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New-York tribune., 1901-01-21
STRONG & CO.'S FAILURE
CTAT TEl[ENT' OF ITS AND THE
,STOTT FIR.WS AFFAIRS.
RECEIVERS DECIDE TO POOL THE INTER
EsTs OF THE TWO WHICH ARE CLOSE
LY INTERWONEN-FORTY PER
CENT FOR CREDITORS

The receivers for w. L. Strong & Co, whose
,arure was announced on November Is last
and OF C. II. & F. H. Stott whose failure was
announced two or three days later. yesterday
rave out the FIRST detailed information so far
made public concerning the failures The state
rnent Of the Advisory Committee to the reeeiv-
ers gives the losses resulting from the panic
of 1898 and the inadequate equipment of the
stott mills as the causes Of the failure The
statement Of the receivers indicates that the
affairs Of the two companies were so inter
woven that the failure of one involved the fail
ure Of the other. In Strengthening out the af-
fairs of the concerns and formulating a plan of
settlement the receivers have found it neces-
ssry to continue this relationship and settle the
affairs of both as though they were one con-
cern in order 10 save the expense OF much
tedious litigation. which would probably result
an the loss Of large part of the assets.
The proposition made TO the creditors is 10
pool the interests OF the two firms and make
final settlement at the rate Of 40 cents to the
dollar. This is TO be a cash payment. and is ac-
oepted by the creditors is TO be made by
March u.
NOTES OF STOTTS HURT STRONG & co.
Edward c. Treat the receiver for ". /. Strong
G. Co, said last night that if it had not been for
the 100000 OF the notes of c. II. & F. IL
stott, which had been indorsed by W. L. Strong
& Co, the creditors of Strong & Co. could have
been paid IN full. But when the Stotts had been
unable to pay the notes. the duty of taking
Of them had devolved upon Strong & Co. who
had also been unable 10 pay them, and the notes
had thus become part Of the liabilities of both
firms.
In addition TO the notes there had been
item Of S305. 1856 "a a part Of the open book
accounts in the assets OF W. l. Strong & Co.
which mad also been claimed as part of the
assets Of the Stotts This had further compli-
Gated the affairs of the two concerns and had
got them into such a tangle that the receivers
had felt that the best way out would be pool
the interests Of both and treat the customers of
both alike The only alternative would have
been lawsuit to settle the ownership of the
S300ooo, long and tedious affair which would
probably leave little OF the original sum to be
divided. MIR Treat said that he thought the
settlement offered would appeal 10 business men
and that there would be no litigation.
A. D. Juilliard. of the Advisory Committee
said that the committee felt, as business men.
shat the settlement proposed was the best that
could be offered. They hoped that it would be
accepted bv the creditors and that the assets
Of the two companies would not be wasted in
foolish litigation
New-York tribune., 1901-01-21

The latest bulletin from Osborne is disquiet-
ing in the extreme. and gives the British people
but faint hope that the life of their beloved
sovereign will be spared.
From all parts of the world sympathetic teIe-
grams are published this morning. Never, per-
haps. in the history of mankind has the life of
a single human being formed the subject of
more deeply earnest sOHcitude. Of more genuine
and widespread concern The Queen of Eng
land has. indeed. been the greatest personal
force Of modern times, but never before has the
fact been so clearly demonstrated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
GUARDS WERE CARELESS
Freeholders Dismissed Three
for Allowing Convict to
Escape

Thomas Donnely, Richard Ellerby and
Otto Kobe, under keepers at the Peni-
tentiary at Snake Hill, were dismissed by
a resolution of the Board of Freeholders
at the meeting held last night. While a
gang of convicts were being taken from
the prison to the stone quarries one
morning about two weeks ago, under
guard of the three dismissed keepers,
John Gardell. who was arrested in North
Hudson as a sneak thief and sentenced
on May "a to imprisonment for one year
at hard labor made his escape. The keep
ers did not miss him until the gang ar
rived at the quarries, and the men were
counted to see if the number tailed with
that of the count made before leaving
Snake Hill, when it was discovered. that
Gardel was missing
The alarm was Immediately given,
guards were sent out to search the sur :
rounding country, and the Jersey City,
Hoboken, West Hoboken Newark and
New York police departments were inn
nlediately notified, but the escaped con-
vict could not be found, nor has he been
found up to date. Gardell is known to be
a member Of an association of French
anarchists, and it is believed that the as
listed in his escape Search is still being
made.
The dismissals were the first made un-
der the new rules of the Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
MAYOR Roos SIGNS CONTRACTS

Mayor Hoos today signed the following
contracts for street Improvements, etc.
For macadamizing Factory street, from
Montgomery street to Mercer street;
James Harrington, contractor.
For paving Milton avenue, from Grif-
fifth street to Lincoln street, with Belgian
blocks; Henry Byrne contractor
For paving Sip avenue, from West Side
avenue to Holmes avenue, with Belgian
block; Henry Byrne contractor.
For paving Washburn street, from Oak
land avenue to east block of land, with
Belgian block.
For repairing and maintenance of ma
cadam roadway in Jersey City, north of
Communipaw avenue: Henry Byrne con-
tractor.
For repairing and maintenance of
macadam roadways south of Commune
paw avenue; Henry Byrne, contractor.
For sewer in Fox place, from point
about five feet east of Giles avenue, to
and connecting with sewer in West Side
avenue; Bernard Cannon, contractor
For sewer in Pavonia avenue, from a
point five feet east of Giles avenue, to
and connecting with sewer in West Side
avenue; Bernard Cannon, contractor.
For opening of Clerk street, from Myr-
tie avenue to Wilkinson avenue; Henry
Ryrne, contractor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
TAX BUDGET.
There Will Probably Be No
Increase Over Last
Years Rate Of
S28.2O.

The Finance Board is in session this
afternoon for the purpose of approving
the tax budget of 19Ol-19O2. The Board
was scheduled to meet at one O'clock
President Lembeck is confined to his
home. He has been i'll but is convalescing
and will be able to be out on Friday or
Saturday. Commissioner John Mullins IS
still sojourning in Europe.
The commissioners present were Messrs
Ringle, Midlige and Carnes They went
into executive session and for some time
discussed the various appropriations
The figures were not then given to the
reporters, but from what could be glean-
ed it was not believed by the commis-
sioners present that the budget approved
will lead to any increase in the tax rate
of the present fiscal year, which is S2s-2o
on the thousand, Notwithstanding that
liberal increases in appropriations have
been made in several of the municipal
departments.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
MAY GET STORAGE co.
President Sterling Resigns and
Mr.. Walter Is Elected.

President Charles A. Sterling of the Ma
tional Storage Company at Black Tom,
announced yesterday his resignation from
that company. The Board of Directors
met and elected as his successor, Presi-
dent A. Walter of the Lehigh Valley ROAD.
The election of Mr.. Walter to the head
Of the Storage Company, means that
those two companies will be more close
ly connected if not altogether merged in
the very near future.
For several years the Valley road and
the Storage Company have been working
closer together. Their interests in the
railroad shipments and storage of this
part of the country are SO much the same
that the election of Mr.. Walter was not
altogether a surprise. The property about
Black Tom has been transformed into q
network of tracks and the Valley road
only Just completed a new grain eleva-
tor.
President Sterling resigned quietly. AS
far as can be learned there were no diff
ferences between the officials of the two
companies. Mr.. Sterling was head of the
Storage Company for twenty years. He
may retro from action work. Mr.. A.
Bards was appointed superintendent of
transports by the directors. There
were no other changes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
LABORER DROWNED.
Irving to Climb From Yawl to
Boat McCabe Was
Drowned.

John McCabe, a laborer. who was en-
ployed at the Atlas Cement Works, foot
of Washington street, fell overheard into
the Gap about ten O'clock this morning
and was drowned. The body was recover
ed and brought to the morgue.
McCabe and a companion had been at
work unloading canal boat laden with
bags of cement The couple took a trip
across the Gap in a yawl to get drink.
On returning to the canal boat McCabe
attempted to climb aboard from the yawi.
The deck of the canal boat was ten feet
above the yawI and McCabe slipped, fall
ing overheard. His companion trieGs to
rescue him. but the body disappeared for
the time.
When it came to the surface several
minutes later the fellow workmen of Nc
Gable saw that he was dead. Some one
fooiishly rang up the ambulance. The
rig made the trip from the City Hospital
unnecessarily.
McCabe's home is in Brooklyn. Word
of his death has been sent to his relatives.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
osBoRNE'S NEW EXPERIENCE
New York's District Attorney Came
Near Being Locked Up.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."1
DEAL, July "a. 1901.-Assistant District
Attorney James w. Osborne is telling his
friends how near he came to spending a
night in the lookup in Deal. He was
stopping at the Deal Country Club and
while trying to find the home of Mrs.
Henry c. Miner, on dark night, he lost
his way and finally started across lawn
toward a house that he believed to be
Mrs. Miners.
While he was walking over the grass
one of Allenhurst's policemen, who had
been watching Mr.. Osborne as a suspic
ious character, came up quietly behind
him and placed him under arrest despite
his protests. Mr.. Osborne argued his own
case as eloquently as he ever did that of
the State or client, but in the face of
what the policeman considered such DAM
aging evidence his pleas were OF no
avail.
At last his captor was induced to escort
Mr. Osborne to the Deal Country Club,
where Mr.. Siegel. the manager, was able
to identity Mr.. Osborne, to the relief of
the latter and the chagrin of the mem
ber of Allenhurst's police force, who
thought he had made a great capture of
q would be burglar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
ALL SAINTS RECTOR.
Father Meehan Buys the
Hitler Homestead
for $1,000.

The Rev. Joseph HI. Meehan of AL.
Saitns Church, Lafayette. is personally
supervising the alterations of the new
rectory. This future home of the pastor
and mis-, assistants is on Pacific avenue.
Between Lafayette and Maple streets. 1t
was formerly the Hitler homestead.
Father Meehan purchased the building
several months ago for $4,000 The altera-
tions are now in progress. Father Nee
han is directing the work and he hopes 10
be in his new rectory by September.
The building is two stories high with a
garret and basement. A spacious veranda
encircles half the building, which is of
wood Father Meehan considers the pur-
chase OF the property an excellent deal
The alterations will cost about $3.50,
making the total cost s10.500. The pastor
has saved 5000. He intended to build a
rectory costing $4,000. The location of
the rectory is excellent. 1t is within a
stones throw of the parish building.
On the first floor of the rectocy the
pastors room, library, sitting and living
rooms will be located. The second floor
will be converted into apartments for the
pastor and his assistants Rooms for the
help are to be fitted up in the top floor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
BERTH FOR ONE.
Governor Says He Will
Name a Factory Inspec-
tor From Hudson.
FlNCK, WEASTELL. URQUHARY !?
Many Candidates for the
Position Worth 81, 900
Per Annum.

Governor Foster M. Voorhees, was in
town this morning attending to some ri
/ parian matters. He was asked when he
! would make known his appointments of
| deputy factory inspectors and he re-
Piled
| well, in week or two 1 will appoint
| them''
| Anyone from Hudson county, Cover
nor?" he was asked.
Yes, one; that's all I can spare"
| The Governor would not say who the
aspirants were from Hudson, nor would
he say that he had made up his mind on
the appointee Several people from this
city have been prominently mentioned for
the office. One is Mr. Martin F1nck, late
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Fifth District of New Jersey. An
other is Robert Urquhart, now a Boule-
ward Commissioner and once a member
of Assembly
A third is John H. Weastell, who tasted
for only a brief period the sweets of the
office of Street and Water Commissioner.
Then another candidate mentioned is
that ide-of-the-Dickinson
machine, John P. Landrine, but what the
irrepressible John wants with the office
is an enigma. Frank j. Higgins and Ed
ward T. Mitchell it is whispered have cast
their eyes on the job, and last but not
the smallest candidate is Louis Steuben-
yoll. Mr. Steubenvoll has recanted from
the heresy, 50 Republicans call it, of be-
longing to the Robert Davis Association,
and is now one of the Republicans-elect
and saturated with the odor of machine
sanctity. The candidate who won't have
any chance at all is the present Boule-
yard Commissioner Mr.. Urquhart. For
many reasons he is a persona non grata
to "the'' powers and his course is run
in politics.
The salay attached to the office is $1,000
a year and the duties are to visit fac
tories within certain district and see
that the child labor law is strictly en-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
ONE ON NEWARK POLICE

Especial to "The Jersey City News."1
I NEWARK, July "a, 19O1.-Say, Ser
geant, TIM John Pedick, of No. Is Passaic
avenue, and I've got the smallpox" said
a man who sauntered into the Third pre-
cinct police station. His face was COW
cred with red spots.
The sergeant jumped out of the window
The doorman, who stood nearby, made
himself scarce through rear door.
Reaching through the window of his
office the sergeant sent telephone mes
sage to DR. H. C. H. Herrold, president
Of the Board of Health. DR.. Herrold ar
rived in haste and found the supposed
smallpox man sole ruler of the police sta
ton.
AT glance the doctor saw the case was
not one of smallpox but of prickly heat.
He called in the sergeant and doorman.
What they said to Mr.. Pedick need not
be set down here.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
STUCKERT CASE HEARD
Vice Chancellor Stevenson
Listens to Testimony in
a Hoboken Suit.

Another hearing took place today be-
fore Vice Chancellor Stevenson in Chan
Gerry Chambers in the divorce case of Mrs.
Ida A. Stuckert of Hoboken against her
husband, Joseph C. Stuckert, a clerk in a
Wall street brokers' office. The case is
one of too much mether-in-law, but this
time it is the husbands mother and not
the wife's. This necessary, or unneces-
sary, as the case may be, appendage OF
marital life appears to have starved, So
the wife said, the family two cents
worth of soup meat a day. She would
also tell her daughter-inAlaw what to do,
and she must do it, and be a good kind
and obliging thing and not kick.
Mrs Stuekert, who is young and pre-
possessing, told the Vice Chanceilor to-
day that her husband was given to vio-
lent outbursts of temper. He often caught
her by the throat and tried to choke her
The night before her baby was born he
became enraged at something and treat
ed her cruelty.
Dr. j. Petersen, of No. 326 Garden
St, Hoboken, a brother of Mrs. Stuckert,
testified that he had examined her and
found marks on her chest caused by con-
fusion. Her condition was so llmpover-
ished for want of nourishing food that
these marks were exceedingly prominent.
In his opinion his sister had been driven
to the verge of insanity by i'll treatment
and want of proper food.
Stuckert, the defendant, opposed the
wife's petition with a general denial. ana
denied that he was as she had alleged, IN
possession of valuable books worth thou
sands of dollars.
Counsel for the wife, to show Stuck
ert's resources, put in a will of the Rev.
Father Athanasius Stuckert, uncle of the
defendant, in which instrument large
collection of theological works were left
to him and these the wife estimated at
1000 value.
For the defense the Rev. ]. c. Lewis,
pastor of ST. Johns C. e. Church, Jersey
City Heights was called and he said that
the theological works left in the will were
only of value TO a certain branch OF
students. Possibly they may be valued
at $500 1t was difficult, he said, TO esti-
mate the monetary value of works OF that
character.
When the will was produced by Lawyer
Besson, representing Mrs. Stuckert. his
opponent Mr.. Max Salinger, grabbed It
too Mr.. Besson wasn't going to let the
will slip from his fingers and both law
yers held on to it much to the amusement
of the Court and witnesses.
The case was not finished.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
NOT YET FOUND
Mrs. Petersen's Husband
Fears She Fell Off the
Ferryboat.
HE is WILD WITH ANXIETY
No Trace of the Missing Wife
Has Been Found By
Police or Friends.

The mystery of the strange disappear
ance of Mrs. Susan Petersen from a Cort-
landt street ferryboat last Saturday even
ing, remains unsolved. Although every
effort has been made by her husband. her
friends and the police of the neighDorins
cities to get some trace of her, absolutely
no clue has been found.
Mrs. Petersen and her husband, Will
lam, were on their way from New York
to their home in Little Ferry. Mrs. Pc
tersen remained on the upper deck OF the
boat while Mr.. Petersen went down stairs
to have his shoes polished. When he
sought his wife after the boat arrived
here she was nowhere to be found, and
after failing himself to locate her he SCI
in motion the machinery of the police de-
partments in the vicinity.
Mr.. Petersen Is at his home in little
Ferry almost beside himself with anxiety.
He IS puzzled very much and is becoming
more firmly convinced daily that hls wife
has met with an accident of some kind.
He still leans toward the opinion that she
fell from the ferryboat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
THINGS WANTED
Whittier House Playground Needs
Shovels, Swings and Tent.

The playground opened a week ago in
Whittier House backyard has proved
boon to the children of the crowded
tenements, as many as fifty children Wis
iting the grounds at one time. Mrs.
James Edwards has been in charge since
a week ago Monday, when the grounds
were opened, but will be relieved during
the summer by Mrs. E. 7. Davey, Mrs.
Augustus Creveling, Miss Darling and
Miss Bradford, Headworker at Whittier
House.
For the present the grounds are kept
open only from nine to twelve during the
forenoon. but it is hoped that more la
dies will volunteer their services so that
the time may be extended to five in the
afternoon.
Although the grounds are fairly equip
ned. there are still a number of things
needed. When the grounds opened Mr.
Uriah Washburn presented two boxes of
beach sand, and this morning some one
else has sent in two more barrels, so
that there is a plentiful supply of sand.
But as one demand supplied creates an
other, there now comes an appeal for
pals and shovels, more particularly
shovels, as at present the two shovels
available are the cause of constant
scraps
There are two hammocks two swings
and one tent. Another tent is needed as
a covering to one of the swings. and the
constant appeals to please make him
give up the swing; it's my turn" prove
the need of one or two more swings.
Books and magazines are also needed,
and hobby horses for the very young
children would not come amiss.
Whittier House also needs an invalid 5
chair, not particularly for the play
ground, but for general use, and Miss
Bradford would be glad to receive such
a donation 1t would facilitate the work
of Miss Jones, the trained nurse of Whit
tier House, who has on several occasions
found cases requiring invalids' chairs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24
LITTLE DOING.
Until They Know Whom
They Must Boom G. 0. P.
Bosses Are Quiet.

The G. o. P. is not doing very much
this warm weather Even Chairman Ed
ward Fry, of the Republican County Ex-
ecutive Committee, who usually has some
thing up his sleeve, says that things are
dead slow He adds that there will
be no meetings of the county body or it's
committees until September, when the
dates for the primaries will be set.
About the only piece of news is the
coming outing of the Franklin Murphy
Association. Republicans who think they
know, but perhaps don't, say Murphy's
nomination for Governor is a moral GER
tainty.
The outing takes place on September g.
The ssbunch'' goes to Pleasure Bay. Be-
sides the possible announcement that
Murphy will be the nominee, it is expect
ed that some local candidates will be Sc
lected.
The Hudson bosses, while waiting or
ders, are talking as if they meant to
support Murphy. Under the present state
of affairs the anti-ring men cannot elect
q delegate to any primary. They have no
power left. Every ward has been won
by the ring and opposition of a serious
nature is not looked for.
AS far as can be learned no candidates
for the Street and Water Board have
been slated The bosses say that Marx
Pagan of the Third ward will be the Re-
publican nominee for Mayor This an
nouncement was made almost year ago
Smiling John Weastell is said to be
looking for a chance to be beaten for a
berth in the Street and Water Board,
but he has nothing to say.
The small following of the anti-ring
men are anxiously awaiting developments
Several of the anti-ring men will an
nounce their plans after the nominations
are made.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-24

/ lowed. The only allowance for services
| of notices should be confined to cases
affecting personally only.
! Four more appeals were heard by the
Commissioners yesterday afternoon.
Three were confirmed the fourth, that OF
Mrs L. Duffield of Gutenberg, was re-
ferred to the assessor of that district for
correction.
| Mrs Duffield complained that eight
| lots on block 90, assessed at $500, were
not worth 70go of that amount; one lot
on block 4, assessed at $780, only cost her
I $500: and a lot on block 26, assessed at
| $780, cost her only $780,
Justin Ringler asked for a reduction of
the assessment on his property at Spring
and SerreH streets, West Hoboken, which
he admitted was worth $2S,000 AS the
assessment was only s1s,7 700, less than 5oas
of the admitted value of the property, It
was at once confirmed
Carl A. Amoine, also of West Hobolzen,
asked for a reduction of an assessment
of $4,000 on property which he valued at
| s5, 636. The request was refused and the
assessment confirmed.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
said that a persoeal assessment of $1,000
on one mile of poles and wire in West
Hoboken was excessive. In explanation
representative of the company said to
the Board that 35 poles could be erected
in one day by four men. The explana-
tion apparently did not satisfy the Board,
as they confirmed the assessment
Assessor Hannah of Weehawken offered
the following request for a reduction of
taxes in that township, but it was de-
MED.
''To the Hudson County Board for the
Equalization of Taxes
"Gentlemen-In view of the fact that
| the State Board of Taxation, by its de-
cision of July 49, has reduced the assessed
valuation of property in the Township of
| Weehawken $170,000 would respectfully
ask your Honorable Board as assessor of
said township to allow a reduction of
such amount from the total reduction as
handed to me by your Board.
''Yours respectfully,
(Signed JOHN M. EANNON,
Assessor
The Board then adjourned to meet on
the first Monday in September.