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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
HOLD THE TROLLEY COMPANY.
Coroner,s Jury Say a Proper Fende
Might Have saved James Toncr.

WlIhf RaaVF saved a0Nuss hSNcTs
An inquest for evidence touching the
death of James Toner, the boy who was
killed on Tuesday night by a Central
avenue trolley car, was conducted by
Coroner Anthony ]. Voik at Pohlmann's
Hall last night. Miss Addie Gould of
No. 351 Central avenue testified that she
was standing on the sidewalk talking
with Lauretta CahiH of No. 80 Lincoln
street, when she saw the accident. Both
the girls said the accident was I'M
avoidable on the part of the motorn7an.
The car stopped within Is to 100 feet
after striking the boy. The boy dropped
his hat as he crossed the track. and
when he turned around to pick it up
he was instantly struck.
Janftor Eggers of Brautigam's flats at
Central avenue and Bower street. was
also an eye witness. He said the boy
car was but three feet away. He was
knocked down by the rubber fender. and
the body crushed unde he car. Motor
man Joseph Adasr said The boy ran di
APPLIED the brake, but the slippery tracks
and the grade at which the car was de-
seending caused the boy TO be dragged
underline mosor.
Some of the witnesses said the car was
three feet away when the boy crossed
IN front of 1t, while others claimed It
was fifteen feet distant.
I3r. q. p. Henry, City Physician, who
attended the boy, testified that death
was caused by fracture ssa OF tae o sK ~
case. rendered a verdict exoaerating the
motorman. and stating that # the Sal
/ had q proper fender the boys life
might have been saved.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21

be provided by order of the surgeon
general; an affirmative vote of the ma
jority Of the members Of the court shall
be necessary for conviction, of whom
the commissioned officer must he one
but no emb of the corps shall be ex
PEELED without the approval of the sur
geon-generaI is had TO the findings o.
the court.
5. And be it enacted, That the fifth
section of the SAID supplement is herebj
repealed.
That the sixth section the said sup
plement shall be amended to read al
follows:
&. And be it enacted, That there sha
the proper state officer from state fund.-
not otherwise appropriated, on the hrsi
Monday of April of each year, the sun
of one thousand dollars for maintenance
and support of the medical department
Of the national guard, including the hos
pital and ambulance corps; that this sun
shall include the cost of purchasing o,
uniforms and equipments for the hcspfta.
and ambulance corps, medicines, surgi4
cal instruments and dressings, ambulance
litter3 medical chests and paniers and
al other supplies necessary to the admin.
istration of said department, but no par
Of this appropriation shall be expended
for commissary supplies, transportation
hire Of animals for ambu1ances or pay
ment for military service; the quarter
master-general shall ezpend this appro.
priation only on the approval of tn,
Z. And be it enacted, THAT thes.
amendments to the said supplement shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March q, 1884 =.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
REDUCTION OF TELEPHONE RATES
The New York and New Jersey Com"
pany,s New Systsm eff Tolls.

Any
Corporations, it is said by an ever
a certain extent his is true, but the
rule certainly does rot apply to the
New York and New. Jersey Telephone
Company. Recognizing the fact that
many persons We're DESTROYS of having
telephones placed in Their homes or
places of business. but were restrained
from doing so because of the high rental
charged, the Telephone Company has
come to their rescue and voluntarily re-
duced the rates to a point within he
reach of all.
The telephone now has become almost
as indispensable as butter on ones bread.
It is now possible for the housewife to
order her groceries, a cab or the doctor,
the police or the firemen with but little
trouble and at q really nominal price.
As much as the general public would be
pleased to have it that telephone com
pan.es are grasping Nonopoiies, It is
not SO, as those who are familiar with
the cost of construction, right of way and
maintenance well know. 1t is to the
interest of any public purveyor Of any
sort of accommodation to reach as
quickly as possible a price for their
service as will encourage a general use
Of their wares. Such IS the case of the
telephone company in question, who nave
now made it possible to have 9 tele-
phone placed in your office, home o.
factory at $40, $50 or $50 per annuna, ac-
cording to the number Of local messages
sent and joint use of line.
Every business man in Jersey City
should have a telephone placed IN his
office. Many New York business men,
who have dealings with Jersey City bust
ness houses, continually lind fault be-
cause they cannot reach their custom
ers by telephone owing to the fact that
the Jersey City houses have no tele-
phone. This necessitates a trip over the
ferry and much valuable time wasted.
At the present rates there IS no reason
why every business man should not
take advantage of the opportunity offer
ed and provide themselves with a tsie-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
TRAVELLERS TALES.
Cosmos Club Listens to Old
World eminiseenees-Land
of the Pharaohs.

Cosmos Club last night in the Hotel
Washington welcomed home some of it's
members who nave recently visited the
old World. The travellers were Rev.
C. Brett. DID. Rev. Robt. Wick. Mr.. c.
H. Benson. city editor of the Evening
Journal" DR.. f. e. Noble, DR.. E. p. Buff
felt and Rev. John l.. Scudder. and their
"reminiscences, told after dinner, formed
g pleasing change to the ordinary meet
ings Of the club. Each guest was as
signed a particular subject, and the
whole made up an extremely interesting
description of a journey across the con-
tinent of Europe, through the Holy Land
and a trip to that land of mysteries.
Egypt.
Drs. Buffet and Noble. after a brief
address of welcome from John A. Walk
er, talked of the ocean trip, Spain, Tur-
key, Greece and Italy, and DR.. Buffet.
speaking of his visit to Galilee and other
places famous in Biblical history, said
that his faith in the accuracy of the
Scriptures had not in the least abated at
what he had seen. On the contrary, he
was more deeply than ever imbued with
its marvellous truth.
The members of Cosmos having been
translated to the doors of the land of
eH0 ihtadois a ieiliaHieu WI.
nelius II. Benson to describe what he had
seen. and from his address the members
concluded that he had used his eyes well.
At the outset Mr.. Benson said that he
found it extremely difficult to arrive at a
clearly defined conclusion regarding the
political or religious economy of Egypt,
because of the variance of opinions as to
the chronology of events. He therefore
confined himself To a. brief narration of
matters coming directly under his no.
lice.
nc Dno, nypE
/ SCRAPS FROM THE PAPYRE-
Then sketching rapidly the list of
ao's l.on 49, snilpses ~ Mr.
Benson turned to its political divisions,
remarkine that tbara are fourteen nrov-
go Is 800 - 49, and ion,ar
| Egypt, with a combined area of arabic
;srd of obo,,+ II 200 s,,ore miles and
ldha OF aoont Low square iiie I 100 anu ~
an st1mated population OF ABOUT 9,uoo,cVo-
1.-THE people of this strange land,'' Mir.
| Ransom cold s.cans;s+ IF Eallabaen IN
2eisn aiu sel -
| placed; Copts. most of whom are Chris
| tians; Bedouin. the wanderers of the
desert; Jews. the business men Of the
| Nubians, Abyssinians and Europeans.
Of these the Gopts are direct descendants
| from the ancient Egyptians"
THE WONDERFUL MILE.
Mr.. Benson devoted some time to a
description Of The Nile, its sources, its
| wonderful delta, the periodic inunda-
| tons and their attendant dangers, the
| effect of the rich alluvsal deposits and
many other faats curious and inter-
| PvraT mid The address became extremely
| fascinatiIlg. The speaker described these
| huge monuments. or rather tonhs, built
by Cheops. ghtphren and Myrcinus.
THAT curious monument. the Sphynx,''
ne said. .anfedates ali history. It was
monarch Buff his pyramid in that year
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
OUT TALKED EVEN SENATOR DAILY

william Warren. of No. II Hacken-
sack avenue. was tried in the Court of
General Sessions yesterday for assault
ing his wife and his wife's mother. The
assault was committed On March 18.
Mrs. Cosin, the mother-in-iaw, on the
witness stand talked for over five min
utes about her family troubles in spite
of Senator Days objections and the
Courts order for silence. AT last the
Senator. who appeared for Warren,
said
.'sTel me when you have run down and
I'll try to talk with you"
Warren was found guilty of both
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Sheriff Toffey has returned from Bos-
ton, where he celebrated his silver we'd
ding on Saturday last.
John p. Feeney's rheumatism doesn't
hurt him as much as it did last week.
piled with concerning it are more bother
than the rheumatism ever was.
The Columbia Oratorio Society CT West
Hoboken will give q musical festival at
Palisade M. e. Church this sevening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
diamond Chips.

The employees of the local Postoffice
lave organized a baseball team and g
game has been arranged with the Pat
srson Postofice employees for June 49,
The game will be played at Lakeview.
The crack Jerseys met the A, B., C
,eam in a match game on the Inspec-
ion Grounds Sunday afternoon and de-
,eated them to The tune of II to A.
rhe batteries were Duchs and Dugan
or the Jerseys and HQfford and Cos
igan for the visitors.
Yesterdays League games resulted as
P~ittsburg, 6; Washington, 5. Chicago.
a; Philadelphia, 6. At st. Louis-Wet
rounds. At cIeveland-Wet grounds. AT
cincinnati-Wet grounds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
games resulted as


A large delegation of local sports will
ttend the initial tournament of the
.enox A. c.. at the Atheneum, Atlantic
avenue and Clifton street, Brooklyn,
ext Saturday evening. The principals
+ the show are busy taking of the nee
ssary weight, n all report their condi-
ion first class. A fine nights sport may
e looked for.
Eyerhart and Lavigne will box twenty
punds instead of fifteen before the Sea-
Ide A. c. on May 80.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21

An Act to repeal the joint resolution entitled
Joint resolution authorizing the governor
to provide for the Thorough ventilation OF
the senate chamber and committee rooms,
and to appropriate money to defray the
cost and expene thereof" approved Marcn
twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two.
1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jerey, That
the joint resolution entitled Joint reolutfon
authorizing the governor to provide for the
thorough ventilation of the senate chamber
and mmtte rooms and to appropriate money
to defroy the cost and expense thereof" APP
proved March twenty-third, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two. be and the anne is
hereby repealed.
Approved March %, 1895
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
PRINCETON ANXIOUS TO ENTER
Rer Athletes Want TO Compete in the
N. i. A. C.,s One VILE Team Race


The latest news in connection with the
Decoration Day sports of the New Jer-
sey A. C. is that Princeton will start a
team in the relay race. Mr.. James e.
Sullivan has received a letter from Mr..
James of the Princeton Track Athletic
Association, saying that the tigers would
like to be represented by a team Of four
men. This will make the race all the
more Interesting, and, with entries from
Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Columbia
Princeton and the City College, it will
be the most noteworthy mile race of its
kind ever held in this country. Never
before have SO many crack teams en-
gagged to start in a competition of this
kind. Princeton has some very fast short
distance men. and it. win be impossible
pick a winner until after the INTERCEPT
hegfate championships. In the meantime
oail the athletes who are training. for the
trimming events in the championships have
one eye on the New Jersey A. c. games
The Indications are that a large number
of eollegians win remain over in New
York in order to be here for this meeting
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
crAPER cccxyII.

"a Further Supplement to an act en-
titled IAN act respecting h orphans
court and relating To the powers and
dulles Of the ordinary and the o~rphafs'
court and surrogates," approved arch
twenty-seventh, che thousand eight
hundred and seyenty-four.
BE It enacter By the enate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey, That In all cases whore any CON
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
CHAPTER cccxIII.

An act to validate and confirm proceed
ings for the formation of borough com
missions. a and taken under the pro-
visions Of al act entitled, IAN act FOR
the formation Of borough commissiorssy'
elphf hundred and eighty-two.
BE It enacted by the senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey, That nc proceedings had or taken
i'm Under the provisions of al act en-
Titled 4 act for the formation Of hor-
a1ash cornn1issions, approved March
seventh. ono thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two, and the acts aMendatoryi
thereof Or supplemental thereto. SHALL
fnnneraffye because the clerk and two
INSPECTORS appointed by the freebooter of
any township ~ conduct an election Tor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
MEDICAL.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21

An Act respecting cities of the first class
IN this state and providing for the SUI
perVlSlon of expense OF such cities by
the mayors thereof.
!. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Of money shall be delivered by any
officer of n city of the first class in
this state to any person, firm or cor
por2tIon until such warrant and the bill
or claim Intended to be paid thereby
shall have been presented to the mayor
for his approval.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall bs
the duty of the mayor of such city,
within five days of the receipt of SAID
the same to the auditor, comptroller or
other officer entitled thereto, and if dis
approved by him, to deliver the same to
the officer or officers Issuing the said
warrant, and forward the reasons for
d~lsapproval to the board ordering the
bill or claim paid, and warrants when
so d~isapproved shall be marked can
eelled," n shall be further stamped
rd~isapproved by the mayor" and the
said warrants were drawn shall there
upon be returned to the body or board
ordering the payment of such bills, for
further acton thereon.
B. And be it enacted, hat the said body
or board shall have power by a majority
vote OF all its members to order the said
bills SO ~disapproved to be neverless paid.
and in that case warrants shall be
drawn for the same, and such warrants
shall then be effective and be signed by
the proper officers.
4. And be it enacted, hat this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved arch %. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
Strikes and spares.

In the tourney for the individual cham
piorsship of Hoboken Keller leads Kunck-
en- and Barclay by a narrow margin.
Following is the record to date:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21

Eddie Edinger and George Vassar have
arranged a match with Chesterfield ana
Filoramo. The contest will he rolled
shortly at Edinger,s alleys.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21

A Further Supplement to the act en-
Titled "A further supplement to an act
entitled An act to regulate elections
approved April eighteenth, one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-six,"
which supplement act was approved
May twenty-eighth,. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State Of New
fore held or had in any township of this
state at which the official envelopes pro-
vided and furnished by the township
clerk Of such township have had indors-
ed on the face thereof the words off
cial envelope" instead of Official ballot"
be and the same is. hereby legalized.
ratified and confirmed, any law to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
2. And be it enacted, That the officers
elected at such town meeting shall hold
and possess their offices until the end
Of the respective terms to which they
were elected in thes same manner as they
might have don't if said envelopes a
had Endorsed thereon official ballot
8. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March q, 1896.
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along the street, and their bodies were torn
limb from limb, and the bleeding and culver
ing fragments scattered for squares. The
men killed were Corp1 A. l.. Robinson,
Charles Wood, Charles Beichner, Archibald
Mcbride, all of Battery A, and William
Adams, the driver. Serg't Fred Conn was
badly burned with powder and injured by fly
ing splinters. Edward Hobbs had his left eye
badly burned and shoulder injured. The
cause of the explosion is unknown. The
funerals of the victims occurred on Friday.
The second accident occurred during the
display Of fireworks at the river front on
Wednesday evening The grand stand, on
which were seated 10, 600 people, gave way,
and large number of persons were seriously
hurt, and many more received painful in
juries The grand stand which fell was 400
feet long and about so wide. Its elevation,
however, was only two feet, or the accident
would have been much more serious A panic
followed the fall, and large number of people
were removed to the hotels and private houses
by their friends, and the exact number OF
those hurt will never be known. AS it was,
however, about 40 were removed by the police
and taken to the hospitals.
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JUST Ice WATER.

MANY veterans, both Union and Confederate,
will remember Mrs. Margaret Robinson, the
kind, motherly woman who kept house during
the war i'm the old brick mansion at Camp
Dick" and no doubt all will be interested to
know that she is still alive and in good health.
Mrs. Robinson and her husband, Richard NJ.
Robinson, at the beginning OF the war lived on
the magnificent farm on the old Lexington
road, liz Garrard County, which was utilized by
the Federal Government as camp and recruit
ing station, the camp taking its name from tho
owner OF the land. Although Mrs. Robinson
was intensely loyal, and did what she could to
further the cause of the North, her kindness of
heart arose above all political preferences, and
she ministered to the blue and gray alike. and
MANY sick boy far from home had cause to
bless her. Mr. Robinson died in 1869. leaving
the widow with three children. Mrs. Robinson
is now living at Danvills, Ky.
The Department of Oregon GAR, though
some 1900 miles distant sent at least a dozen
delegates, Ii. b. CompsoH, of Portland, Ore, in
charge Gen. Compson is q native of New York,
and enlisted in Co. G, Sth NY Cav, as private.
He rose rapidly. becoming Corporal, Sergeant
Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain.
Major Lcutenant-C Colonel and Colonel. All of
these promotions were upon the field in honor
for brave and distinguished services. Among
the battles in which he participated were Win
chester Cedar Greek, Gettysburg. Chancellors-
Harbor, Mine Run, and the great cavalry battle
of June 8. 1863. He was seriously wounded
three times. One was saber cut almost through
the right wrist, another bullet through
the right lung during his three days fight at
Gettysburg, aud the last was from bursting
shell at Barbour's Crossroads. A medal of honor
was presented to lin for his services at Waynes-
boro, Va, in conflict with the Confederate
forces under Gen. Jubal Early.
Among the many points of interest which
were visited by large number of veterans WAS
the tomb of Zachary Taylor, the 10Th President
OF the United States, and the hero OF the Next
can war. Many OF the veterans who went to
the graveyard, seven miles out on the Browns
boro pike, where Gen. Taylor is buried, were
veterans Of the Mexican who knew the
great old soldier. The vault in which Gen.
Taylor and his wife lie is about nine feet by
seven, built entirely Of stone, and faces the
east, near the main entrance. About % feet in
a southwcsterly direction from the vault is a
granite monument about % feet in hight. A
marble statue of Gen. Taylor, five feet six
inches in hight. stands on top OF the monument.
The monument is also very plain. On one
side OF the monument is the name and dates of
birth and death of the ilustrious soldier. The
other three sides have the names of the battles