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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
A BAD NIGHTS FROST.

NASHAU, N. H., May IA, 1395.-There
was a heavy frost here last night. Re
ports from Hudson and surrounding
towns are to the effect that apple trees
blossoms are all bHghted, as if fire
had run over the trees. Pears and other
fruits are also seriously affected. The
mercury fell to 81 degrees. All southern
Fillsboro is covered by frost.
NEW MILFORD, Conn. May Il. 18s5.-
Ice formed here last night an eighth Of
an inch thick The fruit crop was
probably injured Z, I'M IN low sections 1ees
REPORTS from various towns in Tolland
county show that considerable damage
was done by a severe s,des frost last night.
PARIS, Me-. May A. 1S95.-There was
a destructive frost in this section last
night and light ones in the northern
part of the county.
SARATOGA, N. Y, May IA. 1S95:-There
ty this morning Market gardeners in
this vicinity report serious damage to
early vegetables.
CLEVELAND, O.. May a. 1SsDe-A
Ohio, ays:-Considerable snow fell here
this morning. The sandy valley has
not experienced a cold snap of this
June S. 1859. The mercury fell to six
degrees below freezing. Fruit OF all
kinds have been killed Corn Will nave
to be replanted.
HANOVER, n. H. May IA, 1S95-The
ground was frozen last night in some
places half an inch deep, and early fruit
and garden truck must be seriously dam
aged.
an hour this morning there was heavy
fall of snow here. It melted as fast as
it fell, but the temperature is danger
ously near the freezing point and high
wind is blowing.
PALMER, Mass. May IA, 1ss5.-There
was a heavy frost in this locality last
night, and the fruit crop has been seri-
and grapes in many places are wholly
blighted. and apples are seriously dam
aged.
sARANAc. Mich. May a.. 1Ss5.---The
last three days have been the. coolest
ever known in this section at this sea-
strong north wind has damaged the
fruit and spring crops many thousands
Of dollars in this section.
TAWAS CITY, Mich, May A. 1895.-,A
severe storm has been raging. here for
is covered by about two inches of snow
this morning, and much damage has
been done to crops There are about
thirty boats sheltered here.
LOCKPORT, N. Y, May. IA, 1S95.-Three
inches of snow has fallen here this
morning, but it is melting rapidly. Po-
tatoes, tomatoes and other vegetables
have suffered severely. Apple trees are
not seriously damaged. No frost here
last night.
UTICA, N. Y, May IA, 1s95.-Frosts in
the Mohawk Valley were prevented last
night by strong wind about midnight.
The mercury then marked 36. Tt at once
reached AZ, at which point it remains.
Rail is falling.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
KILLED BY A BOILER TUBE.

DETROIT, Mich, May IA, 1s95.-Shortly
after five o'clock last evening, while
the river steamer Unique, bound up,
was in Lake ST. Clair, a tube in one of
her boilers blew out instantly, killing
Anthony Case, coal passer, and prob
ably fatally injuring John Plant, fire.
man. George Robinson, the engineer of
the steamer, who was sitting on the
port rail at the time of the accident,
was knocked overheard and drowned.
There were forty passengers on board
the Unique, but a panic was averted.
The Unique was brought here by the
tug Wales, at three O'Clock this morn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
UNWISE TO GRUMBLE.
If You Have Any Vanity Fry Not to
E1e VWnrrfed.

Are you a chronic grumbler? Perhaps
you are and don't know it. Just one
(of so doing. and ease breed habit If
you have any. vanity at all don't scold or
worry. A bad skin is the first manifesta-
ton; and then look out for wrinkles and
hard lines. Half the time there is moth
ing to bother about anyway. # you per-
sist in wearing a carriage dress in
or dust don't blame the elements or the
proletarian. 1t is infinitely harder. to
find ones self censurable than it to
to wear that expression hourly that
seems as though you are about to smile;
Don't laugh too much, either, for that
alton of rare and sudden cheer to the
lips and eyes. Be thankful that there is
any weather at all A cloudy day has
an advantage over no day at all.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
HnoD0OED by HER MANS.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, May H. 1885,
The tug Vesta towed in here to-day the
fishing schooner Tragabigazanda, whose cap
tain repprts having been run into Sunday
afternoon, eastward of Cashes, by the
steamer Yarmouth The schooner had both
masts, bowsprite and jibboom carried away,
and rails broken and suffered other damage.
The crew claims that the weather was clear
at the time; that the steamer did not stop to
earn the result of the collision or offer any
assistance. and that she never reported the
collision at Bots on on her arrival.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
DO BEAUTIES MAKE GOOD WIVES 2

The vexed question whether beauties
make good wives deserves word of no
not, as a rule, tend to stimulate the pure
" domestic side Of the character, there
coming models of wifely perfection, that
it would be obviously unjust to insist
upon too close a connection between good
looks and bad household management
Still. a girl accustomed to the Difference
and adulation which beauty everywhere
commands is liable to. find the duties OF
family life somewhat irksome, if not ac-
'fually distasteful, more especially if the
means of her husband forbid and deprive
cess to which, perhaps, she has been ac>
Gust omed .-Tid-BitS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
A Conspiracy Suspected.

WASHINGTON, May IA, 1S95-The
cablegram from Seoul announcing the
life sentence imposed on Lii Yo Shun,
undoubtedly refers to Lii Shun You, who
was the Korean Minister to Japan and
returned to Seoul from his post early
in April, bringing with him so many
japanese attendants as to excite the
suspicious of his government, who kept
him under surveillance. He resigned his
position April II, and the following day
was arrested as the chief plotter of a
sb1 3o, GoHspfbacg i 4 aganst me We We
Kun, the aged father of the reigning
King. Tai Won Kun made strenuous
efforts to obtain Lii Shun You's re-
lease, but without success, the evidence
of his treason being considered unim-
peachable by the government. His trial
commenced April %
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
FATAL FALL FROM A WINDOW.

Johnnie Cannon, three years old, fell
out of a window yesterday afternoon at
his parents home, No. 921 Park avenue,
Hoboken. and was killed. He crawled on
the window sill and while peering at
his companions in the street twelve feet
below fell to the ground.
A physician was sent for who said
that the child's back was broken and
skull fractured. 1t died an hour later.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
THE MAsSJLLIoN MINES.

CLEVELAND, O., May IA, 1s95.-A de-
spatch to the press" from Massillon,
O., says:-The miners of Massillon dis
trict at their convention decided to stand
by the miners of the State and refuse
to make a local settlement until one had
been made for all. This action was
taken in spite of a strong sentiment
on a basis of sixty cents by the advice
of State President Ratchford, and is an
evidence Of his growing influence. Mass
meetings will be held on the rolling
mill green in this city tomorrow and
at Wordsworth and Bogueu Rollew
Thursday, to ratify the action of the com
yanfjOO
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
THE FOUR. HUNDRED IN LONDON
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, May IA .1S95.-At the Queens
drawing room tomorrow Ambassador
Bayard will present Mrs. Pinchot, Mss
Clementine Furniss -Whitehouse and Miss
Lilly Whitehouse, all of New York.
Mr.. John E. R.sley, United States
Minister to Denmark, accompanied by
Misses Herbert and VOORHEES,, paid a
visit to the House of Commons this
afternoon.
Miss Roosevelt daughter of Mr.. ]. R.
Roosevelt, Secretary Of the United States
Embassy, gave a reception this after
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
THE GREATER NEW YORK.

ALBANY, MAY IA 1Ss5.-The As
sembly has defeated motion to insert
the referendum in the Halpin Greater
New York bill by a vote of:-ayes 43,
noes So.
The bill was then passed without
amendment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
MR.. BALDWIN rs PRESIDENT.
Hoboken's New Tax Commissioners
Organized.

The new Board of Tax Commissioners
of Hoboken met and organized last night
by again selecting Mr.. Aaron s. Baldwin
its Chairman. Mr. A. p Hexamer was
appointed Secretary with authority to
hire an assistant at $50 for the entire
season.
A communication was received from
President Schulz. of the Hoboken Bank
for Savings. asking the Board to advo-
vicinity of Washington street, with as
phalt. and do away with the present
cobble stones, as the noise made by the
heavy trucks passing by was such as to
almost make it impossible for business
men to work. The communication was
referred.
Considerable minor business was trans
acted, but nothing of Importance, and
the meeting adjourned until Wednesday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

TIL record of circultion of books for
home reading for the week ending May
II, 1895, was as follows;-General works,
66; philosophy, "a; religion, SO; Sociology.
1876; philogy, 6; Natural Science, 13S; Use
full arts, so: fine arts, As; literature, 225;
fiction 1928; juvenile fiction, 1912; his
tory. 1893; biography, 81; travels, S2l. To-
tai, 7,150
OF this number there were delivered
through the delivery stations, 1880.
Number of borrowers registered during
the week, 29.
Total number of registered borrowers,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
CITY NEWS NOTES.

There will be meeting of the Board
of Aldermen tonight.
The Master Plumbers Association will
meet at GroeschePs Hall tonight.
The John Francis Barry Association
will give concert and dance at Kess-
The King's Daughters of the Central
Avenue Reformed Church will give q
birthday social tonight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
MINNIE PALMER DIVORCED.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, May IA. 1S95.-In the case of
John r. Rogers against his wife, Minnie
Palmer. for absolute divorce, the court
rendered a decision today expressing
conviction that there was no collusion,
and granting the decree asked for The
documents in the case were sent to the
Queens Proctor for the purpose of in
quiry in regard to jurisdiction.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
GUILL01'INE IN OOREA.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, May IA, 1S95-A despatch to
the Globe" from Seoul says that Ii
Yo Saun, formerly Corean Minister to
Japan, has been sentenced to impris-
onment for life, and five other officials
have been condemned to death upon
charges of murder and treason.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
GERMAN ADMIRAL RETIRED.
BIZ Cable 10 the United Press.

BERLIN, May IA, 1S95.-The National
zeitung' asserts that the Emperor has
accepted the resignation of Baron Won
GoltZ, Admiral Commanding-in-Ch of
the German Navy.
Admiral Knorr, commanding the Baltic
naval station at Kiel, has been appointed
to succeed Admiral Won Goltz.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
Connolly Is OUT.
Special to the Jersey city Neacs.

WASHINGTON, May IA. 1S95.-James
enue for the Fifth district of New Jer-
sey. rendered his resignation today to
the President to take effect upon the
appointment of his successor. Mr. Con-
nelly has been in ill health for some
time. which has influenced him in Fe-
signing. Mr. Connolly was appointed in
November last The salary of the pos
ition is s4.50o.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
MENDAL HoWARD's NEGATIVES.
Bu Cable to the United Press

By CGbIe 70 The UfllteI Press.
LONDON, May IA, 1S95.-Mendel Howard
who was recently arrested as a counter
feiter, was again arraigned in the Bow
Street Police Court today, vixen an
official of the Bank of France testified
to the uses to which enlarged negatives
are put in forging banknotes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
DUTCH STEAMER ON The ROCKS.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

3 oU CuUtG 10 UL6 Cittttu fTCSS.
s LONDON. May IA, 1S95.-The ship that
went ashore at Pendash Cove, near
Lands End. yesterday, is the Dutch
steamer Paknam, and not a French ves-
sci. as was at first supposed Several
large holes have been stove in her by
the rocks upon which she lies, and there
is little chance of floating her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT.

Calendar for Wednesday, May Is, 1895.
Supreme and Circuit Court cases-Nos.
14S, $50, Isl, 153. 154. 159, 161, 164, 1855, 167
III, 173, 174, 175. 176, 1T, 180.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
MATTERS OF FACT.

Stores factories and institutions can now
get their supplies as good as any N. V
house can serve them. Complete stock, low
prices, at the D. E. Cleary Co.'S wholesals
grocery stores Montgomery and Greene Streets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
NOT PROVEN DYNAMITERs.
Bu Cable to the United Press.

BERLIN, May IA, 1S95.-The police
state that the information lodged against
the supposed Anarchists Jacobs and
Krebs, who were arrested few days
ago on suspicion of plotting dynamite
outrages, is not proven by any avail
able evidence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
sUNsTRoKB IN LONDON.
81 Cable to the United Press.

LONDON, May IA, 1Ss5.-One death from
the effects of sunstroke occurred yester-
day in Highgate Woods, where man
was overcome by the extreme heat and
died. despite the efforts of doctors to save
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
STRICKEN WITH PVRALYsIs.

George Pittoll, forty-six years old, of
No. 1913 Spring street, West Hoboken. was
suddenly stricken with paralysis early
this morning while at work in the quarry
at Hancock avenue and South street..
He was taken to the City Hospital
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, May A. 1Ss5.-For the SO
hours ending at s P. NJ. Wednesday,
For New York city and vicinity, showers
today, followed on Wednesday by clear
ing; colder; easterly, shifting to brisk
northwesterly winds.
HartneIt,s Therm omeIer report.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
NO HOPE FOR KOHL,
Special to the Jerseu Catu Neara.

PHILADELPHIA, May IA 1885,. Judge
Dallas today denied the petition for a
writ of habeas corpus for Murderer
Kohl, sentenced to be hanged in Newark
on Thursday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
ROMAN THEATRE BURNED.
Ri Gable to the United Press.

ROME, May IA, 1S95.-The new Theatre
Adrain and four adjoining mansions were
destroyed by fire this morning. The po-
lice believe that the buildings We're fired
by Anarchists.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
A BANKRUPT AUTHORIZES.
By Cable to tho United Press.

LONDON, May IA. 1S95.-Harriet Jay,
the authoress and actress, sister-:n-law
of Robert Buchanan, the playwright and
author has been declared a bankrupt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1896,


And the same will be payable to the Regis
trar, at the Office of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners. corner of Jersey
avenue and Mercer street.
PENALTIES FOR NoN-PAYMENT win be
added folows:-
On all rents remaining unpaid on the first
day of July following, one q per cent.
On the first day of September. two CD per
cent.
On the first day of November three 90 per
cent.
Interest at the rate of seven ~ per cent.
per annum will be added to all rents rernain-
ing unpaid on the twentieth day of December
following.
Bills may be had on application to the Reg
istrar.
Water rents for the year 1866 will not be
received from property in arrears until such
arrears are paid.
For the Board of Street and Water Com
rnissioners by
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14

To purify vitalize and enrich the blood, and
give nerve bodily and digestive strength,
take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

money lenders or the world shackled the
people of the wocld they have taught the
people that money was hard 10 understand
AppIause,; that ii Is one of those difficult
things, as Mr.. Horn once said in his speech.
II gives me 4 headache to thing OF IT.
GauEhter}; and you are not competent to
study II or understand II, aad as long as
they can make yOus believe that they haze
yOu IN their power. You who study chemis-
try aud can understand the most difficult
problems of s"ience-chemiStry and other
sclerceS-that would make a bankers head
uiZZy 10 contemplate, we are told you can
not understand the simple proposition OF
money. that which you come into the use OF
every e.;
Mr. HJ". has only taught in this debate
proposition thar II is the interest OF
every Sc!tsl money lender I'm the world 10
advocate uuC he Is here advocating 1t zap
plaus1L In 1873, when this treacherouS act
was passed, there was no specie currency
In Chis county. During all the years from
1892 - 1861 when il was actually in use
aLd being tested for its merit, no one pro-
p ed To demonetiZe either of the metals
except some money lenders from Europe
who proposed II in 1854 applause. But at
that time 1873. when it was not in cir
culation and was not needed then, the
movement was begun and contaminated
and as one congressman said when the
bill was offered in congress I'VE are not
using gold and silver as money, have not
yet considered an act for the resumption Of
specie payment, and the Introduction Of
this bill at the present time either means Il
trick or Is Il farce worthy or being Carica-
tured by Thomas Mast
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
Each gentleman was frequently ap.
~sZ-s
Second DIV

Mr.. Horr: THE matter we were talking
about when we closed LAST night was the
question whether the trainers OF the bin
or 1I92 intended TO establish two measures
or value. Mr. Harvey criticised Judge Vim.
cent for having decided that case in his re-
marks yesterday, but very tamely in COM
parison with the statements which he made
about him In print soon after be made the
decision. He even called him dishonest in
that criticism. Now, Judge Vincent il a
reputable citizen. | take il, OF Chicago
Some private individuals submitted a uues-
ton to him and he decided 1t as he honestly
believed was right, and there Is this pecu.
liarity about It, il is right daughter. Here
Is what Judge Vincent decided:
1T Is undoubtedly true that the milled
dollar as 1t was then current was the start
Ing point. and the number Of grains to com.
pose gold dollar was aScertalned by divid.
Ing the number Of grains in the silver dol
lar by fifteen. But this does not alter the
fact that the units were expressed in gold
and silver. on the contrary Il seems to
show that both were made units OF value.
The word unit was employed as the equiv
alent OF dollar, and the dollar was to con-
slst Of either one OF two different things. one
tenth part OF 247l, grains Of gold or 371I
grains Of silver, just as equal values may
be embodied in given weights Of any two
given commodities such as wheat or corn.
unit OF value Is the unit in which values
are expressed. The values both OF gold and
silver are expressed in the act of 1894. so
we have two units OF value. II both had
not been 50 expressed We could not haye
had bimetallism."
AIR. Horn also quoted eX-direCtOr OF the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
Gallagher Again Testifies.

West Superior, Wis, July 2O.-De-
tective Gallagher, supposed to be the
link between Mayor Starkweather and
the money levied on the sporting and
gambling houses. was the principal
witness in the council investigation:
but little definite information tending
to establish the truth Of the charges
against the mayor could be obtained
from him. He testified that while he
was keeping away from the investiga-
ton last week that he was approach
ed by brother officer, who requested
that he come home and appear at the
investigation. The officer told Gal
lagher he himself had been taken care
Of and that Gallagher also would be.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

Royal Baking Powder Is the purest
and highest in strength Of any of the
baking powders, and hence makes
more, finer and better food. These
are the official facts as set forth by
the Y. s. Government and the various
State Chemists reports. or course
great efforts will be made by those
interested in the sale of the cheaper
made alum powders, to continue their
sale where consumers have made up
their minds to have the Royal and call
for 1t at their grocers. The Royal
Powder is so much superior to all the
other preparations for quick raising.
that 1t will amply repay housekeepers
to use the necessary persistency to
procure II in spite Of all objections.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

Mr. HOrr: MT. Harvey sun CONTINUES 70
rest his case upon an attempt to prove that
the human family Is made up Of scoundrels;
that there Is no such thing as honor among
the people of this or any other country.
The Infamous statement that every man
has his price ought to be branded upon the
brow of every man who will quote 1t In
earnest. because IL is q lie against human
ity dong continued applause. 1t Is equalied
only by the other statement that there Is
no such thing as virtue among the women
of the United States or any other country.
Mr. Harvey: II don't make that state
ment."
Mr.. Horr: "That was motto that no.
body but a villain like Aaron Burr ever
could have originated, and l am surprised
that in the nineteenth century man will
stand up before an American audience and
base his case upon the proposition that
the people Of our grand republic are mostly
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
Charged With Bribery.

Mr.. Harvey Among the many charges
of corruption made at the period, 1873 there
was one of Significance when we consider
that silver was demonetized by a single
sentence being omitted from the report OF
the conference committee and enrolment
Of the mint bill; and indicates the power,
In this instance, a corrupt clerk could have.
George A. Bassett, clerk Of the ways and
means committee, 1873 was charged with
having demanded $3.50 per month from
the bankers and brokers OF New York to
assist them In repeating the tax on borrowed
capital, and 5000 when the act passed.
The Chicago Tribune OF Feb. 81, 1873. the
yery month In which silver was demone-
tiled, said: Turkish corruption under the
pashas and beys. or Russian official rot
tenness, could scarcely be worse than 1t Is
here IApplause).