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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
GEM IS SATISFIED.
Thinks His Sentence Was All
Right, but Declares He
Is Not a Coward

Paul GEM, who was sentenced by
Justice Lippincott yesterday to be hanged
on July % for the killing of Clara Arnim,
complained this morning to a News
reporter of the false statements pub
lished in a New York paper.
sThey accuse me of being a coward.
They say my knees trembled as / was
being led out of the court room. Martin,
the constable, ear tell you that state
ment is false"
sFurther, I wish to say that / never
acted in anything but a kind way to
Clara. I repeatedly asked her to marry
me. I loved her and would have given
my Efe for her. Before this affair no
one could say anything against me. l
was never known to do anything wrong
and did not give way to my feelings as
/ do now. / trusted and was deceived.
1t has changed me completely. | know
] am not tho man / was. / act excited
and sometimes 1 bite my hand TIL the
blood comes. l don't know whyIdo it,
but l can't help it. WhenI lie down
little things seem to move Q e, Tam go swa "
when / 60 to sleep. 1 know it is only
mag ration with a shrug of his should
SENTENCE SATISFACTORY
Are you satisfied with Justice Lippin-
colts sentenee?" asked the reporter.
Lippincott Is a perfect gentleman and he
has treated me throughout IN a gentle;
manly manner. OF course he reviewed
the evidence, as a Judge, not as a man,
and found t against me. It would not
have been right for him to question the
evidence. He could not tell whether 1T
was periured or not. The Judge has
acted justly, and 1 would like him to
Know that I think SO"
GEM admitted that his counsel are
working hard in his behalf and that he
is assisting them; but would not say for
publication what direction their efforts
are taking.
ssOf what use would my life be if they
saved it; It is ruined now" he said.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
Highest Of all in Leavening Power.-Latest u S. Govt Report
R@!A!a!I! RsklRs
ABSOLUTELY pURE

who has been west for his health. has re-
turned to Jersey City. -,
give a musical May 20. at which Mr..
Hartford Ayres will sing.
Miss Lucy Kent Of Summit avenue
wedding of one of her intimate friends.
SUSIE naed Bli ars Of Oft Mo- for Il X Ken Maaeiog aTs mlss
n Mr.. Arthur Soper, on June 3.
Mrs, Walter Mandeyille nee Hilton.
afternoon and evening;
Cards are out for the wedding of Mr..
Jas. B. Fielder. son of Congressman
Long Island. The marriage will occur
MI. n Mrs. Edward Spur and their
father. Mr. Woodward. at No. 20 Van
Reipen avenue. Mrs. Spur is an ex.
present at the euchre and dance.
erly Of Jersey City, haye issued invita-
Miss Florence Starkeweather Rosenkrans,
and Mr.. Lawrence Walter. at their rsi-
dence, No. IA East Main street, Pert
The Younger Set win give another
DANCE. = week from 9o.n}ght' in sFoys
Hall. The arrangements are in charge
of the same able committee.
journey to Chicago and the west. Mr..
Watson was attacked with a severe
illness while in Chicago and was obliged
to retun without completing his trip.
Miss Emma Holbrook, daughter of Rev.
William Augustus Holbrook, a former
rector of st. Matthew's Church, will be
married to Mr. f. Herbert Johnston
Ruel, of Halifax, Tuesday afternoon,
June 6. in St. Phillips Church, East
The engagement of Miss Ella johnson.
lately of Jersey City, and Dr.. NOVEL;,
of Newark. was by Miss
johnson, at a luncheon given to her
friends, last week. at her home in
South Orange. The announcement was a
surprise to many, and some of Miss
Johnson's dear five hundred friends so
far forgot themselves as to weep
heartily.
Miss Edith Greaves, of Nyack, formerly
of JIG rsey City. has been visiting Mrs.
Sydney Adams during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mallory and Mr..
and Mrs. Coffin and their daughters will
move from their large house in Glen
wood avenue to two of their new houses
on ,Glenwood avenue. which they have
The Rambiers ave decided to ramble
to Edgar Allen Poe's. house, in Ford
ham, on Saturday afternoon. June l..
The Ramblers will meet at 1880 in the
afternoon at the Grand Central Rail-
road, the Harlem Division.
Mr.. Alexander Mackenzie will sail for
Europe On the steamship Etruria to-
morrow. Mr.. MacKenzie will meet his
sister, Mrs. Burdette Post Craig. and
DR.. Craig in Paris.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
SOCIAL NOTES.
What Our Society People Are Doing
-C0tning Social Events.

~ nat OUT SOclety feOPie AFe DOtHH
-COtniRs Social Events.
The subject discussed by the Odd
Volumes 1t their meeting last Wednes-
day was Matthew Arnold The criti-
cisms of the great critic wsre frank n
some of them amusing. Contemporaneous
writer's were also discussed.
The third and last lecture on Physiol-
ogy, by Miss Laura Mead Nissan. well
be given in the parlor of the Emory
NJ. e. Church. nsxt Tuesday afternoon.
The lectures have all been well attended
and have proved profitable.
Mrs. Annie Ledingham gave a lecture
last Tuesday upon "Napols IN and HIS
Court she told stories of court scenes
and described the brilliant pageants. The
last lecture will be given at the residence
Of Mrs r.. g. Lyle, No. 7 Suydam ave-
nue.. next Tuesday afternoon. Tie sub
ject will be: 1.-THE Novel. Real and
IDEAL"
At the marriage of Miss Martha Gray.
daughter of Mrs. Robert Amos Gray. ed
Mr.. Frederick Green, which will be crs~-
brated in Poughkeepsie. Tuesday. une
4. Miss Florence Clinton will be maid
OF honor and Miss Maud Henry and Mias
Matilda Southland will be bridesmaids
MI Stephen g. southard will be hxst
man
M Philip Wssoott. q Summit avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
BABY LED THE WAY.

PHILADELPHIA, May "a. 1s95.-on
the day that the steamer Trenton made
it's first trip from Trenton. a lady with
a baby appeared at the wharf. The gang
plank not being down, an employe of
the steamer CALAMITY took the child in his
arms and carried it aboard. As the baby
was taken on. the captain exclaimed:
eThere comes the first passenger fom
Trenton
To commemorate the event, he aseer-
taine the name and address of the lady
and the name of the child, and yesterday
gold ring containing a handsome diamond.
The baby's name is Milford Lippencott,
son of c.. w. L~ippencott, of No. 1874
Passaic street, and the ring will be cher
ished as a memorable keepsake.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
A NEW POSSIBILITY.
Judge clifford Stanley Sims as "a
GuberuatorIal Would-be.
SpeciGlto the Jerseu Citu Netcs.

SDcciEt t6tfe JeTSCu Cftu NetCS.
TRENTON. May "a, 1884 new star
is now shining in the Democratic gall
axy of names of those suggested Tor the
-Gubernatorial nomination. This star
bears the name TO Clifford Stanley Sims.
Judge of the Court of Errors and APP
bears the name of Clifford Stanley Sims,
may be called-is Of recent growth. The
boom in his favor is based on his re-
cent action in the case Of the pardon Of
the big Four, when he and the Chan
cellor stood apart in voting against
c~lemency.
Judge Sims is a man Of striking per-
sonality. and although he has been but
little identified with politics, he is a ia
miliar figure in all parts Of the State.
He is an apt and f~orceful speaker. He
was a member of the Arkansas Constitu-
tional Convention in 1SeT-6S and Consul
to Canada in 1863. He also served in the
United States Navy in 1924 Judge Sims
lished THE Origin and -Significalee OF
Scottish :Surnames," and The 1nstitue
New Jersey" besides being. now en-
gagged upon a sketch CT Mount Holly,
where he resides.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
TO


Sealed proposals will be receiver byne
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June 3, 1895, at 10 o'clock A NJ, FOR
the building Of a
STEEL yIADUcT IN MERCER TIRE
from or about the easteriy curb line Of Fac
tory street west to about the easterly line
W way yAe Of Fii such c94a yia aha tne WITH Rafin gitPihed BRICK
pavement. and the laying of sidewalk thereon.
as granoiithlc, and the construction of a
twenty-inch iron pipe sewer in Mercer street
and running easterly to the point where the
present twenty-inch Iron pipe sewer as pullt
ENDS in Mercer street, such viaduct, pavement
sewer. ETC., etc, being necessary to the max
ing of a continuous and suitable public high
way from Merseles street. in lower jersey
City, through Mercer and Church streets,
the provisions Of Chapter 2Ss Of the Laws of
1895, and in accordance with specifications on
NE Blank .n forms qnace Of q bid tne and Iiea aere es Sant Of Sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
Chief Engineer, corner of jersey avenue and
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 1900 feet B. N. of yellow pine.
About 7S0 lbs. Of bolts and spikes,
About 1870 cubic yards of masonry.
About $50 lineal feet of viaduct.
About 1850 square yards of brick paving.
including conerste foundation and sand
About loo iifneal feet Of Sl-inch cast IRON
About 20 cubic yards Of concrete.
About "A pieces of coping, each 3 feet 9
inches Y 8 feet 6 inches X II inches.
About Al pieces of coping, each 2 feet s
inches X 2 feet 6 inches X II inches.
The party to whom the contract may be
awarded will be allowed three (D months
for the iron work complete, and one ~ month
for paving thereafter. making four 90 months
in all in which to complete the contract.
The making Of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance OF the owners of
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
velopes. endorsed Proposals for Viaduct, etc,
Kaiser, Esq. Chairman of Committee on
of the Board in open meeting when called
for in the order Of business relating to sealed
proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the law above quoted,
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
posals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
TO Section 4, Chapter 1874 Of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have -beau-appReFsd@as%to~
suficiency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President OF
this Board having power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board Of Street and Water
commissioners.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. May %. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
/ T NEWS NOTES.

Detective Robert Pearson returned
gent thcre to watch the progress of the
murder trial of the Hyams,5 Pearson
was not put on the stand as a witness
against the men.
Thomas Moran, who was accused of
robbing and attempting to assault Rose
Willis. was discharged this morning by
Justice Potts. he woman's story lacked
c~orr0boration,
Pauu.lia Morney of No. So Elizabeth
street, New York. a captured early
this morning as he was leaving the store
Of Joseph Smith, at No. 1Ss Bay street.
He had effected an entrance through q
real window and had stolen q pockethook
containing so n g number OF articles
Of snail -v&lne. He was committed by
Just:ce Potts.
Ex-ChIef 81 Police Thomas p. K5ssam
Was among the easly. ys.sitprs At Police
&c sSst Vii ' eSast Gaiphy. - ]
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
the
GRADING. cURBING, FLAGGING N
PAVING OF CHURCH STREET
from the easterly side of Mil Road to Sum
nit avenue, such Improvement being ,neces-
sary to the making of a continuous and suit
in lower Jersey City, through Mercer, and
same to be made conformably TO the provisions
of Chapter $50 of the Laws of 1889, and IN
accordance with specifications on he IN the
office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office OF the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 400 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 5000 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 2,400 cubic yards of earth filling.
About 1850 cubic yards of sand or gravel
About 1850 square yards of specification
About 1000 square yards of Belgian blockS
About 100 lineal feet Of curb stone:
About 6T2 square feet OF bridge stone.
About 800 square feet of tagging.
About 100 square yards OF repaying.
About 80 lineai feet of eribbing.
About 2 new receiving basins and connee-
About i new manholes complete.
About $50 lineal feet Of 1S-inch vitrifed pipe:
Time allowed for the completion of the
work. one hundred and twenty u2O working
days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
iect to the remonstranCe of the owners OF
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis of prelimi-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Improvement
OF Church Street on Account of Mercer Street
Extension" directed to John C. Kaiser.
Chairman of Committee on Streets and sew,
ers." and handed 10 the Clerk of the Board
in open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official win be accepted as surety
nor Will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the law above quoted,
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
posals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as TO
sufficiency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President Of
this Board having power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Dated Jersey City. May %. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
DARING THIEVES.
Stole Twenty Kegs of Dynamite and

Special to the Jcrsev Cifu Ners.

special 10 INC JcTseU S1fn Nf1rS-
PATERSON, May "a, 1S95.-In a strip
of woods an acre and a half in extent
at Fairtown. are three dynamite maya
zines. ZACH about eight feet square. They
are made of heavy sheet iron and he
doors are half an inch thick. Hardware
merchants of this city are the owners of
the magazines. The building was filed
with dynamite and powder last night
when thieves forced open the doors with
powerful jimrnies. and carried off about
twenty kegs of black powder. Ten We're
taken from one magazine.
The thieves must ave been daring
fellows. as the least jar. on the d5na,
mite cases was likely to blow them and
the entire magazines to atoms. No trace
of the thieves could be found, 1t is be-
1ieved that they were in search Of pow
der to use in safe blowing. Last win
ter another magazine vas broken into
and a dozen kegs of powder stolen. They
were found a few days later in the
woods
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE
INCREASE.
Speciel to The Jerseu Ctr Ec,rs

sOMERvILLE, May "a. 1ss5.-The Rari-
tan and Somerset Wooden Mills, em-
ploying more than 1000 operators. ave
increased wage 10 per cent.
The increase IS not appreciated by the
employees, who have been organizing
labor associations with a view of de-
manding an increase of 20 per cent. An
additional 10 per cent. will now be de-
manded as the present rate is below the
wages paid before the repeal of the Nc
kinley tariff act
The mills are running night and day to
fill orders, but the owners declare another
increase of 10 per cent. impossible, as
they are now obliged to, place their
goods on the market at greatly re-
duced prices. owing to foreign compe-
t.t.on under the present tariff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
NOVEL SUIT FOR DAMAGES

Alfred ~Snowden's suit in the Circuit
Court to recover $4,000 from ex-Mayor
oliver of Bayonne. was heard this morn
ing. -Spowden claims that seven years
ago Oliver entered into an agreement
with him by which he was to clear a
large tract of land, and for so doing
was to have the use of it for. twenty-five
years. Lately Mr.. Oliver had turned
him off the. land. He sues for damages
for the labor expended in improving the
land. The case will take all day to try.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
MEMORABLE EVENTS.
Jersey City Veterans Will Celebrate
This Evening.

Thirty-four years ago today two COM
panies of the Hudson Guards, the Con-
tinental, Independence and Montgomery
Guards, all made up of Jersey City
volunteers, made the memorable march
across Long Bridge and made the adj
vance march into Virginia. Captain
Farr.er, of the First precinct and Cen
eral Ramsay are among the old timers
who were in the march. Colonel Baker
was in charge under General Runyon.
1t was the Jersey boys who began the
work of building Fort Runyon, which
the protection of Washington,
Today Is also the anniversary OF the
death of Captain Ellsworth. He was
Farrier was among the men who burned
the building where Captain Ellsworth
was shot.
There is to be a gathering of the vet
Grams who took part in that march to-
night. Many "reminiscences of the event
wiz no doubt be recalled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
STATE

PSckerel fishing is excellent at Green
wood Lake. In two days last week two
NeWarkers caught $50 fish at. the New
Jersey end, many of them weighing from
one to three and a half pounds.
Tomcods are being ken IN large num-
The new fish pond at Stone Harbor,
near Sea Isle City, was put into opera
ton on Monday, It extends one mile
sisted Of weak, shad, Founders, bluefsh
and -blackflsh, allied ~forty-one harreis.
They were placed IN q freight car which
was attached to the Cape May expires
The anglers fear the pound VIII interfere
With thelr sport this summer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
QUEER
Thirteen Quail for Thirteen Persons
and tho Result.

and tho Eteauit.
Talking of fatalities said the racon-
tour Of the club, ''if you will go back to
the '70s 1 will tell you of a curious in
cident hat happened, (which, whieh the nar nuI f
was thought nothin of at the time, but
long afterWard those who were witnesses
of the event recalled IT as a
part, admit tina i am superstitious, and
regard tribes light as} air in the way OIL
combinations strong"
STORY, story" Commanded the presi-
dent of the club.
give you" said the ~raconteur; 1T was
more than a story, for tragedies ollowed
in its wake, You will Remember the
yacht Cora, which was owned by a GENIAL
Detroit man, no longer with us. The
Cora had carried many a merry party
safely on a voyage OF pleasGer, and IL Is
about to refer. There was a party going
for an afternoon sail in the summer OF
Ia Jolly party Of prominent dI,est cl agoang
whom were two ladies, the wives of SOL
diers-Mrs. General Custer and Mrs Gus
ter Calhoun, wife and sister OF General
Indians in the northwest.
1T was Just before the Cora was
her way up the river with her laughing,
happy crowd of pleasure seekers, that
the crowd noticed q number of small,
water. The attention OF their. host, the
owner of the boat, vas called to them,
and 4 ne ena made na the q 9~asa : edyv to oa bi tnsy
that. in trying to cross from one marsh
to another, had lost their bearings. be
in the water. Ali Went to the rescue with
buckets, hats and anything else that
i Sa%e a on sgEe ahs n and tu Msrs eaer t
served up for supper. old Billy, the
6 6irds. s and S he called his employer into
a "y sem SER. dem birds, Mr. b."
"Yoh done count 'em, sah?"
mo, I didn't oun hem"
Wont hab EN- cooked, sah." said Old
His employer laughed heartily as he
I'm afraid you'll feel worse. Billy, old
Company. That means one quail for
s eones g ~ one le dae for y Won, old g MAN. ans"" lNs
/ list Wouldn't eat. one fob de hull uni
aBut the Birds were deliciously cooked,
served in fine style, and eaten with many
e wb list the oenf ferfunste 9n thirteen earai %spe nahneFd
as to what the course of events would
have been had there been one less or one
I'm all that gay ompany there. was no
thought OF coming trouble, and it would
have excited q laugh of deriSion to have
predicted the maladictions of fate. Yet
in a few years five. of those happy wives
were desoiare widows. two of them
Little Big Horn. while the genial host
met the closing tragedy of his life in the
waters that had 50 often been his sport
and pleasure"
II remember the casualty to which you
refer" said the president; but your
number thirteen is the merest coincidence
.tThat is what I call it." said the RAJ
contour, but You must admit that ONE
times c~oincidences are queer things
Detroit Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
AMusEM ENTs.
wilson Harrctt In "HamIet" 1t the
Academy OF Music.

Whatever the. dsfects In the presenta-
tien Of Hamlet last night in the Academy
OF Music. it must be concluded that
Wilson Barrett's reading of the part of
the gloomy Dane is exceptionally scholar
l. While II lacks the intensity Of the
Booth creation or the vigor of Irving,
yet there is an INDISPENSABLE charm about
Il, and the reasons for this are numerous.
6ne thing is certain, Mr.. Barrett Leaves
the madness of the prince. It is assume
before Polonius and Qphelia when he
spec that she has been sehooled by
her father to discover his secret, just as
the uncle sent Rosencrantz n .Guiiden-
etsrn en- q similar serrand- In the great
too aFflacial. and permitted himself 10
somewhat rapid in passages which would
BE more forctble II delivered slower. Yet
Wffhal his work was admirable, ana the
R.g house applauded his efforts. As
6phelia. Miss Jeffrfes showed what a
clever and graceful actress she Is. The
MAJ scene was dramatic and vivid, n
the lesser roles the parts were admirably
Xmens the features OF M. Barrett's
comp8ny'e presentation OF the sublime
tragedy ID the graveyard GENE, which
eeEtaiIly q The best pFessnted hers:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
COMPANY < INSPECTED.

Company K. the Hoboken contingent of
the Fourth Regiment, was inspected las.
night in the City Hall Armory, Hobo
ken, by Colonel Marvin Dodd. The In
spectiou was very satisfactory.
The new company, which is to be
mustered in soon, win elect Counsellor
Alex. c. Young captain.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24
PRESENT FOR CLERK FISHER,

Major Peloubet this morning presented
County Clerk Fisher with a prettily
executed stamp plate. On it was exc
cuted designs of the American flag and
the Grang Army emblem, Lincoln's pic
ture was also upon it, John Fisher,
ton encircled the union, John Fisher,
Clerk. N. j.. l861-1S65.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24

among the audience were Governor and
Mrs. Werts, Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Me-
Master, Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Morse and
Miss Clara Moore, DR.. and Mrs. Quimby,
Major Pond and daughters, ana many
other well known people.
This evening 1.-THE Sign of the Cross
win be produced. and tomorrow Ben
-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-24

Mrs. Harduppe-John, the butcher
from where we used to live has found
out our address. He called with that
last years bill and was real impairment.
Mr.. Harduppe (hotlyl-"Impertinent, was
he? Well, now Wen let him wait for
his money."-Puck.