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r IT WAS A JEW BRAKE,
A Dangerous Experiment on
‘ the Hudson City Decline
RESULTS IN A RUNAWAY CAR.
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A Cow Served as a Buffer, and Prob
ably Saved Maay Lives.
People who claim that’ cows are a nuis.
. ^ ance In a city may, after service rendered
by one of them on Saturday, change their
opinions. It saved the lives of a number
of persons.
Fo_ some time the Jersey City and Ber
gen Horse Car Company have been exper
1 Imenting with a new brake. It is pat
ented by J. L. Brown, and is entirely dif_
[' ferent from any brake used on street cars.
The power to it is given by the axle, on
which is attached a cone wheel divided in
two parts. A chain connects this to the
four brake shoes, and a lever that works
from left to right manipulates it. It is so
constructed that a child’s strength is ex
pected to be sufficient to operate it and
thus lessen the driver’s work. .
The car that had this brake on it was
placed in charge of Driver Matthew
Davis, one of the most reliable men in the
employ of the company.
THE NEW BRAKE.
On Monday and Tuesday it was given a
fair trial and was reported a success.
Saturday it was put on the road for work,
and when It reached the Newark avenue
hill at Palisade avenue it was well filled
with passengers, and Obeying the direc
tions of the driver as quietly as a lamb.
But here It kicked, aud its lamb-like
proclivities entirely disappeared. It be
came a lion and an ugly one at that.
Driver Davis wanted to proceed down
the steep hill in a mild and sedate man
ner, but the car, or rather the brake, ob
jected. It had been exercised just long
enough to feel spirited and it wanted to
show what it could do.
A DASH DOWN HILL.
It started on a run that was far from
pleasant. Driver Davis appreciated this
fact at once and grasped the new brake.
It refused to work, the horses began to
jump and the passengers to get excited.
When assured that the new brake
would not stop the car Davis seized the
old one, which as a safeguard had uot
been removed, and fiercely turned the
handle. It only went half way, for the
hundle of the lever of the new brake was
in the way. By this time the unruly
car showed plainly that business was
meant, and the speed with whicli it was
reaching the sharp turn on the hill just
a few feet from the bridge was terrific.
Female passengers screamed and bolted
for the door, which was barred by Chris
topher Smith and Freeholder Mc
Donough.
Conductor Fitzpatrick assisted these
gentlemen In preventing the women and
children from jumping from the car and
at the same time Christy Smith tried to
apply the brake at the rear end of the car.
It could not work because of the trouble
Driver Davis was in. Every one expected
to dash over the banks of the street into
the meadow below as soon as the car
reached the turn, but through the good
management of the driver the turn was
made in safety, but it was only to con
1 front another danger. Three cows were
near the raised trestle work of the bridge.
The driver in the meantime was doing
, his utmost to control his horses and work
the brake.
A COW AS A BUMPER.
Beside him stood Circuit Court Clerk
Edward Gritten.
"Pull down that brake,” shouted Davis,
to him, indicatiiy the new one.
This was done oy Gritten, who used all
his strength and succeeded in removing
the lever from the handle of the old
brake'. This had no sooner been done
than an obliging cow in some mysterious
manner allowed herself to get between
the two plunging horses that were doing
their utmost to keep ahead of the car.
; The dashboard of the car struck the cow
a good blow and forced it into a run. The
cow was more tired than the car and at
nearly every leap it was urged on by the
dashboard.
A RIOT IN THE CAR.
Thoroughly frightened and frantic at
this, the passengers screamed louder and
fought harder than ever t<f force their
way from the car. In doing this Surro
£ate O’Neil and Deputy Surrogate James
.illis were forced from the rear platform
and injured. But for the energetic ac
tions and good judgment of Christy Smit h
and Freeholder McDonough, who fought
the struggling passengers back, others
would have been equally unfortunate.
At Seventh street the accommodating
cow and the use of the old brake stopped
the car. The passengers were calmed,
and Messrs. McDonough and Smith went
back to help Surrogate O’Neil and his
deputy. Mr. Lillis was not much injured,
but it was necessury to carry the Surro
gate to the office of the Jersey City Ceme
tery, where he remained an hour before
recovering sufficiently to be taken home.
No bones were broken, but his body was
much bruised.
Mr. Lillis attended his duties at his
office this morning, but the Surrogate was
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TIIE BRAKE INVENTOR EXPLAINS.
When I saw Mr. Brown, the inventor of
the brake, he said the accident was caused
by the driver becoming excited when the
new brake refused to work, and that had
he remained collected and cool he would
have had no difficulty. He said the brakes
would, in the future, be so arranged that
the handle of one cannot interfere with
the other.
Assistant Superintendent Beatty said he
did not blame the driver, but was not pre
pared to make any statement, although he
Kindly showed me the car and machinery.
Driver Davis was on car No. B6 when I
saw him, and he said that he would make
no statement for publication, for he had
already made one to the president of the
company. Clerk Gritten, however, said
Davis was as cool as a man could be un
der the circumstances, and he deserved
much credit for his work and judgment.
Gritten was positive that had it not been
for the driver’s presence of mind lives
would have been lost. The brake will be
repaired and the experiment continued.
Wby the break refused to work could not
be ascertained.__
SOCIALISM EXPLAINED.
Tliomas B. Preston’s Address to the
Standard Single Tax Club.
Thomas B. Preston, of the New York
Herald, entertained the members of the
Single Tax Club, of this city, at their
meeting yesterday at Salter’s Woodbine
Grove with an address upon "Socialism
and Its Relations to the Single Tax.”
There was a fair sized audience present
and Ji R. Abarbauell presided. Before
the speaker of the day was introduced, A.
C. Erricson, of Minneapolis, told about
the work that was being done in his city
by the club to which he belonged. There
are now. he said, in St. Paul and Minne
apolis twelve single tax clubs, with an
active membership of over two thousand
persons.
Mr. Preston’s address was an exposition
of socialism, anarchism, and a number of
other isms in their relation to true liberty
—the single tax on the one hand, and the
dangers and difficulties that beset our
modern civilization on the other. He
claimed that while we Americans decry
socialism as a foreign importation, we
$10 guilty of unjustly hampering the
citizen in things which affect his life,
liberty and pursuit of happinees, by levy
ing upon him unjust taxes.
A system of socialism as defined by the
Socialist of today would hardly tend
towards emancipation. Labor is not the
source of all wealth, for it is only one fac
tor of production.
Mr. Preston closed his address with an
explanation of the manner in which the
single tax would affect the working
classes.
William Saul also spoke.
Next Sunday Thomas L. McCready, of
New York, will deliver an address upon
the “Gospel of High Wages.”
BEATEN WIVES.
Their Husbands Make Many Unavailing
Excuses—A Forgiving Woman Held*
There was an unusually large crop of
wife beaters before Justice Stilsing this
morning. James Bradley, of No. 170
Railroad avenue, was charged by his wife
Margaret with having pulled her out of
bed on Saturday night and beating her.
The woman said that he had been drink
ing since Monday. About a month ago
Bradley was arrested upon a similar
charge and was released upon taking the
pledge.
He insisted this morning that he had
kept it, and had not been drinking. He
said his wife and daughter were trying
to kill him to get his insurance.
A niece of Mrs. Bradley, who was pro
duced to prove that Bradley was drunk,
said that she thought he was, because he
was making cyphers with his fingers on
the stoop. The Justice will investigate
the case.
Annie Killoru, of No. 335 Warren street,
had her upper lip, which appeared twice
its natural size, covered with a plaster
when she stepped forward to complain
against her husband, Michael Killoru.
She said her husband came home yester
day, quarrelled with her and hit her
twice. One blow almost stunned her and
the other cut her lip so that she had five
stitches taken in it. She said she had had
him arrested before for the same cause.
Killorn declared that his arrest was a
shame, and that his wife hit him first,
knocking a pipe out of his mouth. He
also accused her of drinking and absent
ing herself from home several days at a
time. His accusation availed him noth
ing, and he was committed for trial.
Rosa Faist declared that her husband,
John Fuist, of No. 318 Erie street, had
beaten her several times yesterday. Faist
in his own behalf stated that he and his
wife’s father were “working the can” all
day, and at one time he thought the old
man was going to fall down stairs.
He made a movement to catch him. At
that his wife cried out that he couldn’t
strike her father and attacked him. He
never hit her, he said, but merely pushed
her away. Then the old man came to his
daughter’s assistance, “and whin two git
at;you you’ve got to do something, you
know,” he said to the Justice. Faist also
said that he had brought the old man
from the country to take care of him and
there had been trouble in the house ever
The feature of the next case* was the
action of Justice Stilsing in holding the
complainant as well as the defendant. On
Saturday Alice McLean, of No. 145 Ninth
street, obtained a warrant for her hus
band James’ arrest, declaring that he had
beaten her black and blue. This morn
ing, when she was arraigned in court, she
declared it was only “a little hit”
he gave her und she thought he was out
of his nead at the time. This was more
than Justice Stilsing could stand, as his
life is tormented with women who have
their husbands arrested and then refuse
to press the charges against them. He
warned Mrs. McLean on Saturday to be
sure to press the charge, and when she
tried to make light of it lie held her in *100
bail. Her husband was held for trial.
UNION SERVICES.
The Rev. Mr. Cronin's Address In the
Wily no Street Church Yesterday.
Union services were held at the Wayne
Street Reformed Church last night and
the Rev. Mr. Cronin, of Missouri, who
has been engaged by the several churches
to supply vacancies, preached. His con
gregation was a large one and was made
up of the members of half a dozen
churches.
Mr. Cronin is so well known in this city
that he requires no introduction to church
people, ana he was warmly greeted after
the sermon.
He took for his subject Jonah at Nine
vah, and dwelt long on the trouble that
existed between the people of that city
and those at Jerusalem.
He said that the men of Ninevah used
every endeavor to condemn the men of
Jerusalem for their practices, and asked
pertinently and in a caustic manner what
they would have said of the practices of
the people today who have far more priv
ileges and license than did those of Jeru
salem. The clergyman besought his
hearers to remember this and draw a les
son from it.
His sermon was received attentively by
those present and was effective.
Mr. Cronin will supply pulpits In this
city until September.
A Trip to Mt. Tabol*.
A delightful trip was made to Mt. Tabor
in ^Palestine by the congregation of
Trinity Church, York street, last night.
It was a beautiful word painting of the
place so conspicuous iu scriptural history.
The pastor was the chaperon. He did
not talk directly to his hearers,
but acted like a guide, as
if preceding them and pointing out
the points of interest, and regarding them
as a band of tourists. It was a graphic
lecture, and so deeply were some inter
ested that they almost imagined they
could Bee the very objects to which he al
luded. It was a pleasant and proiltable
discourse, and pleased his hearers. The
pastor made a journey through the Holy
Land, and encamped one night on Mount
Tabor.
Rev. Mr. Crawford's Vacation.
The Rev. J. L. Crawford, pastor of
Trinity M. E. Church, has gone to North
Held, to attend the evangelist, Moodv’s>
convention. He will be ubsent a week.
His wife accompanied him. The pulpit
will be occupied next Sunday by the Rev.
Harvey Burns, of the New York East
Conference, who was succeeded as pastor
of one of thelargestchurchesin Brooklyn,
E. V., by the Rev. James Montgomery,
who was Pastor Crawford’s predecessor.
This will be quite a treat for the congre
gation of Old Trinity, particularly those
who like to make comparisons. All three
are erudite and eloquent men.
Sam’l of Posens in Tribulation.
Patrolman Von dor Schmidt made a
double arrest this morning in the Fourth
precinct of two foreign Sam’l of Posens,
who were selling their wares without a
license, and whose language he could not
understand. When the two were hauled
up before the sergeant’s desk nud asked
their names, all that could be gleaued
from them was a series of
hieroglyphics which resembled ‘‘ilo-ein,”
or Nicoli written backwards. The non
plussed sergeant translated it “Von der
Schmidt.” They shook their pockets to
indicate they had no money, and the pa
trolman Is out two car fares. Their grip
sacks were filled with “notions,” and the
only Intelligible word which escaped their
lips was "Jerusalem.”
“They wanted to kiss my feet when I
arrested them,” said the policeman, point
ing to a No. 16 pair of muddy gum boots;
“but you don’t suppose i wanted their
foreign slobber all over them ’ere dirty
gufflns.”
The luckless offenders were locked up.
Bucaxa's Tills cuts bilious on4 nervous ills.
CITIZENS WHO PROTEST.
TtlE STREET AXE WATER BOARD
HEARS MARY COMEEAIXTS.
Sewers That Are Just Completed and Are
Crying for Repairs—The Commission
ers Say They Are Investigating and
Will Call Upon the Contractor.
The Board of Street and Water Com
missioners met as a Board of Adjudica
tion today and listened to protests against
assessments for improvements. The first
matter considered was the filing of the
final assessment map of the Palisade ave
nue improvement, from South street to
the Paterson Plank Road.
Thomas E. Nash objected to the assess
ment of $100 per lot in a communication
in which he said that a clerk in the
Board's office declared that that price
was extravagant and exorbitant. Mr.
Nash also declared that he could have
had the work done for $80 per lot, and
laid the increased cost to the new charter.
Clerk Bouton said that he had written
Mr. Nash a letter informing him that the
old Board of Works was responsible for
the improvement and asking him for the
name of the clerk who hod told him that
its cost was exorbitant. Mr. Nash re
fused to tell.
MANY OBJECTORS.
A number of property owners objected
to the final assessment for the branch
sewer in Brown place on the ground that
the property is on a slope running from
the sewer and can therefore receive no
benefit therefrom. The assessment for the
branch sewer in Garfield and other ave
nues was objected to byHenryLembeck on
the ground that his property is not bene
fltted thereby, and that the final assess
ment is greatly in excess of the prelimin
ary estimate.
Also that the sewer is so defective in
construction that even at this early day
it is in need of repairs.
The call for objections to the main
branch sewer in Avenue E brought out a
long remonstrance signed by Reuben
Simpson and others, owners of 5,000 feet
of the property affected.
This declared that the sewer had not
been built according to contract, and is so
deficient in many parts that the rock pro
trudes through its sides, and has already
caved in in many places. It is obstructed
by timbers and planks, which have al
most choked it here aud there. The man
holes are above grade, and the receiving
basins are full of sand and debris and so
poorly constructed that bricks can be
taken out with the hand.
The proper connections have not been
made as called for in the contracts, and
the collector has charged several persons
for making the connection. The remon
strance also declares that a much larger
area should have been assessed for the
improvement.
sawyer James Erwin, in behalf or the
signers of the objections, emphasized the
objections, condemned the old Board and
“taffied” the new Board, on the era of
reform which the Street and Water Com
missioners are popularly supposed to be
be about to introduce.
EVIDENCES OF BF.FOKM.
Mr. Van Keuren said that the officials
of the department were now investigating
the sewer, and if there is any defect in its
construction he thought Mr. O’Neill, the
contractor, could be compelled to rem
edy it.
The Board will listen further to Mr.
Erwin and consider his proofs on Friday
evening.
The Commission then met as the Street
and Water Board and received a number
of official communications from the Board
of Finance and applications of various
kinds.
Seven bids were opened for the improve
ment of Hallnday street, between John
son and Communipaw avenues, and the
Board of Finance was requested to appro
priate $600 for a new furnace for School
No. 2.
A resolution was adopted requiring all
Inspectors of Improvements appointed by
the Board to be at their work from seven
a. m. to six p. m., and declaring that they
shall receive no pay for the time they ab
sent themselves without permission.
It was also resolved to require inspectors
of improvements to furnish bonds for the
faithful performance of their duties.
“SACKED’’ CONCERTS AGAIN.
There Was a Great X.ot of Music on the
Hill.
The long silent bands were heard again
yesterday at the concert gardens on the
Hill. There was music at Pohlmann’s
and Otto Meyers’.
Both places were crowded and weiss
beer drawn from kegs was the favorite
beverage dispensed. The proprietors were
not molested by the police.
It is rumored that the Sunday law is to
be obeyed only while the Grand Jury is
in session.
The “sacred concerts” will be given
every Sunday until the close of the sea
sou if the authorities do not interfere.
Mrs. Pohlmann has been indicted for
violating the law. Her place was twice
raided for defying the police and giving
the so-called “sacred concerts.”
All Saturday afternoon and evening
Pohlmann’s dancing pavilion was
crowded with many dancers, enjoying
the second annual snmmernight’s festr
val of the Thomas J. Sullivan Association,
which is composed of boatmen. John
Clancey was the floor manager, and was
assisted by Bernard Curran aud a large
committee. Thomas Cluucy was chair
man of the Reception Committee.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs.
James Gaffney, Mr. and Airs. T. J. Sulli
van, Richard Connor, Thomas Clancy,
Edward Wilson, Edward Bell, George
Clancy, Garrett Ducey and lady, William
Welsh, Andrew Hansen, Thomas AIc
Keen, Mr. and Airs. Daniel Kelly, Mr. aud
Mrs. Duvall, Air. aud Mrs. Russell, Air.
aud Airs. F. Johnson, William Gaffney
and lady, Air. aud Mrs. Hugh Fitzpatrick,
James McLeod and lady, Theodore Kelly,
Afr. aud Mrs. James O’Brien. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Roberts, Air. and Mrs. Mul
cahey, William Ryan and Miss Grace
Cummings, of Hoboken.
The Berkeley’s Coming Excursion.
The Berkeley Club has secured ten par
lors on Commodore Kastendick’s excur"
siou steamer St. Johns for the third Sun'
day of this month. Dinner for one
hundred members has been ordered, over
which Mrs. Commodore Kastendick will
preside. The steamer will make the usual
Sunday excursion trip to Poughkeepsie
bridge, taking in Yonkers, West Point
and Newburg.___
Murtlerer Coffee Insane.
Drs. Shepherd aud Cantwell have ex
amined into the condition of Patrick
Coffee, who killed his mistress in the
presence of his family on Henderson
street a year ago, aud who Is serving a
life sentence at the State Prison. They
have certified to Chief Justice Beasley
that he is insane. Coffee is old and fee
ble, and will probably be sent to the Asy
lum. __
Greenville Gossip.
The annual picnic of the Sunday school
of the Zion’s Lutheran Church, of Green
ville, will take place next Wednesday at
Salter’s Grove, Pamrapo. The children
will be conveyed to the grounds in farm
wagous.
The monthly reception of the Green
ville Y. M. C. A. will be held tomorrow
evening. After the transaction of the
regular business the Rev. W. R. Keifer,
pastor of the Linden Avenue M. U.
Church, will address the members. The
usual cordial invitation is extended to the
friends of the Association.
The Young People’s Society of Chris
tian Endeavor of the Greenville Reformed
Church had an excursion to Glen Island
Saturday. The members and their friends
spent the day visiting the different parts
of that great day resort, and did not omit
partaking of the notable clambake.
MRS. MAYBRICK’S STORY.
She Says She Confessed Her Infi
delity to Her Husband.
By Cable to the United Press.
Liverpool, August 5,1889.—In the May
brick trial this morning. Prof. Mac
Namara, ex-president of the Irish College
of Surgeons, testified that Maybrick’s
death was due to gastro-interitis, and not
to arsenic.
Prof. Paul, toxicological examiner of
Victoria University, deposed that it would
take months to eliminate arsenic from
the system if it were taken more than
twice. Maybrick’s symptoms, he said,
accorded with those of gastro-interitis.
A chemist certified that ladies often
purchased fly paper for use as a cosmetic,
and a hairdresser testified to the frequent
use of arsenic for the complexion.
Ex-Mayor Poole, of Liverpool, testified
that Mr. Maybrick told him that he habit
ually used poisonous medicines.
The prisoner read a statement setting
forth that she had bought fly papers for
use as cosmetics for many years. She
had used a cosmetic containing arsenic,
which Dr. Griggs, of Brooklyn, pre
scribed. She had lost the prescription,
and, wishing to make a substitute for the
formula, she soaked flv papers and elder
flowers in lavender water and covered it
with a plate and a towel to exclude the
air.
“On the night of May 9,” she continued,
“after the nurse had given the deceased
meat juice, I sat by the bed. He com
Slained that he was very sick and much
epressed and implored me to give
him a powder which I earlier in
the day had declined to administer.
I was overwrought, terribly anxiotis
and miserably unhappy. His distress un
nerved me, and as lie said the powder
was harmless and that I could put it in
his food, I consented, and mixed it in the
meat juice.
“Mr. Maybrick then fell asleep and ap
peared to be better when he awoke. 1 was
not anxious to administer any more medi
cine, and placed the meat juice on the
wnshstand, where it remained until Mr.
Maybrick took possession of it. The
day before his death I fully confessed and
received his forgiveness for the fearful
wrong I had done him. ”
The concluding part of Mrs. Maybrick’s
statement created a profound sensation
The evidence was ended with the pris
oner’s statement.
TIERNEY I*N TO WIN.
He Is Sorry That His Friend Boyle
Hasn't Any Chance.
Freeholder Tierney was at the Court
House this morning, where I met him. I
asked him if he and Freeholder Boyle had
settled the dispute as to who should be
re-elected this fall, and he answered,
“No.”
He said that the story published ex
clusively in The Jeeset Citt News about
the conference that was intended to settle
the question had settled it.
There will not be any conference tomor
row. There may be later, but he thought
not.
He said further that he was in the field
for the nomination for Freeholder and he
was there to stay. He believed that he
was entitled to it, and he would like to
see Boyle elected to the Assembly, but
was afraid he shouldn’t see it.
“The record that he has made,” said he,
“as chairman of a committee that has
had *80,000 worth of requisitions, with
*12,000 worth not paid for, is enough to
defeat any man. 1 doubt if he could be
elected to the Assembly even.”
Mr. Tierney by this evidently intended
Mr. Boyle to kuow that political friend
ship between them has ceased if Mr. Boyle
Eersists in wanting to bo re-elected Free
older.
All Ambulance Grievance.
Warden Osborne, of the City Hospital,
says it is decidedly discouraging to send
an ambulance all the way to Greenville,
or other remote points, and find the object
of the call a mere “drunk.”
“I know of no remedy, however,” said
he this morning, “except to suggest to
citizens to be u little more careful in theii
Investigations before making the call.
Sometimes the patient refuses to come to
the hospital, even in sick cases, and his
friends only laugh at the driver’s
trouble.
“When the one who gives the call finds
out that the ambulance is not wanted he
generally gets out of the way before the
ambulance arrives. I wish everybody
who gives a call would also give his oi
name and address.”
me wiiKesoarres uisoanu.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., August 5, 1889.—
The Wilkesbarre Baseball Club was dis
banded this morning. It was to
liavo played at Newark today,
and the members were on
their way to the depot, when they were
informed by a messenger, who had come
from a meeting of the directors, that it
had been decided to disband.
The management claim that the club
has been discriminated against by the
New England clubs of the Atlantic
League. All the players, it is said, will
be paid in full.
Kicked I p a Row on a Car.
John Dowd, a collector of the
Prudential Insurance Company,
boarded a Court House cai
last evening while intoxicated. When
Conductor McDouuld came to collect the
fares Mr. Dowd had uo money, and
when he was told to leave
the car he became exceedingly abusive.
He begged and whined to be discharged
this morning, declaring lie would loseliis
place, hut J ustice Stilsing committed him
to the penitentiary in default of a $10 flue
Coyne Thought It Was a del
Owen Coyne, of Eighth street, wai
fined $10 for disorderly conduct by Justice
Stilsing this morning. Last evening
while intoxicated, he met Policeman Gan
non on Grove street, and after receiving
some directions from the policeman,invitee
the latter to have a drink. Gannon re
fused the invitation, saying that there
were no saloons open in Jersey City. This
aroused Coyne's ire and he tolel the po
liceman he lied in language more forcible
than polite. __
Threrv Brick* at His Father’s House.
Thomas O’Neill was arraigned before
Justice Stilsing this morning, upon
complaint of his father, Pat
rick O’Neill. 'Ihe old man
declared that Thomas came home Satur
duy anil asked for some money to buy
beer, and when It was refused him
he bombarded the house with
bricks. Thomas claimed that he was
only asking for money which was hie
own, but he was held.
Hashes About Town.
John Gray, a scavenger, was fined $10 in Jus
tice Wanser’s court this morning for allowing
his garbage wagon to leak along the thorough
fares.
Louis Swartz, a laborer, was killed on the Cen
tral Railroad this morning, near the Couimuni
paw station. He was struck by a locomotive.
The body Is at Speer’s morgue.
HOBOKEN’S CRACK CREWS.
■JfA.YF WELT. KNOWN OARSMEN ON
TUE WATER YESTERDAY.
How the Crewe Were Made Up and
Where They Went—A Tally Ho Party
of Well Known Men Who Were Too
Heavy for the Coach.
Every Hoboken boat club had crews out
yesterday.
L. A. Huesmonn, Luke Brandt, H.
Feierabend, C. Erlenkoetter, A. Linne
mann, H. Kudlich, H. Damm, P. Traut
weiu, H. Dingelstadt and J. Meyerberg.
of the Atlantics. had a spin in a ten-oared
barge. The following members of this
club will compose the four-oared (barge
crew that will compete In the Tomlin re
gatta at Guttenberg on August 24:—H. V.
Kudlich, H. E. Heyne, George Bergmann
and W. Votteler. John Foster, F. Leon
hardt and R. Dinglestadt will race in the
senior singles, ana C. Uhlig and H. Feier
abend in the junior singles. A special
meeting of the Atlantics will be held to
night for the purpose of selecting crews
to row in the club’s regatta, which comes
off on August 10.
Two four-oared barge crews of the
Valencias went to Guttenberg early yes
terday morning. The crews were Robert
Ralhff, Frank Herring, Jr., W. Van
Driel and E. Meyer, who rowed in the
barge "Spendthrift,” and Ed. Offermann,
H. Kohder, George Fisher and J. Herwig,
who went out in the “Lancon.” The
Fuchs brothers went to Fort Lee in a
pair-oared gig, and C. Ordiug and H.
Dickson in a double scull accompanied
them. The Valencias will have a clam
bake about September.
The Actives are very active. They had
at different times during the day yester
day two four-oared barges, a pair-oared
gig, a double-scull gig and a single shell
out on the water. All of them went to
Guttenberg. a George Mohlmann, H.
Kraatz, E. Kraatz and E. Archer were in
one of the four-oared barges and in the
others were C. Kueblemann, C. Fitzpat
rick, W. Schroeder and T. Vogt. Kraatz
and Archer rowed in the pair-oared gig;
H. Fayerand J. Mohlmann in the double
scull gig. and E. Gnnkel in the single
scull.
The eight-oared crew from Bay Ridge
visited the Rpsedales yesterday and were
very handsomely treated. The guests are
on their way to Albany, where they intend
to spend two weeks. The Rosedales are
in line condition. Bruuing, Entroup,
Zhuk and Rosenbaum will compose the
four-oared barge crew at the Tomlin re
gatta. Captain Alces will be their cox,
and he thinks he can pilot them to vic
tory. This crew went out early yester
day morning and had several spurts.
Zaug and Alces afterward had a spin in a
D:\lr-oared aia. C. Stuart was out in a
single shell.
The Bohemians were on the water all
day. They are in fine trim.
The following crew of the Hillsides will
compete in the four-oared barge race at
the Tomlin regatta:—G. Church, ,T. Feus
sel, C. Watson and William Watson, with
W. Clarke as coxswain. This crew had a
lively spin yesterday. The following
four-oared barge crew was also out:—W.
Clark, C. Kurtzshenkel, J, Haldy and J.
Lafazzo, with George Geogiades as cox
swain.
A bevy of pretty young ladies
called on the Rosedales yesterday. H.
Roede, J. Little and “Bob" Sparks acted
as a Reception Committee, and told won
derful tales of the sea to their fair vis
itors.
The Hillsides never do things by halves.
They have hired the tug James Run
yon, for the Tomlin regatta, and will take
about fifteen hundred of their friends
with them on board that craft to witness
the races.
Mr. E. Waters, the famous boat builder
of Troy, N. Y., Is building a papier mache
shell for Mr. H. Datum, of the Atlantlcs.
Too Heavy for Tlielr Tally-ho.
A party of twenty-nine good, young
men, among whom were “Billy" Winges,
“Charlie” Erleukoetter, “Larry” Fagan.
“Gus” Seide, “Marty” McDermott and
“Mike” Coyle, went on a tally-ho excur
sion to New York and Long Island yes
terday morning. “Billy” Winges was
their mentor. He showed them how lager
was made in a big brewery, and delivered
an interesting lecture on the chemical
properties of "German.”
The party then visited College Point,
where dinner was served. The young fel
lows afterwards went to Astoria, Flush
ing and other places on Long Island.
They were received with open arms every
where.
On their way home, while bowling
nlong Madison avenue, near Eighty-sixth
street, it was noticed that the tally ho
coach was beginning to fall asunder. The
great weight on top of it caused its sides
> bulge and come in contact with the
wheels. Much to their disgust the whole
party was obliged to alight and take a
common everyday horse ear to the ferry.
The party arrived at Philibert & Gearer’s,
on Hudson street, Hoboken, at ten o’clock
last night, and they all felt in the best of
health and spirits. Brother Philibert en
tertained them before they went to their
respective domiciles.
Iloboken Notes.
xue uickmuo c'i. tuo nuroi ut iuc n aguu
in which John Casey, of No. 49 Madison
New York, was riding up Hudson street,
Hoboken, yesterday afternoon, caused his
horse to take fright and bolt, Mr. Casey
and another young man who was with
him were thrown violently to the ground
and both of them received slight Injuries
about the head and body.
Six-year-old George Kackenmelster, of
No. 50 Washington street, Hoboken, was
run over by ahorse car in front of his
residence yesterday afternoon. The little
fellow’s legs were badly injured.
Catharine Schmidt, of No. 18 Willow
avenue, Hobokeu, was married by Mayor
Grassmann about four months ago to a
Norwegian sailor named Karl Olsen.
Catharine, with tears in her eyes, ap
peared before Recorder McDonough this
morning, and said that she believed,her
sailor boy had a wife in every port, and
that he had deserted her. The Recorder
said he would hang the sailor for being
such a bad boy, and Catharine’s tears
then disapi>eared. She said if Olsen were
only strung up she would be a happy
woman.
John H. Cheeseborough, of No. 130 Sec
ond street, is a terror when drunk. He
was In that condition last night and drove
his pretty daughters, Agnes and Anne,
into the street, He was arrested and this
morning promised the Recorder that he
would sin no more. He was fined t3.
Tank Lodge, N. 1. Knights of Lush, to
the number of 100, had a joily good time
yesterpay at Secaucus. The great event
of the pay was the fat man’s race, which
was won by a gentleman who tips the
scale at 400 pounds. In the afternoon
several ladies visited the Knights and
were entertained In a royal manner.
There was duncing in the evening.
Among the guests were Freeholder Cul
len, Water Commissioner Henry CJuklore
and Councilmau Snyder.
Ellsworth Post, G. A. R., of Union
Hill, went on the Iron Steamboat Com
pany’s boat Sirius to Idlewild Grove this
morning.
Several of the congregation of St. Paul’s
of the Cross Romnu Catlilic Church lett
the Fifth street dock, Hobokeu, today on
an excursion up the river.
Beethoven Lodge, I. O. O. F., meets to
night. ___
North Hudson Notes.
The Turners of Union Hill paraded
through the town this afternoon to
Schuetzen Park, where they are holding
their annual picnic. The receipts will
aid in defraying the expenses of their nej£.,
hall, which will soon be erected.
The members of St. Joseph’s Benevo
lent Society of St. Joseph’s Church, West
Hoboken, are picnicking in Floral Park
today.
Ellsworth Post, G. A. R., of Union Hill,
is holding its annual excursion at Laurel
ton Grove today.
The Friendship Club, with their wives
and sweethearts, had an outing in Fort
Lee woods yesterday afternoon. The chief
sport and all the other sports were there
and hail a jolly time.
The Monastery choir sang vespers at
the church of the Rev. Father Felhan,
Englewood, last evening. The members
were delighted with their trip and intend
to repeat it in the near future.
HE HIT SERGEANT COX.
A Big Kx-Pollceman fiom New York
Raises a Row at Headquarters.
“There is a big man in Murphy’s, with
a bundle of policemen’s clothes,” said a,
man, who stepped into the Gregory Street
Police Station last night, to Sergeant Cox.
Patrolman Steele was detailed to produce
the big man. He did it. The stranger
wua a stalwart six-footer. He was drunk.
“Where did you get those uniforms?”
inquired the Sergeant.
"I’m a policeman,” was the reply.
“Where?” asked the Sergeant. There
was no answer. The fellow was bounding
down the stairs and making f6r the
street. This convinced the Sergeant that
the fellow had stolen the garments.
He was brought back. The fact had
been elicited that the stranger hud come
from New York, when he made a second
bolt for liberty. Sergeant Cox tried to
restrain him and received a blow on the
cheek.
As the runaway was moving out Pat
rolman Gaynor gave him a hard whack
with his club on the back of the head.
Commissioner Feeney caught the big
fellow at the foot of the stoop and led him
back. He made no further attempts to
escape. The club had taken all the run
out of him.
He pleaded to be released. He said he
was John Hamilton, and had done duty
in Captain McCuliagh’s precinct. He
had a dispute with a roundsman yesterday
morning and resigned.
The New York police were communi
cated with by telephone. Their reply
was “Hamilton resigned at four o’clock
this morning and we are glad of it.”
Hamilton, who has several black marks
against him, was found off post. He
would probably have been dismissed. He
had a row with the roundsman, and leav
ing his post went to the police station,
surrendered his shield and took his
clothes.
He wound up his spree in this city. He
was arraigned before Police Justice Stil
sing this morning for disorderly conduct
and was discharged.
NO SKIN ON HER BODY.
The Phenomenal Affliction of a Young
Jersey City Girl.
Minnie Noltemeyer, an eighteen-year
old girl, whose folks live in this city, is
suffering a phenomenal affliction at the
Fordham Hospital for the treatment of
skin diseases.
She is eighteen years of age, but as thin
and dwarfed as a child of twelve. Some
time ago a small sore appeared on the
back of her head and began to spread
rapidly, causing the skin to fall off as
fast as it formed. Finally the en
tire body was involved. Nails
and hair also went. Everything
known to science was done for her and
every suggestion was given proper con
sideration. She was treated for several
months by methods suggested by a lead
ing homoeopathiat, but with no better re
sults. Dr. P. G. Urrna, of Homberg, Ger
many, carefully studied her symptoms
and prescribed, but without success. Un
der various treatments she would rally a
little and then retrograde. She has taken
almost enough medicine to float a ship,
and her taste is almost gone. Her teeth
are decayed on this account.
The child cannot bear the touch of
clothing upon her, and the most grateful
application to her is vaseline. It requires
400 pounds a year for her. Twice a day
she is “bathed’' and dressed, and fre
quently no less than a dustpanful of
scales are taken from her body and the
bed. As fast as the skin forms it falls
away. Her pulse is 110 to 140, while that
of an average man is 72. Her tempera
ture is 100 on au average. Her appetite is
wonderfully good.
At present I)r. Bulkley is trying to make
her sweat, and if he succeeds hopes to ac
complish stnne good thereby. She has had
the worst ailments in conjunction with
this and, strange to say, she hus always
recovered Where the strongest men would
have succumbed. Altogether hers is one
of the most remarkable cases on record.
MRS. NOLAN’S DEATH.
Her Husband flsdn't Beaten Her In a
Month uud He Was Let Go.
The police interrupted a wake last
night. Mrs. Norah Nolan expired in the
afternoon at her home, No. 339 Mont
gomery street. The police were informed
that her death might have been caused by
violence, as her husband had been in the
habit of beating her and had thrashed
her a few days ago.
Sergeant Cox and Roundsman Coward
visited the house und requested the hus
band, John Nolan, to accompany them to
the Gregory street police station. A
dozen friends followed him. Dr. Rae had
utfntulpil hor Slu» wuu siiffuvintr fpAui
kidney disease. The physician stated he
had not observed any marks of violence
on the body. After a long consultation it
was decided not to detain nim, as nothing
deliuite to sustain the charge could
be learned. Nolan admitted that he
and his wife did not agree, and he had
been so aggravated at times that he
slapped her,but he hndnot quarreled with
her for four weeks. They separated a
mouth ago, and she went to live on Mont
gomery street. She was a widow, with a
little property, when they were married.
He was a coach driver.
They kept a saloon and succeeded in
making it pay, as they purchased some
additional property. Sergeant Carroll
prepared a statement of the case. The
complaint emanated from a garrulous
woman and the facts were submitted to
Acting Chief Lauge. A further investi
gation may be made.
Miscellaneous Sporting Gossip.
Fred Chapin has become proprietor of
Oakland Park and parties wishing to en
gage it for games or exhibitions must ad
dress him.
Prof. Billy Hart, the well-known box
ing instructor of this city, will reopen his
boxing school Thursday, August 15.
Jimmy Larkins, the 1S12 pound cham
pion pugilist of this city, will probably
accept the offer of the directors of the
Princeton College Athletic Club to act as
their boxing instructor for the season, be
ginning October 1.
Thomas McCue and Jack Montague,
both of this city, were matched yesterday
to light to a finish for #100 a side aud the
bantam weight championship of the city.
The men will meet within the next two
weeks.
John Costello, the well known sporting
man, of Grand street, this city, would
like to match his dog Jack, weighing
twenty-eight pounds, against Pat Cahill’s
dog Nell for #100 a side, the battle to take
place within three weeks.
Parson Davies has arranged with Sieg
fried Crouheim to have Peter Jackson,
the colored heavy weight pugilist of
Australia, meet Billy Baker, a well
known boxer, of Brooklyn, in a four
round glove contest on Thursday evening,
August 8. at Cronheim’s Theatre, Hobo
ken.
Musical Germans of Hud
son County at Schuet
zen Park.
AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.
They Gave a Handsome Cup to a
Popular Musician.
Every member of nearly every German
singing society in Hudson county has
been praying for fine weather for the last
week and when the storm clouds cleared
away and Schuetzen Park looked greener
and more inviting than ever, every one of
them felt inclined to preface the pro
gramme for the fest by singing a hymn
of thanksgiving.
Then they all went to the singing fest
of the United German Singing Societies
of Hudson County, held at the park yea.
terday.
The singing fest is always a great day
for the true Teuton. Singing is part of
his existence. A German who does not
belong to a singing society is rarely
found. Among the first on the ground
were the members of the Elche and
Gemuethlichor, of Jersey City.
The officers are:—President, Edward
Brodhag; vice president, William Braun;
secretary, J. Beeriug, and treasurer, R.
Brann. They pitched their tent in a cosy
comer, but had hardly time to drink a
glass of beer before the stately forms of
the members of the Arion from Jersey
City, fifty strong, appeared on the ground.
President Koine was there, and so were
Delegates William Frankenbach and
Louis Breher.
Union Hill’s pet sons of the Elntracht
were just below the Arion. President
Philip Patberg chatted with Vice-Presi
dent E. P. Rieking, Secretarry Rolling
and Walter Wirt/., and waited impa
tiently for the music to commence.
The thirty members of the Hoboken
Quartette Club occupied a cosy little
booth to the right, and Messrs. Bender,
Hankering. E. Stendner, L. Schrievogel
and H. Tranter, their officers, made things
pleasant for them.
The Schuetzenbund, the Teutonia. Ho
boken Liederkranz, the Swiss Harmony,
and the Jersey City Ssengerbunde were
further on and massed their forces, at the
hour for the commencement of the pro
gramme.
GOOD MUSIC.
Shortly before three o’clock Prof.
Jaeger, the leader of the Second Regi
ment Band, waved his baton and the
strains of Offenbach’s overture, “Or
pheus,” caused the onlookers to pause
and listen.
In this selection, as well a3 In the three
that followed It, the orchestra showed the
careful training it had received.
Prof. Jaeger, by request, played a
gavotte as a comet solo and was thrice
encored.
But the hour for the instrumental mu
sic had passed. The singers of the dif
ferent societies gathered together under
their different leaders, and the Eintracht
and Schuetzen Samgemmde, of Jersey
City, under the direction of Prof. A.
Polletti, sang “Walderranber,” by Abt,
with care and intelligence.
Then the Hoboken Llederkranz sang
“Die Heimath Am Rheim,” by Mohr, and
the Teutonia, of Jersey City, rendered
“Soldatenliebe,” by Schrotter. “Wie
hab'ich Dich Geliebt,” oy the Hudson
Quartette Club and the Union HillLieder
tafel, and “DerLenz ist da,” by the Swiss
Harmony, of Union Hill, followed, and
then came the gem of the programme.
Three hundred singers massed them
selves in front of Prof. Klahre, and at a
sign from his magic baton three hun
dred voices burst forth into the noble
strains of Mendelssohn’s “Bacchus Chor.”
“Winklied” sung by the Hoboken
Quartette Club and Jersey City S®nger
runde; "Vater Rhein,” bv the Eiche and
Gemuethlicher Chor; “Waldmorgen,” by
the Arlon, and the "Jubel Chor,” by the
Lyra, followed in rapid succession by an
other grand chorus, and the programme
was finished.
A CUP FOR OSCAR KLAHRE.
During the evening rockets and roman
candles blazed and lighted balloons sped
skyward. But there was something else
coming.
The singers massed together again, and
Mr. A. I tinkering, treasurer of the asso
ciation, mounted the platform and in a
few easy, well worded sentences pre
sented Director Oscar Klahre with a
handsome wine cup.
The cup is of solid silver and bears the
inscription “Die Vereinigten Gesang
Verein von Hudson County, dem Derigen
ten Oscar Klahre, August 4,188W.”
Mr. Klahre has been for years the direc
tor of the majority of the singing societies
in the county, and to his direction
they owe their present popularity.
Mr. Klahre made a suitable response.
The officers of the fest were president, L.
W. Erankenbaeh; secretary, E. E.
Boettcher; treasurer, A. Lankering.
The committee comprised Charles
Bieber, Chairman; E. Gategast and E.
Biehm. Messrs. A. Lankeriug, Charles
Bieber and Junger were the members of
the Committee of Arrangements.
The gate receipts, after the expenses
are paid, will be devoted to building a
monument to the memory of Josef Shad
ier. the great singer.
mL. _ -__
lows:—
PROGRAMME.
Ouverture, “Orpheus”.Offenbach
.Selection. “Der kieine Herzog”...Lecoeq
Walzev, “Traume auf dem Ozean”.GungZ
Gavotte, “Maikcenigin”.Gzibulka
Chore.
“Waldeszauber”.Abt
Eintracht und Schuetzen-Saecgerrunde—Diri
gent, Hr. A. Polletti.
“Die Ileimath am Rhein”.Theo. Mohr
Hoboken Liederkranz—Dirigent, Hr. Oscar
Klahre.
“Soldatenliebe”.Schrotttr
Teutonia—Dirigent. Hr. Oscar Klahre.
“Wie hab’ ich Dich geliebt”.Mohring
Hudson Quartette Club und Union Hill Liederta*
fel—Dirigent, Hr. Oscar Klahre.
“Der Lenz ist da,Y.Gangler
Swiss Harmony, Union Hill—Dirigent, Hr. Zingg.
Mossenchor—4 ‘Bacchuschor” Cmit Orchef
terbeglj.Mendelssohn
Dirigent, Herr Oscar Klahre.
Pause.
Ouverture, 4 ‘Kroudiamauten”... Auber
Chore.
“Trinklied”.Krug
Hoboken Quartett Club und Jersey City
Saeugerrunde.Dirigent, Hr. W. Herbert
“Vater Rhein”.Mohr
Eiche und Gemuethlicher Chor,
Dirigent, Hr. A. Polletti
“Waldmorgen”.E. Kollnar
Arion—Dirigent, Hr. W. Groeschel.
“ Jubelchor”. ••Otto
3Iassenchor—a) “Aennchen von Tharan” .Silchei
bj “In einem kuehlen Grunde”
_ Gluck.
Fair Weather Tomorrow.
Washington, D. C., August 5, 1889.—
For Eastern New York and New Jersey:—
Rain, Monday ; fair, Tuesday ; cooler"
northerly winds. For Western New
York:—showers in Southern portion, fail
iu Northern portion; cooler; northerly
winds. _
The Weather at Hartnett’s.
August 4 Dec. j August 5 Deg.
At 3P. M.fc* I At A. M. 74
At 6 P. M.82 I At 9 A. 31.71
At 9 P. M.78 1 At noon.71
At midnight. 78 I
Patrolman Von der Schmidt caught a lot ol
small boys “pitching pennies” yesterday after
noon on Westside avenue, “scooped the pot11 and
poured its contents into the City Hospital ahut