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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
DIED

BRENNAN.-On Monday, Sept. 1,
1902. Patrick. beloved husband or
Margaret Brennan.
Funeral on Thursday, Sept. A, at ~
a. NJ, from his late residence, No. lyz
Morgan street, thence to st. Mary'S
Church, where a requiem mass viii Dc
offered for the happy repose of his soul.
BRACKEN.-On Tuesday, Sept. z,
1902, William II. Bracken. beloved
son of James and Catherine
Relatives and friends are requested to
attend his funeral from his late resi-
dence, No. 356 York street, on Thursday,
at 8 a. M; thence to st. Bridgets
requiem will be offered for the repose or
his soul.
MERRITT.-On Tuesday, Sept. 2,
1902. Mary Merritt, aged 60 years;
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence, 226 Wayne street, on Fri
day. Sept, s. at 8 a. M; thence to ST.
Bridget's r. c. Church, where a solemn
high mass of requiem will be offered Tor
the happy repose of her SOUL
MORRISON Tuesday, Sept. 2. 1902,
Eleanor May, beloved daughter OF
John and Julia Morris, aged 4
months and 20 days.
Funeral from the residence of her par
entS No. 1900 Park avenue, AoDoKen.
Thursday, Sept. 4, at p. m.
MULLANEY-In this city, on Sept. L
1902. katherine, widow of Andrew
j. Mullaney.
Relatives and friends of the family
are invited to attend the funeral ser
vices on Wednesday evening. Sept. 3, at
s o'clock at the residence of her daugh--
fer. Mrs. John Driever, No. 5l Boyd
avenue. Jersey City Heights.
Interment at convenience of the family.
Detroit, Mich, papers please copy.
O'NEILL.-Florence L. O'Neill daugh.
ter of John and Loria Kate O'Neili,
died Sept. 2, 1902, aged year
months and s days.
Funeral takes place on Thursday at
o'clock D. m from 354 Cliff street, West
Hoboken.
Interment in Hoboken Cemetery
RAAISAY.-On Sept. 8, 1902, John G.
Ramsay, beloved husband of Agnes
Ramsay, at his home 111a Charles
street, in his 10th year.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
SPROCK.- Suddenly, in this city, on
Sepr, 3, 1902, at her late residence,
No. 1877 Sussex street, Annie, wife
Of Frederick Sprock.
Nrtice Of funeral hereafter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
DAVIS HEADCEAR
Distribution Of Hats for the
Great OUTING Cash for
Tickets Coming In.

The distribution of hats and badges
for the big outing of the Robert Davis
Association began at the clubhouse in
Mercer street shortly after four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Nearly 1000
ticket holders We're fitted with hats up
to eleven o'clock last night, when the
committee got tired and postponed
further distribution until this afternoon.
The committee in charge of this work
consists of Thomas }. higgins, Daniel
Smith and n. P. Wedin.
The returns for outing tickets are COM
ing in very satisfactorily and indications
point to the smashing of all records for
attendance when the Dayisites and their
friends board the Grand Republic on
September 10.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
WORE TOO MANY CLOTHES
Jackson Was Stopped and Soon
a Man Identified His Own
Trousers.

Detective Daniel Lee while standing
on the corner of Henderson street and
Railroad avenue noticed colored man
coming down the street who appeared to
have on more clothes than the warm
weather calls for. Lee stopped the man
and questioned him as to why he wore
two pairs of trousers
The man turned out to be Clifford
Jackson, 21 years old. He replied that
he had bought a new pair. Just at this
time Harry Friedman, saloonkeeper, at
No. 80 Henderson street, ran up and
told the detective he had been robbed OF
a pair of trousers. Friedman Identified
tbe trousers and Lee arrested Jackson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
HARRINGTON ABSENT YET
The Disappointed Excursion
lists Waiting for Their Stand
ard Bearer to Settle.

VIM. H. Harrington, the treasurer and
standard bearer of the association which
bears his name, who so mysteriously dis
appeared on Labor Day when his or
ganization was about to go on its outing,
has not been seen or heard from.
Many of the men who purchased tick
cts at 81 a piece are eagerly waiting for
his return. His saloon in Ocean avenue
is kept open by the bartender.
Detective Frank Bennett is investigat-
ing the case and thinks he will soon find
the man.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
MAY BE JOHN WITT.

Chief of Police Murphy received word
this morning from the police of Hastings,
N. Y, that the body of a man about thir-
ty years old had been taken from the
Hudson River, and was thought to be
that of John Witt, of Jersey City. A
pawn ticket for woman's hunting case
gold watch was found in his pocket. is
sued by Simon Mayer, Of Warren street,
this city on August 2.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
TUNNEL CONFAB TODAY

A conference is being held this after
noon in New York City over the Penn
sylyania Railroad Company's tunnel
franchise.
Mayor Seth Low returned to the City
Hall to-day after a three-weeks' vaca-
ton. With him in the conference are
committees of the Rapid Transit Com
mission, Board Of Aldermen and repre-
sentatives of the railroad company. The
result of to-day's deliberations will be re-
ported to the Board Of Aldermen at its
meeting tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
ACCUSED or STEALING TOOLS

Patrick Bannon, of No. 80 Fairmount
avenue, accused of stealing a number OF
tools from the Rockwell Engineering
Company, No. 80 Fairmount avenue, on
July 3, was held in $500 for the Grand
Jury by Police Justice Murphy in the
Second Criminal Court this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
FATHER MAcERLAIN's PARTY
Affair Ends Tonight With An
Auction to Close Out.

Father MacErlain's garden party, held
on the lawn, Jackson and Bidwell ave
nues, opened last night with even a
larger attendance than on the first even
ing.
A merry crowd kept the young women
in charge of the prettily decorated booths
busy selling their wares. Much amuse-
ment was afforded by the novel attrac-
tons.
The event will be closed tonight and
many useful articles will be sold at auc-
ton.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
ROBBED OF JEWELS.
Thom.s Herman's House in Bulls
Ferry Road Entered.

Chief Of Police Sullivan of North Ber-
gen this morning reported at the Prose
cutor's office that the home of Thomas
Herman, in the Bulls Ferry road, near
the school house, had been robbed of
nearly 5000 worth of jewelry, including
several diamond rings and pins.
The burglary is supposed to have
taken place Saturday night. The Her
man family were away. Mr.. Herman
is connected with the Shadyside Chemi-
cal Works.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
GUESTS AT THE WASHINGTON

Among the guests registered at the
Hotel Washington are:-Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Brown, Lloyd Bailey, John A.
Zehnder, Philadelphia; Francis w. Buck.
Delaware; N. w. Babbitt, George A..
Williams, Maxwell Grierson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Duffy, city; Mr.. and Mrs. /.
Hawley, Trenton; r. M. Reyno, Prince
ton: Mr. and Mrs. e. Rose, Boston; A.
B. Edmonds, Tuckerton, N. j.; Mr.. and
Mrs. d. w. King, Albany.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
FRUIT by SHORT MEASURE.

William Shannon, Of Bergen avenue,
and George Kramer, of No. 736 Mont
gomery street, two peddlers, were arrest
ed in Webster avenue yesterday by Po-
lice Captain Wohllebin, charged with
ling pears, peaches, ETC., in short meas
ures. The complainant against them is
Inspector of Weights and Measures A.
f. Roede. The men were arraigned in
the Second Criminal Court this morning,
but the case was laid over until to-mor-
ROW.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
FINED FOR sPOILING PLANTS

Marie Reynolds. Of No. 60 Hopkins
avenue, was fined $5 in the Second Grim
inal Court this morning on a charge Of
malicious mischief. The complainant was
Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, of No. 96 Laid
law avenue Mrs. Reynolds formerly
owned the property now occupied by
Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs. Sullivan accused her
Of destroying a number of plants.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
The MAINS FIRST VOYAGE
Steamer Burned and Rebuilt Brings
Passengers From Europe.

The North German Lloyd steamship,
big water front fire in Hoboken in 1900,
which was rebuilt in Germany, arrived at
this port yesterday for the first time
since the fire. She carried 120 cabin
passengers. The Main did not come up
to her Hoboken pier. Her passengers
were taken ashore by tugboats as soon as
she reached Quarantine and she was
then sent direct to Baltimore wher a
cargo awaits her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
pataronia's Timber Islands.

The numerous islands Of the Patagonia
archipelago are covered with evergreen
forests capable of supplying immense
quantities of valuable timber, while the
mountain ranges, being of the same geo
logical formation as those of Chile and
Peru, are probably rich in mineral re-
sources.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
TRAIN FLAGMAN HURT.

Frank ]. Scanlan, % years old, of No.
635 Montgomery street, employed as a
fagman on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
had his left hand badly crushed while
uncouplng cars on the meadows yestef-
day. The wound was dressed by DR.. Nc
Gin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
GRAND JURY ON SATURDAY.

Sheriff Ruempler will announce the last
grand jury Of his term on Saturday next.
There has been no inkling as to whom
the foreman will be, but it is believed
that he will be well known Democrat
of the lower part of the city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION

The County Board of Elections met at
the Court House this afternoon and
formally appointed the election officers
recommended by the County Committees
of the two parties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
Pushing Hungary's Product.

Hungarian products are to be pushed
forward in the South African market by
firm of traders at the Cape who will
act as special commissioners of the Hun
garian Government and by a commercial
expert who is being sent out.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
PARTIES WELL ATTENDED.

Fresh PrOgramme Tor st. MichaeFs
and st. Lucy's Fetes.
At both st. MichaePs and St Lucys
lawn parties the attendance was large
last evening. Dancing and a bagatelle
game We're the chief attractions at the
former party, while at the latter illus
trated songs sung by Mr.. Lane and club
swinging were enjoyed more than any
thing else.
A minstrel show will be feature at
st. Lucy's this evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
MATTERS OF FAoE

Pavonia Brand Of Canned Tomatoes, extra
large cans, and filled with red. ripe tomatoes
wholesale at d. 4. Cleary Co.'S stores. Ask
your grocer for EN-.
Bassett. the Caterer. why haven't you tried
his frozen fruits? Grove and Wayne streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
CLERK HAGGERTY BETTER.

City Clerk John j. Haggerty, of Ho-
boken, who was taken seriously i'll Mon
day last, was said to be slightly improved
this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 1902. Forecast
for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. NJ.
Thursday Cloudy and warmer with
possibly rain, tonight, and cloudy and
cooler, with thunder storms, tomorrow.
Hartnett's Report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03
Hartnett's Report.

Choice selection of Cut Flowers and
Funeral Designs,
At COLES, the Florist,
No. 146 Newark Avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03

JAMES ]. MERRITY, Undertaken.
No. 460 Grove street. Hudson Tel. 2S9.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03

WILLIAM DELANEY, Undertaken,
successor to Brady & Delaney, removed
to No. 2S0 First street, corner Newark
avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03

II rou are losing appetite. lying awake.
nights. take Hoods sarsaparil1a--its just
tho tonic you need.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03

r. II. DUFF, Undertaken, now at No.
544 Jersey avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-03

WILLIAM ]. MORAN, Undertakers
147 Montgomery street. Tel. 347.
Evening star., 1902-01-11

next war II flown 100 feet above the
ear earl1 ~ln command view OF the hori-
zon nlty miles away on a clear dav snd
over level country Although At be miles
ana miles away. the floating craft win corn
munlcate directly all that 1t sees. A long
saectrie nerve emanating from the observer
IA us basket VIII descend the controlitrr
cable OF the big airship and connert With
the neid telegraph line reaching the com
manders post at the front. -'
The aeronaut of the dragon balloon viii
wear siung across his shoulder the most
compact telephone outflt ever invented.
tbs has combined receiver and trans
mitter. which can be held TO the ear and
mouth at the same time with one hand. At
tacned to this piece of mechanism is also
telegraph key which discourses by dot and
dash signs In a strange buxxing tone com
parable only with that Of dying house
ny. Thus either a te1ephonic or teieg1aphic
Communication can be transmitted 20 the
ear listening to the duplicate receiver at
the cther end of the wire.
I Wireless teleeraphy Win be q feature OF
the new balloonlng schools curriculum.
The ADVANTAGES OF this new mode Of trans
naittfng thought would be INFINITE In case
Evening star., 1902-01-11

Of war and in connection with aerial fleets
of war craft.
Drill in the dropping of explosives will be
another feature of the new work but such
experiments viii have to be made far from
populated centers. Fifty pounds OF dyna-
mite dropped by the dragon balloon so a.
to explode within 200 feet OF the most
powerful battle ships would wipe the latter
OF the bosom Of the deep.
Major MaNheld has already established q
Photographic laboratory in the new admin
istration building erected at his post Tele-
photography from balloons VIII be much
employed In future wars especially in the
plotting OF maps showing the enemy's for
tihcations and other works. Several tele-
Photographic lenses of great power have
been purchased for the new post Expert
ments viii be made with kites for signaling
purposes A test of automobiles is now in
progress One at present under probation
has made thirty miles an hour although
heavily built and suitable for carrying the
outfit of telegraph linemen and wire mend
ers- Automobiles will eventually be o
part of the balloon train.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. Jr.
Evening star., 1902-01-11

world. 1t is directly beneath the chief sig
nal officer and is a part Of the flying field
telegraph train.
The new signal corps post at Fort Myer
is under the command of Major Joseph E.
Maxfield, u. s. A. Just now 1T has the
double function Of a training school for
raw signal corps recruits undergoing in
struction for the Philippine service and OF
depot for signal corps supplies OF all
kinds.
A large barracks. with all modern i'm
provements, has lately been erected upon
the crest of bill rising in front of the
balloon house. In this CHEEKY and we'll
lighted building are full accommodations
for ITO men.
The Routine of Drill.
These recruits are now receiving, each
day, an hours military drill with the cav
airy carbine. three hours of telegraph prac-
tice. one hour Of signaling, one hour OF
lecture and recitation in electricity and
signal corps apparatus. After this routine
has progressed for a time. practical train
ing in telegraph and telephone line build
ing is added. Practical balloon drills have
not yet been outlined for the new school,
but win constitute the most interesting
feature thereof as soon as the Philippine
service obtains its necessary quota of sig
nal corps men.
The curriculum of the balloon school Will
be strictly up to date. The world has made
such surprising strides in aerodynamics
outline all of the uses to which war bal
looms can now be put.
The most unique employment of captive
war balloons, like ours, lately conceived by
the worlds military aeronauts. is for the
transportation of bodies of soldiers over
rivers not spanned by bridges. Imagine
for instance, that our army wishes to in
wade Mexico and that it is concentrated on
this side of the Rio Grande, many miles
from the nearest bridge. The great dragon
balloon together with the two pear-shaped
vehicles. which make up our aerial fleet
are anchored so that they overhang the
center of the stream. Numerous ropes
hung from each, are fastened on the Amer
lean side. Soldier after soldier grasps a
rope and swings himself to the Mexican
bank. All Of the ropes thus used are fast
ened on the latter side until the last has
been used Then all ropes are unfastened
and the positions of the balloons are shift
ed untl the next detachment of men Sc
iected for crossing can reach the ends of
the great cords. Then the balloons are
moved over the center of the river again
until the second body of soldiers has swung
itself across. By such means regiments
can cross not only unspanned streams but
precipitous canons and threatening abysses
The new dragon balloon will perhaps be
used by the army in cooperation with the
navy. Its prototype was lately flown from
a German man-of-war with great success
The object of this experiment was to test
the dragon balloons value as a floating
maritime observatory.
The Eye of the Commander.
The dragon balloon will be the eve of
the commander of our land forces in the
Evening star., 1902-01-11
BATTERIES OF wARsHIPs.
The Pennsylvania and Colorado TO be
Packed with Guns.


From the Boston Transcript.
The descriptions Of the two armored
cruisers. the Pennsylvania and Colorado.
now building at the Cramps yards, bring
out the fact that they VIII be packed with
guns. Each vessel will carry sixty-six
pieces OF ordnance. ranging IN caliber from
the s-inch, breech-loading. high-powered
rife to the 1-pounder Each vessel will
mount four S4nch and fourteen 6-inch
guns. which will constitute the main bat
teries. The auxiliary armament Ii made
up Of eighteen S-inch, twelve 3-pounders
eight 1-pounders. two 3-pounder field guns
two machine guns and six automatic
pieces.
Such an armament reveals a tendency to
return to the old method Of giving a ship
as many guns as she could carry and serve
effectively. In the old days OF the sailing
navy some OF the iine-of-battle ships, nota-
bly, the Pennsylvania carried as many as
l30 guns Very few of these pieces were
Of heavier caliber than the 81 or 42-pound-
ers. The 6S-pounder was then regarded as
a very heavy caliber, and the larger shell
gun was supplied but sparingly. A ship
like the Pennsylvania Of the old days-she
was burned at the Norfolk navy yard In
1S61-required from loo to 1,20o men to
perform the duties Of seameu and arttIler-
lists. The broadside weight of metal thrown
from ship Of this class was very light az
compared with one of her SUCCESSORS of to-
day. and the amount OF physical labor re-
quired to produce this result was enormous
The aggregate weight OF metal thrown by
twenty-five 42-pounders each of which was
served by a crew of six 90 eight men,
would not equal, or more than equal the
weight Of one modern projectile OF the
highest tyne
Evening star., 1902-01-11

Understand, sir. that I am not going to
discuss my lords character with you
Madam. 1t is In your own interests that
have ventured to. speak"
Very we'll. Be it so. Meantime I am
sick of hearing that this drunken beast
threatens me. Let him do his worst. Then
he will have no more excuse for demanding
money; nor will you: nor will Lord Strath-
errick. AS to your bill, let his lordship pay
it. You may all do your worst. Then I
shall be no more troubled with you, or the
Grapes Tavern. or any Of your low COM
pany. You can CO."
Mr. Pinder made no reply; he bowed
with hanging hands as before, and he re-
tired. 1t is not that part Of good valet
to reply; he retired. but he was not ILL
pleased with the result of his interview;
ladies in straits are always ready to buy
themselves out: the bill would be paid; and
it would be a large bill.
Isabel. however. dismissed this difficulty
for a time. Her thoughts went back to the
negro, Mr.. Adolphus Truxo. He was In
England; back again. he was claiming his
rights as a husband over her property.
Suppose he were to take all; suppose he
were to take the house and her fortune
everything. He was her husband; he might
do this; he was entitled to do it: he seemed
Evening star., 1902-01-11

curing. Each animal furnishes one piece,
about fifteen by twenty-four inches in di-
mensions
Ultimately. regularly scheduled balloon
drills will be held at the new post. The
dragon balloon and one OF Its pear
shaped consorts will be kept In their barn.
inflated, for days at time, without ex-
trayagant loss of hydrogen. That It might
accommodate at least one OF the round
balloons, together with the dragon, both
being inflated. the great barn was made
larger even, than that erected at the Ger
man army's balloon school to shelter the
dragons twin brother.
Some time ago 1t was prophesied in the
public prints that Uncle Sam would have
to equip himself with a feet of modern
war balloons IL he wished to be ready to
cope with European powers, in case Of hos
tilities. This necessity was soon realized
by General Greedy, the chief signal oficer
OF the army. Some months ago, while that
distinguished oflicer was travelling abroad,
he happened to witness the performances
of the German dragon balloon. He straight
way ordered q duplicate OF the katser,s
monster from its inventor q lieutenant II
the German army.
Our War-halloon deet y the newest In the
Evening star., 1902-01-11
The Birth of q Melody.


r. 8. Thomas. manager OF the New Or
leans University Singers. tells the following
incident regarding one Of the most beauti-
full OF negro melodies: I" 'stesl Away to
Jesus was originated In the sugar fields
Of Louisiana. 1t was used as a signal for
religious meetings in the swamps by the
slaves When any OF the old mother or
father slaves, while toiling up and down
the long rows OF sugar cane, felt the i'm
pulse for religious communion. he or she
would begin singing Steal Away to Jesus
As the quaint and tender melody hoeted
over the field another voice, perhaps q
quarter OF a mile away, would take II up.
and gradually all the slaves. numbering
between 300 and 400, woul~ 5oin IN, until q
mellow chorus. inexpressibly melodious.
would float away on the magnoiis-laden afr
The singing would last long enough to as
sure the one who started II that every one
had heard the signal for the meeting.
which would surely take place In the heart
of a swamp in the vicinity, where the wor-
shippers would be secure from interruption"
Evening star., 1902-01-11
London's New Liquor Law.

A recent act Of parliament forbids saloon
keepers from serving children under four
teen with intoxicating liquors. either for
consumption on the. premises or for the
purpose Of taking home to their parents.
This particular section Of the law is known
as the cork and SEAL clause. permitting
the serving Of Juveniles for the latter pur-
pose IL the vessels used are corked and
sealed. This apparently has offered a loop
hole for many saloonkeepers, who keep In
supply corks and muciiage paper to avoid
penalties. But the majority OF London
pubiicans after consideration. have decided
not to take advantage or this. and have
agreed to prepare notices informing the
public that they win not supply intoxicanta
In any form to children under fourteen