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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
street and Water Coanniiesfoners
Adppt Plans.

The meeting of the Street and Water
Board this morning was q short one.
Clerk Bouton was absent, owing to be-
ing called as a witness in the trial of
the old Street and Water Commiss ioners.
Water was not discussed. The board,
however, adjourned to meet again next
Thursday morning at nine o'clock, and
something may be done at tnat time.
Chief Engineer Ruggies filed with the
board q plan for the extension of the
Morgan street dock ahout. thirty feet
and its Improvement generally The plan
was adopted, and with the concurrence
of the Board Of Finance the Improvement
viii be made The Chief Engineer alsa
submitted a plan and @ grade map for
the changing of the grade OF. West Side
avenue, between Culver and Danforth
avenues At the crossing of the Newark
and New York Railroad the avenue viii
be lowered to such an extent that the
Consolidated Traction Company will be
enabled to extend It's lines along West
Side avenue to Greenyille. Property own
ers in that locality are delighted with
the prospects of having additional tran
sit facilities. The salary of Theodore
MenGels, reservoir keeper, was increas-
ed from $50 to $50 per month. Thomas
I.ully a park laborer, was removed and
THOMAS Hardy made his sue s9rs lat
rick Long was point 4! a Is b9rer on
laying and repairing water pipes. John
Lally was appointed inspector OF paved
streets, and James Crowley inspector of
the Woodlawn avenue sewer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
SOME PLUMS FALL.
Mayor Wanser Makes Eight
Appointments to Office
This Afternoon.
JOHN P. FEENEY RETAINED
Street and Water Commissioner
Cone Succeeds Kern in the
Fire Board.
JOHN P. FEENEY RETAINED

Mayor Wanser this afternoon made
eight of the twenty appointments at his
disposal. The terms of two or three pro-
nounced Democrats expire tomorrow
and the Mayors life has been made mis-
cradle by wire pullers who wanted a
berth Of some kind. His Honor always
comforted them by informing them that
-ier wouaa asconside candidacy serious
". Today it appears that the only Elan
who has been consulted in the making
of the appointments was Mayor Wanser.
IN the Finance Board the retiring mem
sleers were James Bailey. Democrat, and
Jacob. J. Detwiller, Republican.
BOTH REAPPOINTED.
The Mayor honored both gentlemen
with reappointrnent for two years. Their
salary IS $500 a year.
IN the Tax Board James G. Clarke. WIS
sthe retiring member. He is SO well
qualified to ill the Office that the Mayor
re appointed him for term of thrse
years. Tax Commissioners are paid ST.
500 a yecr.
George r. Eough was reappointed City
Comptroller. Mr.. Hough is Democrat
and his salary is 5000 year.
Gr. John P. Feeney was returned to
the Police Board for three years. Mr..
Feeney has always taken such an inter-
est in the advancement of the Police
Department that His Honor deemed It
advisable to continue him in Office.
DR.. Leonard ]. Gordon was reappoint-
ed a Free Library trustee. The Mayor.
st is said. has not yet decided who will
succeed Trustee Stephen l.. Harvey.
MeANDREW GETS AN OFFICE,
In the Sinking Fund, Daniel Moriarity
was the retiring member. By reason of
Mr. Moriarity's connection with the Voor-
hees invest. eating Committee, HIS Honor
decided to not reappoint him. His sue
cessor is Assemblyman Robert McAnd-
rev.
The second new official is Fire Com
missioner John J. Cone. Mr.. Gone Is at
present a member of the Street and
Water Board. HIS tern expires on May
49, He has been so loyal to all Of Mayor
NWansef's plans of reform that he was
rewarded with appointment to the Fire
Board He is the successor of .Billy'
Kern. Tomorrow it is probable that the
Mayor will reappoint City Treasurer
Dickinson He may also fill the vacan-
cy IN the Board of Appeals by ap-
pointing James &c. Young to succeed
e. w. Woolley who is now CITY Clerk.
The other. appointments at the disposition
of the Mayor may not be made for
week or ten days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22

A slight halt was made at Little Falls
bridge to watch the Passaic fling itself
over the dam into rocky gorge, and
on the party went through Meade's basin,
past the Newark pipe line where it crosses
the Pequannock and up to Pompton,
which the cheerful bucolics of that sleepy
little place call "Pumpton." Here q
glorious view met the dusty travellers
gaze. Away to the northeast stretched
the lake, magnificent stretch of pure,
pellucid waters. glistenipg and sparkling
in the sunlight like a golden mirror. Here
the Ramapo River makes halt before
Wanaque and Pequannock Rivers and to-
gether unite lower down at Two Bridges
PoMPToNs POSSIBILITIES
OF this lake many. engineers, and among
them Mr.. Vermeule OF the Geological
Without storage would be 1850. 900 gallons
daily. AT the falls, Mr.. Vermeule says,
where the, present dam Of the Pompton
mirable site for a huge masonry dam on
a rock foundation If raised ten feet
higher than the present level e. Of FL ths he laEe
Ions. or 0.33 inches on the watershed. will
be afforded. This. he says. will maintain
the the sWaPly Watershed giving g gallons
daily With a total storage equal to seven
inches on the watershed, the available
Ions daily. In order to obtain this amount
of storage it will be necessary to build
a number of reservoirs on the New York
portion of the watershed.
NOT A PLEASING SIGHT.
Soon after lunch at the hotel. veri-
table carayanserai for wheelmen, the party
drove west along the course of the river
to. its confluence with the Pequannock,
Wanaque and Passaic Rivers. and then
after passing the Two Bridges continued
west to Fairfield. around Pine Brook fats:
where the visitors found stretch Inasl of Of
marshy, boggy ground of at least TWO
SQUARE miles. over which the PaSsaic
flows before it reaches Little Falls. This
part of the watershed is anything but
Captivating. No wonder there is Such
a difference between the clear. glass-like
purity of the water as it tunlbies over
Pompton Falls and the Greenery- ry-yalary
waters coursing bubbling and sWirling
past -Beattys carpet factory at Little
Falls.
After a long drive of several hours
the visitors entered Caldwell and alighted
at the little depot, directly opposite to
which is the birthplace OF Grover Cleve-
land. Adieux were made to Mr.. Booraem
and the visitors took train to Jersey City
tired with the long ride Of nearly fifty
miles. but considerably enlightened as to
the water supply question which IS now
bothering the officials of Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
FURRY IN WHEAT.

CHICAGO, April q, ,19s5.--A scene of con-
fusion and excitement was witnessed at
the opening of the wheat market this
morning. Prices were up from 11s to 2
cents from Saturdays close, the strength
extending to corn and oats and affecting
provisions to a considerable degree. For
the first fifteen minutes it seemed as if
shorts We're willing to pay any price to
cover their deals. trades in May, being
made from el}a 70 6l7s; against q close on
Saturday OF 59Es to 60. The boom was
BUT the continuation of the exceedingly
buoyant conditions of last week, made
more pronounced by the report that the
Liverpool market was excited. 1t was
plain that the short lines Of wheat were
means, Notwithstanding the inlmsnse buy
ing for that account that has taken place
daily since last Monday.
The uproar showed evidence Of calming all,
half-hours's business, although an under
curren of suppressed anxiety was notice
able Prices fell away about 1 cent from
the top but were holding firm.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
INDIC'lMBNP OUTRAGE.
c. P. Huntington to Be Hauled
to California on a Finan-
eial Charge.

NEW YORK, April %, 1s95.--collis z.
Huntington, the railroad magnate, was
arrested in his office in the Mills Build-
ing this morning by United States Mar
shal John iH McCarty on an Indictment
found against him by the Grand jury
of the Northern District of California
for making an unjust Discrimination
against the interstate commerce law
by issuing free pass to G. NJ. stone
The indictment was filed on the Goth
of March last. Huntington was brought
before United States Commissioned
Shields on the question of identity He
admitted his identity, and was held Il;
await the issue of a warrant of removal
to California.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
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DgED.

5JENKINs-In Roboken. April q. Emma JenlS.
ms. aged 65 years, daughter Of the late
Captain James Benson.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
ACKERsoN-Harry Stanford Ackerson, sat
urday. April 20, in the S4th year OF MS
Funeral services will take place at the home
Of his parerlts, No. 25 Crescent avenue, on
Monday April %, at eight P. NJ
Interlnent at convenience OF family.
cox suddenly, on Sunday, April q, 1885
Thomas beloved husband OF Eliza COX,
relatives and friends, also members OF
Court Harsirnus No. 7,Mo, A. o. F. Of A.,
are invited to attend the funeral on Wednes-
day. April a. at A. NJ, from No. S0l Hen
derson street; thence TO st. Peters Church,
where a solemn high mass of requiem VIII
be offered for the happy repose OF his soul.
DAyIsYAon sunday, April 81, 1895. at Orange,
John T.. Dayey,. in his s45th year. = AZ
Iguneral from his late resideilce, No. 3g2 CeIit
fraI Il see1lae, on Wednesday, April "a at
P M
Carriages will be in waiting for the :Se
train from Barclay street. D., l.. & Nv. r. r.
KELLY-on Saturday, April 20, 1895. Eliza,
wife of the late Thomas Kelly IN hef
10th year.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral from
her late residence. No. 1874 Wilton street, on
Tuesday, April %, at 81 A.. M. thence to st.
Patrick.s r.. G. Church. where solemn
high mass Of requiem will be offered for the
happy repose Of her soul.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
ANO7HER WATER TOUR.
Louis Booraem Shows the Board
Of Trade the Advantages Of
the Ramapo Shed.

Instead of going to church yesterday,
y every citizen is supposed to do, a few
# the prominent members of the Board
if Trade made a trip up the State to
pok. unofficially and without prejudice,
IS lawyers say, at the watershed Of the
samapo
The party took the $40 A. M. train
rom the Erie depot OF the GreenWpod
lake line and arTived at Upper Mont
lair where: Mr. Louis v Booraern, who
ad invited them. was waiting with hand
Dme carriages, each with team Of fast
orses. No time was lost in climbing in
nd starting. and off the visitors heW
Dwards Great Notch. that satural pass
ge in the mountain range through which
Washington and his army gave the slip
the Tory redcoats Of Farmer George
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
.CUBA's HOPELESS STRUGGLE

(From the Staff Correspondents of the
United PTess.)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 22, 1876
The special CORES pondent of the United
Press returned here today frs-rn an ex-
tended trip into the interior. He found
the Insurgents divided into small bands
They are mostly negroes. Their arms
are very poor, and their leaders are ut
the Government troops and the rebels
have not thus far been serious
There is an unconfirmed report that
the .nsurgent General Maceo is dead.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
JAPANESE GENEROSITY.
Bg Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, April o. .1S95.--A despatch
from Toxic to the Central News says
that m view of the various European
misstatements and misrepresentation in
regard to the Ch:na-Japanese treaty of
peace, the Government aflirms that the
commercial concessions obtained by la
pan were not exclusive but extend to
all treaty powers. Japan secured these
privileges for the general good of all
countries, and therefore expects her eff
forts to meet with friendly apprec.a-
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
WHO STOLE TEE PIG9

Who stole the pig from the Webster
avenue engine house? Still the mystery
remains unsolved. "Jaekey'' Jones. the
original owner of the porker, was pres
ented with the head of the pig Saturday
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
your gaby is Cutting Teeth

Sc sure and use the old and we'll tried rem
ely, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Tor ehli-
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the gums allays all pain, cures wind conc
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
PARIS JRHUs ON STRIKE.
BIZ Cable to the United Press

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PARTS, April %, 1S95-A strike of om-
nibus drivers began here this morning.
five thousand men going out to enforce
their demands for higher pay and short
er hours.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
MATTERS or F4CH.

"A c Kits Of Mackerel. Our brand, "A
c. is on every one. Any grocer will get
them for you at p. =. cleary Co.'S wholesale
stores ~. !,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
NO INCOME TAX ACTION.

WASHINGTON April q, 1ss5-The su-
prene Court today took no action on
the petition for a re-hearing IN the IN
come tax cases.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK. April %, 1s95.--For the &c
hours ending at r. NJ. Tuesday.-For New
York City and vicinity: Fair today and on
Tuesday; stationary temperature; westerly
winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22

IT have been troubled with headaches.
began taking Hoods Pills and they have done
their work well. Mrs. Schaab. as IIiA street.
Vest Ho1oAen, D. j. -.s- x -. --..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
EASE JERSEY REPLIES.
Says the Engineering News .
Attack Is the Work Of
an Enemy.

At the meeting of the Street and Water
Board this morning, each member OF the
board received copy of the following
letter, which is an answer to an attack
made upon the plan OF the East jersey
Water Company in the Engineering
NSws".-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-16
With the completion Of Governor Flowers
address at once proceeded to administer the

With the completion Of Governor Flowers
address at once proceeded to administer the
cath Of office to Levi P. Morton, which made
him for the NEXT two years the signer OF
proolamat!ons and the possessor OF the veto
power over the Legislature. The oath taken,
Governor Morton took the position at the
front Of the platform vacated by Governor
Flower and made his first speech as Cover
nor of the State. At the conclusion Of the
bpeech Bishop Doane pronounced the Sbene-
dIctlon, and the crowd that filed every
nook and corner OF the chamber began to
surgs out the doors into the main corridor
and lobby tn front, while Governor Morton
AMI stan by the rear exits reached the Exec
utiye Chamber and took possession. Here
Governor Morton began his first New Year
recsption. :. Ex-Governor Flower and his
old staff, after the inaugural ceremonies, re-
pared TO the Executive Chamber and greeted
the new Governor. After them, the popu-
Surged through the chamber and
Ibook hands with Governor Morton. Gov
ernor Morton, with Mrs. and the Misses
Morton, then began receiving at the Execu-
tive Mension. Governor Flower retired to
his Kenmore apartments, where he and Mrs.
Flower We're to hid farewell to their
many friends and official acquaintances.
At New York City, new city administration
came In with the new year. and for the first
Nine in thtrty-two years New York is gov
srned by Republican Mayor. William L.
Btrong was inaugurated Mayor at IL o'clock
soon, with brief and simple ceremony. He
viii be Mayor for three years. Mayor
Strong went to Oity Hall shortly before
Noon. accompanied by his Secretary, Job
i Hedges, and few friends. He was met
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-16
Fire Heroes Killed.

Two brave veterans Of the New York Fire
Department. Battalion Chief John J. Bres-
nan and Assistant Foreman John L. Rooney,
the last named OF whom wore the Bennett
medal, were killed while fighting fire in
the gas fixture mandatory OF Cassidy &
Son, at No. 124 West Twenty-fourth street.
Eight fremen were injured, and only es-
capped death after cutting their way through
a wall of debris which shut them in the fur
mace where their leaders lay pinned down
and suffocating under fallen timbers.
Before the fremen realized their danger
the flames had weakened the girders which
held the roof, and, with mighty crash, a
MISREPRESENTATION tank plunged down
from above, carrying the fifth floor with it.
Chief Bresnan and Assistant Foreman Roo
ney were on the fourth floor, near the
Twenty-fourth street end OF the building.
The falling tank and the wreckage which
accompanied 1t held them fast.
Rooney was killed outright by a falling
beam, which crushed his skull. His chief
was suffocated where he lay. John Kuch, q
fireman, cut his way out.
The other 1remen, who were getting lines
of hose into position when the tank fell.
were hemmed In by the falling timbers OF the
fifth floor. All was smoke and darkness,
and the fire was creeping nearer them mo-
mentarily. Then John Tackney, Of Engine
No. IA, hewed away the stairway which had
cut of their retreat, and they squeezed
throughthe opening, scorched and battered,
but alivc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-16
FAILURES OF THE YEAR.
The Total Number Of Suspensions
Reported is II, ,721.

The Total Number Of Suspensions
Reported is 1921.
"Bradstreet's," n its review Of financial
and commercial conditions, gives valuable
information as to the failures Of this and
other years. It says,
"The total number Of business failur.s In
the United States in 1894 Is seen, by refer
ence to accompanying exhibits, to be l2,7zl,
as compared with 1850 In the panic year
1893, which was, Of course, the heaviest total
ever recorded. These reports, 1t will be
understood, include only those business en-
barrassments In which totals OF actulSas.
sets are smaller than liabilities. There were
only 10. .270 failures reported On the calendar
wear 1892, but this W. ) followed in thepanio
year 1898 by an aggregate OF ID, $50, and that
by atotal OF IL, ,721 in the year just ended.
"The shrinkage in the number OF business
failures in the past year contrasted with the
year before-about ::eighteen per CENTS,
however, moderate In comparison with the
falling or I'm the total volume of indebted
ness OF failing traders, which amounted dur
ing the past twelvemonth to BIAS, ,595 ,0o0-
about thirty-seven per cent. OF the aggregate
liabilities In 1893.
ssThe falling of in total assets OF those
failing this year-$79, 755. .00O-is even great
or, the total specified amounting to only
thirty per cent. OF the corresponding aSyre-
gate In 1893. From these data II will p
6oticed that, while business failures fell
away about eighteen per cent. this year.
compared with last, the total indebtedness OF
those failing shrank sixty-three per cent,
and assets, which were unduly expanded In
the preceding year, decreased seventy per
cent"
The annu al report OF the number OF In
dividuals, firms AMI corporations In busi-
ness shows a marked but not unexpected IN:
crease in what may be called the commercial
death rate during the past year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-16
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

PATTI. the cantatrlce, is now In her dity-
third year.
KING HuMBERr opened the italian Parlia-
ment with ten minutes speech. =,
Ex-Governor ABBErr. Of New Jersey, left
fortune estimated at $500, 900.
DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY prides himself on
being able to write three-volume novel In
i've weeks. - ...
IT is said that President Cleveland Is plan
ming to visit Europe at the expiration Of his
official term.
LORD WoLsELY, who Is now Held mar
shall in the British Army, has received bis
baton from the Queens own hands.
ERAsTus F. BEADLE, the publisher Of dime
novels, died at his country home In Coopers-
town, N. T., aged seventy-four years.
ALTHOUGH Jules yerne's works hsve earned
untold fortunes for his publishers, they have
brought to the novelist only $4,000 year on
an average. .S%l
PROFESSOR FREDERICK ". BoArwR1aHr,
who has just been elected President of Rich-
mond lva-) College, ts only twenty-seven
years Of age.
CONGRESSMAN HARpsoS, OF Alabama, Is so
very like DR.. Perkhurst In face, form and
manner that he might very easily be mis-
taken for the great reformer. '.-
THE death Is announced in England OF the
Rev. Solomon Caesar Malan, the greatest
linguist OF the age; he was thoroughly
familiar with more than eighty languages.
N. A MOTLEY. Missouri Republican. will
be the youngest member OF the next House
Of Representatives. He Is twenty-eight years
old. he Is lawyer, and has been school
teacher.
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY has made himself
extremely popular with the children Of the
country BY his poetry, and he gets many
letters from them, NOT 'infrequently asking
for pictures. "#
AT Dresden recently great public meet
ing resolved that an imposing monument
should be erected to Prince Bismarck, and
tina. the cost should be betrayed by volun-
tary contributions.
VIcE-ADMIRAL BRINE, retired, served fifty
years under the British flag. His first en-
gagements were against Chinese pirates. He
has done service In Mandalay and on the
east coast of Africa.
PRINCE KUSa. who has been put In supreme
command In China Is said to be physical!
wreck from opium smoking, to which he:
took 10 alleviate his grief. when his enemies
caused his overthrow some time ago.