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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
Army and Navy Reform..

The present imbroglio. it is to be
hoped, will end without an appeal to
arms. But it should be a solemn lesson
10 us 70 keep better prepared for the
trnrahle which may come upon lis at any
time. II is absurd for a country with u
ltaterest ard our pretensions to content
ourselves with a toy army and a fifth
rate navy.
Our navy in late years has undergone
great improvements. and our officers
have had opportunity to bring their
theoretical knowledge of marine warfare
abreast with the times. But this annot
be said of our army. The last report Of
the inspector General discloses our
weakness in plain terms. He says
The number of officers in our service
who have had experience In handling
and less each year. ana there are many
on It's rolls who have never seen a brig
ade Of troops. Can q satisfactory condi-
ton of instruction exist under such cir-
c~umstances? Has ;.Vt the time como
when It is absolutely essential. in, order
te.iastruct the younger officers nls tbs Of tn e
Knowledge which they have acquireI
at the Military Academy and at the
gervsre cchootc. occasionally. to concern
frate troops at some central points and
engage In n series of manoeuyres APP
p-roxirnntins as nearly as possible to the
actual conditions of war, forbidding the
exercise of any manoelvrc. Which can be
formed while in garrison?
1t Is no easy to see how a fair brigade
could be got together out Of our miser-
able Quota Of 5000 regular troops
Congress is 80 ~niggardly with the army
that even the transportation charges for
concentrating the men from our multi
tudinous forts and posts cannot be se'
cured, Then there Is a lack Of concert
netween the Federal army and the State
National Guards, SO that the two can
rot be combined to place large tactical
organizations in the field for practice In
the art Of war.
We should now arouse ourselves. We
should Increase OR army to at least 5o,-
90 men. We should institute . system q
concert between the Federal and State
troops. and also bstween the troops q
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

tho several States. The State troops
should be trained in handling coast der
Tense l too.
AS for our navy. the number of ships
Of all classes should be doubled and tie
number of enlisted men should be more
thar doubled. We nave officers enough
more than enough: but the young and
active element should be brought to the
front. II the e.ement that has been
stagnating in the medium grades since
the war should be shelved to make room
for officers who are really fit to COM
maad fighting and cruising ships.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

-Ou 10
General of immigration bases, in his re-
port, this DEDUCTION
The return of prosperity and the con-
senuent demand for labor that dawnea
qlpon US early in 1885, caused an lncIeaasf
(of immigration) in the latter months 9 Hg
the fnem ns tSat st time w down to the moment Of
I Wrsaln sha this sAi report. Should the same
causes continue immigration wall eAceeo
100000 during the next nscai yeae'
Probably this inference will not pc
justified. The various war scares VIM
tend first to make European nations keep
their people at home and second to make
the United States less attractive as a
resort for those who do not Ink the
European system.
Taking the figures as they stand. they
are not alarming. The amount OF money
brought, into the country is considerable.
The force of agrarian labor is most valu-
able at a time when the tendency OF our
native born citizens is to desert the a
and flock to the towns. The per centage
of illiteracy is remarkably low. There
is very little danger in the ilhteracy,
anyway. The next generation win not
be illiterate, and the illiterates of today
supply the country with hewers Of wood
and drawers of water, pushing the citi-
zenship. that has some education higher
and higher year after year in the scale
OF industry.
Twenty years ago the Irish were the
men who dug the trenches for the big
pipes" and swept the streets. Now the
Irish are pushed UP into the trades, or
al worst, they have become trolley men
and conductors. italians and Syrians and
Czechs and Slavs now handle the broom
and the pick.
One of the burning problems of the age
is where our domestic help is to come
from in the zeal future. We have re-
Gently heard the suggestion that it would
all come from Japan and China, and thai
in this way the oyer-population and ex-
cessively low wage rate of these lands
would be corrected. If only we had a
little enlightenment in our National
Legislature. this might speedily come to
pass.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Margaret Dunn, deceased; Michael
Dunn, administrator OF Margaret Dunn, de.
Hudson County. dated October %, 1895, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of said decedent
against the estate of said decedent, under oath
on affirmation, within nine months. from the
date Of said order. or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against said
administrator. MICHAEL prrNN
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PIANOS RENTED - $500 UPWARDS.
Rent applied towards purchase.
WISSNER,
No. so Montgomery Street.
Open Evenings.
PIANOS-A NUMBER OF STEINWAY.
Chickering, Steck and all makes of
Pianos, from $50 to SO and upwards. on
easy terms. WISSNER. Nc. 50 Montgom-
cry street. Open evenings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
BANK


OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST
N National Bank of Jersey City In the state Of
New Jersey, ar the Close OF business December
18th, 1885,
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TAINTED.


EXPERIENCED MOToRMEN AND CONDUCTORS
for Electric Street Railway near New York. Call
after . A NJ. at Billiard room. United States Hotel,
corner of Fulton and Pearl Streets, New YORK;
Pearl Street entrance.
wATCHMAN BETWEEN so AND IS YEARS OF
age; wante !. 10 leave the city. Mus. be reliable and
temre. ate. Apply after vssia 3, m. Irng Letters of
New York.
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the account of
the subscribers. executors of Peter Decker, de-
ceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate Of the County Of Hudson. and
reported for settlement on Friday, the 10th
day OF December next.
Dated October II, A. D. 1896.
PHILEMON e. HoMMELL.
HENRY +.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
SATURDAY. DECEMBER u, 1895

This paper is Democratic an principles
and is Independent in its uiei0s o' al iocoa
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the account of
the subscriber. guardian of Ann Amelia, King,
n hlnatic, will be audited and stated BY the
Surrogate of the County of Hudson, and re-
ported for settlement on Friday. the Sd day
Dated October Is, A. d. 1895.
FRANCIS KING.
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NOTICE OF

Notice is hereby given that the final account
Of the subscriber, guardian of Daniel Ahern
and Josephine Ahern, minors, win be audited
and stated by the Surrogate of the County
Of Hudson. and reported for settlement on
Friday. the Sd day of january. 1896.
Dated October %. =. D. 1885,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
some Immigration stattstios.

Tho immigration Restriction League
sends US it's Bulletin No. 8, oontainihs
some figures which seem to afford y
m,,cb alarm, but which we are inclined
to regard as rather encouraging. Here
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice Is hereby give that the account. of
the subscriber, guardian of William ]. Nc
Garren' Annie McCarren. John Z. McCarren
and Catharine McCarren, minors, VIII be
So,ntv Of Hudson, and reported for settlement
on Friday, the 81 day Of January, 1896.
Dated October IS. a. D.. 1885.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of John Burns or John J. Burns.
nf Jobn or John j. Burns, deceased. by order
Of the Surrogate of Hudson County. dated
October %. 1896, hereby gives notice to the
creditors Of said decedent TO bring in their
debts, demands and claims against the estate
Of said d~eeedent. under oath or affirmation.
within nine months from the date of said
order, or they will be forever barred Of any
action therefor against said ADMINISTRATIVE
MARGARET GARRIGAN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

dTe apAifO Va AN"
1894.
Total immigratton........,.2 SS,Vzo
Number debarred from p
trance and returned with a 900
in one year after LANDING 9'oos
Per cent of total imml-
gratdon debarred and re- 90
Total number of ~iiliterate:.
Per cent. of total imml-
grafton over sixteen years
Of e unable to write or
to read and write their os
own language..-.-..---.I
Average money brought
by immigrants, in dollars
Per cent. of total immi-
grafton who had no c
patton whatever....-...; 81
Per cent. of total immi-
grafton who were farmers. 90
laborers or servants;.-,,. q
Per cent. of total immigra-
ton destined for the four
States of Illinois. Massa,
chusetts, New York n
Pennsylvania. ...-..-....
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

PEPoR OF THE CONDITION OF H HUDSON
II County National Bank at Jersey City. in the
State OF New Jersey at the close OF business. De-
cember 18TH. f9g5.--
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HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT

circuit Court Calender, December %,
SUPREME and Circuit Court. cases-Nos.
q. s.. 81, S.. Sc, "a. 76. ~ IS, 70, so, 81.
- tuesday Sn9 December a, So. Sc. 81,
So. So, so. 81, SO.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

a LOUD RING OF YoUR DOoRBELL
IN the dead hours, Of night,,i Is alarming.
from ones husband, wife, son or daugh-
ter. 1t is disease knocking, with perhaps
away. Arrest that cough, Stop it. Stop
ii at the start. A few days use of Ely's
Pineola Balsam and the danger is past.
Relief is immediate; a cure certain. This
sof the balsams and also contains certain
Ingredients that are new.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21

III. W. Hardenbergh, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
j. ". HARDENBERGH,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 10th day of December,
WILLARD G, FISK,
Notary Public of Jersey City.
(R. c.
C~orrect-Attest: g. e. IA REIPEN,
t~CORNELlOS ZABkISKIE.
Directors.
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HuHs0H JuIHty, -.
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
Il. s. ROSS.
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 10Th day of Dscem-
Der, 1875.
WALTER HOPPER,
Notary Public of New Jersey
Gorrect-Attest: j, D. ~CARSCALInN.
HENRY EMEEG
FRANK J.
Directors.
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pEPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF THE THIRD
LIZ National Bank, at Jersey City. in the State of
New Jersey, at the close of business Dec. Is, 1882
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On these statistics, the Commissioner
General of Immigration bases IN ms re-
port, this DEDUCTION
The evening times., 1895-10-05
GROWING PROSPERITY.

Reviews of movements in the business
world during the last three months, made
by the leading commercial agencies of the
country, show an altogether encouraging
condition. In every department of trade
great Improvement is reported, and the
number of failures is considerably less
than in the corresponding months of last
year. The proportion of defaulted liabili-
ties to the number of failures is also much
less than last year.
s Improvements exhibited in prices and in
wages form one of the most important
features of the reports. Hundreds of thou
sands of workmen and work women who
last year are now steady wage-carners
and contribute immensely to the volume
of consumption. While the improvement
of business is shown to be slightly larger
in manufacturing regions than elsewhere,
it is also shown to be very general, and that
producers and dealers of all kinds are more
hopeful and buo yant than for several years
past
Altogether the fail trade opens most
auspiciousiy and promises to recover for
the fall, winter and spring business the
full vigor which marked the seasons pre-
ceding the panicky days which are now
gone into history.
The evening times., 1895-10-05
LIKE NoAH,s DOVE.

In one respect, but probably in no other,
those rare birds who make a profession
Of prize fighting are like Noah dove upon
the occasion of it's first liberation from the
ark They find no place on which to rest
their feet.
Governor Brown, of Kentucky, stopped
prize fight yesterday at Louisville, going
to that city inperson for that purpose. The
mayor of Cleveland at the same time pre-.
vented a sparing exhibition betw cen John
l. Sullivan and Paddy Ryan, which was to
have been given at the instance of a swell
athletic club, for the reason that the men
were professionals Governor Hastings,
of pennsylvania, coincident with the pro-
hbition performance Of the Texas ieyfs-
lature, issued a reeuisition upon Governor
Mckinley, of Ohio, 10 get possession of the
persons OF two diminutive pugs who had
Invaded and desecrated the sacred Soil
Of the old Keystone State
The wonder is that all of these belligerent
devotees of physical culture" Corbett
and Fitzsimmons included, do not mass
themselves upon the free soil of Alexander
Island, which is in dispute whether it is
Virginia or United States property.
II there be one place remaining where
these frightened birds may rest their tired
wings and put up their dukes" with none
% molest or make them afraid. 1t ia in the
territory alleged to be ruled over by Gov
The evening times., 1895-10-05
4 TAX ON NEWS.

After November next reading will come
higher to the public. unless the Immense
Paper Trust now being formed misses its
calculations. Fifteen of the largest manu-
racturers of wood pulp paper have practi-
cally completed a combine and will take
advantage of the license afforded by the
tariff TO advance the price of paper. and
in this place tax on public information.
wood paper about Ia cent per pound. an1
as the newspapers of the country use about
5,iC0,C00 pounds of that kind of paper a
day, the trust will realize from that source
alone. in addition TO the profit now made
by its mills, $4,000 for each of the 365
calendar days of the year The. 1 5 per
cent ad valorem tariff on newspaper is
sufficient TO allow even a greater advance
than is contemplated, when the cost of
shipping from abroad is considered, and
the trust tax of IA per cent. on knowledge
may be taken as guaranty of what is 10
come.
However, great good will come from this
last trust evil Newspapers will unite n
demanding the abolition of the tariff on
articles controlled by trusts. and competi-
ton will finally drive them out of exist
ence. The streams and forests of Canada
offer superior facilities for manufacturing
wood-pulp paper, and, with the tariff re-
moved, capital would seek Investment there
in that industry, and supply the United
States with printing paper at lower price
than it could be manufactured here. Pos
sibly q number of our great newspaper
plants would unite in furnishing capital
for such an enterprise, and in that event
the paper trust would practically be de-
prived of its bestpaying business.
1t is more than likely that the next Con-
gress will have something to say about
trusts, and, although the Republican party
favors protection, it could enact no more
popular measure to prepare the way for
its success at the next election than to
abolish the tariff on articles controlled by
trusts.
The evening times., 1895-10-05
% COLUMNS FOR 50 CENTS A M7
Points About Pilgrims.

Messrs Sol. Peiser and Samuel L. Weller,
OF San Francisco; Messrs. Samuel McCutch.
con, OF Belfast, Ireland. and James NJ. Nc
Cutcheon, of East Orange, N. j.; Mr.. Frank
Price, OF Chicago: Mr.. H. NJ. Abernethy, OF
Elmira, N. and Mr.. w. p. Headley. OF
New Lexington, KY, are at the Ebbitt.
At the Metropolitan Mr. T. I. Merrill, of
Boston; Mr. James l.. Corey, OF Covington,
KY: Mr.. l.. B. Breckenstein. OF Salem, N. c.;
and Mr.. George b. Steak, OF st. Louis, are
among the guests.
Mfr. and Mrs. Charles H. Willier, of Louis
vile; Mr. C. H. Chamberlain, of Des Moines,
Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Mignerey and
Mrs ]. c.. Frein, of Great harrington,
Conn, are at the National
Among the shoreham's guests are: Mr.. s.
A. Walker, of st. Joseph, Mo-; Mrs. J. b.
johnson, accompanied by her daughters,
Misses q. L. and n. l.. Johnson, or 81. Louis,
and Messrs. ]. w. savin, James Byrnes and
Edward W. Brown, OF New York.
Messrs. J. NJ. Harrison and C. r. Fentress,
of st. Louis; Mr.. Ira K. Carter. of AnnArbor,
Mich; Mr.. Henry Fetch and wife, Jersey
City, and Mr. David L. Line, Piedmont. W.
Va, are Arlington guests.
At the Riggs are Mr. John J. Fitzgerald,
New Britain, Conn: Mr.. F. N. Home. Boston.
and Mrs B. johnson and Miss johnson, OF
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. william F. Clancy, of Man
chester, n. H., and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
f. Black and wife. Mr.. George Worthinston.
tr., and Mr. A. Eegeman, of New York. are
at Wizards.
Among the latest arrivals at the Raleigh
are Mr. A. S. James, of Atlanta: Mr.. w. X.
Omohundro. of Chicago: Mr.. Josiah Quincy.
of Boston, and Rev. E. NJ. Bachmann, OF
TouiSyilla
The evening times., 1895-10-05
HJALMAR HJoRrH poYEsEN.

Literary circles in America and OF the
world at large have suffered a great loss
. in the sudden and untimely death of Mr..
Hjalm ar Hjorth Boyesen whohas forseveral
years held the Gebhard professorship of
: Germanic languages and Literature in
. Columbia College, New York.
Doubtless no foreigner ever acquired a
more fluent and eloquent use of the English
language. As a very young immigrant
from Norway, he came TO America because
of his love for democratic government.
Very soon lie produced first novel, " hic.l
commended him to W. d How ellis and others
of that dominant set of literatteurs Other
works rapidly followed and he was soon
tayoritc " it'll lovers Of fine literature in all
countries. Turgenieff, the great author Of
the creator of "Zunnar," ..Falconberg.''
''Ilka on the Hilltop" and other works;
and one OF Boyesen's countrymen, the
radical democratic poet. Bjornsen Bjorn-
sen, was his lifelong friend.
While Boyesen never reached the extreme
of social theories advocated by Henrike
Ibsen in records of unparalleled frankness,
he was very radical in his convictions upon
all social questions, but uttered himself
always dcicately and without offense.
The breach made in Americas clevcrest
and purest literary circle by Professor
Boyesen's death will not be filled by closing
up the ranks
The evening times., 1895-10-05

Lieut.. R. E. Peary, who has recently been
cooling his heels In fruitless chase after
the north pole, has been trying to reach his
home in this city under the assumed name
Of Price. The distinguished explorer should
not take his failure so much to heart. Sim
ply because he was frozen out CT an expe
dition that could not from its nature be
successful does not necessitate his travel.
ing ineeg OF trying to hide away from the
public like criminal. Others have made
equally disastrous failures in their attempts
to penetrate the frozen zone, and Lieut..
Peary should summon the courage that gave
him reputation and face his defeat like
a man
The evening times., 1895-10-05
OUR POLICE FORCE.

Evidences are multiplying every day that
washington's police force is not large
enough to cope successfully with the
lawless element of the city Only few
nights ago. at a point in the very heart
of the residential portion of the city and
at comparatively early hour, a gentle
man, on his way home, was assaulted and
robbed. This is disgraceful to the last
degree.
The increase of the force has not kept
pace with the expansion of the city. 1t
has been kept at least so per cent in
the rear The beats of the individual
patrolmen are so large in nearly all Sec
tions of the town that the officers, in
spite of all the diligence they may prac-
tiee.- are unable 10 guard them effectively.
This is not new complaint. 1t has been
made to every Congress within the last
twenty years. and yet little or no heed
has been paid to il. In consequence
burglaries and highway robberies have in
creased alarmingly, and the taxpayers Of
the District have a right to demand better
protection for their persons and their
property.
In their estimates for the next fiscal year
The Commissioners should come as near as
possible to the actual necessities of the
case, nor cease to urge upon Congress,
to whose members during their sojourn
at the Capital the police protection is also
extended. the necessities TO make it ade-
quate 10 the demands made upon it.
The evening times., 1895-10-05
The Ordeal of Poison.

Though ordeals by fire and water are, or
have been, national judicial Institutions OF
world wide distribution, recourse to
deadly poison as a legal remedy has not
met with such universal recognition. With
the exception of the "red water" ordeal
OF the Papuans. and the "bitter water"
of certain Melanesian tribes. poison ordeaIs
are strictly confined TO the dark continent,
OF which the ordeal of the Calabar bean as
practiced by the negroes of old Gala bar, is
the most popular and well known instance.
The source of the poisun-from which it
also derives its name-is the tanghinia
venenifera, a plant Indigenous to Madagas
car.
The tangbin tree is somewhat like chest
nut in appearance. As its foliage is of
darkgreen nue. and its flower of a gorgeous
crimson, it presents very attractive sight
during themonths of October and November.
The tanghin was reserved for the detection
of such crimes as treason and witcbcraft or
anything directly or indirectly due to the
intervention of the supernatural, and as
such crimes were frequent and the circle of
suspicion wide, it acted as a constant
drain on an already scanty population.
Ellis computes that 1900 persons perished
annually under this ordeal, and Il tenth of
the entire population drank it in their lives
some four or five times-while of those
who drank more than half died Oh the spot.
For minor offenses the ordeal was per-
formed thus: If two parties disputed on a
subject on which no direct evidence could
be got each selected a dog from Il pair of
equal size and condition and both animals
received similar doses of tanghin. The party
whose dog firstsuccumbed was adjudged to
be in the wrong, and if both dogs expired
simultaneously the case was decided on a
basis of equality, or if this was out of the
question the ordeal was repeated.
In the case of serious crimes, however,
being alleged against any one, the ordeal
was much more severe, as the persons sus-
pected had themselves to swallow the
tanghin. The ordeal was truly national
institution; government officials called
mpanozon-doha, or ''cursers of the head"
or more eolloquially, mpampinona, that Is
"those who compel to drink" administered
the ordeal; and to be a mpampinona was
considered both a lucrative, respectab BILE and
even an honorable position. The mpampi-
mona, by personal and secretly transmitted
experience, could so manipulate the ordeal
that their clients had a chance of escaping
with little more than violent fit OF
while they could insure with
deadly certainty the removal of an OBJ
noxious individual.