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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-12

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
REAL ESTATE NEWS.
EuiIdinS Is Uncommonly Slow lust
NOW.

Building has been unccmmonly slow
his week. Spectators appear to have
let up on building and the permits
granted by Building Inspector Jones rep
resent extensions and improvements
more than anything else.
Frank Wolf is building a two-story
frame. to cost 81, 200, at No. 2S North
street.
NJ. c. f. silberhoff has contracted for
a three-story frame at No. 5 Beacon
avenue, to cost $4,000.
James Hamilton is investing $500 in
a two-story frame on the Paterson Plank
Road.
Chris Lipfert is raising his house at
No. SO Larch street. at a cost of $725.
Jerome D. Gillette is spending $500 in
putting in a new store trent at No.
S54 Grove street.
G. e. Beck is spending s12o in moving
a frame house from No. sos Webster
avenue to No. $50 Sherman avenue.
Joseph Hurley is building a, frame
house on Henderson street that is to
David Jones Is bullying an extension 70
Lewis Fisher & Brother are putting
new fronts in their store that extends
through from Newark avenue to Rail-
read avenue. The work is 70 cost $500.
Charles iBergerhoff is building a two
aEssue fFa It an At on naas0n Of ass ssoo. "sst so
James N. Davis is raising q house
on Monmouth Gtreet at an Expense OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
AMUSEM ENTS.
Last week Mt the Bon Ton Theatl

Last Week mt the Bon Ton Iheatre.
This is the last week of the Bon Ton
for the season. The house last night was
all that could be desired. Every sea-
dow stairs was occupied. ana tne gal-
lery as usual was packed to o~verdoWing
Manager Dinkins surveyed the audience
with marked pleasure and arrived az the
conclusion that interest in yaudeVllle Is
not waning q particle. !
r-The attractions this week are OIL a
high class. The foremost Is the famous
Frank Bush whose i~mpersonations pro-
yoked much merriment. Last night was
his first appearance In this city and ne
was certainly accorded a warm welcome,
singers, scored a big hit. They intro
duced a number of new ~parodies. George
Evans, the Honey Boy" proved himself
an interesting performer; Heusted n
Geyer, character song and dance ARTISTS;
were well received. Their act concluded
with a dance in which q dog took a prom
inent part. Major Doyle is one OF the
funnies st little men that has ever appear
ed al the Bon Ton. He was well supplied
with funny sayings. The Whitney Bros.
are by far the best musical. comedians
that have been introduced this season.
They were given well merited applause.
Lou Shaw, a clever vocalist, was not IN
very good form last night. Hs is suffer
ing from a severe cold. Edward and Belle
Hanford introduced some new songs ana
comic, Edward King, a harmonica player,
and Lizzie Mulvey, a buck dancer. ap-
bearing In male attire, were wsll received.
Wilson and Halpin, a clever sketch, team,
and the Ferguson Brothers concluded the
entertainment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
CHURCH CELEBRATES IT'S MAJORITY
Pleasant Entertainment at st.
Trinftafis.

st. Tr.nitatis German Lutheran Church
celebrated IT'S twenty-first anniversary
last evening with an entertainment and
reception at Kessler's Hail on Central
venue. The place was crowded. Tho
programme was arranged by the Ladies
society assisted by the Sunday School
and Luther League. Six pretty drills,
including a military drill by twenty-one
young ladies'; The Walking A. B. c."
irin by ffty-two boys and girls of the
Sunday School: t'Grandma's Birthday
Party, by thirty little boys and girls;
military rifle drill by twenty-one young
sad.es; The Living Typewriting March
.ng., by fifty-two boys and girls, and a
scarf drill by nine young ladies were
features of the evening Those who
took part III the drills were dressed in
gaudy and beautiful costumes, and they
made a very pretty appearance. The
tedious work of drilling and preparing
the children for their respective parts is
credited to MSS Henrietta Lutjen, musi-
cal directress; the Rev. r. A. Hafer.
pastor of the church, and Captain John
soprano solo and a Duet was rendered
~ Miss Jennie Eckert and Master Willie
Kimpel. DIR. julius Peters, accompanied
~ Miss Henrietta Lutjen on the organ,
played q violin solo. A Crystal Chimes
solo BY Prof. Val. Bruckner, accom-
panied by Miss "A. Ackernlann on the
guitar, was sweetly performed. a team
ended the programme with parallel bar
practice.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
NEW
Harperss Magazine-Some New Fea-
lures.

The first of a series of articles on
Everyday Life in China" written by
Julian Ralph. appears in "Harper's Ma
gazine' for May. Mr.. Ralph was sent to
the Orient by the Messrs. Harpers at the
outbreak of the China-Japanese war and
was a careful observer of the manners
and occupations of those interesting peoo
Boating in China" in which the, author
in his charming. manner tells Of a de-
lightful Journey he made through certain
portions of the Flowery Kingdom on the
house boat Swallow. MIR. Ralph ,explodes
some of the popular theories about the
not the dirty, plague-stricken. unsafe-for-
Europeans place, as popular report makes
i. Prof. 2. Borges, Of the Lyceun at
ing article on the new Czar. of Russia,
which is remarkable for the hint It con-
iianc between England and Russia.
which with the ~unriyalled army. and navy
which such an alliance would produce
could dictate the peace of the world.
A thrilling tale of the Indian wars of
a quarter of a century is told by
General G.. A. Forsyth of the United
States army, while Richard Harding
French life under the title, The Grand
Prix and Other Prizes" which is IL
Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
Highest Of ali in Leavening Power-Latess =. S. Govt Report
R@!A:l!!! B Bskassz
ABSOLUTELY PURE

county is authorized to send such paliper
or paupers as is, are, or shall be a ehslrge
IN any such city or township to the sa1d
.pcorhouse farm there to be kept ana
maintained SO long as chargeaDie on any
such city or township 1t has been
inferred that there has been an increase
IN the number Of persons corr mittea 70
will substant.ate that assertion. In tact
the records of my office show a notice
able decrease. IN 1864 fht monthly re-
ports If the Wora-n IF the almShouse
showed the number of inmates to be
more than so.
Thu census population Of Of ood Hud T6a
estimate population of Hudson county on
July !, 1872. according to the February
Statistics will be s1S. Tag. The monthly
porte Of the Warden of the almshouse
for the past year show that there are
only 100 inmates in that institution,
showing a decrease of 100 inmates against
an increased population of 78,546.
In 1875, the records of my offtce snow
that I sent to the almshouse 496 people.
The census population in 1870 was oniy
50, 700.
Warden Ryan reports to me that in
1891 I sent TO the almshouse 3s1 people
and to-day there are TOT inmates:
These figures will show, l DeLeve.
that there is an encouraging decrease
in the number of people sent to the
almshouse and made a burden upon the
county. These facts will also demon
strate, I think, that at least one, II NOT
offices we'll and economically.
JOHN E. HEWITT,
Oyerseer of Poor of Jersey City
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
DETAILED STATISTICS.
THE MAIN CAUSES.

There were a few cases for extreme
cruelty and for bigamy, but the other
two causes given above were in the main
the grounds on which the applications
were granted.
For these fifteen years the number
of divorces to the total number Of resi-
dent marriages in the State was 22.73
per LOCO marriages, IT one divorce to
each "A marriages. In 1879 the rate was
l divorce for each 81 marriages, and
for the five years from 1879 to 1888, the
yearly average was l divorce to each
"a marriages. In 1880 the percentage Of
divorces to each 1000 of population was
1872 per cent, while in 1898 the estimated
percentage was 1873 per cent.
These figures show a relatively larger
percentage Of increase than in the nat
ural growth of the State. They DO not.
however, show the real increase in APP
plications made during the last year or
two. This is said to be very large.
Still, New Jersey is behind other States.
In Pennsylvania there was one year in
which one divorce was granted for ev-
cry ten marriages, n in Maine, YER
mont, Rhode Island. Connecticut and In
diana the ratio -approxinates the same
figures. But in other States the laws are
much more lenient han in New Jersey.
In some States, -intemperance, cruelty
and almost any misconduct is legal
ground for an application. In South
Carolina divorces are absolutely pro-
hibited.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
BEAUTIFUL sHoHoLA GLEN.
A Beautiful Place to Spend {
Summer DaY.

The Erie Railroad Company on Thurs
day will run it's first excursion OF the
season to the beautiful Shohola Glen.
This is a charming spot situated on a
bluff. overlooking the banks of the Del
aware River, a little over one hundred
miles from this city. Few people who
have never been to Shohola realize what
a beautiful place it is. The Shohola
River. a turbulent mountain stream, IN
it's determination to reach the great
river. has plowed its way through the
rocks Of Pike county, leaving in It's
wake a most picturesque glen.
When it comes out into the plain II
makes its final bow to the rocks by
gently dipping over the Racket Fails,
upon the brink of which is a romantic
old moss grown mill, which was built
bv the early German settlers in 1880.
For a mile up the stream from that
noint wonderful specimens of natures
handiwork crowd upon each other in a
rich profusion. At times, as though
stopping for a moment to rest in it's
stubborn fight with the rocks, the river
forms under the high cliffs deep, weird
pools. in whose clear water the dainty
trout makes his home, while at others
II SOeS ZldolllLS wv 49,
miniature cataracts and delightful wa
ter falls. From the several over hang
ing bridges which cross the stream one
is afforded glimpses of superb scenery,
pictures in gray and green and moss
Clad towers, while the winding path
along its banks leads to many romantic
eaverns and rustic resting places.
Every Accommodation for the amuse-
ment and comfort and pleasure of eX-
c~ursionists. Including a witch,bac rail- all
of the Glen, while for the accommoda-
ton of those who wish to mAke e
1nder the manageme of Mr.. Edwyn J..
Fenton. a veteran boniface, who was
for years Connected with George b.; De
Revere, the former proprietor OF ray
lor's Hotel.
The fast trains which the Erie runs
enables one to leave here at g reason
able hour in the morning, spend five or
SIX hours at the Glen, and return early
in the evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
new JERSEY DIVORCES
Records Show More Than a
Normal Increase in the Num-
Der Of Cases-Causes
Of Action.

ri
TRENTON, May "a. 1S95.-There has
been a considerable increase in the num-
Der of applications for divorce in this
State within the last year or two. al
though divorces are supposed to be dis
couraged by the laws of the State rather
than encouraged: ut least. that seems
to have been the policy heretofore. The
proceedings are guarded with the great
est care. Testimony is taken before a
Master in Chancery and then the entire
case is reviewed by the Court of Chan
Gerry. Perhaps the secrecy ncourages
rather than discourages those seeking a
legal release from their marriage vows.
The increase in the number of appli-
cations for divorce cannot be given in
actual figures, fer there is no separate
record kept in the Court of Chancery of
the applications. All are entered in the
court docket with all other court cases.
The statistics compiled by the State
Board of Health, however, give fhe num-
Der of divorces granted. Below is given
the number of divorces granted each
year for the period mentioned, the APP
plicant, whether husband or wife, n
the grounds, whether adultery OF de-
Sertion:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
Dated Jersey city. May g.
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals. will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday June II, 1895. at 10 O'Clock AN for
GRADING, CURLING. FLAGGING AND
PAVING OF CHURCH STREET,
from the easterly side OF Mill Road to Sum-
sary to the making Of q continuous ana SUIT
able public highway from Merseles street,
Church streets to Summit avenue. and the
same to be made conformably TO the provisions
of Chapter cS9 of the Laws of 1898, ana IN
accordance with specifications on file in the
office of the Clerk Of said Board.
ties must be obtained at the office of the
Chief Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 4,40o cubic yards of earth excavation.
A abou s sso ee cubic Sa Yarss 81 Of f0e aar shea SliInga
About 1850 cubic yards of sand or gravel
filling.
About 1850 square yards of specification
Belgian block pavement.
About 1000 square yards of Belgian block
About 80 lineal feet Of curb stone.
About 672 square feet of bridge stone.
About $500 square feet of Tagging.
About 100 square yards of repaving.
About % lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 30 lineal feet Of %cribbing.
About 2 new receiving basins and comes.
tons complete.
About 45O lineal feet of 1S-inch vitrifed pipe.
Time allowed for the completion of this
work, one hundred and twenty Q2O working
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
feet to the remonstranee of the owners of
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
velopes. endorsed Proposals for Improvement
of Church Street on Account of Mercer Street
Extension directed to John c. Kaiser.
chairman of Committee on Streets and sew
ers," and handed to the Clerk of the Board
in omen meeting when called for in the order
Of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor win a substitution of ~sureties be allowed.
The Board may. -naer the law above quoted,
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
p0Sals.
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the 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
sundciency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President OF
this Board having power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under cath.
nv order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. t. BouToN.
Dated Jersey clts May q, lsa&
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
FEARED 4 PARDON.
Therefore Whiteeaps Lynehed
a Maryland Murder and
Robber.

BALTIMORE, May rs, 1895.-Jacob Hem
son, the young colored man who was
recently tried and convicted in the How
ard County Court and sentenced to be
hanged on June 2, was taken from the
EIlicott City Jail early this morning
and hanged to the limb Of a tree.
The lynching was the work of about
twenty determined men. who thus aveng-
ed the murder of Daniel f. Shea, which
was one of the most brutal crimes ever
committed in Howard county. The lynch
ers feared that the Governor of Mary
Land night be induced to interfere and
commute the lead mans sentence to life
imprisonment.
The grounds for this apprehension
came from the recent repeated visits to
the Jail of specialists in mental diseases
to inquire into Henson's sanity and the
reported intention of Governor Brown
himself to go out there for the same
purpose.
The belief had been growing that Hen
sons sentence might be committed and
he be spirited away to the Baltimore
penitentiary. The effect of this belief
was found in a. placard which was left
pinned to the breast of the lynched negro,
on which was WRITTEN
W. respect our court and judges.
Governor Brown forced the law-abiding
citizens to carry out the verdict Of the
Jury.
WHITE CAPS
Shortly after midnight when the city
vas wrapped in slumber, masked men
began to assemble by twos and threes,
and soon surrounded the jail. The jailer
was then aroused with the statement,
1--WE have come for Henson"
Adr+ittance was refused. but the outer
door was quickly battered down with
iron sledges. The noise did not arouse
the prisoner in his cell. nor was he
awakened until the lock on his door gave
way under the blows of the sledge nam
shr.eked for mercy. 1t was useless, 4
rope was thrown over the Negroes head
and more dead than alive from fright,
The was dragged from the cell. He
alternately IT eTrnnsade y prayed ySs i and s cursed as he was
Warden Lilly was out of town but his
family begged the lynchers not to hang
the culprit N the Jail yard. He was
bound and gagged. taken TO Merrick's
Ian Lane u the aoppwo was tr saroT There over Was ths
final shrek, ending N a CHASTITY rattle,
n the tragedy was over.
Mr.. Shea was murdered for his money
in his little Ellicott City store on til,
was IN his employ and had been treated
with great kindness. He confessed ane
his conviction took place at the March
term of court. He confessed TO havin$
struck his victim with a Ratchet and
hacked the head of Mr.. Shea as he lay in
the corner. Twenty-Five distinct gashes
were counted when the murdered man
was prepared for burial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
TUESDAY. MAY q. 1895.
This paper is Democratic IN principles
end is independent in its vie,1s =" =" Ssos1
euestions.
Tho VOORHEES, Committee Report

The VOORHEES, Committee Report.
The Voorhees, Committee, If we are told
anything like the truth about its doings,
yesterday. has projected some admirable
reforms. and there iiss every reason to
hope that it's sessions will differ from
those of a majority of investigating pro-
csdures In working some real good to the
etate.
The main feature of its programme
seems to be the substitution of annual
appropriations and supply bills for the
present go-as-you please financial system
of the State. This is in the true line OF
Improvement. EveryN department of the
State Government should be put upon
strict allowance. founded upon a careful
estimate of its needs. Necessary de-
f~ciencies should be made up by the enact
ment OF a general supply bill after the
scrupulous investigation Of each item.
It is a marvel that this plan was not
adopted years ago in New Jersey. We
should think this was about the only
othte IN lue CuioH WiSIS ~ ufO ~ pc
vail. There is nothing in the Constitu-
ton to forbid. Only the ease with
which our Treasury is kept supplied I'M
der corporation tax laws. has produced
that laxity which never could grow up.
were a direct tax the source of our rev.
enue.
The change proposed by Mr.. corbin
in the fees of Clerks of the Supreme
and Chancery courts is certainly wise
and proper. If it can be legally made.
Mr.. Corbin thinks it can and argue
his case with characteristic fnesse. He
has against him, however. immemorial
tradition. It is certain, anyway. that a
change can be made when the present
incumbents' terms expire. The cutting
on of Secretary Kelsey's extra fees and
the assumption by the State of the
expenses of the corporation work of his
Office is also right. The merging of the
Dairy Commission in the State Board of
Health is not Objectionable, and there
seems to be no good reason why one set
of officers should not perform the duties
OF the State Board of Assessors and the
State Tax Commission. The Bureau
Of Labor Statistics is a d~emagogical alb
surditv. 1t is. at the best, a mere or
namental affair. It can well be spared.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
HEWITT REPLIES TO ROWE.

To the Editor of 1.-THE Jersey City News +"
Within the past few days a public dis
cussion has arisen, involving the commit
ments of unfortunates to the ~poorhouse.
The office of Overseer of the Poor is by
no means a pleasant one. Its duties bring
one into contact almost daily with the
lark side of this life. 1t involves the
care of unfortunate men IN women.
whose lives have been wrecked In many
instances by one cause or another. The
occupants of our a~lmshouse today are as
a whole wrecks of the most pitiable
kind. The law dealing with the commit
ment of paupers. prepared, and through
the instrumentality of Jacob Weart
passed, in 1854, is a good one for two
reasons.
First-It is a humane law. Previous to
the passage of that law, a person to be
admitted to the almshouse, was subjected
to being arraigned before two Justices of
the Peace. who were empowered to act
as a court of enquiry. The condition OF the
person so arraigned was ventilated pub
licly, and further. the lives of such per-
sons ancestors were often dragged into
publicity by this method of procedure. II
was an ordeal that even the most shame
less would shrink from. They preferred
restitution to it.
second-The LEGAL fees of such enquiry
amounted to about $3.50 for each person,
or as much more as the summoning of
witnesses necessitated. Under our system
of procedure 'orders of removal" (not
COMMITMENTS are used. These admit a
person deemed a dependant to the aims
house. The form of sue order Of re-
movar' was drawn by the Hon. Job. H.
Lippincott. under the direction of the
Board of Freeholders. II these orders
are defective, surely no responsibility
rests upon the Overseer. It Is a question
worthy Of some consideration, ! believe,
required or necessary at all. I have
looked over the law on. the subject and
Of the Jacob Weart law previously rss
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