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

mind the water at first. for I had heard
that mud baths were good for the COM
p1exion ;Sbut when 1 found no improves
ment in our complexions, thought I
would prefer pure water. My tenants
have often complained of the poor
water
Ernest e. Mathison, real estate dealer:
"a new water supply is absolutely nee
essary, and it is about time that our
city officials realized the Importance of
securing better water at once. That the
growth of our city is being retarded by
the filthy Passaic water cannot be de-
MED. Our city has been going back
ward. while other municipalities of the
State are forging ahead and progress
ing. AS real estate dealer. I have
had opportunities to note the effect of
bad water supply on realty, and
must say that Jersey City is by no
means holding its own with Newark and
other cities of the State"
Joseph Kaiser of Linden avenue, prop
erty owner:-"Latterly 1 haven't touched
a drop of Passaic water, although I
am Prohibitionist 1t is execrable,
containing as it does unutterable nasti-
ness"
John J. Voorhees,. President of the
New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber
Company:-'I am strongly in favor Of
a new water supply. No subject is of
greater Importance at the present mo-
ment."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
JAPAN'S S SURRENDER.
By Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, May Z, 1884 despatch
from Yokohama to the "Pall Mall Ga
zette" says that, yielding to the repre-
sentations of the powers, Japan has un-
conditionally abandoned her claim to the
Liao-Tung Peninsula.
The Times says it is reported that,
in consideration of her abandonment Of
all claims to Liao-Tung, Japan will re-
ceive an additional indemnity of 10000
ooO
A despatch from Hong Kong to the
''Pall Mall Gazette says that the Chin
ese Government will transport 5000
troops from Canton to Formosa to sup
press the Black Flags, who are opposing
Japanese occupation of the island. The
troops are not regarded as faithful, how
ever, and are thought likely to join the
Black Flags after their arrival.
Al despatch from Shanghai to a news
agency says the Chinese Emperor has
sent an autograph letter to the Czar
and another to President Faure asking
Russ; and France to assist China in
bearing her war expenses and promising
special commercial advantages in re-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ARMENIAN CONTRADICTIONS.
BIZ Cable TO the United Press.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May Z, 1Ss5.-The
United Press representative here learns
that the report of the Armenian Com
mission is destined to be mass OF
contradictory statements of the, Turkish
The Porte it is learned, will certainly
adopt the statements of the former and
refuse to accept the latter as basis
Turkish Committee on Armenian Reforms
recently submitted to and approved by
the Sultan empowering Armenians with
does not allude to Sassoun. There is a
story abroad that the foreign scheme OF
Armenian reforms shortly to be pres,
ented to the Porte by Russia, England
and France is based upon the ascertaIp-
ed fact that the Porte has made no
improvements in the administration Of
affairs in Armenia in accordance with
the terms of the treaty of Berlin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
what France Thinks of 1t.

Bu Cable to the United Press.
PARIS, May Z. 1195.-"La Lanterne,
in an article on the result of the protests
against japanese occupation sof Chinese
mainland territory, says:-''Russia has
duped France unless she returns the SER
vice in Egypt we rendered to her in Pc
Chilli"
The "Figaro" says:-s'The peaceful sue
cess of the protesting powers in regard
to Japan's conquests in the East makes
France position in connection with the
coming celebration at Kiel of the open
ing of the Baltic Sea Canal much less
burdensome, both morally and POLITICAL
ly.'
The sMatin' congratulates France
upon the success of the protests but Sc
verely coments upon the attitude of the
American and English press in the
orr eli
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
CAMPOS' GILDED BAIT.

BY Cable-From the Staff Correspondent
of the United Press
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 7, 1885,
General Martinez Campos has offered
the American Railroad Company a
monthly payment of $4,000 in considera-
ton of the company's employing the
idle natives along the route in the work
of extending their lines of track.
General Campos has also advocated an
extensive improvement of the harbors
as a means of giving work to the unem-
ployed.
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WILDEs CLERICAL BONDsMAN.
RI cable to the United Press.

LONDON, May I. 1ss5.-Lord Douglas
of Hawicl, eldest surviving son OF the
Stewart D. Headlam, we'll known as
a staunch supporter of stage. dancing,
appeared in the Bow Street Police Court
this morning and became suretles fo1
Oscar Wilde.
Rev. Mr. Headlam explains his .becom-
ing one of the bondsmen of Wilde by say
ing that he did SO because the punnc
the trial Of his case, and he wished tc
enable Wilde to stand his second trial
in good health and spirits;
wilde was brought from Holloway Jail
to the Bow Street Police Court at 2:3(
O'clock this afternoon, when he was tor
mally set at liberty upon the bail FUR,
n:shed. He entered carriage ana was
driven away,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

crease In cost should stand in the way
o1 shas benefits TO sbe derived from q new
slppiy. rather favor the plan submit
ted by the Jersey City Water Company,
for the reason that the supply offered
seems to be one that cannot be contain
mated The supply being supplied by
gravity also means large saving in
expense, so that no pumping will be re-
quired.''
James Nugent, hatter:--sThe water we
have been getting is something desper-
ate. Sometimes in my house it is so
dirty and filthy that it is absolutely un-
fit to battle in. We ought to have a new
supply, or else have the Passaic water
purified in some manner SO that it will
be fit for use."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
STATE OF TEXAS INSOLVENT

AUSTIN, Texas, May Z. 1s95.-The State
Treasury, when it closed last night, was
announced insolvent by Treasurer
Wortham.
The passage of the General Appropria-
ton bill by the Legislature just closed
made the State liable at once for S6l4,ooo.
To pay this amount there was 100000.
The bill became effective yesterday and
warrants were drawn, and within SIX
hours every cent of the 100000 in the
treasury was taken out, and ther is now
a shortage of $514,000 Treasurer Workman
says it will be next January before the
state will be on a cash basis again.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
Six Hundred and Fifty Va
cant Dwellings Casually
Located by !" News
Reporter in One
Evening.
WHOLENUMBER, OYER FOUR THOUSAND
Ladies Take a Hearty Share
in Condemning the Horri-
4 BILE Passaie Water.
MORE CITIZENS INTERVIEWED
Unanimous Demand for Speedy
and Radical Relief--Facts for
the Finance Board.
MORE CITIZENS INTERVIEWED

-'TP Jersey City News the other day
WAS inlssmed that there were 1000 va
= cant dwellings in this city. So startling
and appalling was this statement, COM
Ing from responsible source, that an in
westigation was at once determined upon.
Obviously it was not possible to count all
the empty houses in the city, and even
from the lists of real estate agents it
was found difficult to procure an ade-
quately accurate statement: therefore
the reporters of 'The News" were in
structed yesterday afternoon and even
ing, in passing through the streets, to
observe the ITO let, signs and make
memoranda of the street numbers. These
they turned in this morning.
Many of the 'aTo 1et' signs were in
hats, apartment houses; a very few were
ON stores. by far the largest proportion
of the numbers were those of dwelling
houses of one kind or another.
From the very nature of the case.
only a small fraction of the city could
be visited, and this was done by the gen.
tlemen employed, only as incidentally to
their ordinary work. In spite of the
casual nature of the quest, however, a
truly alarming list of vacant property
has been compiled. It is given below,
and it gives food for reflection to every
citizen.
Whatever may be the cause for such
a state of affairs, it is clear that some
thing is to blame for so many removals
something which affects every part of
the city alike. Something is out of joint,
and real estate agents, who ought to
know. ascribe the trouble to the filthy
condition of the drinking water.
Here IS the Est:-
MONTGOMERY STREET.
Nos. 13 - 15 d - 46 - 81 = 63 = eS
- 70 = so - So = 115 124 IA = las
= ISL = 1856 - 1853 = 40 - III - III = POI -
219 = 22s - 278 - 2SS = 800 - 3o3 = 306 =
$40 = 329 - $50 = 1872 = 357.
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\ telephone Rates.
$40, $50 & S65 PERYEAR

according to number Of mes
sages sent and character Of
service. Full long=distanee
equipment. Private Lines and
Speaking Tube Systems In
stalled at Reasonable Rates.
Call Telephone 5340 Jersey City,
Of write The New York and
New Jersey Telephone Co., No.
q Erie Street, Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ATTACHMENT PROCEEDINGS OF
HILB0RN'S O. P. O.

CIothier Bernstein. j. O., Buys the
Most Desirable stock at Low
Price.
Many of the Hilborn o. P. o. credit
ors who accepted rs per cent. of their
original stock in settlement OF their
claims, have consigned their stock to
Clothier Bernstein, so Newark avenue, to
be sold at any price he sees fit, in order
10 turn it into money. OF the. total stock
Cloth.er Bernstein accepted the most most de- bes
otsJ,, GU I1rreYnises so Newark avenue.
Bargain hunters may look for prices
in tonorrow's papers.
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HUNTINGTON NOT SHANG.
HAIED.

NEW YORK. May Z, 1S95-Judge Brown.
in the United States District Court this
afternoon, denied the application for a
writ of removal. to California in the case
of Coils P. Huntington, President of the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
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ROYALTIES OF THE TRACK.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

ROME. May T. 1ss5.-While King Hum
bert and Queen Margherita were jour
neying by rail from Florence to Rome
last night, the sleeping carriage which
they occupied became derailed through
some supposed defect in the running
gear Their Majesties were somewhat
Shaken up, but otherwise were unin-
jured. Some of the attendants were hurt,
hut only slightly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
is he JACK TIE RIPPER 2

ga tits te,, nrfnts a column article alleged
to a1os be i based upon police Inquiries sug-
gesting that an ex-soldier named, Grain, g g,
Ser, a native Of Cork. is the real JacE
fan Years term of penal servitude, fol
stabb.ng a woman in the Whitechapel dis
trict last March,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
EXIT JOHN VAN C[EEF,
Special to the Jsrscu Citu Ne1rs,

SDecadt 70 the Je7scD CatI lNelts-
TRENTON, May Z, 1Ss5.-John J. Van
cleef. Secretary of the State Board of
Assessors, whose irregularities were ex-
posed recently by the Senate Investigat-
ing Committee, resigned the position to-
day, and the State Board will this after
noon take action. Van Cleef also resign
ed from the personal staff of Gov. Werts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
WEATHER INDICATIONS

a,sing at p NJ Wednesday For New
York CITY and vicinity: Fair, except fog
along the coast; warmer, slight southerly
winds.
Harsaess's THERMOMETERS Report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
BRITISH TRADE STATISTICS.

LONDON, May 7, Ss5.--Returns issued
by fhe Board of Trade show that during
the month of April the imports decreased
ESQ. 900 and the exports decreased fSl0.0O0.
as compared with those fo- the corre-
Snonline month last year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
Harris
MA1TERs OF FACT

stores factories and institutions can now
get their supplies as good as any N Y.
house can serve them. Complete stock, low
prices. at the D. E. Cleary Co.'S wholesale
grocery stores, Montgomery and Greene streets
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PENSION FOR HX-KING MILAN.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

BELGRADE, May Z. 1S95-The Sl1up.
tshtina, last evening, unanimously voted
an annual pension of $4,000 to ex-King
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

SUSSEX STREET
Nos. 66 = II - 76 - n = so - 10S -
109 -120 -126 - 139 - las.
RAILROAD AVENUE.
From No. 12S to 21o, all fiat houses,
there is a sign on every house on that
side of the way.
Nos. 2n - 215
MERCER STREET.
Nos Is = 1872 40 = 116 = LA - 1888.
WAYNE STREET.
Nos. AZ - 92 - "a - 96 - 9S = 100 = 102 =
121 = LA = 1873 = 1856.
HAMPTON COURT.
No. il.
JERSEY AVENUE.
Nos. AT 5o3 sos 5o7 500 = 511 =
513 586 - 5S7 $50 592 = 635 639 =
1851 1874 = 743.
BARROW STREET.
Nos $50 154 1856 296 ~ 317 ~ 1928.
VARICK STREET.
Nos. 142 14s 14S = 167 1853 = 201 =
255 34e S47 $50 s56.
BRUNSWICK STREET.
Nos. 2S0 282 2S4 302
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
QUEEN AT, BUCKINGHAM.

BIZ Gable to the United Press.
LONDON, May Z, 1S95.-The Queen ar
rived at Buckingham Palace today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

wAvERLY STREET
No. %.
zABRIsKIE STREET.
No. q.
COLUMBIA AVENUE.
No. s4.
RAyINE AVENUE.
No. 81.
BOWERS STREET.
No. 55.
IRVING STREET.
No. 100.
SHERMAN AVENUE.
No. 1872
SOUTH STREET.
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ERTE STREET.


NINTH STREET.
Nos. 1S1 = 2o6 = 252 = 254 : 270 = 272 :
PSI.
PAvoNIA AVENUE.
Nos. 161 = ITO = III = 1S5 = 1877.
EAST HAMILTON PLACE.
No. SS.
WEST HAMILTON PLACE.
No. %.
CoMMUNIPAw AVENUE.
Nos. 341lk = 1868 - 375 = 3S1 = SS5 = 3ss'
: 4ss $ 400 = 500 : 515 - 56s = 5S4 = $50 :
592 = 632 = 664.
PACIFIC AVENUE.
Nos. e5 = 115- 12s = 1872 = 1874 = 1S4R :
l47 = 149 ISL : 1856 = 1876 = 1856 = 2Of :
21o = 215 : 21s
OCEAN AVENUE.
Nos So 96 = sS - 103 = 121 = 142 - Il
: 155lh = 17S = 221 = 231 = 260 = 1874 : S5l :
37o : s72 = s74 : s7e = 46o : SOB : 5ls :
SIS = 626 - 6SS = 652 = 65S = 10 = 7S6.
JACKSON AVENUE.
Nos. 40 = 4S1s As - 50 = 2oS = 40
sAcKETT STREET.
Nos. II = l11s- Is = 81 = SO = SO.
ARLINGTON AVENUE.
Nos. 2O6 = 26O.
ARLINGTON TERRACE.
Nos. / p 5.
UNION STREET.
Nos. S4 = 146 : 14ela = 17S = 1872 = lss.
FOREST STREET.
Nos. 2 = 6S.
CLERK STREET.
Nos 100 = 103 = 112 = 1856 = 1877.
cARTERET AVENUE.
Nos. 1873 = 170 : 174 : 1S5.
VIRGINIA AVENUE.
Nos. IA = rs - ~.
CLAREMoNT AVENUE.
Mo. 1872.
RANDOLPH AVENUE.
Nos 104A - 100 = 1874.
KEARNY AVENUE.
No. SS1s.
OAK STREET.
No. lib.
ORIENT AVENUE.
Nos. 80 - ITO = 1121s.
ATLANTIC STREET.
No. 81.
wooDLAwN AVENUE.
No. %.
ROSE AVENUE.
No. 1s7
DANFoRTH AVENUE.
No. 93 - 123S.---
LINDEN AVENUE
Nos. 5S-66 80 80 Il 9S - 102 : 10 llb :
1875 = 1876 = 145 : 165 = 167 = 214.
PEARsALL AVENUE.
Nos. 10 "a = 66.
HOOKER AVENUE.
Nos. 43 = "a.
BARTHoLDI PLACE.
Nos. "a = 50.
GARFIELD AVENUE.
Nos. S43 = $50 = 1854.
AVENUE E.
Nos. 81 81 = 81 = 105 = Ill
OLD BERGEN ROAD.
Mo. g..
LONG STREET.
SUMMIT AVENUE.
Nos. 212 = 214A = 246 = 2e4 = 266 = 270
: 27s = 2s2 = 2S1A = 28S = 2s9 300 = SSSS
347 = 3s1 = 372 = 379 - 3S1 = 3y = 40l
419 = 423 = 43S - 480 = 538.
CLIFTON PLACE.
MONTICELLO AVENUE.
Nos. 11S = 121 = 125 - 1872 = 135 = las :
l57 = 212 - 22S : 230 = 234.
BERGEN AVENUE.
Nos 43-45 AT = so = Ill = 213 - a
: 464 = 555.
BRAMHALL AVENUE.
No. 545.
HARRISON AVENUE.
No. 50.
MADISON AVENUE.
No. 4S - So - s. 70 IA.
CLINTON AVENUE.
No. 10 96.
BRINKERHoFF STREET.
Nos 80 - 40 = So = 64.
EMORY STREET.
Nos. IA = 49,
AsToR PLACE.
Nos. 27 g so = 81 = 5s = 6S = 7S - 80.
BELMONT AVENUE.
Nos. 80 50 = 50 50 = SO = 1853.
PARK STREET.
Nos. 46 = SO = 81.
VERNON PLACE.
Nos. 81 - S4 = 86.
CRESCENT AVENUE.
No. 1s.
JEwETT AVENUE.
Nos. p 10 - 3s = 40 = 49ls : 50 = So
- 65 - So.
STORM AVENUE.
Nos 20 -21 -3 "a ~ AL - 4S ~ 50 = 81
So.
SUMMIT AVENUE
Nos. 167 - III 174 1S3.
ACADEMY STREET.
Nos. 105 112 ia.
PALISADE AVENUE.
Nos. 13e = pol = 205 - 226 = 235 - 2561a
s14 = 31e = 1856 = s4s = 4o6 - 452 = 459
1859 = 4S1 = 4S9 - SOB = $50 = Gil.
WEBSTER AVENUE.
No. 11s1k.
NEW YORK AVENUE.
Nos. 100 2OS.
PROSPECT STREET.
No. 81.
OAKLAND AVENUE.
No. 125.
JACKSON AVENUE.
No. 4311s.
FRANKLIN STREET.
Nos. AZ = ga SO SO 1O2 - LII.
OGDEN AVENUE.
Nos. 80 2os.
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PRUssIAN GENERAL DEAD.
. 81 Cable to tic United Press.

BERLIN, May Z. 1896 Field Marshal
ernor Of Berlin. died this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

That scrofuscus taint which has been n your
Hoods sarsaparilla. the great blood pnriher'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-06
PeI?oNERs OF WAR.
A Century Ago These Untortunates Were
Cruelty Treated.

A Century Ago These Untortunates Were
Cruelty Treated.
Little more than a century ago pris-
oners of war were treated with system
attic brutality, says the London STAN
dard. That gave John Howard his first
task Providence made him suffer in hts
own person. and thus pointed out the
special field in which his philanthropic
impulses were to find employment.
Howard's pity was aroused by tales of
wretchedness he heard from Lisbon art
er the great earthquake. He took pas
sage on the Hanover brig, with the In
tention simply Of helping those unfor-
tunates. But the Hanover was cap
tured by a privateer, which carried its
prize into Brest. Forty hours the crew,
with Howard, lay In the bare and sti-
fling hold A biscuit each was thrown
to them, but no drop OF water did they
receive. on arrival at Brest no one
needed their cries. They were thrust in
to dungeon under ground, damp and
hlthy beyond description. and several
hours passed before the jailers brought
food or drink Opening the door, then
they actually pitched" a leg Of mutton
among the throng. TO be scrambled for
and torn to pieces with the teeth. Six
weeks howard remained in this fearful
place with the sailors. men OF peace, be
1t observed, following their lawful busi-
ness, but in time OF war. Relieved then
on parole, he applied himself to ransom
his fellow sufferers, and afterward trav-
e!ed TO other forts and stations where
Englishmen were confined. 1t seems
impossible that any of them could have
been more horrible than Brest, but How
ard found such at Diuan, for example,
where thirty-slX poor wretches were
buried In one day. Returning home, he
Investigated the English arrangements
for prisoners Of war, and found them
not less horrible 1t is well to recollect
that when Howard appealed to the royal
commissioners for the sick and wound
ed, sending a detailed report without a
moments delay, orders were issued to
correct the abuse. Moreover, the commits
sioners transmitted his statement 10
| france, and the French government was
not less prompt in acting upon it. But
Tor how many generations had that aw-
tul state Of things continued!
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FISHING FOR STU SoEoN.

It Is Good, Hard Work rull one OF
Them In.
The fishermen along the river at Es-
sex and SaybrOok are now engaged in
sturgeon fishing. Few are aware of the
methods used to catch this monster of
the waters, for monster 1t surely is,
often weighing 600 pounds or more.
The sturgeon fisherman is compelled
to use good judgment and master his
prey when caught. for the fish are des-
perate as well as powerful. The net Is
OF the same style as an ordinary fish
ing seine. the meshes being fourteen
inches square of twenty-seven thread
twine. This thread would not be suf-
ficient to hold the fish when caught be-
| cause of its great strength and shape,
but no sooner is 1t caught in the seine
than it becomes entangled in the loose
twine and the work Of landing him in
the fishing boat begins. The fishermen
know when the fish is in the net, for
the seine corks begin to sink and dance
on the water, as though electrified. Two
fishermen in the boat approach this
| troubled spot, gradually haul in what
is known as the cork line and the mon
ster is raised till the lantern reveals
| its position. Then the hatchet is used
on its head with repeated blows, after
which the fish is allowed 20 remain sub
merged for time until life is thought
| to be extinct. But the fishermen are
often deceived, for the sturgeon may
have been playing possum, as MIR. Dan"
iels and Mate Brockway, Of Hamburg,
will testify. They recently had a mid
night encounter with a 450-pound stur-
geon, which, after being safely landed
in the boat, came to life in good shape
and proceeded to take charge not only
Of the boat, but of the crew in such
manner that the frightened fishermen
started their boat for shore and final
! ly reached il, but neither was able to
tell how, so excited were they. The fish
! lived two hours and wasted no time; II
succeeded in breaking two of the boards
and one oar, as we'll as tearing the sail
which was slowed in the forward part
of the boat. This fish was considered
one of the most desperate kind OF the
sturgeon species, being known as the
bull nose" which does not often leave
salt for fresh water. In gone-by shad
fishing days when sturgeon got in
seine with a shad it was always sure
to liberate the whole catch by tearing
large hole in what is called the
bust" These fish are always dreaded
by the shad fishermen. Their time fol
| visiting these waters is from the mid
die of June to the first OF September
and, like the swallows, all go-or seen
to go-in one day.-Hartford Courant