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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
BILL NOT PRESENTED.
Commissioner Mitchell Silent
on Dispensaries at Last
Nights Meeting.

If
No one who attended last nights meet
ing of the Board of Police Commission
ers would have known that any one had
ever rendered such a thing as a bill for
services connected with the free dispen-
.saries. Not a word regarding the pas
sage of the bills was heard.
Commissioner Mitchell, it is under
stood. did not even mention the matter
in the executive session. While no posi-
tive corroboration can be gained, it is
generally thought that Commissioner
Mitchell will endeavor to have the bills
sidetracked until after the first of next
year when Dir. John d. McGill will be
out Of the board.
DIR. McGill will endeavor to have the
bills thrown out should they be brought
up this year ut any meeting and will
positively refuse to sign them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
GUESTS AT THE WASHINGTON

Among the guests registered at the
Hotel Washington are:-R. Vincent,
U. S. Navy; III. E. Ackerson, Keyport;
T. B. Linpin, Grasno, Florida; Reuben
Gentry, Baltimore; W. B. Judge, Eng
land; John Fl. Croak, Canastola; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Metcalf, Albany; Frederick Gas
ton, Mrs Frederick Castor, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Phillips, Philadelphia: Alexander
Simpson, city: Mrs J. A. Baxter and
duughter, Altoona; Mrs. St Maar, Mrs.
II. Ford, Baltimore; Mrs. q. Hahn, II.
Hahn. New YORK City; Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Maday. Brooklyn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
A Dumas Sto ".

Among the numerous Dumas stories
that have been resusticated because of
the recent centenary, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser" is that which
tells of the time when the man who made
100000 francs by his pen and spent
it all lay on his deathbed, attended by
his son..
Look through my escritoire,' said the
dying man, sand see how much money
there is in it,
A thorough search produced the sum
OF thirty francs.
sThere!'' exclaimed Dumas, with a
flicker of his old triumphant fun. when
/ first came to Paris | had just forty
francs. and you see | have thirty le-t.
And vet they say that | have been ex-
travagantr'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
A New Electric Car.

A new electric car has been undergo
ing severe tests in England, the results
of which have been entirely satisfactory,
as the vehicles has succeeded in cover
ing 100 miles without recharging. The
car itself is made by Krieger, of Paris,
but the electrical fittings are supplied by
London firm. The electrical installa-
tion consists of two compound motors,
which drive the front wheels indepen-
IDENTIFY. The battery comprises A Lett
ner cells of 300 ampere hours capacity.
and is capable of running the car 100
miles without recharging at a speed Of
40 miles per hour on level road.
When travelling down hill the motors are
reversed and become generators and re-
charge the battery. Another interesting
feature of this arrangement is that by
converting the motors into generators an
excellent braking effect is produced. and
in the majority of instances is sufficient
to hold the vehicle in check. without
necnssitating the applications of the me-
chanieal brakes. Scientific american.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
Remarkable Safety Record.

Considerable prominence has lately
been given in the press of the world to
the fact that not a passenger on the
English railroads was killed during the
year 1901. It may prove of interest to
know that on the Mexican National Mar
row Gage road, from Corpus Christi
through Laredo to the city of Mexico,
with its branches amounting to more than
200 miles of operated road, for more
than twenty years no passenger has been
killed. This, in the face of the fact that
this road climbs more mountains, turns
more curves than any road in the United
States Scientific Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
BULL PUP BITES BOY.
Animal Not Mad and No Serious
consequences Are Expected.

Orlo Skinner, twelve years old, while
returning from School No. 3 yesterday
afternoon, was bitten by bulldog owned
by DR.. Bowyer, of No. 262 Barrow
street.
The boy was passing DR.. Bowyer's
home while some other children were
teasing the dog. 1t sprung on young
Skinner and seized him by the left thigh.
DR.. Stein attended the boy and had him
taken to his home, No. rs Erie street.
No serious consequences are expected
from the bite. The dog was not mad
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
SAVING TO TAxpAYEpS

Dsrsrva;ic party ia ttc County next
.Sesember.
SAVING TO TAXPAYERS.
Freeholder Louis l.. Einsc declared
that the Democratic parry seas entitled
to a great deal of credit for bringing
about a large saving to the taxpayers of
the county. He declared it had through
the present Board of Freeholders saved
the county $150,000 a year. He elo-
qucntly eulogized Director Michael B.
Holmes. He said Mr.. Holmes has as
big German heart as any German in
the city.
Assemblyman Carl Sch;na IN e.,.anast
ly denounced the policy of absolute cen
tralization adopted by the lepEb';snn
party.
MAYOR % HACCK SPRAYS.
Street and Water Commissioner Ha:.1s
said that when tho reop!c voted f.r
Mark Pagan fer Mayor they l:,i no, anti
'cirate single headed Wafer Commits
sion.
Gustav Klngcns:ein was electsS p>.s,.
dent of the central organization: II.
Warnken, of Hobolle,, vicc-r~ss!a~nt::
Il. Finke, treasurer, aud GAIL Hagen, soc.
retary.
The bylaws committee consists .:
Godfrey Mathews, Robert Hoes and
Fred Lohmann.
Tax Commissioner Hoos said tia.
his father regretted his absence but ss-
sured the organization OF his hearty Co
operation.
Police Justice Hoos said that the Ger
man-Amerieans were great power in
the county and when united could do
great work. They were loyal to the
Democracy and were certainly opposed
to Mayor Fagan's single headed commits
sion. 1t was easier to hoodwink one man
than FIVE.
A splendid meeting closed in the usual
way and the visitors paid all sorts of
compliments to those who arranged it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
Baggage Checks in Germany.

Germany has been experimenting with
our system of checking baggage and
likes it So well that it IS to be generally
introduced on her railways. Under the
old system there, every passenger had to
follow up and identify his own trunks
and satches So it is that the Yankee
idea extends itself.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
LITTLE Boys
FATAL PLAY
Jumped From a Truck to
Which He Was /" Hitch
ing On" Under a
Trolley Car.
HIS LIFE GROUND OUT
Motorman Did His Best to
Save Him But in Vain
Unreasoning Rage Of
a Crowd.
HIS LIFE GROUND OUT

Walter E. Nation, eight years old, of
No., 500 Bergen avenue, was run over by
east bound trolley car No. 315 of the
avenue and Seidler street, shortly before
five o'clock yesterday afternoon. fIe died
a few moments after he was taken from
under the car.
The body, horribly mangled, was tax
en- to Griffiths' undertaking establishment
No. 604 Communipaw avenue.
The motorman, Charles Schoonmaker,
of No. 80 Short street, Newark, and Con-
ductor Charles Clancy, were arrested by
the Fourth precinct police. Conductor
Clancy was released later, but Motor
man Schoonmaker was still in jail this
morning. He was arraigned before Police
Justice Murphy in the Second Criminal
Court and committed to the County Jail
without bail ON a charge of manslaugh-
ter.
The boys mother came on the scene
shortly after the accident Not knowing
its nature, she asked someone what had
drawn the crowd An acquaintance at
once told her the terrible fate of her
boy. She fell in swoon on the spot.
She was taken into nearby house and
later to her home. She and her husband,
Thomas w. Mutton, are prostrated with
grief today.
ALMOST A LYNCHING.
An angry mob wanted to lynch the
motorman, and would have done him
bodily harm, but for the prompt arrival
of the Fourth precinct police reserves,
who escorted him and the conductor to
the Communipaw avenue station house.
The little fellow, an only child, would
have celebrated his ninth birthday a
week from today
According to those who witnessed the
accident the boy was hitching on a truck
which was on the car track directly in
front of car No. 317. Several boys on
the sidewalk attracted his attention and
he jumped off the truck. He was knock
ed down by the fender of the car and
rolled under it beneath the forward truck.
The motorman saw the little fellow jump
too late to save his life. Although the
motorman turned off the power and put
on the brakes with all his strength the
fender struck young Nation, he rolled on
It, rolled off again, and before the car
could be brought to a stop the wheels
of the forward truck had passed over his
body.
SPEEDY DEATH.
Battalion Chief Hague, who was pass
ing, drew the dying boy, who was moan
ing piteously all the while, from beneath
the car. He was carried to the curb, and
DR.. Everitt, the police surgeon, summon
ed. He quickly responded, but he died
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
Hartnet,'s Report.
COURT CALENDAR

Supreme Court cases, Oct 20-Nos.
13S, 146 and lat.
Circuit Court cases, Oct. 20-Nos. 290
and 800.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Oct. II, 19O2.-Fore-
cast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8
p. NJ. Saturday:-Fair and cooler to-
night and tomorrow; northwest Winds
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

WILLIAM j. MORAN. Undes taker.
lat Montgomery street. Tel. BAT.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

JAMES j. MERRITY, Undertakes,
No. AGO Grove street. Hudson Tel. 2S9.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
MARRIED.

HART-COYLE-On Wednesday morn
ing, October Is, at st. Peters
Church, by the Rev. William Cum
ningham, s. j., Alice Isabel, daugh-
ter of Hugh Coyle, to DIR. Edward
Hart,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

R. H. DUFF, Undertaken, now at No.
544 Jersey avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

GEORGE STEVENS. Undert1 ker.
No. COS Jersey avenue. Tel. 124.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
x1y7ERs OF FAoE

ia 5aHna oi ranS Eariy snne % sss Sannso
stores, and wholesale at the d. E. cleary Co.'s
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
HUDSON COUNTY GAS CO.

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, 1902-10-17

r. H. DUFF, Undertaken, now at No.
544 Jersey avenue. Tel. 5S1.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

AS preventive as well as curative
medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla is pee
eminentits great merit is fully estab-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17

N4.:er .>i'. VI. Davis sad he was glad
- SO ia4 German Ames.oaas orgaaizing
ssd = ee c,a'. ~ hliaaat enc:ory for the
Dsrsrva;ic party ia tic County next
%e-.@r,,; her
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
SPEEDY DEATH

Battalion Chief Hague, who was pass
ing, drew the dying boy, who was moan
ing piteously all the while, from beneath
the car. He was carried to the curb, and
DIR. Everitt, the police surgeon, summon
ed. He quickly responded, but he died
before medical attendance reached him.
The funeral will be held at the house
Sunday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-17
GAS FOR FUEL.

With a GAS RANGE and
WATER HEATER in your
kitchen--A GAS HEATER
or RADIATOR in the other
rooms of your house, you
can be independent of the
Coal Question for some
time ahead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
THUNDER
MOUNTAIN
Is a Romance So Far as
That Volcano Story
is Concerned.
NO NEED TO MOVE
Mountains 500 Feet
High and the Only
Fire is Electric.

Milwaukee, May 23-J. /. Gates. or
Milwaukee, the pioneer of Gates coun-
ty. and other prominent citizens who
are familiar with the topography of
the country in the vicinity Of the Eagle
river are highly indignant ut u report
which appeared in Il Chicago paper
that volcano is in process of eruption
on the range of mountains which eX-
tends to the upper peninsula. Gates
said yesterday that there was abso-
lutely no foundation for such story,
as there is not the slightest indication
of anything of Il volctnic character in
that country or anywhere else in Wis
consin. Gates also had an explanation
for phenomenon which is seen in
that region, howeverB which might ac-
count for the fears of any one who
had been in the region that the coun-
try has symptoms OF Il volcanic ma
ture.
Tries to Account for the Yarn.
There is absolutely nothing in that
country about the Eagle river" said
Gates, (which warrant Il story that
there is IL volcano up there or anything
resembling one. The story was evil
IDENTITY sent out by some irresponsible
correspondent who had no knowledge
whatever of the conditions in that To-
cality. He might have been up there
Saturday night or some time last week
when there was an electrical storm,
which would produce conditions up
there with which old residents are
thoroughly familiar, but which might
appear terrifying to one not acquainted
with the country.
Those Mountains Are Hills.
The range of mountains or hills,
which the story speaks of, is about 800
feet above the level of the surrounding
country. and some 800 feet above sea
level. In the first place it would he
absolutely impossible for Il volcano to
exist so far in the interior of the cOun-
try. as they are in all cases in the
vicinity of the sea-. The range contains
vast deposits of iron ore and other
minerals which are impregnated
strongly with magnetism. The range,
is called the Gogebic range, or the
Menominec, and there are Il number of
large mines in the neighborhood,
among them being the Chaplin mine.
Thought His Time Had Come.
Il have camped all night on that
range of the woods, and one night
was there i'm an electric storm and
thought surely my time had come. The
action of the lightning on the magnetic
rocks in the hills is something grand
and awe-inspiring. \ person seeing 1t
from distance might think the coun-
try was a in a process of eruption. bun
1t is all from the attion of the light
ming. II seems to dome in flashes so
rapid that they can hardly be counted,
every second or oftener, and the
flashes shoot up into the air in vol
umes as big as an Office building and
apparently 1000 feet or so in height.
Lightning never strikes there. As to
there being volcano. 1 never saw ~
heard of anything Of the kind and have
read all the geological reports pertain
ing to that region"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
TRIPLE CRIMINAL
Causes the Death of Two Other Per-
sons and Then Cheats
the GaIIOws.

Kansas City. May 2S.-Frank Rob
inson. aged 20 years, yesterday shot
and killed his sweetheart. Gertie Raw
linn. aged IL years; shot and fatally
wounded his rival. Albert II. Fergu-
son. aged 10 years. and shot and fa-
tally injured himself. i'm an apartment
house in this city. Shortly before the
tragedy was committed Robinson
wrote a note to his mother in which
he Said that as Ferguson had sup
planted him in the affections of the
girl lie loved he proposed to kill them
both and then kill himself
He proceeded to the room where
Ferguson and the girl were. and upon
being admitted drew his revolver and
opened fire on the couple. The girl
was shot near the heart. She ran
screaming into the street. where she
fell deal. Ferguson was shot in the
abdomen. Robinson shot himself in
the left breast and his death is mo-
mentariIy expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
ASYLUM SCANDAL
DR.. Robbins Says jacksonville
Institution Welcomes
Investigation.
TWO ATTENDANTS ARE INDICTED
j. f. Owen and f.. w. GoOdnow
Charged With Man
slaughter.

Springfield, Ills, May 2S.-Goyern-
or Yates, Superintendent Joseph Rob
bins, and Trustee Fay, of the Central
Hospital for the Insane at atJacksonville,
have been in consultation regarding
the Indictment of Fred w. Goodnow.
former attendant at the asylum for
manslaughter. At the conclusion of
the conference DIR. Robbins made the
following statement: The i6titution
welcomes an investigation. No one can
be so much interested in this matter
as the superintendent himself. except
for the misfortune to the attendant
through the suspense and his imprisOn-
ment awaiting trial.
Il shall be glad that the Indictment
was found against Goodnow, for the
reason that it insureS Il thorough in
vestigation of affairs, and if anything
has been wrong in the conduct or prac-
tice of attendants at the Jacksonville
institution no one is more interested
in having it brought out than our
selves. Regarding the McHugh case,
l Will say that if the general public
knew the utterly unwOrthiness of the
source from which it came, all talk
of the matter would cease at once
Attendants Arrested.
JacKsOnvIIIe, his, May 2S.-J. l.
Owen and Charles Goodnow, formerly
attendants at the Central Hospital for
the Insane. have been arrested on the
strength of the indictments for man
slaughter found by the Morgan county
grand jury. Owen and GoodnOw are
the attendants who bathed Earl G.
Watkins, the hospital patient, who re-
Gently died from scalding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
TRUST TESTIMONY
Beef Combine Undergoing an Inqui-
sition in New
York.

Albany, y. Y, May 2S.-The hearing
into the operation of tire alleged beef
combine was continued yesterday be-
fore former Justice Judson s. Landon
as referee. The first witness was Will
lam \. Coffey, of Troy. He testified
that he was formerly employed by
western packing houses to represent
them in Troy, and to furnish them
weekly with a list of the retail meat
dealers in his territory who failed to
settle their bills for meat delivered
each week.
The object of this. he said, was to
compel butchers who were slow in pay
ing for goods delivered to pay cash
for their meat until such time as they
agreed to settle their accounts week
ly- He said that he had been notified
last week that there was no longer
any need for his services as the work
ing agreement between the packing
houses was no longer in force.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
TO BE VACCINATED
Whole Town of Racine to Submit to
Smallpox PreVen-
tive.

Racine. Wis. May 2S.-Every resi-
dent of the city will be vaccinated at
once at the expense of the treasury
and every building will be inspected
lY competent physicians as result
of the alarm over the smallpox situa-
ton. The disease continues to spread,
there being at present 400 cases in the
city.
The board of health and the co1H-
mon council at a special meeting de-
cided to engage physicians to visit ev-
cry house in the city. II the people
are found afflicted with SMALLPOX the
houses will be quarantined. Special
watchmen will be engaged to see that
no enc leaves these houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
MORE AS TO BALLET
Now Claimed That He Realized in All
$25O,OOO for His
Dealings.

Des Moines, Ia, May 2S.-H. RoI-
land. who was formerly chief clerk in
the Office of Letson Ballet, who is on
trial in the federal court here on the
charge of using the mails to defraud,
testified that the profits resulting from
the sale of the White Swan Mining
stock amounted TO $4,000 previous to
June /, 1901. The government is
confident it can prove that fully $3.50
900 was taken in from the sale of this
stock.
y considerable portion of Rollands
testimony was devoted to the disposal
of the money received from the sale
of stock. He testified that Ballet had
paid $4,000 for writeups in various
newspapers. These writeups were
largely of a personal nature, but had
been paid for out of the money be-
longing to the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
BEST OF THE TRUST
Ice Plant Man in Louisiana Shows
an Enterprising
Turn.

New Orleans. May 2S-The fight
being waged against the local ice
trust has developed an extraordinary
turn. The trust has some opposition,
among which is the ice plant at Thi-
bodauX, small town near by. which
has been shipping ice to this city and
selling ii at 81 per ton. The trust con
cluded TO run the ThibOdauX plant out
of business, and has been shipping ice
to ThibOdauX and selling il there de-
livered at 10 cents per hundred, or 50
per ton.
1t now develops that Manager Clau-
det of the ThibodauX ice plant. has
been quietly buying up all the trusts
product at ThibOdauX at 50 per ton
and reshippinG it back to New Orleans
and selling it again on the trusts own
territory at ST per ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
MOTHERS PRAYERS
Save Her Son From Death at the
Hands of an Indiana
Mob.

Marion Ind. May 2S.-Willie' Fran
els. Il colored boy, narrowly escaped
lynching here. He already had been
strung up when prayer by his mother
induced those holding the rope to free
their victim. The boy had been an
gered by two old soldiers who were
near his home. and he went for a re-
VOlVer. Richard CriSwen. who at
tempted to prevent him from shooting,
was shot through the hand. and the
boys mother. Sarah Francis. was shot
in the thigh while attempting TO take
the weapon from him.
CriSwell and the soldiers, John
Hunt and Theodore Beam. seized
Francis, and. securing a rope. placed
it around his neck and the other end
over the limb of n tree. Francis WAS
soon dangling in the air. His mother,
although wounded. in an instant WAS
on her knees between her son and the
men. Her prayers and cries induced
the men to desiSt. The boy is now
in Jail. charged with attempted muir
der. The old soldiers had teaSed the
boy until he was half crazy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-28
M'DONALD CLINCHEs MATTERS
Produces Documentary Proof of the Truth
of His Testimony.

of His Testimony.
Washington. May 2S.-Captain Nc
Donald was again before the senate
Philippines committee yesterday. His
testimony consisted largely of the pre-
sentatiOn of official documents pro-
cured from the war department for the
purpose of refuting the statements
made by O'Brien derOgatOry to the
character of Mcdonald. The first of
these was record showing that
O'Brien had been on duty at San .Ioa-
quin from July 10. 1900. to Feb.
26, 1901; whereas he had testifi d that
he was present ut Igbaris, thirty miles
away, when that town was burned.
Nov. =, 1900. This was the occasion
upon which. according TO O'BTien's
testimony. a Spanish woman was NAL
treated by United States officers and
enlisted men.
Having produced the record of
O'Brien's absence, Captain Mcdonald
remarked: This clearly proves that
he has lied in this instance" The wit
ness also produced n complete set of
accounts of Company NJ. to show that
he was not Il thief" as O'Brien had
charged he was. The witness related
the details of the execution of the Fill
ipino bandit. Pedro Gardenero. at the
said-was mistreated by Captain Nc
Donald to the extent that he had been
subjected to court martial. The wit
ness said that GardenerO had been
guilty of many heinOus offenses
against the natives, and, having been
captured by them, was about to be
executed in the public square when
he was rescued by United States sol
diers and turned over TO him.
Subsequently he had placed Garde-
nero i'm the hands of Captain Board
man. who turned him over to the civil
authorities, and by them he was exc
cuted Captain Mcdonald said he and
Boardman. had been tried by court
martial for placing the man in the
hands of the civil authorities. and had
been found guilty of the fact. General
Hughes. however. had disapproved the
finding us inadequate, saying that no
punishment was preferable % that
prescribed.
Captain Mcdonald told of being
present ut the burning of Igbaris and
of himself ordering the burning of sew
eral otheH towns. but he said they