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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
FIGHTING FOR A CHILD.
Arguing Against VoEel Habeas


Before Judge Hudspeth this morning
Senator w. D. Daily presented his argu-
ment why little Ella Vogel, now in the
custody of MI. and Mrs. Sehneid of No.
81 Garden street, Hoboken, should not be
handed over to the German Consul to
send her to her mother in Germany.
The little girl was adopted by the
Schneid's years ago after the mother had
abandoned her child. She was brought
to Hoboken from Germany INK care-
fully educated by the Schneids, in whose
possession she now is, and bears Their
name. A few months ago the mother
complained to the German Consul uhat
the Schneids were foreibly OBTAINING her
child. The Consul sued out a writ OF
habeas corpus and today Senator Daily
argued against the writ.
His proposition was that the parents OF
the child had abandoned it and they
never paid a cent for her maintenance.
Secondly there vas no evidence before
the Court tha even If the child were re-
moved to Germany that it would pc
benefited.
Thirdly, that no court will take away
a child from custoiians when the best IN,
terests OF the child were endangered
Senator DAILY claims that the woman in
Germany is of IMMORAL character, anp
the child was the issue of a liason with
adopted with the consent of the mother
and the foster parents Who 9 Y the
child and lay cared for II, ought TO
Rave the custody. AS for lit sesn ElIa. sne
Judge Hudspeth said that he Wouid de-
eide the case on Friday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
oNLYA LITTLE WORLD THIS.
Melancholy Reflections Ofthe Young
Man E7rom Sank Bridge.

Man From Sank Bridge.
sWhat a small world it is, after ALL"
said the young man from Sauk Bridge,
o.. He had just loved to Chicago, and
for some reason he was not greatly i'm
pressed with the immensely or the city.
For instance" he went on, = nad
been IN my hotel but a week when dis
covered that my unele's divorced wife
lived in the next room, while the man
who married a girl used to be engaged
to is on the floor below. More than that
my life, a creature that has haunted me
ever since my school days, keeps a big
boarding house in the next building. l
have to dodge him every tine l go down
town. AT 4 o'clock this morning, when
1 thought of all times l should certainly
be alone, I started to walk down State
street. 1t was a misty morning and the
gray fog hid ever the one or two all
night cabmen who were still sticking to
their stands. The street was lonely and
deserted. I had walked slowly along
down to Jackson street without meeting
a human being, when suddenly out OF
the mist a figure doomed.
Hello, there" sounded a voice as we
drew close together, II haven't seen you
for a long time. I'm in pretty Dug luck,
old man. an you stake me to. a bed
1t was a tramp printer. l had known
eight years ago in Leadvflle, Col. !
gave him so cents simply because he had
proved to me beyond cavil that life runs
In circles around a globe and that all
intersect somewhere in their
ences.-Chicago Tribune.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
QUEER 0ONTRETBMPs.
An Interesting Story which Carries
With 1t a Plain Moral.

People ordinarily suppose that secrets
cannot be told unless some one deliber-
ately tells them. But the most sacredly-
guarded secrets in the world are those
kept under the seal of the confessional
in the Church of Rome. and there is a
well-known story of the way in which
that seal was once broken, no one in par
ticular, breaking it.
An illustrious French prelate was at a
great banquet, in company with many
members of the French nobility and many
other ecclesiastics.
The conversation turned upon the life
long experience of priests, their insight
into the depths of human nature. and
he strange secrets of which, in virtue
of their office, they must become the de-
positaries. To point his remarks, his
For instance, gentlemen, the first con-
fession 1 ever received was that of a
murderer"
AT that moment, and while EXPRESSIONS
of wonder, interest and horror were still
upon the lips Of his auditors, the door
opened and a nobleman of the highest
rank, a mar well-known among them,
pany and then paid his respects to the
prince of the Church, adding gracefully,
as he turned to he company:
You are perhaps not aware, gentlemen,
that l had the honor to be his eminence's
first penitent.'
The CONSERVATION of the company and
his eminence's state of mind may be ina
gined. Yet what had his eminence told?
And it is probable that most secrets
are told in this manner. No one pur-
posely tells them, but between priest and
penitent they are told, and-the murder
is out.
Few people intend TO betay condolences;
but Remember" says the Oriental pro-
verb, your friend has a friend, and your
trends friend has a friend"
1t behooves US, then, to set a stricter
Jatch upon GU lips, and be careful how
We drop perfectly innocent halves of con-
ddences, since we never know who may
be coming ound the corner with the
other half to match iti-Youth's Com
panion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
H BALEFUL BLUE EYE.

Blue or light colored eyes are popular
ly supposed to most frequently carry
the baleful influence and to counteract
this blue beads are sometimes worn.
Cases are cited of men able to over
throw a carriage merely by looking at
It is said that the belief in the evil
eye among Christians, Jews and Mo
hammedans is stronger even than their
read rood and bad luck from the color
and growth Of a horses hair. This habit
they seem to have got from the Bedpuin
Arabs, but are not SO expert IN the
signs. A chestnut horse, for good luck,
must nave either both hind legs or else
the near leg white. # only the off
by the way the hair grows on the fet-
lock it it argued whether the owner
will be killed by g spear or a Dagger;
and, If a horse begins to dig with his
to be buried.-All the Year Around.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
MUST BE OF GENTLE BIRTH
Pages OF European Courts, Thef'
APay and Their Gorgeous Uniforms.

\ ASS TE
PAY and Their Gorgeons Uniforms.
1t is only at the imperial and royal courts Of
Europe that ..thc pretty page With the dim
pied chin so sweety sung by the poet. and
who constituted one OF the most picturesque
and romantic features of medieval times. still
survives. Royal and Imperial pages range in
age from 10 to 10 years. They are appointed by
the sovereign, enjoy pay, prerogatives ana
perquisities, much as de the grown, up at
PENDANTS upon royalty, and are ascripea GER
Gentle birth is the first qualification for the
post OF royal page. AT the courts OF vienna
and Munich an ancestry OF no less than six
teen generations free from any plebeian stain
on either fathers or mothers SIDE Is re-
CURED. In Britain and Russia so long q no
in the court of Queen Victoria are generally
the sons Of distinguished officers Of the army
or of high dignataries of the royal household.
"pearson's Weekly. and when they have
served a period OF fyes years each Ia pre-
sented with a commission in the Guards. On
state occasions they wear gorgeous uni
forms of bue and silver. Besides serving on
such occasion they have to devote q certain
number OF weeks every year to more private
service at Windsor or at Osborne. One Of their
chief functions is to bear the Queens train
when she holds a meeting of the Privy coun-
ell. The Queen is rigid in. her etiquette and
never presidss at councils WITHOUT wearing neF
Berlin the pages figure. at all state ceremonies,
clad. like those of England, in blue and silver,
chairs of the royal and imperial personages.
These personages. on rising from the table,
sometimes address a few kindly works to the
boys and present than with s~weatmeats from
the epergnes. These pages are chosen only
from among the best looking boys OF the School
of Cadets, nearly all the members OF which
are of noble birth.
At the court of st. Petersburg the corps of
pages is q sort OF imperial school where a
number of lads. sons Of noblemen and state
dignitaries. both civil and military, are edu-
Gated at the Cars expense and under his
usually obtain commissions as officers of the
regiment of Chevalier Observation-Disclosures
Press U25F N
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
JUST WALKED OUT OF JAIL.

NEWPORT. VT, Jan. "a, ~1895.-Yester-
day it was discovered that VIM. Lathe,
who shot Mrs. George Barstow last De-
cember, and who has been confined in
the County Jail here sinc his arrest,
was missing. 1t seems that Lathe had
sawed off one of the bars of a window
in the inner jail with an old case knife,
pried the others apart with one of the
rails to his old-fashioned bedstead, and
gained access to the corridor outside.
1t is the custom to leave the outer door
of this corridor unlocked during the day
time, and all the prisoner had to do
was to walk out of doors in freedom.
Lathe left a note for Sheriff Miles.
In 1t he stated that he was innocent of
the crime for which he was confined, and
that no one man would effect his cap
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
Mr.. DUGAN EXPLAINS
Tells Why the County Does
Not Pay the City'S Claim
For Election Ex-
penses.
ADVISES BRINGING SUIT
Neither He Nor the Freeholders
Intended DiseOurtesy to
Mayor Wanser or the
Financiers.
ADVISES BRINGING SUIT

County Collector Hugh Dugan takes
exception to the attack made upon him
and the Finance Committee of the Board
of Freeholders for failing to attend the
conference with Mayor Wanser and the
other city officials to arrange the claims
against the county for election expenses.
Mr.. Dugan, to begin with, was not mott
fed to be present. He says he is not in
the habit of forcing himself into meet
ings to which he has not been invited.
There appears to have been aslaxity
regarding the notification of the Finance
Committee of the Board of Freeholders,
too.
According to Mr.. Dugan's statement
some one telephoned to Clerk Boyd CT the
F~reeholders and requested him to notify
the members whose presence was requir-
ed. Upon receipt of the message Mr..
Boyd said it would be impossible for
him to give the Finance Committee pro-
per notification.
WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED.
The committee consists of fifteen mem
bcrs, and as far as can be learned they
were not notified to be present.
The claim of 81, 900 which the city has
against the county was incurred in 1890.
II has not been paid for the reason h
demand has ever been made for it.
IF a proper demand is made" said
Mr. Dugan This morning, land the Free
holders order me TO pay that claim, l
VIII 90 il .sladly, but the city officials
mast bear in min that cannot pay pay out u
proper authorization. tn Board OF FL.
nance has no rigAt 10 demand payment
tAe city money fahers is only one way to
get It properly, The Corporation Coun-
sci shogld hr:ne 81 for t s;,i ~ ei y +. *
with the F~reehoiders for one-half of the
e~leetion expenses. The bin was looked
over by the Finance Committee of th2
ae;yiee of Cauasel MeCsrath, Collector
Irlean was directed to pay only parton
the claim.
The items to which the Freeholders
tcak exeention wore-rnrnityre. So. so;
stationery and blar re. s252.e5; rent, Si1T.50;
insurance, s1s.75; bco lis and storage,
IDvIsEs THE CRY TO SUE.
Collector Dugan took upon himself
the responsibility OF Frying the .lalsns
Settled the claim of s10.435.75 for S, 247:50,
and received a receipt for that su1n TBS 81;
year Mr.; Scott put in IN a claim dare f2r ~ o "a
then su5m. ted it to the Finenee Con-
raittee of. the Freeholders. Re WIS al
rested 70 spay s~s,2f7.50, the same as LAST
but it was not accepted, in full payment
Of the claim. Mr.. Dugan has 4 receipt
from City Clerk Scott which a~ckroyledg-
Soft claims a balance of o2,I52 which,
adaed to the 81, 600 for 1890, and sl5s8 or
lSg3, makes the city's claim Sl4,J3S. Mr.
Dugan advises the city to eon1mence suit
at once n settle the difficulty in the
proper manner
the city wins such q suit. said
E6r. Dugan, no ore would happier 70
raw than myself. There is zd~iscnurtssy
intended inthis matter by the Freeholders
or myself"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
THE HARD WORKED SULTAN.

N y e. ~ 81 III & A
The Sultan OF Turkey IS one Of the
most hard-workee men in the OtaEar
dominions. Rising at six o'clock every
morning. he devotes his days in Sc
clusion of the Yildiz Palace and gardens
to personal attention to all the affairs of
state laid before him by his ministers.
He is of slight figure. a pale-brown over
coat conceals any decorations he might
be wearing,so that the attention of those
who see him on the one day in seven
when he presents himself to the view of
the people is not diverted from his pale,
wan and care-worn face, half cayered by
a thin brown beard tinged with gray,
and s~rrmounted by a plain red fez. The
Sultan has been the means of establish
ing $4,000 schools throughout his Empire,
not only for boys, but for girls also,
which is O striking departure from the
: sit.onal usage of his race.-Philadei-
'phia Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
FOOD PRICES DEPRESSED.
European Demands for the Abolition
of All Speculation Dealing.

WASHINGTON, Tan "a, 1S35.-The
American Consul General at Berlin re-
ports to the State Department that the
depression of prices for grain n other
agricultural products continues to agi-
tate the representatives of the agricul-
ture and land-owning classes everywhere
in Europe, as it does at home. Atten-
ton has already been called to the reso-
buttons adopted by agricultur.sts' unions
in London last IAnth which were di-
rected against speculation in grain on
the exchange, accompanied by special
requests. to the British Government that
trading in fictitious ~food-velues be for
hidden by law, owing to the harm it does
by lowering prices, and that only such
trades shall be lawful as are based on
the actual articles.
Similar action has been taken in Ger
many. At he meeting of the Central
Agricultural Union of Saxony, It was de-
clared that the present price of grain
does not cover the cost of production,
a change of conditions is not to be ex-
pected without a change of laws; besides
grain, most of the other agricultural lines
are in bad plight, # not actually ruined;
intelligence, thrift and industry no longer
suffice to maintain the existence of farm
ers and lease-holders.
In addition to demanding a sort of
anti-option law, the resolutions called for
the abrogat.on of all customs bonus for
grain and mill products, asked the Gov
to establish ~granaries similar
to those of the West, and expressed the
hope that their establishment would per-
nit the War Department to buy for the
army 'tslch breadStuffS onIy as grow on
German SOIL Consul-Gcneral De Kay
says these movements of the Prussian
agriculturists have SO far produced no
ing definite is known regarding the weight
which will be given them by the Govern
ment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Bergen Branch, Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Urion, met at three
its President, Mrs. Isabelle Story.
The Wornan's Chr stan Temperance
Union Of the West Side M e.. Church
Mrs. s stires. No. IS Lexington avenue.
Calanthe Assembly No. S, Pythian Sis
terhood, met last night in Arcanum
Joe Milford, inspector on the Green
VILE Branch of the Consolidated Trac-
ton Company, is confined to his home
with the grip. -
Mutual Social Club viii be held at the
Avenue House, January 2S.
The Rev. E. A. Waffles of jamestown,
n. Y will preach on "Triaf. at t ne ser-
cessor to the Rev. D. J. Ellison has yet
been chosen.
The Cheerful Workers of the West
in the Mallory Avenue Chapel.
The Bijou Literary Society will give
a dance tomorrow night at Foye Hall.
There Is to be g meet,ng N r, ne seems
day night for the purpose of organizing
an athletic club.
Count Bergen, A. Q. F., is to have its
annual reception at Bergen Hall, anu
The Gossips have arranged 10. have
their annual dance at Hasbrouck Hal
tomorrow night.
to his home with the grip.
The annual turkey supper of the Grace
NJ. e. Church Sunday School VIII be
eaten in Columbia Building and Loan
Association Hall, January 81.
The GOO Goo" Association will meet
tonight in Arcanum Hall to criticize the
manner il which the city government
is at present run, and to tell each othe,
how they would run it If they only had
a show.
NO. 629 Henderson street, was arrested
yesterday charged with stealing three
electric batteries from the Pennsylvania
Railroad oundhOu on Waldo avenue
Jonathan Rose, an employe of the com
pany saw Burns commit the theft. Burns
was held for the Grand Jury by Justice
1euklass this morning under $500 n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
SUING CHARLES E
Els Injured watch man Wants Dam-
Observation-Disclosures of the Storekeep

Ills w aicSssSH WdHss D"'"
Observation-Disclosures of the Storekeep
Martin C~onwayiwas formerly a watch
man in Charles S.. Furst's dry goods
store. where he worked for eleven years
W to two years ago, when by reason OF
the neglect and carelessness, he alleges,
of Furst he met with an accident that
now permanently disables him and rend-
ers him Unfit for work. One night while
on duty in the store Conway heard
noises On the floor below, n going to
the aperture through which~the elevator
passes, leaned on the railing TO look for
the cause of the noise below. The rail-
ing was nailed Oh the inside of the post
and was so badly put together hat w!en
Conway put his hand on tit gave way,
and losing his balance he was thrcUn
through the aperture to the floor below,
a distance of twelve feet. His head vas
badly injured, and rs n result several
months were spent in the hospital suffer
ing from fracture to the frontal pone OF
the skull and the presence in the brain
tissue of g clot OF blood tie trled 20
resume his work. but could not and is
now q wreck.
He asked NJ. Furst TO remunerate him
for the accident. the time lost and the
merchant wouldn't give hin a GENT.
Conway brought suit in the Gircuit Court
for $50, 900, and this morning IT was begun
before Justice Lippincctt and q jury.
Counsellor Gilmore, who represented
Conway explained 10 the jury in opening
the case that his client il still siek-an9
could not leave his room in St Francis,
Hospital. His testimony, taken there
before Mr.. Gilmore and W. D. Edwards,
representing Mr.. Furst, was read to the
jury. 1t recited at length the facts. One
part reads
when I was injured the Fursts
wouldn't even send me home in a car
riage."
The defence is c~ontributory negligence
and occunied all the forenoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
TIE SWEATING SYSTEM.
How HI Brings Hts own Revenge On
Socfety-Thc Remedy.

Down on Christian street, Philadelphia,
is a man who does only custom work he
is being eaten up with a cancer, He eats
sleeps and works in one room, n the
stencil and disorder of the pace are
frightful. One physician says thdt ne mas
found in the dirt and dust OF insse eppve i
elias, measles and smallpox, ana mas eG-
amined clothing that. was injected VIII
the germs. How could It be otherWlse .
I have seen coats and filthy bedclotnes
tumbled together. I have seen a pdpy
half covered with sores lying on a peo
Of coats, while another stack stood by US
side to keep it from rolling OF. IN TINS
Fashion the filth of the slums come into
our own homes, and outraged humanity
has its own revenge.
OF course there is a remedy, ana l nave
a clear conviction that Christian people
are the ones to apply the remedy. Ihey
stand, as a class, apart from the partles
in the conflict, and SO may be expected 70
down-troden humanity may not look to
Christian people for sympathy and sue
cor, in the lame of Christ 10 Wnom may
they look! But the Christianity that Will
prove helpful must do something more
than preach and pray. There is little
use gong among these people SIMPLY
and solely with the Gospel. Had Christ
so done His work among the mccoy mere
would be no Christendom today. Their
hearts are dulled. The brains are NUMB.
Their condition has thrust them Into an
infdelity like that of the poor German
girl, who. when told in the midst OF
her ~wretchedness that God is good, said:
mo, no, no good God. Just look at me.
No good God"
The limits of this article do not allow
a statement of the details of the remedy.
But it is clear that nothing will do short
of a complete abolition of the system, and
a legal requirement that manufacturers
shall provide large, airy, well-lighted
rooms in which the work shaI be done.
The thing for you and me to do is to
make public opinion. Agitate, ~agitate,
agitate! Show people the prevalence, OF
his in,quity, and I have confidence that
if it is exhibited once, twice. thrice to a
humane public, the sovereign decree will
come forth. abolish it, And it would
be done. God speed the day.-The Arena.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
GOOD FOR BOARDING HOUSES.

4 A German periodical devoted to wood
industries announces that food products
consisting partly of wood are now manu-
featured. At Berlin q factory has beer
built which is turning out about 20(
quintals of wooden bread a day. Saw
dust is subjected to chemical treatment
after which it is mixed with one third
The product at present serves only as
food for horses, but the Berlin .TramWay
Company, which is the most important
customer of the factory, is we'll pleased
with the results. The manufacturers say
that wooden bread constitutes also ar
excellent food for man.-Philadelphia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
HOTEL

TO SARAH NICHOLL. WILLIAM NICfIoLL,
her husband, John H. Grifiiths otherwise
known as John H. W~hitnarsh), Edwin
Grittiths, Margaret Bourke and August
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City CoiIector Of {, Jersey + any aSd1
Aldermen of Jersey City purchased TOT ane
sum of one hundred and twenty-four dollars
and forty-four cents, ALL the land ana rea
estate situate in Jersey City, in the County o.
Hudson and State of New Jersey, irontins
on Jay street, which is laid down ana dss.s'
mated as lot six (6), in Block number six nun
dred and twenty-four Q624l, upon an assess
ment mar annexed to a report NUMBER elSh.3
Ave (s) made b. the Commissioner OF "a.
the Circuit Court of the County Of hudson, .
certified copy of which report and map va
fled in the Office of the City Collector or Jef,
sey City on the 10th day Of August, 1897, sac
report and map and said sale beng mas
pursuant to the provisions of an act OF tEe
Legislature of New Jersey. passed March Soth'
1856, entitled
IAN Act concerning the settlement and coilec-
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents IN
cities of this state, and imposing ana levy,
ing a tax, assessment ard lien IN lieu any
instead of such arreGrages, and TO ENFORCE
the payment thereof, and to proVloe ioi
the sale of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap,
pear to have an estate or interest IN say
land and real estate. and unless the said lana
and real estate shall be redeemed, as provided
in said acts. before the expiration of six months
from and after the service hereof, a deed for
the same will be given conyeyingsto The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City the fee simple
of said land and real estate according to the
provisions Of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, n; J.. December 18th, 1884:
THE MAYOR N ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
T. F. wANsER,
Attest JOHN E. SCOTT,
(Sale No. 1900
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-24
TEACHING OF H%oUsEWIFERY

Writing in the North American Re-
view," Miss Elizabeth Bisland pleads for
the work to which they have for the most
part to devote their lives. She says:
The. old practical rule of thumb ap-
passed away. something should replace
1t. Why should not schools for girls give
courses Of instruction IN housewsfery-
ing Of chairs, but the Instruction as to
how houses should be made n fur
nished and their sanitation assured; in
of assimilation; in the laws of physiology
and hygiene and something about funda-
mental economics, of which the average
woman IS totally ignorant, though she
money the men accumulate.