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MURPHY'S
BONBSHELL
Warden Osborne Named for
State Prison Keeper
Without Solicita-
ton.
RIGHT MAN FOR THE PLACE
Greedy q o. P. Office Seekers
in a Panic-Camden Bomb.
shell Too.
MORE OF FAGAA'S BILLS
Five Thousand Dollar Street
and Water Commissioner
With a Referendum
String.
Especial to oThe Jersey city News.'l

TRENTON. March 5. 1902.-Governor
Murphy this morning surprised the pom
ticians by appointing as Keeper OF tne
State Prison George E. Osborne, warden
of the City Hospital of Jersey City.
There was much CONSERVATION among
the throng of hungry office-seekers when
they saw this fat plum go to Democratic
Hudson. and. holding their hands up IN
unfeigned horror, they asked, what VIII
happen next?''
The Governor talked readily about the
appointment and declared there was no
politics in the appointment and that MI.
Osborne was not candidate for the Oh
fee and in no wise sought 1t. The Gov
ernor said further that he was impressed
with the Importance of the position ana
the necessity of securing a keeper VINO
couId be relied upon to fill the position
as it should be. OF all the names men
toned to him he said Mr.. Osborne I'M
pressed him as being the best equipped
for the position. He had carefully con-
sidered the matter and was convinced
that Mr. Osborne was the right man for
the responsible office. One strong point
in Mr. Osbornes favor, the Governor
said, was that both he and his wife were
earnest and active in church work and
he thought that that added greatly to
their efficiency for the important ofilce
of head of the State prison. The Gover-
nor also said that had Mr.. Osborne been
Democrat he thought that he would
have appointed him just the sames,
The Governor wrenched the good law
and order people of South Jersey this
morning by turning down E. Amber Arm
strong of Camden. Judge Armstrong is
a former Speaker of the Assembly and
one of the late General Seweil's most
efficient staff officers in legislative CAM
paigns. He used to have such an in
sidueus way of wandering around among
the desks of the members on the fioor
of the House that wag nicknamed him
Rambler Armstrong,
For his efficient services in this line
General Sewell had him made judge Of
Camden county. While on the bench or
late he has sided with the Law and Or
der people against the liquor sellers, and
the strenuous manner in which he mas
pursued infringers of the law raised
powerful opposition to his reappointment,
which has succeeded in relegating Nj.
Rambler back to private life.
Mr.. Johne, who is named in his place.
is at present Judge of the District Court
of Camden and the Governor has APP
pointed Martin " Bergen his successor.
Henry I. Budd is reappointed State Road
Commissioner, the Governor saying that
he had thoroughly inquired into the man
ner and was convinced that Mr.. Budd's
retention in Office was for the best inter-
est of the State.
Mr.. McCarter in the Senate introduced
Mayor Fagan's excise bill.
Mr. McCarter also introduced a new
street and water bill which provides for
a single commissioner appointed by lie
Mayor, to take the place of the present
board, at a salary of 5000 per annum.
There is a referendum clause. If adopt
by the people the term of the first com
missioner is to expire with that of the
Mayor appoint him and after that the
term is TO be two years This is also
measure brought here by Mayor Pagan.
Mr.. HamiA won tn applause Of the
entire House this morning with a highly
patriotic speech on Mr.. Newcorn's reso-
luton asking Congress to have warships
built in the Government yards. The resp
luton was adopted
go for priest or doctor. Katie, he
said replied that IT was not necessary.
Coroner Wyse-"Is it so that if any
young man in the neighborhood buys
pint of beer for you. your home is open
to hlm?"
NO, sir; am a respectable man." re-
piled the witness.
John Daley, Jr., the seventeen year
old son of the preceding witness, said
that he got home at nine o'clock SatLr-
day night ard went to bed at 9:25. e
Dunbar girl, Donnely, William spalar
and his sitter was there.
In reply to questions he said that ne
had gone to q drug store, considerable
distance from. home. TO get some lime wa
ter to stop the Dunbar girls vomiting.
He gave no satisfactory reason for not
going to nearby drug store.
Were you not at home when Katie
Donnelly and Spalan were there In the
afternoon asked the Coroner.
YES" responded the witness.
"What did you tell themY'
II told them to get out Of the house,
Young Daley also admitted that ne
had said to mis- father on Sunday. Lets
leave the house or they'll think we mur-
dsred her"
The witness said that Donnelly and
gpaian had staid at the house all night,
A4Old andWeIl Tried Romody.