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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
Am Extrs Nession prrb.hle.

The chances that Mr.. Cleveland
will be compelled to call an extra
session OF the Fifty-third Congress
have grown materially In the past
few weeks. It is known that he Ii
as much opposed to this course as he
has been at any time since his cleo
tion, but the conduct Of his party
friends In Congress apparently Will
make it necessary. Work In. both
branches OF that body Is far behind.
hand, and the prosperts that tlS0
most Urgent part Of 1t can be pushed
ahead and disposed OF in the few re-
naming weeks OF the term are not
bright. Seemingly there Is no Ointel-
ligent disposition on the part OF the
Democratic leaders in either House
or Senate to hurry legislation for
ward. The chief sinners In this re-
spect are the House Democrats, for
in that body they hold q majority Of
about three-fourths OF the whole
chamber, and they are In a position
to work their will without any seri-
Gus obstruction from the Republi-
cans, even II the Republicans were
disposed to be obstructive, which
they are not. There Is dan
ger that some of the appropri-
tion bills may fail Of passage, they
are SO far behind, and the work OF
preparing them and pushing them
ahead is SO slow. IT some OF them
do not fail 1t will be because, In the
closing days OF the session, they have
been hurried through without time
for discussion or consideration. Leg
islation OF this sort has frequently
been put of Intentionally, but this
has usually been done by a Congress
opposed politically to the President,
and for the purpose OF hampering
and embarrassing him. In the pres
ent instance, however, the branch OF
Congress which is responsible for the
delay belongs to the same party as
the incoming President.
An extra session, especially II 1t
should be called early, as it would
have to be II any Of the appropriation
bills should fail OF passage in the
next few weeks, would seriously inn
pede and disturb Mr.. Cleveland, and
lead to a reaction In sentiment
against. his party. 1t Is we'll known
that he desires to have his hands
free for the first six or eight months
OF his term, so that he can get his
administration fairly launched before
he is compelled to give much atten-
tion to legislation. Globe Democrat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
Girls Confined and Mistreated.

DULUTH, Mimi, special: Two girls,
one of them only about 16, and tell a
sensational story Of the treatment they
received at stoekade near Grand
Rapids, Mimi, 6 notorious dance house
OF the worst character, run by man
named Frank Cal. The place was
formerly kept by the notorious Frank
Lewis. According to the story of the
two girls there are sixteen others In the
dancehouse, many of whom are ex-
tremely young. If the girls refuse to
do as they are told they are whipped
and beaten. The house is over mile
from settlement and the girls can
escape only by wading through the
snow. even if they can avoid tho dogs
and men who are there to prevent
them. The girls claim to be from
Minneapolis and refuse to give their
true names. Their story is sub
stant!ated in part by conductors on the
Duluth and Winnipeg Road, who say
humorous girls have been taken to
Grand Rapids by men who afterward
returned alone.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
Troubles In San Domingo.

Troubles In San Domingo.
MADRID special: The Minister OF the
colonies has received dispatch from
Cuba stating that there is great excite
ment in San Domingo in conse luence
OF the concession ct the customs, with
an accompanying grant of land, to an
American syndicate. President Her.
reaux OF San Domingo is said In the
Spanish adviceS TO be tercely de-
nounced by the people. and that there
are all the signs o. revolution. A
Spanish war vessel has gone there from
cuba. The telegram hints at interfer-
ence by the United States in the affairs
OF san Domingo. and Spain Is now
seeking information on this point be-
Tore sending u protest to Washington.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24

In our country alone today there
are 1000 electric light plants, and
5000, 900 incandescent lamps are In
use, to say nothing OF the scores 0f
thousands OF arc lights. The capital
already invested in TIL Sc light plants
is $500, 600, 900. Before the intro1uc-
tion Of electric lighting the consump-
tion OF gas doubled every ten years,
but 1t had doubled within the last
seven years The electric light has,
strange to say, actually Increased the
consumption OF gas. The brilliant
electric light In all establishments
(where both methods OF lighting are
used) causes users to turn on ail the
gas that will fiow in order to obtain
something nearer akin to the bright
electric light.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24

and In view Of the radical SrefOrmss
they propose to undertake, together
with the socialistic vagaries with
which their allies are infected, it To-
not strange that the nation Awaits
the coming wholesale change with
dread. Whatever mischief follows
there will be no question as to where
the blame for 1t lies. New York
pfpsa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
Fatal Boiler Exp1osIOn.

WEST LIND, Mo-, special: The boiler
in the grain elevator OF Mccormick &
Jones exploded. Robert Davis and Z.
c. Mcmillan were killed, and Nelson
Mccormick mortally hurt Two other
employees wete less seriously injured.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24

THE practical uses to which clec-
tricity Ii now largely put are trans
mitting intelligence By the telegraph
and the telephone, giving signals and
alarms of many sorts, the transmits
sion OF mechanical power over con-
siderable distances, to run machinery
and propel cars, transforming me
chanical power into light and hest,
the reduction Of ores, and tho depo.
sition Of metals.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
CAUGHT IN TRANSIT
NEWS JOTTED Down AS IT
TRANSFERRED.
NEWS In A NUTSHELL.
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD.

The People Of San Domingo DO Not
Relish the Sale Of Land to a Syndicate
OF Americans-Burglar Enter PENN
sylvania Bank.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24

PIrTspuRG special: The jury found
Hugh UDonnell not guilty OF murder
for his connection with the Home
stead riots.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
What Might Happen.

If one stands in the vicinity of
the trolley road and watches the
swiftly approaching car, the flashes
of blue light which fly from the
overhead wire whenever the troll
lev passes over the iron connec-
tions at every pole must command
his attention, for this indicates but
family the enormous power which
is located in that surcharged cop
per wire. The hum and whirr of
the car as it approaches, and
which grows into wall like that
described in the wierd and ghostly
tales of fiction as belonging to the
spirits consigned to the inferno, is
one of the effects of the released
giants of electricity when set free
from its labor of propulsion. We
have sometimes thought of what
might happen to the crowded back
platform when that overhead wire
becomes so thin as to break and
fall upon the car and re-establish
the circuit, with human beings as
the means of making the connec-
ton.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
Without Foundation.

The statement which has been
going the rounds of the press con-
cerning the appointments of news
paper men to federal offices is met
by a repeater, as the term is.
President Cleveland has denied
the truth of the report, and it is a
very wise thing to do, for the po-
sition assumed by the Chief Exc
cutive in such a course would be at
variance with his usual discretion
and judgment. Newspaper men,
from editors to reporters, are a
very excellent class from which to
make selections, and the criticism
which was advanced that the press
would thus be subsidized has no
weight in this country. We are
gratified to find the statement is
without foundation.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
Give Us a Tip on the News.

Did you ever stop to think what
tireless letter the local paper is !?
Week after week it goes on re-
cording the marriages, births,
deaths, and telling. of the coming
and going of the people ofits town,
and business successes and fail
ures, accidents, crops, improve
ments-in fact, events of all kinds.
Undertake to write letter each
week to all your friends and tell
half the news your local paper
gives, and you will soon give up in
despair. But with the newspaper
it is business. People should re-
cognize this and take pleasure in
giving newspaper man the news
items he would otherwise never
learn.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
Gave Deeds Instead of Mort
cages.

(From the N. Y. Herald, Mar. 2a, 'o3)
George P. Rust, a New Jersey
lawyer, is accused of having by
fraud deprived a client of land
valued at S2S,5oo. The accuser is
William Levy, real estate dealer,
who brought a suit before Vice
Chancellor Potney at Jersey City,
yesterday.
Levy alleges that on April /,
1891, he bought a tract of land in
Lodi, for $500 and borrowed $500
from Rust, on whose advice he put
the deed in the name of Rnst's
brother instead of giving a mort
gage. The understanding was
that when the loan was returned
the deed would be destroyed. In
the same way he bought land in
Passaic for $40, 900 and borrowed
$2,7oo. He declares that he paid
back all the loans, with a hand
some bonus.
He learned last July that instead
of destroying the deeds Rust had
filed them and had erased the
name of Levy's wife, so that the
deeds appeared to have been exc
cuted by Levy alone Rust claims
that he entered into real estate
speculation with Levy. He sup
piled the capital and Levy did the
work The case will occupy the
attention of the Court for several
days.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
PAssAIc CITY. N. J., SATURDAY, MARCH 25 1898
ways, andthe meeting adjourned

ways, andthe meeting adjourned
at o.3o.
Mr.. Slater was Immediately
beseiged by his friends who ex
tended their congratulations and
pledged their support at the poles.
AS Mr.. Slater received the nom
ination fair and square the cooler
heads among the Brown faction
should not encourage the thought
of making split in the party nor
are we willing to believed that
Mayor Brown will allow his name
to be used in that connection.
The Executive Committee will
meet at Rettinger's Tuesday even
ing.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
One Editor but No Lawyer.

Somebody says that there is
said to be one editor in heaven.
How he got there is not positively
known. but it is conjectured that
he passed himself for minister
and stepped in unsuspected. When
the dodge was discovered they
searched the realms of felicity IN
all their length and breadth for a
lawyer to draw up the papers for
his ejectment, but they couldn't
find one and of course he held the
fort.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
COUNCILMANIC NOTES.

The ordinance for improving
Albion street was laid on the
table.
The Inspector of Sewers, on mo-
tion of Councilman Scott, received
an increase of $500 month in his
salary.
General Spencer offered a reso-
luton in reference to regulating
the speed of electric cars on our
streets and also for an improved
form of platform.
Three notes, aggregating ST.
900, were ordered drawn for dis
count.
A fire alarm box was ordered
placed in the Okonite Mill.
An ordinance to vacate Bennett
street passed, as also did the ordi-
nance to divide the Second Ward
into two districts.
The effort to issue $45,o 900 OF
street and sewer bonds was
knocked out by the persistent op-
position of Messrs. Clark, Roscoe
and Streckfuss.
The ordinance to improve
Offord street passed its third read
ing.
The ordinance to improve South
avenue was laid on table till first
meeting of the new Council.
The Council adjourned to meet
again next Monday night.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

Mr.. Adrian Norman has moved
his express and forwarding office
to the building next to the Steam
Laundry on Prospect street re-
Gently vacated by Fred. Clough.
About April Ist the Acme Shoe
Co. will remove to one of Soule
Bros new stores on Prospect
street next door to the entrance of
DR.. Rice's Office. The Company
will have neat Office. and the
workrooin will be separated by a
glass and wood partition.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
a SCARCITY OF HOUSES.
The Reason why House-Hunters Are
Having Trouble.

Do you know that this year is,
and will be the hardest one for
house-hunters to find suitable
houses to rent since I've been in
business" said a prominent real
estate agent in conversation with
a RECORD reporter, recently. On
the newspaper man inquiring the
reason for such surprising state
ment, the agent continued: "Last
year at this time while ] had az
houses to rent, here and elsewhere,
now | have only 13. The reason
for this scarcity of rentable houses
is obvious. You remem Der during
the cholera scare in New York
last autumn, how Metropolitanites
stayed over their accustomed time
in suburban places, until the dan
ger in the city was over? Well,
the same fear of cholera is respon-
sib1e for this drought of houses. 1t
has been predicted and is believed
by many that the cholera will
again be seeking admittance at
Uncle Sans gates the coming
summer, and for this reason our
summer residents have held on to
their houses during the winter,
and great many who are not in
thehabit of maintaining out of town
homes have secured houses, so as to
have place to flee to, on the first
cholera alarm. You will see
great influx of city people in the
rural districts if the plague reaches
our shores.
This piece of information by one
who knows is timely, and explains
the trouble house-hunters are hav-
ing in finding suitable residences.
1t is likely that many will have to
be satisfied with their present
abode for another year, at least. It
is we'll known fact that prefer
ence is frequently given over local
residents to city people by house
owners who appreciate the high
rents willingly paid by those who
come to partake of the bounties
which nature with lavish hand
has laid everywhere within SO
miles of New York.
One thing that Passaic needs is
becoming more apparent daily,
that is, more houses. The steady
increase of our manufacturing in
terests, bringing as it does many
people to the town, demands this,
and the man who has the capital
and enterprise necessary to erect
cheap, substantial, cottages, such as
are needed by our steadily growing
working population, will reap a
harvest There is plenty of land
lying idle in and about Passaic ne
cessary for the project. but where
is the man with enterprise enough
to undertake it !?
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
The Difference.

The proprietor of the Nescs sits
in his private Office and directs his
editor what to say.
The proprietor of the RECORD,
when not at his desk, puts on an
apron and soils his hands at honest
mechanical work.
The campaign revclved it's
self into an effort on the part of
the strong to crush the weak.
Both, however, have a right to
live, and will probably continue to
do so
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
Notice to Commuters.

Nj. D. l. Roberts, General Pas
senger Agent of the Erie r. r.,
has very properly issued the fol-
lowing:
. To Tucker A gents and Conductors
As Communication tickets are now on
sale at line stations. thus rendering it un-
necessary for commuters to come to Jer-
sey City or New York for the purpose of
purchasing their tickets, therefore, on
and after April Ist, 1898. regular and
school monthly Communication tickets will
be good only within the calendar month
for which issued, and the privilege at
present allowed, whereby commuters are
carried to New York on the first day of
each month on presentation of previous
months tickets. will be discontinued
The REcoRD--One dollar year
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

THE RECORDS" CANDI-
DATE WINS.
Irrespective of Popular or
unpopular Politicians the
Citizens Nominate their
Man.
Crowds and Excitement AT all the
Primaries.

The battle at the primaries has
been fought and won, and the REC
oRD's candidate. Mr.. John J..
Slater, received the endorsement
of the citizens. The Brownies
fought hard, however, and the con
test was close one The prima-
ries were the largest ever held in
the city, over 1900 votes being
polled Instead of primary in
the First Ward there was a clam
oring crowd Of four or FIVE hun
dred people all of whom wanted to
be at the head of the caucus The
result was split
The crowd in the Second Ward
was equally big and noisy, but
free from quarrelling. The Ward
went for Brown by majority of
8, Mr.. Slater getting one delegate.
In Mayor Browns own Ward,
the Third, at Linden Hose House,
there was more than full house,
although many Of the voters of the
Ward were not present. When the
balloting was done and the inspec-
tors announced "Slater by d."
Mr.. Browns hopes began to sink !;
he expressed himself as believing
that his defeat was due to gross
carelessness rather than to the will
of the people and in a short time
he retired, with one or two friends,
to learn the result in the other
wards.
In the Fourth Ward Mr.. Slater
secured a majority of 60, and the
victory was won.
In the Second Ward Mr.. J. H.
Roscoe was renominated for Coun-
Gilman by acclamation, for three
years. Mr.. Roscoe is one of the
best men who ever occupied seat
in the Council. R. D. Cater was
elected for the unexpired term of
ex-Councilman Swain. Andrew
Foulds was named for school trus-
tee.
Cornelius Kevit was elected
Councilman, and L. B. Carr school
trustee, IN the Third.
The Fourth Ward named John
Hamilton for Councilman, and S.
7. Post School Trustee.
Naturally Mr.. Skaters friends
are jubilant over success which
was attained in spite of bitter,
underhand opposition.
There was some repeating and
fraudulent voters at the polls, but
this will continue to be as long as
the present antiquated mode of
nominating city officers is in
vogue.
Vixen the battle at the polls on
April II has been fought and won,
and the efforts of the RECORD and
its friends accomplished, it will be
Mayor Slater instead Of !" Mayor
Brown .; and the latter gentleman
will retire with the kind wishes of
eall who knew him personally.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25
Will Mayor Brown
Admit the Truth.
If, as IL Reported, HIr. M2honey IL
the Author of that Letter, and Mr
Brown Knew Nothing About
IT. He should be Man


It. He should be Man
Enough to Say So.
AND WE BELIEVE HE WILL.
If Mayor Brown is the gentle
man that citizens have right
TO believe he is he will come
out and announce the truth in re-
gard to that interview on March
10, in Room IS, News Building,
with Mr.. O. S. Freeman. 1t was
not our desire to bring this subject
up again, but the matter has been
SO grossly misrepresented by his
own paper and by the Paterson
Meas that in justness to ourselves
we make this reference.
There was no "going to see" Mr..
Brown. except at his own request
through a plot abetted, as adj
mitted in the Mems, by his ennis
sary Postmaster McGrew. He
(Brown) knows there was no
offer to sell anything, either writ
ten or verbal-nor any refusal to
buy on his part. Mr.. McGrew con-
tends that he did not know who
requested him to ask Mr.. Freeman
to call, nor who was to be found at
Room IS.
As Mr.. Brown had offered to pay
for whatever space the opposing
party might want it was only
proper that he should pay for
whatever paper and work was
spoiled on his account, and it is
certain that he would have done
SO had the opportunity remained
open.
The interview resulted in plac-
ing Mr.. Freeman in the position of
accepting Mayor Browns terms or
meeting financial distress, mat
ter about which any man
struggling for an honest living,
would have hesitated. 1t was not
until he had consulted with his
family and friends that he con-
cluded to act irrespective Of Mr..
Browns wishes.
The matter said TO be letter by
Mayor Brown, which the Pater-
son Nez0s referred to, and which
reference was quoted in Mayor
Browns paper on Wednesday,
was never seen by Mr.. Freeman
until he read it in the columns of
the resurrected Opinion, and Passair
Nesys-as follows;
O. S. Freeman, Esq.
DEAR SIR - Yours of even date ask
ing me to pay $50 for the cancellation of
this weeks RECORD received, and my
answer to your proposition is. that, If my
| friendliness to you and your professed
regard for me are not sufficient to keep
You from printing lies about me, then
YOU had better give your honor to those
who value it at higher price than do.
Yours. W r BROWN
As it appears to us, the incen-
tive to Mayor Browns bitterness
toward Mr.. Freeman lies in the
fact that Mr.. Freeman dared, in
the face of personal obligations, to
oppose Mayor Browns reelection,
and show himself free man.
We have sufficient confidence
in our neighbor, the editor of the
Paterson Nezos, to say that had he
been familiar with the facts he
would never have allowed his pen
to mislead his readers in a matter
foreign to his city and unjustly in
furious to the weaker of two con
tending parties.
If any citizen is sufficiently in
terested to desire to know all that
occurred between Mr.. Brown and
Mr.. Freeman at that interview in
the News Building on March 70 he
is invited to call at this office and
read Mr.. Freeman's affidavit in re-
ference thereto.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

Persons who are building houses
or contemplate building will do
we'll to visit the office of Levi AL
dous & Sons plumbing establish
ment on Bloomfield avenue. Any
thing in the shape of improve
ments such as ranges. furnaces,
sinks, wash basins, etc. may be
seen {" in position and of the very
latest designs, and consistent with
sanitary plumbing rules.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

The Great Atlantic ard Pacific Tea
Store on Main avenue near Washington
place is always giving away something
handsome specially at holiday times.
As an Easter Souvenir, every pur-
chaser, on Monday March ~. and for
one week thereafter, will receive beau
tiful panel picture entitled { Playmates. :
This is ahead of anything ever gwen
away. You are invited to go and see for
yourself
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

Soule Bros new buildings on
Bloomfield avenue are nearing
completion. and are models of
ueatness. The floors above the
stores are flats for living purposes
and are fitted with all the modern
Improvements.
Passaic City record., 1893-03-25

Nickel Plate. 23 Exchange ST.. Buffalo.
for low rates to Chicago. Sleeping car
berths secured any day in advance.