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COTO7Of J ‘ I Citg I ^OCm»fORKO ,V j ^ ~ ^QL- *• NO. 60. ~ JERSEY CITY, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1889. _ PRICE TWO CENTS. ~ rim I NEITHER SIDE IS AHEAD Chief Justice Beasley Will Not Decide on the Government. HE WANTS TO HEAR TESTIMONY. :i I June 3, at Eleven O'clock in the Morning, Chosen for Argument i On the Constitutionality of the Charter. [Special to the Jersey City News.l Trenton, May 4, 1880.—Mayor Cleve land’s petition from Chief Justice Beasley to settle the controversy over the Jersey City Charter was presented here this morning. Governor Abbett, Senator Ed wards and Speaker Hudspeth appeared for the Charter, and ex-Mayor Gilbert Col lins and ex-Senator Brinckerhoff, for the old officials. which is very long, and gives the history of the new charter, and gives a graphic picture of the faults in Jersey City’s pres ent government. These facts are given to show the necessity for immediate action. The petition concludes by asking for a Special Term of the Supreme Court to de termine the controversy, and to decide which officials shall reign in the mean time. When the reading was finished Mr. Col lins declared that there was scarcely a paragraph which he did not chal’ . nge. He denied that the act submitted by O’Neill’s proclamation was the act passed by the Legislature. He also asserted that Mayor Cleveland was in the city when O’Neill issued the proclamation. He urged that in any case the old offi cials should not be ousted pending the suit, without a hearing. GOVERNOR ABBETT TO THE FORE. Abbett replied to Mr. Collins, and de clared t hat if the old officials were allowed to remain in control of the government, they should be put under limitations1 , which would prevent them from inflicting litigation on the city such as the new charter was designed to prevent. > He argued that O’Neill’s proclamation was correct. Justice Beasley said that he could not > decide which officials were entitled to office until he passed on the question whether the law was properly in force, and whether any new officials were actu ally performing duties. He was ready to call a special term of the Supreme Court, but on the question of ad interim appointments a hearing was necessary. Mr. Abbett suggested a Commissioner ^ to ta£e testimony. TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN. Justice Beaslev ordered testimony to be taken on these two points, and gave per mission to Mr. Collins to apply to take testimony on other disputed points if he so desired. Mr. Collins brought up the constitu. tionality of the act under which the ap plication was made, but the Chief Justice said that that was a poiqt for the Supreme Court to settle. June 8, at eleven o’clock, was appointed for the special term of the Supreme Court. Answers must be filed by a week from Monday. Testimony on the question of ad interim officials was or dered taken before Supreme Court Commissioner Cassidy, on one day’s notice, and Justice Beasley will hear argu ment on the question next Thursday. The matter was then adjourned. The Mayor Was in New Haven. Mayor Cleveland was in his office this afternoon when I asked him whether he was in the city at the time President O’Neil, of the Board of Aldermen, Issued the proclama tion for an election on the charter, as charged by ex-Mayor Collins in the Supreme Court this morning. “I was in New Haven at that time on business of a personal nature,” was his answer. Counsellor Brinkerlioff said this after noon that testimony would be taken at nine o’clock next Tuesday. He had just received the following from Trenton:— Chief Justice Beasley has ordered a special ses sion of the Supreme Court, for June 8 at eleven o'clock ;anawera to be died S • dicers of old Boards to resist the charter on or before May 14. Argu ment of ad interim officers and boards. March 0, at ten o’clock; officers of old boards to take testi mony on May 7.__ “BUT NOT INTO THE PASSAIC.” Chancellor McGill Killed a Triumphant Smile on Mr. Griggs’ Cheek. The suit of the Newark Aqueduct Board to restrain the city of Passaic from building a sewer emptying into the Past sale river was before Chancellor McGil .v » __ mi.__ vr McCarter, who is associated with Colonel Price in the prosecution of the suit asked for an adjournment for a week, on the ground that his colleague > was confined to his home by a severe at tack of rheumatism. Ex-Senator Griggs, who represents the city of Passaic, ob jected on the ground that he would be en gaged in another case on that day, and suggested that it be put off two weeks. As that would bring the case to a day on which the Chancellor would be en gaged in another case the Chancellor ob jected this time, and said that the matter would have to stand over either one or three weeks. It was finally agreed that the case should be adjourned to May 35. v When the day hod been finally fixed ex Senator Griggs asked the Chancellor if Passaic count go ahead and build the •ewer in the meantime. The Chancellor replied that it could, and a half concealed smile of triumph played over the handsome features of tne ex-Senator. The smile died a speedy death the next minute, however, when His Honor continued, “but it must not empty into the Passaic River." ITALIAN POLITICS. Crlgpl’g Power Threatened—France Try ing to Break up the German Alliance. [By Cable to the United Preis. London, May 4, 1889.—Advices from Rome state that Signor Crisp! in a con ference yesterday with King Humbert threatened to resign on account of the opposition made from several sources to one of his pet projects. He believes, with some probability, that the King has been advised from Berlin to put an end to the senseless idea of extending Italian occupa tion in Abyssinia, and asked the monarch if German influence was to be hencefor ward paramount in Rome. Signor Crispi has intimated that General Baldissera is lacking in dash and enter prise, and the General has requested to be relieved, frankly stating that too many lives have already been wasted in the vain attempt to gain a foothold in that country, the only portions of which tenable for white men are at such a distance from the coast as to make safe and regular com munications impracticable. The Minister of War, General Bertoli Viale, also comes in for a share of the Premier’s wrath for the same reason. Officers of the staff and line who dread an exile to Massowali are almost mutin ous at the prospect of sharing the fate of so many of their comrades who have suc cumbed to pestilence in and around that filthy hol<? without even seeing an enemy, and it will not be their fault if Signor Crispi’s term of office is not yet shortened by their influence Commercial men and landed proprietors are equally bitter against him, but with less reason, for he has done all that he dared to bring about a renewal of the treaty of commerce with France. The tVgnrh minnihprdnpHiintdesnftirof break ing up the triple alliance by continuing to practically close to Italy the best market for her productions, and thus force the country into virtual bankruptcy. The emigration to the United States and the Argentine Republic from Italy will be enormous this year, but Italian economists are not agreed whether to re joice or grieve over the depletion of a population which most of them say would not be superfluous if trade were not fet tered by obstructions placed in its way by the State. A note has been received in Rome from the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs apologizing for the vehement language used in regard to King Humbert by the members of the Catholic Congress sitting in Madrid. From good authority it is learned that a moderate answer was re turned, to the effect that nothing else but abuse was expected from that source and that the Italian government feels indif ferent upon the subject. A NOTE FOR A CHURCH ORGAN. An Old Law Case Revived In Court Be fore Judge Knapp. An old law suit was revived this morn ing on a motion made before Judge Knapp. In 1880 James Parker was given a promissory note as payment for erecting an organ in Christ Church. The note was signed by members of the church, as officers. Parker transferred this note to Barak G. Coles. When it became due it was pro tested, and Coles sued the church and ob tained judgment by default. Before an execution was served the church obtained a stay of proceedings aud a rule to reopen the case and take testi mony before a referee. Some testimony was taken and then all further action in the case ceased. In Court this morning counsel for Mr. Coles asked that this rule be set aside. He said that the application had not been made before because Mr. Coles was not in need of the money and that he de sired to give the church time to pay it, but that by this time he had become tired of waiting. Counsel for the church opposed the mo tion and said that at the time the note was given the church had no rector or vestry and that it was in a demoralized condition. If the church were given time the note WOUXU Ut5 pttxu. o uuge jrvuttpp ucwucu that the defendants must present their case in court within thirty days or the stay would be dismissed. Tomorrow In tlio Churches. At the Bergen Reformed Church, cor. ner of Bergen and Highland avenues, the Rev Cornelius Brett, pastor, there will be services at eleven a. m. and half-past seven p. m., tomorrow as usual. The Rev. W. D. Grant, pastor-elect of the South Bergen Reformed Church, will preach in the morning. The anniversary of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society will be held in the evening. Mrs. H. M. Andrews, missionary from India, will speak. At St, Paul’s M. E. Church, Third street, there will be communion and re ception of members at half-past ten a. m.; sermon to young men by Pastor Halloruu at half-past seven p. m. Counsellor Thomas J. Kennedy and others will address the Hudson County Temperance Alliance tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at four o’clock in Humboldt Hall, No. 186 Newark avenue. At the Scotch Presbyterian Church Mercer street, near Varick, the Rev David Mitchell, pastor, there will be ser vices tomorrow at half-past ten a. m. and at half-past seven p. in. At the Trinity M. J5. Church, York street, near Warren, there will be preach iug at half-past ten in the morning, and at half-past seven in the evening, by the pas tor, the Rev. John Crawford. In the morning the holy communion will be ad ministered and members received. Strangers are welcomed. At the Tabernacle, comer of York and Henderson streets, the Rev. John L. Seiuider, pastor, will take for his morn ing topic, “A Tabernacle Talk,” and foi the evening topic, “Give the Clerks a Rest; or, the Early Closing Movement in Jersey City.”___ Pulled Him Over His Dashboard. While Driver William Davis was on his 9:40 trip to Jersey City this morning, with car No. 143 of the Hoboken Railway, thewhiffletree broke and the horses pulled him over the dashboard and dragged him for some distance along the street. The brake was partly on and the car soon stopped. The horses became frightened and dragged Davis out of the way of the car. He attributes his escape from serious injury to that cause. The accident oc curred at Tenth street. Stole All tlie Umbrellas. A sneak thief, giving his name as Huge Franklin, was arrested at the ferry in Ho boken this morning, having in his posses sion a number of valuable umbrellas and walking canes. They were stolen from residence of Principal J. W. Lyeett, of No. 2 School. The doors were open and Frank lin sueaked in and cleaned out the um brella stand. Mr. Lyeett followed the ii.un nnrl had him stonoed at the ferrv. Coming Events. A musical anil literary entertainment will be given at Fisk Hall, Whiton street, on Tuesday evening, under the auspices of Fisk Section, Cadets of Temperance. A grand concert will be given by Mrs. Ragna l.inne Stroebel, at Pohlman’s Hall, on Monday evening next. Judgment Set Aside. The judgment obtained by Christie & Wolcott against Ann Barrett was set aside by Judge Knapp this morning. It was obtained on an attachment suit. BcsciuM’a Pills cure bilious and nervous ills. POLAND'S GREATEST DAY Celebrating the Time When the Constitution Was to Have Been Signed. HONORING KING STANISLAUS. The Only Day in Polish History to Feast, and That Recalls but a Hope. Yesterday was the ninety-eighth anni versary of the day when Polish hopes rose to their highest level, and all the land was filled with joy. Then it was, on the third day of May, 1791, that King Stanislaus Augustus, the fourth of the name, was to sign the PoUsli CONSTITUTION, which was to make of the fair land a united country with a free P TRat the Constitution was not signed is a matter of history, but the day was the brightest in the recollection of the un __i.:_ _i i...nalaUrafprl -rrj — as the great festival of the Polish people ever since, though it only recalls a hope. The Polacks of Jersey City and of the surrounding country, some five thousand in number, have been in the habit of go ing over to New York to celebrate the day, but this year, it being a great time for all good Americans—and there are no more loyal Americans than the Polacks— the four Polish societies of the city deter mined to have their own glorification. They invited the Association Polonic, of New York, to come over and help, and they all had a grand time, dancing nearly all night after the meeting. WHO CELEBRATED. The Jersey City societies were the Kra kusy, the association called after Adam Miekiewicz, the great Polish poet; that called after Bosak Hauke, the great Gen eral in the Polish insurrection of 1863, who lost his life in 1870, fighting with the French against his old enemies, the Prus sians; and the Ulany, the Red Lancers. The day opened with mass at the Church of St. Antonio, at half-past ten in the morning, when the Rev. W. J. X. A. Mich nowski addressed the congregation. Then, at eight o’clock in the evening, the people gathered in Coopers’ Hall, where, after the meeting had been opened by Mr. Stanislaus Krzemenskiego, Mayor Cleveland was elected presiding officer of the evening. The Mayor spoke briefly and was repeatedly cheered. Mrs. Kramer, of New York, recited ‘ The Polish Boy” and was received as a beauti ful woman should be. These were the only speakers in English. Those who spoke m Polish were Wladislaw Kamien ski and Count Wodricki. Following is what they did in full:— THE PROGRAMME. O godz. 10y2 rano; Nabozenstwo w kos" ciele Sw. Antoniego. Odprawi W. J. X A. Michnowski. . O godz. 8 wieczor: Zebranie sie Tow. Polskich i publicznosci w “Cooper Hall”. O godz. 9 wieczor: Otwarcie Obehodu przez p. St. Krzeminskiego. Wybor prezesa Obehodu z grona zgro madzonych. Zaproszenie prezydentow Tow. na wice prezesow obehodu. Wybor Sekretarza Obehodu. “Hvmn Narodowy;” “Jeszcze Polska nie zginela.” (Publicznose powstaje). Konstytucje 330 Maja 1791 r. odezyta p. Ziemkiewiez. Publicznose przy akompaniamencie mu zyki odspiewa stojaco:—“Boze cos Pol ske.” Mowa polska p. Kameaskiego z Brookl. Muzyka odegra:—“Boze daj by rably snal 3ci Maj.” Spiew p. Ziemkiewicza. Muzyka odegra:—“Z Hymen Pozarow.” Prezes Obehodu zamyka poisedzenie. Do wzieeia udzialu zapraszamy kazdego Polaka Komitet Arzadzajacy:—St. Krzeminski, S. Plzekopowskl, A. maszczynsni, i. Nagolski, S. Comalewsni, A. Groszewski, J. Zawadzki, R. Janowski, Z. Bobrowski, K. Maryanski, P. Kuzniewiez, P. Wojtas zek, F. Szumski, S. StelmaclioWicz, A. Zywicki, J. Bonkalski. Po zamknieciu Obchodu nastapia tauce przy doborowej balowej muzyce. A TORPEDO STOPPED THE PRATER. A Strange College Fight In Purdue Uni versity, Lafayette, Iud. Lafayette, Ind., May 14, 18SS).—The students of Purdue University, with the exception of the juniors, are up in arms against the faculty. On Wednes day evening the juniors gave a public entertainment under the direction of the faculty. There was the usual opposition from the lower classmen. Torpedoes and the resonant bursting of paper bags interspersed the entertainment, but they were not down on the regular programme. A huge torpedo was exploded at Prof. O. J. Craig’s feet while he was pronouncing an invocation. It cut short the prayer and spoiled the effect, so far as the audience was concerned, of that part of the bene diction already uttered. Prof. Craig’s nerves were bady shattered, and in view or this fact a meeting of the faculty was callled at which the sophomores and freshmen were suspended. The students in retaliation met Thursday night and yes terday and passed decisive resolutions. The sophomores announce their intention of leaving the college unless the suspen sions are rescinded. Other classmen sus tain them in their action, and, as the mem bers of the faculty are determined in their course, serious trouble is apprehended. They’ll Have to Look Up the Law. Counsellor Mint urn made application to the Court today for permission for Pat rick Sullivan to sell the lands of the estate of his deceased brother Lawrence. Patrick is the adminis trator and the application was made to enable him to settle up the estate. The Court said that a bill had been introduced in the late Legislature modifying the pro cedure, and gave Mr. Minturn until next Saturday to ascertain whether it. became a law, and what it provides for. The Court was not certain on the point. The Currie Kstate Casa. Charles Allen, John D. Carscallen and Henry Dusenbury were appointed com missioners to condemn the lands of the Currie estate, wanted by the Waverly and New York Bay Rail road Company. Lawyer Block notified the Court that he would apply for a writ of certiorari next Saturday, and take the case to the Supreme Court. These Commissioners were appointed last Saturday to condemn a portion of the estate, and today the Court instructed them to condemn three portions of the estate. See Joseph Warren's auctioneer advertise ment of the three-story and basement apartment house and lot. No. 185 Fifth street, to he sold to the highest bidder on Monday next, at two p. m., on the premises. **• THE H. L AND L BACKS WATER. It Is Trying to Take Hack Its Offer to the City of Hoboken. The Hoboken Land and Improvement Company regrets its outburst of gener osity to the city. Some time ago the company entered into negotiations with the city to acquire the water front on Hudson Square Park, and made a first offer of a site upon which the city could build a much needed school in the up town district. The Jersey City News exposed the scheme and pointed out that the school site offered was in no way equivalent to the value of the water front. The Coun cil then appointed a special committee. They obtained an audience with the com pany and a new offer was made. The company said that for the privilege of filling in the ground and build ing a road connecting River street and the river walk, and building a pier, they would give the city the use of the dock, which would be public, and would also give a site for a police station, a school and a fire engine house. The mat ter was generally considered settled and Corporation Attorney Minturn was draw ing up an agreement. The directors of the company regret their offer, and wish to withdraw it. Several citizens think that the company has got by far the better of the bargain, and that the city would have to submit if me matter were iorueu, m wc » recent legal decision on the water front question. Colonel Erlenkoetter, chairman of the Special Committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements, received a letter from Colonel Stevens, president of the Land Company, saying that the di rectors were satisfied with the ar I rangement, but that they could not submit to the dock being a public one. If | the company declines to accept the agree ment as already framed, the matter will be referred back to the Board of Council. The company gives no reason for its change of opinion. DISCUSSING A NEW HOME. The Friends of the ¥. M. C. A. Raise Funds of a Building. At a conference held at the residence of Mr. Richard Grant, No. 5 East Hamilton place, a few nights ago, in the interest of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the subject of erecting a new building for occupancy by the Association was dis cussed. Among those who took part in the dis cussion were Messrs. Richard Grunt, Earl Insley, George Morrow, Frank Jeffries, W. E. Drake, S. O. Church and President Cowles, of Jersey City; W. R. Janeway and Prof. Wilbur, of New Brunswick; President Edwin Packard, of the Brook lyn Association; State Secretary D. F. More and the general secretary. The great need of a suitable building for the association, in order that the best results might be obtained, was talked over, and Mr. McKenzie signified his will ingness to aid in this work, and offered to be one of twenty-five to give $1,000; also one of fifty to give $500, and to give $1,000 in addi tion. Mr. Grant followed by stating that he had previously made an offer to the Board of Directors of $5,000, which he would give if enough can be raised to build. A meeting will be held imme diately by the Building Committee to de termine whether this is the best time to commence in earnest the canvass for funds for this object, and should they so decide it will be commenced at once. Work will not be commenced on the building until most or all of the money necessary has been pledget!. A Brutal Wife Murder. Troy, N. Y., May 2, 1889.—Early this morning Mrs. Dunn was murdered by her husband, Samuel, in Cohoes, where they resided, in Rock alley. The crime was committed with a jack knife having a Viln/lp nhnut, t.hrpp. inches loner, and so powerful were the blows that the blade was broken, over two inches of it being found in the woman’s wounds. After he had murdered his wife Dunn walked out before the eyes of neighbors who had heard her screams, went up Mohawk street and got a drink of whiskey. He was then arrested. The motive for the crime was unknown. Policeman Speer’s Funeral. Funeral services were held over the body of Policeman Matthew Speer at his home, No. 68 Union street, last evening. This morning a detail of twenty-four men from the Gregory street station, to which the dead policeman belonged, and six men from each of the other stations, accom panied the body to the New York Bay Cemetery, where it was buried. Among those who accompanied the body were Chief Murphy, Captains McKaig, Bang and Farrier, Sergeants Cox, Archibald and Carroll and Detective Pearson. Forest Fires Blaze Again. WAUSAU, Wis., May 4, 1889.—The dry weather experienced here for a week a past has started up forest fires again and huge volumes of smoke can be seen rising in every direction. Much damage will be the result if rain is not had soon. The Wisconsin River is low and hopes oi getting the logs down this spring to the different nulls are about given up. Little work is being done on the drives. Old Employees Cast Adrift. Valparaiso, Ind., May 4,1889.—All oi the passenger conductors but one on the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad, be tween Chicago and Port Huron, were dis charged yesterday. Most of them had been on the road for many years. His Arm Cut Off. George Malkiuson, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and residing ai No. 99 Boynton street, Newark, was coupling cars on the meadows this morn ing when his right arm was caught be ■ tween the cars anel cut off at the shoulder He was brought to this city and. taken tc the City Hospital. ^ Entertainment for a Dime. Fisk Section No. 2, Cadets of Tempei finfiP. will hold a musical and literary en tertainment Tuesday evening, May 7, a eight o’clock, in Fisk Hall, formerly tin German church, on Whiton street. Sev eral well known artists will appear on tin programme. The udmission will be tei cents. The Orator for Plymouth Rock. Plymouth, Mass., May 4, 1889.—Will iam C. P. Breckenridge, member o: Congress-elect in Kentucky, has acceptei an invitation to deliver an address at th< dedication here of the national monument to the forefathers August 1. ___ * A Thorne Without a Rose This Time. San Francisco, Cal., May 4,1889.—Th( actress Rose Thorne has been granted t divorce from her husband, Edwin Thorne by the Divorce Court at Martinez. Mrs Thorne charged her husband with inti delity. __ Minister Thayer Salts. Ij. M. Thayer, who was appoined minis ter to the Netherlands, by President Harri sou, sailed from this city for Rotterdan this morning on the steamship Veendam He was accompanied by D. Van Pelts, hi! secretary. That Was the Watchword of the Newsdealers at Last Night’s Meeting. THEY ARE MOVING ON TO VICTORY The Blanket Sheet Combine of New York Will Be Resisted in Its In vasion of Jersey City, “Destroy Monopoly!” “Down with the Trust!” This advice was printed on the circulars posted on the walls of Stier’s Hall last evening. And, from the sentiments of the dealers, before, during and after the meeting, it appeared that Newsdealers’ and BookseUers’ Union, No. 1, of Jersey City, would “be in at the death” of the great New York newspaper combine. President Fackert occupied the chair and made a spirited address, calling upon all those present to settle down to genu ine hard work—that the great newspaper trust might understand that the news men are in earnest. He concluded by prophesying success all along the line. “The neonle are against these giant combines and trusts,” said he, “and if we but clearly explain to them our position in this tight, they will support our move ment and we will surely win.” Mr. Fackert then introduced the follow ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted:— Resolved, That Newsdealers’ and Booksellers' Union No. 1, of Jersey City, calls upon The Jer sey City News and Evening Journal to publish an extract from an anti-trust newspaper— 27ie Star. Messrs. Ramsey and Brooks supported the resolution in speeches in which they praised The Jersey City News for its championship of the cause of the news dealers. It was adopted unanimously. Then on motion of Mr. Merriman the fol lowing was adopted as the pledge of the union:— The undersigned, practical newsdealers, here with enroll themselves as members of the News dealers’ and Booksellers’ Union No. 1, of Jersey City, to try to protect themselves against bad systems, oppressive publishers, transportation companies, wholesale news companies, slow pay ers and deadbeats, and to reduce losses to a minimum. The undersigned pledge themselves to attend meetings as much as possible. Until they withdraw from the union or are rejected as members they promise to pay promptly their dues of fifteen cents a month to tne treas urer, and to strictly execute the decisions and policy to be adopted by the Central Council, re Sresenting the newsdealers and booksellers of ew York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken and suburbs. Delegate Borden reported progress from the Central Council. THE KNIGHTS ARE WITH THEM. The names of a dozen new members were then handed in, which aroused the enthusiasm of those present, and it was heightened when Secretary Ramsey read the following communication from Poca hontas Association, No. 1, Knights of Labor:— Louis E. Fackert, President, etc. Dear Sir:—By instructions received from Pocahontas Association, I transmit the following to your attention:— Pocahontas Association, No. 1, of Hudson county, in regular session assembled, has unani mously concluded to abstain from purchasing any of the Trust papers uutil such time as the publish ers of such papers shall recognize the necessity of either reducing the price to that paid prior to the increase, or till the carriers be allowed a reason able part of the additional charge. Fraternally yours, Pocahontas Association, No. 1. After the applause which had greeted the reading of the letter had subsided President Fackert appointed the follow ing Missionary Committee:—Messrs. Bath, Brooks, Ramsey, Merriman and Borden. The duty of the committee is to search up all who do not belong to the UUtUU (IUU VUUVH( » V/i u; Mil* means to get them to join. Secretary Ramsay then made a rattling speech in which lie scored the “Trust” with no slighting hand and showed how the newsdealers had been made the dupes of the greedy publishers of New York. He was followed by Messrs. Brooks, Merrimau, Fackert and Borden, and they all urged united action and requested each newsdealer present to bring some delinquent to the meeting next Friday evening. It will be a private meeting and the delegates to the Central Council will unfold there to their brethren the plan of campaign adopted by that body. A PRESENTMENT OF THE CASE. The accompanying extract, which is published at the request of the newsdeal ers, Is a clear exposition of the cause of the light:— They avowedly propose (the Trust) at the end of this month, if the present movement is suc cessful. to advance the price of the daily issues one cent all around. Let us see what the conse quence of such a movement will be to all con cerned. I. TO THE RETAIL NEWSDEALER.—His capital to be invested will be increased, on an average of the paper, just twenty-five per cent. No mercantile business in New York city could or would respond to this sudden demand if there was to be no return in interest on the ad ditional investment. The increase in labor to the newsdealers, on an average of the “combine 1 papers, will be about forty per cent! No labor organization in the country would submit to such a tax without remuneration. Net result to the retail deuler:—Increased capital, one-fourth; in creased labor, nearly one-half; increased profit, 0! II. TO THE WHOLESALE DEALER —The machinery of distribution in this city is supplied by the wholesale dealers and news companies. They have hitherto received a commission of fifteen per cent, on all issues. Now they get a commission of twenty-five per cent, on Sunday, but no additional advance on the other issues. They are to get none on the advance of the price of the daily issues, uuless by way of compromise, to which they must assent or accept a com pulsory reduction to the original commission. III. TO THE PUBLIC.—One cent increase in the price of a paper is not generally thought of seriously by the readers of a paper.. But the aggregate cost to the public, which will be wholly a profit to the “combine for boodle” papers, will be over $2,600,000. Taking the circulation of the six “combine” papers at their own sworn figures, and calculating on the one cent advance, the fol lowing astounding table shows how the public will be taxed unnecessarily :— i ,-Profit-. Circula- Per For 52 For 865 Paper. tion. Day. Sundays. Days. Times. 40,000 $.*160 $18,720 $181,400 Tribune. 40.000 300 18.720 131,400 Press. 78.270 702 36,504 256.281 Sun . 80,000 720 87,440 202,800 journal.288.000 2,142 111,384 781,730 World.322,725 2,898 150,096 957,770 Totals.7798,995 $7,182 $373,464 $2,521,330 The public should stand by the retail dealers and refuse to buy papers which thus tax them and impose so infamously on the men and women absolutely necessary to the distribution of the papers direct to the readers. (fames Donovan's Estate. The final statement of the accounts oi the estate of James Donovan, of Hobokeu, was filed today by order of Judge Lippin . . mi _ A _*- ♦ the estate is worth $12,771.30 after all court fees and other expenses were deducted. Lawyer Willard Fiske appeared for Mrs. Smith, and Corporation Attorney Minturu for Mrs. Kerrigan, the executrix. See Joseph Warren’*, auctioneer, advertise merits of Important auction sales ot real estate, to tuke place on the days named and at two p. m on the premises. *«• * ifnfaAiMiw miiidteayfiriirf-rMiTitni' JjUVKS BAD tUii Tilt UU4UU1MO. Canada’s Wicked Colony May Have to Climb tlie North Pole. Chicago, May 4, 1889.—A Alews special from Ottawa, Out., says:—The efforts of John C. Eno and other United States de faulters in Canada to prevent the Welden extradition bill from ap plying to them have not been as successful as they anticipated. The Deputy Minister of Justice said last night that he did not think the attempt of Parliament to eliminate the retroactive provision from the bill was successful. As amended the clause reads:—“The provisions of this act shall apply to any crime committed after the coming into force of this act.” The Deputy Minister of Justice says:— “This is altogether an unnecessary state ment in an act of parliament, as the statute would apply to the crimes speci fied in the schedule in any case, and there fore the act may be read as if the provis ions were not in it at all. “Treaties and statutes relating to extra dition have always heretofore been held by the courts to have a retroactive effect, although they contained no special pro visions making them retroactive, and inasmuch as the amended section amounts to nothing in its present shape the court will probably con strue the act as a whole, according to past precedent. If the clause had read ‘the provisions of this act shall not apply to any crime committed before the coming into force of this act’ the case would have been entirely differ ent and the United States colony in Can ada might have rested secure. As it is the prospects ahead of them are not very bright. ” WHO PAYS FOR THE BABY’S FUNERAL? Justice Weed Hears a Pitiful Story From a Wronged Young Woman. Justice Weed was visited this morning by Undertaker William Bunnel and Mary Ellen McCahon, a prepossessing young woman of twenty-two years. The under taker left for collection a bill of *23 against John J. Erwin, whose residence Mr. Bunnel is very anxious to ascertain, ClUU iUISB lUhvauwu tutu UU IT VUW UVWW fiwu | incurred. She wus employed as a servant, in the family of Erwin’s brother and there made the acquaintance of John. The young man was assiduous in his attentions and engaged himself to marry her. During the courtship he borrowed $22 of the girl's hard earned savings, so she says, $17 of which he still owes to her. On March 10, Miss McCahon gave birth to a child in Christ Hospital, which lived seven weeks. At its death she went to Undertaker Bunnel and told him her story and asked him to help her save her child from a pauper's grave. Mr. Bunnel, out of compassion for the poor girl, buried the babe in the Jersey City Cemetery at a cost of $22, and he now thinks that under all circumstances Erwin should pay the bill. VESSELS THAT DO NOT RETURN, Provlncetown Schooners Are Many Bays Overdue. Provincetown, Mass., May 4, 1889.— The 137-ton Princetown schooner Nellie Swift, from St, Kitts, West Indies, for New York, has been given up for lost, with all on board. She is forty days out and no report of her has been made, Of her crew, Captain Murdock McAskill, Mate James McDonald, seamen Charles Frazer, Ollie Peterson and William Mc Pherson belong here. All are unmarried. The vessel has been employed in the Grand Bank cod fishery during the sum mer seasons. Fears are entertained for the safety of the three-masted schooner Franc Lam breth, thirty days out from Charleston, S. C., for Weymouth, Mass., with phos phate rock. Her captain, Robert L.West, belongs here. A vessel answering her de scription was seen after the gale of April 5, and it is hoped that her crew have been taken off by some outward bound vessel. FOR BEATING HIS WIFE. Real Estate Broker —' .» Brought Before the Bar. James * a real estate dealer, residing on "" nd street, near Jersey avenue, was arrested and taken before Justice Rouget this morning for assault, ing his wife, whom he recently married. Mrs. ' the mother of the young wife, was »em. for during the scuffle and on her arrival she and Mrs. ” V lish, the proprietress of the house' came into collission and another unpleas ant quarrel ensued. ”” '' was held for trial, but was subsequently bailed. His Vendetta Worked the Wrong Way. Cheyenne, Wy. T., May 4, 1889.—Cow boy Jack Embree served two years in Joliet Penitentiary for shooting at E. M. Dixon, a ranchman, near Laramie. He swore to return and kill Dixon when his sentence expired, and Thursday he rode out to the ranch and invited Dixon to come out anu ue MHIU. One of Dixon’s men appeared and F.mbree siiot him in the arm. Dixon pro cured a Winchester and made a dash from the house toward the cowboy. As the lat ter aimed his six shooter at Dixon the ranchman dropped to the ground and the bullet whistled over his head. Then he shot the cowboy dead. Wlilskey Seized in a Dry State. Des Moines, Iowa, May 4,1889.—Upon a search warrant, issued by Justice John son, Constable Hamilton searched the storerooms of the American and United States Express Companies, yesterday. In the former he found and seized 135 cases of liquor, principally whisky, and in the cellar of the United States Express office he secured twenty-three cases of whisky. The entire quantity was marked C O D but had been stored from six months to a year. The liquor was from J. B. Lynch & Co. of Rock Island, 111., and was con signed to various parties. He Wants the Sale Set Aside. The Donovan property, foot of Twenty ninth street, Bayonne, valued at $20,000, on which was a mortgage of $10,000, was sold March 28 by the Sheriff on a judgment obtained on a mechan ics’ lien for $300, to a Newark linn. Thev assigued their bid to E. A. Dugan the next day. Daniel E. Donovan, the owner, claimed in court this morning that he had not been prop erly notiiled of the sale, and he asked to have the judgment and sheriff’s sale set aside. The Court reserved decision. A Marriage a Day. Justice Weed seems to have formed a little matrimonial trust all by himself. He has married a couple every day this month. His latest service m tins line was yesterday, when he united Fred Snyder of No. 100 East Ninety-sixth street, and Catherine Breen, of No. 275 Ninth avenue. New York, in the holy bonds. Minister lleid Sails. Among the passengers on the French Line steamship La Bourgogne this morn ing, were Whitelaw Reid, Minister tc France, and Mrs. Reid. Samuel R. Thayer, United States Min ister tc the Netherlands, sailed to-day foi his new post of duty on the Netherlanc steamer Y'endam. RM-UJUUJ mm _ • The Freeliolders Are Not Used to It and Could Only Toddle Half Way. BUT THEY BOUNCED 107. Now, How Many Will They Heap point and Who Will Draw the Prizes?—Kilroy and Hennessey Kicked. One hundred and seven employees of the county were dismissed yesterday by the Board of Freeholders. When the Board meets next Monday at least sixty four of them will be reappointed. The rest will most likely get there, too—one at a time—if they have pull enough. There will not be more than from twenty-four to twenty-six absolute dismissals. Before the meeting a caucus was held) and after it was over much buttonholing was done. None of the Freeholders ap peared to be satisfied with the result of the caucus, and all looked as if they would like another session. It could easily be seen that the conclusions reached In caucus the night before were regretted by some, and that no one wanted to make the appointments. TWO OF THE KICKERS. TVio twtnhUi patbp from the Second district, represented by Kilroy and Hennessey who kicked against having f twelve appointees dismissed and but six reap pointed. The members in favor of adopt ing the plan laid down by the caucus Thursday night and published yesterday in The Jersey City News were out numbered yesterday, and almost every member was approached by politicians anxious to keep their friends in office. Among those who will have to walk the plank are John Stewart, Assistant Warden of the Almshouse, and Michael Clark, Assistant Keeper of the Peniten tiary. During the afternoon Sheriff Davis and County Clerk McLougblin were working like beavers to have both reap pointed. By Monday they may possibly accomplish their object, but today their chances were very slim. When the Board was called to order at twenty minutes to five o’clock. Free holders Cullen, Brunning and Kenney, of Hoboken, were absent. After the minutes were read, Counsellor MjKrath informed the Board that the adjournment yester day was perfectly legal, and then Free holder Boyle made a motion that when the Board adjourned it would he to meet at ten o’clock Monday. The motion pre vailed, and as soon as the decision was announced Freeholder Nelson said he did not understand the necessity of another meeting to transact the necessary busi ness. Fie said the Board started out with a flourish of trumpets about reform and then postponed action. He wanted to know why this was the case. No one was able to tell him. ADOPTED. The special report of the committee next , came up for action. Every one in the courtroom had au interest in this, for nearly all were employees and expected to he '‘bounced.” A resolution was offered to table it, but it was voted down. Free holder Nelson said he believed the com mittee had worked hard to ascertain what reductions could be made and he would not vote to table it. The report wai adopted. Freeholder Steger offered a resolution to abolish the office of clerk to the County Collector. This was tabled. The clerk, Mr. Hough, is Comptroller of Jersey City under the new charter. BOUNCED. The serious business of the meeting came when Freeholder Steger offered a resolution that 107 employees be dis missed, The preamble set forth that the action was caused by want of funds and the increase of pauperism and crime which exhausted the money that the em ployees should have. The dismissals are to take effect May 77 and the resolution was adopted unanimously. Some one offered a resolution to appoint persons to fill the vacancies, but it was voted down and nothing will be done un til May 0, when some of the vacancies will no doubt be tilled. CLEVER AMATEURS. The Social Union’s Enjoyable Entertain maid T.ust KvPIllllV. The Social Union of the Church of the Good Shepherd gave an enjoyable enter tainment last evening in the vestry of the church, on Summit avenue near Grand street. After an overture, performed on the piano by Miss Virginia Doggeth, the entertainment began with a comedietta in one act, entitled ‘ The Hough Diamond,” in which the parts were sustained as fol lows:— Sir William Evergreen.jE. Gifford Captain Percy Blenheim....F. Landers Cousin Joe.I Lord Plato.R. La £°‘'re8t Tom Foot man.L- Kilburn i-adv Plato.Miss C. Honeywell Lucy.Miss J. Honeywell and , Margery—I,ady Evergreen.Mrs. E, Grinslade The performance was a smooth and even one, and far above the average amateur entertainment of this nature. While each performer aquitted sustained the part as signed him in a creditable manner, Mrs, Grinsdale and Mr. Lyons are worthy of especial mention. An intermission followed the per formance, and then there was another piano solo by Miss Doggeth, a suprano solo by Miss Genie Carey, and recitations by Mrs. Grinslade. The large audience which was present evinced appreciation of the Union’s entertainment by hearty and frequent applause. THE BIG QUARTETTE. The Day Approaches for Kern, Hilliard* Watt and Keynolda. The trial of Commissioners Kern, Hilliard, Watt and ex-Commissioner Reynolds, the notorious “Rig Four,” will UiKi* piuue iuuuuaj. They are indicted for malfeasance In office and conspiracy. The history of their misconduct in the Board of A\ °.rk8 has been told so often that the puolie knows them thoroughly. The four men will be tried jointly. The Weather Prediction. Washington, May 4, 1889.—It i8 probar ble that the fair weather which now pre vails in the Southern, Middle and New England States will continue during Sun day, with slightly rising temperature. Hartnett’s Record. .. AttiP. M.Ml At# A. M.M At#P. it.Mi At noon.*9 At Midnight.. 941