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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
Set an Example.

No great movement forward in the
march of human events is made without
. leader. That leader may be one man
or a body of men devoted to an idea.
Municipal progress seems to need both-a
leader witt an idea. located above the
line of his pockets, and a body of public
spirited men who, whatever their private
differences may be, can get together on a
question Of public improvement and push
n to completion.
just at present Jersey City seems to
have found the Ieader-a man with IDEAS
and the spirit of progress, his plans
reasonably thought out and j~udiciously
conceived.
Now, where is the body of public spir-
tied citizens. property owners who can
see further than next months rents,
manufacturers, professional men, BUSH
ness men. who VIII devote a little of
their time and money to aiding him in
making the city attractive. and be con-
tent to get their reward a few years
after they nave invested a dollar?
mo doubt after reading the preceding
paragraph this afternoon there will be
a long l.ne waiting at the Mayors door
tomorrow morning. headed probably by
the owners and managers of property on
Newark avenue who haven't pulled down
the old shanties and put up modern
buildings because their valuations of
twenty years ago might be changed and
their taxes increased. They will doubtless
say. Mayor. here are plans for modern
business buildings: We'll erect them at
once, charge moderate rents for the
present. and by making attractive stores
keep trade here that now goes to New
York. OF course we see that, as trade
increases, rents will go up, and our re-
ward will come. We are willing to take
the risk
These progressive property owners will
surely have their heels trodden on by
every man in the city who has a private
plan for q new water supply and hopes
to make a dollar out of it. There'll be
so many of them that they'll chant in
chorus, somewhat after this fashion,
We each of as had his little deal
TO give the city water.
Wed guarantee there'd be no steal.
At least no more than there oughtcr.
But now we've quite made up our minds
Thai you are wise and good and great,
And the city's needs, of many kinds,
Arr safe with you to pay the freight.
50 go ahead. oh! Mayor SO dear!
And give US good. clean water.stss
That we may celebrate this year
BY taking baths just as we oughter.
The water question being settled, the
rcmm:ttee on Baths and Armories from
NE Board Of Aldermen win doubtless
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
MAY 7, 1895.
This paper is Democratic IN principles
and is Independent in its uieDs on q" local
questions.
AiarmIuc Condition of Affairs.


.4The Jersey City News IS not theor-
etical. It deals in facts. Neither is 1t a
promoter of unsubstantial rumors. 1t be-
lieves that one short dose of facts and
figures is worth a hundred columns Of
talk.
Therefore, when the real estate agents
raised the cry that the water was de-
regulating the city, that hundreds and
hundreds of dwellings of all classes were
vacant, The News determined to ascer-
tain whether the statements made were
ruth or gossip. 1t was obviously not pos
sible to make a census of the city and
count every vacant house and fiat. But
the reporters of the paper were instruct
ed to keep their eyes open as they went
about their ordinary business yesterday
afternoon and evening. and wherever they
saw a ITO let" sign to make a note of
the number of the house.
The result is given in our news col
umns. There are there recorded the
numbers of GAS buildings on which the
sign ITO LETT is displayed. The number
Of streets covered is not one twentieth
of those in the city. Neither Is any
street covered from end to ~end-unless it
may be some little street like Park or
Sackett street. The inference is appal-
ling. Making the most moderate induc-
ton, it IS impossible any longer to doubt
the current estimate given by Real Es-
tate dealers that there are at present
over 1900 vacant dwellings-houses and
apartments-in Jersey City. This takes
no account of the number of vacant fur
nished rooms. and they must be numer-
yqus to judge from the signs visible all
over the lower part of the city.
WHAT'S the cause of the trouble?
It is certainly not ~over-bu.lding.
1t Is not lack of transportation facil-
tiles.
1t is not the closing of any great indus
try or industries.
It is not that any change has taken
place in the general conditions of the
city.
What is it. then?
Is it the water?
The Real Estate agents and property
owners say it is.
Are they right? *
We respectfully refer the conundrum. to
the Board of Finance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
Highest Of all in Leavenng Power-Latest rs. Govt Report
R@A!.!l! FRs a'aRS
ABSOLUTELY PURE
KILLED ON THE Rail.
Number Of People Who Were
Injured Last Year on the
Railroads Of the State.

TRENTON. May 7, 1s95.-The slaughter
on the railroads of New Jersey during
the year 1894 represents 265 persons Killed
and LISP injured. The returns OF the
companies include only one of the trolley
roads. that of the Jersey City and Ber-
gen Railroad, belonging to the Console
dated Traction system. Why the other
trolley roads are omitted from the re-
port does not appear. If the returns were
complete for all the surface roads OF the
State, the total of dead and injured would
be greatly enlarged.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is the largest
system in the State, and reports a total
Of 50 killed and 400 wounded. The Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western sys-
tenn comes next with as killed and 164
wounded. The Central Railroad is a good
third with 81 killed and 206 wounded.
Following is a table showing the killed
and injured in detail:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
WALL PAPER STRIKE.
Color Mixers and Painters Go Out
and Shut Down a Factory.

- 'SEFFfTft q NC JI7SLH LltU 1VcIS.
NEW BRUNSWICK, May Z. 1Ss5.-The
strike ordered on Saturday by the color
mixers and wall paper printers of the
National Wall Paper Company was felt
here yesterday. The plant of Janeway
& Co. is shut down and about five hun-
dred men are thrown out of employ
ment in consequence of the strike.
The small force of sixteen printers and
four color mixers refused to work, and
this was efficient to stop the. factory,
since the operatives can do little work
without them. The unions demand a
guarantee of eleven months work in the
year. The olcal branches of the trust
have not had this since the plants were
absorbed. The men at the plant of Jane
way & Carpenter did not strike this
morning. They have yearly agreements,
but in spite of this they may decide to
go out today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
RED BANK ELECTION.
Republicans said to fEavc Captured
Every Elective Office.
Special tothc Jersey CHy NeU,

oIfcldI JIG Je3ScU JNy NftH.
RED BANK, May 7,18s5.-The annual
charter election here yesterday passed
off very quietly. The vote was the larg-
est ever polled here. being 953. There
were two tickets in the field today. Re-
publican and Citizens. The indications
are hat the entire Republican ticket is
elected as follows:-Chief Commissioner,
Theodore F. White; Assistant Commits
sioners. Charles E. Throckmorton, George
Woods, Jr.. o. f. Davis and William p.
Frey; Town Clerk. A. c.. Harrison; Elec-
don Inspectors, John T. Tetley and Harry
Gill.
1T is reported that the election in
Eatontown Township to determine
whether or not the license fee should be
liked at $4,000 was carried by the anti
high license people by a large majority.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
DETERMINED TO DIE.
Mary Mcdonald Arrested After q
Third Attempted Suicide.

cIFctdFl 20 NE VHyScJ CJfD Nt1rS.
ATLANTIC CITY, May Z, 1S95.-Mary
Mcdonald was arraigned yesterday upon
a charge of disorderly conduct, which
covered an attempt to take her life.
Despondent, she had thrown herself in
front of an express train on the Read
ing Railroad and was rescued from peril
by the dexterity of several employees
of the road. She was sent to her home,
but later in the afternoon she visited
he beach and was preparing to make
4 second attempt at suicide by drowning
when officer Miller put her under ar
rest.
cd If she came before the Court again
that she would be committed to the
County Jail. Last summer Mrs. Me-
Donald made a sensational attempt to
commit, suicide by wading out into the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
EUCLID LODGES ENTERTAINMENT

Euclid Lodge, No. 1856. F. and A. NJ,
held a vocal and instrumental concert
last night in their lodge rooms in Odd
Fellows Hall. The rooms were crowded
to stffocation. over 800 being present,
Of the Masonic Order and several Dis
trict Deputies present, besides many OUT
sfders, friends Of the brothers.
Following the concert a supper. was
served, after which pipes and tobacco
were passed around n a social smoker
eniOyed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
HTS STORY oUTDoBs MUNoHAUsBN

While storming for the first line of
forts at Port Arthur, a soldier belonging
to the Twenty-fourth regiment raised
his rifle to fire at ar unusually conspicu>
Gus Chinaman. Just as he was about TO
fire a bullet from the enemy's side came
whizzing on and, marvellous to relate,
entered the barrel of his own CUR just
as smoothly and neatly as If the muzzels
had been placed mouth to mouth OF
course there was an explosion, and the
soldiers piece was shattered to the stock.
A fractional voriation to the right, or
left would have caused the hostile bull
let to have entered his head or face,
50 that his escape was nothing short Of
miraculous. He preserved the stock OF
exhibited it to his colonel, who permitted
him to keep it as a memento OF his mar
stance of the kind on record since
Baron Munchausen's day.-Japan Mail
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

The trolley road known as the Jersey
City and Bergen Railroad Company has
a record In this. report of 1859 accidents.
Many of the collisions resulted In dam
age to property only. The road com
prises the trolley lines in Jersey City
ieasya y Il eh It's c9 }sf ~ sdc Traction an Con- :
those along the Newark and New York
and Bowers lines in Newark.
Of people killed, 10; injured, II; COLT
sions damaging property only, rs.
Melancholy interest is lent to the re-
port of the Morris and Essex Railroad.
where the rear-end collision on the meas
dows, January Is. 1894, shows a record
of 1S deaths and n injured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ENGLAND's CONSUMPTION OF TEA

England consumes six hundred thous-
and pounds, or about four million gal
Ions of tea every day, which is as much
as is used by the rest of Europe, North
and South America, Africa and Australia
combined. The green tea of former days
has almost ceased to be known, while
the Twankay, Hyson and gunpowder teas
are seldom heard from. China only SUP
plies one-twelfth of the quantity, the
rest coming from India and Ceylon. The
India tea goes half as far again as the
Chinese, as regards color and favor
Philadelphia Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
NEW ELEoTRToAL COMPANY.

The Bonita Manufacturing Company
has been Incorporated with a capital
stock of $4,000, divided into 81 800 shares.
The ;ncorp6rators are Arthur X. Bonita,
Wilbur 8. Anderson and Alexander
Young. all of Hoboken. They will manu-
facture all kinds of machines and equip
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
PEACHES IN SOUTH JERSEY
Specfct TIC JcYycu C.tu Ncecs.

CAPE MAY, May 7, 1s95.-The pros
pect is exceedingly promising for an
abundant peach crop in Southern New
Jersey this year. The cold Weather dur
ing the spring prevented the trees from
budding. They are now bursting forth
in blossoms at a rapid rate with no
fear of having the buds killed or harm
ed by frost. In former years the case
has been an early starting, and a blight
ing of the crop because Of frost-bitten
buds. The peaches will, therefore, be
of better quality and of larger yield,
growers say.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
THINKS He rs A MURDERER.
Spccta1 10 nc Jergeu Citv NelrA.

ATLANTIC CITY. May 7, 1s95.-The
Camden youth, e. C. Colwell. who is
locked up in the city Jail laboring under
the Authorization that he has murdered
his sister and her children. still con-
tinues in the unfortunate condition. CITY
Physician Timer has sent for his sister,
and if. when she visits him, he does
not give up the Authorization. the DOCTOR
saws he will nave to be taken to an asy-
lum for treatment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
SIXTH REGIMENT INSPECTED.
Spccfal to the Jersep Cftu Meas

vINELAND. May, 1ss5.-The annual
inspection of the Sixth Regiment. Ma
tional Guards was held here yesterday
and nearly every house in vineland was
f~estooned with flags. h companies
here were vineland. woodbury.. Haddon-
field. Camden, the Gattling Gun Com
pany E Of Camden and the Ivy Drum
Corps of the Sixth Regiment Band. Col
onel Murphy conducted the inspection.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
REFUSED A RECOUNT.
Prohibft1o nists Get Several Ofacers
In Washington Borough.

SpCcIuI 10 tHt JtT"VD OttJ -To-"-
BELvIDERE. May Z. 1Ss5.-Judge
Gummere Yesterday morning refused a
recount of the ballots in the Washington
contested election case. and this gives
the Prohibitionists of Marlborough sew
eral of the officers elected in April. me
charge of illegal counting by the eiecton
board the Court o~verruled and refused
to go behind the returns. -
The Prohibitionists are very ~Jubfant
over the result. The contestants say
they will carry he matter TO a hlgher
ooIIrt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
NOTICE no

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the Board Of Street and Naser com,
missioners on Monday, May 20, 1885. at IL
o'clock A. NJ, for the construction Of a
SEwER IN PROSPECT TREET
from d point about fifty feet west OF oah-
land avenue, to and connecting with sewer
in Central avenue, in ACCORDANCE WIN spsSl-
gineer, corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer
street, where blank forms of bid ana agree
ment of sureties must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Nbout 10 cubic yards of concrete.
Abous 200 cubic yards of rock excavation.
Ti.ne allowed for the completion of the
work, forty QO. working days.
The making Of the above Improvement ana
award OF the contract therefor will be sub
iect to the remcnstrance of the owners of
the property liable to more than one-half
the assessment therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
Prospect Street directed to THE Clerk of
the Board and handed to that officer in
open meeting when called for in the order
Of business relating to sealed proposals.
nor Will a substitution Of sureties be allowed.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section T. Chapter 1874 of the Laws Of
1891, under the terms whereof no contract
shah be binding upon the city. or become
effective or operative until the bondsmen
offered by the contractor have been approved
as to suficieacy by this BOARD and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel. the Presi-
dent of this Board having power to examins
the proposed hondsynen under oath
BY order OF the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. T. BouToN.
Dated Jersey City. May 3. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS.

The Boston Museum of Fin Arts is
maintained by private. subscriptions to-
ward the running expenses, and the an-
nua1 request of the trustees is made at
his season. Last year s12,710 was re-
ceived in subscriptions Of ten dollars
each, and enough more IN addition to
raise the amount to S13, 467.-Exchange
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
PORTRAIT oFEx-GoVBRNoR HAINEs
cnee.nltothe JerseN0 tu Eie:c:

TRENTON, May Z. 1S95.-The portrait
Of Ex-Governor Daniel Haines has been
secured by Executive Clerk Fox for the
Governors room at the State House.
Mr.. Haines was Governor from 1S43 to
1874, and again from 1913 to 1858. 1t is
not known who painted the likeness. but
it is said. by those who remember the
Ex-Governor, to be a l~ife-lilse one, n it
is well executed. 1t was obtained from
the Jamesburg Reform school. in one
Of the back rooms of which it was hung.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ENGLISH BICYCLE EXPORT.

An English bicycle has re-
Gently sent three hundred wheels In one
order to Observation-Disclosures.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
r,.e Puu,a ALTERNATIVES.

nSupposing," said little Mabel. ''our
pug would try to follow his nose, would
he run down his throat. or would he
Just turn q somersault?p-At Random
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ROOMS TO LET

FIrRNTsHED ROOMS TO LET; VERY DE-
sirabie. Inquire at No. 2sS Warren street,
Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
FOR SAFE.

FOR sALE-FIRsT-CLASS SALOON, DOING
good business. Inquire Muller & Company,
No. 202 Pavonia avenue
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

Dated Jersey City. May 3. 1895.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-06

According to the Sioux Falls papers,
judge Edgertou has grown 50 much
better during the past week that he left
last night via, the Illinois Central for
the South. With the Judge will 20 Mrs.
Edgerton, Miss Margaret and E. q. OF
Yankton. The party will 60 t the
springs neal Merlden, Miss, where the
winter Will be speHt. 1t ls understood
the judge will not hold court in the
south this winter, but will devote all his
time to the recovery Of his health.
The Press further says: Word has
been received from Judge Caldwell tina,
Judge A. d. Thomas Of Fargo, N. d.
will come to South Dakota this winter
to hold federal court for Judge Edger
ton who leaves to morrow for the south
to be gone all winter.
The Aberdeen term will convene OF
Tuesday, January 7.
The Pierre term will convene on Tues
day, January IA.
The Deadwood term will open on th'
first Tuesday in February.
The Sioux Falls term will V O,
the first Tuesday in April.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-06

has not first been duly nominatd and hi g
certificate Of nomination duly filed with
the proper authorities. It is not to thu
credit Of the republican party that it's
secretary Of the senate should dispute
the provisions Of a law, prescribing
the form OF the ballot, passed during his
incumbency Of that Office.
The news is a little severe on Robert,
especially in view OF the graceful retrac-
ton the latter has already made. There
were many more OF us 10th to believe
that the News was correct in its state
ment OF law, and now that it is, are free
to say hat the Australian ballot law as
now construed in this ST ate is a deluslon
and a snare and no credit to any repub-
lican who has to admit it. 1t does not
afford q free or fair ballot. Knock it
out,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-06
Arrangements are being nude for q

Arrangements are being nude for at
once rebuilding St. Stephen Catholic
Mission, destroyed by fire last Thursday.
The mission is located twenty-five miles
south Of Highmore, on the Grow Creek
reservation. About S65, 900 has been ex-
pended for buildings and improvements
at the mission, which is under the su-
pervision of the Catholic denomination.
Nearly 200 Indian children attended the
mission. Miss Kate Drexel Of Phila-
delphia endowed the mission with $685.
0JO, and this fund was expended in erect
ing the buildings just burned. Miss
Drexel has been very liberal In On
trlbuting to the support Of the institu-
ton, and it is said she will be very likely
to reconstruct buildings on a much
larger scale than those destroyed. The
loss by Thursdays fire will exceed 49,
900 reduced somewhat by insurance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-06
DIR, SMITH WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Fhort Cablegrnni That Means Much From
The AfricMn EXPLORER.

thort Cablegrnm That Means Much From
the Afric"n Explorer.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. GA cablegram
was received IN this city from DR.. Don
aldson Smith, lated Alden, bearing the
word "Succ ~ssful.' This news estab-
fishes the safety of the plucky Philadel-
phian. who for the past year and a half
has been exploring the wilds of Eastern
Africa, and at the same time puts an
end to the doubt as to his safety, which
had been felt by those interested in the
expedition for the past few months. DIR.
Smith entered Africa on the Eastern
coast a year ago last June, to push
across the country Of the Galleas and
Massitos, two lakes which had recently
been discovered by another expedition;
thence on to the two Nyanzas albert
and Victoria) his object being to carry
out and
Complete the Line Of Exploration
from the lakes to the east coast, a dis
lance Of several hundred miles.
As the region which Dr. Smith has
traversed is at the present time repre-
sented by a blank space on the map OF
Africa, the significance Of the explorer
brief message will be realized imme-
diately. He has undoubtedly made a
great many discoveries Of much value.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-06

The Pioneer Press Of the 4th inst. IN a
column editorial review Of the Argus
Leader-Crawford controversy over the
Taylor d%efalcation Justly concludes that
the Al. has no standing ground for
accusation against the attorney general
and after reviewing the Argus-Leader's
so-called proofs in regard to it's alleged
compromise, says: But no proof is
furnished that these things were done in
consequence Of any agreement, or that
there was any lack Of diligence or good
faith in the prosecution of the case. The
main reliance Of the Argus-Leader is the
fact that Taylor received a light SEN
tence. But it is not denied that under
the avs Of the state we years in the
state penitentiary was the maximum
term Of Imprisonment fixed for his
~otfense. This wal not the fault Of the
attorney general or the courts. 1t was a
a fault OF negligence on the part OF the
Legislature, having no reference to
Taylor's case, for the defective law had
been on the statute books for years be-
fore Taylor's defalcation or any other
case which could call it to public atten-
ton. It's effectiveness had been point
cd out to the legislature by Attorney
General Crawford himself, but as nc
emergency had arisen which had given
1t practical Importance, the matter was
passed over, as all business ls apt to be
which is rybody's business, but no.
body's special business"
In these expressions and in it's con.
Guiding paragraph the Pioneer Press but
repeats in thought what The DAILY
LEADER sometime ago expressed in
summing up this matter:
Every state in it's turn, our own
among others, has had to learn through
some heavy d%efalcation OF its financial
officers or IN other ways, the necessity OF
establishing such checks and safeguards
over the custody and disbursements OF
public money as to render nearly i'm
possible such scandals as that which oc.
ourred twenty years ago in Minnesota
and more lately i'll South Dakota. II
one result Of the latter shall be to bring
about a thorough reform in it's system
Of accounting and in the laws regulating
the administration Of public funds it will
be cheaply purchased with the financial
loss sustained in the present case.