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The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
.CARRADRANT'S
BID.
Boy Murderer Asks Lawyer
Simpson to Secure His
Liberty.
CAT BITE AND INSANITY
Lonely Without His Parents
and His Sweetheart-He
Fears the Years to
Come.


John Garabrant, the lS-year-oid noy
murderer who was sentenced TO state
Il f,Iisoh oh ior lhlrty Years lor eis Aiiiiiis -
Henry Mas, a youthfui Trend VINO ne
had lured into the cellar OF his nome IN
Jersey iCty, has written a letter to Law
yer a ex. Simps m, wio ccienaes {lm at
his trial before the late Justice l.lrplncett
a year ago this month. The letrer Is as
follcvs:-
Dear Sir-Mr. Simpson, write you these
few lines hoping to find you in good
health. find that a mlost away from
father, mother and friends nope you
can help in some way to get NE nome
soon again with hem. nave 70 stay
here very long. j VIII sure go out Oh my
head. am better now, put was t,ie VITA
a mad cat ABOUT SIX years aso aiiu ea.i
show the seven teetn PRINTS M my 'sius.'s.
ihey gave me some pao pains nv 80.
was the cause ., me sAs Ia, 49,
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The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
TELEPHONE FIGHT.
Trust Company Proceeds Against
tha Home Concern,

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TRENTON, July 6, 19O1.-The Morton
Trust Company, formerly the State Trust
Company of New York, began foreclosure
proceedings against the Home Telephone
Company of this city yesterday in the
Court of Chancery. The trust company
also asks that a receiver be appointed for
the local company alleging that it is in
solvent and wholly unable to meet its
obligations.
me Morton Trust Company is trustee
for the holders OF 800 bonds of $500 each
OF the Home Telephone Company in
which capacity it aleo holds general
mortgage given by the telephone company
october /, 1896, to secure its bond issue OF
s15o.Oao
large portion of these bonds have
been purchased by Hugh Fl. Ham1il, OF
this city, presumably in the interest OF
the Interstate Company. MI Hamlil
also holds a 5000 mortgage on the com
pany's central office on West State
street. on which he began foreclosure pro-
ceedings short time ago. The foreclos-
ure is, therefore, regarded in the light Oh
a friendly proceeding to give the Inter
state Company absolute control OF the
local company's affairs.
The eompany's bonds were to bear .
per cent, payable semi-annually, but ac-
cording to the bill of complaint, default
was made in the payment of interht Oe-
tober l, 1900, and April l, 1900. The
company was also to pay $4,000 a year
to a sinking fund for the redemption OF
the bonds, none of which has ever been
paid.
The property of the company, the bill
says, has greatly deteriorated and been
impaired by mismanagement and neglect.
1t is charged that the property at best is
but a slender and insufficient security for
she amount of the bond issue.
Beside this. the property is said to have
a considerable floating Indebtedness
which it is totally unable to pay, and to
be threatened with numerous actions at
law.
Besides the appointment of a receiver
to take charge of the local conpany's af-
fairs, the Morton Trust Company asks
that its trust and mortgage be declared a
paramount lien.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
NOT ENOUGH ICE CREAM

Few business men can boast of having
so much trade that they are unable to
fill the countless orders that flock in on
them, but the ice cream manufacturers
of this city can truly make such state
ments. This is due to the scarcity OF
cream and the high price demanded by
dealers.
Ice cream manufacturers have been
known to refuse order after order, There
is no man to serve them. 1t is many a
day since there was such demand for
ice cream Thousands of gallons are
turned out daily by the big firms and still
the trade cannot be supplied.
Cream is scarce this hot weather. MIX
dealers cannot get half what is demanded
of them, The lack of cream cuts down the
output of the ice cream factories. The
storage of milk, the trouble IN handling
ice and the strain on the horses are some
of the difficulties encountered in the
business
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
ROGERS SALE STANDS
Vice Chancellor Emory Dismisses
Petition for Annnlment.

Vice Chancellor Emery announced yes
terday afternoon his decision denying the
application of George H. Longhottom for
a re-opeuing of the sale of the Rogers
Locomotive Works in Paterson. Nothifis
but that fact was given out. The opinion
giving the reasons for the decision viii
not be filed and made public before to-
morrow noon at the earliest.
The decision disposes of the proceedings
so far as their pendancy in the Court of
Chancery is concerned. 1t is understood,
though, that an appeal will be taken,
when the entire litigation must be re-
viewed before the higher court.
The sale of the Rogers plant to Elliet
G. Smith and Francis r. Holran for St02, :
Geo. was confirmed by Vice Chancellor
Emery on May IA, when Colonel William
Barbour and John C. Pennington, the re
eeiyers cf the works made their report
recommending that the property be so dis
posed of.
When the matter of the receivers re-
port came up on May IA, Judge j. 5.
L'Amoreaux, of New York, presented 70
the court bid of $655 900, on behalf of
the International Power Company, 1t was
held by the vice-chancelior to have been
made too late. Subsequently the lhlei
national Power Company, through Robert
H. MeCarter, sought a rule to show cause
why the sale should not be reopened. The
contention was made that President
Joseph G. Hoadley, of the International
Company, and other agents who had con-
Quoted negotiations for the sale of Rog-
ers's works with the receivers, had been
led to believe by the latter and their
counsel that if their bid was formally
presented to the vice-chancellor on May
Ia it would be in time to be entertained
Vice Chancellor Emery, while not going
into the merits of the case, declined 70
grant a rule on the ground that the
power company, not being stockholder
or creditor could not intervene with a
view to having the sale reopened and set
aside.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06

& N. ]. Telephone Company. Circuits
were burned out and poles overthrown,
completely paralyzing certain sections OF
the syste.
superintendent T. McCully in speaking
of the damage done, said that the Coney
Island section was completely cut of ana
other districts were in bad shape. lie
also said that the heat had interfered
greatly with the business of the company
because of the fact that so many OF the
operators were obliged to go home, not
being able to stand the work. But with
all these exigeneies the telephone system
in this section has been well handled and
business men say that they were sur
prised that they were not cut off. The
service has gone on practically uninter-
rupted, all due to Mr.. McCully's energies
to cope with the company's dread-elec-
trical storms.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
SLEEPING GUEST ARRESTED +.
Boy Brought Him Home Without
Telling Family.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, July 6, 19M.-The
fifteen-year-old son of Mrs. Sarah Lem
ming struck up an acquaintance yesterday
with Sergeant James Kerr, who has
charge of the local recruiting station for
the United States Army, and invited Kerr
home to spend the night with him. Young
Lemming assigned the sergeant to room
without informing his mother that he had
guest. Kerr snored loudly, and Mrs
Lemming, hearing the noise, got up and
found him asleep.
Mrs. Lemming telephoned for police
man, who hustled Kerr to the police sta
ton before the sergeant could explain who
he was. Young Lemming woke up and
went in pursuit. He found his soldier
friend trying to explain how he had come
to be in the Lemming house. Young Lem
ming also explained and Kerr was re-
leased. The boy promised to tell his
mother the next time he brings company
home with him.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
TO ENLARGE ELLIS ISLAND
Government Will Make Room for a
Marine Hospital.

The New Jersey Riparian Commits
sion was in receitp today of notice
from Secretary of War Root to the eff
feet that Ellis Island is to be enlarged
at an early day. in order to allow the
establishment Of a marine hospital
thereon.
The enlargement is to be brought
about by extending the harbor lines
around Ellis Island and then filing in
On the northwesterly side the island is
to extend out lao feet beyond the present
lines.
The marine hospital is to be built by
the United States Government
Secretary Root has notified the New
Jersey Riparian Commission that he
has approved the proposed change in the
Ellis Island lines.
1t was announced today that the
Riparian Commission would offer no OBJ
lection to the changes. The new lines
will not Interfere with the owners of
riparian rights on the New Jersey
shore.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
MARRIED IN JAIL.
Stepfather Of Union Hill
Girl Tells Her to
Wed.

A remarkable wedding ceremony was
performed in the corridor of the Jail at
Union Hill yesterday when Rosie Ballmer,
eighteen years old and Henry PM, we'll
to-do young business man, of No. 720 De
Mott avenue, were married. The step
father, Joseph Ortelli, witnessed the
ceremony through prison bars and gave
each his blessing.
Half an hour before Ortelli had de-
manded of his daughter that she marry
at once. He had been confined in jail
for assaulting another suitor of hers,
Louis Collmer, of No. 602 Hague street,
West Hoboken.
81 would rather spend ten years in
jail than see Rosie marry that man,
he said 81 am afraid she will marry him
before I get OUT His wife, RosieSs
mother, had visited him, and the two
wept together.
81 have it, suddenly exclaimed Orteill.
He sent a messenger for his stepdaughter.
Rosie he said, you must get mar
ried today before my eyes, but you must
not marry Collmer.
Rosie looked surprised, but she did not
hesitate.
.All right. father" she said, and she
went straight to Henry PM. He had
been her suitor before Collmer appeared.
Come and get married, Henry" she
said tersely. Henry was too happy 70
believe her till she pulled him by the
arm, and they went to the jail.
There they found Justice of the Peace
Krenn, of Union Hill, Mrs. Ortelli and
the anxious father-in-law behind his cell
bars.
Meantime Collmer, weak from wounds
he had received in a fight with Ortelli
Wednesday night and for which he had
filed a complaint against the objecting
parent, lay in bed, all unconscious q
the fact that his sweetheart was an
others at that moment.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
DOC CHASED A CAR.

Patrolman Lockwood, of the Communi-
paw avenue station house, ended the
earthly existence of a mongrel dog yes
terday afternoon lear the station house
The dog had run from Newark avenue
and Brunswick street, chasing belt line
car all that distance. 1t was foaming
at the mouth, and several persons had
narrow escapes from being bitten.
A Newark trolley car hit the dog. in
juring it about the back. Lockwood was
called out to end it's sufferings.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
YOUNG HARTSHoRN i'll.

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SHORT HILLS, July g. 1901.--Stewart
Hartshorn, Jr., only son of Stewart Hart
shorn, the millionaire shade roller manu-
facturer, after spending two weeks in
Virginia with his wife, has arrived at his
home here in a special ear, seriously i'll,
and attended by two physicians and two
trained nurses.
Mr.. Hartshorn, who is associated with
his father in business, IS twenty-seven
years old. In July last. while looking af-
ter his fathers exhibit in Parts, he went
to London and married Miss Magdalen
Southern of Richmond, Va, whom he fell
in love with while she was trained nurse
in attendance on one of his college chums
in ST. Margaret's Hospital, Boston His
mother is president of the State Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
ESSEX FRANCHISES.
Voorhees, Tax Puzzles New
ark's Officials and
Lawyers.
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Especial to THE Jersey City News-"l
& NEWARK, July g. 1901 The contention
of Chandler w. Riker, on behalf of tine
United Electric Company, and James r.
Dusenberry, speaking for the Essex and
Hudson Gas Company, that the voorhees,
Franchise Tax act provides the only
method for taxing corporations using the
public streets, has injected new compli-
cation in the fixing of assessments OF such
corporations in this city The Tax com-
lniseioners, acting under the advice Of the
law department. do not admit that the
Voorhees, act is alone appiicabie, but at
the same time consideration is being given
10 questions which might pc proushi up
s5y representatives Of the corporations
Z Not until the Supreme Court decidea
that rights Of way IN public streets are
taxable as real estate was the peint
prominently brought forward that lhe
Voorhees, act superseded the older laws IN
the taxing of street-using corporations
Isriefly, the Voorhees, law provides Tor an
assessment of two per cent. on the annual
gross receipts of all such corporations, CO..
partnerships and associations. The stat
ute is interpreted by counsel for the two
corporations mentioned to mean that the
two per cent. on gross receipts shall be
the only tax levied.
The first section of the Voorhees, act
provides that all concerns except railroads
and canals, having public privileges Or
franchises 'sshaI hereafter be valued, as
sessed and taxed as hereinafter provid-
| ed,
Immediately following the second Sec
tion reads as follows
1.-THE respective assessors or officers
having like powers and duties to perform,
in each taxing district in this State, shall
each year ascertain the value of such
property located in, upon or under any
public street, highway, road lane or other
public place in each taxing district, and
the value of the property not SO located.
When SO ascertained and taxed at local
rates, as now provided by law ana al
proceedings for appeal review ana coHec-
ton now available shall remain appllca-
ble
In addition to this, the law provinces
that all persons and corporations tax
able under the act shan make annuai re-
turns OF the amount OF their gross re-
ce1pts to the state Board OF Assessors,
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
uNRuly PASSENGER LlcKER
Refused TO Pay His Fare and Fought
with the Motormnn.

fight between half drunken person
and a conductor motorman and doorman
of the Greenville station house was wit
messed on Pacific avenues near Maple
street, shortly after noon today The
drunk was John Reardon, of No. 30 Erie
street. He had boarded Pacific avenue
car and refused to pay his fare.
The conductor, Ulysses Killman, at
tempted to put him off. fight followed.
The pair went off the platform into the
street The motorman, John Kelly, went
to the assistance of his partner, who was
rolling around the ground in tussle with
Reardon Then cop Joined in the scrap
Reardon was finally landed on his feet,
and subsequently in jail.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
TAX BOOKS NEARLY READY.
Commissioners OF Finance Will Sign
the Books In Few Days.

The Tax Commissioners have about
finished their books for submission to
the Board of Finance. Only a few per-
sonal tax assessments practically remain
to be determined. No time has been lost
during the past few months, hot though
it has been, to get the assessments in or
der for the Finance Board, who are all
ready at work on the budget, since all
the city estimates are in.
The rate will be struck about October,
and political sharps are already guessing
whether it will be big increase or not.
That it will not be lower than last year
is the prevailing opinion.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
LIGHTNING RANG TELEPHONE


Especial to sThe Jersey City News.''l
CROSSWICKS, July 6, 1901.-Yesterday
afternoon, at about three o'clock, light
ming struck and demolished the steeple of
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church build
ing, of this place, passing down through
the Sunday school, tearing down the plas-
ter and burrowing out through the wall
and plowing ditch in the earth for some
yards, entering the adjoining yard of ex-
Senator Thorn, between the house and
the stable.
Nearly all of the slate was torn off of
the roof Of the church, glass in the
steple completely demolished, the cor
nice thrown to the ground, and the whole
frame and figural ornamentation of the
steple twisted and shattered.
Every telephone bell in town was rung
by the electric storm.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
FRIENDS WANTED.
Reuben j. Van Horn Seeks News Of
People He Used to Know.

\ An agent of the Preferred Accident
Company of New York, located in In
dianapolis, Ind. on behalf of Reuben j.
Van Horn, of Indianapolis, has written to
Chief of Police Murphy in an effort to lo-
cate some of the children or relatives of
that gentleman, who left here in 1876. He
said that Mr.. Van Horn, who is now
seventy years old, was an engineer and
baggage master on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, plying on trains which left this city
between the years so and '76, The agent
says that Mr. Van Horn remembered
Frederick, William and Henry Aarrier
well; that when he left Jersey City for
good In '76 he left behind a stepson, VIM
field S. Allen; two sons Ezekiel and
James Van Horn, and two daughters.
Mary and Elizabeth.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
ST. JOHNS SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

The annual excursion Of the Sunday
school of ST. Johns Episcopal Church is
taking place today. About i've hundred
people went on board the steamer and
the barge which left the Morris street
dock about half-past nine. The merry ex-
cursionists went to Oriental Park on Long
Island Sound. There was dancing on
board and games at the beach.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
TO coDlFY COUNTY LAWS.
Governor Voorhees, Appoints John
Griffin Commissioners.
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TRENTON, July 6, 1s01.-Governor
VOORHEES, has appointed John Griffin of
Hudson, Joseph L. Mum of Essex and
Henry NJ Snyder of Camden, commits
sion to revise and codify the county laws.
1t will be the duty of these men, learned
in the law, to revise and get together in
comprehensive shape all the laws relat-
ing to the government by counties, the
maintenance of bridges and the like.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
Mr.. PITNEY GOING ABROAD

Vice Chancellor Pitney will sail for Eu-
rope on Wednesday, July y. He expects
to be abroad about ten weeks and to visit
the principal cities of Europe while away
He will hold court almost up to the time
of his departure and expects to return in
the fall much invigorated by his trip.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
SOLDIERS RoRE IN A PANIC.
fsneeIal e .srle Jersey civ News.,.]

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yINELAND, July 6, 1so1-Had it not
been for the coolness of Commandant
Jarvis Wanser, Of the State Soldier
Home, the Institution might have been
destroyed by fire late Thursday night.
The fire, which originated in the room of
Michael Kennedy. at once caused a panic
among the inmates of the institution but
Colonel Wanswer succeeded in quieting
them and getting them all safely out of
the building.
Mrs Kennedy was so badly prostrated
by fright and excitement ti.,et a physi-
clan had to be summoned.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
KELLER TO RETURN.
Friends of the Clergymen Say He
Has Not Left for Good.

The Rev. John Keller is visiting friends
in Bernardsvile. His friends deny that
he has left Arlington for good. Dr..
Sproesser, who attended Mr.. Keller after
he was shot by Thomas G. Barker, said
the report that the minister intended to
remain away from Arlington for any
great length of time was absurd
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
BURNING CHIMNEY CAUSES EXCITE.

A small fire in the apartments of Re-
becca Jones, at No. 632 Communipaw ave-
nue. this noon, was the cause of consider
able excitement. A chimney blaze ignited
the woodwork about the mantelpiece.
The damage was slight.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
MR. eUBELMAR A DIRECTOR

Mr.. Oscar l.. Gubelman, Secretary of
the Commercial Trust Company, has been
elected a member of the Board of Direc-
tors to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of ex-Judge Marcus L. beach.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
VICTIM OF The HEAT.

AT 11:5o A. NJ yesterday David Van
Ripper, seventy years old, of No. 9S Pros
pect street, was overcome by the heat
in the engine room of w. o. Davis & Sons
oakum works. No. 154 Laidlaw avenue.
He was taken to the City Hospital.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
QUARREL OVER FIREWORKS

Especial to s.The Jersey City News
PERTH AMBOY, July 8, l9ol.-Meta
Ciauaen. seventeen years old. the wife Of
Jacob Clausen. a boatnan. drowned herr
self in the Raritan because she had quar-
relied With her husband over the way they
were to spend their Fourth Of July money
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, July 6, 19O1-Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending at eight P. NJ.
Sunday-Showers tonight; fair tomorrow;
southwest winds.
Har+rax4,s Tha,.o~a+-;aa1 Ranorf
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
Al Old ana VOL Tried Remedy.

Mrs. Winslcw's Soothing Syrup for children
teething should always be used for children
while teething. It softens the gums, allays the
fox diarrhoen Twenty.ixa CENTS Per bottle.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
MATTERS OF FACE.

Payonia Brand Of Fine Early June Canned
Peas, for sale at nearly all good grocery
stores. and Wholesale At the p. E cleary Cos
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The New Jersey Title Guarantee and
N. T.. at the close of business on the
18th day of June, 1907
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
THE ABSENT-MINDED DOCTOR

New York Times.
One Of New York's best known physi-
clans has also the reputation of being
one Of the most absent-Ednded of men
He was engaged the other evening
stuffing trunk and dress-suit case with
clothing and manuscripts preparatory to
starting Immediately for a Western city
where he was to lecture before a con
Vention Of Psychologists on that branch
of therapeutics which had brought him
fame. number Of his professional
friends who were to accompany him were
in waiting. The luggage was we'll on its
way to the railway station the doctor
and his friends following, when his
friends were surprised to see the doctor
start suddenly as though he had suffered
cardiac shock and clasp his breast on
the left side. They threw their arms
about him to support him and prevent
him from falling. but the doctor waved
them off and smiled.
Boys" he exclaimed. Eve forgot to
bring any money with me. It's one on
me. Come back to the Office a minute
and Wen have a drop Of that Scotch you
all know so well" The Invitation was
readily accepted by his fellows. who were
hilarious at the joke on the man who was
to devote one of his series of lectures to
the loss Of memory. its causes and rem
edy." Seated in his study, he sadd:
Two Of us started from New York,
Dr. Blank tall fellow like myself. but
great deal more thoughtful of little
things that make life's pathway bit
smoother at times. He had arranged
everything, not forgetting even extra col
lar buttons. We had nearly reached Buff.
falo when l remembered that all my
clothing as well as my manuscripts wero
at home in trunk waiting for the ex-
pressman had forgotten to send for. A
few days before starting 1 managed to
think TO express duplicate copies Of my
addresses ahead to the city where l was
to begin the course Of lectures
Il telegraphed to New York to send
on my clothing but we were already
nearly fifteen hours ahead of the next
express, and had figured to arrive in
town just in time to catch mouthful Of
food and get TO the lecture room
My manuscripts had arrived all right.
but there l was in travelling costume Of
linen, covered with dust and not fit to
be presented to an audience who were
anticipating much, even in the way of
dress, from New York specialist. My
linen was thoroughly soiled on the "trip
and didn't have time to buy new shirts,
collars or cuffs. DR.. Blank had brought
sew raj suits Of clothes with him, as well
as good supply Of linen, so we over
came this obstacle and thought little more
about it. But linen and outside wearing
apparel weren't the only things l found
l needed when L began to take adVan-
tage Of Banks generous offer to clothe