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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
DECKERS ARE FEARFUL.
They Think the Ring Will Re-
scind Precinct Primar-
les Resolution.

The George N. Decker Republican Asso-
citation of the Eighth ward, met last night
in Fraternity Hall on West Side avenue
The members reviewed the political stu
alton in the ward and discussed the pros
poets of another clash with their oppo-
nents, the ring Republicans. The fight
has become more bitter each day. An
example of its intensity was the fight at
the Ward Association last Thursday
night. At that session the anti-ring peo-
pie succeeded in securing separate prim-
aries, for which they had been working
for years.
At the meeting last evening, fear was
expressed that the ring people would get
together and rescind the resolution calling
for separate precinct primaries and sub
stitute resolution favoring the joint
primaries. AS the matter stands now, the
ring people have no show of winning at
any of the primaries, and the anti-ring
Republicans believe that the leaders will
adopt questionable methods in order to Sc
cure themselves against defeat at the
December primaries.
The term of Chairman Woolley of the
County Committee runs out this fall, and
the leaders are trembling lest he should
be beaten and shut out from the commit
tee. This leads the opposition forces to
think that the leaders will combine the
five precincts into one primary as here
tofore, to insure the election of Mr.. Wool
ley. The anti-rng men are more than
confident that they can beat the ring
forces and their efforts will be directed
against Woolley this fall
The meeting of the association last
evening brought out the fact that the
club was strongly intrenched and the
members Were prepared TO make a good
fight for what they term clean politics.
Preparations were made for the removal
into the new quarters at Bergen avenue
and Union street. A house warming will
be held and the house committee will see
that the building is in good shape for the
function. Furniture will be purchased and
a few repairs made. The picnic, which is
to take place on August %. bids fair to be
successful. A thousand tickets are now
ont
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
KNOCKED OUT WITH A BOTTLE.
Golden and Grand Streets Danger
Gus Locality.

Patrolman Noble of the Communipaw
avenue station, found William Duncan,
of No. 16 Golden street, lying on the
sidewalk at Grand ana Fairmount ave-
nue. in a pool of bloodFshortly after mid
night. Blood was flowing from a severe
scalp wound He was taken to the sta
ton house and from there sent to the
City Hospital.
Duncan said at the hospital that he was
walking along Grand street, when some
one threw bottle at him, knocking him
down. He has no idea who 1t was. Dun
can thinks that the assault was COM
nitted for the purpose of robbing him.
but the prompt arrival of the policeman
frustrated the plans of his assaillant
There is a bad gang of toughs in that
neighborhood who stop at nothing to rob-
Several times stores have been looted in
that neighborhood, but no reports were
made to the police. Pedestrians fear to
pass that way late at night for fear of
being held up and assaulted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
NO STEEL PIERS.
North German Lloyd Says
They Cost Too
Much.

No decision has been arrived at by the
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
as to the permanent location of the COM
pany's plant Gustav SchwaIb of the line
said Yesterday
"All that has been done is shown in the
correspondence between us and the Dock
Board. We are looking at New York.
Hoboken and Brooklyn sites and have de-
cided on nothing. We will be in no con-
ddtion to say anything for some time yet.
All the facts we can get in regard to the
different piers are referred to the home
board"
Mr. Schwab said there had been no talk
of building steel piers except in some of
the newspapers. He said inquiries had
come to his company from different steel
companies, who would like to supply the
material should the company decide to re-
build its plant with steel, but that no
specific proposition had been made.
''Our Chief engineer at Hoboken."
added Mr.. Schwab, 'is acting with
George S. Greene, Jr., and the experts of
Edward Atkinson's insurance company in
Boston on the best methods of construc-
ton and we shall be guided largely by
their Judgment.
Mr.. Greene was chief engineer of the
Dock Department of New York for
twenty-three years and until forced cut
by the present Tammany administration.
His father was an engineer and his son
is one. Mr.. Greene said at his office in
the Bowling Green building yesterday
There has been no proposition to build
steel piers for the North German Lloyd
Company. A steel pier costs from three
to five times as much as a wooden pier.
1t will last for $50 years, while a wooden
pier will wear out in thirty years. But
what guarantee is there that pier built
to fill the requirements of commerce to-
day will not be utterly inadequate to meet
the demands twenty-five years from now?
Fifty years ago the big steamship lines
wanted piers of certain width and
length and slips so many feet wide be-
tween them. Twenty-Five years ago they
demanded piers of twice the length and
width and slips twice as wide. Today the
piers of half a century and a quarter of
a century ago would be of no utility to
the modern steamship line.
eff you know your pier is going to meet
all the demands upon it for $50 years it
WOutQ uS d SOOu lliliiS " Uutlu St6SI plSiEI
or if you knew your pier was going to
stand 1000 years and meet all require
ments as to size 1t would be desirable to
build masonary piers, which cost about
ten times as much as wood But who
knows what progress will be made in
shipping and commerce in the next
quarter of a century? For these reasons
I have ALWAYS built wooden piers"
Greene said the danger of fire lay
not in the pier, but in the merchandise
piled on it. steel pier would be fire.
proof practically but the mepchadise
upon it would burn as fast as upon a
wooden pier and the steel would buckle
The North German Lloyd Company de-
cided yesterday to sell the Inflated Saale
as soon as an appraisal of the burned
ship can be made.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
RUNAWAY ON THE BOULEVARD.
Frank Tillson and His Family Badly
Cut and Bruised.

Frank ]. Tillson. of No. 2S31s Seventh
street, his wife and two children, Frank
and Hattie, aged two and four years re-
spectively, were driving on the Boulevard
in a two seated buggy last night. At the
corner of Beacon avenue another horse
and carriage driven by an unknown man
collided with Tillson's rig, frightening
the horse, which started off at break
neck speed down the Boulevard. He had
gone only a short distance when the car
riage was overturned and the occupants
thrown out. The other horse in the mean
time was galloping madly down the
Boulevard.
Bicycle Policeman George Murphy, of
the Oakland avenue station, who was on
the Boulevard gave chase. AT the corner.
Of Pavonia avenue he came abreast of
the animal and reaching out grasped the
bride and soon brought the horse to a
standstill
The Tillson family, had in the mean
time been attended by Ambulance Sur
geon Banta. of the City Hospital. They
were all bruised and cut, but not seriously
and returned to their home.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
GAMERS ARREST.
Chief Wilkie ThiMks Him Mos.
important of Coun-
terfeiters.

WASHINGTON, July rs, ls00.-Chief
Willzie Of the United States Secret Service
lett the city yesterday for New York,
where he goes to examine Richard p
Gamer, the counterfeiter, arrested by De-
tectiye Hazen few days ago in Hoboken.
Inc Chief said before his departure that
Gamer was one of the best captures re-
Gently made by the Secret Service officers.
When taken into custody Aae deeds to
house and lot in Hoboken were in his pos
session, and when the place was searched
1t was found to contain hundreds of dol
lars in counterfeit money as well as a
complete counterfeiting outfit, including
big presses in the cellar and lithographfng
stones.
A search of the house resulted in the
discovery of more than $500 in counter
felt ten dollar bills. The bad money was
everywhere. 1t was found in the drawers
OF the dressers; it was stuffed into Gus
pidors; it was under the beds and in a
single washstand $500 of the stuff was
found
Paul Jansen, associated with Gamer
was also arrested. Gamer is recognized
as the man arrested in May, 1899, in New
York City, charged with passing a coun-
terfeit two dollar bill on two Chinese
laundrymen. He pretended at the time
he could not speak English, and was re-
leased after hearing before the United
States Commissioner.
1t developes that much of the money
passed by GAMER was in Mott street and
the Bowery, in New York. and the work
of the Secret Service officers has invari-
ably led to a cheap clothing store or jew
elry store.
GAMER appears to have been of the opin-
lon that he could pass his bad money on
Jews easier than other tradesmen. The
Chief says he has evidence showing that
Gamer has been engaged in counterfeit
ing for years, and that he counterfeited
no less than six different issues of two
dollar bills.
AS soon as circulars were issued de-
scribing his counterfeits Gamer simply
would change the issue.
He is accused of eounterfeiting the issue
of December, 1897; February and July,
1898; May, July, September and October,
of 1890
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
EULOGY OVER FRIEND.
Joseph Ploessner Carried Out
an Agreement Made With
Stoettner Many
Years Ago.
[specIal to "The Jersey cIty Newg.,.l

Especial TO Inc Jersey city News.
ELIZABETH, July 25 1sOO.-Many years
ago Joseph Ploesser and Christopher
Stoettner, prominent members of the
Elizabeth Turner's, made singular com
pact, which was carried out this after
noon. 1t was that whichever of them
died first the surviving one should deliver
funeral grafton over his friends body
instead of having a clergyman to offici-
ate.
Stoettner. as told in .~The News" was
collector for the Rising Sun Brewery of
this city, and it is supposed he commit
ted suicide by drowning himself in the
Hudson River. Ploesser, who is collec-
tor for the Feigenspan Brewing Com
pany of Newark, fulfilled to the letter
his part of the agreement with his de-
ceased associate, and delivered an elo-
quent tribute to his friends memory
Both men had successfully filled the
office of president of the Elizabeth Turn
verein, Ploesser for six years and Stoett-
ner for eight years, or fourteen years to-
gether out of the twenty-six years of the
organizations existence. Both were also
members of the Phoenix Cremation So
ciety.
his home, No. 141 Catherine street, yester-
day afternoon from O'Donnelrs morgue
In Hoboken. 1t was so badly decomposed
that no one was permitted to look at it.
The funeral exercises were held at
o'clock this afternoon at tthe house, and
besides Mr.. Ploesser's Grafton there was
singing of dirges by the Mannnerchor and
Turn Verein. A large delegation of the
dead mans Newark friends were also
present. as we'll as delegations from the
Liederkranz Society. Bayerisher Society,
Phoenix Cremation Society and Plug Hat
Association, with all of which Stoettner
was connected. The body was taken to
Fresh Pond, Long Island to be ncinerated.
It has been learned that the dead col
lector was seen alive last yeel1 Monday
in New York City by friend who met
him on the street in Harlem. This still
further adds to the mystery surrounding
his movements since he left his home last
Saturday. His costly gold watch and
chain have also been unaccounted for
Search will be made in New York and
Brooklyn to see if they have been
sDaWned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
LEWIS HAD TO HUSTLE
He Awakened to Find the
House in Flames and
No Exit But
the Roof.

In disastrous fire that occurred about
three o'clock this morning in the three
story brick dwelling at No. 210 Com
munipaw avenue Robert Lewis, a
boarder, and the only occupant at the
time the blaze was discovered, narrowly
escaped being burned to death. He was
who were attracted to the scene by the
fire engines. Without taking time to dress
he crawled up the little ladder that leads
to the roof and made his way through the
ecuttle. He had to smash the glass of the
covering to escape the flames that were
fast eating their way toward him and in
doing so he cut his hands. He then ran
along the roofs of several houses and he
was rescued by the firemen, who placed
ladder for him. He was taken care of
and clothed by friends.
The fire was Obstructive. The damage
amounted to more than two thousand dol
lars. The entire structure was Quilted by
the fire and water. The police were at
inclined to think that the blaze was
OF incendiary origin. This rumor was
strengthened somewhat by a story Of the
arrest of man carrying a parcel near
the scene while the fire was burning. The
man apprehended established his identity
and was allowed to go.
Inc origin of the blaze cannot be trac-
ed Some fear that the fire was started
intentionally, the guilty ones believing
that the house was empty when the
work was done. No confirmation of this
theory can be established
Commissioner Erickson says that an
explosion may have been the cause of
the confiagration
Inc house was occupied by Mrs Sarah
Chesterfield, who kept a boarding house.
The building was empty, save for Lewis.
VINO was slumbering on the top floor
when the shouts of the people and the
racket caused by the engines caused him
TO hustle faster than he ever did before.
1t was with difficulty that he fought his
way through the binding smoke to the
ladder which leads to the roof
The blaze wrecked the interior of the
entire building. Every piece of furniture
was burned up, along with other house
hold goods of much value Some valu-
ables were also destroyed. The fremen
worked hard on the stubborn blaze, but
could do little because of the smoke that
hlled every room. Streams were PLAYED
through the windows and the men sue
| ceeded in drowning the fire. The build
ing is wreck. Nothing was saved The
walls alone remain standing C. Howard
Slater owns the building.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
ROUND UP OF pEDDLERS.
Chief Murphy Insists They Must
Obey the Law.

Chief of Police Murphy is waging a
crusade against peddlers who ignore the
city ordinance which requires each to
have license. In a recent general order
given to the various captains he ordered
a round up of all these recreant peddlers.
The result of this was a full pen in the
Second Criminal Court this morning.
Thirteen peddlers were arraigned for not
having licenses. Justice Murphy dis
charged the local men and fined the New
York peddlere $40 each.
Those arraigned were:-Henry Kauba,
New York. Joseph, Licthenthal, New
York; Joseph Nestler No. $50 Monmouth
street; Samuel Cohen, No. 2Sf Second
street; julius Gleck, No. 1856 New York
avenue; Jacob Wirtz, No. 693 Summit ave-
nue.; Michael Nash, No. 43 st. Paurs ave-
nue.; Louis Abel, New York; Patrick
Follin, Henderson street; George Flood,
No. 26 Elliott place: Eugene Beviness,
West Side and Pavonia avenues; Carlo
Difirazo New York; Stephen Murphy, No.
1S Cook street
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
new HACkENSACK BRIDGE
Bergen and Hudson Free
holders Receive Bids
for~the Structure.

The North Bridge Committee of the
Hudson County Freeholders and a SINH
lar committee of the Bergen County
FreehoIders met yesterday in Outwaters
Hotel, on the Paterson Plank Road, just
across the Hackensack River, IN Bergen
county, to receive bids for the new
bridge, which is to be erected over the
Hackensack River on the Paterson Plank
Road. Bids were invited on three plans,
the first calling for a thirty foot wide
roadway, the second for a thirty foot
wide roadway with trolley tracks, and
the third for a forty foot wide roadway
with trolley tracks.
Six bids were submitted. The Owego
Bridge Company offered to build the thir-
ty foot roadway for 1920 900 and thirty
foot roadway, with trolley tracks, for
$3.50 The company did not bid on the
third plan. For building the bridge called
for by the first plan the Berlin Bridge
Company asked s192,5O0; for the second,
s1s7, 500, and for the third, $235, 900. Whyn-
kapp & Barclay wanted $2O5,000 for the
first, $207, 900 for the second, and $243,000
for the third The fourth bidder was the
Canton Bridge Company, and it asked
s215, 600 for the first, s24S,oOO for the sec
ond and s275,o00 for the third. Joseph CUT
ley offered to build the first for s2o3,60O,
the second for $2O3, 900 and the third for
$242, 400
r. Long & Co., the other bidder bid
only on the first two plans, and these
they divided according to changes in the
plans. which they suggested. On the first
plan they submitted three bids, viz: 1884,
900, 500, 900, s17S,OOO, and on the second
two bids, viz: $23o,oO0 and s234,o0o AS
the bids of this company are informal
they will not be considered by the
Boards No definite action on the bids
was taken by the committee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
HELD UNDER'HEAVY'BAL
Gamer and Jensen, Alleged
iCounterfeiters Have 4
Hearing.

Rlchard P. Gamer and Paul Jansen.
TWO men arrested for counterfeiting a1..
dlsposing Of the bogus bills in Hobokea
iast Friday, were this morning held in
slo'ooO pail each to await the action Of tho
United States Grand Jury by United
states Commissioner Romaine. Chief
Wilkie, of the Secret Service, came Oh
from Washington to be present at ths
examination of the. prisoners and he and
United States District Attorney David o.
Watkins. of the district Of New Jersey.
conducted the case for the Government.
me defence was represented by Coun-
sellor Evans of New York.
But httle'time was taken up at the hear
ing. A number of witnesses were called
to show that they had been swindled by
Gazer and his unconscious agent, Sallie
Freewall, the barmaid employed by
Saloonkeeper Ernst Stauch, of Ne. 70s
Third street, where Gamer made his
headquarters for month while showing
the queer in that, city.
The prosecution submitted only enough
evidence to warrant the holding of the
two men. District Attorney Watkins ad-
mitted that he had considerable evidence
not presetneu, which he was holding for
the trial by jury
Counsellor Evans made strong effort
to have Jansen discharged on the ground
that here was. no evidence against him.
Chife Hazen told how he had arrested
Jansen in the house in East Rutherford.
wnere the plant was located and how the
prisoner cioimed be merely a painter
Employed fby Gamer to the work about
the house The defense made much OF
the fa1t that no counterfeit money was
foundf on Jansen, but he was held not
Withstandinp
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
STUBENv0LL REMAINS.
Louis Pulls the String Which Was
Attached TO His Resitru alton.

At the meeting of the Bergen Republi-
can Club, held last evening, the resigna-
ton of Louis Stubenvoll, which was laid
on the table two weeks ago, when handed
in by that gentleman, was withdrawn
John Graham and few other
ring men, who were anxious to have the
treasurer get out of the club, attempted
to have the resignation taken up and
accepted They were baked in their
plans by President Harrison Harrison
requested Stubenvoll to remain in the
club and the little treasurer of the ward
association consented to remain.
There were a lot Of disappointed ring
men present when they failed to get rid
of the treasurer. These people had hoped
to place their own man and came pre-
pared to vote for the acceptance of
Stubenvolls resignation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
UNION PAINTERS MEET.
Steps Taken to Affiliate County and
National Trades Council.

District Council of Painters, No. 11O,
met last night at Council Hall, No. IL Ho-
boken avenue. The meeting was we'll at
tended. It was decided to urge all locals
to do their utmost toward bringing
about an affiliation between the Hudson
Trades Council and the National Building
Trades Council
Business Agent George F. Abel was in
structed to withdraw all painters of the
local who are, orf may be, engaged on any
job where international plasterers are en-
ployed.
1t was decided also to take part in the
parade on Labor Day and to have float
which would be symbolistic of the trade.
A suggestion was offered that will prob
ably be accepted that all locals be asked
to make some arrangements to take in
old and decrepit men under special terms
SO that in the future no man would be en-
ployed in union shop with union men
no matter what his condition, unless he
could show a Building Trades Council
card.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
STABBED BY HIS ABUSER.
Bergen First Called Miller Names
and then Cut Him.

Joseph Bergen, of No. $50 Grand street,
was arrested late last night for stabbing
Samuel Miller, of No. Ss5 Communipaw
avenue. Miller is in the City Hospital suf-
fering from wounds in the right hand and
shoulder He claims that while stand
ing on Grand street, Berfgen came along
away Whereupon Bergen drew q penknife
and stabbed him. Bergen would make no
statement.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
Hartnett's Therrnonnetrical Report
aaa
DIED.

BOvIE-On Tuesday, July "a, 1900. Alfred
Bowie, Jr., beloved husband of Carrie
Bowie (nee Praet), in his forty-second
year,
Funeral services at his late residence.
No. 2s2 Hancock avenue, Heights, on
Thursday, July 26 at eight p NJ
IntezSnent at convenience of family
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
An Old and VOL Tried Remedy

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup foi
children teelhing shouid always be used
for children whine reethsns. 1t softens the
gums, alIays the pain. cures wind cole
and is the best remedy Tor diarrhoea
yenty-five cent? per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
MORE BODIES FROM THE SAAEL

burned Brmen liner Saale yesterday have
been removed to the morgue in. Hoboken
All are burned beyond Identification
They were probably coal passers on the
steamer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, July "a. 1900 Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending at P, NJ.
on observation-disclosures and cooler
this evening. Thursday showers follow
ed by fair. Fresh southwest winds shift
ing to northwest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-18
BRYAN IN GOOD mUMoR.
Cracked n Few Jokes Before Lenv-
ting New YORK. city.

ing new 0rk ttfNs
New York. oct. f7-WHliam J. Bryan
breakfasted to-day with ex-Gov Stone.
Congressman Richardson. his private see.
rotary and Jack Carrow. and az SO
o'clock the start was made for the Grand
Central depot 10 take a train for up
state points.
I'm in good shape" said Mr. Bryan. ~
understand I'm to have an ensy time Of
It up the state. and can AFFORD 10 feel
good.
He laughed az the Joke FOR tho fact
Is that he IS TO make speeches az fire.
quent intervals Of the tour He spoke
about the number OF persons who lost
their hats by tho big wind az the outside
meetings last night. and he said the Re-
publican party ought 20 compensate these
people for the lose. THE big Republican
wind from the West carried them away"
he said.
Before leaving the Hoffman House this
morning. Mr. Bryan.turned 10 state Com
mitteeman Campbell aud asked. DO you
think tho Republicans rightly gauge thu
significance Of last nights demoustra-
tom Several persons present answered
in tho negative.
The meeting carried with a." added
Air. Bryan. Its own story. IL was the
largest Demonstration ! have ever vii
messed anywhere ou any occasion. The
enthusiasm appeared 10 be sincere. and
at all the meetings Of last night my aud
itors appeared to be en- rapport I am
perfectly satisfied"