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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10

Notice is hereby given that on the 29th
day of April, 1895, application was made to
sers by John Dosher and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF LINCOLN STREET,
between Central avenue and the Hudson
County Public Road, conformably to the pro
visions of Chapter III, of-the Laws of 1895,
and in the following manner included all in
tersections:-
graded to the established grade, by excavating
or filing the same to the established grade.
To have new 20 inch curb set on either side
thereof.
To have the present curb reset and new 20
inch curb set where necessary.
To have the carriage way paved with Bel
t. have new bridge stone cross walks laid.
To have the present bridge stone cross walks
relaid and new bridge stone laid where nee
essary.
And all other work done that may be nee
essary to provide for the flow of the surface
water and to complete the Improvement IN q
good and substantial manner.
And notice is also given that on the twenty
sioners of Assessment filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners their preliminary sketch, showing
Sne pren n an ~ eosS 30 o. y ne mnun {o he
assessed on property specially benefited there
by, and the same is now open to pupiic inspec-
ton in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given. that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
Lincoln street from Hudson County Public
Road to Central avenue.
Hudson County Public Road ton the east
side) from Lincoln street about 2sH feet
north and 20 feet south.
Milton avenue from Lincoln street about
144.5 feet north and 100 feet south.
summit avenue from Lincoln street about %
feet north and 26 feet south.
Central avenue Con the west side from Lin
coin street about Is feet north and 50 feet
south.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited the fifteenth day OF
october, 1885, .at 10 o'clock A. M. and the
meeting room of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners be and are hereby fixed
as the time ard place when and where the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
will meet to hear parties interested In said APP
~plication and all remonstrances against the
sented in writing.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. II. BoUroN.
Dated Jersey city. october 5. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
WAS IT 4 WOMAN
Doubts That Preacher johnson
Murdered Annie Rogers
C~ireumstantial Evidence
Points to Jealousy.
Special t,the Jcssey citu Netcs


SOMERyILLE, Oct. 10, 1S95.-The con-
viction Of Jacob S. Johnson, who is in
Jail here awaiting trial for the murder
of Annie Rogers of Newark. now seems
very doubtful to those familiar with the
details of the case. The chain of evil
dence deduced against Preacher John
son at first seemed conclusive. and he
was promptly indicted. Subsequently,
however, an entirely different chain of
circumstantial evidence was brought to
light by which it would seem practically
impossible that he could nave committed
the crime for which he is to stand trial.
The counsel for the defence claim that
they are prepared to show that the
crime was not committed by johnson.
wv strongest element of evidence
against the colored preacher. and hat
on which the prosecution will attempt to
secure his conviction, is that he was
seen with Annie Rogers late on the
night that she was brutally murdered.
they further claim that Johnson's mo-
tive was to secure an amount of money
which the woman was known to nave in
her possession. This money had been
taken from her person, but a diligent
search failed to show that the preacher
had taken it.
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.
The condition of the BODY at the time
it was found indicates that the crime
was that of a very powerful man. John
son., however, is small in stature, and
has little strength. In addition to this,
the crime was apparently committed by.
a left-handed man, while Johnson is
right handed. Counsel for the defence
will also make use of the fact that
Annie Rogers neck was horribly LAGER
ated by the sharp nails of the person
who murdered her, While Johnson's nadls
are habitually worn down to the quick.
Wounds made by the accused mans i'm
gers would have made bruises but could
not have torn the flesh.
CRIME OF A WOMAN.
The opinion that it was the CRIME or a
woman has gained strength. The de-
prove that the crime was committed by
a Jealous woman. A mysterious person
who is said to have disappeared on the
night of the murder, Will also ngure m
hat this person, whose disappearance
was coincident with the finding OF tns
dead body of Annie Rogers, was traced
by detectives to Merriek, Long Island.
Both the prosecution and the deIence
have been diligently searching for a lett
handed man upon whom an element OF
suspicion might be placed. the prose-
cution realize that their case IS by no
means a strong one, and hence tnelr qe-
e;re to fix the crime on some one oeslues
the accused man. The Whole Gase !;
shrouded IN mystery. II mas puzziea
the police authorities for months, and
lis solution has not yet been feacheu.
If Johnson's conviction is secured IN
the trial several important ililhs nus -
applied in the chain of clrcunastahtlal
o1-;E
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10

-
day of July, 1895, application was made to
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
BY J. w. McKelvey and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF MONTGOMERY STREET
between Bergen avenue and the new County
Road. conformably to the provisions of Chap
ter 217 of the Laws Of 1885; and IN the Iol-
70 have the street for the full width thereof
graded to the established grade by eXcavating
or filling the same to the established grade
To have new 2O-inch curb set on either side
thereof.
2O-inch curb set where necessary.
To have the carriage way paved with Bel
gl To have AZ the present bridge stone -crosswalks
reiaid and new bridge stone laid where neces-
And all other work done that may be neces-
sary to provide for the now OF the SURFACE 9
water and to compete 54Ea1 e,d tine Improvement IN a
Notice is also given that on the first day of
october, 1888, the Commissioners Of Assess.
and Water Commissioners their preliminary
sketch showing the probable total cost of
able amount to be assessed on property spec
tally benefited thereby, and the same is now
open to public inspection IN the office or the
And notice is also given that the following
thereof, are included in said assessment,
namely
Hudson County Public Road.
Bergen avenue (ou the north side from
MONTGOMERY street ABOUT DOL reef west.
Boland street from Montgomery street about
100. IA feet west.
Britton street from Montgomery street about
100 feet west.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited, the fifteenth day Of
October, 1895, at ten o'clock A. M, and
the meeting room of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners are hereby fixed
as the time and place, when and
where the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners viii meet TO hear all
parties Interested in said application and all
remonstrances against the said proposed i'm
provement that may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. t. BoUToN,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
MISS PAGE WANTS $4,000.
Another Suit for Damages Against
the Traction Co pany.

On the afternoon of August 16, 1894, a
trolley car on the Bayonne line collided
with another car which had become
stalled on Ocean avenue. TIL car, an
open one. was pretty badly smashed by
the force of the collision, and the pas
sengers more or less injured. Among the
passengers was Miss Mary E. Page of
No. Is West Fifty-second street. Bay
onne. Miss Page was employed in New
York as a jewelry poLsher and was on
her way home from work. She had
boarded the car at the ferry and sat at
the end of a seat about the middle of the
car.
When the crash came Miss Page was
thrown violently against the seat in front
of the one in which she was sitting
and then Iell from the car to The street,
striking on her back. She was helped
back ABOARD the car by her brother, VINO
was with her. ana the conductor.
Upon arriving at Eifty-second street
she was almost CARED nome by her
brother. There she found that her right
sprained and that she was otherwise
badly shaken up. She did NOT, how
ever. think that her injuries were very
serious, and, with her father, went to
the office of DR.. Morris for treatment.
He dressed the wounds and she returned
home. The next day she was in a high
fever and unable to rise from her bed.
1t was then discovered that her spine
had been injured. She was confined TO
her bed for a month, during which time
she suffered excruciating pain. She be-
came a cripple from the effects of her in
iuries. and also contracted diabetes.
which was superinduced by the injury
to her sp ne and which, her physicians
say, is incurable.
Miss Page instituted suit against the
Consolidated Traction Company for sS.-
coo damages, to compensate her for her
injuries, and the case was begun before
Judge Lippineott and a jury yesterday
Afternoon. Miss Pages interests Were
looked after by Judge T.. F. Noonan.
and Counsellor Warren Dixon appeared
for the mpan
The plaintiff was the first witness. She
related her story as above and stated
that she had been attended since the
accident by Drs. Morris, Searles. j. z.
Culver and the latter's son. When Miss
Page finished her direct examination an
adjournment was taken until this morn
ing.
time, as the Traction Company will pro-
duce a number of physicians as experts
to show that Miss Pages present con-
dition was caused by improper treat
ment.
When the case was resumed this morn
ing. Miss Page took the stand for cross
examination. Mr.. Dixon e~ndeavored to
draw from the witness the fact that
since the accident she had danced anG
done homework. He did not succeed in
doing so. Mr.. Dixon then asked her if
she wore %corsets. and the witness re-
olied that she did, but that they We're
laced very loosely SO as not to press
against her injured spine.
DIR. Rector, one of the experts for the
defense, made an examination OF the
witness at this point ana confirmed hef
sumo the time of the Court today and
tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
ARE oLD-PAsHIoNED WAYS BEST 2

An exchange says that fannels
washed in cold water will never shrink.
The wisdom of this innovation is greatly
to be doubted. An old rule, and one
that / have never known to fail, is as
follows:
Into a sufficient quantity of hot water
put about one teaspoonful of powdered
borax. Make suds by the addition of
some good soap. The 1annels should
then be put into the water n gently
rubbed with the hands.
Never rub soap on f1annels. If the
soiled parts are rubbed as suggested.
n then rinsed in lukewarm water, in
solved. and if they are gently rubbed
with the hands and hung out. they will
never shrink. I. for one. would not care
to try the cold water experiment. !
know this way is successful. but, per
haDs, it is an ~old-fashioned idea.-Ex-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
SHAVING WITH A STONE.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1ss5.-The
fraud order today against the Wonder
Stone Company of No. BIG Madison ave
rue, New York City.
This company formerly did business in
Boston,, Mass, selling a shaving stone
which was alleged to remove boards by
a process of rubbing the stone on the
face until the whiskers disappeared. The
department declared the business a fraud
some time ago.; later the company turned
up in New York City, to be discovered
again by a Postoffice Inspector.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
sHRIBKBD WHEN SENTENCED.

Julia Laporte, a young Frenchwoman,
was tried in the Court of Supreme Ses-
sions this morning charged with having
stolen some wearing apparel from Annie
Sohn Of Hudson avenue and Kossuth
street, Town of Union. with whom she
lived. The articles were found in Julia's
trunk. In her own defense She testified
from bundles that she was carrying.
The Court found her guilty. When
arraigned for sentence she became hys-
t~erical, and upon being told that she
was sentenced to three months in the
p~enitentiary she began to shrek and had
to be carried from the court room.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
NEARLY
A Greenhorn servant Blows Out Ia
Gas with the Usual Result.

GRS Nftn the OsuSt HDsHt@
Mrs. A. r. Braustein of No. 1864 At
lantic street, employed yesterday a new
~ landed German girl by the name of
Christence. Ghristenee has been in this
country only a few weeks, and since
then has lived with an intelligence office
proprietress, who uses lamp and candles
Last night when Christence went to
bed and found the gas ,litf already for
her she bleweit cat. "A short while af-
ter she had retired the Brausteins de-
tected an odor Of gas, and after making
a tour of the house discovered that il
came from the servant girls room.
bursting open tho door Mr.; Braustein
ing gas and threw 1pcap window. He
then dragged the already unconscious
Christence into another room and sum-
After working, with the girl awhile the
physician brought her back to life again,
and this morning she WAS fully recover
ed. Mrs. Braustein took a day off, ex-
planning to the ~greenhorn how to handle
the gas. Jt+E s.aETD& +
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
NOTICE
CORPORATION NOTICE.


CORPORATION NOTICE
nth day Of April. iss5, application was made
to the Board Of Street and Water Commission
ers by Michael Weigand and others for the
= MAIN SEWER IN NELSON AVENUE,
lateral, sewers in Graham avenue, North street,
Irving street Poplar street and Grace street
Hudson County Public Road to connect with
main, sewer in Nelson avenue Said sewers to
with the established plan Of sewerage. to-
gether with all the necessary manholes, receiy-
ing paslns ana appurtenances ana 70 pc oultl
c~enformably to the provisions OF Chapter III
Notice IS also given that on the twenty
fourth day of September, 1895, the Commits
sioners of Assessment filed in the Office Of the
their preliminary sketch showing the probable
total cost of the contemplated Improvement,
property specially benefited thereby. and the
same is now open to public inspection in the
And notice IS also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
Nelson avenue from Blocker street to Secau-
Congress street from Nelson avenue to Hud-
son County Public Road.
Graham street from Nelson avenue to Hud-
son County Public Road.
North street from Nelson avenue to Hudson
County Public Road.
Irving street from Nelson avenue to Hud-
son County Public Road.
Poplar street from Nelson avenue TO Hudson
County Public Road.
Grace street from Nelson avenue to a point
about 75.9 feet west of Hudson County Public
Road.
Leonard street from Nelson avenue to a point
about 75.9 feet west of Hudson County Public
Road.
Hague street from Nelson avenue to a point
about 1873 feet west of Hudson County Public
Road.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited, the fifteenth day of
| October. 1895, at ten O'Clock A. NJ, and the
meeting room of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners are hereby fixed as the
time and place when and where the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners will meet to
hear parties interested in said application and
all circumstances against the said proposed
Improvement that may be presented in writ
ing.
By order of the Board of street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey CITY. October 5. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
THE LARGEST BLACK DIAMOND.

The largest black diamond ever seen
was shown to- the Academy of Sciences
in Paris by M. Moissan, a French chem
list, on Thursday. It weighs 3.07S carats.
This gigantic carbon was found by a
digger in July last, in the iamon field
of Bahia. Its hardness is greater tina
that of a brilliant, and, for this reason,
it has great Industrial value. 1t presents
a surface PARTLY smooth and partly cor
rugated, and is exactly similar to the
particles of black diamonds productivity
M. Moissan in ar electrical furnaces The
three largest of the species previously
found weighed 62o, $40 and LOO qarats,
n the latter was not free from flaws,
The present specimen is as big as a large
pear, and apparently perfect.-Ekchange
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
NOTICE.

NOI1CG.
Notice is hereby given that on the ninth day
of May, 1895, application was MADE TO the Boafa
OF Street and Water Commissioners by William
Knoll and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF LAKE STREET,
between Montrose avenue and the Hudson
ions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895, and IN
the following manner. including all intersee-
70 have the street for the full width thereof
graded to the established grade by ,excayating
or filling the same to the established grade.
80 have new 2O-inch curb set on either side
thereof.
inch curb set where necessary.
To have the cutters on either side paved with
To have new blue stone tagging four feet
wide laid on either sidewalk.
To have new bridge stone cross walks laid.
To have the present bridge stone cross walks
relaid and new bridge stone laid where neces-
And all other work done that may be nee
essary to provide for the flow OF the surface
good and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the first day of
sessment filed in the office of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners their pre-
showing the probable total cost Of the con,
templated Improvement, and the probable
| benefited thereby, and the same is now open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
of, are included in said assessment, namely
Lake street from Mcntrose avenue to Hud-
| son County Public Road.
Montrose avenue Con the west side) from
| Lake street, about Is feet north.
Hudson County Public Road ION the east
| sfde) from Lake street about % feet north and
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited, the fifteenth day
| CT october, 1895, at ten o'clock A.. NJ, and
| the meeting room of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners are hereby fixed as the
time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear parties interested in said application.
and all remonstrances against the said pro-
| posed improvement that may be presented in
By order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
EAsToN.S LOSS BY FIRE.

EAsToN, Pa, Oct. 10. 1S95.-The brick
s~torehouse of the Bushnell Manufacture
ing Company, in this city, with a guam
tity of raw material and finished car
seats and mattresses was destroyed by
fire this morning, with a loss of $4,000.
The factory was saved and only a tenn
porary delay will follow. The firm has
many orders on hand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
PULITzER's RBBRLLIoUs EDITOR

ST. LOUIS. NO., Oct. 10. 1Ss5.-Judge
Woods of the Circuit Court this morn
ing granted the petition of Colonel
Charles Jones for a temporary injunction
restraining the Pulitzer Publishing Conn
pany from deposing him from the con-
troll of the "Post-Despatch." The case
will now be tried on It's merits before
Judge Klein. The PLAINTIFFS bond was
fixed at $4,000. 1t is believed that the
final hearing of the suit will begin early
next week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
CANADA REFUSES TO SUPPLY oVA

OTTAWA, Ont. Oct. 10. 1895. +The Min
lister of Marine and Fisheriet has de-
cIned the request of the United States
authorities to supply fish ova to the
hatchery which has just been estab-
lished at Cape Vincent. The view taken
in official circles is that SO long as the
present arrangement with regard to lake
fisheries continues. the government is
not justified in giving ova or fry to
United States hatcheries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
neave PennsElvanIa Il. r. Derot.

Leave PeunsyIvania R. r. DerOt.
7l2 A.. N. daily, except Sunday, FOR MAUCH
CHiTNk and intermediate stations.
ga 4. Nj. daily for GENEVA, ROCHES-
rI.P ITFFALO FALLS SUS-
PPLLtNSION BRIDGE and the Yves. and prin-
oinsl local points; dining Ger TO Suspension
EIsSee. Pullman vsstibuls sleeper to Chi
cage g.S4 A NJ. daily deaves 1912 A. M, Sun
noints: connecting for Reading and Harris
D9 3ffSfs; p. M. daily, except Sunday, for ELMIRA
,n5 all intermediate stationsi connections for
n~OTTSVIILE and Chair car 10
WilkesPPs p. NJ, sundays only. for WILKES
RARRE, L. & B. JUNCTION. and all l-
laa p. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for l. 3
Is mJNcTIoN and the principal intermediates
stat;ons. Pullman buffet parlar car to Wilkes
snr-s connections for PottsvilIe.
p1saP. III. daily, except Sunday, for BOCN1
RsSOK and intermediate stations.
5:s2 P. n. daily for EASTON and intO5s
m sls 3 NJ. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
Falls and all points west pullman sleeping
veetfhuled train, New York IL Chicago. sleeper
20 Rutfalo and Torontoi connections Tor Read
Ing and and Harrisburg.
S:4S p. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for EA9-
TSN and intermediate stations.
7ocHESTER, BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLA
"a All poiDts West: Pullman sleepers 50
cHIcsEo and Buffalo; chair car to WilkesbarfNs
Tickets and Pullman accommodations sc
Pennsylvania r. r. Depot
The New York Transfer Co. viii CAL for
and check Baggage from hotel or residences
through to destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
RAILROADS.
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
The Standard Hallway of Amer 3
In Eject September 80, 1895.
RO
Trains leave Jersey City as follows:-

trains leave Jersey City as foilows:-
FOR HI WEST.
9.44 A. NJ, Fast Line. with yestibuie Parlo-
Car. daily for PittsDurg.
,td ~ - 4, NJ, the celebrated Pennsylvania Linz
composed exclusively OF Pullman VestibuIs
Solppaltfaent, Sleeping. Dining, Observation.
movable electric lights. daily for Pittsburg,
Snlcago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Louisville,
81 LOUIS, cincinnati and Toledo.
~ ~, chicago and st. Louis Express,
Cars daily TO ST. Louis. Louisville and chi.
az P; M Western Express. with Pullman
S GhIieago and Cleveland. Dining Car to Phiiss,.
S-eV r. M, Southwestern Express. Pullman
Sleeping and Dining Cars to Cincinnati and
st Louis. Arrives Cincinnati 600 p. NJ, In
dianapolis 1915 P. NJ. st. Louis 40 A, ii.
second morning.
,n SIS car F: N p Pastae Express. Pullman Sleep
daily. and Cleveland except Saturday.
BALTIMORE, WAs5HIMGToN AND THE
For Baltimore, Washington. and the So,,th
at s.1S, S.4s. 9.1S, 1924, Ills A. M. S2s CS a.
CONGRESSIONAL Limited, Parlor Cars and Penn
syIyd T. M Rai ana q. 3 nTsbt caF 3, IL 20 ana
g;l3, lie a NJ. 9.32 Congressional Limited
r rarl Gars ana Pennsylyania Railresd Dining
FoR PHTLADELPHiA.
Express for Philadelphia, 6.g2. 7.3<. S.13. s.4a
9-i3. 944 a0.H Pennsylvania Lindted). 1S.aI,
~ 54, So2, 8l5, 9.15 P, N and 1886 night.
SUNDAY; ST S.43; BIB. IA 10.n Pennsylvania
614, 500 SIS 915 P. NJ. and II. 80 night. Ae.
comm9fation Ills A.. u, 4H and rs P. II.
week days. Sundays, 5.15 and rs P. NJ.
For Atlantie City, n.13 A. NJ, Ia P. NJ.
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car and 2.23 P. II.
week days, 6.S4 A. NJ. Sundays.
For Cape Nav. LA P. NJ. week days.
Grove, Point Pleasant and Intermediate G sts-
tons, via Railway, 9.23 a. NJ, 12.2s,
24s. 3,52. 432. 80. and ia P. NJ. On Sunday,
1000 A. NJ 5.22 P. NJ. (Stop at Iater,aken for
Asbury Park or Ocean Grove on Sundny.1
The New York Transfer Company will call
for and check baggage from and to hotels and
residences.
s. NJ. PROVOST, J. r. WOOD.
GenI Manager. Gen'I Passenger Agent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
STORAGE BATTERY THIEF PUN
ISHED.

Thomas Farrell was convicted in the
Court of Special Sessions this morning
on a charge Of stealing storage batter
les from the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and sentenced to nine months
in the penitentiary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
REFUSED NEW TRIALS.

Judge Hudspeth this morning refused
to grant the application for new trials
in the cases xof. Jessie Eckert and Clara
Stein, botM kqpvicted of keeping q dis
orderly houseaK