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(LAST EDITION. ONE CENT LAST EDITION. VOL. XII.—NO. 3471. JERSEY CITY, MONDAY LAST EDITION. ONE CENT LAST EDITION. SEPTEMBER 10, 1900. PRICE ONE CENT TO PLEASURE SAY Murphy Association Starts on Its Outing to an ♦Appropriate Des tination. ALL THE BOSSES ATTEND Leader’s Boom for the Gub ernational Nomination in an Off Year, Gains. The Adams Express pier was crowded this morning with Republicans off for the Franklin Murphy Association's outing to Pleasure Bay. Trains brought them, in from every part of the State and with a fine day ahead of them the party looked happy at the prospects of a delightful trip. It had originally been intended, to make the start from the Morris street dock, but through the efforts of Secre taries J. Herbert Potts and F. J. Hig gins permission was granted to embaik from the Adams pier. The fact that Mr. Murphy himselt, U. S. Senators Sewell and Kean and all the big men from Trenton were to he there made the sale of tickets reach beyond what the organizers of the outing antici pated. The start was made after nine o’clock and the objective point is Port Au Peck Hotel. Eckert’s orchestra was aboard, and furnished lively airs before the Setamer Pleasure Bay cast loose her moorings Arriving at Pleasure Bay there will be a big clambake served and. then will come speeches and political slate making. Among those who were aboard were:— Colonel S. D. Dickinson, Postmaster William O. Armbruscer, Fire Commission er Henry Z. Niblett, ex-Finance Commis sioner Henry Brautigam, Assistant Dis trict Court Clerk Hamilton Bush, Prose cutor James S. Erwin, Judge John A. Blair, Postmaster F. H. Melville of Bay onne, James H. Love, Lawyer John W. Heck, Colonel John J. Toffey, Postmaster Jas. Freeman, of Arlington; Police Capt. George Wohleben, ex-United States Dis trict Attorney Henry S. White, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector John J. Beeh told, Henry Frank, Jr., Lawyer George L. Record, Edward M. Watson, Deputy Factory Inspector William H. Dod, H. J. Lemmer, Edward W. Woolley, James C. Young, J. Herbert Potts, E. T. Mitchell, Lawyer Frank J. Higgins, John A. Walk er. Richard W. Dewey, James O’Don nell, 'President George F. Perkins, of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company, F. M. Lockwood, United States Deputy Marshal William J. Bums, Edwin Cadmus, John T. Demp sey, Cornelius J. Kelly. Frank Porcasi, Theodore .H. Ennis, Herman Walker, Simedn Rowland, Theoddre Smith, Post master Charles Eichhorn, of West Hobo ken. Rudolph Freech, United States Com missioner Isaac Romaine, Leoy Schermer horn, Ernest H. Smith, Deputy Clerk John Creech, Anders Neilsen, Col. Charles W. Fuller, Fred Boorman, A. J. Booth, Gen. P. F. Wanser, ex-Tax Com missioner John Eu MJcArthur, Geoige Johnson, Dr. John E. West, Chief of Police Benjami^l Murphy, Joseph J. Guisto, Gen. H. H. Abernethy, William Coughlin, William G anni, Charles Mer ker, Edward Fry, District Court Judge Charles Parker, Assistant Prosecutor Marshall W. Van Winkle, Charles H. Richards, Charles N. King, Deputy City Treasurer William F. Ely, Spen cer C. Gumaer, A. A. Tallman, H. Gold ram, John P. Landrine, Albert Blake, An thony Schoenfelder, Thomas M. Coughlin, Albert E. Barbier, Police Captain John Cody, Secretary Frank T. Lockwood of tne Republican County Committee, Chas. H. Van Louven, A. L. .Riggins, Denuty Internal Revenue Collector John C. Kaiser Benjamin Mosher Horace H. Farrier, Au gust Klein M. H. Kelsey, James Connol ly, Census Supervisor John H. Weastell, John J. Dewer, Lawyer John V. Bacot, Henry Bell, Lawyer Clement de R. Leon ard, Samuel Limerick, Jr., Henry Rich ards, J. M. Startup, John Mitchell, Henry H. Holmes, B. N. King, joseph McComb, Frank Stevens, E-. V. Bacon, Thomas W. Tilden, Joseph Locke, T. J. Flannigan,Po lice Inspector Sampel Archibold, William E. Reed, C. J. McCluskey, Warden George O. Osborne, John Lane, Mark Fagan* F. Youmans, ex-Assembly man Fred Schober, S. E. Renner, Charles Scanlon, Philip Lennon, Au gust Stoeckel, William J. Davis of Harrison, Albert Datz, Joseph J. Ken nedy, William H. Eaton, Detective Will iam Prescott, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Jacob Straus, A. A. De Bon neville, John H. Robertson, John Wray, Jr., Ebenezer Ciosterman, William Van Keuren, Postmaster Leonard Schroeder of Hoboken. Charles B. Reilay, F. H. Stevens, William Gerdts, Detective Alex ander Gallagher, Edward Conklin, Law yerr*Robert Carey, George W. LHtell, George H. Bryson, C. A. Price, John Bumsted, John Gallery, Charles M. Fichtel, Lawyer Isaac F. Goldenhorn, Lawyer William H. Speer, Lawyer Will iam G. E. See. Judge Blair, Prosecutor Erwin and Prosecutor's Detectives Reilly and Mc Dermott are on the outing. READY FOR LEAGUE OF CLUBS. Committee Decides to Have Two Platforms in the Hall. The sub-committee of the Hudson County League of Clubs, with Frank A. Angel of Lafayette as the Chairman, met yesterday afternoon in Columbia Hali, Greenville, to complete the plans for the convention of the State League of Clubs to be held next Thursday, in the same hall. As far as the committee Is now con cerned, the arrangements are perfected. (The details of the plans for caring for llje Relegates have been published and all that flow remains is to carry them out. The meeting yesterday was to ar range for an overflow meeting. A plat* form will be erected on the Cator avenue Side of the hall, and speakers will ad dress the gathering from that point. The rooms will be prepared for cau cuses and portions of the nail allotted to An Old and Well Tried Remody Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for cmluren teething should aiways oe used tor children wnbe teething, it softens the turns, allays the pain, cures wind colic sc is the beet remedy tor diarrhoea, k svciiiy-rive cents per bottle. the various delegations. On Wednesday night the Executive Committee of the State League will meet in Lincoln Hall to look over the plans.__ MR. GGURLEY’S BUREAU. State Democratic Committee's Latest Arrangements. Chairman William B. Gourley, of the Democratic State Committee, has organ ized a Speakers’ Bureau, with State Com mitteeman Johnston B. Cornish of War ien county, as Chairman. Committee man Howard Carrow of Camden, Willard W. Cutler of Morris, Louis F. Braun of Passaic and Eekard P. BUdd of Burling ton will assist Senator Cornish. The committee will arrange the big meetings in the cities and secure speakers of Na tional reputation to speak at the same. This committee will also arrange Mr. Bryan’s tour of New Jersey. After Sep tember 15 Mr. Cornish will be at head quarters daily. Mr. Gourley was not at headquarters in the Hotel Washington up to two o'clock thi safternoon. He is busy attending meeting f the National Committee. On Saturday afternoon lie- was shown a copy of the “News” containing the criticism, of the committee by Mr. Robert Davis. Mr. Gourley smiled, but would not talk about it. When spoken to recently about thq con flict of the dates of the outing of the Davis Association and the State Conven tion. he then said:— “I do not care to go into any controver sy about the matter. The committee fixed that date because it was the only .one suitable, and it was certainly never in tended as a slight to the Davis Associa tion. If Hudson had sent a representa tive to the committee's meting at which the date was fixed this regretable Incident would never have occurred.” NINTH MEETS TONIGHT. A meeting of the Ninth Ward Demo cratic Club will be held this evening. Re ports from various committees will be heard. Books are now open for the sale of stock on the building extension that is to be erected shortly. Politics will be dis cussed by good speakers. MAY SPEAK f LENTZ. The Major’s Latest Is Said to Be a Rebuke to the Governor. (Special to “The Jersey City News/’) NEWARK, Sept. 10, 1900.—General Sew ell’s declaration of neutrality in regard to the fight for the Republican nomination for County Register of Essex has had the effect of urging the contestants on to re newed efforts, in the assurance of a fair field and no favors, so far as the Camden chieftain is concerned. The forces led by William Riker, treasurer of the State Re publican Committee, who rally around the standard of John P. Dexheimer, are us ing every effort to strengthen their cause, and are confident that their champion will carry off the prize. The departure of Mr. Riker for a stay of a week or more in the Thousand Islands will not affect the situation much, as the affairs of the Dexheimer end of the tight has been left in good hands. Then, the fact that Governor Voorhees has gone away as the guest of Mr. Riker may have some bearing on the result of the contest. It is known that the Executive is anxious to have Mr. Dexheimer receive the nomi nation for Register, but thus far he has taken no active part in the fight. “The plan of Major Lentz to defeat the Governor’s appointee is a direct rebuke to the Executive for appointing Riker’s candidate and* ignoring the Major’s de mand that he be permitted to ha me the man to succeed Judge Skinner as Regis ter,” is the way one of the Governor’s Union County friends put it. “Naturally Mr. Voorhees wishes to see Mr. Dexhei mer nominated for a fullterm, as an in dorsement of his course in selecting the man from Orange to fill the office for the unexplred term. w netner tne Governor will take a hand in the tight or not has not been ascertain ed, as the Executive is keeping his own counsel on that point. But he has it in his power to bring Major Lentz to terms, if he so selects. A few words from him will make it plain to the Major that it might be just as well for him to let Dexheimer alone. Should the Governor care to do eo he can make Lentz understand that it may cost him just $12,600 to continue the fight. "Lentz's term as State Tax Commis sioner will expire next year, and Governor Voorhees will have the appointment of his successor. The jo'b is worth $2,500 a year for five years, and if the Major proves refractory the Governor may take it into his head to select some other man for the place. “It may be that the Major would be williing to sacrifice that $12,500 for the pleasure of fighting Riker and Dexheimer and rebuking GovernorVoorhees for not appointing the Lentz choice for Register, and then again he may not." Register Dexheimer’s friends are in dignant at the asertions of the other side to the effect that he has been only a short time a Republican. "I have known John P. Detxheimer since he was a little chap in swaddling clothes,’’ said a Democratic resident of Orange, “and I knew his father for many years. Knowing Register Dexheimer as I do, I was more than a little surprised to hear that he was a recent convert to the Republican faith. I happen to know that John P. Dexheimer's Republicanism is as old as in his right to cast a ballot. His first Presidental vote was cast in the campaign of 1884, when James G. Blaine was the candidate of the Republicans. That I know to he a positive fact. “In that campaign, or rather in that year, there was an Assemblyman in Orange named David Bell, a Republican, dyed-in-the-wool, from top to bottom and back again. The Republicans of Orange organized a marching club for service in the campaign, under the name of David Eell Guards. I can distinctly recall—and there are men now living in Orange who were members of the Guards at that time, and who can bear me out in my statement—that John P. Dexheimer, then a young man filled with all the ardor of his first Presidential vote, had three horses which he loaned to the Guards every time they paraded. More than that, I can remember well that he rode one of the horses himself in every parade in which the David Bell Guards participated in the campaign, and that he took a prom inent part in the work of the organiza tion. “I say this in justice to Mr. Dexheimer, and to refute the charges that he was formerly a Democrat. Not that the Democrats in Orange would not be glad to have an energetic, hustling fellow like Dexheimer in their ranks, because he is the kind of man who is welcomed in any place where energy and a capacity for hard work is appreciated. This statement concerning his standing as a Republican as long ago as 1884 is absolutely true and is susceptible of proof,_ A SKITTISH HORSE A horse attached to a milk wagon owned by and in charge of G. J. Rosen, of Fifty-second street, Bayonne, ran away yester.day morning from Grove and Seventh streets, turned in Pavonla ave nue, and dashed around into East Ham ilton place. The turn was too short. The horse fell. The wagon toppled over. Mr. Rosen was thrown out. Man, horse and wagon were uninjured. This same horse has been reported to the police of this city as missing on sev eral occasions. 1 ( ■ it -M:, OLD IN KILLS HIMSELF Dreading a Third Stroke of Paralysis He Com mits Suicide. The Sixth police precinct has added another to this year’s list of suicides. It scorns bound to keep up its reputation as the banner suicide precinct of the district, averaging a dozen a year. The highest number for any one year during the last decade is that unlucky number thirteen. It would seem that this number will be eclipsed this year. The latest addition to the list is Charles Hildebrandt, seventy years old, of No. 317 Germania avenue, who at ten minutes past five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, shot himself through the head while seated in his phaeton in front of H. C. Fuller's butcher shop, No. 233 Sanford place. Mr. Hiidebrandt and was childless. He had suffered two strokes of paralysis which affected both his legs and his tonsils. He could walk with great diffi culty and could not talk so as to make himself thoroughly understood. This, it is said by tho&e who knew him, preyed upon his mind. He dreaded a third stroke. These things, it is believed caused him to take his life. His wife died -about two years ago and although owning a considerable amount of property he rented the house, No. 317 Germania avenue and lived there with ma mraseKec-per, .Mrs. Kessling. He owned the two-istory frame -building, oc cupied as a saloon and living apartments by Herman Loth, brother of Gustav Loth, the Twelfth Ward Alderman. Adjoining is Haller’s butcher shop, in. front of which Hi-idebrandt killed himself. He owned that also and several buildings adjacent. Years ago he kept a grocery and saloon in the building occupied by Mr. Loth. He gave no indication of any inten tion to take his life when Satudiay morn ing, in accordance with a usual custom he ordered his horse hitched- to his phaeton and started out for a drive. Ten >ear old Charles Gefbel, a grandson of Mrs. Kessling, saw him in- his phaeton some blocks away from where the deed was committed and asked for a ride home. He said he was not going home. He turned into Sanford place and pulled up his horse in front of the butcher shop and turning his eyes first one way and then another as though to see if anyone was looking put the muzzle of his re volver to his right temple and pulled the trigger. People in the vicinity saw the act. Others heard the report of the revolver. They hurried to the phaeton. The old man tvas found dead almost bolt up right in the seat of the buggy. A stream of blood flowed down over one end of the seat in his phaeton-. He still clutched thesmoking revolver in his right hand. H:s body was taken to Brackner’s undertaking establishment, but was sub sequently taken home. His funeral will take place from his late home on Tues day afternoon. STOLE FROM SCHOONER CAPTAIN. Frank -Howard, alias George Smith, twenty years old, a boat hand formerly employed by David H. Fox, captain of the schooner L. S. Livingston, lying at Ihompson’s wharf, Fasti 'Newark, was arrested at the ferry this morning at 1:15 o’clock by Patrolman Entwistle. Howard answeredi a description sent to this city of a man who stole a double barrelled shotgun from the schooner L. S. Living ston. Captain -Fox was in the First Criminal Court this morning when How ard was arraigned and charged him with the theft. He was held to await the ac tion of the 'Newark authorities. THE REV. MR. OTTO HOME. Rev. Benjamin Otto of the North Bap tist Church, Jersey avenue and Fourth street, occupied the pulpit at the morning; service yesterday for the first time in two months. Pie had just returned from the Thousand Islands, where he spent the months of July, and August. Pie was given a hearty welcome by his congre gation. His subject in the morning was “The Mission of the Church." The attendance at both services was very large. ST. MARY’S NEW CHOIR. The new volunteer choir of St. Mary’s R. C. Church, Erie and Second streets, under the direction of IJrof. Smith, made its first appearance yesterday morning and sang excellently. There are over fifty voices in the clioir, the majority being young ladies. At the last mass the choir sang delightfully and showed how well trained it had been. The pastor, the Rev. Father Ter Woert, is much pleased with the change. MR. KAISER'S FAMILY HOME. Mr. Joseph Kaiser of Cator and Ocean avenues, went Saturday to Milford, Pa., where his family have been ail summer, and brought them home. Mrs. Kaiser and children and Mr. Kaiser’s mother and sister, Miss Lena Kaiser, made up the party. LUCKY MISS CULLEN. The Dewey Club, with headquarters on Montgomery street, near Brunswick street, held a raffle recently of a piano that it hadi won at its clubhouse. Miss 'Mary Cullen won. The piano was valued at $300. DETECTIVE LEE HOME AGAIN. Detective Dee of the Detective Bureau has returned from the Catskill Mountains after two weeks’ vacation. He reported for duty this morning at Police Head quarters. CITY NEW NOTES. In a collision between the trucks of Webbs's Express Company and Owen Gal lagher yesterday at Garfield avenue and Grand street, the front wheel of Gal lagher’s wagon was smashed. MATTICRS OV TACT —New Jersey’s best flour costs 25c. more per barrel than ordinary flour, but worth a dollar extra. Wholesale only at D. E. Cleary Co.’s stores. Greene and Montgom ery streets. NOW FOR SCHOOL. Propitious Opening This Morning, With Usual Crowding In Lower Grades. HALF DAY CLASSES Schools Nos. 1,9, 11 and 15 Must Maintain Two Classes Daily—Kindergarten Six. For the first time in ten weeks the sound o£ the sehool bell awoke the public to the fact that summer vacations are at an end, and it is time to get to work. Reluctantly the small boys picked up his pad and pencil and wended his weary way to that modem sanitary edifice the an cestor of which was the little red school house of Colonial days, now generally re ferred to with scorn. And yet the little red school house with its pickled rod had its advantages over the modern edifice. It only takes a warm September day the fall opening of school to prove this. Today school opened with an attendance not nearly as large as it should be in the grammar department and not nearly as large as It will be two weeks hence. This is especially true of me sonoois in me lower part or tne city. Parents do not place enough, valuo on education. The first day of school is hot, or Johnny wants to go fishing, or perhaps Johnny's mother has not taken the pre caution to get Johnny ready in time, so Johnny stays home awaiting his own, or his parents’ convenience and much to the inconvenience of his teacher. In consequence of this fact there was not any' overcrowding in the grammar departments in the various schools, save In the lowest grades, which receive new pupils from other schools or their own primary. There the rule Is “come early to get a seat,” and effort is made by nearly every applicant to be on time. The same rule pevails in the lower primary classes which are always over crowded and Johnny’s mother realizes the importance of getting in on time with Johnny’s little sister, just as she did with Johnny a few years back. In all the primary schools throughout the city this morning could be seen a long line of waiting youngsters, for the most part with their mothers, who coaxing, scaring and scolding them into the impor tance of holding back the tears—little girls in muslin dresses timidly answering the questions put to them, not knowing what was going to happen next, but all dreading the moment when they would be left alone, and little boys, brave more because the girls were timid than for and other reason. As for the mothers they were nervous, too, with the fear that school might already be too crowded to admit their off spring. However, no applicants have had to be tnrned away on account of no room, though there is the usual crowding with half day classes, morning and afternoon, in many of the schools. Schools Nos. 1, 9, 11 and 15 will all maintain classes in the morning and afternoon in the lowest grades, while in the kindergarten there will be six classes a day, three in the morning and three in the afternoon with an average attendance of from twenty to twenty-five. School No. 1 Annex opened this morning with an enrollment of about three hun dred and fifty, half of which number will be accommodated in the morning and half in the afternoon. The grammar depart ment of School No. 1 had an attendance of about one hundred and fifty new pu pils, transfers from other schools and promotions from No. 1 primarv. School Iao. 9 will also have to maintain half-day classes in the lowest grades. As yet it has not been ascertained just how many new entries there are, but the num ber will doubtless overlap the hundred mark. In the grammar department there were between eighty and ninety new en tries this morning, but this will doubtless reach the hundred mark by tomorrow. The High School opened with an attend ance of 720, which is slightly below average. Of the 399 pupils declared eligible when school closed, only about two hun dred reported. The corps of teachers were all on hand, for the most part burned out of recognition of race and color, with the exception of Miss L. G. Farrant, who has resigned to take a position in the Girls’ High School in Brooklyn at an increase of $400 per year. Director 'Barker of the Board of Edu cation said this morning that his La fayette schools. Nos. 19. 22 and 13, were so arranged as to seat all of the old pupils and all the applicants who come this morning. It was thought that No. 19. on Johnston avenue, would be badly crowded, hut this was obviated by the Director and the teachers. Nos. 11, 12, 14 and 16 are in good shape and all the pupils were looked after nicely this morning. The directors were about over seeing the seating of the scholars. No difficulty is anticipated in providing room for all. School No. 11 opened with its full corps of teachers, including the principal, Miss Soper, who has been seriously ill with qulncy sore throat. There are about seventy new entries in the grammar de partment. In the No. 11 Annex there is an attendance of about three hundred and 'half day classes are inevitable. School No. 12 shows about 145 new en tries in the grammar department, forty eight transfers, thirty-seven new pupils', and sixty promoted from the primary. The primary department shows an enroll ment of seventy-three new pupils, with fifty-three in the lowest class. Here, too, there is no change in the teaching corps, in fact in nearly every school in the city the teachers were all on deck and there has been little chance for the substitute. YOUNG COLORED BOY MISSING. Twelve year old Robert Davis, e: colored lad, of No. 25 Prescott place, has been re ported missing from his home to the po lice of the Communipaw avenue station. When the boy left home he wore a brown suit. His parents fear that he has met with some accident. AMERICUS CLUB'S OUTING. The outing of the American Cluib was to have taken place yesterday to. Herig’s Bay Shore House, on the Newark Bay, was postponed until Sunday, September 16. - SHOT, BUT WONTT TELL HDW Hoboken Italian, Seriously Wounded In Affray, Keeps His Own Counsel. Caesaro Aroso, thirty-five years old, an Italian street laborer, of 1N0. 520 Monroe street, Hoboken, is in a critical condition in St. Mary’s Hospital, Hoboken, suffer ing from a bullet wound inflicted by one of his countrymen. As I» usual in Italian i quarrels the exact circumstances which led to the shooting are withheld by both parties. Michael and Zano Delmonico, twenty-three and twenty-«seven years old, , respectively, who are known to have taken part in the fight, were arrested, but Aroso would not Identify either of them. He would not even speak, although fully conscious. The only witness to the affray who was willing to throw any light on it was Jose Scutallaro, who keeps a bakery at No. 522 Monroe street. Scutallaro owns the tene ment No. 520. The Arosos live on the first floor and the Delmonicos occupy the floor above. According to Scutallaro Aroso was standing in front of his home singing, shortly after ten o’clock last night, while the Delmonicos and the other occupants were trying to sleep. One of the Del monicos shouted to him to stop but he kept on. Finally the two Delmonicos and another tenant came out to remonstrate with him. A quarrel ensued. The next minute there were four pistol shots and Aroso fell. Scutallaro says he saw both the ‘Delmonicos and the other man fire at Aroso with the same revolver. The man who drew the revolver fired two shots and the other two one each. Then they fled. The shooting attracted Jose (Luciano, a special policeman, of No. 525 Monroe street. Luciano, assisted by his two sons- 1 in-law, Peter Tutso and Frank Bonamo, caught the Delmonicos after a lively chase and turned them over to Policemen Kruse and Ryan. The other man got away. The revolver, which was thrown away by Zano Delmonlco, was picked up later. It was a 38-calibre with five chambers and had a handsome pearl handle. The bullet which took effect entered the lower portion of Aroso’s back, a trifle left of the spine and stopped a half inch un der the ekin on the other side. After it had been extracted the physicians at the hospital said that Aroso had a slight chance of recovery. Aroso has been in this country elghteeen months. He has a wife and two children. Aroso suffered a relapse shortly after midnight and died from an internal hemorrhage at three o’clock this morn ing. Detective Sergeant Nelson and Policeman 'Borrone arrested the third man in the case at ten o’clock this morning. He was Molssette Vincenzo, thirty-three [years . a musical Instrument maker, who boarded with the Delmonicos. When arraigned before Acting Recorder Daverty the two Delmonicos declined to make any statement. Vincenzo declared that he had taken no part in the shoot ing, but he was held as a witness. He said that Aroso was sitting on- the stoop singing to the moon and holding a glass of wine in his hand.. The Del monicos shouted to him to stop. He re fused and Vincenzo and the Delmonicos went out to him. Vincenzo said that one of the Delmonicos slapped Aroso in the face. Then they went back into the house and tried to sleep. Aroso picked up a stone. He threatened to throw it through a window and began ot sing again. Vincenzo said that the two Delmonicas went out a second time. He followed them, but before he got to the door he heard two shots. He didn’t know who had the revolver. Gouetto Monochetto. of No. 518 Monroe street, said he saw Arost standing in the street with a stone in his hand Michael Delmonico came to the door he said, and fired one shot. Then his* brother John or Zano rushed out and snatching the revolver lired three more shots. Which e»hot took effect is not known. While Zano was shooting his wife stepped in front of him nnd one of the bullets grazed her neck, leaving a slight burn. All three prisoners declared that they did not own the revolver. HOBOKEN SCHOOL CHANCES Miss Allen One of the Princi pals Whose Salaries Were Reduced. The public schools opened in Hoboken this morning. Since they closed last June the Commissioners of Public In struction have made some of the most radical changes known in the history of the department. Almost every principal in the city wa9 •transferred from one school to another. The changes are by no means satisfactory to all. Friends of the principals who have been reduced in the ranks say that the action of the Commissioners was intended to humiliate somebody. Miss Elizabeth A. Allen, who was in charge of the training schoool, was trans ferred to No. 5. Her salary was reduced from SI,700 to $1,C00 per year. Principal Jeremiah Kelly was put in charge of the training school at an annual salary of $2,000. His former salary was $1,700. Cor nelius Brauer, principal of the High School, was sent to No. 2. His salary was reduced from $1,700 to $1,600. Principal Brauer had been in charge of the High School for eight years. His place was filled by 'Principal L. F. Talbot, of School ‘No. 20, whose salary was raised $100. The commissioners explain that the changes were made in order to dirill the principles in the various grades of their work. SEPTEMBER TERM TOMORROW. Justice Collins Will Then Charge the Grand Jury. Supreme Court Justice, Gilbert Collins occupied' the bench of the Hudson Circuit of the Supreme Court i th Is morning and wound up the business of the April term of court. Only a few! minor cases in litigation were before him. A feus unim portant motions were made. The September term begins tomorrow, when Justice Collins will charge the new Grand Jury. The front court room has been renovat ed and the ceilings and walls frescoed. Thq general tone of the coloring is sky Tour best friend can give you no better ad vice than this: "For impure blood, bad stom ach and weak nerves take Hood’s Saraa parllW MARRIED SIX MONTHS. Miss Claudia Lenox of Bay onne the Bride of a Trenton Youth. Edward Tunis of Trenton is too young to have his name published In the City Directory, even as ‘'bds. 145 Prospect street," but he is not too young to have a wife. Notwithstanding the fact that Edward is not yet nineteen years of age he has been a benedict for six months. There is a little bit of picturesque ro mance connected with young Tunis’s ma trimonial venture. In 1898, while attend ing a social function in Trenton, he met Miss Claudia M. Lenox, whose home was' in Bayonne, and who was visiting friends In Trenton. It was a case of love at first sight, and Mr. Tunis, after visiting her several times at her home In Bayonne, suggested that their Jives be made one. According ly the young people came to one of those understandings that make things look like what the poets sing about, and headstrong as youth, they went and were married. The ceremony was per formed by a Methodist minister in Egg Harbor City. Immediately after the nuptial knot was tied Mrs. Tunis returned to her parents' home in Bayonne, as though she had been away on a summer’s day excursion, and the husband came to his home In Trenton. Shortly thereafter young Tunis’s father was appointed Chief of the census en umerators in New Brunswick, and he at once made his son his chief clerk. The position was a desirable one, but the compensation was not regarded as suf ficient to warrant the results which he feared might follow the announcement of his marriage. So the alliance was kept secret. A few weeks ago the youthful hus band completed his task with the census department at New Brunswick, and re turned to his home in Trenton. He at once proceeded to obtain another job and, having secured a good position in New York, he decided that it was high time to announce his marriage. Neither his nor his wife's family had the slightest suspicion that son and daughter were man and wife until It was told them yesterday. EYES BURNED OUT. Molten Iron Flew in Sutton’s Face and Made Him Sightless. A horrible accident occurred to Phillip Sutton, an employe of the Meserau Bed stead Company of Lafayette, who lives at No. 278 Johnston avenue about half past nine o’clock this morning. He was pouring metal into a casting frame and the molten iron splashed up on his face, burning both of his eye$ in such a man ner os to render him sightless. It is thought that both of his eyes are so badly burned that he will be blind for ever. The entire working force of the foundry was attracted by the screams of Sutton when the metal flew into his eyes. He dropped his ladle and the remaining iron flew over the ground. Sutton held his hands to his face and groped around in a pitiful manner. Felolw workmen came to his assistance and the Ambulance from the City Hospi tal was summoned. The victim was hur ried to the City Hospital and immediately attended to by the doctors. A similar acldent ocurred in the same piace about a year ago when a workman had both of his eyes burned out. HURRY UP, YATCKYI One More Decaying Cat Is Added to Your List. For the past week there has been lying on the asphalt pavement at Third and Rrie streets, a dead cat that was horribly mangled by a milk wagon. The residents of that vicinity are complaining indig nantly of the length of time it has been allowed to remain there. In the warm da:ys the odor that comes from it is any thing butp leasing. If it is allowed to remain there much longer it will bring disease to the neighborhood. AN AUTUMN OUTING. Gettysbnrg, X,uray and Washington Via P. R. R. A nine-day personally conducted tour to the Battlefield ot. Gettysburg, Luray, Caverns, Natural Bridge, Richmond], Old Point Comfort and Washington will leave New York and Philadelphia in a. special train of Pullman parlor cars on Tuesday, October 9. The party will be in charge of a tourist agent and an. ex perienced chaperon. A'whole day will be spent on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, a carriage drive with lectures by an able guide being included in. the ticket. Ample time will be allowed at* Luray and Natural Bridge to review the wondrous natural formations. Sunday, October 14, will be spent at Old Point Comfort. At Richmond and Washington, opportunities will be presented to visit all the points of interest under intelligent guidance. The round-trip rate, including all neces sary expenses is $U5 from New York, $63 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other points. For detailed Itinerary apply to ticket agents; to tourist agent, !No. 1,196 Broad way, New York; No. 4 Court street, or Pennsylvania An neat, foot Fulton, street, 'Brooklyn; No. 7S9 Broad street, Newark, N. J.; or address Geo, W. Boyd, Assist ant General Passenger Agent, Broadstreet station, Philadelphia. . 4 STRUCK BY P. & R, Richard Reynolds, eighteen years old, of No. 143 Herbertson street. Port Rich mond, Staten Island, was struck by a Philadelphia and Reading express on the trestle crossing the bay between Bay onne and Elizabethport. He was In jured about the head and body and brought to Communipaw on the train that hit him. From there he was taken, to the City Hospital In the patrol wagon. Reynolds was crossing to Bayonne when struck. GOVERNOR’S Nit IS JONES j Speaker of the Assembly, Barely of Required Age, Acts in Mr. Voor hees’ Absence. rsiwial to “The Jersey City News.”] THBNTON, Sept. 10, 1900-The great commonwealth of New Jersey has changed its chief magistrate five times in less than three years, and the present occupant of the Gubernatorial Chair has only just passed the legal age of quali fication to the office. The present acting Governor of New Jersey is 'Benjamin F. Jones, the Speaker of the House of As sembly. Acting Governor Jones has his job by the grace of a lot of circumstances which Just plumped hfm into the Chair. Gover nor Foster M. Voorhees has gone to spend ten days’ vacation at the Thou sand Islands with William Riker, clerk o fthe Supreme Court. Under ordinary conditions, in the ab sence of the Governor, tho President of the Senate Would serve as Astinsr Gov ernor. But when. 'William M. Johnson accepted the post of First Assistant Postmaster General of the United. States and was sworn in, he was by that act relieved of his Senatorial toga. Thus it happens that Mr. Jones has had honor-thrust upon him. As has been said, Mr. Jones is the fifth Governor of'New Jersey in less than three years. In 1S98 Governor Griggs resigned to become Attorney General of the United States. He was succeeded by Foster M. Voorhees, then President of the Senate. Shortly ho resigned to canvass for the Governorship. David O. Watkins, who was Speaker of the House, became Acting Governor. During Governor Voorhees’a recent ab sence in Europe Senator Johnson was Acting Governor. Truly New Jersey's Gubernatorial chair is a “good thing, to be pushed along." WILD GIRL CHASE. Greenville Police Searched for One Who Didn’t Exist. Detective Bennett and the police of the Ocean avenue station were led a merry chase through Greenville Saturday night, owing to a sensational story told by a Chinaman, Charles Jong, who keeps two laundries in Greenville. Jong remains in his store on Cator avenue, near Old Ber gen Road, while two assistants run a shep for him at No. 120 Linden avenue. Jong knows now that he has been robbed by one of the men whom formerly he trusted, but when he told his story to the detective he had a very different idea of the case. The police are unable to learn the name of Jong’s guilty employe, who got away with V ill cash from the Linden avenue shop. Jong says that his assistant came to him Saturday afternoon and told him that a young girl, about twelve years old, had come into the store and demanded $5 of him, threatening to scream if he didn’t pay. He said he gave her the money and she left. The assistant even went as far as to give a description of tho alleged girl. Jong’s second assistant told a story that caused suspicion to rest on the flrst Chinaman. According to this laundry man, the assistant told him that the girl deliberately came into the store and going behind the counter took the money from the drawer. Jong now believes that the assistant took ail the money and skipped. The police had a happy time of it, chasing about for a girl answering the descrip tion given by the assistant. Of course they were unsuccessful. THROWN OUT OF SURREY. Tlie Seeman Family Had an Un pleasant Ending to Their Drive. While out driving yesterday afternoon Mr. Daniel Seeman, Mrs. Lena. Seeman ar.d Miss Seeman, all of No. 157 Gar field avenue, were thrown from their car riage at the corner of Ocean and Lem. beck avenue. While attempting to drive across Ocean avenue the carriage was struck by trolley car No. 1,635. The car caught the rear wheels of the surrey, and overturned it, throwing the occupants to the street. Mrs. Seeman received a scalp wound and a severe contusion of the back. She was immediately taken to her home and attended by Dr. Lignot. Aside from be ing bruised and badly shaken Mr. and Miss Seeman received no injuries. Mr. Seeman refused to make a charge against the motorman who was allowed to pro ceed with his car. ACCUSED OF PICKING POCKETS. Lewis Harris, a slick looking negro, 20 years old, who gave his address as No. 55 Tallman street, Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday charged with stealing $13 from the pocket of Albert Bryazki, of No. 325 East Seventy-fifth street. New York. Both men were on a Newark car. Bryazki said that Haris took the money at Communi paw avenue and the Boulevard. He said nothing however until the car reached the ferry when he drew the attention of Officer Byrne to Harris and had him ar rested. He was arraigned before Police Justice Hoos in the First Criminal Court this morning and held for further exami nation. KILLED ON C. R. R. George King, a resident of Valley Falls, Rhode Island, was killed on the Central Railroad near,Claremont avenue and Brown place about 8;30 this tnorningv.The body war identified by a companion who came down from Rhode Islaad with him, and said that both were looking for work. The body was pretty well cut up. ’It was taken to the morgue. _ _ NEWARK’S LIBRARY, fBpectal to ’’The Jersey City News.”] NEWARK, Sept. 10, 1900—The new Publio Library building at the head of Washington Park will not be ready for occupancy until ■ December. It was ex. pected that it would be ready next month. The delay is caused by minor delays among the various contractors. Tha big structure will be lighted by a plant in the building, owned by the city. The Board of Trustees decided that it would be cheaper to own the plan than make a contract with, any local lighting concern. Specifications have been, pre pared .and will be sent to ten or a dozen large electrical supply and machinery firms. It Is expectedjthatia contract for furnishing the lightnvgr'jplant will be awarded by the ondwtk^aitt^th. - : -'L'J'JSf False Reports of the Knights of Columbus Said to Have Been Sent to Rome. MAT BE DISBANDED What Local Deputies Say of the Possibility of Trouble. The 'New York “Sun,” this morning prints a story which has Its origin in tht “Catholic Transcript” of Hartford, Conn., regarding an effort that has been made ta discredit the Knight© of Columbus before the Church authorities of Rome. This or ganization is a powerful one, having 50,00® members in this country. It 13 a secret society, yet the ritual of the order is said to be such that the church can have nei particular objection to it. it is objected against the society that it forces the young priests who join It to “subject themselves to the common die cipline, renouncing all distinctions, obey ing lay chieftains—in a word, leaving their sacerdotal character at the door.” Tho authorities at Borne, it is declared, hav® already been informed that the society la a new danger which menaces the Church, and it is said they have lte dissolution under advisement. District Deputy James J. Hopkins, of District No. 1, which embraces this city, stated this morning to a reporter of "The News,” that he believes there was absolutely no truth in the rumor. He added that he would certainly have heard o feffort to discredit the society if suet* had been made. Mr. Hopkins sal that while the organization was secrets its constitution was to worded that the church could have no objection. Grand Knight Cahill, of Conception Order No. iS2. said that the story was rather wild and that the church could not find any good grounds for the alleged objections to the order. “The organization is an order of Catho lics,” said Mr. Cahill, “not a Catholic or ganization. The order is not a part of the Church, neither does It interfere in any way with the Church. The majority of the members simply enter for the so cial side of the order and some affiliate themselves for the insurance fund. I have not heard of the objections and am In clined to believe the story false." The Hartford "Catholic Transcript” says.— “There is very little of truth In the charges brought against this great and as yet splendidly Catholic society. It can be stated wihtout fear of-contradiction that the clergymen who Join its ranks never forced to do so at the ccst^ of priestly dignity. On the contrary they are always an deverywhere treated with respect due to their calling. They are welcomed as priests, and ever enjoy the immunity due to their sacred character. But those who are interested in aspersing the order have no interest In. abiding by the terms of the truth. The aim is to discredit the Knights in the very spot Where they can least afford to bo tra duced. When false data are sent to Rom® the yare bound to create a bad impres sion, especially when no contradiction follows. “Nor is this to be wondered at. The his tory of those societies which were once most obedient and most helpful to th® Church is not an encouraging one. It is known to those who preside over the des tinies of the Catholic religion that history will not be allowed to repeat itself. Re membering the past, it is not without ap prehension that the ecclesiastics of Rome will learn that there is growing up in America a vast organization which seems destined to number in its ranks the flower of the aCthoiic youth of every State and town in the land, and that this great society, even In the flrst daVs of its strength, is discovering proclivities which have already been fruitful of disaster and loss of faith. The effect of such charges, no matter how unfounded, will be bad. If no rebuttal is entered the effect may well prove disastrous.” FRUIT STAND INSPECTION. Doctors Hart and -Stout and- Deputy Inspector O’Donnell, Inspected the fruit on a number of stands and stores in. the lower section of the city. They found much that was recayed and unfit for use and this was destroyed. A wagon load in ail was taken from the various* places visited and thrown, into tBe gar bage dumps. W E ATH E R 1NDICAT1ONS NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 1900—Forecast for thitry-six hours ending at 8 P. if., on Tuesday—Tonight fair; winds north to east. Hartnett’s Thnrmometrical Report De Sept. 9. 3 P. M. 6 P. M. 9 P. M.7$ >12 midnight.74 SfSfi Sept. 10. Degr. 6 A. 01.... 9 A. VI... 1? noon.™ aaa' EXAMINATION -FOR- _ ,'j TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES. The regular examination of applicants for the several kinds oftj certificates granted by the City Board oC*t Examiners of Jersey City will begin Monday, September 17, 1900 at ten o’clock A. M., In the office of t«a: Superintendent of Schools. At this examination candidates may ap* ply for Kindergarten Certificates, Primary and Grammar Certificates. Vice Princi pal's Certificates, Primary Principal’s Cer tificates, Grammar Principal’s Certificate*, and High School Certificates. Information concerning this examination^ may be obtained on application to the un dersigned, _ _ in HENRY i City Swt' of St&aoljteiij