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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-24
ATHLETIC CLUB BICYCLlSTS

What tho "Outlook'' Says About Ii
Wheeling Division OF the j. G. A, c.
SIGNS of increasing activity are notice
able among our wheelmen. AS the sea-
son advances the roads are gradually
assuming their normal condition. and
boys are quick to take advantage OF 1t.
Those who are fortunate enough TO nave
purchased new wheels and those less
fortunate may be seen on the road any
pleasant afternoon. Some OF y boys
are entered for the Milburn-Irvinaton
Road Race on May 30th. and IN conse-
auepca are In active training. the rest
are with theua, as Is manifested oy the
project proposed by one OF the mem0erss
that of repeating the Taliy,Ho riae 81
two years ago. This ride Win propaDty
be remembered with a gree. qsat
of pleasure by those who participated, a.
1t was a big success. For the dement, Of
those who were not with us at that time,
we would state that it Is proposed TO nlre
q large tally-ho coach and horses, With
guard and whip, drive to MtiPurn, ana
see the races. aud then to Orange for dfu-
Der. Tit coach 70 De occupiea py sny
IL will probably leave the club house at
nine O'Clock In the morning, accompanied,
by the members OF the division on their
wbeeis. The coach will hold abuut
twenty. II we can't get you all IN one
coach, we'll have two.
The date of the annual election OF
officers Of the division is almost at hand,
aad the members are talking OF adopting
d system now in vogue in several other
ORGANIZATIONS. That Of abolishing the
present staff of officers. and, insread,
electing q Chairman, Secretary. Treasurer
and Color Bearer for the year, and g road
committee. consisting Of three members
OF tbs division tue first month, and put
ting q new man on each month there
after, thus each man will serve only
three months on the committee. and will
not have a chance TO get Tired OF
IL, as formerly. This will give
every one O chance and keep the
the Interest alive. The said committee TO
lay out the schedule Of runs for the
month, aud take charge of same. It's
also proposed that we have a small assess
inept Tor the purpose Of creating a fund
to defrav the expenses of prizes which ii
Ia proposed to offer, n If there is enough
left at the end OF the year, we could have
a dinner. Think this over, aud when you
attend the meeting, come prepared to give
as your opinion. The Committee are
working TOR the success of this division.
and It Il hoped that every member will
interest himself personally In its welfare.
Outlook,
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
~ the Office of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners on Noaiay, May lst, 1898, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, for a New Supply OF Water to be de-
livered into the reservoir of the Jersey City Water
Works at Bellevilie.
Form OF proposal to be as follows
Zach proposal to state the source from which the
water is intended TO be taken, and the price per
1mum basis Of twenty-five millions OF gallons
daily, but the storage capacity. water supply and
pipes or conduits 10 be OF Sufficient capactts for
the delivery of NOT less than fifty millions OF gal
Ions daily at all seasons, IL SO much shall be re-
CURED. Each proposal TO state the general plans
upon which the whole undertaking Is proposed to
will enable the city authorities 60 determine which
may be for the best tnterests OF the city. The
water must be naturally pure and wholesome
ANY contract must contain q provision whereby
source and works consDlete, and the supply must
be independent and exclusive Tor Jersey City.
Each bidder VIII be required TO accompany his
proposal with a good and sufficient bond in the
faithful performances of the contract
Proposals to be enclosed in sealed envelopes
rected to the Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners, and handed to the Clork OF the Board in
open meeting. when called for in the order Of
Inc attention of bidders Is especially called to
Section Z, Chapter 1SA, Laws of 1891, under the terms
whereof no contract shall be- binding upon the
city or become effective or operative until the
bondsmen offered BY the contractorh avs oesn APP
proved by tnts Board and the Corporation Coun-
sci. the President Of this Board haviag power TO
examine the proposed bondsnsn uude oath: The
posals, IL deemed for the best Interests Of the city
By y order Of the Board or street and water Com
gro. r. RoUToN,
Dated jersey City, ApriIlsth. 1854.
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STERCKx's QUEER ACTIONS.
Endeavored to Secure From y Hoboker
Savings JnstitutiDn Bonds ON Forged

Endeavored to Secure From y Hoboken
Savings Institution Bonds on Forged
kilograms.
Alphonse Sterckx, of No. (old) 1854
Washington street. Hoboken, and em-
ployed o. a musician at Jacobs Newark
Theatre was arrested In Hoboken at
400 today. charged with presenting
forged telegrams to Cashier Oakley, Of
The Hudson Trust and Savings Instiiu-.
tiqn, Tor the purpose of securing
SOME bonds held by the company
Tor a loan made Sterckx some two
months ago. The Inan was made Sterckx
on Representation Of reputable Hoboken
eitizenr, aud bonds of q Mexican mining
company were given as collateral. When
demkpdWas made for the money six
weeks ago. Sterckx was unable to
meet Il. and the bou1s were sent to the
Gentrafsgrust Company OK New York for
q justinent. Sterckx seemed very anx-
ions to secure the houds, and this morn
ing presented the cashier with q telegram
pufpprling to cunye from Richard.
son. and Dart Of Mexico, say
Ing they would take up the
bonds 1nyestfgatton proved che tele-
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gram a forgery, and when Sterckx, ac-
companied by the cashier. went the
second time to the telegraph of5ce,
Sterckx snatched the telegram frnm Oak
ley. audran from thepfacestearing the teie-
gram as ne ran. Oakley followed, and. at
River and Third streets, Ronndsmsn
Cross caught the fugitive. He was ar
held for further examinations
He had purchased Of Major Phif'hert
his place of business on Hudson sfreet
for S11, 900, aud the first note for $4,000
was offered for discount this morning.
It was Endorsed by General B. r. Hem, Of
New York, aud Oscar Kreig, the owner Of
the Nonpareil, at Newark and Erie
streets. When Sterckx's arrest became
known the bank refused to discount the
note. In Sterckx's possession were found
a number of pawn tickets.
Sterckx had also shown the cashier q
cablegram from an aunt Ia Paris telling
him he had fallen heir to consider able
property. j.
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WORN OUT B0VLERS
Meagre Scores We're Rolled
But Jersey City Won
Both Games.
GAELIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
Ehamrocks We're Beaten BY the
Mitchells-Wheel, Rifle
and Bat.
GAELIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

Two Y. N. c. A. League games were
won by the Jersey City team, on Satur-
day night. by meagre scores. Tine bowl
iAg was on the home cluo's alleys. Rud-
dick has a sore thumb and was unabjet TO
roll the ball. Bush was substituted. hs
made an excellent score in the first game,
and with Faulkner saved the game.
Kewkirk of the visiting team rolled over
200 in this contest. but his club mates
were weak in hurting the ball. aud were
beaten by 50 pins.
The scores were more in the second
game. Ensor was the only man on the
team who had command Of the ball.
Cornell just grazed the average, but the
others had small figures. The team
average was only 145. yet they won by "a
pins. Not one of the Harlem team reach
ed the $50 mark. Newkirk was only one
below il. In both games the home team
had the advantage from the opeuing, aud
maintained it to the end. The scores:-
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ALONG THE SHORE.
Activity at the Several Yacht Club
Houses.

Activity at the Several Yacht Club
Houses.
Commodore Simmons of the Green-
Vile Yacht Club has his catboat Lucy In
commission. Capt. Permission Of the
same club put his catboat Phoebe over
board on Saturday.
Several Of The boats belonging to MEM
begs Of the New Jersey Yacht Club at
the Eiysiap Fields, Hoboksn, are ready
for the water. Tho catboat Lottie, owned
BY Capt. Drew, will be the first % slide
from the ways,
Garrett Van Horne, OF the jersey City
Yacht CLUB, Is tlrhvtng many improve
mepts made to his sloop Bessie.
The uarht4a.s launch Lark, owned by
Colonel JohuHJ. Toffey, is being fitted
out at the anchorage of the Jersey City
Yacht Club. She Is said to be u Of she
The Pavonla Yacht Club appointed the
following Anchorage Committee at its
last NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roe and Robert
Mcfarland. One hundred piles have
been puronased. aud these will be driven
ia front OF the CITY Clubhouse. One pile
will be allotted to each boat. o they
will be placed far enough apart to allow
attached to each pile, and the assign
ments for places are TO be designated by
the Anchorage Committee. !.
Commodore Grover of the Newark
Yacht Club expects a lively season with
the w~hite-winged craft. The club house
on the Newark Bay shore was opened yes
ferday, and the first boat of the feet to
take up anchor was the Arrow, with
Vice-Commodore johnson and a party of
friends on board. They enjoyed the sail
very much. i
Tine Pavonia Yacht Club has chartered
the iron steamboat Cygnus for Thursday
next to see the naval parade. There will
be room for a few Jersey City folk who
desire 60 60. as a limited number Of
tickets have been offered for sale.
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CYCLING CHAT.
Several RIMS Yesterday-Kluge Train.
ing for the Milburn Race.

Several Runs observation-disclosures Train.
ing for the n1ilburn Race.
Several OF the s'bike' kickers of the
O'NeiIi Association took a run yesterday
to Coney leland.
Osmsnd came from England without
the necessary CREDENTIALS, and cannot
compete 10 amateur races until the prop
eriy attested certificate that he is al anna
teux arrives.
The racing board of the L. A. w, has
appointed H. E. Raymope to take charge
OF the New Jersey and New York dis
trict.
The Castle Point Cyclers had a run
yesterday to Lyndhurst.
The Palma Wheelmen were out yester-
day. NC club run was bulletined,
Charley Kluge will participate In the
Decoration Daytace at Miiburn, and MAKE
an effort to lower the record. He will be
one of the scratch men. The handicap
limit this yea will be twelve minutes.
Kiuge held the record until two years
ago. Hall and Murphy will probably be
at the scratch with him.
A ten-mile road race will be held on
June 10. open to all riders, lp Union
county.
The Long Island Wheelmen are look
ing about for o country clubhouse in the
vicinity Of Bath Beach or Bay Hidge.
A - DNASx - NaQtAalCa QCCOsoV6llQA IA
A. Zimmerman TO the steamer Auraia
Saturday morning when he sailed for
England.
w. S. Campbell. the Riverside racer,
expects to compete in the Martin road
race on May 30. William Van Wagner,
the long distance rider, will be 9 starter.
The Mercer County Wheelmeu of
Trenton will mold the annual meeting OF
the New Jersey division or the League or
American Wheeimen at Trenton this
Summer.
The wheelmen of Buffalo have issued d
challenge TO the Chicago wheelmen for d
twenty-five mile team race, to be held on
June s. at Detroit, twenty-five men 20
constitute 3 team. I
Harry Wheeler has returned from
Savannah; where he has been training
for the past month. AT the recent meet
Jog of the Savannah Wheelmen, Wheeler
defeated Zimmerman IN three races.
Tue Bayonne Rambiers have Just been
o~reauiaed, The officers are:-Pfesident.,
Secretary. Miss Annie Smith; Treasurer,
7. Iffenbnry; Captain, Edward Book
hover; LieuIenante, H. 9. Ooiville aud
ID. A.. Potter, The club contemplateE
joining the N. J.. G. in a body.
johnson the famous cycler, And
Wheeler fha crack rider who defeated
Zitnmayn1an at Savannah last week, have
wired their entries for the championship
meeting Of the Bay State Bicycis Club,
May 2 saph 90, and will ride both days.
It IS probable that many other notabIes
will enter; In fact some have already
siCniled tpeir Intentions TO be here. The
prizes are unusally costly. aggregating in
value several Thousand dollars.
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strike. Spares aud Breaks

aF H. t0et
The Hudson County tournament will be con-
tinued this evening at Major Phillbert's alleys,
Hohokep. The Hour, Pioneer and Night Owl
teams will bowl /.
Holden viii bowl this evening in the Individual
tourney against Sievers and Frsrcks. Holden Is
fourth in the average score, but Is tenth on the
list with 8 victories and 8 defeats. His average
is III.
The New Jersey B. c. won 2 and lost 10 games
in the A. A. B. G.. tourney and finished at the
end OF the list.
The Monday Night Club Of the J. c. A. G..
will have q supper on May 8. The prizes will
be awarded Team No. 8 composed Of Messrs.
Hoyt, Kiumpp. Clark. A. Smith and Brock, won
the team honors and Prof. Hoyt the prize for
the best average.
Y. NC. A. 6owiers appear to be bowled out.
A league game will be rolled tonight on the
Madison avenue alleys. The visitors will be
from Twenty-third street.
The County tourney will close next week. The
Spartans win win first prize.
Catholic bowlers are striving hard to win the
cup donated by Rev. Father Kelly.
Games viii be rolled this evening in the indi.
vidual tournament at the Peoples Palace
alleys
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WILD PITCHING--WEAK FIELDING.

Lost . Game Fer Stevens High School
In the Intsrscholastic League.
The baseball team of Stevens High
School was defeated at Prospect PARK on
Saturday by the Adelphi Clubs team.
The pitching and fielding of the Hohoken
team vas weak. Eleven men were
given first on balls and the Brooklyn
boys made q dozen runs on half a dozen
hits. Randolph was SO wild thai be
was taken out of the box, but Willard
was equally as bad. The score
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JERSEY WON.

A Hoboken Team Defeated the Sixty
Ninth Regiment Team.
The team of the Friday Night Club Of
Hoboksn went to New York on Saturday
night and won a shoot on the range at
the Armory of the Sixty-Ninth Regi-
mene. Their opponents were the cracxs
of the Union Club, which is composed of
members of the regiment. The teams
were composed of eleven men, and the
HobokeniIes won by thirtY-lve points.
The sc0res:-
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STEVENS

Earned runs--Adelph1G
First base BY errors-&deiphi 9. stavens /.
(: Left on b~ases-Adelpht 9. Stevens 8.
First base on nalls-on Pfarre l.. of Randolph 4,
strpck oat-ay Pfarre I. by Randolph l. by NIL
badrldce hit-Hutcbins.
Stolen bases-Edgar 8. Butler 8, Pfarre, Hodgson
n, Iarr.
Hit By Pitcher-ByP farre L
pmptre-Mnnson.
dfma-ysn
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Am.rious Athlete. Elect omoers.

The Americus Athletic Association of West
Hoboken have elected the following officers:
President, S. Fisk; Vice President. William
Seller; Treasurer, william Gill; Presiding Secre-
William Seller VIM manage the baseball and
football teams. The captain Of the football
team Is +. f.. Bright. Oscar Alces will captain
the baseball team. w. e. Gill has been placed
In charge Of the tennis department. The QUOT
field viii be taken care of by H.. Frank. The
wheeling division will have George Seller for
captain and Oscar Alces as lieutenant. +. 4.
Bright will captain the cricket team.
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Playing Tor Prizes.

VuItee leads in the competition for the
prize for the seven highest scores At pool
he will have the highest possible total.
lie now has six runs Of Is. the maxifanm,
and one of IA. Pearson follows with i've
OF Is aud pne of II. Beaie Is next with
fonr Of Is aud one OF IA.
For the prize for the greatest number
Of balls Oh the break Pearson Il ID TOP.
with fnurg
Ihers il no change r. the record for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-24

The Weak Batting Of Wesleyan Saved
Them From Defeat.
Princeton's baseball tsap polished off
She Wesleyan team, at Princeton, on
Saturday. The orange and black players
gave a poor exhibition OF fielding. The
inability of the Wesleyans to hit the ball
prevented them from winning. as they
exeelied in field work by many points.
The score:- E
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ME8Fnod funs-Prlnc0tQn, 2
Left on bsses-wssleyan. 6; Princeton, 2.
Home run-Payne. &A
Three-base hit-AcKe axle. %ss9@
fwo-oase Payne
Stolen b~ases-PTiudel TON, 4; Wesleyan, 2.
double lay-0unster. King and Otto.
Bases on bslIs-OG Frost, son 6. Tirren, 5; on
Woodcock. 8; of Forsyth,
hit By ball TreBchRrd
struck oue-By Forsyth, s; by Frost, 8; sy 6. Tir-
feIl, s..
Fasssd balls-Trenchard. J.; TIrrell&
Wild pitcH-Tirreu.
me-2:l5
Umpire-CampbelL
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EMMETS BEAT WOLFE TONES
TIE Emmets aud Wolfe Tones also
played, The latter failed to score, while
the Emmets nude 5 points. The teams
Weres-
Eapief-J. dunno, goal: r. W. Ahern,
Burke, full backs; Captain Dee, Scan
Ian, half hacks; O'Connor. D. Lowery.
sentTe;C 6. Mooney, ). Condor, j. Kelly.
left wing: McManus. right wing.
Wolfe Toned. Liddy. goal; Murphy,
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THE JERSEY cry JEWS, MONDAY, APRIL "a, 1893.

the bottle pool prize. Vultee leads, with
brown and Msckellar close.
The best rnns recorded at the three
ball game are: w. Barricklo, Is; w.
Clarke, 10; Joe Farmer. g..
The best runs registered at the four
ball game are: r. w. Elliott, 8, s; R. G.
HonhHm, s.. s., s. 8.
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J. Liddy, ]. HineheY. full hacks; Hurley.
p. Cortett. half backs; P. Burke, U. Cor
bstt, centre; Quinlan. Fitzpatrick, Burns,
Iiynes. j. LYONS, forwards; Conghlan,
left wing; J. Liddy, right wing.
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GAELIC FOOTBALL.

Ehamrocks of This City Defeated by the
MitcIells OF brooklyn.
The Shamrock team Of this city played
the first of the games for the chaupion-
ship OF the Gaelic A. A. at Ridgewood
yesterday. They met and were beaten
by the John Mitchell team OF BROOKLYN.
The latter won by the superb play OF
Buckley, who shot two goals. The score
was Mitchells 2 goals and3 points. The
Shamrocks secured three points. The
teams were:-
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Ramsay, W. T.. Turner and A. Prior lead in
the Individual bowling tournament at the
Peoples Palace. The scores on Saturday night
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-24

DIR. E. T. Hanks begs to say to his
old friends and patrons that he can
be seen professionally every day by
appointment at his old Office York
and Grove street, jersey City. 4
While our prices are reasonable and
just for rubber work, it lnust not be
taken for granted that we do not do
work of a finer grade. The gold fill
ings, gold plates and gold crowns pro-
duced here will satisfy the most fas-
tidious.
HANKS DENTAL ASSOCIATION
JERSEY City, York. cor. Grove st.
NEW YORK, 205 9th. Ave, cor.
Nth Street.
BROOKLYN, AIS Fulton Street.
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PRINCET0N'S POOR PLAYING.

scoRB By YRAAKs.
Jersey Ctty.....7s Isl IA 82s ss5 G55 521 SOL 656 rs
Harlem 50 la eAl 26s $40 40S AIS 5s 6l1 vi
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Thursday, April 9TH, 1893,

AC s.oO CLOCK Z. W..
Copies Of the conditions under which the pro-
posals must be made, plans and specifications OF
The work and form Of the contract and Bond re-
quired can be examined at toe of1fee OF the Clerk
OF the Board of Chosen Freeholders or az the
office OF the Chief Engineer Of the new PUBLIC
Road, Fuller Building, Jersey City, where also ell
other Information can be obtained, including the
amount and character of Sc. urity required.
Further notice is hereby given thas the WORK
above mentioned with the contracts and obiigar
tions to be made therefor, are to be done under
aud in pursuance OF an act entitled, AN act TO
authorize the Board OF Chosen Freoholders OF any
of the several counties of this state. to lay out.
open and construct, improve and maintain q pub
lie road therein,' approved Aprll q, 1885. ana the
acts supplementary thereto and amendatory
thereof.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified
check or a deposit of money and bonds for the
faithful performan Q OF the work and to. fndem-
Nifty the county, will be required OF the successful
bidder.
BY order OF the Boa-d of Chosen Freeholders.
JOHN BOYD,
Clerk.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-02
To Stop senmen rrom pese..lnr.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The annual
meeting OF the chamber of shipping OF
the United Kingdom commenced To.
day. Among the resolutions intro
ducod was one requesting that the
bosrd o: trade try 10 secure conyen-
ton with the United states govern
ment and Great Britain to stop
crimping and prevent the desertion OF
British seamen in United States ports.
IL IL complained that at San FrauciaoO
Ia particular orimping is carried on to
an extent most Injurious 10 the British
mercantile marine. Boarding masters
10 aboard Incoming ships and tempt
men ashore, where In a certain class az
boarding houses the crews are kept
and piled with liquor. After the
vessel IL discharged and the outward
cargo tsken In, the boardiDgmastor
boards the ships and practically sells
the men back TO tho master nj an OK
brilliant charge.
Efforts, II is stated, have been made
many times during the past ten years
TO conclude n convention against
crlmping with the United States, and
Mr.. Chamberlain, when In America,
was almost successful In carrying the
convention through.
The resolution was brought forward
by the General Ship Ownera' society OF
London with entire concurrence OF tho
British board.
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A Ncw Tclepnono company.

CHICAGO, Feb. la now telephone
company with ambitious plans. capital
stock OF SsO, 100000, aud two men OF
national celebrity Ia the directory was
incorporated at spring field today. Tho
name OF the company Is the Harrison
International Telephone company,
aud tbs two conspicuous members OF
the directory are Major William War
nur, ex.commonder-in .chief Of the
q. A, r., and Richard o. KeaEns, tho
well.known railroad Inasnato and
MiBsouri's member OF the Republican
national committee. Among the di-
rectors is DIR. IL. NJ. Harrison OF Fort
Smith, AK, the inventor OF the teie-
phone. The Harrison patent is one
which was some time ago involved in
u lawsuit with the Bell TolepOne cons
pauy, anu the INST ono IN which the
latter company ever suffered defeat.
The incorporatots claim they can give
service for half the rates now charged.
They propose 10 commence active
operations ut once, aud on a very large
scale.