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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
STOKES'S NEW PLUM.
Governor Makes Salem's Sena-
tor Clerk in Chancery.
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TRENTON, March %, 1901-Just before
the Senate adjourned yesterday Governor
VOORHEES, sent IN large batch of nomi-
nations Among them was that of Edward
S. Stokes to be clerk of the Court of
Chancery in the place of Lew" Thomp-
son, who is turned down. This is a victory
for Senator Reed and makes him the un-
which position he and Mr.. Thompson
have been scrapping for years.
Among the otheranominations were:--
For Trustees of the State Home for
Boys-Gervas Ely. James NJ. Parsons.
For Member of State Sewerage Com
mission-David L. Wallace.
For Judge of Bayonne District Court
Horace Robertson.
For Member of Board of Visitors to
State Agricultural College from Hudson
RyniSr J. Wortendyke, Lucius F. Dono-
hue, john B. Williams and Philip Brett
For Members of State Board of Educa-
ton from Hudson-Ulamor Allen, Otto
Grouse Edward Russ and William D.
Forbes.
For Commissioners of the New Jersey
Reformatory : George w. Fortmeyer,
Richard H. Wilson, one year each; Charl-
ton T. Lewis, Percy R. Pyne, two years
each; Benjamin Edge, Thomas NJ Cop
sill, three years each; Patrick Farrelly,
George A. Squier, four years each.
For members of the State Board of
Medical Examiners-Armin Uebelac5er,
William P. Watson and William FL.
Ships
For members. of the State Board of
Arbitration-Jacob Van Hook. William
H. Cawley, William w. Simpson,
George Berdine and Samuel Berry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
BRIDE AND GROOM ROBBED
Young Mrs. Tumilty Loses Her
Wedding Presents.

A sneak thief yesterday afternoon made
a very successful haul in the apartments
of Mrs. Philip Tumilty, Jr, on the third
floor of the fiat house. of No. $50 Mont
gomery street, between the hours of and
8 o'clock. Mrs. Tumilty is daughter in
law of ex-Assemblyman Philip Tumilty.
Mrs. Tumilty left her apartments yes
terday afternoon about 2 o'clock and,
after securing all the doors and windows,
went to the bank to transact some busi
ness. She returned home about o'clock
and was surprised to find upon entering
her apartments all the bureau drawers
and their contents .strewn about the
house. Upon investigating, it was found
the thief had made away with S96 worth
of silverware, a bracelet studded with
diamonds, a wedding gift to Mrs. Tum-
lily; purse containing $6 in money, and
numerous other articles, bringing the rob-
berry up to about $3.50. The police are now
looking for the thief.
The Tumiltys were only married about
six months ago.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
LAWS FOR JERSEY CITY
Excise Board and Water Con
tract Bills Signed By
Governor.

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TRENTON, March %, 19O1-There was
much legislation of interest to people
of Jersey City and Hudson County in the
closing hours of the Legislature yester-
day Mr.. Tenant succeeded in having
passed and signed his bill providing for
an additional Battalion Fire Chief for
Jersey City. This is the bill which young
Mr. McCarter has reconsidered and pro-
posed to kill in retaliation upon Hudson
for her alliance with Passaic on the Pas
sac Sewerage District bill.
In the Senate Mr. McCarter announced
that he wished to withdraw his motion
made the night before to consider the bill
In doing so, however, he wished it dis
tinctly understood tht he had in no way
altered his opinion of the circumstances
which led up to his motion the night
before.
Il have had a satisfactory explanation
from the member from Hudson who was
chiefly interested in the bill, (Mr Ten
anti and I believe the man who does the
broad thing in these matters will not
suffer from the people. The motion was
withdrawn and the bill sent to the Gov
ernor.
The satisfactory explanation which
Mr.. McCarter received was something
like this Senator Hudspeth and Major
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23

Lentz got Mr.. Tenant and the peppery
young McCarter together in committee
room They approached each other in a
friendly spirit and said that they would
be friends again. but l want you to
understand George said Mr. McCarter,
that did not say those things about the
Hudson men attributed to me-.
1--WE won't discuss that, Tom replied
Mr. Tenant and the incident was closed.
The Governor afterward signed the bill
and it is now a law. The Governor also
signed these bills
No. 233, establishes an excise depart.
ment in cities of the first class. The
board shall consist of four persons. to be
elected at large. The fixed term shall
be two years. The annual salary of the
commissioners shall be $1,000 each.
No. 2S7. substitute for Senate 23O, and
relates to Jersey Citys water supply con-
tract. Gives the Board of Finance the
right to consider the notifications in the
water contract and requiring that Board
to concur in such notifications. No
change in the contract shall prevent the
contractor from supplying the quantity of
water he has agreed to furnish
The bill for new Hudson County court
house was also signed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
WHO ARE THE VICTIMS 2
Lightning Barber Says He'll Shave
Thirty Men in as Many Minutes.

One of the most novel of all the enter
tainments in Liederkranz Hall, No 365
Central avenue, will be a shaving exhi-
bition, OF be followed by an entertainment
and hop, which is OF be given next Mon
day evening. The tickets set forth that
s.on this occasion Mr.. A. Solimine will
shave thirty men in thirty minutes.
Lessee SCHNEIDER, whose veracity has
never been questioned will be a bona fide
one and he calls attention to his own
clean shaven face, which he says has
been shaped by Mr.. Soiimine in less than
minute. He declares that Mr.
Solimine will forfeit 5000 if he fails to
carry out his contract to shave thirty
men in thirty minutes.
Some people are wondering where Mr..
Solimine will find thirty men who will
allow him to manipulate a keenedged
razor over their faces with such light
ming light rapidly as must be required
to remove their stubble in such a short
space of time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
BRUTES ANNOY A GIRL.
Miss Tormey Went to Saloon for
Medicine and Was Insulted.

John Mulligan, of No. 70 Gregory street,
Hugh O'Neill, of the same address, and
Frank Taylor, of No. 42s Henderson
street, were arraigned in the First Grim
inal Court before Police Justice Hoos
this morning on charge of attempted
assault preferred by Miss Nellie Tormey,
of No. 317 Second street. Mulligan was
fined S25.- The others were fined $40 each.
They are still in jail having failed to
pay the fines.
Miss Tormey testified that at o'clock
this morning she went to the saloon of
Thomas O'Donnell, at No 243 Newark
avenue, for whiskey for man who was
ILL., The man. she said lived in the same
house, but she did not know his name.
AS Miss Tormey entered the hallway ad-
joining the saloon she was approached by
Mulligan. After insulting her he attempt
ed an assault. A struggle followed.
Miss Tormey's screams brought Martin
Keegan, the bartender, ran into the hall
and Mulligan ran away. He waited for
Miss Tormey to come out and followed
her to her home. He gained admission
despite the woman's efforts to shut him
out. He again, according to Miss Tor
mey, attempted assault. At this point
O'Neill and Taylor, who had followed, ap-
Mulligan, she says, when Policeman
Steltman of the Second precinct station
came along. The three men ran away
but they were caught after chase. They
deny the charge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
JUDGE BEACH DEAD.
Well Known Citizen Dies
Suddenly Of Heart
Disease.

Ex-Judge Marcus A. Beach died suds
denly at his home No. los Hoboken ave-
nue., at six o'clock last night, from angina
pectoris. Judge Beach was perhaps one
of the best known residents of this county
and his life was closely identified with
the lower Hudson City section in which
he lived and where he was large prop
erty owner.
He was born in Hunter, Greene county.
N. Y, eighty-three years ago. In 1884
he was engaged in the cattle business
here with Senator John r. Mcpherson
and Thomas A. Bray. The firms cattle
yards, which then embraced nearly all
that territory bounded by Palisade, New
ark, Oakland and Hoboken avenues, were
the largest in the country at that time
In 1870 Senator Mcpherson withdrew from
the firm and ---e business was conducted
by his former associates at Tooth street,
New York, for about six years.
In 1880 when Jersey City was on the
verge of bankruptcy. Marcus Beach was
appointed a member of the Board of Fl
nance, and he was one of those who en-
glneered the city to a safe financial foot
ing. He was appointed a lay judge dur
ing the first term of the late Governor,
Leon Albeit and served one term on the
bench.
Since then Judge Beach has lived a re-
tired life with his wife and one son, Law
yer George r. Beach, in the home on Ho-
boken avenue, which was formerly a no.
tel conducted by the firm of which he was
a member. He IS a large real estate own
er in the lower Hudson City section.
Arrangements for the funeral have moi
yet been completed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
GOOD NEWS FOR LAFAYETTE
Zinc Works Closed So Last Objec-
tion to Park Is Removed.

The citizens of Lafayette who are be-
hind the park project and who advocate
the purchase of the Van Horne site, feel
happy over the announcement that the
zinc works just north of the site may
not resume work again. The argument
against the Van Horne site in addition
to the purchose price of $4,000, is that the
offensive odors arising from the work,
made the location an undesirable one. 1t
was also stated that the offensive smells
and cinders had a bad effect on the grass
nearby and should the park be located
there the grass would be ruined in the
course of time.
Statements have been issued by the
officials of the mills which seem to con-
vey the impression that the works are
closed for good Owing to an over-pro-
duction work has been abandoned, so say
the officials. The location of the mills so
far away from the mineral producing
mines makes it difficult to run them at
a profit. The material is now worked at
many of the mines, saving the cost of
freight to this city.
Now that this barrier is apparently re-
moved, the park projectors say that there
remains no obstacle to the purchase.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
ThermometrieaI Report
DIED.

SCHODER-On Thursday, March q, 1901
at No. 2o3 Ninth street, John Sehoder.
Relatives and friends, also members of
Germany CO: No. g. D. A. 5. 81 ana
kasse fur du Yer Staten van Nord AM
erilka, are respectfully invited to attend
funeral from his late residence on Sun
day, March "a, at 2 P. NJ.
McCREERY-In this city, on Thursday,
March 21, 1901, William j. McCreery,
aged 81 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral on Sunday,
March "a, at P. NJ, at his late resi-
dence, No. Wilkinson avenue.
CURRY-On Thursday, March p, 1901.
John H. Curry, beloved husband OF
the late Alice Curry, aged 50 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from his late residence,
No 4i6 Henderson street. on Monday,
March %, at 10 A. M; thence to st.
Mary's Church, where solemn requiem
mass will be offered for the happy repose
of his soul.
BARNARD-In this city, on Friday,
March %, 1901, Nathaniel Barnard,
aged 60 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to att
tend the funeral services from the resi-
denee of Mr.. James Maclean, No. 348
Seventh street, on Sunday, March "a, at
2 r. NJ
BEACH-On Friday, March p, 1901, Mar
Gus Beach, in his SD year
Funeral services at mis- late residence,
No. l05 Hoboken avenue, Jersey City, N.
j., on Sunday, March "A, at 4 p. m.
NOONAN.-Thoma f., Sr., aged 73 years.
on March %. 1901 at his late residence
No. 43 Van Wrinkle avenue, JERSEY
Friends are invited to the funeral on
Tuesday next, March rs. inst, at $50 a.
M. from said residence, thence to st.
Johns r. C. Church, where solemn high
mass will be celebrated for his souls re-
pose. Kindly omit flowers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
WHEN He COMES TO TOWN.
Union Hill Clerk Gets a Shock in
Hoboken.

'You have youngsters in this town
whose idea of practical joking is what I
should term extreme remarked Town
Clerk Charles Singer of Union Hill to a
friend in the Hoboken City Hall yester-
day. 81 was passing along Willow ave-
nue. this afternoon when 1 ran into a
crowd of boys collected on a corner
around an electric light pole. They were
pretending to make frantic efforts to
reach for penny lying on the top edge
of police signal box. Their efforts were
unsuccessful it seemed and when they
asked me to get it for them smiled and
said / would. Reaching for the coin | re-
ceived a. shock that threw me on my back
on the pavement. The youngsters scream
ed with delight and asked me if I was
sorry for biting. I'll tell the truth was,
but, of course, I wouldn't admit it. Be-
fore had turned the corner another
obliging stranger came along and was
treated to the same dose. 1t was prob
ably very funny to the boys but can
feel a stitch in my side yet"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
THOMAS F. NOONAN DEAD.
He Was for Half a Century
a Well Known Resident
Of This City.

Thomas F. Noonan, Sr., seventy-three
years of age, died surrounded by all his
family at his residence, No. 43 Van Win
kle avenue, at 1870 o'clock this morning,
after a long illness. He had been par
alytic for the last four years, but was
never sick before that. He was conscious
and recognized those about him almost to
the last
Mr.. Noonan leaves surviving him, his
wife, his five sons, John P. Noonan, AS
sistant Clerk of the Board of Freeholders;
ex-Judge Thomas F. Noonan, Jr., Joseph
NJ. Noonan, Ignatius L. Noonan and Will
lam A. Noonan, and his three daughters,
Mrs. Charles E. Esterbrook, Mrs. James
j. Armstrong and Mrs. John J. Kelly. He
leaves also several. grandchildren.
He was one of the oldest residents of
the Hudson City section of this city. He
was born in the ancient City of Roscrea,
Hipperrary, Ireland, March, 1928. and he
came OF this country in 1916. After work
ing here and in Brooklyn for several
years, at his trade of general blacksmith,
OF which he was master, he went to
Easton, Pa, to take a position as boss
blacksmith on a stretch of railroad there.
When that job was finished he started
oiicp LII iiiiASSll at <ASDuIyJ NdIISil
County, N. j., but as business there did
not suit him. He came back to Jersey
City Heights (then Hudson City, about
about forty-five years ago, purchased the
land through from No. 74S Newark ave-
nue., then the Newark Turnpike, OF No.
43 Van Wrinkle avenue. He built his shop
on the Turnpike lot, and his residence on
the Van Wrinkle avenue lot, and he has
resided there ever since.
He has been known to everybody in the
vicinity as "Old Ironsides." He was one
of the Celtic pioneers on the Heights, was
one of the founders of the original St
Joseph's R. C. Church, a wooden build
ing over near Beacon avenue, long before
the present stone edifice where Mgr. Sc
ton offfficiates, and before it's brick pre-
decessor there where Father Vanuti pre-
sided, and was one of the trustees of that
church, and of ST. Johns r. c. Church,
corner of Boulevard and Van Wrinkle ave-
nue., ever since it's erection by Father Ter
Woert. He was prominent in the tenn
perance work of the Father Matthew So
ciety and the charity work of st. Vincent
de Paul's Society, for years in ST.. JOS
eph's parish.
He was a man of great industry and
sterling integrity, an exemplary father,
husband and citizen. He has had the re-
spect and esteem of every resident of his
neighborhood for half a century.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
TAX ON STORED GOODS
Justice Collins Grants Certiorari to
Make Test Case.

The question of whether goods in stor-
age can be taxed as personal property by
local assessors must be Decided zy the
Supreme Courts review of the case of
Otto Gerdan in which writ of certiorari
was granted by Justice Collins this morn
ing on motion of Lawyer Boyd Mclean.
Questions bearing on the inter-e1ounty
and Interstate commerce laws are also
involved.
Gerdan is dealer in rattan goods, with
offices at No. Al Dey street, New York.
Most of his imports are over the Ham
burg-American line and he has establish
ed warehouse in Jersey City for the
storage of these goods pending their
transfer to other points. In addition TO
being taxed on mis- realty holdings here
the Jersey City Tax Commissioners
assessed the property in storage as worth
$1,000 and demanded payment of the tax
on the same.
Appeals were taken to the City and
State Board of Appeals, with the result
that in both cases the tax was confirmed.
In applying for the writ of certiorari
Lawyer Mclean argued that the impo-
sition of tax on property in transit be-
tween countries was a violation of the
United States Constitution, which states
that the State shall not impose a tax on
foreign commerce without the consent of
Congress. He also contended that the tax
affected the regulations of commerce be-
tween States in violation of the national
laws and that the goods in question were
not here with sufficient permanency to
be part of the property of the State for
purposes of taxation.
City Attorney John Wahl Queen opposed
the motion for a certiorari, but Justice
Collins thought that the questions in
volved were of sufficient Importance to
be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
SAYS HE DESERTED HER
Mrs. Pulvermuller Asks Di-
vorce From Her Husband
Now Absent Three
Years.

A peculiar case of desertion appears in
a divorce suit begun by Mrs. Katie Pull
vermuller, of Bergenline avenue, Town
of Union, against her husband Oscar,
once a well-to-do house painter. Lawyer
S. G. H. Wright of the Weldon Building
is Mrs. Pulvermuller's counsel
In 1894, Oscar, then promising business
man, moved from Hoboken to the Town
of Union. There he met his present wife
and they were married by a Hoboken
clergyman and a very fashionable we'd
ding it was. For a few years everything
went smoothly, when one day in 1898
Pulvermuller said to his wife,
When I have finished my supper I am
going to Brooklyn and you will never
see me in this house again.
His wife laughed, treating as the
vapory talk of bibulous state of mind.
He went out and from that day to the
present she has never seen him. A detec-
tive was employed and he located Oscar
In the southern part of Brooklyn, but
when Mrs. Pulvermuller went over to Gee
him he had flown and the people with
whom her husband boarded didn't know
his whereabouts.
Being woman of refined education and
having good connections in New York
city, she obtained a clerical position in
one of the municipal offices, where she is
engaged today.
After her husbands desertion queer
business transactions of his came to light
but while Oscar was severely criticized
nothing but praise was heard about his
Wife He gave no reason for his act and
those who knew the domestic relations
of Mr.. and Mrs PTIvnrnIIlIer declare !, {
had none, for she was model wife.
The suit is to be brought by Mrs. Katie
Pulvermuller and the counsel is Mr.
Sam G.. HI. Wright of the Weldon Build
ing. Mr.. Wright wouldn't talk of the
suit. but admitted that one was contem-
plated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
GUyED NEW BRUNSWICK COPS.
Bluesoats Failed to Identity Paint
ers" of Railroad Property.

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NEW BRUNSWICK, March %. 1901
Princeton students gave vigorous recep-
ton to Policemen William Reed, Frank
Campbell and John Faulkner, of the New
Brunswick police force, who went to
Princeton yesterday to try OF identity
some of the students concerned in the re-
cent daubing of orange paint on railroad
property from Princeton Junction to New
ark.
The students had received notice of the
coming of the bluecoats and they were
met at the station by a big crowd of yell
ing college men. The policemen were
guyed numerically at first, but they took
the affair in such good part that the
students converted the demonstration into
a welcome.
With an advance guard and a rear guard
the policemen went through the town.
They could not shake their escort and
leather-lunged heraldS proclaimed to
every one that These are Bill Reed.
Frank Campbell and John Faulkner of
Rutgers College, New Brunswick and
they've come to arrest all of us, from
President Patton down.
College songs were sung and cheers
were given for the cops. The police-
men found no one resembling the paint
ers,' they had seen in New Brunswick.
.lIr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
WANT EXTRA SESSIONS.
Newark Wishes the State to Pay for
Tom M'Carter's Blunder.
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NEWARK, March %, 19o1.-At the meet
ing of the Republican County Committee
at Newark last night a number of citizens
were present, and great feeling was ex-
pressed over the failure of the attempted
lgislation for the publication of the Pas
sale River. The proposition was made
and generally favored to call a mass
meeting and appoint a strong committee
to go to the Governor and request the
calling of special session at once to pass
the McCarter bills. Notice of the meeting
will be issued tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
FOUND in AN AREA

Detective Frank Bennett, while walking
along Garfield avenue yesterday after
noon saw a man dodge into the areaway
Of Alfred Judson's house, near Lembeck
avenue He waited for a moment and
then went over and found the man hiding
in the area. Bennett took him to the
Fifth precinct station house and the man
described himself as Norman Holmes, p
years old, no occupancy, residing at No.
so Montgomery street, in a lodging house.
He could give no satisfactory explanation
of his being found in the areaway and
was locked sup as suspicious person.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-23
CITY NEWS NOTES

Fire box No. 262 was pulled for a fire
by Patrolman Beggans, at 1:25 p. M,
yesterday for fire that broke out in the
one-story building No PIP Fourteenth
street, occupied by Salvador Bulferatto
and owned by Ellen Hasting. The fire
was caused by the upsetting of an oil
lamp and considerable damage was done
to the little shop before the flames were
extinguished
Rudolph McAustin, sixteen years old, of
No. PSI Sixth street. and Frank SCHROEDER,
same age, of No. 361 Sixth street. while
horse ran away. Young SCHROEDER Was
thrown out and though considerably
bruised he escaped serious Injury.