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VOL. I. NO. 6. JERSEY CITY, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1880. PRICE TWO CENTS.
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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.
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$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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.;
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