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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
oRDlNATIoN TOMORROW.
New Pastor OF Waverly Church
Preached There Yesterday.

Howard A. M. Briggs who, as related
in Saturdays News in the church
columns, is to be ordained tomorrow
afternoon and installed in the evening as
pastor of Wayerly Congregational
Church, occupied the pulpit of that church
yesterday morning and evening. He was
born in Schaghticoke, New York, in 1870
He is a graduate of the Lansingburg
New York; Academy, Williams College,
and Union Theological Seminary. He
graduated from the latter institution in
June last. In addition to his studies in
the above named institutions he has taken
a course in Philosophy and Sociology in
Columbia College and studied inQthe de-
partment of religions in New York
University.
While at Williams College he took an
active part in Y. M. @. A. work and in the
debating societies of the college. While
thus engaged he laid plans that brought
ing. He was president of his class in
Lansingburg Academy, and also president
of his class in the Union Theological SEM
mary.
He was chaplain of the Riverview Mill
tary Academy at Poughkeepsie and
preached the baccalaureate sermon there
last June. He IS now a member of the
Union Theological Seminary Alumni AS
sociation, aNew York Branch; Alumni AS
sociation of Williams College, the Ian
singburg Alumni Association, of which he
is president, and of the Brooklyn Congre-
logical Seminary he preached most of the
time, supplying pulpits in New York and
Massachusetts. and that of the Waverly
Church in this city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
RECORDS FOR TEN YEARS.
Clerk Rooney Compiled Statistics
for County Health Board,

Last week the Jersey City Practicion-
ers Club, an organization of physicians
applied to the County Health Board for
the records of vital statistics of every
municipality of the county for the past
ten years and readily obtained them.
The club is making a series of baeteri-
illogical and chemical tests of the water
supplies of the different municipalities
for the purpose of comparing them with
the supply furnished by the East Jersey
Company to Jersey City. The object is
to ascertain which is the most health
full and, incidentally, how the change of
water has affected the health of Jersey
City.
Mr. c. ]. Rooney. the highly efficient
clerk of the County Health Board, has
prepared tables covering the monthly
variations of the death rate from differ
ent causes in the several municipalities
during the past ten years, deaths from
zymotic diseases receiving especial atten-
tion.
At the recent meeting of the Practi-
cioners' Club resolution of thanks to
Mr.. Rooney was adopted 1t was for
warded to him by DR.. W. Steadman,
secretary,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
WOMAN BADLY BURNED
Several Small Fires in the
City Yesterday.

There were a number of small fires in
One woman was severely burned by one
of them. She is Mrs. Bridget Kelly. sixty
years old, of No. 197 Beacon avenue
While raking stove last evening a coal
of fire fell out on the floor and set fire
to the surroundings. In attempting to
extinguish the flames her dress caught
fire and she was badly burned about the
hands, face and body. She was taken to
the City Hospital
Box No 413 was pulled for fire that
broke out in some rubbish in the cellar
of the three story frame house. No. 127
Hopkins avenue, at ten minutes after
eleven O'Clock Saturday night. The house
Is owned and occupied by william Hut
ton and two families. 1t is not known
how the fire originated.
Half an hour later fire broke out in the
two story frame building, No. so Hancock
avenue, owned and occupied by L. House
man. 1t was caused by lamp explosion.
The flames were extinguished by men,
bers of No. u Truck Company before
much damage was done.
At S.45 o'clock last evening a fire oc-
Cured in the apartments of William
Bremen on the second floor of the four
story brick building No. 1S1 Pavonia ave-
nue., owned by the Traphagen estate. A
lighted match set fire to a couch. The
house is occupied by several families.
Members of No. . Truck Company ex-
tinguished the flames. The damage was
comparatively slight,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
MR.. WASHBURN DEAD.
Hudson County Bank Ex-
President Expired at
His Home in Saug-
critics at Noon.

Mr.. Richard C. Washburn, ex-president
of the Hudson County National Bank, of
this city, died at his hume in Saugerties
New York, at noon today, after long
illness. his wife and sons were at his bed
side.
Mr.. Washburn was born at North Cas-
tie, Westchester County N. Y. October
Z, 1881. He received a common school
education, after which he was appren-
1858 began business in that line, and up to
the time of his death retained large inter-
ests in the manufacture of brick in
GLASGOW New York and Jersey City.
He was an ex-Assemblyrnan having
served two terms QS74 and 1879 in the
Assembly. In 1876 he served one term as
Public Works Commissioner He has
been president of the Hudson County Ma
tional Bank for the past ten years, and
was a prominent member of the Union
League Club, this city, at the time of
his death
Mr.. Washburn leaves a widow and two
sons. Messrs. Richard and Uriah He has
been twice a widower. HIS widow was
Mrs. Mary Holden, of this city, and she
had been married to MIR. Washburn less
than year.
In the early summer Mr.. Washburn was
oDllged to relinquish his duties at the
bank. He was suffering from enlargement
of the walls of the heart. The directors
gave him leave of absence for three
months. Mr.. Washburn, however, sent
IN his resignation not long ago and from
that time to today he steadily sank
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
RESTORED TO HIS PARENTS.
Vice Chancellor Orders a Society to
Give Up a Bow.


MISS Mary Philbrook, in her capacity
as counsel for the Legal Aid Society, of
Newark, obtained this morning from Vice
Chancellor Emery an order restoring
Thomas Hutton, twelve years old, to his
parents.
About year ago Joseph Hutton of
Paterson had wife who drank heavily
and neglected her three children so that
the local Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children interfered They took
the children from the mother and with
the consent of the father turned them
over to the New Jersey Children's Home
society. with headquarters at Trenton
which in turn placed the children in
homes. About six weeks ago the mother
abandoned her drinking habits and effect
ing reconciliation with her husband they
went to housekeeping again, They
naturally wished their children back and
applied to the Trenton society for them.
The society gave up the two youngest.
but refused to tell where Thomas was
The Legal Aid Society heard of the mat
ter and directed Miss Philbrook to obtain
an order to show cause why the boy
should not be returned The matter came
up before the Vice Chancellor this morn
ing and the Trenton society's counsel
abandoned the suit, saying he had no de-
fenSe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
ST. PATRIcK's' CLUB TO DEBATE.
Subject Chosen for Discussion First
Sunday in January,

The Diocesan Union held it's monthly
meeting in st. Patrick's Club yesterday.
The subject of a debating society was
discussed at length on the strength of
committee report, and the matter was
definitely settled. The first debate will
take place the first Sunday in January
at ST. Aloysius's Academy, Newark. The
subject for discussion isis city life
more conducive to human development
than country life?'' Representatives from
St. Patriek's Club, this city, and St.
Johns, of Newark win take the city
end of the debate, and st. Aloysiuss, of
Newark and Paterson, will debate on the
other side. Judges will be selected at
the January meeting of the union.
The dates for the st. Patrick's Clup
contests in the Diocesan Union Bowling
tournament were decided as follows:-
December 4, in Jersey City, against st.
Columbus, of Newark; December II, in
Jersey City, against Catholic Institute, of
Newark; December is, in Jersey City,
against St. Mary's, of Newark; Decem-
ber IS. against St. Michaers; December
2S, in Newark, against the Bailey
Lyceum, and January 4, in Elizabeth,
against the Elizabeth Institute.
Next Sunday will be communion Sun
day for the National Catholic Union.
Mass will be said at eight o'clock
throughout the country where Catholic
Clubs are in existence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
NATURAL BAZAAR.
American Woman Suffrage
Association Opens Its Fair in
Madison Square Garden.

The National Bazaar for the benefit of
the National American Woman Suffrage
Association will open in Madison Square
Concert Hall this evening and will con-
tinue thereafter on the afternoons and
evenings from Tuesday to Saturday, De-
cember g. inclusive.
The bazaar will open with reception
to the pioneer women of the suffrage
movement at $50 o'clock, and the guests
of honor will be:-Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton, Susan B. Anthony Mary A. Liver
more, Isabella Beecher Hooker, An
toinette Brown Blackwell, Charlotte F.
Wilbur and Anne C. Field.
The reception committee will be:-Mrs.
Marianne Chapman, Mrs. H. Graham Sex
ton, Robert Able, Mrs. Mary Schieffelin,
Mrs. Henry Sanders, Mrs. Russell Sage,
Mrs. Joane Hartshorn, Mrs. Florence
Howe Hall, Mrs Harriet Stanton Blateh
and Mrs st. John Gaffney.
The young ladies who will act as ushers
are all ardent suffragists
Miss Annette Finnegan, Miss Mary Chap
man, Miss Lila Willetts, Miss May Mer-
ritt, Miss Hilda Loines, Miss Elizabeth
Humphrey, Miss Florence Gregory, Miss
Young, Miss Joana Hartshorn and Mss
Elizabeth Finnegan.
The New Jersey booth is in receipt of an
autograph letter from General Grant,
which will be auctioned off to the highest
bidder on the last night.
The Ohio booth is the proud possessor
of several autographs of famous men.
John Sherman, President Garfield, Ben
jamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed, VIM.
Mckinley, VIM. Dean Howells, Gen.
Logan and others.
Five copies of "The Lily the first
suffrage paper ever published in the
world, and edited by Mrs. Bloomer in
1868, have been donated and will be eager
ly sought after by the relic hunters.
One of the most interest features of the
week programme, will be Julia Ward
Howe's reception on Friday, December z,
upon which occasion she will recite her
famous Battle Hymn of the Republic"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
WAS THERE WATER IN THE GREASE :
Fat Subject for Agument Before
Judge Blair.

An appeal case from Justice Francois's 8
court in North Hudson, involving S32 .02,
consumed about five hours of the time of
Judge Blair in the Court of Common
Pleas on Saturday. The appellant was
Fred kornmann, a dealer in fat and
grease in Secaucus, who had sued Robert
Stern, of the same borough, for the
amount named for goods sold to him.
Stern, before Justice Francois, had put in
an offset, claiming that in nine barrels
of grease previously purchased by him
from Kornmann he had sustained a loss
of $40 through a quantity of water which
had been placed in the same. Justice
Francois directed a non-suit and the APP
peal resulted.
Lawyer Max Salinger represented the
appellant at the trial before Judge Blair
and Lawyer VOORHEES, appeared for Stern.
The sole point in dispute was whether or
not water had been placed in the grease
and this resulted in numerous amusing
tilts of counsel. Judge Blair reserved de-
ciSiOn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
The new REGIME.
Freeholders Organized To-
day at Court House With
Crowds Present.
HOLMES rs DIRECTOR
John P. Egan Elected Clerk
First Meeting This
Afternoon.

The new Board of Freeholders of nine
members, elected under the McDermott
act of last winter, organized at the Court
House at noon today.
The Supreme Court room, in which the
Board met for the first time, was crowded
with friends of the several F'reeholdeIs
when the meeting was called to order by
Clerk John P. Egan. The tables were
literally covered with magnificent floral
gifts from friends of the Freeholders.
Erreeholder William J. Moran was the only
absentee at roll call. but he appeared
shortly afterwards
AS predicted by The News Freeholder
Michael b. Holmes of the Fourth ward,
Jersey City, and Clerk John P. Egan were
unanimously elected director and clerk re-
spectively
Mr. Holmes was nominated by Free
holder ]. E. w. kuper'of Hoboken. Free
holder James ]. Kelly, of the Tenth ward,
second the nomination. When Mr..
Homes's name was called he asked to be
excused from voting.
AT the request Of Clerk Egan Freehold
ers Kelly and George Caparn, of West
Hudson, acted as a committee to escort
the new director to the chair.
There was great applause as Director
Holmes ascended the bench, which had
but recently been vacated by Director Nc
Nally. He said
Il thank you sincerely for the honor
you have conferred and trust you will
pardon my embarrassment at this time.
will make no extended remarks now, but
will defer saying what 1 have to say un-
Ill the board meets again this afternoon.
1 desire to thank the audience for its kind
greeting.
Clerk Egan then read County Clerk
Maurice Stacks certificate that the nine
members present had been duly elected
and qualified and Director Holmes an
nounced that the next business in order
was the election of a clerk. Freeholder
Kelly named Mr.. Egan and on motion
the nominations were closed.
Director Holmes ordered Assistant Clerk
John P Noonan to call the roll and all the
members voted aye. The e..cient clerk
briefly thanked the board for its kind
nes sand the director formally admins
tered the oath of office to him.
On motion of Freeholder John Nolan of
North Hudson, Director Holmes appoint
cd Freeholders James Ellington, Louis
and William F. Moran committee to
prepare rules to govern the Board, with
instructions to report at this afternoons
session.
Freeholder Patrick Nugent of Bayonne
then moved that a recess be taken until
four o'clock this afternoon and the mo-
tion was carried.
Preceding the meeting of the Board a
brief caucus was held in the Freeholders'
Office, and Immediately after the adjourn
ment for recess the Board again went
into executive session to prepare the bust
ness for this afternoons session.
Every one of the new Freeholders re-
ceived handsome floral gifts and in ad-
dition Freeholder James J.. Kelly was
presented with a diamond studded pair
of sleeve buttons from an anonymous
friend. Clerk Egan was the recipient of
magnificent gold handled umbrella.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
ASPHYXIATED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Musselman
Found Dead in Lodg-
ing House.
POLICE SAY ACCIDENT.
Superfuity of Gas Jets APP
parently Puzzled the Oc-
cupants of the Room.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Musselman. forty
six years old and thirty-one years old,
respectively, were asphyxiated by illumi-
mating gas yesterday In their room at the
boarding house of Mrs. Selma Haig, at
No. los York street. They were dead sew
eral hours when found yesterday at 4:s0
o'clock. Death was evidently accidental.
The bodies were removed to Speer's
morgue, where they await claimants.
Musselman was a bridge builder He
and his wife had resided at the house for
three weeks and little was known Of them.
though Mrs. Haig says she often heard
Mrs Musselman talk of friends in Brook
lyn, and it is believed that the couple for
merly lived there. 1t is not known how
long they were married. They had no
children at the house, but it is said Mus
selman was widower when he married
the wife who died with him, and had two
children in a home.
Mr.. Musselman had been out of town
for week at work. He returned home
Saturday night and was most eagerly re-
ceived by his wife. They retired early.
Before going to bed Mr.. Musselman
brought in pint of beer the remains of
which were found after the dead couple
were found. 1t was nine o'clock Saturday
night when they were last seen. Yester-
day they did not appear for breakfast
or dinner, but this was not remarked.
A man called at the house about 4.30
to engage a room Mrs. Haig's oldest
daughter showed the man to room ad-
joining that occupied by the Musselmans.
There was a strong odor of gas and Miss
Haig investigated.
She located the gas at the door Of the
Musselmans room. Then she called
Harry Hart, a boarder in the house, who
found the room locked and broke the
lower panel He was almost suffocated
by gas, but he went into the room and
opened the windows. Then he found the
bodies on the bed. Apparently both had
awakened at some time and realizing their
danger had attempted to get out of the
bed their legs being over the Sides It
was some time before the point at which
the gas escaped was located.
There were two gas jets in the room.
One is SO arranged that joint is close
to the wall and supplies gas for a range
when needed. The cock on this joint was
open and the gas was pouring forth. The
other jet was burning. That it did not
explode when the room flied with gas is
strange.
Evidently Musselman had turned on the
cock which supplied gas to the joint for
the gas stove and neglected to turn on
the cock intended to feed gas to the
burner Naturally when he trisd to light
the burner it was impossible and he
turned to the other burner, neglecting to
shut off the supply of gas to The joint
supplying the gas stove.
When Mr.. Hart found the bodies he
called Dr. Hill. who said the pair had
been dead several hours. The police are
convinced death was accidental.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
NEGRO RAN AmUcK.
Slashed His Child on the Forehead
With His Razor.

William Robinson, negro, twenty-six
years old, of No. Railroad avenue, got
drunk last night and ran amuck with a
razor or knife, which, is not positively
known. He we mt into grocery store kept
by Margaret Capawana, at No. 80 Rail-
road avenue and began welding his
weapon. Mrs. Capowana ordered him o,,+
AS he was leaving the store brandishing
the weapon four year old Phillip Piseropia
OF NO. S6 Railroad avenue, entered. At
that moment the razor knife took down.
ward sWoop and cut the child across the
forehead. The cash is an ugly one and
serious, thought not thought to be fatal.
The child was taken to the City Hos
pital and Robinson was arrested. He was
arraigned before Police Justice Hoos this
morning and held until tomorrow morn
ing, because some of the witnesses were
not present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
EX-JUDCE HOFFMAN, DEAD
Well Known Hoboken Poll
tician Passes Away.

Ex-Judge Albert Hoffman, of No. 702
Hudson street, Hoboken died about eight
o'clock last night in the home of his
brother, Eugene Hoffman, at No. Is Astor
street, Newark. On the day after the
November election, former Judge Hoff-
man went there on visit He was taken
seriously i'll soon thereafter with diabetes,
from which he had been sufferer a
long time.
He was born in Germany 55 years ago.
He came to this country at the age of
five, and during the rest of his life was a
resident of Hoboken. For years he well
known as newspaper man. For long
time he was interpreter in the Hudson
County Court. Governor Albeit appoint
ed him lay judge of that court, and he
was reappointed when his term expired
and served until lay judges were legis-
lated out of office.
Mr.. Hoffman was an out-and-out Demo-
crat and well known as a campaign
speaker. He was of an arniable dispo-
sition, and leaves many friends, particu-
larly among politicians. He was unmar-
ried.
The funeral will be held tomorrow night
at his late residence, and on the follow
ing morning the body will be cremated at
Fresh Pond l.. /.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
FISCHER ASSOCIATIONS BALL

The Oscar J. Fischer Association will
hold It's annual mask and civic ball to-
night at Columbia Hall, corner of Gator
and ocean avenues. The association
promises very good time to all who at
tend.
The officers of the association ares
charles A. Fischer. president; Charles E.
Henny, vice president; ]. L. Began, finan-
cial secretary; Thomas Kelly, recording
secretary; William Walters, corresponding
secretary; William Fischer, treasurer;
Frank Klein, ergeant-at-arms; Archie
Clark, assistant sergeant-at-arms; w. H.
c. Muller, steward
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03

spired by honest motives. AS to our
critics on the outside. l can but repeat
that this Board has done lis duty as 1t
saw it. Perhaps If some of those who
have been most harsh IN their criticisms
had been in our places theeeounty busi-
ness would not have been attended to
as well as it has been"
Director MeNally said:"I would like to
say few words to thank the members OF
the board for the uniform courtesyand con-
sideration with which have been treated
since 1 became your director two years
ago. have tried during that time to be
as fair to you as you have been to me
and l TRUST l have not failed. 1 can but
endorse the sentiments as to our officials,
clerks and employees expressed in the reso-
luton here presented"
The resolution was then adopted by a
unanimous vote and on motion of Free
holder Clements the board adjourned sine
die.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
END OF THE OLD BOARD.
Impartiality of Director
McNally Praised By
His Colleagues.

The old Board of Freehoiders adjourned
sine die at eleven o'clock this morning
All of the twenty-six members were pres
ent when Director McNally called the
meeting to order.
After the minutes of the last meeting
had been approved Freeholder Riordar
introduced the following resolution
Resolved, That we the members of
the Board of Freehoiders of Hudson
county, on the completion of our Off
cial term, desire to express and here
by record our sense of the eminent inn
partiality of Director Frank McNally
and his zeal and devotion in the per-
formance of his public duties.
Resolved, That we tender him our
thanks for his uniform courtesy and
our best wishes for his future welfare
Resolved, That the compliments of
this Board are hereby extended to our
clerk and assistant clerks County
Collector, county counsel and attorney,
county superintendent and county ply
sician for the gentlemanly and court
eous manner for the able way in which
they discharged their respective duties.
Speaking to the resolution the Harrison
Freeholder said
sI do not think THE language of this
resolution is at all extrayagant in the
matter of the compliments paid to the
clerks AS to the members of the Board,
we feel that we have tried to do our
duty in every way, and If any of us have
failed it has rather been an error of judg-
ment than of interest. How well we have
performed the work assigned to us the
Director of the Board can best tell.
"As to Director McNally, we can all
certify to his eminent fairness and
courtesy. The clerks and majority of
the county employees are also to be
commended for their strict attention to
duty.
II would also say few words in rela-
ton to the fairness Of the members OF
the press who have been assigned to
cover the proceedings of this Board. At
times their criticisms may have seemed
harsh, but we feel sure that it was in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-03
COLOR AND BEGLER HURT
Trolley Car Had a Disastrous
Effect on Their Rig.

A serious trolley accident occurred just
tnis side of the Glendale Park on Com
munipaw avenue shortly after one o'clock
yesterday. Two men were thrown from
q buggy and so badly injured that they
were sent to the City Hospital
Car NO. 3S4 of the Newark line going
west, struck the rig while bowling along
at good rate of speed. Both occupants,
Charies Coler, of the Paterson Plank
road and Louis Begler, of No. III Blocker
street, were dumped out with considerable
force Coler's left arm was bruised and
cut and Begler got off with smashed
left wrist The harness was broken and
the front wheels and shafts of the rig
were broken into splinters
The horse ran away, but was captured
and taken to a livery stable.