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, 1889-03-28
Condition Of Affairs at Panama


PANAMA, March 25.-TEe condition Of
affairs on the Isthmus has been critical
for some weeks past, as alreadyreported,
and everything ha- had 4 gloomy aspect.
Thousands OF men were thrown out Of
work. Fortunately, emigration on an
extensive scale has ensued, and it is ex-
Pected that before Il month viii have
elapsed, a; least five thousand men Will
have been sent hence. Commercial
matters all over the Isthmus Is IN Il bad
condition, and there is little business
doing, Colon storoEeepers and dealers
have united in p..i.iouln- for = reiu.-
ton oi all kinds o, taxes. Ia ahe City OF
Panama things are mach In the same
condition. \ AmeetiRg has been held a;
which lanama@oa and foreigners Of dit-
1erent n.,4o-alltias alike sr3.-e. and a
decision was real. n that The supreme
government be pe-ltoueI to reduce com
mercI@t taxes, which are enormously
nigh a. compared with the amount Of
business. Gov. Ay,a.l has issued 4 lie
cree susPenaia= the payment OF the de-
P'ftmeAt O. the i3rma. state OF Panama,
ana eiieetIn- other economies. Gov.
Ay'ard states that ;li.-. measures have
oeen adopted owing to the suspension oi
worh on the canal Laytr- reduced the
te'e'l''S d HE government. which VIII
DC IurlhvF diminished. .vin. =, tI. .ra-
s-i''S - '''''' 'i' taxes similarly ialIin- of.
iraiIi, it ri2,'rg.i Sc iignee Of tae collapse, local
ma II, i,--, '.i ger tr:.ti.oa ne Pana-
iitI M i'llEaE, --l5 tl.e HUuo.r carI,.,I haa
''iy reluee8, ~ .seSca.
e aud tv..I .IG-i '.l crew
daily igom either end
In traffic Of course l.
&c Of canal WoIk.
, 1889-03-28

PHHADELPHIA, March 26.-Steps have
been taken here to-day for the reception
OF the base bah tourists, during their
visit to this city on April lIth. Roach
and Rogers, OF the Philadelphia Base
Ball Club, Will tender them a reception.
\ programme has been arranged, which
includes drive through the city, and 4
trip down the Delaware river to Glou-
cestcr, \. Y. The party will return from
Gloucester early III the evening in time
to attend banquet TO be given in honor
OF their tour around the world.
, 1889-03-28
The Name OF the Wrecked Vessels StiIi q
= Mystery.


NEW YORK, March 2O.-AIl efforts
to trace the identity OF the vessel whose
wreckage was passed by the steamer
Colorado on Saturday, have 50 far failed.
The agents OF the steamer Conserva or
Madrid, which sailed from here a week
ago for Samoa, deny that the wrecl,age Is
that of their vessel; they say that it does
not correspond in any particular with
that OF their vessels. The agents Of The
Clyde line of steamers alsC denied that
the Wreckage belonged 10 their vessel.
A possible clue TO the vessel was fur
nished by two incoming vessels this
morning. The Atlas line of steamers
Athes, from fort Limeon, which arrived
early to-day, reports having passed on
Saturday noon a white pointed steamer,
disabled and bound south, showing Ger
man colors. The LockaVts which also
got in this morning from San Domingo,
brings definite report Of 4 ship in dis
tress. The Lockarts' captain said on
March 10, in lat. 36.45 long. 73, he spoke
to the British ship Yeomandel in dis
abled state. Yeomandel had 4 heavy
list to starboard, her decks were on 4
line with the water and her machinery
was disabled, and her sails blown away
The disabled vessel displayed a series
OF signals indicating distress, and hoistec
4 request to have her condition tele,
graphed. The English Lloyd Yeoman
del left New Orleans for Rouen, France
on March Sd. On the Maratine Ex
change to-day it was thought possibl,
that the latter vessel had gone down anC
that the raft and driftwoOd that passed
by the Colorado on Saturday were al
that were left TO tell the story OF her dc
structiou. From the description OF the
wreckage il Is believed the lost vessel /:
the gnnbOat COnserya which hII $,
much trouble in Getting away from thi,
port because she was suspected OF being
for the Haytian insurgents.
, 1889-03-28
The Grand TRUNK Charged with VioIai-
ing Interstate Commerce..

WAsHIIGToN. March 26.-An order
was to-day made by the Inter State Com
merce commission setting forth that in
formation had !cen lodged with the
commission to the effect that the Grand
Trunk railroad, OF Canada has violated
and Is still violating the Interstate
statutes in divers particulars, anI citing
the officials Of said railroad to appear
before the commission at Washington
on the 4ih Of April to answer concerning
all matters and submit to investigation.
The Assistant Commission OF Indian Al
, 1889-03-28
THE Assistant Commission OF Indian \

WAsuMGToH. Marcel .G-Robt Y.
Bet, WHO was today nominated assist
ant commissioner Of Indian Affairs. was
born in Marytowu and is about forty
five years old lie served during the
war with credit until its close when he
was appointed 10 a responsible position
IN the war department In April, 1882,
he was Transferred to tie Interior de
partmeut and appointed chief Of tLe In
dian Division in the office a tie secre-
tary. which position he has since held.
His thorough familiarity wstl iadIau ~
fairs, gained ny close application AMI IT,
teiI-rut study hGs been great Ihs ser
vices have a5ea Acknowledged ~ &scre-
tasias Nirkwool, Teller, Lamar and Vi
/ las under whom he served, and each of
whom personally urged hrs appoint
u-eat uPau high rrouui, of meri. ana
fir3-s=z. Tie has always been q R-pgb
+ l.e-4.
/ Madrid, aIaIcu 2G.-s,roug shocks oi
earthquake were felt today Al ALBANIA
and Grauada.
, 1889-03-28

Here was 4 dilemma. The clew seemed to
have led nowhere. The detective was puzzled
. mloant, and then read the personal de-
-c.ig,.ln furnished him by the iaundryfnan
ia tGg railroad village. As he began, his
auditors glanced at one another. and long
.clJ.e Da had finished, all exclaimed, "fons
tI Iu-" lie gave sigh OF relleI; rs hao
discovered who 10 murderer was But WHARF
was IL, assassin 70 be foundi Zoo no" 10
solved 10 take tie U-l by tRe hoEIs hs
.ss-g.l z. circular 70 every CLinaman IN mon
graai aud the vicinity, recitinS tbs cet%.S
and oEFe-rn.a reward Tor the capture OF ths.
murderer. He then swOge out a warrAns,
ar-I with. ~. .elH.ll gs 81, straight TO HoEEe
place Of b. ness Here they stoutIy denied
ali zHowlet-s Of F0a- All Iu'5 Whereabouts,
ard protesteI that lie had left for Nav
YOrl; the week before, something, -howi
ever. made tLs detective insist upon .
1,--If--a search. Tuis WAS done and rs-
smiled in discovering the criminal coz
r.a.al in "a bind room IN the cellar o. tss
-...g. ..sGmgur. The g-gr-r5 "aS imme0-
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on the grave.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Liquor Dealers Association of
Jersey City, it is reported, has entered
into an agreement with the Alder
manic Excise Committee to procure
the indictment of every saloonkeeper
who violates the law in Jersey CITY.
No such thing is necessary here, for
no Paterson saloonkeeper ever yio-
lates the law!-PateySon MorRinQ
eau.
There must be something very seri-
Gus the matter with the Republican
State Committee. We make this
statement because the committee is
receiving the warm praise of the New
ark Joug7l0L.-Irent0R Times.
Leading prohibitionists assert that
they will this fall nominate a man for
every office in this State, from the
Governor down to CONDENSATION
Sunbeam.
The Grand Jury of Hudson county
should see to it that the men who
have enrolled hundreds of fictitious
names upon the school lists for their
personal profit should be made to
suffer for a fraud ON the county treas
ury. The State should see to it that
the school funds of Jersey City shall
not be benefited further by means of
this transparent swindle; the Legisla-
ture should see to it that the incentive
to fraud, which the present system
holds out, is removed.-Nea0Gak E0en-
i1lO Mems
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09

James and the Samanthas, and other
lingual monstrosities. Happily, the
reign of these names was not a long
one, although to this day there are
many daughters of the land who have
survived the nominal abomination
thrust upon them soon after their
birth.
Next in the course of events It be-
came the fashion to give girls resonant
names taken from the golden scrip
lures of the ancients. All the shining
records of ancient Greece and Rome,
even of swarthy Egypt, We're ran
sacked in the search, and the hoary
records were made to give up their
dead, so to speak, to serve the living.
The dark and winding paths OF me-
dlseval times were penetrated, ana M
result of all this was a deluge OF such
names as Cornelia, Claudia, Aurella,
Catulla. Marcella, Terentia, Placlda,
Lucretia, Sappho, S~ophronlsbe, Leda,
Pysche, Phoebe, Aspasia, Cleopatra,
Leona, Zenobia, Isabella, lnez. NO
girl was considered stylish if the name
she was called by did not date back at
least a thousand years or more. IL.
was a time when the achievements
and the civilization of ancient Rome
and Greece formed more of a favorlte
study with the American youth than
they do now, and to the reflex OF Thu
learning was doubtless due the fact OF
this %profusion of ancient names.
Finally, however, a new era n girls
names arose in this country. The
first traces of it dawned in the horizon
about ten years ago. This was stimuli
taneous with the first indication of
Anglomania in this country. The
craze for wearing ulsters and driving
capes, choking the neck in high, stiff
collars and concealing thought in az
idiom made up largely of 'doncher-
knows and "deahboys," effected a
cautious landing in New York and
Boston and thence travelled slowly,
very slowly, westward. 1t reached
here only a few years ago. About h
same time, too, the English and their
American cousins across the
wild waste of water bethought
them that there once lived a
race of men-the parent stock of their
own race-yclept the Anglo-Saxon;
and they bethought them that they
rude, yellow-haired, beef-goring bar
barians though they were-had the
good taste to give their slender
daughters with the skin of snow, eyes
of azure and hair OF gold, very pretty,
names. Why not dig out these
forgotten names again and stick them
the girls of the latter-day period?
Why not2 And it was done. And
thus, Edith, my dear, it is that you
bear your own pretty name. Thus it
is that on that pretty japanese tray
in the front hall Of your mammals
beautiful home you see SO many cards
with names beginning in Elfrida,
Gladys, Hertha, Adelgunda,
Waltruda, Edgarda, Aelwitha, Mel
Edmunda, Ethelreda and
Adelhyda,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
Girls Names.
the Chicaao Herald.

fTOht tHe CHtCdyO l1cFU%u.
'Mamma,n said little blue-eyed
Edith, shaking her long curls and
looking up with an amusingly puzzled
expression, ''why did people call their
little girls such dreadful names in
those daysYn
She had been reading aloud from a
book.
dreadful names, child? Why,
YOUR own mother has a dreadful
name as you would call it. Yet l
don't think Naomi is such a dreadful
name; mol is your grandmother's-
zipporah."
Eyes, but why did you get such
names, mamma? They sound SO odd
so awful odd.n
"Well, Edith, I don't know"
And so mamma, who is hone other
than Mrs. Naomi, the accomplished
and amiable wife of one of the shrewd-
est and most successful business men
in town, with a palatial home on
Michigan boulevard, sat down at her
es%cretoire of inlaid rosewood and
penned a few inquisitive lines in her
neat, old-fashioned handwriting.
Below an attempt is made to give
full and unbiased answer to her ques-
tions.
The resort to biblical names among
the women of this lard up to recent
years was undoubtedly due to the fer
vent %puritanical spirit pervading our
nation-or at least the New England
portion of it. Themale children were
given the names of Old Testament
heroes and the girl babies received
names that stood for types of early
Hebraic virtue, beauty and gentleness.
The puritan mind of New England had
in its sternness, austerity and inflexi-
BILE piety, something which would
more approximate to the Old than to
the New Testament-which had a
closer spiritual relationship with the
teachings and examples of Moses than
those of st. Paul. Hence the puri-
tan's pronounced liking for those old
biblical names. Glance over the rec
ord IN prose and verse of New Eng
land and you will find everywhere on
the pages, where women are men
toned, such names as Miriam, Salome.
Ruth. Bathsheba, Rebeckah, Sarah.
Hagar, Adah, Zillah, Eve, Rachael,
Leah, Judith, lamar, Deborah,
Dinah, Billah, and even Jezebel.
And, note the fact! These names,
many of them with a grand meaning,
have, too, a sonorous, full-toned
swing in them. They are as if made
to order to fit the women who wore
them-stately, rather severe in mien,
with no patience with their own
faults and no indulgence for those of
others.
The years went by, and other views,
other manners began to find their way
among the descendants of these wo-
men. Then it was we fell upon the
evil days which gave us the Sarah
James. the Mary Anus, the Martha
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
The Big Fight.

1t takes a good prize fight to stir up
the public. There seems to be some
innate principle in the human soul
which springs into activity in response
to the notion of physical violence.
We know-personally-of a highly
respectable clergyman who was greatly
excited ove the fight. He favored
Sullivan. One of the best bred and
most domestic young ladies we know
of was an ardent admirer of Kilrain.
Does anyone know a man, woman
or child who was not in a state of
nervous anticipation all day yester-
day. Crowds of girls stopped before
the bulletins to look for news. Gangs
of men assembled to discuss the prob
abilities. Judges whispered to their
clerks to know if the news of the re-
suit had come. Wives asked their
homecoming husbands how the for
tunes of the day had gone. Every
one had the fever.
And yet we are told that prize fight
ing is a brutal sport, wholly at vari-
ance with the spirit of the age.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
Infantile Scepticism.

The age is nothing if not skeptical,
and out of the mouths of babes and
stockings come nowadays the most un-
orthodox sentiments.
Little George has attained to the
mature age of seven, and having en-
Joyed the advantages of a pious educa-
ton he is well up in the theological
subtilities which it is in such a. course
of instruction felt proper to stuff into
young heads. His especial delight Is
in bringing them forward, tangled and
twisted, with the intent therein to en-
snare his worthy grandmother, who
holds to the faith of fifty years ago
with mistaken fidelity.
Grandmother, he said the other
day, ''you say that one has to give an
account for everything he says?"
Yes, George" she replied, sol
EMMY, ''for every idle word, even,
must give an account in judg-
ment."
"And you said, grandma, that all
the influence counts, too"
Yes, all the influence"
"Well, if l said something in a
room, and | didn't know there was
any one near enough to hear, it
wouldn't be fair to blame me if some
body was really in the next room
and heard me and vas made wicked"
But you shouldn't say things that
would make people wicked, even
when you are alone"
But it might not be anything
wicked" persisted the boy. Suppose
a man had made up his mind to steal
something and he didn't know where
it was, and | told where it was when
| didn't know he was there or meant
to steal. Would that be wicked?"
'Ofcourse not" was the not wholly
patient reply.
But it would not make him steal"
"Dsn't talk nonsense" the old lady
returned with majesty. Don't say
anything more unless you have some
thing sensible to ask"
But, grandma, if | should make
you provoked when l was only trying
to find out about these things, would
that be wicked?"
'Clara, "the prosecuted grandmother
said to the boys mother, who at this
point of the conversation entered the
room, 'sif you don't want that boy to
kill me | wish youwould send him out
to play.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09

the infant was sleeping, evidently full
of some deep design. The Countess
having perfectly assured herself that
the child really slept, took out a large
stone which she had concealed under
her shawl, and to the horror of the
nurse, who, like all persons of the
lower order in her country-indeed, in
most countries-was fully impressed
with an idea of the peculiar cunning
and malignity of dummies" raised it
with an intent to fling it down vehe-
mently. Before the nurse could inter
pose the Countess had flung the stone;
not, however, as the servant had APP
pretended, at the child, but on the
floor, where, of course, it made a great
noise. The child Immediately awoke
and cried. The Countess, who had
looked with maternal eagerness to the
result of her experiment, fell on her
knees in a transport of joy. She had
discovered that her child possessed the
sense of hearing which was wanting in
herself,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
Presentations at Court.

From the Illustrated London NeeUs.
American ladies who are presented
at court are naturally anxious to ac-
quit themselves with credit, and take
what are called presentation lessons"
from experts who attend to this i'm
portant branch of ''high-toned ETH
quette.n Her Majesty, SO the story
goes, is keenly particular that debu-
tantes should not display a careless or
negligent carriage. Next to the Queen
the Duchess of Teck, it appears, pos
sesses a commanding style of deport-
ment at the drawing rooms An
American lady who was somewhat
nervous about her debut took a
lesson, and her ''coachn told her she
must be careful not to seize the
Queens hand. "You must sweep your
hand round son-and she made a curve
in the air-"and be careful your nose
doesn't touch the Queens hand. Any
time can be given to the courtesy to
the Queen. Then you must courtesy
to each member of the royal family.
The Princess of Wales may be next
the Queen. Make a deep courtesy to
her and a shorter one to each Of the
Others, according to their. distance
from her Majesty. The regula-
ton number of courtesies is
six. Having finished saluting each
member of the royal family,
you back out quickly-still with a
gliding motion, to allow the other
ladies to advance. This backing out
is a succession of courtesies, with first
the right foot and then the lett foot
forward. You kick your skirts away
as you proceed" This lady coach sees
all her pupils in their full dress, when
she gives finishing directions. She
keeps trains four yards long for prac-
tice.
Lessons are required also for state
balls. A formality to be remembered
at the drawing-room is the mode of
conveying the ticket. This must be
carried in the left hand, with the
right hand glove between the third
and little finger. Ladies are permitted
to carry handkerchiefs. The ticket is
given up as the Lord Chamberlain
makes the announcement of the name,
and then the lady advances to the
Queen. This professor of department
stated that American ladies were
quick to learn the mode of proceed
ing and were not SO as young
English maidens who have spent most
of their time in the country. The
girls from the New World have
more chic than confidence. They look
Her Majesty well in the face without
finching. The Americans at the late
drawing-room were of the opinion
that Lady Dudley carried away the
honors by her superb bearing, her
magnificent costume and her rich dis
play of Jewels.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09

the station house has been equivalent
to a sentence of six months in the hos
pital On a diet of quinine without
whiskey, whether he is guilty OF inno-
cent.
1t does not appear that the persons
who have charge of the station houses
are remiss in their duty. In every
case the houses were found neat and
orderly, but failing in fundamental
necessities of construction and ar
rangements. The contemplated r
ton of new buildings is a necessity
and should be pushed rapidly to COM
pletion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
The Charter Hearing.

1t is marvellous how little popular
interest the hearing in the Charter
case before the Court of Errors and
Appeals has excited. The unani
nous decision of the Supreme Court
has SO settled the matter in the pop
ular mind that the possibility of a
reversal of that result is regarded as
out Of the question.
There is indeed very little fear of
any such reversal. The majority of
lawyers were always of opinion that
the law and the method of its con-
firmation were valid; the resistance
offered by the old officials, while nat
ural enough under the circumstances,
was generally regarded as useless.
The view taken by the Supreme Court
confirmed this impression, and really
killed the question as a matter of
popular controversy.
1t is hardly worth discussing the
effect of SO improbable an occurrence
as a reversal of the Supreme Court
action. But it may be remarked that
it would be a very serious blow to
public confidence, which has at last
begun to contemplate a possible bet
ter state of things in Jersey City.
The action of the Court of Errors,
however, in RELOCATING the whole ques-
ton to the next term, that is, prac-
tically, to next year, very clearly fore
shadows what the decision of the
Court will be. If there were any
reasonable chance Of the status quo
being altered, the Court would hardly
p%erpetuate it for months, rendering
an appeal to the people at the Fall
election impossible.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-09
ADvEaTIsEMEsEs uNgnn THE HEAD OF

MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
VIII be inserted in the JERSEY Cry NEWS and
cents a line fort first insertion; Jive cents a line
for each subsequent insertion.
DIED.
EARLE-At Jersey City Heights, on July Q, 18s9'
Frances NJ, wife of George S. Earle, aged thirty
Relatives and friends Of the family, also members
OF Eureka Council, No. 80 o. U. A. NJ, are respect
nesday, July 10, at eight O'Clock p. M, from her late
residence, No. $40 Newark avenue.
New York papers please COPY.
FENToN-Suddeniy, on July 7. 1889. Mt Hoboken, N
~ Fatrlck Il. Fentou, son Of Patrick and the late
Catharine Fenton, aged thirty three years.
funeral from his late residence, No. As Grand street,
on Wednesday afternoon, July 10, at half-past two
~LEoNARD-on Monday, July s. 1899. Ruth NJ, in
FAINT daughter Of John NJ. and Fannie Leonard,
aged three months and twelve days.
Funeral on "Wednesday, July 10, at two p. M, from
the residence of her parents, No. JOG Kearney
avenue.
sLATTERY-on Monday, July $ 1889. Margaret Stat
Ter OF Thomas and Jane Leonard, aged twenty
Relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully requested to attend her funeral on Wednes-
day, July 10, at nine O'Clock. a. M, from the resi-
St. M i6hiaf Church wH,ers a solemn hish mass Of
requiem will be offered up for the happy repose OF
her soul.
sCHRoEDER.-In this city, on July ., 1899, william,
son Of Henry and Gertrude Schroeder, aged one
year and six months.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend his funeral on Wednesday afternoon at half
past two o'clock from the residence of his parents,
No. 500 Jersey avenue.
WILSON July s, 1889, at his residence, No. II
Wilks street, Thomas HIN. Wilks, in his sixty
third year.
Lodge No. AZ, F. and A. NJ; Mount Vernon Chapter,
No. s. r. a. NJ, and Hudson Council. No. 521, A. L. If
H., are invited TO attend his funeral from the Ber-
gen Reformed Church, Bergen avenue, corner High
land, On Ihur rsday July u, at two 2. m:-