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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
VERY HAPPY THANK YOU'
Divorce Proceedings Against
Pretty Mrs. Schmidt
Suddenly Quashed.

Although George Schmidt less than a
week ago began divorce proceedings
against his pretty young wife, Annie,
last night they were found as happy as
a pair Of turtle doves billing ond coo:ng
in their comfortable home at No. 1s4
Webster avenue
Husband and wife are each twenty
eight years of age. and. until Lawyer Carl
Raiseh, representing the former, fled
papers in a suit for divorce, they were
supposed to be as happy as young mar
RED couples usually are.
When Constable Egan went to their
house to serve the necessary preliminary
paper no one could have been more sur
prised than was Mrs Schmidt She de-
clared it must be mistake; that her
husband had been home the night before
and there was nothing unusual i'll his
conduct. He had offered no intimation
of an intention to seek divorce, and the
pretty little wife proudly but tearfuly
exhibited a small scar on her face which
she said had been accidentally made by
her husband with his cigar while strug-
Cling to kiss her.
Mrs. Schmidt admitted that there had
been a sight disagreement some time ago,
which sho said had been caused by a RIA
tive who was stopping at the house tel
irg stories about her This relative had
since departed and all was now p=aee
and harmony.
When seen at their home last night
Schmidt said in answer to a query about
Ills suit for divorce:-
ITS all off now; what I did was done
on the spur of the moment
Further than this he would not talk
George and ! are very happy, thank
you" was al Mrs. Schmidt would say
as she fondly placed her hand on her hus-
bands shoulder.
Neither would tell anything of the story
In which the divorce proceedings had their
origin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
GOOD EWS THIS
North Jersey Co. Will Run
Shorter HeadWay on
Belt Line Cars.
CHANGE BEGINS MONDAY
Other Improvements Coming
of interest Particularly
Smokers.

Those who have occasion to use the Belt
line trolley cars after midnight viii re-
joice to hear that after midnight on Mon.
day the service will be half hourly in
stead Of hourly as it has been.
AL the cars of the North Jersey Street
Railway Co. is run on ten and fifteen laffl-s
utes headway up to 12:45 A. NJ. After
that time they have been running every
half hour until Sis A. M, by the new or
der the Belt line cars running up Newark
avenue around the hill and down through
Pacific avenue and Lafayette, and vice
versa will leave at 1:15: Las; 2:15, etc,
etc.
Other cars running to Bayonne, New
ark, either by Plank Road or Turnpike,
West SIDE avenue and Erie streets, viii.
run after 12:45 A. NJ. at one hours head
way. The company is making arrange
ments by which cars running to these
points will also run every half hour they
hope to have the new schedule ready in
a few days. Due notice will be given
to the public of the increased service.
The North Jersey Company have
number of interesting and important
changes for the comfort of the travelling
public under advisement. Every effort
is to be made to make the service as ef-
fieient as possible. 1t is possible that the
plea of many hundreds of business men
coming to the ferries from every part of
the city for smoking cars" viii be car
ried into effect. The suggestion is that on
the Bayonne, Newark avenue and West
Side avenue cars at stated intervals. say
between and o'clock in the morning
and $50 and in the evening there will
be a Smoker" attached to the regular
car.
"And I will bet you" said an official Of
the company, 'that the ladies', God bless
'em will be found patronizing the smoker
more than the cars set aside for those
who dislike tobacco
Another Improvement is one now under
experiment on lines in the West, namely,
that of having express cars running from,
say, the Pennsylvania ferry to Greenville
and Bayonne, West Side avenue and the
Five Corners without stop.
Then there is another suggestion, sys-
tenn of baggage or express trolley cars
and these too have ben successfully tried
in some cities. But all good doings are
not coming in heap. 1t takes time to
make such changes, But they are ali be-
ing thought out and many of them will
soon be sure conditions instead of as at
present, theories.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
SHARKEY FOR SHERIFF
Fifth Ward Democrats Endorse
Him and Resolve to Have
New Park.

The Fifth Ward Democratic Club at its
meeting last night put forth Alderman
Joseph Sharkey as its choice for the
Shrievalty nomination next fall The en-
dorsement was unanimous and conferred
at one of the largest meetings the club
has held since its organization.
Mr.. Sharkey is young man. He is
one of the best known and most popular
of the younger voters in the lower section
of the city He has lived in the Fifth
ward for many years and was elected on
the Democratic ticket to the Board OF
Aldermen last fall by a very handsome
majority. The endorsement by his fellow
members of the Fifth Ward Democratic
Club came as a surprise to Mr.. Sharkey-
He was not present at the meeting and
when spoken to this morning he seemel
to regard the matter in the light of a
huge joke and would not discuss 1t.
The club also decided that the ward is
sadly in need of a park. and with this
idea in mind it adopted a set of resolu-
tions instructing Assemblyman John J.
Treacy of the ward to introduce proper
measure. The resolutions follow:
Whereas It is the desire of me
property owners and residents of the
Fifth ward, Jersey Clty, that PARK
be located on the vacant land bounded
by Mercer. Co,gate. Wayne and Bruns-
wick streets, and Immediately adjoin-
ing the rear of School No 9 in the city
aforesaid: therefore be 1t
Resolved by the Fifth Ward Demo-
cratic Club in meeting assembled. that
the Hon. John J. Treacy. the repre-
sentative to the Legislature from this
district be and is hereby. requested
and instructed to procure the passage
of a law calling for the issuance of
bonds of an amount sufficient to COW
er the costs incident to the, establish
ment of said park; and 1t is
Resolved That a copy of the fore
going resolution be transmitted to the
members of the Legislature from Hud-
son county with the request that they
give Mr. Treacy the necessary aid in
bringing about the success of this
measure.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
SUPERIOR POLICE MEET
Hudson County Branch of the
Officers Protective AS
sociation Elects
Officers.

The Hudson County Branch of the Su-
perior Police Officers Protective Assoc
citation held its annual election of officers
in the Second Criminal Court room yes
terday afternoon. The election resulted as
follows
Robert Edwards Jersey City (retired
sergeanD, President; Detective Louis
Weinthal, Hobolxen vice-President; De-
tective James Kerrigan, Hoboken, Re
cording Secretary, Detective Sergeant
William Vetter, West Hoboken, Financial
Secretary; Roundsman Andrew ]. Booth
Jersey City, Treasurer; Detective Henry
Clay keenan,, Jersey City, sergeant-at-
Arms.
Ex-Police Captain Fred Farrier of this
city was elected trustee to serve Tree
years. The other trustees are Sergeant
Walsh and Police Captain Wohlleben,
both of this city.
The report of the Treasurer showed il
balance of $500 IN the treasury. After
the meeting the members adjourned to
Captain Otto's hotel, where a splendid
dinner was served.
A number of superior off GERS from New
ark. Paterson and Elizabeth attended
the meeting and dinner.
A banquet. at which Police Captain
John F. Kelly of the Second precinct,
presided as POSTMASTER, followed the
meeting. after which the party adjourned
to the Bljou Theatre where the perform
ance of Vests Minstrels was enjoyed
A few of those present were:-Captains
John f. Kelly, John Kelly. George
Wohleben, Thomas Nugent and ex-Cap-
tain F. F. Farrier of Jersey City, Captain
Tanning of Hoboken and Captain Usher
of West Hoboken, Chief Donovan of
Hoboken. Detectives Weinthal and Ker-
rigan of Hoboken; Keenan,. Prescott and
Edwards of Jersey City, Sergeants George
Du Bois Of Weehawken. Joseph Edwards
and Andrew Booth of Jersey City. and
William vetter of West Hoboken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
COURT SECURES HIS WITNESS
Man Who Was Forgotten in the
County Jail to Have Sueedy Trial

When the case of Fritz Kaul, charged
with atrociously assaulting Fred Gerkin
on Essex street, on July 10 of last year,
was called in the Special Sessions Court
yesterday afternoon he pleaded that he
had been unable to obtain the attendance
of necessary witnesses and asked that the
trial be postponed to enable him to do SO.
Judge Blair granted the request and or
dered that Kaul be taken with an in
terpreter by a court officer to the places
where his witnesses lived and that they be
subpoenaed to be present on the next day
fixed for the trial by the Prosecutor.
Kaul is the man who was committed by
Judge Hoos of the First Criminal Court
to await the result of his vistims in
juries, and was forgotten in the County
Jail for seven months. His application for
trial in Special Sessions revealed his
whereabouts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
Mr.. Heintze Says Mr..
Abernethy Never Per-
sonally Investigated
Water Claims.
LOCKOUT FOR HEATH
Assistant Clerk Will Get No
More Information AS
Auditor of Bills.

Finance Commissioner Anthony Brock
attack on Forrest A. Heath, assistant
Clerk of the Board of Finance, as
auditor of the Water Department
claims. made at Wednesdays meeting oil
the Board, has been the principal topic
of discussion in the City Hail since MI.
Brock is commended on all sides for re-
sfusing to follow the dictates of an assist
ant clerk of the Board of which he is a
member.
The Board of Street and Water Com
nissioners may have something Interest
ing TO say next Tuesday at its meeting
anent this matter. The members are re-
luctant at present to speak for pupllea-
ton. Commissioner Heintze however.
has made himself plain with regard 10
his stand in the matter. He said TINS
morning.
Il shall hereafter refuse to recognize
Mr.. Heath as anything but the Assistant
Clerk of the Board of Finance. He will
get no information from me. What the
Board of Street and Water Commission
erst will do. / cannot say, but am deter
mined If there are any claims from the
Water Department that the Board of FL
nance wishes to investigate, one of their
members will have to do it. If Mr.. Aber-
nethy. chairman of the Committee on Con-
current Resolutions, wants information
he may have it. He has never made any
Inquiries himself. He gives as his ex-
cuss for failing IN his official duties that
NE has not the time necessary. If that
is so he should resign at once. He eshould
not hold a position that he is paid 10 fill
properly if he cannot do the work neces-
sary.'
Commissioner Heintze's statement that
Finance Commissioner Abernefhy never
made any investigation himself gives the
lie direct to Mr.. Abernethy.
At the Board of Finance meeting Mr..
Brock said
WeL, viii not go on record as sus-
tanning anyone who is here for the
purpose of playing petty politics and
manufacturing political capital. This
Board is becoming a laughing stock
for the public by his actions. He has
no right to meddle with things that
don't concern him. If the chairman
swiil say he has made these inyestiga-4
tions himself / will vote.
II have made investigations myse1f.
Nj Abernethy replied with some re-
luctance.
Mr. Heath refused to say anything for
publication today and the Finance Com
missioners took a similar stand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
SLICK sWINDIER SENTENCED
Posed as q Priest and Presented
Spurious Checks for Goods.

william Lane. alias Jones, who was sem
fenced to five years in State prison by
Judge Blair in the Court of Sessions yes
terday, is a professional swindler who
has operated in almost every Eastern
State.
Clad in the habiliments of priest Lane
would enter a store, purchase bill Of
goods ana tender in payment check in
excess of the purchase price and receive
the change
This was the scheme he tried to play
on Furniture Dealer r. Fl. Hanley of this
city who became suspicious after he had
given the alleged Father Ryan" szs
change, the difference between the amount
named on spurious check and the price
of Morris chair and library table, which
the supposed priest had ordered sent 70
Elizabeth, where he said his church was
located
Lane when arrested stuck to it that he
was priest until Jesuit father from ST..
Peters Church was called. He then adj
mitted his swindling operations
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
FRESHMEN'S FUN
Stevens Institute Boys Held
for Franks in a Hoboken
Boarding House.
TYPOGRAPHY ON THE BEDsqEADS
We're About to Jump the
Board Bill When the Doc
tor Yelled For the
Police.

Recorder Stanton's court room in Hobo
ken was crowded with students from
Stevens Institute this morning who had
assembled to witness the trial OF three of
their class mates charged with turning a
Hobeken boarding house inside out and
atroeiously assaulting the proprietor with
pillow.
The complainants in the case were DR..
WoIfgard Goetz and his wife who keep q
boarding house at No. 914 Washington
visor and equal partner with Mrs. Goetz
in the management of the boarding house,
also, it is said. practices medicine. He IS
tail dignified German. well on in life.
with long gray dundrearies and eye
glasses.
The students whom he charged with
both malicious mischief and assault and
battery were lined up at the rail- They
were William Amin, P. J. Allen and VIII
liam Lalley all freshmen.
The doctor and Mrs. Goetz charged that
the young men had damaged furniture
and other property in their house to the
valuo of s4S, and then, it is alleged they
tried to escape, leaving a board bill be-
hind them. 1t was while they were try
ing to move camp some time last night
that DR.. Goetz posed his head out of his
bedroom window on the second floor and
shouted Police" His cries brought a
dozen policemen to the spot.
The police thought that murder was
being done When they arrived at the
house they found coach waiting at the
door, DR.. Goetz shouted that they were
in the house so the cops went il.
Crouehing in the. hall they found the
three students. The students protested
that all they desired was their trunks
They said they had brought the coach 20
take their baggage away, but DR.. Goetz
would not permit them TO enter their
rooms They were about to force an
entrance when DR.. Goetz shouted for the
police.
In court this morning, P. ]. Allen. one
of the students, was released as he was
not boarder in the Goetz house. He
went there upon the invitation of Amin
and Lalley.
Mrs. Goetz testified that both Amin anu.
Laliey had assaulted her husband, or, asc
she called him. 1.-THE doctor. She sail
that on numerous occasions the doctor
was obliged to go upstairs at four o'clock
in the morning to stop the noise, which.
she said, emanated from the rooms oc-
cupied by the students. Twice she saw
Lalley push the doctor out of the room,
and once she saw him throw pillow,
which struck the doctor in the face.
DR.. Goetz brought a bundle of broken
crockery into court to show the amount
of damage done. He said that bedclotning
carpets and even the wooden bedstea.l
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
Mayor Pagan Summoned to
Appear Before the Grand
Jury This Afternoon.
SAID TO BIZ ABOUT SCHOOLS
Batch OF Other Officials to Be
Questioned About Some
thing By the Grand
Inquest.

Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan will appear be-
fore the Grand Jury this afternoon and.
around the City Hall there is great
deal of guessing about it.
The subpoena was brought to the
Mayors office by Constable William
Thompson who handed it to Secretary
OConnor who in turn graciously said he
would give 1t to his honor the Mayor
as the obsequeous secretary always
speaks Of the new head Of the City gov
ernment
The quidnuncs of the City Hall were
divided as to the meaning of the sum
mons. Some had it that the Grand In
quest wanted to know something about
the condition of two Public Schools,
while others maintained it was in rela-
tion to the affairs of the Water Depart
ment Not a few thought that possibly
it might have something to do with the
Police Department and Fire Board. They
all agreed, however, that something was
doing.
The session this afternoons viii be
largely, it is said, devoted to an inquiry
into the report of the conditions OF Pub
lie Schools NO. 6 and NO IL and the
Jersey City High Sehoor. mado by the.
special committee appointed to .nvesti7
gate the same.
All the members of the Boards of Edu-
cation and Finance Superintendent of
Schools Henry Snyder, Principal J. w.
Wakeman of No and Principal Miss
Soper of No. II School are among the
witnesses subpoenaed.
The object of the investigation seems
to be to learn why necessary repairs to
the schools mentioned have not been
for the neglect.
1t is not likely that the case of Robert
Ingram, the Republican self-confessed
padder of the water department payrolls,
wiA be further investigated today
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
MISS ARD WAS NOT THERE
Crowds Expected Her at Martin
Daly's Funeral Today.

This morning at 10 O'Clock the funeral Of
Martin Daily. the retired grocer of his
citywho gained considerable notoriety in
the breach of promise case brought
against him BY Miss Elizabeth Aird. Of
First street. took place from the home of
his sister Mrs. Patrick Degnan, of No
207 Fourth street.
There was large attendance at the
funeral as it was rumored that Miss Arid
would put in an appearance and there
would be trouble at the house.
A number of people who gathered about
the house expecting a scene were sadly
disappointed, as Miss Aird did not put in
an appearance. The funeral procession
proceeded to st. Maryss Church, Erie and
Second Streets where a solemn high mass
was ceieDra ted.
The intern1ent took place in the noiy
Name Cemetery on West Side avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
HOFFMAN, FOR FREEHoLDER
New Candidate In the Eleventh Ward
ON a Very Small Contingency.

A new candidate for the Democrats
nomination for Freeholder has made his
appearance in the person of George A..
Hoffman,, committeeman for the 7th pre-
cinct of the 18th ward
Mr.. Hofmann's candidacy, however, is
conditional on Freeholder James Kelly re-
fusing to accept denomination, and as
such thing is hardly among the possf-
biiities. it is altogether probable that Mr..
Holman will postpone until a later day
his ambition to represent the northern Sec
tion Of the Heights In the county govern
ing body.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
LAWYER JOHN T. 8. COLLINS DEAD

Lawyer John t. B. Collins, son-in-law
of the late John II. Lyon, owner OF the
former Jersey City Standard" died late
last night at his home in Bayonne Of
pneumonia He was sixty years old anl
well known in Hudson county He resid'
ed for many years at No 25 East Thirty
third street.
The funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at the house and interment
made Monday in waretown. Ocean Co.
N
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
BAYoHnE CARS BLOCKED BY TRUCK

The Bayonne cars were blocked ON
Grand street for half an hour this morn
ing by the collapse of heavy truck. This
same truck on which a three-ton engine is
being shipped to New York, broke down
at the Junction Tuesday and tied up all
the car lines. The Bayonne and Newark
cars were run through Lafayette to-day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
TRUSTEES TURN IN COURT
Trouble Between Two Polish
Churches in Bayonne.

The trustees of the St. Mary's CARMEL
ite Roman Catholic Polish Church Of Bay
onne had an opportunity this morning OF
telling Vice Chancellor Stevenson their
side of the trouble between them and the
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
also Of Bayonne and which disagreement
has resulted in suit Of Chancery to re-
strain the trustees from building church
and compel them to turn over certain.
funds collected for the foundation OF a
building.
The trustees were accused of securing
this fund for the Church of Our Lady but
formed themselves into a new corporation
and began to build the Church Of St
Mary all contrary to the Will of their Bis
hop Wigger. The defense Is that no
proved by the majority Of the eongrega-
ti0n.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
SOLD LIQUOR TO A HlRoR

George Luhrmann. saloon keeper, who
lives at No. q Grand street. has been ar
rested ON charge of selling liquor to a
minor The complainant is Joseph Bal
lance, Of No. 80 Greene street A civil
suit was first Instituted, but was with
drawn on the case non-suted Luhrmann
claims the whole matter Is scheme 20
libel him The case will be heard in the
First Criminal Court tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
Hartnest's Record.
MATTERS OF FACE

Favcnia Brand OF Canned Tomatoes extrz.
large cans. and filed with red ripe tomatoes
Wholesale at D. E. cieary Co.'S stores Asx
your xroeer for 'em.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, March Z. lsO2-Forecast
for the thirty-six hours ending at eight
P. M. saturday:-Fair tonight: partly
cloudy tomorrow; southwest winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-07

Cold Damp Fest Wont Give Xou :
Cold.
II ysn ~ take ii time Laxative Bron,os qsi-
uins 1ablsfs' p, y. Groves s1snataEs p ~.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-23
ROYAL RIVALS MEET.
Empress of Russia and Queen of
Italy Renew Acqua intance After
Several Years.

For the first time in many years
! Helena of Montenegro, now queen of
! Italy, and the empress of all The
| Russias met at the state banquet
! given by Emperor Nicholas to the
| visiting sovereigns of Italy on the
evening of July IA. The last pre-
vious meeting was upon the occasion
of the marriage of the young en-
| peror to Princess Alix of Hesse.
That King Victor Emmanuel should
! commence his visits to the foreign
courts by going to St. Petersburg is
probably owing to the fact that his
wife is sort of adopted daughter of
the dowager czarina of Russia, under
whose maternal care and at whose
expense she was educated at the
Muscovite court. Moreover, it was
the car who furnished her with that
sine qua non of all royal brides, a
! dowry, upon her marriage to the
prince of Naples. For Queen Helena
the visit must have been a sort of
compensation for the disappoint-
ment and humiliat ton she was COM
PEELED to undergo when Alix of Hesse
took the place on the Muscovite
throne she had been brought up to
regard as her own. Indeed, while a
young girl at St. Petersburg she was
regarded by court and the royal fam
lily alike as the future czarina. To
the now widowed empress she has al
ways been an object of peculiar af-
lection and solicitude on this &C.
count, while the late car was i'm
mensely fond of his "little Monte
negron savage" whom he treated
with the same elephantine playful
ness and kindness he bestowed upon
his own daughter Xenia. Helena and
Xenia were as devoted to each other
as sisters, and no one resents more
bitterly the ''usurpation," as she
terms it, of the Hessian princess
than the imperious and high-spirited
daughter of Alexander III.
When the moment came, however,
for Nichol to fulfill the projects of
his parents, he raised such strenuous
objections that the cherished plan
of the czar had to be given up. He
had paid visit to his aunt at Co.
burg, and fallen under the fascina-
ton of her niece by marriage,
Princess Alix. For more than year