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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
CARRABRANTCASE
Rumor Says the Murderess
Will At Last Be Liberia
ted and Go to Nurse
Lepers in.Armenia.

Special 70 THE Jersey City News.')
TRENTON. April Is. 1905. Officials
connected with the court Of pardons de-
ny sensational stories published in d New
York paper to tile effect that a parole
is to be granted to Libbie Garrabrandt,
who has served SO years of 4 life SEN
tence for the murder of her aged lover
in Paterson in her girlhood days. The
woman's plea for clemency. one of the
many which has been filed BY her and
BY her friends. was presented to the
court several weeks ago and nothing fur
ther has been done III the matter. Nei-
ther Libbie nor the prison physician have
been before the court. Her case will be
considered next week. and It may be
that she will be released at that time,
although there is at present absolutely
no warrant for the statement that such
will be the case. The court has here
tofore summarily dismissed all petitions
in the woman's behalf.
Several have offered TO care for her
if released. Mrs. William Ryerson Of
Paterson, a missionary. has agreed to
take Libbie to Armenia to nurse lepers
if the board will release her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
GOVERNORS ESCAPE.

tspAeiai to The Jersey City News.'')
TRENTON, April Is, 1905. g Five
square feet Of plaster in Gov. stokes's
private office at the State House fell
from the ceiling with a crash yesterday
morning. The Governor was not in the
office at the time, Private Secretary Ed
ward w Gray and T. B. r. Smith, As
sistant Secretary Of State, we're in the
adjoining room.
A private sanctum was Immediately
improyised for the Governor behind
screens in the reception room and here he
will transact the business of the State
until repairs are made.
The plaster landed on the handsome
silver vase which was awarded to the
New Jersey battalion at the hundredth
anniversary. of the surrender of Yorktown.
The vase was dented in number of
places, but aside from this no damage
was done.
The ceiling IS on wood lasting and has
been up 30 years
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
ARBoR DAY AT NUMBER NINE

Arbor Day was yesterday observed by
the pupils of No. 9 School with the fol
lowing interesting programme of excer-
cises:
Reyeille, Buglars and School; Pledge
to Flag With National Hymn, School
Reading, s'Arbor Days Laura Stuart;
advice to Croeus,' by Anna Meixsell;
by School; Reading, s.The Elm Tree by
Earl Halligan 's.rhe Legend Of the
Aspen By Rose Lesson; Reading, April
Time by Cora Gangewer; Singing, by
School; Reading, "a Plea for the Birds, <
by Jennie Morris; Recitation, BY Emma
Doors; Reading, Thoughts on Garden
ing Mary Powers; Recitation. @Their
Secret" BY Dorothy Hamilton. Florence
Deutschmann. and Margaret Gontey;
Reading The Owl Critic" by William
Garardin; Singing, by School; Recitation,
1What the Trees Said,n by Clara Fas%
mer; Recitation, 4Arbor Day Workers, !"
by Sadie James; Recitation, "The Bird
Protectors" by Lena Corio; Historic
Trees : by Soper Macarthur; Combination
Drill, by Members of Physical Culture
Glass; Selections, Drum and Fife Corps:
Retreat, Buglers and School.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
cOLORED CONFERENCE.

NICETOWN, Pa, April "A. 1905
The New Jersey Conference of the Col
ored NJ. E. Church is holding its cigh-
teenth annual gathering in the Secoud
Colored Baptist Church. and viii remain
in session until Sunday night. Rev Dr.
r. S. Williams, of Augusta, Ca. bishop
of tile Third Episcopal Diocese, is pre-
siding, aud many persons prominent in
the conference and visitors from the Vir-
ginia Conference are IN attendance. The
conference includes ministerial and lay
delegates from all colored Methodist
Episcopal churches in the State of Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Ir opening the meeting on Wednesday
Bishop Williams congratulated the
churches upon their steady and satisfac-
tory growth, both in membership Of or
ganized churches and in the establish
ment Of new ones. The reception that
followed was so largely attended that
the edifce was unconifortably filed.
Yesterday was devoted to addresses by
leaders in the work, including Rev. Dr..
L. S. Persons. general secretary of mis-
sions; DR.. II. I. Brown, editor of the
Christian Index; Dr.. CleaYes, pastor of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
A DOUBLE HANGING.


Special to .'The Jersey city News p
PATERSON, April 10, 1905.-Arthur
Laster and Joseph Miller. negro murder
ers, were hanged in the Passaic county
Jail here this morning
I Laster was first to die. He walked
quietly to the gallows, with Father Felix
on one side of him and the hangman,
James Van Hise, on the other. The drop
fell at 9.10 a. M, and at 923 Laster was
declared dead.
Miller's execution followed shortly af-
terward
Laster fatally shot Max Wollenburs
last June whle attempting to escape
after being detected robbing woAen-
burg store in this city. He was captur-
ed after long chase, in which many
shots were fred.
When brought TO trial last December
his attorney attempted TO prove an alibi
but many who had taken part in the
chase identified the negro as the mur-
derer and he was sentenced to be hanged
last November. He was granted stay
Of execution on a writ of error, but last
month was resentenced.
Last Monday night after the death
watch had been placed before the con
demned mans cell Laster made a desper-
ate and sensational attempt to escape
and shot two guards.
Joseph Miller was convicted Of the
brutal murder of Mrs Celion Stewart. 4
colored resident Of Midvale, the night of
September 80 last He entered the
woman's house and after an attempted
assault, cut his victim almost to pieces
with a razor. He was arrested. tried and
convicted, and was sentenced to be
hanged November %. A stay was also
granted in his case on a writ Of error.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
WHO'S THIS Man?
Septuagenarial Shot Himself
at Luben's Hotel Leaving
Newark and New
York Clues.

A man about seventy years old walked
into the cafe of Luben's Hotel, No. 10
Exchange place, yesterday afternoon and
ordered a drink of whiskey. He paid for
it and drank it: Then he walked tothe
rear room A few moments later the
bartender and customers at the bar were
startled by the report Of a revolver shot,
followed by sound as though some one
had fallen heavily on the floor. Several
men made for the rear room and there
found the old man who had just before
taken a drink lying prostrateion the floor
with blood trickling from wounds on each
side of his head. A revolver lay beside
him on the floor. But one shot had been
fred, the bullet having gone clear through
the old mans head Death was almost
instantaneous. The body was removed
u Hughes's morgue.
Among his effects was the following
letter:
sTo Whom it May Concern; hereby
give my body to the New York Post
Graduate Hospital
This was unsigned. There was also a
note addressed 10 Peter DAILY, No. 155
Mulberry street, Newark. The local po-
lice communicated with the Newark po-
lice. Word was sent back thar man
answering the description Of the suicide
had sometime ago engaged furnished
room at No. 155 Mulberry street, but
nothing more was known about him than
that he had alluded to a daughter Of the
name of Carney with whom he had been
living in New York
A card on which was written two poll
cy gigs and names of a number of race
horses, $1.55, a pair of spectacles and a
knife were found among his effects. He
was man about feet inches TALL
pounds. of light complexion, gray hair,
beard and moustache. He wore a blue
suit, black and white striped shirt, brown
Derby hat, black laced shoes, yellow
stockings and light underwear. On his
right arm was tatooed a crueiix and on
the left the Statue Of Liberty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
STORIES DENIED.

|
Special to .The Jersey city News.'9
TRENTON, April IS, 1905. ''The
article in a New York paper this morn-
ing stating that Libbie Garrabrandt's
case has received the favorable eonsid-
Grafton of the board of pardons is an
absolute fake" declared member Of
the pardons board last night WREN asked
if it was true that the boards inyesti-
eating committee had decided to recon-
mend to the full board that the woman
be granted pardon
.srhe story is wholly untrue contin-
ued the member Of the beard. who IS
I also on the investigating committee
Our committee has not had Libbie
Garrabrandt before it this term. On our
visit to the state prison yesterday the
woman was not even brought out Of the
woman's ward and we considered num-
Der Of other cases. We have granted her
request that her case shah be considered
at the boards meeting next week, but
there is absolutely no predisposition
either to grant or reject her application
The matter now stands as it has stood
for years
It was stated in the Garrabrandt ar
tiele of yesterday that persons who have
appealed to the Governor in her behalf
are inclined to believe that he will offer
no objections to her pardon, Last night
Governor Stokes said that he had given
tile Garrabrandt case absolutely no con-
sideration. He followed rule. he-said,
of not reading about murder cases and
did not even know the woman's crime
The Board Of Pardons will likely meet
next Wednesday and the Garrabrandt
case, among Others. viii come up. Il viii
depend upon the time consumed by the
investigating committee whether the
meeting viii be held Wednesday or later
in the week
1t appears that one Of the objections
to liberating the woman is that when
freed she viii have no home to go to, as
her only relative is said TO have refused
to have anything to do with her. The
board hos bean daluged with letters on
the case in the past few days Mrs. Car
oline B. Alexander and Mrs. Emily a.
Williamson have offered to place Libbie
III sanitarium, but tile members Of the
pardons board do not look with favor
upon such proposition, A well known
Trenton woman has offered to give the
aged convict home, and Mrs. Ryerson,
of Paterson, a missionary, has agreed to
take Libbie to Armenia TO nurse lepers,
If the board win release her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION

The recor dof circulation Of books for
home reading for the week ending April
s 1905. was as follows General Works
l29; Philosophy, SO; Religion. 127; So
GEOLOGY, 253; Philology, 10; Natural Sci
ence, $50; Useful Arts, 81; Fine Arts.
81; Literature, SGT; Fiction, 3,911; Ju-
veniIe Fiction, 3,T04; History. 575; BIZ
ography, 300; Travels. 2e0; total, II .032.
OF this number there were delivered
through the Delivery tsations, G,5TT.
Number Of borrowers registered dur
ing the week, 75.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
MERELY
MENTIONED

Under the law the members of the
Grand Jury receive 50 a day for each
day they hold session. Invariably the
men selected for jury duty are prosper
Gus in business and the 50 they receive
cuts no ice with them. At the end Of the
term each Juror gets check for the full
amount due. The money is 50 easily
earned and the Grand Jurors have so lii
tie use for it that it is put into a pool
for a Blowout" In nine cases out Of
ten the blowout. sometimes called a
banquet, winds up in an unceremonious
manner. Politicians are among the
guests and naturally the friends of rival
aspirants for Office clash. This was the
case at the dinner given Thursday night
1 by the December term Grand Jury at
the Dukes House. Hoboken. Over-zeal-
Gus advocates Of Egbert Seymour and
John ]. Heavey attempted to turn fine
dinner into a political debating society
From all accounts it was a lively af-
fair. How much better it would be if
the Grand Jurors at the end of each term
would cut out the blowout and send
the cash they have so little need of to
the hospitals or other charitable and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15


There are great many people in Jer-
sey City who are opposed to bringing par
tisan politics into the public schools. If
there is any one branch of the municipal
government that should be free from POI
Iitical influence and dictation it is the
Board Of Education When Mayor Fa-
gan assumed Office he found james j.
Wisenan holding the position of clerk TO
the Board of Education He had been
appointed BY Democratic board for
term Of five years. Mr.. Wiseman's term
is about to expire He has been an eff
cient official and none Of the members of
the board, al Of whom owe their ap-
pointment to Mayor Pagan, have any
FAULT to find with him. Two-thirds Of
the members do not want him disturbed
4 Republican wants the place, however.
and the Republican organization insists
that Wiseman shall be dropped. No
other reason for his removal is given save
that he is a Democrat The six Demo-
Gratis in the board who are not response
BILE to the Republican organization are
fighting for Wiseman's retention and half
the Republican members aeplore the fact
politics to vote for his removal. They are
ha t+1,s,<r xr.,+h az; xs,4..<. u
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
St. Petersburg and Toxic
Think the Meeting of the
Rival Fleets is I'M
mineat.
RoJEsTvEasgY's MOVEMENTS 5
Rumor That He Has Planned
An Attack on the Japan.
ese Coast Is Credited,

ST PETERSBURG, April Is. 1908.
lit is expected that the fleets Of Ro-
jestyensky and Togo win meet today off
Formosa or Banchi Channel and that
the greatest sea battle in history will be
fought.
Some experts were inclined to believe
that Rojestvensky would remain south
until the arrival Of Nebogatoffs squad
ron, but this appears impossible owing
to the absence of a base.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15

Assemblyman Matthews had The cen
tire Of the stage at the meeting Thurs
day night of the German-A American Club
of Hudson City. He told of his expert
ences at Trenton and said that there was
no truth in the newspaper stories that
bribery had been resorted to in the pas
sage of the Morris Canal Abandonment
BILL To convince the members that he
had not received any money for his vote
on that measure Mr. Matthews said he
had just forty-seyen cents in his pocket.
Mr.. Matthews admitted that there were
rnnors current in Trenton that money
was used in connection with the bill.
He didn't believe them, though. He
knew he didn't get any Of it. and if there
was any money lying around loose he
was inclined to the belief that it went
to the men who voted against the bill
Come to think of it, Mr.. Matthews
may be right. The corporations wanted
the bill passed. The people didn't. As
the corporations would save something
like s3,o00,0o0 BY the abandonment Of
the canal, why should they put up mon
ey to help the bill through. Sure thing,
if money was used it came from the
wicked people Of the State. not from the
honest, law-abiding corporations.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
Superintendent Snyder Gives
Statistics for March Of
the Day and Even
ing Glasses.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
Facts Concerning the Tech
nical School Officer stell's
Report on Truancy.


Superintendent Henry Snyder, of the
Public Schools, submitted to the Board
Of Education, Thursday evening, the fol-
lowing statistics of the day schools and
evening technical school for the month of
march,:
Day Schools
Time lost by absence of teaehers, Alp
hours: increase Of 493 hours over cor
responding month Of last year.
Number Of seats in primary depart
ment. 17,45a; increase of PIG; in gram
mar department, $3.50. increase Of 912,
in all departments, 26,G12, increase of
1.12s.
Number on register last day Of the
month in primary department, 17.776,
Increase of 500; in grammer department,
9,514, increase Of 775; in all depart
ments, 27.290, increase of 1854 Ave
rage register in primary department,
1864, increase of 1,137; in grammar
department, 9.521. increase of $50; in all
departments, 27. 7.os5, Increase of 1897
Average attendance in primary depart
ment 16,6o7, increase Of 1,240; in gram-
mar department 9,1o4. increase of s3e;
in all departments 25.711, increase of
a.o7e.
Number Of teachers in primary depart
ment 41O. decrease of j; in grammar de-
partment 244. increase of 13; in all de-
partments 65s, increase of 2
Per cent. of average attendance com
pared with average register 1892, in
crease of rs.
Evening Technical School
Number On register March 81 males
244, increase Of 1e7 over last year; fe-
males 15l, decrease of 2: total 295, in
crease of 165. Average register males
l53, increase of 2; females 9s. increase
Of %; total 251. increase of "a
Average attendance Males, 1853; in
crease. of A females, 50. increase of 20;
total, 215; increase of "A.
Number of classes 81, increase of 4.
Number Of teachers -males 13, no in
crease; females 6. increase Of ?; total 10,
increase Of 2.
Percentage of average attendance
males 500, increase Of 1.5i females sS.5
increase Of 20; total percentage s5.15,
Increase Of 1.51.
Chief Attendance Officer Charles
ssell's report for March showed that $50
pupils of the day schools absented them
selves from school, $50 of which We're
rruants. Ten cases of children attend
ing no schools were reported by princi-
pals, 4 by the police and through OF er
sources.
One hundred and six visits to schools,
homes, stores and factories by the chief
attendance officer, 100 parents were per-
sonally warned and 16 by letter. The
number of legal notices served was 81,
number Of truants returned to school
1o4. absentees returned 420. Thirty-two
children were found on the streets and
taken home by attendance officers and Z
taken to school. One hundred and four
parents and guardians and 1os truants
were prosecuted.
Don't think less Of your system than you
oo a q your r. hoase, as f5ns. giye i q Thorough
-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15

Morris Heiney, who succeeded John
p. McArthur as Republican leader of the
Eleventh Ward. has served notice to the
Republican organization that unless the
recommendationssof the ward association
ARE recognized in the matter of appoint
ments he win step down and out The
Eleventh Ward association has indorsed
Theodore Brieck for Health Commits
sioner. The Fremont Club wants DR..
Hespe reappointed. Collector Fry, who,
in the absence Of Col Dickinson, is in
charge Of the affairs of the party organi-
cation, is said TO favor Hespe. That is
what prompted Leader Heiney to make
known this proposition. If he is to be
leader he wants TO have something to say
as to who shall receive the places allotted
to his ward. He doesn't believe in being
g mere tigure-head: John 2 Macarthur
save up the leadership for similar rea-
sons
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15

In looking around to find where money
could be- saved for the County, Super
visor Wittpcnn discovered that there
were altogether too many county law
yers. The Board of Freeholders has
three and the Board Of Health one. Al
exander Simpson is the counsel to the
Board of Health. at salary of $1,000
year. Mr.. Wittpenn decided that Mr..
Simpsons services could be dispensed
with without any great loss to the coun-
ty. One of the three Freeholder law
yers, who evidently haven't enough work
to keep them busy, could look after the
legal affairs of the Board of Health.
This is the way Mr.. Wittpenn sized up
the situation, aud now Mr.. Simpson is
no longer in the employ of the County.
Wonder il at the end of the year the
County will really have saved the $1,000
that was set aside for Mr.. Simpsons sal
airy. It is denied that Mr. Simpsons s
advocacy Of John J. Heavey for the
shrievalty nomination led to his decapi-
tatiop
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15

Don't think less OF your system than you
% Of your house. Give It a thorough
cleansing, TOO. Take Hoods sarsspariiia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-15
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK. April Is, 1905. # ore.
cast for the tIsirty-six hours ending 8
r. AI Sunday Fair to-day and to- NOR
row; fresh northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-16
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
Varsity Has Three Games This Week.
Orono Result Very Satisfactory.

Rrnnswick, Me-. May 15.-(SpeciaD.-
The Bowdoin baseball team left on the
AS express. this afternoon, for Amherst,
where it will play the Amherst team. to-
morrow Wednesday, the nine will play
Holy Cross at Worcester. returning to
Brunswick, sometime Thursday. The
makeup of the team Will be the sam" as
in the last few games Files Will prob
ably pitch against Amherst and Lewis m
the Holy Cross game.
This sill be one of the busiest weeks of
the spring term for the baseball team,
there being a total of three games during
that time, the game with Colby on the
Whittier Athletic field, Saturday after
noon. being the third contest.
The track team men who did such mag
niticent work at Orono, Saturday, are the
heroes of the college. today, the demon
Stration of the student body as the diff
terent members filed into chapel. this
morning, being noticeable feature of
the day The victory at orono. Sttur-
day, is considered by Bowdoin students
as che of the greatest ever achieved in
track athletics. This is not much due
to the figures as 10 the disadvantages
which the squad labored under tn" pres
ent year. In addition to big lcsscs by
graduation ANA otherwise, the team lost
its regular coach Just rs the hard part
OF the season was beginning. and which
nectsstated the securing of n new man
who had to learn the men aud the Situa
ton ut short notice. Coupled with this
was the loss of Weld, vino was looked
upon on, Of the star men. he being
unable to enter the contest because of the
fall he sustained in the trials. That
BowdOin should pull out Il victory is CON
sidered n great achievement ana the sat
iSfactiOn here is the greatest in Il long
time.
Circular letters announcing the meeting
of the New England intercollegiate Press
Association at the COplcy Square hotel in
fGSton have been received here. The
meeting will be held. May -. W. f.. Finn.
%. who was editOr-in- chief of the Bow
doin Orient, last year. is president of the
association and extensive plans are being
made for the meeting.
Tile members of the freshman class who
wish to be candidates for assistant man
ayers of any Of the different athletic
teams of the college began work. this
week. in the competition for the sane.
Prey OuS to this time these positions haVn
been filled by popular vote of the student
body in mass meeting. BEGINNING at this
time all men who care to try for the posi-
items must do 50 by competitive work as
signed to them by the present managers
and only those eXcelling in this work will
be eligible to nomination for the assist
ant managerShip of the teams. The com
petition is now going on for the baseball
football and track mana gerShipS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-16
SPORTING NOTES,

Alfred De ORC and Jerome r. Keogh
will play for the pool championship on
May Is. 10 AMI 20. 200 balls a night. prob
ably at Buffalo Or Syracuse.
Charles F.. Sands the American court
tennis champion, has arrived in London,
and will challenge the winner of the
English championship. Deluz, the
French champion. is also on hand for
the same purpose.
Miss Givlia Morosini. who was award
ed the honor Of having the finest turn
out in the New York speedway parade,
Saturday. has presented TO the Road
Drivers Association a beautiful silver
cup to be awarded to the winner Of the
greatest number Of heats in the races
trotted on the Speedway this spring.
Arrangements have been made to row
the Carroll cup race for single SOULS
before the Harvard Cornell race on the
Charles. Saturday. May q. The start
VIII be made at Harvard bridge at 415
O'Clock and the finish at the Longwood
hridge. making one-mile course. En-
.ries Will close at O'Clock on Friday,
May 26. This race will be followed by
'he University race with Cornell, which
VIII be started at the Union Boat Club
q. 4So o'clock and rowed upstream over
tne regular mile and seven-eighths
course.