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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
Knock Ont for the RascaIs.


One very important effect of Judge
Abbett's decision in the asphalt pave
ment matter-by far the most import
ant, indeed,-appears to have escaped
general observation. This is its bear
ing upon the issues raised in the Street
and Water Board hearing before
Mayor Wanser.
1t is not too much to say that it
knocks the last prop from under the
seats of the five rascals. 1t demolishes
at one swoop the whole fabric of Mr..
Corbin's elaborate defence.
The pith and marrow of Mr.. Cor
bins argument is contained in three
short sentences in which he under
takes to demolish Mr.. Erwin's prin-
cipal charge. Mr.. Corbin said:-.
This whole argumen Is that that the officials
must go by contracts That's rubbish. The law
says nothing of the kidd. unless in cases of as
ssssment for sewers and for streets
Judge Albeit settles this claim with
trip hammer force. He says
There is a contention in this case as to wheth-
er or rot the sections of the charter of 1871, un-
DER the title BOARD OF PUBIC WORKS, which re-
quire the contract for paving to be awarded Ito
the lowest responsible bidder" or section $50 of
the charter, under the heading of Finance is
applicable to this case, or whether the proyis-
ions of the latter section modify or affect the
former provision or the proper construction
thereof. Section 1859 provides that no con-
tract for work or materials shall be en-
tered into, or purchase of personal prop
erty be made bv or on account of any boa I'd or
department of the city government except
after due advertisement, for six days at least,
in tEA Cf1rIal nRWSnanHrE. whPrannDD the nn :
tract shall be awarded to, or the purchase shall
be made OF. that responsible bidder who offers
the terms most advantageous to the city, &c.
In deciding this case. it is not necessary to
determine which OF these provisions are ap-
plicable.
The Judge proceeds to define the
powers of the Board with the utmost
stingency. He concludes they had no
authority to take any course ouher
than to award the work by contract
to the lowest bidder replying to the
official advertisement for proposals.
II no bid met their approval, t hey
could reject all, but they could give
out the work i'll no way save in accord
with the provisions of the Charter,
requiring open competition, and the
TACT thai the money to be spent was
derived from the excise fund made no
difference.
The great Importance of this ruling
is that Mr.. Corbin most likely relied
upon this issue to take the proceed
ings to the Supreme Court on a writ
of certiorari, and get a stay as respects
the removal of his five clients. Now,
when he goes before Judge Lippin-
colt to ask for the writ and the stay.
the Judge will refuse both because
there is no unsettled question of law
to go before the court. Judge
Abbett;s asphalt decision makes the
point res ddjuddcGtG.
1t is very cold weather for rascals,
this Chri stmas.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
oHR1sTIAN ENDEAYoR RALLY.

through the Christian Endeavor Union Of
Hudson County, has invited the Endeavor
societies Of the county, to meet at the build
ing, at 50 Wayne street, tomorrow evening.
The object of the gathering is to bring the
two organizations together in order 20
strengthen the bond of union now existing.
The association desires to a a large repre-
each s-.Endeavorer'' in the county a cordial
invitation to be present. President Drake
will give an address of welcome to which
each society has been asked to respond in it's
own chosen way.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
Mr.. MoTLEY's AssAILANT SMILED.
But His Smile Dldust Save His Bacon
This Time.

Rut EHlS Smile O1du't Save His Bacon
This Tinle.
The examination of Joseph S.. Allen, the
colored man who assaulted the Rev. Mr..
Motley last week, took place before Justice
of the Peace Roe last night. The Judges
little Office was filed with darkies. Allen
carried a heavy cane-evidently to protect
himself-and a supercilious smile. The Rev.
MI. Motley gave his story as printed in THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS. Mr.. Allen smiled. The
darkies looked blacker than even darkies
have a right to look, and seemed anxious to
get at Mr.. Allen, who merely smiled. Mr..
Allen was called to the stand. He said he
would waive examination-and smiled.
Justice Roe held him for trial in $500 bail.
With a smile Allen called up Mrs. Catherine
Gonla, who was willing to-act as surety for
him. The Judge dismissed court and Allen
went to ANDY" Van Antwerp's and had a
smile all by himself. At the next meeting
of the official board of the Salem Baptist
Church, to be held on the first Tuesday in
January, he will be fired.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

WHAT a delightful old democrat
Ex-Mayor and Ex-Congressman Rich
ard Vaux OF Philadelphia is. Did you
read that chat with him on his
seventy-seventh birthday, which we
reprinted yesterday from the Phila-
delphia 1gmess If you did not, you
missed a treat. Wit. grace AM kind
illness animate every word OF it--and,
withal, what a strong, earnest patri-
otto spirit it must have been that in
spired the grand old man to go
through the labors of a Congressional
term at seventy-fve. If you did not
read that interview, just buy a copy
of yesterdays paper and do so now.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
ST. LUoY's NOVEL BAZAAR,
Opened Last Night by the Young
Mems Society.

Opened Last Night by the Young
Mems Society.
The much-talked of bazaar of ST. IDcv,s
H.. e.. Church was opened last evening at the
school hall on Grove and Sixteenth streets
The bazaar will continue for several weeks
and will be open but one night each week
On these nights the different societies ION
nected with the church will have charge and
the society receiving the most money viii
receive a handsome medal. The honor of
opening the bazaar were given to
the popular Young Mems Literary
Assoclatlon, and the young men
Acquired themselves with credit. There are
no tables at the bazaar, and the few articles
that are to be drawn for are on n stand
Inc feature each evening will be the enter
talnment under the auspices of the society in
charge, and last night the young men pre-
scented one of the finest entertainments ever
given at the hall, and it was appreciated
ny a large audience. The programme included
vocal solos by John Kane. Patrick Proudford
John Mcdonald, John Hanlon and Miss
Mamie Hisiip Mr.. John Murray and Miss
Anna Kane reclted in an excellent manner
Patrick Boyle gave a very clever exhibition
OF indian club swinging. The one act farce.
Inc Irlsn tutor" was the most interesting
feature OF the excellent entertainment, The
farce is a laughable one and the parts were
remarkably well taken by the clever young
actors. The cast was as followsGDre'
o'Tolle, James Whyte; Mr.. Tillwill, james
casey; Dr. Flarl, William Hanlon; Charles
Iilwell, Thomas Corydon; The Bedle, D.
Barry; Rose. Miss Annie Nutley; Mary,
Miss Mary Hislip. '
The articles at the bazaar, upon which
chances are taken, are:-Plush Quilt. fancy
pin cushion, alarm clock, oil paintings,
Daughter of Eve' and Zurich ON Sea-
picture of 'Our Lady of Lourdesa and a
handsome crayon of the Rev. Father Gillen;
also a large barrel of candy, which is to be
voted to one of the two primary classes in
the parochial school. The bazaar will be
opened next on the evening of Friday, Janu-
a1ry 8, when the Children of Mary viii have
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

IN another column. we give a mum.
berof suggestions by various citizens
as to available gentlemen to succeed
the doomed Street and Water Board
rascals. II Mayor Wanser wanted only
to FILL the places of the martyrs of
reform, he might select the follow
ing
Cornelius j. Benson.
Terence j. Mcdonald.
Michael J. O'Mara.
Thomas Trotter.
Robert Davis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
FROM THE SIDEWALK TO HEAVEN.

Rev. d. j. Ellison, pastor of the Bergen
Baptist Church, talked last night to the peo-
pie at the Bergen Mission. He said among
other things that he believes in the mission
because it Is a place where a man who don't
wear Sunday go-to-meeting clothes can go
and feel perfectly at home. "It is the inter-
mediate STEP he said, from the sidewalk to
heayen.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

vice. Read the Gazette's excellent but
unpopular" suggestions in our news
columns.
A Respectful Suggestion to Mayor
Wanser.
When Mayor Wanser IN to re-
place the five Street and Water
Board fools and rascals with five
honest and capable citizens, we be-
lieve he will have the honor and man
hood-as well as the sound political
sense to give the Democratic party pro-
per representation. We have everycon-
fidence that he will appoint out of the
five members two democrats of honor
able standing, and unquestioned
party fidelity, remembering that he
himself owes his position as a reform
Mayor in great part to a very large
and respectable Democratic backing.
When Mayor Wanser comes to
select the demo Gratis whom he will APP
point, WI hope he will not overlook
the claims of one man who is already
an Office holder of the city; but whose
term of official service has brought
him nothing but praise for excellent
service done the public. As President
of the Police and Health Boards
for now nearly five years, John P.
Feeney has made a record which any
one might be proud of. He has dis
played executive ability of the most
marked stamp; he has shown himself
a skillful and conservative financier.
and he has preserved an unspotted
reputation for official integrity. The
police force, under his rule, has
been brought to great perfection OF
discipline. The Department has been
provided with new buildings and new
apparatus-a complete and admirable
patrol system-it has been absolutely
cleared of debt without exceeding its
appropriation in any n year; and,
finally, it has taken less money, this
year, to run it than any year since Mr..
Feeney was called to its head.
1t is on the strength of this record,
chiefly, that we urge Mayor Wanser
to promote Mr.. Feeney to the post of
Commissioner OF the Street and Water
Department. We believe he will do
the same good work there that he has
in his present post. The appointment
will be a popular one 1t will be highly
appreciated by all democrats in the
city. 1t will be one, besides, which will
indicate the wisdom of making it. by
the benefits that the city will derive.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

THE State Gazette will be nearly as
unpopular as the Daily Advertiser
with its own party If it keeps on urg-
ing the abolition of sinecures about
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

THESE be warlike days. With the
New York going to Rio and the Mono
cacy to Honolulu and Charley Mitchell
to Jacksonville, ave Secretary Me-
Adoo ought to be satisfied with the
cultivation of the martial spirit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
DTTTDENDS.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 81, 1898.
THE BOARD. OF DIRECTORS Of THIS BANK
L have this day declared a
DIVIDEND OF SIX t6l PER CENT.
free of tax, payable on and after January I'd. 1891
until which date the transfer books will remain
G,W CONKLIN,
W Cashier,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
TRINITYs CHRISTMAS oANTATA.

The Christmas cantata, s'Tables Turned on
Santa Claus, will be given this evening by
the Trinity M. E. Sunday school at the
church. An excellent entertainment is
guaranteed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

THE panegyric pronounced by Mr..
Corbin upon the Street and Water
Commissioners last week reminds us
of the verses which the Sun, long
ago, said had been prepared by the
great obituary poet, George Wash
ington Chiids, A. NJ" and stored
away in his treasury for use on the
proper OCCASION
Dearest Satan thoa hast left us;
Fate has cruelty bersft US.
Put away his little pltchfork.
He has climbed the golden stair.
OF course, as a funeral grafton, Mr..
Corbin's speech was just a few days
too previous; but the spirit was just
the same.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

JOHN Y. MCKANE. like our own
ballot box suffers, evidently believes
in the dictum that while there is life
there is hope.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

= " w SOukln, CaSnler OF the ABOVE named
bank, do solennly swear that the above statements
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
G. W. K
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2ist day Of
December, 1898.
Hos T. BEDLE,
Notary Public of New Jersey.
Ell T. {. YOUNG,
J. D. BEDLE,
Gee. 7. SMITH,
Directors.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
If the BABY Is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old ana welI-trfedrem.
edy, MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for
children ~teething. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind collie n IL the best remedy for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

If Christie Smith can close the
saloons now, because Colonel Aber-
nethy is in the Police Board, why
could he not always do it? Bad poll
tics. Christiei
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

IT is hardly worth while for the five
rascals of the Street and Water Board
to wrangle over appointments, just
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

NET result of McKinleyism to date:
801, 600 unemployed wage earners in
the United States!
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

DOUBTLESS some strict old church
people will be incensed at the new de-
parture at ST. Marks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
BARNEY FLANNIGAN DEAD.

Barney Flanagan, who was Committed to
White Plains last week, from the. Fourth
precinct, as q dangerous luuatic, died there
yesterday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

Is it proper to describe the con-
testants in the Bicycle race at Madi-
son Square Garden as revolutionary
heroes?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 81. 1893.

This paper as Democratic IN principles
and is Independent in its rielCs on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

IR. S. Ross, cashier of the above.named bar K, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
r. S. ROSS,
Cashier.
December, 1898.
THOS. w. M
Notary Public for New Jersey.
C~orrect-Attest:
J. D. -CARSCALLEN,
7. G. A ZANDT'
FRANK j.
Directors.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
MEETING.

OFFICE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT COMPANY,
Cor. GRAND AND GREENE STREETS.
JERSEY CITY, Dec. q, 1898.
H ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
1 of this Company for the election of nine 80
Directors, will be held at the above Office on
MONDAY, JANUARY Sth, 1894,
between the hours of one ID and two () O'Clock
T. NJ. EDWIN r. IA Secretary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

the Legislature, the way it did yester-
day. Why. where are the boys to
come in, if the offices are got down to
the absolute needs of tae public SER
vice. Read the Gazette's excellent but
unpopular suggestions in our news
columns.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST
National Bank of Jersey City, in the STATE n
Mew Jersey, at the close of business, December Is,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
HERE is the full board we would
like tO 500 a~pn0intad.-
JOHN H. JONES,
r. G. WASHBURNE,
JOSEPH A. DEAR,
HENRY LEMBEcK,
JOHN P. FEENEY,

The American Protective Tariff
League is taking a petition of "wage
earners" against the passage of the
Wilson bill. What about the McKin-
ley bill, which has been one of the
main elements in bringing about the
present wreck Of business? We are
having a practical demonstration in
this country now that no n class of
the community can prosper at the ex-
pense of another. The Mckinley act
aimed to build up our industries on
the ruins of our commerce. The Gus
toms statistics show that the ruin of
the latter is real enough, but where
is the prosperity of the former?
Speaking OF the fake petition above
alluded to, the State Gazette says
Every person. rich or poor, high or low. old
or young. who Is not IN favor of lower wages
and less comfort in life. should at once write a
postal card TO the Congressman from his or her
district, protesting against the passage of this
bill and demanding that the Mckinley tariff be
left unchanged.
What arrant charlatanry is this in
the presence of the total absence of
wages, which is in so many cases the
prs sent fruit of McKinleyism.
The Philadelphia Press owns up
that since the passage of the Mckinley
Act, tia plate averages about fifty
cents u box higher than before upon
the box which used to cost 81. so. This
is an increase of one-ninth, or from
12 to 10 per cent. Here is a tax which
reaches into every kitchen and overs
every roof. 1t takes just that much
out of the meagre profits which our
farmers ought to make on produ ce
used for canning, for the price of these
goods has not proven susceptible of
increase. This is one reason why the
farmer is buying less of the products
of home industries this year than for
years before.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
from The Dead
Long and Terrible Illness
from Blood Poisoning
Completely Cured By Hoods
Surs0parttId.
Hoods ~SarsapariHa

and am now a well woman. I weigh 1913 lbs,
eat well and do the work for a large family.
My case seems a wonderful recovery and
physicians look at me in astonishment, as
almost like one raised from the dcad.o
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

HOODS PILLS should be IN every family
medicine chest. Once used, always preferred.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
BANK ~STATEWENTS.


REPORT OF H CONDITION OF THE HUDSON
county National Bank at Jersey City. in the
state Of New Jersey, at the close Of business, Decem-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
HELP WANTED.


MALES.
A GENTS MAKE $500 A DAY. GREATEST KITCHEN
utensli ever invented. Retail, &c. Ito 6 sold in
every house. Samples, postage paid. five cents.
FORSHEE & McMAKIN Cincinnati, o.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE THIRD
~ National Bank, at Jersey City, in the State OF
New Jersey, at the close of business, December 10.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-02-22
EXCLUSIVE SPORTING LAWS.

We are rapidly approaching the con-
dition that prevails in Great Britain
with reference to our game laws. There
the titled and the rich have the whole
open country divided into game pre-
serves where they can enjoy their hunt
ing sports to the exclusion of the com.
mon rebbls. In order to make the par
allel perfsct we only require to pass
strict poaching laws and to jail every
poor wight who is found with rabbit
or quail in his possession. Oar own
legislature is now wrestling with bill
that will shut out the poor man who
loves a days shooting as completely
from game as il he were living in the
land of fox-hunting squires. This class
OF laws, when kept within their proper
sphere, to make close seasons and
establish rules that will protect the
game from pothunters, are greatly to be
commended. The true sportsman is al
ways the first to observe these laws him
self and see that they are observed by
others. But when bill is introduced
that will effectuslly make every man a
trespasser who goes out for days sport,
it ought to be sat down upon with a
tremendous thud." The true princi-
pie that should govern game laws in
this country is that no special or class
privileges shall be recognized, and
that all wild and uncultivated lands
shall be open to sportsmen. There is
a marsh and tule ranch of many thou
sand acres between Benicia and Suisun,
upon which millions OF geese come to
feed every winter. A swell shooting
club in San Francisco has bought the
exclusive privilege from the owner of
these waste acres to hunt upon them
and if an outsider is caught knocking
over any of the numberless geese upon
this open preserve he is liable to impris
onment. This is carrying the law Of
trespass to ridiculous length; but the
bill now before the legislature goes still
further and tries to cover even the pub
lie land of the state with the game alb
surd restrictions. Whilst we would moi
like to see shooting clubs deprived o
just or reasonable privileges in ground
that they have spent their money hon
estly and judiciously upon, neither woul,
we consent that the legislature shout,
pass laws to shut out the people iron
hunting upon the open lands of the state
| A sportsman's trespass, in order to max
it punitive crime, should always be &C
companied by come unsportsmanlike act
resulting in real, not fanciful, damage tt
property. -s.al. nj
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-02-22

apiece. That is to say, from ten to If
teen boxes to the tree, or from eight
hundred to twelve hundred boxes to the
acre. In other words, Mr.. Langdon
could load up from three to four cars
with freight for trip across the CONT
nent from single acre. Such things are
OF frequent occurrence in Riverside and
other places in Los Angeles and San Ber-
nardino counties. Which again gives US
occasion to dwell upon the fact that
transportation companies quite naturally
seek region so prolific of freight ship
ments. This explains the agreeable cir
cumstance that we already have SO many
trsnscontinental railways here now and
the promise of quite lot more in the
immediate future.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-02-22

of our winter temperature. The fact that
roasting ears grown in the open air are
sent from the Santa Anita ranch to the
Baldwin hotel at San Francisco for
Christmas and New Year is also a
pretty significant feature Of our climate.
The circumstance that some people come
out here with thousand winters con-
gealed in their veins and feel cold under
mid-May temperature. ouch as they
have in New England and old England !,
simply shows their own ineradicable
poverty of blood, and does not initiate
in the slightest degree against this
American Riviera, which is more than
the Riviera of old Europe.
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|. The supervisors yesterday called at
ltention to bill before the senate to add
Aynew section to the code of civil pro-
Icedure, by which commissioner is to
be appointed to take the place of the
sheriff In the sale of delinquent incum-
bersd property sold for taxes. The pro-
Deeds of the sales are to go into COM
missioner's fund, whilst the county is
required to pay all the legal expenses of
suits up to the time that he can come
IN and take the benefit of the emolu.
ments. 1t is estimated that this bill, if
It becomes law, will divert at least
$40, 900 year from the county treasury.
We have, heard enough about this meas
nre from members of the legislature
who are here to know that it will fail of
nanea1a.