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i , • VOL. I. NO. 6. JERSEY CITY, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1880. PRICE TWO CENTS. • II ■ ■ -- ------— -- ■■*«- — --- - . . I A BOY’S PISTOL, Michael Quinlan Shot by his Young Com panion. WAS IT AN ACCIDENT? No Hope That the Injured Youth Can Survive His Wound. • Michael Quinlan, age twelve years, of No. 148 First street, shot Fred Conlin, his thirteen year old companion, this morning, inflict ing injuries from which the boy will probably die. Quinlan’s mother is dead and he lives alone with his father on the sec ond floor of No. 148 First street, while Corlon lived across the street. The boys frequently played together, and this morning were iuuuw w v^uuiittu a apait ments. During their play Quin lan took up an old 82-cali bre revolver which his father kept in a bureau drawer, and playfully said he could shoot Conlon. THE PISTOL WAS LOADED. Somehow or other the pistol was loaded, and it went off. The bullet entered Conlon’s face at the left nostril, and passed through to behind the right ear. The blood spurted 6rom young Con lan’s face, and he fell to the floor. As soon as Quinlan realized what ne had done he then became frightened and ran away. The police are now looking for him. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A physician was summoned, but could do nothing for the wounded child. The injured boy was removed to St. Francis’ hos pital, where it was said that he could not recover. The parents of young Conlan were overcome with sorrow when they learned of the shoot ing, and sought his bedside at the hos pital almost frantic with grief. - ♦ ■ - $700 MISSING. Casliier Starr of the Erie Ferry Reported ShoTt. Cashier Starr of the Pavonia ferries is said to be short in his accounts. The amount was stated at $8,000. At the Erie office it is said the amount wil not exceed $700. The Cape Cod Glass Company. Articles of Incorporation were filed in the County Clerk’s office by the Cape Cod Glass Company this morning. The incor porators were Henry F. Spurr, Charles W. S. Purr, Walter S. Tower and Daniel W, McCrea. The object of the company is to manufacture glass from raw material in Jersey City. The capital stock is $30,000, divided in 2,000 shares of $35 each. The company will begin business with $5,000 capital. They Thawed Out Dynamite. Hannibal, Mo., March 2,1889.--While thawing out dynamite at La Grange, yes terday, Jacob German’s head was blown off and James Fuller was so badly injured that he will probably die. Two other men were seriously injured and the build ing wrecked. - 1 1 •' "n“ His Own Best Customer* Peter O’Connor, a saloon keeper, was arraigned before Justice Wanser this morning, on complaint of his wife, that Peter is a confirmed drunkard. He was committed to the County Jail for thirty days. __ Elevated Travel Suspended. No cars are being run over the Hoboken elevated road today. A new cable is being put in and travel will be resumed this evening. The Hoboken ferry ears are traversing the ground track today. The Adventures of a Lace Veil. [From the Evening Sun. } The doors of the cold storage houses in Dakota must have been accidentally left open yesterday, for the first instalment of March wind reached this city then. It did an ungallant act which afforded amuse ment to rrtO persons. A young woman, evidently a typewriter, was hurrying down Park row wrapped in a plush sacque. Around her head and bonnet was tied a light veil, seemingly as filmy as a spider’s web. The ungallant March breeze swept around the corner of Spruce street and caught up the veil, carrying it into the air as high as the second story windows of the surrounding buildings. It hovered around the telegraph wires as if about to alight, like a swallow, and then another gust carried the veil 100 feet into the upper atmosphere. Meanwhile the owner of the veil watched the airy noth ing with eager eyes. By this time a crowd began to gather, who, following the gaze of the young woman, saw the filmy silk floating away. Two newsboys threw stones at it, but of course the stones didn’t come auy where near it. The veil was slowly floating in a current of air about fifty feet from the ground, nearly a block from where it had started. In the meantime the crowd swelled in numbers and every body was trying to keep under the veil as it sailed along. When opposite the rooms of the Press Club the veil was sailing tantalizingly near to the ground. It escaped by a miracle being caught on the ears of a truck horse, and the driver just missed it by a hair’s breadth. He struck at the veil with his whip, but the eddy of air caused by the lash only made it whirl around and gleam in the sunlight as it was swept out of reach. The sidewalks were lined with boys watching the airy filament, and one enthusiastic man shouted: “Fifty cents reward to the boy who gets it!” Then it was wafted against the side of a building. Catching on a shutter the veil streamed out on the wind, and a bootblack made a frantic rush for the stairs in order to reach the veil from the inside of the building, when it was torn loose and went straight upward in fantastic curves, waved for a moment at the cornice, then sailed away over the roof and was lost to view. WAS Tms”ANOTHER JOB? Rotten Rubber Covered the Padding In the Lunatic Cell. When the members of the last Grand Jury made an investigation of the County Jail, they were surprised to learn that several lunatics were there, and that although violent at times, there was no padded cell to put them in. The lunatics have always been placed in an ordinary stone cell, such as all pris oners occupy, and have been kept there until the County Physician determines whether they should be sent to the Swamp Hill Asylum or released. Frequently these unfortunates butted their heads against the stone walls or the stone floor in paroxysms and inflicted serious injuries on themselves. The only way to restrain them when in this condition w-as by the use of leather handcuffs and occasionally a straight-jacket. The Grand Jury justly believed that this state of affairs ought to be remedied, and the Board of Freeholders tvas requested to fit un two undded cells for these noor creatures. The Freeholders referred the matter to the Committee on County Institutions, and they in turn left it with Freeholder Turner to attend to. Under his supervision and that of the County Superintendent two cells were built of heavy wood and padded with ex celsior, covered with what was supposed to be rubber. This last article was pur chased by requisition from Wiggins & Abell, of Hoboken, and is as rotten an article as was ever sold to any one. The first prisoner to use one of these cells was Henry Diel, of Bloom and Pater son avenues. He was taken to the County Jail last night suffering from delirium tremens. In a fit of frenzy he grasped hold of a white pine batten, light and delicate, that had been used to keep the rubber covering of the padding in its place. A child could have torn it away, and it took the crazy man but a moment to completely demolish the padding in the cell. “He tore at least half of it away, leaving exposed the bare boards against which he butted his head. He was only quieted by being handcuffed. When the rubber covering was exam ined this morning it was found to be rot ten, and it tore in strips as easily as a piece of muslin. In fact it looked like muslin with a very thin coat of rubber ovea it,and was about as thick as the material used to make rubljer overshoes. It was of no earthly use, and this has all the appear ance of being one mooe of the many jobs of this totally reckless Board. County Superintendent Gannon, Jailor Birdsall, Director Pairson, and several other gentlemen, who saw a piece of the rubber, were surprised, and readily ad mitted that the material was not what the cells called for. RACES THAT FILLED WELL Forty-two Horses Entered to Compete at Clifton Monday, [Special to the Jersey dity News.] Clifton Race Track, March 2, 1889.— The entries that closed here this morning for Monday’s race give promise of a good day’s sport. The fields in no instance are excessively large, but good fields are called out by each race. The warm weather of yesterday hurt the track materially, draw ing the frost out of the ground, so that the going was quite heavy, while innumerable holes appeared. Superintendent Clair is hard at work today and hopes to improve the going by Monday. The following are the entries received: First Race.—Six and a half furldngs; purse $250; selling allowances. Lbs. Lbs. Singlestone.107 Refund.104 Clontarf.107 Monte Cristo.103 Goano.107 jEoline.103 Relax.. ...107 Arthur W .102 Efflie Hardy.107 Compensate.100 Howersou.107 Woodstock.100 Margo...1107 Sylla.100 Second Race—Five furlongs; purse $250. Lbs. Lbs. Capulin.123 Long; Jack.107 Carnegie.123 Louise.102 Romance.119 Ida Bell.102 Firefly.119 Isis.102 Y. L. S.118 Kanto.102 Third Race.—One mile; purse $250; selling ing allowances. Lbs. Lbs. Traveler.112 Pilot.105 Taxgatherer.105 Flush.105 Savage.105 Monte Cristo.105 Havana.105 Pegasus.105 Bellmont.105 Fourth Race.—Ono mile; purse $500; a handi cap. Lbs. [ Lbs. Chancellor.120 Avery.105 Ovid.114i Mattie Looran.104 Clarion.112|Delevan.104 Boodle.Ill Pal'atka.94 My Own..109* Fifth Race.—Seven furlongs; purse $250; sel ling allowances. Lbs. Lbs. Littlefellow.123 Hermitage.108 Prodigal.115 Saluda.103 Olivia.109 La Clair.103 Avery.108j Hilda.102 Clatter.108! Horses Worth Barking Monday. First Race—Woodstock, Eoline. Second Race—Carnegie, Louise. Third Race—Pilot, Monte Cristo. Fourth Race—Boodle, My Own, Fifth Race—Clatter, Avery. Results at Guttenburg. First Race—Five-eighths of a mile> Harry Rose first, Romance second, John Alexander third. Time, 1:10)/. Second Race—Three-quarters of a mile, Carlow first, Songster second, Woodstock third. Time, 1:25)/. Third Race,)/ mile—Skip, first; Hem lock, second; John Arkins, third. Time, 1:43. t LABEE HAS A BAD RECORD. He Had Stabbed a Man in Holland Before Killing; His Wife Here. Paterson, March 2, 1889.—Mrs. Labee, who was so brutally hacked by her hus band, will be buried this afternoon. The murderer, when arrested, had in his pos session $16, which he handed the polica, requesting them to use it in defraying the expenses of his wife’s funeral. At the- autopsy, which was held by Drs. Cairnas and Terriberry, it was shown that two of the stab wounds penetrated to the stomach. These were the wounds that caused Mrs. Labee’s death. There were twenty other cuts and gashes on the head and body. Late last night Coroner Goodridge was called upon by a young foreigner named John Hertog, who gave a liistoiy of Labee in Holland. Hertog said that Labee bore a very bad reputation there, and had stabbed a man iu the face, almost killing him. For this offence he was sentenced to prison. On his release he came to America, but returned to Holland within a month. In Holland he again got into some kind of trouble, and was sent to prison for twd months. _ Read Bill iwe’s f unny letter in the next BUND A Y MORNING NEWB. J GLADSTONE’S TRIUMPH He “Does Up" the “Lib eral Unionists” in a Historic Burst of Eloquence. PIGOTT IMITATES CASTLEKEAGH. England Greatly Excited Over the Traitor’s Sui cide in Spain—So cial Gossip by Cable. [By Cable to the United Press.} London, March 2, 1889.—The re port of Pigott’s suicide at Madrid causes a profound sensation here. Witnesses have been sent to formally identify the body supposed to be that of the forger. The police intend to hold Pigott’s effects pending an order from the Court. IT WAS PIGGOTT. Dispatches from Madrid confirm the report that the suicide of yesterday was Pigott, and there is no longer any doubt as to his identity. The English embassy's officials have identified the body as that of Pigott. On Thursday the forger sent a telegram to Mr. Soames’ office in London. The message gave his address in Madrid, and probably from this telegram the government learned that Pigott was in Madrid. A notebook containing the addresses of a number of people in Ireland was found on the body of the suicide. The interim report of the Special Commission on the Parnell forgeries will reach Parliament nest week. GLADSTONE'S TRIUMPH. The Telegraph says the speech de livered by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons last night was historical. He is seen on the war path at his best, and his attack upon the Liberal Union ists was made with the tremendous force of invective and sarcasm of a srreat master. Mr. Chamberlain smiled nervously as the House roared at the great Lib eral’s sarcastic allusions, and glanced curiously at Mr. Gladstone at other times. The ex-Premier’s peroration was spoken in the character of a prophet of the wrath to come, with resonant voice and flashing eyes. The aged statesman looked like another Isaiah, crying, “Woe unto them in high places in Jerusalem”! His last words were signs of coming doom, and he finished amid a tempest of cheers. London Drawingroom Gossip, [By Cable to the United Press.] London. March 2, 1889:—By com parison of notes the foreign contingent at the Queen’s drawingroom were of the opinion that the few American ladies there bore off the palm for beauty. There were few of the lately authorized high dresses to be seen, although they would have been an improvement to the looks of many of the aristocratic ladies there, but those displayed were not only much commented upon, but highly admired. To repeat what it is to be hoped is untrue of the American ladies now in London, they are credited with feeling a secret pleasure at the absence of the Duchess of Marlborough from the levees. It is true that her grace an nounced that she did not care to be there and would be introduced to Her Majesty at some future drawingroom, but the general opinion is that the pleasure of the Queen’s acquaintance is one that she will never know. It is certainly humiliating to the lady in question to meet with nothing but cold looks in the land of her adoption, but she is not likely to receive much commiseration, particularly from her compatriots. There is not an empty room in a hotel, nor a villa to be rented in Biarritz, where the English Queen will be the attraction for a while. Her physical health is good, although she is hypochondriacal at times, but it is as necessary as ever for her to be care fully watched by her devoted attend ants, who assuredly have no sinecure. If they should survive her, the British notion should not grudge them fat pensions, but the fate of the stalwart gillie of her deceased spouse gives those of middle age little encourage ment that they will outlast the tough old lady. Somewhat different from a royal drawing room will be the competitive assemblage of types of the beauty, not only of the civilized but also of the savage world, to take place at Paris next April. The two “beauty shows” which have been held in Europe dur ing the last year were successes, bar ring the fact that the ladies who se cured no prizes and their friends and admirers were perfectly satisfied that the judges were bribed and per jured monsters. Types of Asiatic and African beauty will be represented at the entrancing Paris display, and if the widely diverging ideas of loveliness should chance tfc concentrate upon one —T"“‘ her predecessors proves that she will have a task to choose between the em barrassing number of wealthy fools who will throw themselves at her feet. Berlin Topic*. [By Cable to the United Pre&8.] Berlin, March 2,1889.--A syndicate of German bankers are negotiating with the Prince of Lichtenstein for a grant of land at Vaduz on the frontier of Switzerland for the purpose of es tablishing a casino in opposition to that of Monte Carlo. The rental of fered is understood to be 1,000,000 florins a year. The musical jubilee of Joseph Joachim, the famous violinist and eon; duetor of the ltoyal Academy of music, was held yesterday. A large number of friends called to congratu late him, and telegrams were received from all parts of the Continent, Eng land and America. Among the offer ings was a phenomenal display of flowers. The Government will interdict the Emin j Bey expedition under Dr. Peters. STORY OF A SKULL. Recollection* of an Old-Time Sensational Murder Revived. Police Sergeant Joseph Carroll has a theory illiout the skull which was dng up in the corner of Chri^. Meisner’s yard on Washington street, near the corner of Montgomery, two weeks or so ago. Some workingmen were making an ex excavation in the yard, when they un earthed it. It was fleshless, hard as flint, and had evidently been in its grave for many years. Enquiry at that time failed to bring any satisfactory explanation of the manner in which it hud got where it was found. It was taken to the Gregory Street Po lice Station, and physicians who have ex amined it say that there are breaks in the hone that indicate that its aforetime owner had met with a violent death. “That skull,” said Sergeant Carroll, this morning, “revives recollections of one of the most sensational murders this town has ever known. Twenty-five years ago a dredging machine at work at the York street dock scooped the body of a woman out of the river mud. Her skull was frac tured aud a burrel of pitch had been lashed around her waist to make sure that the river would never surrender the cret of her murder. “The body was seen by hundreds of people, aud falsely identified by many. All doubt as to who she was, was ultimately solved. She had been less prudent than she should have been in her behavior, and she had, besides, the misfortune of having two lovers. One found her in the com pany of her other lover one night at the American Hotel, uud murdered her. “Then her body was taken to the docks, weighed aud thrown overboard. “After tne discovery of the body, the skull was given to Dr. Que dor, who was then City Physician. He preserved it in alcohol, and kept it in his laboratory in the building in which Meis ner’s saloon is located. “I saw the skull in the doctor’s office, and am satisfied that this just found iu HeisnfT^TlaEkyard is tiers.” -» ... FRANK J. UANLEI ARRESTED. He Denies That He Attempted to Bribe a Juror. Frank J. Hanley, the furniture dealer of No. 203 Newark avenue, was arraigned before Justice Davis this morning, charged with attempting to bribe a juror. Mary E. Smith, a dressmaker, of No. 570 Jersey avenue, quureeled with her husband and left him for a time. When she returned, she found that her husband had sold her furniture to Mrs. Duffel, a second-hand dealer. She engaged Lawyer Charles Carrick to sue Mrs. Dnffet for the value of the furniture. The case was tried before Judge Doug lass in the First District Court, on February 8, and the jury disagreed. It was tried a second time on Thursday and one man on the jury held out for six cents damage. It is claimed that in the jury room Hanley threw $25 on the table and said he didn’t care what become of it if the verdict was not for more than six cents. G. W. Hall, of No. 103 Grand street, made an affidavit to this effect and a warrant for Mr. Hanley’s arrest was issuedr Mr. Hanley denies the charge. ITALIANS* RIOTING. Several Men Reported Seriously Wounded in an Outbreak |u Oluo. PlTTSBUliG, March 2, 1888. A Youngs town, O., bulletin to the Leader says. The news has just been received here of a riot at Carbon. The Italians have cut four cables, Three Sheriffs aud other officers are now at the scene. Several men are reported seriously injured. Freight Cars Oft* the Track. While a drill engine was trying at 11 o’clock last night to back some cars into the Meadow yard of the Pennsylvania railroad, two empty box cars were lie railed at the junction with the New York, Susquehanna aud Western railroad at Marion. Beyond delaying freight travel for half an hour, no damage was done. Failures of tl»e Week. There were 243 failures in the United States reported to Iimdstrcct’s during the week, against 302 in tho preceding week, and 205,193, 227 and 270 in the correspond ing weeks of 1888, 1887, 1880 anti 1885 re spectively. The total number of failures in the United States, January 1 to date, is 2,727, against 2,317 in 1888. Children’s Carnival. The children’s carnival, given under the auspices of the Rectory Fund Society of St. Paul’s Church, at Bergen Hall, last evening, was an artistic and financial suc cess. Airs. Jarley’s wax works and the sprightly operetta, “Little Red Riding Hood.” were the salient features of the programme. Tho proceeds are for the benefit of the Guild Room Fund. Democrotic City Committee. The Democratic City Committee organ ized last evening by electing Air. J. O’Don nell, chairman; James T. Lillis, secretary; E. A. Dugan, treasurer, and Sheriff Davis, vice president. Settling the Ingweisen Estate. Judge Lippincott this morning appointed Alay 11 as the day to settle all claims against the Ingtveisen estate. Until these claims are settled the affairs of the estate cannot be wound up. The Doctor Took Poi.son. Dr. A. T. Bliss, of Danbury, Conn., a guest at the Sturtevaut House, New York, was taken to the New York Hospital this morning suffering from belladonna poi soning. It is thought to be a ease of at tempted suicide. ON TO WASHINGTON The Depots Crowded With Excursionists to the Inauguration. LOCAL VISITING CLUBS. ~ ’ Two Associations That Will Leave Here Tomor row Night. The pilgrimage to Washington has fairly begun. On the ferryboats from New York this morning were many men and women, whose air of rude simplicity and the sheen of their black enamelled hand bags indicated their New England origin. They were goiug to see the inauguration, “by jingo,” and they didn’t care who knew it. They discussed New York har bor with a freedom that was unrestrained by any fear of giving offence to the na tives of these parts. Among them were a number of “veterans” who had lost one or more limbs in bear traps in the Maine woods, and were going on to Washington to look out for their interests, and the local post offices. They retained vivid memories of the harbor, “as it looked in ’64.” “Whar do we land over tharr asked a rustic pilgrim, as tlie boat left the New York shore. “Just about thar,” said a veteran, spreading out his bony lingers till they iucluded everything from Sandy Hook to West Point. “I told ye, so!” he added, when tlie boat ran her nose into the slip. Washington seemed to offer induce ments for honeymoon trips, too, if one might judge by the number of young couples who stood unnecessarily close to gether, with bashful but intrusive mien, and a general air of unaccustomed new ness about their clothing. It’s a long and expensive trip from Squigglesville, Me., to the capitul of the nation, hut honeymoon trips come but once in a lifetime—at least that’s hoyv it appears to them in their in experience—and a little extravagance now can be balanced by a more liberal use of pork and beans during the winter. The trip will do these people good, and perhaps inauguration ceremonies may be defended as educational institutions if nothing more is to be said in their favor. When the doors were thrown open for the 8 o’clock Washington train this morn ing, the Pennsyvanm waiting room was utterly packed with a mass of struggling humanity. Nothing had ever been seen like it since the clays of the Centennial of 1870. So great was the crush that it was impossible to move about, and the travellers could, ualy-nmko progress as the throng moved, it was necessary to dispatch three sections of the train before all the Washington passen gers had been disposed of. At 8.30 o’clock over 200 of the cadets from the training ships in the harbor left on a special train. They were accompar nied by a band, and with their keen eyes and ruddy cheeks, were fine specimens of American boyhood. When the time came to dispatch the 8:43 train there was another large throng in the station, and it became necessary to run that train in two sections. The 10 o’clock limited was also sent out iciivdu pvpti fiAfvmad to have no effect upon the crowd of passengers that kept. crowd ing into the waiting-room, and in order to relieve the pressure, a special train was made up and dispatched to Washington. Scarcely had this train left the depot when strains of martial music sounded through the station, and tire Lincoln Club, of New York, 900 strong, headed bv tlie Sixty-ninth Regiment Baud, and led by Senator Van Cott, marched in from the boat. They were all dressed in dark Prince Al bert suits, wore black silk hats and carried canes. They marched over to to the Adams Express Company’s shed singing (campaign songs, and embarked upon,their train, which immediately sped away to the national capital. One hundred members of the John Watt Association will leave on the 9 o’clock train for Washington tomorrow night. They will assemble at the Club rooms, Jersey avenue and First street, and headed by tlie Tabernacle brass band, will march to the Pennsyl vania depot, where the train will await them. But there will be no music ns they march over. Their musicians will be silent as the grave. Tlie police have refused to allow any music in the street on the Sabbath day. They cannot even play a (lead march. Therefore tlie club will not be able to leave the town to take part in the great event with the pomp that they not unreasonably expected. The association had no suitable banner to carry at their head, and a few of the wives and friends of the members put their heads together and the result is a handsome silk banner surmounted by a large eagle and inscribed as follows: i...: John Watt : Republican Association, : : Thlrtl District, Jersey City, N. J. : : Organized July 25, 1S3i. How was tiie banner 10 be presented to the club:' Several schemes were thought upon, and at Inst it was decided that the club should march from the club rooms to tiie residence of Commissioner Watt, at Xo. 376 Sixth street, last evening and re ceive the banner from the hands of one of the ladies. At 3.45 the club,headed by the Taberuacle band, left the headquarters and marched to the home of Mr. Watt, followed by not less than three hundred people. Tiie lady did not present the banner. It was presented to the club by Al derman Louis II. Marinus on behalf of the ladies, and was received for the club by President John Cogau. Tho band struck, up a mar tial air, three cheers were given for the ladies, three for Mr. Watt and the same for tiie Alderman. Then the order was given to march and the club aud the new banner traversed the principal streets of the district aud were dismissed at the club room. The club will remaiu in Washington until Tuesday, when they return home. For the information of those who would like to parade within the ranks of the asso ciation, they wish it stated that the organ ization can be found at the City Hall. The ladies who were instrumental In securing the funds for the purchase of the banner are: Mrs. John Watt, Mrs. T. R. McDonald, Misses Maggie and Agie Kenny, Mrs. L. H. Marinus, Mrs. E. J. Barsutte, Mrs. A. F. Smith, Mrs. Peter McGovern, Misses Maggie and Katie Cody, Mrs. Charles Turner, Mrs. J. E. Clarke and Mrs. Martin Fiucke. The Broderick Republican Corps, 135 strong, met at the Lafayette Wigwam last evening, aud completed the arrange ments for their trip to Washington. The Corps will form on the corner of Van Horn street and Communipaw avenue at 7-30 Sunday evening, aud march thence to the Pennsylvania depot In time for the I <1:15 express for Washington. Two Pnll I man sleepers and a passenger coach will ! be reserved for the corps. The members of the corps will wear black Derby hats, white gloves, and carry silk flags, on which will be emblazoned forty-two stars. The badge of the association is of bine silk trimmed with gold, bearing the in scription, “Broderick Lafayette Republi can Association, Jersey City, N. J.“ Under the inscription is a picture of Gen eral Harrison, and beneath the picture an eagle with the motto “E. Pluritms Unnm.” The members, who so desire, may leave Washington for home on the 10 p. m. limited, Monday evening. Captain Mason, of the Fourth 'Regiment, will command the corps during its stay in Washington. This morning over three hundred boys, from the training school ship at Newport, passed through the city on their way to Washington, to take part in the inaugural festivities. It required nine cars to trans port them. The boys arrived in New York this morning by boat. Conductor George Drane was in charge of the train. Firemen William Talbot of No. 3 Truck, John Hayes of Engine No. 5, and George Quinn of Engine No. 4. will witness the inauguration of the President-elect and spend several days in Washington. Sergeant Wilsheim of the Sixth Precinct will join the army of visitors to Wash ington. $1 FOR THE PARK HOES E. Tliot's Wliat Madden Claims to Have Paid (in' llyan’. Share. Thomas Ryan, of the firm of Madden and Ryan, proprietors of the Park House, and also of the saloon on the comer of Eighth and Coles streets, died recently. He left three children. Mr. Ryan had an insurance policy on his life for #8,000, and had also possession of other property at the time of his death. Today Lawrence Ryan, Thomas’s father, made application to the Court for an al lowance for the children, and the Court granted an order on the estate for *50 a month. The interest of the deceased in the busi ness of Madden and Ryan is in dispute and will probably reach the courts. Mr. Madden claims that several days before the death of his partner Lawyer Collins and Henry Lembeck were* summoned to the house of Air. Ryan and that for the consideration of *1 all his interest in the business was transferred to Mr. Madden, if so Mr. Madden became pos sessed of a very valuable business for a very low price. NEEDED IN THE POST OFFICE. Several Xeiv Clerks and Light and Heat for the Annex. Postmaster Kelly expects that several new clerks will be. added to the force in the Postoffiee as soon as the appropriation for the current year is available. The present force is inadequate to handle the large volume of business transacted at the office, and more help is greatly needed. The contractors upon the new addition to the post office building have completed their work, but the building is not yet ready for occupancy. The building was to have been ready by February 1, out it was not until March 1 that it could be used. Through some oversight no pro visions were made in the specification for lighting and heating the addition, and the large, new room is without a single gas jet or steam pipe. Moreover, although the room is designated for a money-order department, there is not a box or drawer In the place for such purposes. It will be some time before these defects can be remedied, and in the meantime the office must put up with the inconvenience of being cramped for room. aii vy Xiiijoyeu a ni-msei ves. Edward Sayers and William Brennan, employed on the coal ships, were paid off last evening and immediately started on a glorious spree. After being in each others’ company for .several hours, Sayers took exception to a remark made by Brennan and playfully threw a seltzer water bottle at his head. Brennan dodged, and the bottle went through a window of the saloon in which they were drinking. Before Weber, the proprietor, could iuter fere, Sayers had nearly killed Brennan. They were both arrested by Captain New ton and Officer Smith of the Oakland avenue police station. This morning, Justice Wunser sentenced them to ten days’imprisoument in the county jail,each. They Want Supreme Court Action. J. Herbert Potts, counsel for the Stan dard Metal Tie Construction Company, applied to Judge Knapp, this morning, for a writ of certiorari to remove the matter of the State tax assessed against the com pany, to the Supreme Court for review. The company claims that as it is a manu facturing company, it is exempt from taxes under the State law. The amount of the tax is 81,000. For Championship Honors Mr. R. Baeelit and his brother, Bruns, horizontal bar performers, will contest for Hudson county championship honors at Kessler Hall, this evening. He Will Steal No More Bides. Florentine Steadman, aged 15 years, of No. 58 Newark avenue, was arrested by Officer Whalen yesterday for stealing rides on the ears of the Pennsylvania railroad. Justice Weed fined him 88.90. A Chilli’s Sudden Death. John B. Croall, aged (5 years, died sud denly at No. 89 Summit avenue, the old Wakeman homestead, last evening. The County Physician was uotilled. Weather Indications. [Special to the Jersey City Xetcs.] Washington, March 2, 1889.—Weather indications for twenty-four hours: For North and South Carolina, Georgiu, Flor ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia. Western Penn sylvania, Western New York and Ohio, rain; for all other States, fair. Hartnett’s Weather Record. March 1. Dec/. March 2. Den A13 P. M.40 At 6 A. M.S3 AtOP. M.42 At 9 A. M.45 At 0 P.M.44 At noon.40 At miduight.31) Telegraph Ticks. Gibson, Parish & Co.’s furniture trim ming establishment, at Chicago, was destroyed by tire last night, entailing a loss of $100,000. Three firemen were injured, and Frank Hooth, paying teller of the Northwestern Bank was hurt so that he will probably die. The farmers of Iowa are preparing to fight the Binding Twine trust. The price of' twine lias increased from 12 cents to 18 cents within four years and agents for the manufacturers have been not ified that 20 cents will be demanded this season. The Canadian Parliament has rejected Banner's motion for the continuance in force of the modus viveudi on .the (fishery question and advocating closer trade rela tions with the United States. The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela tions has recommended t he reopening of the claim of the La Abra Mining Com pany against the Republic of Mexico. The big Reduction Works at Dead wood, South Dakota, burned to the ground yes l terday, involving a loss of 890,000. I Bead Bill Nye'e f unny letter in the j next /SUNDAYMOUNimNEW/h FEENEY'S LITTLE JOK He Did Hot Mean to CaU AH the MHitia Muslin Soldiers, ONLY SOME OF THEM. The Militia Boys Talk Very Plainly About the Member From the Second. The unfortunate remarks made hj Assemblyman Feeney about the Mew -** Jersey Militiaj were the sub ject of conversation in the head quarters of the Fourth Regiment last night. It was the officers meeting night, and as each man en tered the room his attention was called to the item in yesterday's Jersey City News. What troubles the boys most is the lack of any .object for such an attack. Mr. Feeney's speech hurt the feelings of the whole regiment and the members of the G. A. K. did nort - . like it either. ' \ Ji But Mr. Feeney is explicit in hist I declaration that he had neither desire! 1 nor design to offend the soldier boys. V B “I wouldn’t do that for the world,” \K he said to me this morning. “I was |j speaking only in a Pickwickian sense, ■ and was poking sticks at my friends of . I me lnintia on tne Asseuiniy noor. t m “I nave given the militia too many 1 earnests of my friendship for them to l be even open to the suspicion of being ! an enemy of them. I have voted for , every measure they have had before the j. Assembly. I was a warm advocate o their h>'w anuory bill last year, am to all the attempts to perfect the sal of the encampment grounds to tl j Htate I have lent both my voice ai . j vote. j The boys in the regiment are una m inous in their denunciation of the F jfl John Feeney, and his allegations JK denied with scorn. Several of the are also members of the Grand AnrfjW? of the Republic. They say that thftjUfej are going to use all their influensjfcp; against the passage of Mr*. Feene ■g|J Some people say that the assemti^Kf| man from the Seventh was trying perpetrate a joke, but that does remove the bad impression upon the boys. The general imp* JR$! sion in the regiment is that Feehey wanted to express bis oph*,’ ■ that the militia could bear the as> 1 mice of the Hibernia Rifles in caas '| emergency, and that he spoke srfe% j ingly of the militia to carry his poh.- ; J Grand Army men as well as inejnbt- f| of Company D, Fourth Regiment, ai ,J| Drum Major Brownley, with whom r* spoke, said: “Feeney is no judge of soldiers an} iM* way. He wants to get new guns fc„y tile Hibernian Rifles at the expense of the State. The feeling displaced toward us by the Grand Army is re«l. - friendly.” Private Phillips, of Company D, said: “The militia needs no better defender than Thk Jkrsky City Mkws. The opinion expressed in that paper about Mr. Feeney’s hot sliot was about cor rect. Mr. Feeney’s remarks must hav« been intended for a joke, but he luu lost a good many friends by his humor.” Adjutant Gerardin said that Mr. r cfiicy wun u viw^ iaj uuuio inuiacii popular by liis’ wit. “He evidently wants to impress peo pie that the militia is made up pF young men practically playing sol dier; but he will find out that the National Guard is as good as any out side organization.” "There is no trouble between tht militia and any other orgiinization.’ „ * said Colonel Wanser. “Mr. Feeney’s remarks are inexplicable.” The members of the Grand Army very generally sympathize with the boys of the National Guard, and con demn Mr. Feeney for his attack. Com mander Newton, Sergeant Major Mc Gee and Chaplain C. P. Knowles, of Van Houten Post No. 3, G. A. R., all say that the militia and the Grand Army are on the very best of terms, and that the attack was wholly un called for ami inexcusable on any score. _ J A NOVEL MODE OP ASSAULT, Beatrice Gveenlioltz Practice* Gunnel* with Lamps and Dishes. Beatrice Greenliolz, sometimes known ns Beatrice Ward, was arrested by Con* stable Woodbury, last evening, on a warrant issued by Jus tice Ward, charging her with atrocious assault. Some time ago she left her home at No. 107 Bailroad avenue, and when she returned ou January 2 she found that her husband had sold the furniture aud moved away. ’ , She then went to the rooms of Mrs. Catherine Backus, called that lady vile names and threw an expensive parlor lamp, valued ut $14, at her, and bom barded her with the costly glass dishes that Mrs. Backus had set out on her table preparatory to receiving New Year’s calls. Bcatrii e then lied and was not arrested until last evening. . ' She was held for examination. >Ie Will Not Get Away, Now. Charles Henniger of No. 2t8>£ Fifth street, was arraigned before Justice Stilsiug tills morning on a charge of abandonment. In November last Heniuger was arrested for keeping a disorderly house at Railroad avenue and Grove street. He was in the County Jail for a time and finally gave $500 ball for trial. He then ran awuy and forfeited his bail. Shortly afterward his wife Ida com plained to Overseer of the Poor Hewitt that lie had deserted his family, and a warrant was issued by Judge Stilsing for his arrest. Detective Dalton took him into custody last night. He was com mitted for examination in default of $500 hail. ._ Weir unit Murphy Won’t Fight, Boston, March 2,1889.—The match be tween Frank Murphy and Ike Weir, made last Wednesday night, has collapsed. Ai Smith refused to be referee aud no one else could be agreed on.; L