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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
SMALLPOX PREVENTIVE
When Arrested James Corr
Said He Drank Whiskey to
Ward Off the Disease.


James Corr. twenty-four years of age.
of No. 6S4 Grove street, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Hoos of the First Criminal
Court this morning on complaint of his
sister, Mrs. May Archer, for assault and
battery. Corr when arraigned stated that
he drank too much whiskey, a stimulant
he was not used to, and that he did not
know what he was doing when he struck
his sister
Justice Hoos asked the prisoner why he
had taken too much, and in reply Corr
said that friend of his had told hhn that
If he drank whiskey he would not ger
the smallpox. A few days ago Q small
pox patient was removed to the PEST
house from the rear of his home and he
was afraid he would catch the disease.
Justice Hoos reprimanded him very sew
orally and discharged him with warning
not to appear before him again on such
a charge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18


breaking the front window and how abb,
surd to believe that a man who had
started an incendiary fire would place
himself in such position.
1--WE will prove that Hirsch came over
from New York to get Birnbaum 10 take
out a policy Of Insurance in the Pruden-
tial Life Insurance Company, of which he
was an agent. Birnbaum asked Kim TO
90 to supper He refused and supposed
when Blrnbaum left him in the store
without saying where he was going, that
he intended to go to consult with Mrs.
Birnbaum about the life insurance mat
teri
Ex-Judge Noonan then outlined the de-
fence of Birnbaum as follows:-'.We viii
show that Birnbaun shortly before the
tnre had reduced the insurance on his
stock from IS 500 to $500; that tne amount
carried was far less than the value of tn9
stock. and therefore he could not have
gained dollar through The destruction
bv fire of all or any part Of his property
We won't attempt to tell how the nre
originated-we don't know.
Mr.. Noonan said that there was GER
tain observance of Friday night by the
Jews when they lived more quietly than
during the rest of the week. He said ne
thought that on this account -Birnbaum
ana Hirsch had left the place where they
had been sitting in front of the store
and had gone to the rear where they could
smoke without being observed by passers-
bv. He said that Birnbaum was alling
with heart affection, caused by excessive
smoking. and that he was i'll and was
being prescribed for by a physician on
the night of the fire. He explained Birn-
baun's denial of having left Hirsch in the
store by the statement that his client was
SO i'll and so very much excited when
being interrogated by Police Sergeant
Cummings that he did not know what
he was saying.
Mr.. Noonan's second explanation Of how
the second fire occurred in the basement
of the building after the one in the store
floor had been extinguished was that
burning couches had been thrown down
the cellar stairs and in this manner the
flames had communicated to the mat
tresses in the basement
Louis ROLAND. the Mayor Of Riverside,
who is a fire adjuster, was the first Wit
ness called by the defence and testified
to making an inventory of Birnbaum's
stock after the fire.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
BURNED TO DEATH
Aged Woman Perished
in an Early Morn
ming Fire.

Mrs. Amelia Haberdunch was burned ta
death this morning in a fire that Destroy
ed two three-story frame houses at Nos.
e04 and Cos PaIisade avenue.
The fire started in a factor yon the
ground floor. occupied by H. Grdenet. and
spread rapidly to the two upper foers-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payne lived on the
second floor. Mr.. PJayne escaped and
thought that his wife had followed him.
When he found that she was stin in the
building he ran back through ths smoke
and found his wife hysterical and unable
to save herself.
He carried her to the front window and
she was carried down the ladder by fire.
men. She quickly revived.
After the fire was extinguished the body
of Mrs. Habardunch was found "a her
bed on the third floor. She was dead and
her body was badly charred. She was .
widow ifty-f1ve years old.
The fire started between six and seven
s'clock. The damage is estimated &C
5000.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
LITTLE HOPE FOR RING
Recount Begins in the Fight
Over the Union Hill
Assessorship.

The recount of the vote east for Asses
sor at the recent election in Union Hill
was begun by the County Board of Elee-
tions at its office. adjoining the Court
House, this morning, and is still in pro-
gress.
Up to one o'clock this afternoon one
box, that used in the First District, Third
Ward, had been recounted without the
result announced by the local election
board having been changed materially.
The official figures given out on election
night were:-McClelland 1e6, Hoppe JAP
The ballots counted by the County Board
gave McClelland 164 and Hoppe 140 Eleven
of the so-called "Citizens and Taxpay-
ers' ballots, which were not counted by
the local board for Assessor, were marked
disputed and sent toJustice Collins for
decision as to their legality. Ten of these
bore Hopes name and the other had
the name of the Fusion candidate for
Assessor scratched.
Of the ten ballots in the box rejected
by the local board, eight bore Hopes
name. Five ofthese were disputed" and
also referred to the Court. Ewo ballots,
one bearing Hopes and the other Nc
Clellands name, had the title of an office
printed on the paster used over one of the
candidates names on the ticket and We're
referred for decision as to whether they
were marked ballots within the meaning
of the law.
The result of the count of the box of
the First district, Third ward, satisfies
the followers of the machine fusionists
that their only hope of overturning the
result as announced by the local election
board lies in the court directing the count
ing of the Illegal so called "Citizens and
Taxpayers - tickets, which contain the
names of all the candidates for council
men running throughout the town, and
which lawyers generally concede consti-
tutes a marked ballot within the meaning
of the law because the candidates for
these offices were running by wards.
There are said to be thirteent of these
ballots in the Second district, 7 bird ward
which, if allowed by the Court, with the
ten in dispute in the First district of the
same ward. would give HOPPE twenty
three additional votes with which to over
come McCleIland's plurality of nineteen,
and would elect the former by four plur
ality. providing these iigures were not
StAii uithSi SAaH6Su ~ eAiS SouiS oiiVN
ing for either candidate some of the other
disputed ballots.
A large number Of politicians from
Union HILL including the contesting can
didates, were present at the recount.
Town Clerk Singer watched closely but
fruitlessly for gains for his fusion candi-
date while Martin Feton and other mem
hers of the Democratic Club were present
to watch after the interests of McClel-
land.
Lawyer James A. Gordon represented
Hoppe and Lawyer Frederick Framba ch
appeared in the interests of MvClelland.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
SAVED four LIVES
James Graham's Good Work
at a Fairmount Ave-
nue. Fire.

There were several sensation rescues at
a destructive ire which broke out at half
past two o'clock this morning in the elec-
trical establishment of Charles Thomas,
No. 26S Fairmount avenue. The Thomas
family. four in number, owe their lives to
James Graham, who resides in the house
adjoining the electrical establishment
The ground floor of the burned building
is used as a factory and the Thomases
reside upstairs.
An extension was being built at the rear
of the factory and it was ther theat the
fire broke out. Graham was awakened by
the smell of smoke and lost no time in
getting dressed and out of the house.
He pounded vigorously on the door Of the
burning building to arouse the occupants.
After succeeding in this he ran to No.
engine house two block away and again
used his fists to pound on the doors to get
the firemen out. In a few seconds the
men came sliding down the pole from
their quarters. Graham ran back to the
house after telling where the fire was and
Fireman Thomas Leather and Tony Rut-
ter followed almost Immediately without
waiting for the engine.
When Graham got back to the burning
house, Thomas, his wife and two chii-
dren were screaming loudly for help from
the window overlooking the street
Thomas climbed out on the cornice of a
bay window in his night clothes. He
swung his three-year-old daughter clear
of the window and let her drop in the
arms of Graham The two firemen had
arrived by this time and the eighteen
months old baby was next dropped to
safety in the arms of the firemen. Mrs.
Thomas followed. Her husband seized
her by the arms and lowered her to the
firemen. He then jumped to the ground,
his fail being broken by the firemen and
Patrolman Dougherty, who came from his
post several blocks away.
BY the time No. 9 engine arrived the
building was enveloped in flames 1t
would have been impossible for the
Thomas family to have escaped through
the hallway An alarm was sent in and
all the engines from the Heights were
soon at work fighting the blaze. The
building was doomed. 1t was impossible
to save anything. The loss is estimated
at $S,OOo There is some insurance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
new TROLLEY SCHEDULE
Montgomery Street Cars VIII
Run Through to West End.

Superintendent Walter ]. Brady Of the
North Jersey Street Railway Company
made an announcement regarding service
on the Montgomery street line this morn
ing which will doubtless gladden. the
hearts of passengers who use that line.
Hereafter all cars will be run through
from the ferry to the West Side. No
cars will be run as trippers, which only
ran from the Bergen avenue terminal to
the ferry.
The schedule has been changed and cars
will be run as follows:-First car at 5-l2
A. NJ and every ten minutes thereafter
until 6 o'clock From o'clock until go
every fve minutes. and from $50 TO s-1o
every four minutes.
Throughout the day cars will be run at
intervals of six minutes. AT O'Clock IN
the evening the cars viii again be in
creased and run every four minutes un-
til 7.20.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
DR.. SHELTON ARRESTED
Got Into the Wrong Trolley
With a Transfer and
Wouldn't Pay His
Fare.

Justice Hoos of the First Criminal
Court had very interesting case before
him this morning. DR.. Charles H, Shell
ton, of Montclair, while riding from New
ark to this city on the Turnpike road,
asked the conductor of the car. Armond
Mohringer. of no 81 Griffith street. for
a transfer to the Henderson street line
SO that he could reach the Pavonia ave-
nue. ferry. Mohringer gave the doctor a
transfer before the car on which he was
riding reached the Five Corners, think
ing that the doctor knew where to get eff
1t was just six O'Clock at the time and
the car was crowded When the Turn
pike car reached the Five Corners the
doctor aIighted and waited at the corner
of Newark and Hobozen avenues for the
Pavonia ferry car.
The first car to appear was one of the
North Hudson Company The doctor
boarded 1t and rendered the transfer that
he received from the North Jersey Com
pany's conductor. it was promptly re-
fused by the conductor. TIE doctor re-
fused to get off the car or pay his fare
as he claimed the conductor on the Turn
pike car told him he would get the Pa
vonia ferry car at Newark and Toboken
avenues. Patrolman Burke boarded the
car at Palisade avenue and Hoboken ave-
nue. and placed him under arrest.
This morning in court the doctor claimed
that he was a stranger in the city and
was not acquainted with the transfer
system. Mr.. John P. Feeney, the adjuster
Of the North Hudson Railway Company.
made strong plea before Judge Hoos
for conviction as the doctor he claimed.
was entirely in the wrong, but Justice
9Ioos reserved his decision IN the case for
a week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
FAMILY OF LuNATlCS
Distressing Scene Encountered
BY Two Physicians In a
Sussex Street House.

Drs. Sauer and Hart of the Board Of
Health yesterday afternoon discovered a
very sad state of affairs at No. As Sussex
street in the home of John Hallertson
When the doctor entered the house they
found it in such condition that they
were horrified
In the apartments at the time were:-
Martha, 16 years Of age, who Is danger
Gus iunatic; Ellen, 40 years old and Gus
Hallerston, % years of age, who are also
suspected of being slightly demented
They were brought before Justice Hoos
and committed to the county jai. to await
an examination by the County Physician.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
STARVING
THE PEOPLE
The Republico- Beef Trust
Engineering a Giant
Corner in Eggs.
MILLIONS IN COLD STORAGE
Price Advancing Daily and
the Supply Held to Fill
the Pockets of the
Monopolists.
JERSEY CITY 4 TRUST CENTRE
Armour & Co. and Swift & Co.
Either Store Their Re-
serves Here or Use
the City as a Ship
ping Point.
JERSEY CITY 4 TRUST CENTRE

The Beef Trust in its efforts to raise
the prices on all food stuffs has now be-
gun to corner eggs. 1t has become known
that Swift & Co. have placed in cold
storage 4, 10000 eggs. These they will
hold until the supply is not so great as
at present, and then they may fix their
own prices. Just at this time eggs are
more numerous than at any other time
of year. But the corner of eggs has re-
duced the present quantity so that the
demand greatly exceeds the available
supply. and the result is that the prices
went up half a cent yl'terday and an
other half today. Fur a-er increases are
looked for daily. There is no telling
when the price will cease to increase.
The Herald" this morning said that
the eggs of Swift & Co. had been stored
in this city, but there is not sufficient
room in any of the company's plants here
to store so many eggs. They have been
distributed throughout the country, and
will be held as safely as priceless gems.
The manager of D. e. Cleary's groc-
cry house was asked this morning what
he thought of the corner in eggs. He
said
There is no doubt that Swift & Co.
have gotten together about 10000 cases
of eggs to hold for good price. They
have caused the prices to advance so
much that chickens are cheaper for food
than their eggs. This increase in the
price is the same as that of last year,
when corner was effected by the same
people. But the corner now being effect
ed will be greater than any in the past,
and the people will suffer more than ever
before"
eggs were quietly shipped here assigned
to Swift & Co. They were received and
re-shipped to various cities where the
compsny has cold storage houses.
Armour & Co. have also stored great
quantities of eggs in their various ware
houses. All these systematic efforts to
get control of the whole supply have
been done so quietly that no one in the
trade was aware of it.
The New York Mercantile Exchange,
where full detailed reports ought to be
made, were hoodwinked by these two
big Beef Trust concerns.
No one has prohted by this corner but
the Beef Trust. Farmers are not paid
any higher prices than ever, but they are
now selling every egg they can get.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
BIDS FOR POWER HOUSE

The executive board of the directors of
the North Jersey Street Railway Conn
pany VIII meet next week to award the
contract for the building of an additional
power house in Newark President E. r.
G.. Young said today that six bids for the.
work had been received, but their names
he withheld
Estimates are In the committees hands
not only for the building but for the ex-
ira dynamos and engines necessary to
equip the building. The new station will
supply 1900 horse power.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
Hartnstt's Record.
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DIED.

KRESSINGER-Sud on April 1&.
1892 Louis son OF Louisa and the late
Augusta Kressinger. aged = years
Relatives and friends also the Eagle
Relief Association, are respectfully invited
TO attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence No 1I6 Stegman avenue, on Sakur-
day, April 49, at 2:39 P. M.
NGELS+Suddeniy. at Newark, n. IA
on April Is. 1892. Augustus D, son ot
Maria and the late Carl A ID. Mangelss
in his 18th year.
Funeral services from his late residences
No l61 Hunterdon street, Newark, on sat
urday evening at o'clock. Relatives ans
friends are invited to attend.
Intermtnt at Greenwood Cemetery &t
the convenience. of family.
GREEN-On April 16, 1902, George r., eld-
est son OF George and Carrie Green,
aged 19 years
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited TO attend the funeral services
from the residence of his parents, No let
Third street, on Friday evening, at I.1
o'clock
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
VERDICT AGAINST THE ERIE
injured Brakeman Recovers $3.50
Damages.

The Erie Railroad was muleted in $3.50
by jury in the Supreme Court yesterday
afternoon in the suit of Milton Anderson,
of Weehawken street, West Hoboken.
Anderson was employed as freight
brakeman by the defendant company
when on June Of last year he was climb
ing to the top of q car by meansof the
grab irons. The top iron broke and he
was precipitated to the ground and se-
verely injured. William r. Corbin repres-
enfed the defendant company and Warren
Dixon the plaintiff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
PUT JUDGE MENUS OUT

Owing to the fact that the Grand Jury
was In session this morning in the Cir
cult Court room, Judge Nevius was
obliged to sit In Judge Blair's chambers
at the rear of the Common Pleas court
room. As 1t Was motion day in the Cir
ness to transact no serious iuconvenien, ,e
was experienced.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
An Old and well Tried Remedy.

Mrs. wlnsiowss Soothing Syrup for car-
dren teethng should always be used for
children whiIe teethins, It softens the
gums ai'ays the pain, cures wind collie
ana is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-nye cents per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
GRAND JURY IN SESSION

sidering a number of minor jail and bail
cases. No important cases are scheduled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
mATrERs OF FAcE

pavonia Brand of Fine Early June Canned
Peas for sale at nearly all good grocery
stores. and wholesale at the D. E. cleary Co. 5
stores.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK. April Is. 1sO2.-Forasast
for the thirty-six hours ending at e5Eht
P. M. Saturday:-Fair this evening" ana
tomorrow; variable winds.
Hartnett's Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18

You should not feel tired ali the time
healthy people donsf-you won't il Won lake
Hoods sarsaparila for while.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-18

A largely attended meeting was held at
the Robert Davis Association club house
in Mercer street last night for the ptir-
pose of arranging a reception to the Hon
orable William Redmond, NJ. p, aud the
Honorable Joseph Devlin, M. p, the dele
gates to this country from Ireland. Those
who attended arrived in response to the
following letter.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-04-23
LET loose, can't ye?"
Birthday Dinner.

II 10th birthday of H. E. Walker
and the 10th birthday of John Biggs.
were celebrated at theNhome OF Mr.
Walker yesterday. A large crowd
of relatives and friends Of the two
were present. They came from many
parts of the county. A large table
was placed in the hall ard they be-
gan to partake Of the contents of the
table at II o'clock and continued un-
til after 1 o'clock. The table was
strewn with many good things which
we do not get every day.
There were So present. Un-
Gle Ben Baker, aged Sc years, was
the oldest man there, and Uuncle Ed
Hughes, aged 66 was the next Oldest
man. just before dinner a number
of young ladies procured rope, and
catching a chance, they tied Mr..
Walker and Mr. Biggs together, and
tied them to a tree, to make them
wait until all had partaken of the
feast, but one of the BOYS came to
their rescue, cutting the ropes with
a knife.
This is the second time these two
have celebrated their birthdays to-
gether, as last year they spread
dinner equal to This one at the home
of Mr.. Btqes. All that were present
at last years dinner were present
this time with the exception of one,
Mrs. McNail, who died last year.
There were few at this dinner who
were not at thu one last year.
We hope they viii live to epjoy
many more bjr todaY celebrations
equal to this one. VISITOR.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-04-23
Steve's New Club House.

Steve Virgilio, the obliging and
efficient club house manager at
Bertig was in town today. Steve
spent last week in st. Louis buying
furniture for his new ciab house at
Cnickasaw ba, which will he open to
the public as soon as the 2. S. z.
extension is completed. According
to the Globe-Democrat Steve was
very much sought after while in St.
Louis, the visit of Prince Henry be-
ing small affair compared to it.
The sportsm up there all know
Steve and when he is in town they
give him very little rest and more
beer than an ordinary man could
drink in life time. Everybody up
there was excited about the openi ng
Of the new club house and for
month after the opening Steve ex.
poets to do business that will make
the Planters house ashamed of it's
SELF He is getting letters now by
the dozen from all parts of the
country from Sportsmen wanting to
know about hunting and fishing.
Steve saws prospects for a large
business were never so bright and he
is figuring on putting in a third club
house before the season closes.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-04-23
Marriage Licenses.

County Clerk A. D. Gardner today
issued marriage licenses as follows:
T. r. Burrow to Annie Grooms.
Mr.. Burrow is resident Of Jones'
boro and Miss Grooms is the pretty
black-eyed daughter of the widow
Grooms, living near town.
S. S. Tyler was granted license
to wed Miss Katie Houston, both of
Paragould. The wedding occurs to-
night at the home of the brides pa
rents on North Pruet street.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-04-23
JONESBORO FIRE.
Much Damage Done, New Buildings
viii be Constructed

Concerning the fire at Jonesboro
Monday night, mention of which was
made in the Soliphone yesterday
the Jones boro Enterprise says:
How the fire started cannot be
discovered and probably never will
be. The employees in the Offices Of
the building left last night at II
o clock and closed all doors. The
building was practically new, about
200 feet long and was packed with
freight. 1t seems that nearly the
entire building was burned before
discovered. The alarm was sent in
by several parties and the fire COM
pany responded, but when they ar
rived the strong wind from the south
had swept the flames across three
switch tracks and the main line of
Cotton Belt and the Frisco dining
hall. The dining hall was total
oss with all its contents. A cash
register was saved and all the en-
ployes escaped with most of their
belongings. Mr.. Harvey lost quite
a lot of personal property and about
$50 in cash.
The Frisco water tank was COM
pletelY destroyed. The Frisco and
Cotton Belt car scales were burned,
all of the wood work being Destroy
ed. -Four boarding cars on the
Frisco tracks were burned up. The
cars contained eatables for the color
ed workmen.
The railroad tracks near the fire
were warped and twisted so badly
chat it was necessary to relay them
before trains could pass. This work
was begun at daylight and no trains
were delayed. The Frisco train east
went around to it's extreme north
oWltch tnlS morning ana passengers
were landed in the center Of Main
street and walked up the street to
the depou.
The freight house will be rebuilt
and the dining hall will
oe rebuilt also but on a smaller scale.
Telegraphic communication was cur
eff untiI about 9 o'clock this morning
when the wires were replaced by the
linemeu. The freight house business
is beisg carried on in other quarters
aud the nearby hotels are taking care
Of the business of the dining hall.
Both buildings were fully insured