throughout the
county and the bulk of this went through
the Jersey City postoffice. In addition to
this mass of matter similar pile of cam
paign literature has been sent through
the mail by the Democratic party. From
this it can be readily seen that the work
of the postoffice clerks has greatly in
creased.
Assistant Postmaster Woolley said that
the force of carriers and clerks would not
be augmented before the last of this
month. Then it is expected that election
material will come in in great masses.
Several additional carriers will be put on
and a few more clerks employed at the
postoffice to sort and distribute the vari-
Gus classes of mail matter At present
some of the employees are forced to work
overtime, but much more work has to be
done in the course of a day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
REPUBLICAN FROST.
Typewritten Speech Disgusts 6
Tabernacle Audiencs.

In spite of all the efforts of the Re-
publicans to whoop things up with their
organ recitals and spellbnders the mass
been exceedingly frosty. The larger part
of their audiences has been boys and
women and quite a number of these gath
cred in the Tabernacle last evening. Even
these got tired before the meeting was
over and left an extensive array of empty
seats behind them. The main cause OF
this was William F. Rowell, a SPELL
binder from New York, who sent the
thermometer down several degrees when
he produced mass of typewriter pages
and began to read his speech. There was
nothing particularly new or brilliant. and
when he began to read off the worm
eaten chestnuts his cadence soon gave
vent to their displeasure in such phrases,
as:-"Oh, come OFF, "That'll do!' 1--WE
don't want to live here!' This became
so noticeable that James Anderson gave
the orator a hint, which he took and
subsided. The other speakers of the even
ing were United States Senator
John Kean, Franklin Murphy, Cha
John Kean, Franklin Murphy, Chair
man of Republican State Com
mittee. and Mr.. A. R. Clement On the
platform, besides the speakers, were Bish-
op Walters, Robert Simpson, George F.
Perkins, w. H. Eaton, Herman Walker,
August P. Hall, Thos. Mills, Postmaster
P. F. Wanser, Samuel Dickinson, E. I.
Mitchell, Frank T. Lockwood, Douglas
Storey, and James Anderson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
BABY LEFT IN HALL.
Woman Says It Was Given
Her to Throw In
Swamp.

A six weeks old female child, Italian
or Greek, was found this morning in the
hallway of No. 16 Newark avenue, by
Patrolman Byrne, of the First Precinct
police station. and taken to the City Hos
pital. A " ian thought to be the in
fant's mother was arrested by Patrolman
Britten, charged with deserting the baby.
AdamGalospe was the first to discover
the child. He is bootblack at No. 16
Newark avenue and he saw the woman
enter the hall with the babay in her
arms He also saw her come out without
the baby and he went after her. He told
her "she had forgotten her baby in the
hallway. The woman denied any knowl-
edge OF the child.
Then Galopsie told Officer Byrne. The
woman disappeared in the meantime and
the child was taken to the station house.
Britteen and Byrne started to hunt up
the woman They learned that she was
in No. 36 Montgomery street and that she
lived on the top floor. They went up
stairs but could not find her. Believing
the woman they sought was in the
house the officers hurried down and
caught her as he was about to leave the
building for the street
In the station house she refused to give
any information of herself. She said the
child was not hers. She became fright
ened, however and when shown the child
attempted to lift it from the table on
which it had been carefully laid by the
officers She was taken away and the
seriousness of the offense charged against
her was impressed on her to degree.
Then in broken English she said
Another woman gave it to me and told
me to throw 1t in the swamp
Then she was asked if the child was
hers. She appeared to understand the
question only imperfectly. She replied
YES" When the question was put to
her more plainly she scoffed at the idea.
The child has growth of very dark
hair. She was dressed in a cheap white
cap and long dress and a red jacket
trimmed. She wore knitted white stock
ings. The woman refused to give her
name.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
DEMOCRATS ATTEND.

A Democratic mass meeting will be held
at Fink's Hall, No. 135 York street, op-
posite Academy of Music, on Friday
October 19, at eight p. M. The following
speakers will address the meetng:-John
j. Sullivan, H. r. Cruise, j. w. Zisgen
Thomas Griffin, James Bannon, Joseph NJ
Noonan.
Arrangements have been completed for
the Democratic mass meeting to take
place under the auspices of the First
Ward Democratic Club tomorrow even
ing at Costello's Hail, No. 1876 York street.
There will be a number of prominent
speakers present to address the voters.
The First Ward Club has been very
active this campaign. 1t intends to turn
out one of the largest majorities on cleo
ton day that has ever been known in the
ward.
There will be a Bryan and Stevenson
banner raising this evening, at Monmouth
and Seventh streets, under the auspices
of the John f. Purcell Association.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
FOLEY'S FEAT.
Lands Him on the Front Of
Fire Engine by Way
Of the Boilers.
STOPPED RUNAWAY HORSES
He Missed the Bride and
Grabbed the Rear
Pole.

Considerable excitement was created at
six o'clock this morning by the running
away of the team of horses attached to
No. Chemical Engine in the vicinity OF
Newark and Jersey avenues. Those who
witnessed 1t saw daring and heroic act
performed by Policeman Edward Foley.
An alarm was sent in from box No. 125
for slight fire in the restaurant of Her.
man Guahpp. at No. SO York street, caused
by the boiling over of a pot of fat. The
trained horses were quickly hitched and
thye started on dead run as soon as the
doors OF the engine house, which is To-
Gated in First street, between Cole and
Monmouth streets, were thrown Open
The driver missed his footing and failed
TO land on the drivers seat The reins
hung over the dashboard Down First
street to Newark avenue the horses with
out driver dashed, one of the rear wheels
of the engine striking and destroying a
curb stone at First and Jersey avenue in
front of Loves real estate office.
Policeman Pangborn heroically grabbed
the bride of one of the horses but was
thrown. At First street and Newark ave-
nue. the horses swung into the car track.
Patrolman Edward Foley made an effort
to grab one of the brides, but was
knocked aside. The plucky policeman,
however, grabbed the rear pole or hand
bar OF the engine and swung his body to
the foot platform.
In view of hundreds of excited specta-
tors, while the horses were madly plung-
ing forward, he climbed over the copper
tanks OF the engine to the drivers seat
and grabbing up the reins brought the
animals to standstill. Foley was com
pllmented by everybody who witnessed
his brave act, especially by the firemen
VINO were chasing the runaways.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
MAC MUTT LECTURE.
Interesting Talk on Garden of Eden
at Mrs. James Edwards's.

Mr.. Howard MacNutt lectured before
a number of ladies gathered at the resi-
dence of Mrs James Edwards, No 6 Tom
nele avenue, yesterday morning, to listen
to his wife, Mrs. Howard MacNutt. Mrs.
MacNutt is president of the Minerva
Club, which meets at the Hotel Majestic.
New York. She is an interesting speaker
and lectured in this city only last week
Yesterday, however, she was unable to
come and SO sent her husband.
Mr.. MacNutt gave a beautiful interpre-
tation of the story of the Garden of
Eden" from a purely spiritual point of
view. The name Adam he interpreted as
meaning the tent of the skim" and Eve
as " the spirit Within" He believes in a
preexistence, not as lower animals, but
as spirits, and claims that the Fall OF
Man. is an impossibility. There never
was such a thing.
Mrs. MacNutt will lecture again next
week.
Among those present were:-Mrs. James
Edwards, Mrs. Peter Sip Van Wrinkle,
Mrs. Cropper, Mrs. P. K Green, Mrs. A
j. Newbury, Mrs. Apgar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
DIED.

RILEY-On Tuesday, October Is 1900, FL
len, widow of the late Samuel Riley.
aged sixty-five years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tober 19, at p. NJ, from No. 201 clinton
avenue, Heights.
SCOTT-On Tuesday, October 16, 1900.
Charles H. Scott, aged forty-six years
and six months.
Funeral services will be held Thursday.
October Is, at s p. NJ, at his late resi-
City Heights.
Interment Flower Hill Cemetery.
STIVERS-On Tuesday evening, October
l6, 1900, Alonzo Stivers, beloved husa
6and or Mary J. Stivers, in his ifty-
Funeral services at his late residence.
No. 5z2 Greene avenue, Brooklyn, N. "
on Thursday, October 49, at P. NJ. Rel
atives and friends are invited to attend.
McGURK-On Wednesday, October II,
1900, Jane, widow of the late Hercules
McGurk and mother of Margaret and
Edward O'Connor
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend her funeral
from her late residence, No. 1872 Bright
street, on Friday, October 19, at A. NJ:
thence TO st. Bridgets Church, where 81
high mass of requiem will be offered for
the happy repose of her soul.
Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
DOHERTY-On Wednesday, October II.
1900, Sadie, beloved daughter of Patrick
and Mary Doherty, aged seventeen
years and two months.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral from her
| Saturday, October 20, at 8 A. M; thence
| to st. Peters Church, where a solemn
| high mass OF requiem will be offered for
| the happy xspose Of her soul -.-...
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
A DAYS ACCIDENTS.

Edward Kroushet, forty years old, of
No. 216 Beacon avenue, had three fingers
of his left hand cut off by circular saw
at Schmidt's either factory, Ferry street
near Forest place, shortly before six
O'Clock last evening. He was taken to
Christ Hospital.
Daniel Sheehan a laborer of No. Sc
Morgan street. was overcome by gas last
evening while working in trench on
Bergen avenue. His condition was seri-
Gus for 3 time His fellow workmen tried
to bring him around but failed. The am
bulance was summoned and Sheehan was
taken to the City Hospital. The doctors
succeeded in restoring him to conscious
ness.
William OConnor, twenty-four years
old, deckhand on the Hoboken ferry
boat Secaucus was caught between the
bridge and the dock early this morning,
at Hoboken, and had both his legs Sc
verely injured. He was removed to St.
Mary's Hospital in the ambulance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
NO NEWS OF MRS. MULLER

NO new developments have as yet come
to light in the mysterious disappearance
of Mrs. Wilhelmina Muller from Green
vile last Monday When last seen she
was near the canal and the concensus of
opinion is that she fell in and was
drowned. All day yesterday her two sons,
Charles and Otto, patrolled the banks of
the canal and searched the surrounding
woods for some trace of their mother,
but their search was fruitless. The
brothers have had no sleep since their
mothers disappearance and though al
most worn out with fatigue they are keep
ing up the search
Had Mrs. Muller fallen in the canal the
body would not have had time to float
In a drowning case it usually takes from
four to nine days for the body to decom-
pose when gases form, which will cause
the body to rise to the surface.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
HEROINE SAVED HERSELF.
Hero Went Through the Rush
ing River to the Cellar
Beneath.
Especial to 'The Jersey city News. II

NEWARK, Oct Is, 1900-In the cele-
brated tank drama ''The Sidewalks of
New York. the hero regularly rescues
the heroine from apparent drowning at
every performance. But Tuesday the
heroine had to save herself, while the
daring hero met an inglorious fate down
in the cellar of theatre here.
The hero of the company just now is
Arthur Holden of this city. He is a diver
of more than local fame, and his act is to
dive from high rock into a gushing river
and save a forlorn maid who has cast her.
self into the swift running waters. The
heroine is Miss Louise Ripley, the star of
the company giving the show.
AS presented the gushing river is hidden
from the audience. 1t is a tank three feet
deep. It is Of wood lined with tarred
canvas.
Holden made the dive all right yester-
day, but in doing SO he Jared the wood
work and loosened the boards of the bot
tom of the tank.
As he reappeared above the surface of
the water and was about to grab the frail
and sinking heroine and carry her under
one arm to safety while he swan with the
other to the rocky shore, he suddenly dis
appeared.
The heroine rather Historically clutched
frantically at the waters edge and clung
on, screaming, Save mel Save mer' for
getting for the time she was not in ac-
tual danger.
Meanwhile the hero, much to his amaze
ment, had plunged down into the cellar
through the opening in the floor that also
let down a deluge of water with him. He
was found lying on heap of broken
boards in the cellar under the stage. He
was carried out, but. aside from being
stunned and bruised, was not much in
jured.
The curtain was rung down in time to
save some of the heroine's feelings. The
performance was not delayed more than a
few minutes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
BURLlNeToa's NEW ASYLUM.
Counsy's Insane VIII Soon Have a
Commodious Building.
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Especial to '1The Jersey City News."1
MT. HOLLY, Oct. IS, 15o0-The Burling
ton County Insane Asylum. just about
completed, at New Lisbon. on the county
farm near the Almshouse, will soon be
ready to turn over to the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge. 1t is beauti-
full structure of brick, with stone trim
mings, and will have forty acres of
ground for the patients to roam over. 1t
is two stories high, and will have all the
latest improvements for the proper care
of the insane. The building complete will
cost about 100000.
Burlington County has eighty-seven
patients in the State asylum, costing
$4,000 per year for the maintenance. By
having this asylum at least $500 of that
amount can be saved annually. The in
stitution will accommodate one hundred
and fifty patients.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
TWO APPLICATIONS IN INSOLVENCY.
Jersey City Merohant Acts Vol
UNFAIRLY.
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Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News.''1
/. TRENTON, Oct is, 19OO.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy was filed in the
United States District Court yesterday
against Aaron K. Brown, a grocer, of
South Trenton.
The applicants included the firms of
D. p Forst & Company. William Dolton
& Company, and Cole & Taylor, whose
respective claims aggregated something
more than 5000. The debt due Forst &
Company amounted to $4S.71; to Dolton s.
Company, 2.s414, and to Cole & Taylor,
$11010.
A second application was made by
Thomas NJ Christie of Jersey City, whose
Indebtedness amounted to $2,SS9.50, and
whose assets were less than 500. Christie
was once a prosperous merchant, and is
said to have lost his fortune in hard
times. 1t was a voluntary petition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18

THE result of the astConfederate coun-
Gil of war held at Albbeville. South
Carolina, in May, 1865, was soon known
all over AbIbeville, and the Generals and
Secretary of War were kept busy for
hours signing honorable discharges for
the tired soldiers, who Immediately ap-
piled for them,'' writes Mrs. Thaddeus
Horton, in the October Ladies' Home
Journal
During the evening Mr.. Benjamin
asked for a hatchet and with it he
defaced the Confederate seal. About
twelve o'clock the same night the Conf
federate party continued theiY retreat In
the direction of Washington. Georgia,
and while crossing the Savannah River in
the darkness some one suggested that
the seal be thrown overheard. This idea
was at once approved, and when the boat
reached midrstseam It was dropped with
a dull splash into the sandy river bed
Of that beautiful Southern watercourse.
whore to thfs day. its mission all fulfled,
1t serenely rests"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
THEY SAY He is INSANE.
Kathmeyer's Attempt at Suicide
Nav Land Him in an Asylum.

Luder Kathmeyer, twenty years old,
who attempted suicide by hanging him
self in the basement of his home at No.
s21 Park avenue, Hoboken, yesterday, was
arraigned before Recorder Stanton this
morning and remanded for examination as
TO his sanity.
DR.. Grew, the family physician, testified
that he had been attending Kathmeyer
for the past two months. The physician
said that the young man was suffering
from temporary insanity. Kathmeyer was
apparently rational this morning. His
sister, Mrs, Annie Steinvicker, of sNo. 22s
West 18th street, New York, requested
that he be held until she could arrange
to send him to an asylum.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
ACCUSED OF STEALING BRASS.

Michae Donlin of No. e79 Newark ave-
nue., was arraigned in the Second Criminal
Court this morning accused of being inn
plicated in the attempt of Watchman Nc
Donald and Others to rob the New York,
Susquehanna and Western Railroad Com
pany of forty-five brass Journals. junk
man Tuite was arraigned yesterday for
receiving stolen goods. Both his case and
that of Conlin were laid over until to-
morrow morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
KEPT BACK HIS WARRANT.
Policemen Braoken Sues for Money
Illegally Retained.

A queer case came up before Judge
Chas. w. Parker in the First District
Court this morning. in which a policeman
William Brackner, sued Adam Steip, a
clothier on Newark avenue, for money
kept back from his warrant. The officer
claimed s119.
According to Lawyer William c. Geb-
hardt, counsel for the plaintiff, Steip had
been in the habit of advancing money to
policemen for which he charged per
cent. per month; taking an assignment Of
the policemen's warrants as security
In this instance Mr.. Steip retained a
sum which the officer declared he didn't
owe. Step admitted owing the policeman
$50. The Court gave judgment for Brack-
en- for $40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY BANNER.

The Young Mems School of Democracy,
composed of young men who will cast at
this election their first vote, hoisted a
flag with the names of Bryan and Steven
son attached, in front of the headquarters
in Erie street, near the elevated tracks of
the Erie Railroad last night. Democratic
speeches were made by Hugh H. Kelly,
Miah Sweeney, Justice of the Peace
Charles sweeney, John Corrigan and Can
didate for Assembly P. II. Connolly. The
flag also bears the last name.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
IRlsH-ABERICAN ENDORSEMENT

Branch No. of the Irish-American
Union held a meeting at No 203 Mont
gomery street last night and endorsed the
entire Democratic ticket, National, State
and local. The endorsement of the local
ticket was in response to a motion made
by Richard Mullin.
Arrangements for the big mass meeting
to be held at the Tabernacle next Satur-
day night, under the auspices of the Irish
American Union, were discussed and ad-
dresses made by Thomas H. Lonergan
and others.