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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
THE ANTHRAX SCARE.
The Disease Probably Combined to
h Cattle of Cumberland County.
Special } the Jersey CitN Meas.

Special inc JcTNu StU 1fcV"-
TRENTON, Aug. 6, 1S95.-It was stated
at the State Board of Health yesterday
that the reports of the spread of an
thrax, the disease which has been at
lacking the cattle of Cumberland county,
have been greatly exaggerated, and that
the disease is now well under control.
1t has affected no cattle outside or
Cumberland county. the report which ap-
peared in one paper that it had gained
a foothold in this county probably aris-
ing from the fact that Hopewell town
ship and Dutch Neck are two points IN
the disease affected county as well as
this. The number stricken is also said
now to be less than half what 1t was at
first estimated to be.
The disease spreads rapidly. from the
bodies of animals dying from 1t, ana II IS
found necessary to burn the ~carcasses.
Its spread in Cumberland county, was
caused chiefly. it is understood, by a
farmer throwing the body of a dead ami
NAL in a running stream and all the
herds below suffered.
The incubation of cattle is conslq-
cred a preventive of the disease, and IL
being used by the State authorities. al
established. The disease does Its work
the herd it enters, if precautions are
district has been prohibited, although it
is not known that it was necessarily
Injurious. 1t is expected that the excite
ment will be all over IN a short time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
JUDGES ARE THE PUBLIC
From the Paterson Guardian.

From the Paterson Guardian.
Some months ago Vice Chancellor FIT
ney, while holding cour in Jersey CITY,
ordered a reporter of the Evening Jour
nap to leave the room and threatened
TO punish him for contempt If he publish
ed any part of the current proceedings.
This extraordinary conduct excited gem
eral comment, not at all complimentary
to the Vice Chancellor, which seems TO
have had no salutary effect upon MN.
Last Monday at Newark he called a re-
porter of the Evening News TO the
bar, seized a portion Of his manuscript,
autocratically ordered him from the court
room and threatened him with judicial
displeasure if he should dare to print a
line of the proceedings in the paper
which employed him. 1t is scarcely ne
necessary to say that the News pub
lished a report of the case which had
reference to the crossing of a steam
by an electric railroad. and the Vice
Chancellor will probably let the matter
drop. He has. however, made himself
liable to impeachment, for the courts are
always open to the public and their
Judges the servants instead of the mast
ers of the people. Such understandable
authority as Vice Chancellor Pitney has
~arrogantly assumed on two occasions
would, If generally asserted. render an
elective Judiciary inevitable.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
OUR AUT0CKATIC VICE
CHANCELLOR.
From the rCatholic Ledger"

~ @N@oOA
Vice Chancellor Pitney made a great
mistake the other day when he seized
the notes of a newspaper reporter and
forbade the publication of the railroad
case which he was engaged in trying.
The matter has a particularly black look,
for the reason that the Vice-Chancellor
had expressed sympathy for railroad
companies just before he made the
seizure.
The affair has been taken up quite
generally by the State press, and he
VicelChancellor's action is condemned
on every hand. That is to be expected,
as the matter closely concerns the lib
erty of the press, but the editors take
even higher ground. They protest
against his action as a blow at a cher
ished right of the people. 1t is the
peoples right to be informed of what
their servants, Vice. haneellors and the
like. are doing when acting In their
official capacity. Attempts on the part
of such servants to deprive the public
of such knowledge are direct denials
Of that right and long steps in the direc-
ton Of an oligarchy. 1t is in that light
that the ViceIChancellor's conduct looks
the worst. and. unfortunately for him,
1t is the one which is the oftenest con-
sidered.
Considered even as between the Vice
Chancellor and the reporter as an in
dividual. the affair has a very bad look.
The Vice-Chancellor had no more right
to take the mans notes than to rob
him of his hat-an article which would
not be Of the slightest use to him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
The Newark ssCalI, and the water
Question.

The Newark Sunday Calf has this
week. for the first time. a well informed
and intelligent article on the Jersey City
water question. 1t states the situation
with tolerable accuracy. while heretofore
its crazy hatred of the East Jersey Water
Company has led it into endless error.
We congratulate 1t on having learned
something Of the truth at last.
We are amused at the homily. which
the Cali appends to its statement of
facts-not that there is anything in it
which we do not endorse in the abstract;
but because it is SO funny in contrast
with the habitual attitude of the "Call'
and other Newark papers and of Newark
generally. whenever broad general water
legislation has been proposed,
The .sCalr, says that in a Sewell Legis-
lature water bills would nave no chance
to pass. Probably this is true; but it is
equally true that they failed to pass or
even get 4 fair consideration in Legis-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
H RIGHTS OF A CITIZEN
From the Orange Chronicle.

From the Orange Chronicle.
The mistake made by the reporter of
the Newark Evening News" when or
dered by Vice Chancellor Pitney, at the
examination at Newark on Monday into
the sit between the Watching Railroad
and the Consolidated Traction Comp
was in giving up his notes on the order
of the Vice Chancellor, or of paying any
attention whatever to his autocratic man
date. The News" reporter was al the
examination as d citizen of the State of
New Jersey. He was not under arrest.
nor was he charged with any o~ffense. He
was in a position to defy any man to in
terfere with his coming and going n
to throw the burden of defence upon n
n who should make the slightest at
tempt to deprive him of his liberty, or
commit bodily assault upon him. The
Vice Chancellor had no right to demand
the reporters notes. and in giving them
up he did so of his own free will. The
threat of Mr.. Pitpey was hat of an an
CRY man and was utterly futile. Should
a wilful misstatement be made, its ut
terer and publisher will be guilty of
crime punt shable by fine n imprison-
ment. In the present case there has been
no hardship done, but to follow such a
precedent would be dangerous in the ex-
IRENE.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
BEETHOVEN LODGES JUBILEE
Popular Il. o. o. #. Ledge Entertains
FITS Friends.

The Beethoven Lodge, of Hoboken, No.
AZ. I. O.. O.. F.. celebrated their twenty
fifth anniversary last night by holding
a banquet in the Quartet Club Hall.
Brother George M. Pfersch, the presid-
ing officer of the evening. made the well
coming address. after which the
STEWARDSHIP Philister sang.
The reception to the delegations of the
visiting lodges followed, during which
the Beethoven Lodge was presented
with a number of aluable and useful
as well as ornamental gifts, In commence
ration of their silver jubilee. OF the
visiting lodges who made a presenta-
ton was the United Brothers Lodge No.
1852, Jersey City. Through it's Noble
Grand. Charles Hebal. it presented the
Beethoven Lodge with an elegant design,
encased in rose wood frame. upon which
We're silver leaves.
Lodge, No. So, on behalf of the lodge,
presented his Beethoven brothers with
a beautiful German Bible, for use in the
Others to make presentations were
Steuben, Jefferson, Guiding Star, Frater-
nal, Mozart, West Hoboken and Augusta
Rebecca Lodges.
gates and the presentations. a short en-
tertainment was given, in which these
too q Weldel. JoHh Il;
Morgan. the STEWARDSHIP Philister and
Brothers Pfost, Weidel and Gregor, who
presented a one act farce, entitled, THE
Hoboken Fire Department" Following
the entertainment the banquet was held,
at which exlMayor Grassman, Noble
Grand State Representative, made a
speech. A lance followed.
Among those who remained were
ExIMayor Grassman, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Pfersch, Mr., and Mrs. c.. Chris
tan Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. John Schrae-
der. MI. and Mrs, III. Voght,s NJ; n
Auerbach, Mr.. and Mrs. John Carstens.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Weir; M. and
Mrs. August Barg, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
and Mrs. George Bach, MIR. and Mrs.
Conrad Weir. Noble Grand Paul Auer-
bach. Vice Grand H. Brown, Treasurer
F.. Ryszinezski, Financial Secretary G.
Weidel.. Recording Secretary John
Schraeder, Right and Supporter Gus
Barg. L.. H. S. Henry Schiebe, Assis-
tant r. II. S. c. Christianson, Assistant
l.. II. S. T. H. Douai, Henry Pfoertiver.
n TT
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
Dated Jersey City, Aug.
7

Notice is hereby given that on the 2sth day
Of April, 1896. application was made to the be
s0ard g. g R stassl ana and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF SHERMAN AVENUE
between south street and North street, COM
the Laws of 1896, in the following Manner
including all Intersections
To have the street the full width thereof
graded to the established grade by exeayatins
or filling the same to the established grade.
To have the present curb reset ana new
20-inch curb set where necessary.
To have the carriage way paved with Bel
gian block pavement.
To have the present bridge stone curbwalks
relaid and new bridge stone laid whers
And all other work done that may be
necessary to provide for the now OF tns
ment in , "a good and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the 2Sd day Of
Gied with the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners their preliminary map showing
what property will probably be assessed ana
Of assessment per foot of frontage for the
said improvement and the same Is now S Spea
of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
of are included in said assessment namely
Sherman avenue. between South and North
street.
of the act above cited the thirteenth
day of August. 1895. at 10 o'clock A. M ana
the meeting room of the Board of Street and
as the time and place. when and
where the Board of Street and
parties interested in said application and all
remonstrances against the said proposed I'M
provement that may be pressnted IN wT WIS,
commissioners I. w. sTARruP. !
n..oa 1arsev CIV Aug. 2. 1885. y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
DID NOT REALIZE IT.
From the Kearny Record"

Little did Vice Chancellor Pitney on
last Monday realize when he ordered a
reporter. to surrender his notes and
leave the court room what a commo-
ton would be raised over his action.
The are angrily demanding
by what right this judicial officer,
dressed in a little brief authority" die
tates as to what transactions in a public
count shall or shall not be published; and
some of them give the Vice Chancellor
a evere c~astigation for his 'autocratic"
behavior. The old notion that there
is a divinity that doth hedge" a Judge
is recognized by few intelligent people
nowadays. and while the average citizen
may hold most judicial officers in high
respect he does not forget that Judges
are scarcely less falltble than ordinary
people, and that "a Vice Chancellor has
no more right to hold a star chamber
session in his court than the meanest
Justice of the Peace in the State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06

NOTICE.
CORPORATION NOTICE.

e.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners by
Dennis F; HMiggsNRT o sFd S6WS feT tas
between aTf' the EASTER easterly Side Of Avenue 3 and
Garafeld avenue conformably to the provisions
Of Chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895. and in the
TO have the street for the full width thereof
graded to the established grade by excayatlng
or filling the same to the established grade.
To have new 2o-inch curb set on either side
To have blue stone tagging 4 feet wide
To have new bridge stone crosswalks laid
And all the work done that may De nee
water and TO complete the improvement In
a good and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the 23d day Of
July, 1895, the Commissioners of Assessment
Commissioners their preliminary map showing
what property will probably be assessed anu
the probable amount Of benefit e each lot
of assessment per foot Of frontage for said
improvement, and the same is now open
And notice is also given that the follow
ing streets or avenues, or particular sections
Brown place from Garfield avenue to the
And that in accordance with the provisions
day Of August, 1895. at 10 o clock A. NJ, and
the meeting room of the Board of Street and
as sat the ti GUnia and plaee when and Where the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners and
viii vii meet neitoa t. to- hear al al parties sTtnstrd intsTes asain 81
the said proposed Improvement that may be
presented in writing. -
1. W. sTARTUP.
dated Jersey CITY Aug. 2. 1895. !
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of April, 1895. application was made to the
H.. L. stratton and others for the construc-
y" SEWER IN SUMMIT AVENUE
from a point about 40-feet southerly from
Sherman, place and connecting with sewer now
built in Summitlavenue at or near the in,
tersection of Summit avenue with Sanford
ter 2lT of the laws of 1895. said sewer to be
of suitable dimensions and in accordance with
the established plan of sewerage together with
ali the necessary, manholes, receiving basins
and appurtenances and all other work done
that may be necessary to complete the I'M
provenaent in q good and substantial manner
May, 1896, the Commissioners of Assessment
filed with the Board of Street and Water
what property VIII probably be assessed and
the probable amount of benefit to each lot
or parcel of land, also the probable amount
Improvement, and the same is now open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
of said Board.
ing streets or avenues, or particular sections
thereof. are included in said assessment
namely
about twenty-five feet south of Sherman place
to a point 62.o4 northerly Of Sanford place.
of the act above cited the thirteenth
day Of August. 1888, at 10 o'clock A. M: and
Water Commissioners are hereby fixed
as the time and place, when and
WhsFs com fhe B0aTa will M Meet s to hear AMI All
parties interested in said application and all
remonstrances against said Improvement
wf By order der OF the Board of street and Water
/. W. srARTUP.
na+ad Tareav c,tv Aus 2 1888 $500
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
Dated Jersey CITY, Aug.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day
Of April. 1895, application was made to the
by Robert N. zeiger and others for the CON
struction of a sewer in Ocean avenue. from
nue. to Armstrong Place and in Armstrong
Place to Garfield avenue, in Garfield, avenue
avenue to and connecting with the Richard
street sewer and IN W!oodlaWn avenue to and
formally to the provisions of Chapter 217. of
the Laws of 1895. said sewer to be of suita-
estabiished plan Of Sewerage, together with
all the necessary manholes, receiving basins
that that may be- necessary RI to complete the I'M
provement in a good and substantial man
Notice is also given that on the 2sd day of
July, 1895, the Commissioners of Assessment
fled Igtsa the Board Of Street and Water
what property win probably be assessed and
the probable amount of benefit to each lot
of assessment per foot of frontage for said
Improvement. and the same is now open to
public inspection in the office of the Clerk Of
And notice is also given that the following
thereof, are included in said assessment,
namely
avenue to a point Is feet west of Armstrong
Armstrong Place from Ocean to Garfield
Woodiawn avenue from Ocean to Garfield
Garfield avenue from Armstrong Place to
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited the 18th day of August,
1896, at 10 o'clock An, and the meeting
room Of the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners are Hereby fixed as the time and
place when and where the Board Of Street
and Waters gehafhissioners will meet to hear
all parties interested In said application and
all circumstances against the said proposed i'm
proveHlento that may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
s9Xe .Io45s4 yG sBHsYG CLERK pro tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
CRITICISM
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
No GAG Law.
Still More Protests Against
Vice Chancellor Pit
ney's Star hamb
Methods.
AN EXHIBITION TO BE Re
GREETED.
From the East Orange "Gezette'.

From the East Orange "Gezette'.
During the hearing of a case a re"
DAYS ago in the Court of Chancery IN
Newark, Vice Chancellor Pitney ordered
a reporter from the room. after hrst de-
manding and destroying his notes n
warning him that if he published any
thing in regard to the case he woulo pc
punished for contempt of court. Inc
case was a matter of contention IN re-
to a crossing between the Watchuns
Railroad and the Consolidated TRACTION
Company. was conducted in open court
and the public had a right to the fuilesu
information in regard to the proceedings,
which could not by the boldest stretch OF
imagination in regarded as in any sense
private. The action of the Vice a
cellor in assuming the autocratic censor
ship OF the press is condemned on all
hands as an unwarranted attempt 10
curtail the liberty of the press, n oe-
prive the public of knowledge OF the
courts proceedings to which they nao
an unquestionable right. The exhibition
of bad taste or bad temper is mucn TO
be regretted in the case of an official OF
such exalted rank.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
REAL ESTATE NEWS.
Report Of Building Inspector
Jones --0ver $i7o,O 900 Of
New Investments.

The report of Building Inspector Jones
for the month OF July shows an invest
ment of s179, 1894.
In the First ward five houses were
erected. costing 81, 1885,: Second ward, six.
costing 1880; Third ward, one, costing
$1,000; Fourth ward, one, $500; Fifth
ward, two, $1,000; Sixth ward, five,
s24, $50; Seventh ward, thirteen, s13, 701
Eighth ward, eleven, $26, TAG; Ninth ward.
fourteen, s1s.2S5; Tenth ward, fifteen,
$4,000; Eleventh ward, nine, $s,312;
Twelfth ward, thirteen, $20,765; making
a total of IS permits. During the past
week permits have been issued as fol
lows
John Gallagher, to build an extension
5000. Cos'
NJ. Morris, TO build a one story frame,
70 cost $500. on Freeman venue near
Duncan avenue
William $. Anderson. to build a two
wing street near Central avenue.
o. II. Perry, to build an addition to
street.
Trustees Of claremont Presbyterian
cburch 70 70 maze max ss aa extension to the
F. 3. Chidester, to build a three story
IRON factory atsNos. BOG to $40 Washing
wi SlFSSls
John O'Brien, to put in a new store
front at No. 5s4 Grand street, to cost
Joseph H. McGuinness, to build a one
story frame on the east side of Mon
mouth street. Is feet north Of York
Emma Meyers, to build a two story
81, 400. 49,
William Gill to build a storage house
at no. 56o Duncan avenue, to cost $500.
chimney & Laekey Co., to build a
brick boiler house at Pike and Fremont
streets, to cost 81. so.
Elizabeth Obenhauser, to build an ex-
tension. to cost $3.50. to No. 124 Pearsall
John Mccomb, to build a one story
frame, to cost $3.50. at Jackson avenue
and Atlantic street.
Robert Livingstone, one two story
frame. to. cost 1850. on the corner of
Morton place and the Boulevard.
William Zimmerman, to build a two
story frame, to cost 50, 500, on the north
east corner of Noble and Woodland ave-
nues
Paul Decker, to put in new store front
at NO. lS3 York street. to cost $3.50.
A: A. Thompson. to build stone wall
under house at No. 224 Palisade avenue,
to cost $50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06


The nomination of John Kean as Re-
publican candidate for Governor is to
take place on September 10. The Demo-
cratic party will nominate the next Gov
ernor-probably Chancellor McGin-on
the 9Th of that month. Election day is
November S. this year. This means a
mpai Of about seven weeks for the
Republicans and six weeks for he DEM
ocrats.
Not seven TIMES seven weeks would be
enough to prove any fitness in John
Kean. The corporation boss and cor
poration instrument is perhaps the most
Unfit man in the entire State for tits
office. His whole career has been one of
hostility to the people, of toiling and
scheming for the enhancement Of capt.
talists' dividends.
Whomsoever the Democrats may nomi-
nate, he will be a man whose merits
will be familiar in the mind of every
citizen. The Chancellor needs 10 cam
paign to win the suffrages of the people.
His campaign is his high and honorable
public service in his present office. The
same will be true if Judge Lippincoft,
Ambassador Runyon or Secretary Nc
Adoo should be nominated. All the pos
sible Democratic candidates stand upon
their records and not upon mere prom
Uses.
1t makes no difference how long or
how short the campaign may be; tEe
fight will be won when the Democratic
is named.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-06
AFRAID OF "DIDCEAsg.n
Complaints 10 the Board of Health
Ab0ut fhe Abatfoir.

AT the meeting of the County Board of
Health yesterday, Inspector Nevfn re-
ported that the nuisance at the Paterson
Plank ROAD and Central avenue was
created by water being unable to pass
into the sewers from the streets. The
inspector further reported that a box
drain had been at Cambridge avenue and
North street.
A complaint was made by twelve
property owners at Union Hill to the
effect that the contractor does not re
move the garbage.
Mr.. Winfield reported that the suit
he had brought against Mrs. Caroline
Schultze of the Township of Union had
been adjourned until next Monday, be-
houses complained of.
Health Inspector Hendrick reported
that ne had attended a case of chicken
onne, and the clerk of the board reported
contagious diseases as follows:-For
JuneIDiphtheria, So; scarlet fever, S5;
q. During July the cases were:-Diph-
liberia. 81; scarlet fever, 80; m%embrane-
Gus Group, A; typhoid fever, 8; small
leagues .that the Contagious Diseases
Hospital can be used at any time. al
though not completed, and then the fol-
~N'fN-5 ef1
Union Hill, Aug. 3, 1895.
To the Board of Health Of Hudson
County,
Gentlemen would Xix to tell you of
the nuisance that is going ON in Union
Hill. These contractors never have
taken away the barrels with dirt for
three weeks, but leave them stand in
front of the door and the smell from
them lis awful. l am afraid my chill
dren will get some didcease. 1 wish you
would see to this at once.
Yours.
HANS KLIEMAN.
To the Clerk of the Board of Health
Dear Sir-I wish to protest against the
Abattoir no the west side of the Hack
ensack River, and for Gods sake, gentle
men, if you have not got the power
why do you not call on the State Board
nable smell that is driving good citi-
zens away from our city. Do something
and receive the thanks of the many.
Gil INNER EYR