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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
ERWIN'S RAIDS.
Grand Jury Has Not Yet Found
indictments in the Pool
Room Cases.

The Grand Jury yesterday afternoon
heard the evidence in connection with
the recent poolroom raids conducted by
Prosecutor Erwin and his assistants in
this city and Hoboken. No vote was
taken on the question of finding indict-
ments in any of the cases, but it is
thought probable that when the inquiry
is continued on Tuesday afternoon next,
true bills may be. found in every case
except that of ex-Commissioner Gustave
Hauser, of this city. who it appeared
from the evidence had nothing to do with
the saloon in which an alleged poolroom
was raided, xecept as owner of the build
ing.
The evidence in connection with the
poolroom raids was furnished by regular
and. special detectives in the employ Of
ting Prosecutor They testified to hay-
ing visited the poolrooms on different oc-
casicns and placing bets on the horse
races. 4.
Those arrested at the time of the raids
are all proprietorsh of saloons in which
the bookmakers operated They are J.
Kaiser and .'Sel" Weinthal. of Hudson
street, Hoboken; Otto Hauser, Four
teenth street, Hoboken; John Hamil,
Washington street, Hoboken, and John
Kaiser, Grand street and Communipaw
avenue, Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
DISPUTED VOTES
Justice Collins Wonders Why
He Is Asked to Pass on
the Ballots.

Supreme Court Justice Collins this
morning fixed Tuesday afternoon next at
80 o'clock as the time when he will
pass on the disputed ballots in the Ba-
ronne election case referred to the court
~ the County Board of Elections.
The Justice showed some Indignation
when told by President Rich, of the Elec-
ion Board, that there were nearly 800
,allots disputed by counsel on both sides
he validity of which he was expected to
pass on.
Il don't think the court ought to be
isked to do this As understand it, the
,reatez number Of these ballots We're
counted by the local election boards and
= cannot see why the Couny Board could
iot pass on them.n the court remarked
Some of us wanted to do so, but the
,thers would not agree" explained Mr..
Rich.
You gentlemen are paid for that"
.eplied the Court.
Mr.. Rich then explained that many
If the ballots were disputed because of
he manner in which the elector had
narke- the freeholder proposition. On
,ome the letter x indicated the propo-
;ition for which the elector wanted to
Yote; Others had single line of the
for CT the against proposition mark
"a off; some simply had the word for
,r against" erased, while many had a
slain white paster over the proposition
against which he wanted to cast his bal
lot.
AT the request of the Justice Mr..
Rich agreed to have the ballots classi-
led so the decision of the court on one
,lass would cover all of those similarly
marked.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
DEATH IN CHURCH
Aged Mrs. Elizabeth Gieser
Led From st. Nicholas's
Dies in the Rectory.

Members of st. Nicholas parish who
attended last evenings service in the
church, at Central avenue and Ferry
street, were surprised last evening to
hear that Mrs. Elizabeth Gieser, seventy
two years old, of No. 151 Lincoln street,
who also attended<t service, died sud
denly in Father Weyland's rectory next
door.
The people had seen the old woman led
out of the church from front seat by
a lady who had discovered her breathing
very hard. At the foot of the stairs Mrs.
Gieser fell. Several men carried her into
the rectory. A doctor was called, but
she died in few moments.
Mrs. Gieser was one of the most indie
fatigable members of the parish in rails
ing church funds, and was familiar
figure at the fairs and concerts. She had
charge of fancy booth No. at the recent
fair, which contributed largely to the
general receipts.
Mrs. Geiser lived alone. Her husband
died several years ago. She leaves three
married sons, Conrad of Homestead,
William and Lewis. The latter conducts
meat store in West street, New York.
The body was taken to Lewis Gieser's
home, No. 116 Beacon avenue. The fu-
neral will be in the church Monday morn
ing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
you MUST
!. Give IN
Republican Finance Com
missioners Send an Ultim-
alton to the Street and
Water Board.
HOW TO CLEAN SEWERS
Democrats Oppose Pan for =
Long Term Contract and
a "Cinch" for Favored
Contractor.
HOW TO CLEAN SEWERS

There may be music in the air and
blooain the moon next Monday morning
when Mayor Pagan and the finance
Commissioners have their conference with
the Street and Water Commissioners on
the specifications for cleaning streets and
removing ashes and garbage and cleaning
sewers.
The Republican Commissioners have
made up their minds that the specifca-
tions should provide that the contract
for cleaning sewers should be awarded
for term of three or five years. They
further say that the contractor who gets
the wdlE SHOULD be pa;G Tor each foot of
sewer cleaned.
The Street and Water Commissioners
are radically opposed to these uni,usiness-
like propositions. They say the contract
should be for no longer than one year
and contend further that the contractor
SHOULD hr paid only for the amount of
matter which he removes from the sew
ers, bidding a certain price per square
yard.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE. &
Under the Republican plan the Demo-
Gratis say contractor would clean as
many sewers as possible (clean ones pre-
ferred) in order to use up the appropria-
ton. 1t is naturally to assume, they
say, that a contractor would fight shy of
wasting a lot of time cleaning dirty sew.
ers when he would make more money
c1aa n;no cawarc 4b at ,x.o,.n :, ot mad ne
immediate attention. They claim that
the better results can be obtained by
paying fo rthe work actually performed
because under the system of paying for.
the amount of sewerage matter taken
out of the sewers the contractor will
tackle, those sewers which will produce
the greatest amount of material
BOARD RESOLVED.
Contractor NJ 7. Connolly, who owns
a sewer cleaning machine which, he says,
will really work, is greatly interested in
the Republicans plan for long term
Contract with compensation for each foot
of sewer cleaned.
He was in conference with Mayor
Pagan and Corporation Counsel Record
on the specifications this morning.
The Street and Water Board is firmly
resolved not to back down in the posi-
tion which it has taken.
The Republican Finance Commits
sioners threaten to nonconcur in the
specifications unless they can have their
own way.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
NEGER DEFEATED.
Vice chancellor Stevenson
Grants Injunction Against
Enthusiastically Com
panies.

Vice Chancellor Stevenson announced
that he had decided to grant the injunc-
ton restraining the Prudential Life In
surance Co. and the Fidelity Trust Co.
from carrying out their plan of merger
The bill was filed by William Ro-
bothan and John Illingworth, holders of
minority stock in the Prudential Co.
They alleged that the proposed plan
Whereby each company was to secure the
majority of stock in the other, was IL
legal, and would be harmful to the inter-
ests of the stockholders of the Prudential.
The scheme for the practical merger of
the two companies was first made public
on October 20 last, when the board of di-
rectors of the Fidelity voted in his favor.
Concurrent with this plan was one to in
crease the capital stock of the Fidelity
to $3,000,000 and surplus to $13O00,000.
making it the largest institution of its
kind in the country. The decision viii
at once be appealed to the Court of Err
rnrS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
PRESIDENT AGAIN
Mr.. James v. Forster R e
elected by the State
Sunday School
Convention
q tspecial.t .to .4rhe Iersev citv News ,,l

2 p fspecial,to '4rhe Jersey City News.")
- TRENTON, Nov. %, 1902.-At the
evening session of the Sunday School
Convention yesterday Mr.. James v.
Forster, of Jersey City, was reelected
president of the State Association. He
has been president many years
The vice presidents elected were:-
Z. p. .Stnlts, Bridgeton; Walter N. Pat
ton, St. Davids; Captain Charles P. Par
sons, Red Bank; Frank S. Katzenbaeh,
Jr., Trenton; the Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut,
ID. D., Morristown; the Rev. Henry G.
Crewne, Jersey City; the Rev. Henry H.
Dawson, Newark The recording secre-
tary is the Rev. Samuel d. Price,
Shrewsbury; treasurer, Edward w.
Barnes, of Perth Amboy.
Alta meeting of the new executive
committee Immediately preceding the
afternoon session, Captain Charles p.
Parsons, of Red Bank, was elected chair,
man, and DR.. George W., Bailey, of
Philadelphia, honorary chairman The
Rev. E. Morris Ferguson, of Trenton,
general secretary, and Miss Josephine T..
Baldwin, State primary superintendent.
The Rev. Alexander Henry, D. D., of
Philadelphia, member of the executive
committee of the Pennsylvania State
Sabbath School Association, and one of
the foremost workers in Sabbath school
work. addressed the convention on inter
national work.
The Rev. J.. L. Hurlbut, d. d.. suoke
on ...The Normal Work of New Jersey. .,
The Rev. James 1. Vance, pastor Of
the North Reformed Church of Newark.
delivered stirring address on sThe
Great Moral Educator of the Nation"
AT the close of this address the officers
elect We're introduced to the delegates.
and witH a few closing words of conse-
Grafton, the convention adjourned sine
die.
The registration committee reported
last night that the total enrolment Of
delegates was 450. Of this number, 1854
registered from the schools of Mercer
County.
When the convention closed everyone
felt that it was a decided success, and
inspired the workers to do better the
coming year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
DONOVAN WANTED A RAISE
Hoboken Chief Asked Mayor
Lankering to Increase Salary
Before Retiring Him.

Mayor Adolph Lankering of Hoboken
called on City Collector Davis at the
City Hall this morning. They were in
conference for some time in the Col
lector's private office. Neither would
tell what matters were discussed.
1t is understood His Honor had some
thing to say about the changes which
are to be made in the heads of the Police
Department by the Police Board, which
will meet on Monday next.
Mayor Lankering told a reporter of
'The News" that the row which occurred
in his office yesterday between himself
and Chief of Police Charles A. Donovan
caused by the Chiefs declaration that
the Police Board should raise his sal
airy $500 a year before retiring him.
Such an increase would give him an
extra $3.50 year, as he will he retired on
half pay. The Mayor opposed giving the
Chief, who is supposed to beSa wealthy
man, raise on the eve Of his retire
ment from the department The Chief
got indignant over Lankering's stand and
said things.
Leader Maurice Stack Mayor Lanker-
ing and other Hoboken officials admitted
today that an agreement had been
reached about the appointment Of PATROL
man Patrick Hayes to succeed Chief
Donovan. Sergeant Bell, of the Second
Precinct, it was also admitted, would be
made captain
The rest of the police slate is in no
definite shape, it was said, and no other
appointments besides those mentioned
are in immediate contemplation.
There are so many men in the depart
ment seeking promotion, it was explain
ed, that it will be. some! time before the
slate will be completed.
The appointments of Hayes and Bell
are expected to be made at the meeting
of the Board of Police Commissioners on
Monday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
THEY WEREN'T AFRAID.
Why a Young Man and Woman
Married at an Early Morn
ing Hour.

A romantic marriage in which Miss
Theresa Hirlemann, of No. 512 Monas-
terry street, West Hoboken, and Joseph
Meeney, of No. $50 West Forty-first
street, New York. were the principals, has
just come to light. About two o'clock
Sunday morning the Rev. Herman
Sehoppe, pastor of st. Johns, German
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Union
HILL was aroused from his sleep by n
vigorous jerk at the front bell of his par
sonage. Pastor Schoppe has the reputa-
ton of having performed more marriages
than any other clergyman in North Hud-
SON, and is accustomed to being awak-
ened at all hours of the night to unite
loving couples. Nevertheless be was
surprised when upon going to the door
he saw there about dozen young people.
He was soon informed that two of his
visitors wanted to be married and the
rest desired to see that the knot was
properly tied.
The pastor invited the party intod the
house and when Miss Hirlemann and Mr..
Meeney stepped forward to be married
lie could not help but ask them how it
appeared that they came to him at that
hour in the morning to be married with
SO many witnesses, as it was plain that
it was not an elopement,
1t was then explained to him that the
young people had been engaged for some
time and their friends had been teasing
them about their failure to marry, init
mating that one or both of them were
afraid. They had been to an entertain
ment that night, and as they were on
their way home their friends began to
twit them again, and just to show that
neither of them was afraid they declared
they would go to Pastor Schoppe's house
at once and be married then and there.
So they went to the parsonage, and their
friends went along just to see that they
did not back down. Pastor Schoppe ac-
cepted this explanation and quickly. per-
formed the ceremony, receiving a gener-
Gus fee for his trouble.
The most remarkable thing about the
affair is that so many young women kept
the secret almost a week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
ANSWER QUICK.
State Architects Board Pro-
pounds Nice Headsplit-
ters to Candidates ?

The State Board of Architects has
fully earned its salary by the hard work
done during the past week examining
candidates who desire certificates to
practice in, not on, this State. Since the
Board was brought into existence it has
received 500 application for licenses and
within few weeks has put five aspir-
ants to qualify as Michaelangelos. Chris
topher Wrens and lingo Joneses through
the architectural third degree. All this
has taken place in the Office of Secretary
Hugh Roberts in the First National
Bank Building.
In the course of few days the State
Board will meet and decide on the fate
Of the candidates.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
No little curiosity has been shown over
the precise nature of the questions asked
by the Grand Inquisitors. The Board
from the very first determined that a
carpenter who has for some years been
in the habit of securing piano case,
putting few windows in it and door
OF two, was not entitled to be called an
architect, and hence the tears of the can
didates. 1t is useless to ask Secretary
Roberts about the questions for he is dis
erection incarnate when a newspaper man
tackles him. From another source, it is
learned, however that some of the head
splitters read as follows
IF a given number Of bricks make a
bond; how many bonds will it take to
buy gold brick?.'
If it takes a certain number of bonds
to make general foundation, what
foundation is there in the stability of
bonds in generalY'
Have party walls any connection with
politics?"
Binder the head Of 'shearing and jack
ing up state the probable results of the
operation by Mayor Fagan's tax board
on assessments
Secretary Roberts won't admit that
these questions are on the list; but the
dickey birds say SO, and il they're not
they ought to be.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
The FREEHOLDERS
For the First Time the
County Board Members
Will Not Give
Bonds.

The members-elect of the Board of
fairs OH December l next will formally
qualify before Supreme Court Justice
Collins Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The ceremony will be very brief, simply
consisting of the administering of the
official oath by the Supreme Court JUS
tice The new Freeholders will not be
requested to furnish any bonds.
The question whether or not bonds
were required of the members of the new
Board was decided negatively by Justice
Collins after a conference with County
Counsel Griffin this morning. The Essex
county act4of 1900, under which the new
Board was elected, makes no provision
for the furnishing of sureties by the
members of the county governing body,
and similar omission appeared in the
1894 act, which was the next preceding
measure affecting the Freeholders. I'm
der the act of 1889 $4,000 bond was
required.
The County Counsel expressed as his
opinion that the omission by the Legis-
lature of 1894 and 1900 of any reference
to bonding was plainly Indicative that
in the acts of those years it was not in
tended to compel the freehelders to fur
nish sureties. He also pointed out that
in Essex County, where the Board was
elected under the 1900 act no bonds are
required.
The new board of freeholders, when it
assumes office. will be the first in the
history of the County not under bonds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
OLICE BOARD
DEFICIT
Extravaganza and Stupidity
of the Pagan Admins
tration Again Hops
Out.
SHORTAGE NOT KNOWN YET
President Tildsn. Affecting
Surprise, Appeals to the
y Finance Board for Help.

A conference of the Board Of Police
Commissioners was held Thursday even
ing in the Police Headquarters building,
which lasted almost two hours and a
half All the Commissioners were pres
en5. The object Of the conference was
to discuss Tie work of the past fiscal
year, which ends November 80.
1t is rumored on good authority that
the result of the conference was not as
pleasing to Commissioners Tilden and
Mitchell as they would have liked to
have had it.
aThe different committees were heard
from, and it is said the salaries com
nittee alone reported a deficit of almost
s., 500.
The financial condition of the other
committees is not known, although the
hospital commimttee is said to be in pret-
" poor condition.
During the McGill regime every COM
nittee in the board reported balance
at the end of last year, and something
in the neighborhoood, of $1,000 was
.urned over to the claims account.
1t remains for the Board of Finance
- help President Tilden and his board
,ut of the financial rut into which. they
have rtn.
A transfer of 1850 from the claims
teeount was requested from the Board
If Finance at the last meeting of the
Board Of Police Gommissioners---If-this-
granted ii will greatly help the police
,oard out of its difHeulty
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
WON'T PROSECUTE.
NoDesire on Partof Strubel's
Accusers to Appear
Against Him.

Botha Strubel, the boy accused of
sending letters to prominent business
men demanding money under threat of
death was remanded by Police Justice
Murphy in the Second Criminal Court
this morning until next Saturday He
arrived at the court in the custody of De
tectives Prescott and Gallagher. The
case had been continued from Thurs
day. 1t wacsl at Chief Of Police Muir
phys request that the case was held over
until next Saturday.
Strubel, meanwhile, will be confined in
the County Jail. There does not appear
to be any desire upon the part of Will
liam Won Ogen and Capped Rnbens,
prominent business men on the Heights,
to whom Strubel wrote threatening let
ters. to prosecute the boy. Chief of Po-
lice Murphy is beginning to look upon the
offense as that of a foolish, boyish
prank. He will communicate with the
boys father, who is Chief of Police in
one of the suburbs of Hamburg, Ger
many, telling Of the arrest and setting
forth the facts in connection Herewith.
He will ask for instructions.
Chief Murphy has taken great fancy
to the boy, and believes that in proper
hands he would become good citizen.
rather than. a menace to society. The
boy had walked the soles off his shoes
and the Chief today purchased new
pair for him.
Meanwhile the Government officials
are Investigating the case. They may
contend that Strubel has used the United
States mail service for unlawful pur-
poses and thus claim jurisdiction in the
case
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
LIQUOR MEN DISCHARGED
Law and Order People Failed
to Make a Case Against
Bayonne Dealers.

The eases against the sixteen liquor
dealers arrested in Bayonne on August
30 last on complaint of the Law and
Order Leagues for selling liquor on Sum
day, We're dismissed by Recorder Lazarus
in that city this morning, because there
was not sufficient evidence against them.
Lawyer William D. Salter, of Bayonne,
appeared on behalf of the defendants,
and Lawyer Jchn ]. Muiyaney, Of this
city, represented the complainants. The
Law aud Order League was represented
By julius G. FRANKIE and Robert Nc
Ccumm. No evidence was produced to
show tha. the defondpnts were owners
of tae saloons in question and the Re-
cor'iar declared that there was not case
and dismissed them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-22
BANKS GROWTH
City Institutions Utilizing
Their Adjoining Prop
erty for Improve
ments.
BUILD UP AND OUT POLICY
Hudson County National Like
It's Big Neignbors Prepar-
ing for More Room.
BUILD UP and OUT POLICY

The Hudson County National Banks
directors have ordered a much needed
improvement. The rickety frame build
ings on York street to the west of the
bank building, are being torn down and
this will leave a large space in the rear
OF the bank to give light and air to the
tenants of offices in the building.
There were two houses belonging to
the Burns estate which the bank recent
" purchased. Next door to the handsome
stone structure they were distinctly out
OF place and the directors thought that
at SOME time hence it would be necessary
to use the space they occupied to make
extensions to the bank. Plans for this
are at present in embryo but it won't
be long before an additional building
for office purposes will be built and with
the Hudson County Gas Company and
Electric Light Company's proposed sky
scrapers on the opposite corner, Wash
ington street in a few years will pre-
sent d very important business appear
ance.
FIRST NATIONALS GROWTH.
ty National Banks property is only one
of several now in contemplation. The
First National Bank some time ago
cleared away the property Immediately
in its rear, leaving an L space which at
times can be used to build skyscraper.
President E. r. G.. Young decided that
the continued growth of the institution
needed more space and the result is that
foundations are now being made for a
boiler and engine house to be built on
the space referred to instead of having
them in the building, as they are today.
In time the bank will need more room
for its offices on the first floor and the
time may not be far distant when the
whole of that floor will be devoted to
bank business.
Who Knows said a director, .but
we may have to add few stories to our
building
SECOND NATIONALS GROWTH.
The Second National Bank build
ing too, it is rumored, may soon be al
tered The continued growth of New
Jersey Corporations demands more room.
The directors {of the Second National
Bank, like the other institutions in the
city, will, it is said, soon have to face
the expansion problem and either build
out or build up, and the same situation,
it is rumored, will soon be faced by the
Third National Bank, whose success in
that section of the city will soon warrant
larger suit of clothes
"All this, "said member of the Board
of Trade, who believes thoroughly in
Jersey, City's future, means that we are
advancing, and a few years hence you
will see this city dotted like New York
with huge Office buildings. When | first
came to Jersey City thirty years ago you
had to get on top of the p. r. r. depot
to see the tops of the office buildings,
now YOU have to climb to the tops of the
office buildings to see where the depot
iSs'