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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
THE WORKS AT PULLMAN.
work WiIl BE Resumed in a Short
Time, Officials Say.

CHICAGO, July 81, lS~9f.-Oficials of the
Pullman Company say no definite day has as
vet been set for the resumption of opera
tions at Pullman. Mr.. Wickes said yester-
dav it would not be many days before the
works were started. "We are well satisfied
with the manner in which the applications
are coming in he said But there really
is nothing new in the situation. We have
now 300 mechanics who applied to be rein
stated and also eighty watchmen who are
mechanics. We could use them in case we
start up"
A dispatch from Lynn. Mass, published in
a morning paper yesterday, stated that the
Pullman Company had in view the purchase
of the General Electric Company's plant in
that city. The theory was advanced that
the Rev. j. NJ. Pullman, brother of the
President of the Palace Car Company, who
lives in Lynn. had used his influence
to induce the purchase. The dis
patcI is discredited by representatives of
both companies. B. E. Sunny, Western
manager OF the General Electric Company,
declared he knew nothing Of the Pullman
Compapy's intentions as outlined in the
telegram. He did not think the Pullman
Company intended to remove its work East
nor that it proposed to enter into the manu-
facture of electric appliances.
Mr.. Wickes said a similar telegram had
been shown him, but he was sure there was
no foundation for the report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
FIREPRoOF HOTEL BURNED.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July p, 1s94.-The
establishments of Perry & Mason, wholesale
snoe company, and Showers wholesale and
retail furniture company, both occupying an
immense four story structure, were burned
last night. Loss on the building and stock,
$3.50, 900; insurance unknown.
The Caldwell Hotel, adjoining, the hand
soonest building in the city, six stories high,
supposed to be fireproof. was also totally de-
stroyed. The hotel was valued, with fur
nishings, at $3.50, 600; insurance, Sl75,000,
owned by the Caldwell Company. The first
building named was owned by j. w. John
son of New York, ex-President Of the Georgia
Central road.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21

THIRTY CENTS LESS.
The Board of Equalization
Strikes School and County
Tax Rates.
MAKING THE TOWNSHIP PAY
Increases of From Ten to Twenty
Per Cent. in Ratables in
Every Part of Hudson, Ex-
cept Jersey City.

The County Board of Equalization of
Taxes yesterday, after a stormy meeting in
executive session finally decided upon all
valuations and the rates of increase that
should be imposed on derelict townships.
Commissioner Mclean claimed that Jersey
City paid ON a 20 per cent. of valuation
basis while the balance of the county only
paid on a so per cent, basis. This he prop
erly claimed to be unjust and he considered
tat the balance of the county should pay in
the same proportion. He referred TO hobo
ken and Indignantly said that the state As
SCISSORS valued the 1900 feet of water front
at S11. DOC, 900, while the local assessors only
placed a valuation of $4,000 o. it, or
about "a per cent. o fewhat the State Board
assessed it at. The Commissioner further
said that the valuations placed on the prop
erty which principally consisted of filled in
meadows was ass eSSed at from 10 TO ~ per
cent of its value.
pc VALUATIONS INCREASED.
Commissioner Morgan opposed any per-
centage being added to Hoboken and North
Hudson's valuations, but he stood alone in
his opposition, and it was finally decided to
add percentages as follows: Bayoane, 2 per
cent. Hoboken, 5 per cent. North Bergen.
10 per cent; West Hoboken, 10 per cent.
Union Township, 10 per cent; Town of
Union, 20 per cent. Weehawken, 10 per
cent, and Gutenberg, 20 per cent; Jersey
City. Harrison and Kearny remain as
assessed by the assessors.
When these percentages were added to the
valuations returned by the assessors, these
valuations were reached for the county:
Real, S1S5. $50, OPP; personal, Sl1,92l,SS1;
total, s147, 307, 903.
The total amount asked for for the county's
maintenance was $734, TO. The State School
Fund wants $500, 5S2.57.
Last year the State school taxation was
a0026791, or S. 20 per $1,000, and the county
tax rate 'O052912, or IS. 30per 81, 900. This year
the State school tax is -0026514, or g. 20 per
$1,000, and the county rate is -0049S75, or
So per $1,000, which makes the county and
schoolrat in the aggregate this year 30 cents
lower On each 81, 600 than last year. The
city rate, of course, is still to be fixed.
THE y
The following table shows the valuations,
as returned by the assessors and the amounts
added by percentages and the total amount
of ALL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
STORY OF A BURGLAR.
The Son of Wealthy Parents, Well
Educated. Rut Went wrong.

NORTH ATTLEBoRo, Mass, July 81. 1884,
The death i'll Charles Street Jail. Boston, of
James Homer, burglar and EXPERT safe
breaker, who in December last gave himself
up to the police, releases the bond of secrecy
placed by him upon those to whom he dis
closed some facts of his life. His confine-
ment in Boston was for robbing post
offices in the central part of the
State. In a moment of dependency
he surrendered himself to Deputy Sheriff
Brown. knowing that his days were not
many and being in a destitute condition.
Before being taken from here with the I'M
derstanding that his identity should not be
revealed until after his death, he told those
who had used him kindly a part of the story
of his life. In New England he was known
among crooks by the name of James
Horner. He also travelled under many
aliases. His true name was Alcide and he
was born of respectable and wealthy parents
in Springfield. Ohio. the home of "Gentie-
man George EIwood, burglar, h was
killed in August last in Rhode Island State
Prison, while attempting to break Jail with
ssSplker Murphy, the murderer, and other
criminals.
Alcide was instructed in the schools and at
tine age of twenty was left an orphan. He
Inherited considerable property, but met
fast men and soon found himself penniless.
He entered a machine shop and there learned
to make fine tools of all kinds. At the age of
twenty-eight he was an expert in his line,
and one day tsJimmy Hope" approached
him and asked him to manufacture tools
for him. The plans were finished, and Al
eide turned out on exceptionally fine set of
tools such as were used seventeen years ago
by men engaged breaking into bank safes.
The year klcide1 lost his position and
became a member of a gang of thieves. He
was fearless and being a thorough machinist
became prominent in the company. His first
lob was committed in Cleveland sixteen
years ago f
1t was in the mercantile house of j. D..
Rosenfeld on Fourth street. Two others
were with him. They cracked the safe and
were made rich in one night. He would
not give a complete list of his work, but
said that he had visited every State in
the nation. and was never captured. He
never served a term in any Jail until he
gave himself up. Many OF his comrades
fell into the hands of the police, however,
and ten years ago he decided to work alone
after the plan of s'Gentleman George" He
met with success in San Francisco and then
came east. He robbed the post Offices at
Mittineague, North and East Brookfeld,
and a store at Spencer After these jobs
be went south. his health being great
ly impaired. He soon decided to return
to Rhode Island and to work in the Attic
boros. He was in this vicinity two weeks,
and had planned a break at South Attleboro.
He found himself without money. His
courage failed him, and his illness made him
loo weak to carry out his plans. His sur
render followed. To the last he refused to
detail largest jobs, and would not disclose
the names of any of his companions IN
..s~o@
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
MEASURING CLOUD HEIGHTS.

-Four methods of measuring cloud heights
have been used at Blue Hill Observatory,
Massachusetts,. The bases of the lowest
clouds frequently float below the summit Of
the hill lone hundred and twenty-six meters
above the general surface of the surrounding
land), and the altitude of the base can be
ascertained by walking down the side of the
hill. 2. Measurements of the angular alti-
tude OF the light reflected from clouds float
ing over adjacent cities can be used for de-
termining the height of the clouds. 3. The
shadows OF detached clouds can be seen
from Blue Hill for many miles moving
across the surface of the country, and, by
timing the movements of the shadows be-
tween points whose distance apart is known,
the velocity of the cloud can be ascertained
From the actual velocity and the angular
velocity of the cloud its height can be deter
mined. 4. Simultaneous angular measure
ment of the altitude and direction of the
same cloud point nave been made at two
stations LIS metres apart.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
TERMS
NOTICE TO

~ L
Sealed proposals VIII be received by the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, on Monday, July
50, 1884, at nine O'Clock A. NJ, for the repaving, with
specification Belgium block pavement OF
SIA1H STREET.
from the west side of Henderson street 10 Coles
specifications on file in the Office OF the Chief En-
gineer, corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer street.
where blank forms of bid and agreement of ~suretieS
must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES..
About $500 square yards of stone paving.
About l,1OO lineal feet OF new curb stone.
About 2O square feet of new bridge stone.
About $50 square yards of repaying.
About 2 basin heads TO be reset.
About s manhole heads to be reset.
A time limit OF four t) months will be allowed in
which to complete contract.
Payment for work herein advertised for is to be
made out of license monies.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes.
endorsed, Proposals for Repaying Sixth Street.
directed to John E. Macarthur, Esq, Chairman Of
Committee on Streets and Sewers" and handed 70
the Clerk of the Board in open meeting when called
for in the order of business relating to sealed pro-
No city official viii be accepted as surety, nor will
a.substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids II it considers that the best interests Of the city
can be conceived by SO doing.
The attention of bidders Is especially called TO
Section q, Chapter 1S4, Laws of 1891, under the
terms whereof, no contract shall be binding upon
tae city or become effective or operative until the
proved as to sufficiency by this Board, and as to
TO- by the Corporation Counsel, the President Of
his Board having power to examine the proposed
hendsmen under oath.
BY order OF the Board of Street and Water Com
ii'Ssl'- GEO. 7. BoUT EisSk.
Dated Jersey City. July IS. 1884
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
A R N MOUNTAIN.

At Winger, in New South Wales, there is
a burning mountain. It is 1920 feet in height
and is supposed to be a large coalseam which
has in some unaccountable way become
ignited and has been burning for many
years, certainly long before the advent of
the white man in this portion of the colony.
The course of the fire can be traced a con-
siderable distance by the numerous depres-
sions OF chasms occasioned by the falling in
of the ground from beneath which the coal
been consumed. Smoke is continually issu-
ing from the sides Of the mountain, and in
the vicinity of these openings the surface is
hot and has a dry, parched appearance,
while sticks thrust into these openings are
readily ignited.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
THE DANGERS OF THE MINES.

Great and mystically dreadful is the earth
from a mines depth. Man is In the i'm
placable grasp of nature. It has only to
tighten slightly and he is crushed like a bug.
His loudest shrek of agony would be as i'm
potent as his final moan to bring help from
that fair land that lies, like Heaven,
over his head. There is an insidious
silent enemy in the gas. If the huge fan
wheel on the top Of the earth should
stop for a brief period there is certain death,
and a panic more terrible than any occur
ring where the sun has shone, ensues down
under the tons Of rock If a man may es7
cape the gas, the floods. the sssqueezcs' of
falling rock, the cars shooting through little
tunnels, the precariops elevators, the hun
dred perils, there usually comes to him an
attack of miners asthma that slowly racks
and shakes him into the grave. Meanwhile
he gets three dollars per day and his iaboroi
one dollar and q quarter -MClurs's for
August.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
REBEL AGAINST DEBS ORDERS.

CINCINNATI. July 81. 1s94.-The members
of the American Railway Union in Cincin-
natl, Covingtol and Ludlow propose to call
a halt on Debs' assessments to aid the Pull
man strikers. They have to pay their
monthly dues and increased expenses while
they are almost as badly off as the Pullman
men. There are $500 members idle and the
weekly tax of ten cents is heavy. The relief
fund has been largely drawn upon. Three
weeks of the present rate will wreck the
lodges in Cincinnati and vicinity. The
speeis.l assessment by Debs of two dollars a
member will meet with rebellion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey,
July q. 1894.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN HAT Alta
MEETING OF THE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
UNION SECURITY COMPANY.

or THE -
MO- SECURITY COMPANY.
duly called for that purpose and held in Boston,
Massachusetts, on the 10th day of July, 1891, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted by a majority of
the whole Board OF Directors
"Resolved;-That in the Judgment of the Board
Of Directors of the Union security Company
IL is deemed advisable and most for the benefit
Of the Corporation that the same should be dissolved
before the expiration of the time limited In its Ger
tlhcate of Incorporation
And notice is hereby further given that a Special
Meeting Of the Stockholders of said Union Security
Company will be held at the Office Of said Company
in the county wherein said corporation has It's
principal Office and is conducting its business, to wit,
at No. IS Montgomery Street i'll Jersey City, in the
Thursday, the 9th day OF August. A. D.. 1874, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon. for the following purposes,
namely
]. To take action upon the foregoing resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors.
2. To take action upon the vote of said Board of
Directors, passed July 10th, 1894, authorizing and di-
recting an assignment, transfer and conveyance to
the Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad company its
successors and assigns, of all the moneys, properties,
claims, demands. rights, credits and effects of the
Union Security Company existing at the time of
said assignment, transfer and conveyance or which
may thereafter arise or exist, Of every name. nature
and description and wheresoever situated, upon
tho terms and conditions stated in said vote of said
Board of Directors, which vote will be laid in full
before said meeting Of said stockholders.
8. To transact any other business which may
properly come before the meeting.
BY order of the Board of Directors(
of the Union Security Company.
Sl2.0 FRANCIS ANGRY Secretary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
VIoToRIA's CHARMED LIFE.

Queen Victoria has been fired at and at
tackled on several occasions. The first was
in June, 1910, when the Queen and her hus-
band were driving when a boy
who was afterward dealt with as
a lunatic fred two shots at the royal
pair. The second attempt was made July,
1S42. when a deformed youth levelled at her
a pistol which failed to discharge. In lS49
an Irish ~bricklayer fired a pistol at her
Majesty and was imprisoned for seven years.
The following year an attack was made by
Robert Pate, who aimed q blow at her
Majesty with a stick, striking her on the
cheek and crushing her bonnet. He also was
sentenced for seven years.-Ecchaage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
T1BBo NOW WANTS A DIVORCE.

Engineer Tibbo of Wilton street, Lafay-
ette, whose wife a few weeks ago sued him
for maintenance, has filed a petition in
Chancery for divorce on the ground that his
wife has a husband living from whom she
has not been legally separated. Tibbo de-
serted his wife and went to reside in Pacific
avenue when he found out that a former
husband of his wife was alive in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Tibbo denies that she ever had another
husband before the present one. She adj
mits, however, having lived with the Brook
lyn man as his housekeeper.
The case will COM up next month before
the Chancellor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
JUSTICE RUs0H WON'T RESIGN
And Will Tell Judge Hudspeth So
Plump and Plain.


Plump and Plain.
In response to my question this morning
as to what he would do concerning the re-
quest of Judge Hudspeth to vacate the Office
of Justice of Peace, Justice Rusch of Hobo
ken said:-"I will do nothing of the sort. 1
have done my business as every other JUS
tice of the Peace in this county has, and |
shall not give up the office. / was not con-
victed on any one Of the four indictments
! against me. On two | was acquitted, on one
I plead non cult, and the fourth was noHs
pressed. That certainly does not look like
evidence against me sufficient to cause my
resignation. / shall go up to Judge Hudspeth
and have a talk with him. I will try in a
nice way to have him reconsider the matter,
and, if he won't, 1 will tell him plump and
plain that / won't resign, and he can't make
me. I'll make a stiff kick, you can bet. I
won't hang myself like some more Dutch
men. The Judge said ] was one of the Oldest
justices and ought to know better. Don't
the others know as much as l! That's the
devil of a note.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
NOTICE. 10 U-oNrKACrONs.

L
Sealed proposals VIII be received at the office OF
the Board OF Street and Water commissioners on
Monday. July 3a.1Sg4. at 10 o'clock A. H.. Tor tho
constructions OF 4 sewer In
HIGHLAND AVENUE
from fifty feet west OF County Road to West Side ave-
me, in accordance with plans and specifications on
file in the Office OF the Chier Engineer, corner of Jer-
sey avenue and Mercer street, where blank form OF
bid and agreement of sureties mast be obtained-
ESTIMATE oF QUANTITIES.
About 1.lS0 lineal feet OF eighteen inch vitrifed
pine sewer.
About new receiving basins.
About $50 cubic ydr3s of rocS excavation.
Time allowed for the completion OF the work one
hundred Q00) working days.
The making of the above Improvement and award
of the contract therefor Will hA subject to the re-
monstrance OF the owners of the property liable to
more than one-half the assessment therefor.
endorsed Proposals for Sewer in Highland Ave
&nue," directed TO John 4. Macarthur, Esq, CHAIR
man of Committee on STREETS and Sewers and
handed 10 the Clerk of the Board in open meeting
when called for IN the order OF business relating TO
sealed proposals.
No city ofncial win be accapted a. surety nor will
O substitution of suretles he allowed. The atten-
Chapter 1874, Laws of 1871, under the terms whereof
no contract shall oe binding upon TIE city or be-
come effective or operative until the bondsmen
offered by the contracted have been approved as TO
suficiency by this Board and as to form nv the
Corporation Counsel, the President OF this Board
having power to examine the proposed bondsrnen
BY order Of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners.
Clerk
Dated Jersey City, July IS. 1895
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
MAIL CAR BURNED.

LA JUNTA, Col, July 81, 1SS4.-A mail car
on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Cali
fornis4 express No 3, was burned at Tinpas,
twenty miles from here today. The fire is
supposed to I'VE caught from sparks from
the engine. More than 200 sacks. of papers
and twenty pounds of letters, all for Cali
fornia points, were consumed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
PARAGRAPHS ON POPULATION.

Statistics show that the growth of great
foreign cities has been even more rapid than
our own.
We now nave three cities with over 1000,
900, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The centre Of population is now midway
between Cincinnati and Indianapolis -Er-
change.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Justice Charles Roe and family OF the Heights
started Yesterday on a tour of the South; They will
visit ali the prominent cities and return home in the
fall
Major W. Il. Anderson. State inspector OF PRISONS,
was In town this morning.
Nayor Wanser is still at Sea Grit.
Chancellor McGill came to town TINS morning
from Spring Lake.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
BOOKS MADE OF ANYTHING.

The British Museum has books written on
bricks, tiles, oyster shells. bones and fat
stones, together with manuscripts on bark,
on leaves, on ivory, leather, parchment.
papyrus, iron, copper and wood.-Erehange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
TRAINS MOVING.

SPOKANE, Wash, July 81, isaiah
trains on the main line and branches on the
Northern Pacific Railroad are moving on
been permanently moved from Sprague to
Snnkane.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
BRET HARTEs MOTHER.

The mother of Bret Harte was a factory
girl. handsome as a doll, but with no edu-
cation. Her husband educated her, and she
be came one of the finest ladies in Detroit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
WESTrSHORE
THE NIAGARA FALLS Ut
PICTURESQUE Line of Travel to Lake
and Mountain Resorts.

and Mountain Resorts.
Trains leave AID ST. North River station New
foot Frankiip St, R. Terminal station a: Wee
R hd feat.i \; !; can Be reached via trains Of n j.
New 9erS e Bloomville. sundays only; can be Oc-
80 4. NJ. Daily local to Albany, for catskiI
Mountains and Saratoga. Parior car to Albany
us 4. y; Daily for Albany. Utica syracuse. Rosh-
cept Saturday for Toronto.
ANDY; and es ii HI sdPallg; eSee gsw sq pa1,! to sS Blo T1oSdns
and M~innewaska. Parior cars to Bloo:nville and
Bills A. NJ. Daily, except sunday. to catskin
Mountains, New Paltz, Lakes Mohonk and Mime
Parior ears to BloomViilffes saSasoga aud ccaSidWeli..
1l5 2; n; i, Saturdays saatuday only; Haif-Heliday Special
c NMSs44o !: N; DAILY; except Sunday md to easskil
waska. Albany, Saratoga Parlor cars attached to
Coo p. NJ. Daily. except sunday. for Al
SIS r NJ Daily for Albany, Montreal UTICA
Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and St
Louis.
$50 P. NJ Daily, except SUNDAY, for Newburs.
Albany. Saratoga and Montreal. Parlor car to
L45 P. N. Daily. except Sunday. for Utica, syra-
cuse. Rochester and Buffalo. Carries sleepingcar
passengers only.
sis P. NJ: rally for Albany. Utica, syrecpse. Roch-
Cleveland, Chicago and st. Louis.
Alu.1, B11.2, CAPS +. NJ.
Haverstraw Locals. 100 A. NJ; 245. 43a, 5s35; 800
+l0sJ and ~11:s5 F. NJ.
Newburgh Locals, *lnl5 4. H.: Sis, Sis, ~6SDP. N.
%Daily. Sundays only. Kingston Local 6sl P. NJ
Wagner Sleeping cars for albany, Utica. Syracuse.
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit,
Cleveland and Chicago on ali through trains.
For tickets. timetables, paflor and sleeping car
accommodations or information apply Offices
Brooklyn, Nos. 5S, 80, 20 Fulton street, annex Office.
foot of Fulton street New York CITY, Nos. IL. S&
aS5 and 942 Broadway, 149 Bowery, No. 81 East Four
teenth street, No. IS West One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street: Hoboken. n. J.. Busch's Hotel. Hudson
and Third streets and at station.
&c LAMBERT.
General Passenger Agent,
Ne. Vanderbilt avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.

Miss Martha Polontus of Wabash county,
Minnesota, the Swedish g~iantess, is about to
marry Oleson of Stockholm, Wis, who is
less than five feet tall, but is a millionaire
lumDerman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21
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