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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
HONORING OLD ABE.
Bill Introduced to WaEke a National
Holiday of His Birthday.
SDcci0' 10 Ire JcrseD Gig Nclcs.

fDFcfG5 10 t!sG JCYSeD INJ L'tto.
TRENTON. March 81. 1895.-These bills
were introduced in the House yesterday:
Mr.. Drake. includes Lincoln's Birthday,
February II. among the legal holidays.
Mr.. Exton. fiXes penalty of $500 for
wearing any uniform or insignia of the
National Guard unless entitled so to do
by rank therein.
Concurrent resolution transfers the
care and custody of certain Confeder-
ate flags captured during the war to
The Seventh Regiment Veteran Associa-
ton.
Mr.. E;seIe, ~apthorizes cities of the first
class to appropriate moneys for current
expenses in anticipation of taxes.
These came IN the Senate
Mr.. Kuhl. requires all State officers to
submit bids for any materials needed
for their use in the transaction of State
business, above the amount of $500. Said
bids to be printed in four newspapers
TWO of each party, for three weeks.
Mr.. Voorhees,, provides that where
The father or mother of an illegitimate
Ihild shall marry. such child shall there
by become l~egftimated.
Mr.. Voorhees,. repeats supplement to
act authorizing the establishment of City
Hospitals. approved February q. 1895,
to take effect after July 4. 1895. All di-
rectors and officers are re-afopotnted.
holding a position of profit under any
municipality shall draw a pension from
anv municipality while holding said po-
sifiap.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
Highest Of al in Leavening Power.-Latcst is. Govt Report
R@!A!!!! R RsktRs
ABSOLUTELY pUBE
ABSOLUTELY EUBE

adopted. and Mr.. Somers' protest was
consequently out of order.
The bill was then sent back to the
sequently Mr.. somers moved to recon
slider the. vote by which the bill was
sent to the committee. He said he did
not OBJECT to the amendments offered by
The insurance Department. but he did
think they should have been submitted
to the committee. Mr.. Somers' motion
Two good bills for Jersey City were
passed. one in the Senate. and one IN the
House. One provided that the contract
m.tted TO the people for their approval
before becoming operative. The other
was the plan whereby Thirteenth street.
Bramhall avenue and other thorough
fares can be extended.
The House passed the Storrs Road bill
with the Senate amendments. The amend
o @saeS s shellst fh That use wa as t Seay rock ao oa
which the friends Of the bin split. storrs
c~ontending for stone and Wildes for
also differed as to the distribution of the
cost between the State the county and
the township. When the bill as amend
said that inasmuch as the bill now em-
braced VIA he was contending for he
Sammy Dickinson was here again all
day yesterday. and stuck to the Senate
Chamber as though he was afraid it
Would get away from MN: Ills cniei
cause of anxiety was the bill which pro
vides for a custodian of the new City
Hall. Captain Jack Graham who thinks
that he. as City Marshal, should have
t~ectural monstrosity on Grove street.
has succeeded in hanging the bill up in
the Senate and Sammy was trying to
Newark has been very nxiou to
abolish the poll tax. Her representa-
lives say it costs her something like $780,
900 to collect $11 900 and they don't see
much profit in the transaction. Mr..
Schober of Essex introduced a bill abol-
ishing the tax and got it through the
House.
Last night it came up in the Senate
and there was a lively time oyer it. The
South Jersey members. with one ae-l
cord, jumped on it with all the strength
at their command. Mr.. Rodgers moved to
strike out the enacting clause. and It
was stricken out before Mr.. Ketcham
could realize what hit the scheme.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
GOOD NEWS FOR OUR ooNsTABLEs
Bill PASSES which Fixes Their salary
Good Bills for Jersey City.

TRENTON. March q. 895.4Governor
Werts vetoed yesterday Mr.. Nutzhorn's
bill which gives the Sheriffs of Essex
ard Hudson the appointment. super
vision and control of all Court Consta-
bles with the power to fix their fees at
SIS per month. The Governor holds thai
aside from the expense involved the pro-
posed law is highly Objectionable because
it deprives the courts of all supervision
and control of the Constables in atten-
dance upon them. How the courts are
to be managed and controlled with those
officials under the direction of another
person was hard to see. The Constables
might ignore and disobey any command
of the presiding judge if it happened to
conflict with that of the Sheriff.
The courts would be powerless to dis
pense with the services of unnecessary of
fcials or to discharge an inefficient or OBJ
jectfonable officer except with the con-
currence and consent of the Sheriff. 1T
was highly important that those officials
should be subject to the order and dis
cipline of the courts entirely.
There was quite a fuss in the House
at the evening session over the new
Lloyds Insurance bill. The Committee
on Banks and Insurance gave a hearing
on the measure in the afternoon n sew
eral of its friends appeared and argued
for 1t on the ground that it would tend
to lessen the cost of Insurance.
Mr.. Eiseie reported the bill with a
large number of amendments, some of
which he said were proposed by the
State Insurance Commissioned Trims
we've booming along at a lively rate at
the time and Mr.. Somers tried to obtain
recognition from the Speaker before he
put the amendment to the House He
did not succeed, however. until the
Speaker had declared the amendments
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
HOW DU MAURIER WRITES.

He works at irregular intervals. and in
such movements as he car snatch from
his Punch work. For" he a 81
am taking more pains than ever over my
drawing" And so saying. he fetched an
crate preparation in the way of studies
and sketches which was preliminary to
a cartoon which will appear in a week
or two in his paper. One figure, from a
female model. has been drawn several
times. There was here the infinite ca
pacfty for taking pains. 81 usually write
on the top of the piano, standing, and /
never look at my manuscript as I write,
partly to spare my eyes, and partly be-
cause the, writing seems literally to flow
from my. pen. Ny best time is Just after
rupted. and l walk about the studio and
smoke. and then come back to the nranu-
script once more. AfterWard l. revise.
very carefully now. for I am taking
great pains with my book. The Mar
tfans' is to be a very. long book; and.I
cannot say when it will be finished. Mo
Clllre's for April. H. EtSst fs ST.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
DUNCAN AVENUE TO BE OPENED
OF Finance Will Consider the
Emprovement-RoutEne Business.

lhIftSs
There was a meeting of the Board of
Finance last night, at which all the
members of the board were present.
The most important matter considered
was the proposed extension of Duncan
avenue to he Hackensack River front.
Some time ago the Board of Finance
was requested by a committee of gen
tlemen representing the property owners
in the vicinity of Duncan avenue to issue
bonds and extend the avenue. The com
mittee argued that the Improvement
will open up a tract of land now practi-
cally useless. They contended that the
now unoccupied acres of land would soon
be covered with factories of every de-
scription if the avenue was opened n
proper communication opened with tie
river.
The Finance Commissioners realize the
enormous benefits to accrue from the i'm
provement. but they do not wish to pro
coed until entirely satisfied that all own
erS of abutting property desire it, n
are willing to bear the necessary assess
ment.
With a view to ascertaining the exact
status of the case. President Jones was
authorized to confer with Clerk Fowler,
of the Adjustment Commission. Mr..
Fowler is to furnish the board with the
affected. A public hearing is to be given
them, and definite action taken after
ward: The estimated cost of the i'm
provement is $50, 600.
The board provided for the April in
terest by drawing on various accounts to
the extent of S113,350.
County Collector Hugh Dugan was paid
$4,000 on account of 1894 taxes.
The resolutions of the Street and Water
Board awarding Thomas McCabe the con-
tract for the improvement of Virginia
avenue, between Ocean and Jackson ave-
nUes, and for the construction of a sewer
in Waverly street, were concurred in.
Claims aggregatfng $4,000, incurred in
repairing the broke water main, were
paid.
The Fay rolls of the employees of Belle
vile and High Service for February, and
the Water Registrar and laborers on
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
ADVICE TO GOO GOO CLUBS.
United Citizens, Clubs MAKE Plans
for Active Work.

The Good Government Association
held a meeting last evening at Arcanum
Hall. There were only five clubs repre-
scented. They were:-Good Government
Association No. 1, Zoo Government As
ISOLATION No. 2 and kindred associations
from Hudson City, Lafayette, Union Hill
and Bayonne. The small representation
of clubs was due to the fact that pri-
maries were being held in the districts,
and the clubs had more interest in deal
ing with politics. The association had as
guests last evening Messrs. Prior, Well
ing and Chapman of New York. These
gentlemen lave been connected with
Good Government organizations in New
York since the movement was first start
ed. They were invited TO Jersey City
to give Good Government people here a
few points" on the best way to form
way his club had started. They only
had fifty members, but they succeeded in
trict changed from s.ginz mills to
butcher shops" n other classes of
stores. sos ~ tss4
were present to answer questions inc
help to- further the success of the Jer-
sey City Good Government move. In
their name to Good Government CUBS It
is a nafne used in every municipality in
wIxch such q move has started. An
OTTER thing, change your name "associa-
ton" to GLIB and you will succeed
better. The word Association seems to
belong to a body that will go out of BUSH
ness as soon as they have had their
Say at an election, just as the Com
mittee of Seventy did in New York.
Mr.. yelling spoke of the time Of or
ganizing in New York.
The chairman of the meeting said that
the ascendelcy of Republicanism had
brought many new clubs to life.
Mr.. Holt sid that the association will
not have any office-holder a member
unless he be a judicial ofice-holder.
Now / move" he said. that a COM
mittee of the delegates present be APP
pointed to draw up a constitution and
articles of organization"
Upon this motion the following COM
mittee was apprenticeship. Holt, Chair
man; Mr.. George Taylor, Mr.. John Heck,
Mr.. William Kempt and Mr.. j.. S. Cow
ard. The meeting adjourned until Mon
1au ui0bt fs-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
A MODERN MUNCHAsEN.


Here is a story of a colonel who was
much addicted to travelling, and who
once reached home when the house was
full of his sons guests n stayed to
dinner. One of the company, a notorious
drawer of the long bow, told a story
of his being off the Cape of Good Hope,
In an Indiaman. when a floating object
was discovered which proved TO be g
eask, wherein a man was seated clinging
to a small staff in the bunghole.
Come on board?'e retorted the ocean
waif when hailed, mo, thank ycu, I'm
very comfortable here. I'm bound for
the Cape. Can 1 take letters there for
you? Don't bother about me. I'm all
right.
this incredible yarn, Colonel G. arose
Inc gravely addressed the narrator.
t.Sir," he said, for years l have been
trying to find anyone belonging to that
ship and return thanks for the great cour-
tesy shown to me on that occasion. At
last 1 am enabled to do SO, sir-I was the
man on the cask.-Tit-Bits
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
GOSSIP.

Chase's Hotel on Ocean avenue was
crowded to the doors last evening upon
held under the auspices of the Frank E.
Chase Association, of which popular
Frank Chase is standard bearer. The
each number on the programme was
heartily. applauded. Mr.. Chase proved
an excellent entertainer, Samuel Fletch,
er off1ciated as Master of Ceremonies and
he filled the office with credit. Among
those who participated in the programme
y TsTe;I Hsffhpban P s9a E Th9mas R Belly,
songs; the Keystone Quartette, the Ivy
Instrumental Qnartette., Messrs; H. Boldt,
and Mr.. Samuel Fletcher. ROTATIONS and
sentimental songs. An excellent supper
proved an attractive feature.
League Club has entered into a har
Club, the Republican camp in Green
dition. AT the meeting of the former
organization held last evening at the
Globe Hotel. one of the members made
Simpson of the Minkakwa be endorsed
for a denomination as President of the
Board of Aldermen. The motion caused
vote was defeated. The members who
opposed it explained Otter the meeting
to endorse candidates, before their nomin-
alton, yet the club endorsed one of its
c raem6eTs, NJ NJ eehhnappiesfsf s 4; Bsnneett t f for
IA &nt. d (
days ago that he would retire from the
race in favor of Constable Meyer, who
seeks s. sss 2 Art ren aoT;d1s p. b but as b;m his ;, club lSb
race he will make a fight for the omina-
ton Mr.. Bennett served many years
fective ONCE Of New York and, he would
Frank ! assrd was eadorsed fer
committee which arranged the harmony
plan with the MinkaSwas was endorsed.
Six new ember wers elected.
ISOLATION No. 2 held its annua meeting
last evening. at the rooms in Bamber
Hall. President William Zimmermann,
Viee-President Henry Lembeck, Secre-
tary George F. Witt and all the other
officers were reelected.
is mentioned as a candidate for the Street
and Water Board nomination from the
Sixth district. The club will support
President Michae Schultz, u, for the
ter the race. Mr.. Boos will become the
clubs candidate.
U. Verein,. will meet this evening at the
s'haupcuartier'' in Kraus' Hotel to ar
range for the annual fest. President
Abel desires a full attendance of mem
A joint Republican primary of the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
precincts VIII VIII be m, hsld ,, this S s,yehning at the
avenue. The agreement between the
League Club n the Minkakwas recently
ratified will be strictly adhered to.
will be no distinguishing tickets,
as at the previous primaries, and ali
voters will receive the same ticket. The
delegates are:-City Convention, League,
Charles A. Rose. Theodore Ennis and
{. Hutchings; Minkakwas, Adam
Reid; Charles Merker and Charles p.
Roos; Alternates. William A. Gahagan
and George w. Henderson. Aldermanic
observation-disclosures, william H. Kent, |
Charles s. emmett and William J. Jor-
Ian: M~inkakwas, John G%rosklaus and
Edward Clarke; A~lternates, L. H. Stein
meyer and Walter S. Knierimen. The |
Aldermansc Convention will be held at
the Wanser Club rooms on next Thurs
day evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
EASTER HOLIDAY TOURS.
Additional Attractions offered by she
p III. r

For the benefit of those who have been
unable to take advantage of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad C~cnlpany's tours to Wash
ington, d. c., during the Lenten season.
that company has arranged a Specia.
Easter Holiday Tour, to leave New York
and Philadelphia, Thursday, April IS, re-
turning on the following Saturday.
The rates. including accommodations at
W~ashington's best hotels, are $3.50 from
New York and S11.50 from Philadelphia;
proportionate rates from other points.
Rate from New York, including meals at
Philadelphia, in addition to the above
accommodations, $14. so.
Detailed itinerary will be sent on applf-
cation to Tourist Agent, 1876 Broadway.
New York. or Room AL, Broad Street
Station, Philadelphia.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
NIGHT TRY OUR MESSENGER BOYS
Mr. Wards Attractive Talk TO the
~ 49, TcacileYx

The Teachers Association held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday after
noon in the High School building.
The lecturer of the afternoon was Mr..
Edward G. Ward. of Brooklyn, Assoc
ate Superintendent of the city schools.
He was announced to speak about the
Rational Method of Reading" but he
said he had delivered that lecture SO
often that he was tired of it, SO he would
read a paper which he had written that
morning. His subject was "Concentra-
tion."
He said he had observed that when
children graduated from school they had
as a rule a smattering of everything and
very little of anything, which they could
turn to account. In Brooklyn he has
tried TO correct this as much as posi-
Bile, and have fewer subjects and more
of them.
When he was principal of School No.
- he frequently, had occasion to send
his graduating class on errands, n he
seldom carried straight. He found that
If only one point was made in the
message it generally was delivered; II
against: and if three, they almost never
were correctly. delivered. He set to work
to correct this deficiency. and started
Wlld LIZ iOWG2l IL III SIddS.
he had decided that it was not through
a bad memory that his messages Wen.
astfay, but through a poor power of con-
eentration, and decided to teach the
this low grade he told the teachers to
give n children the first week two
and 50 on, increasing the mount. but
stopping when they thought they had
p~rehension. They did SO, and he found
that in a few weeks the children could
write any sentence, within their compre-
hension, of thirteen words.
Ina higher grade he once dictated to
some-pupils 8, paragraph which none of
them had heard or seen before, and con-
words. In looking over the papers he
was surprised to find that IS per cent.
had every word of that sentence.
Mr.. Ward Is in favor of quick study
ing and calculation. as it makes coneen-
tration necessary, and therefore increases
the chances Of success: He gave several
-tration is, and also the many ways In
which ,it iisay hn increased.
d Miss Eloise Wedin before and after
the lecture played piano solos.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE MISTAKEN
st. Peters Literary Young Men Talk
About NeWsDa uers.

An enjoyable entertainment was fur
missed by the talent of the Literary So
ciety of st. Peters College at its regular
meeting last night. Mr.. Mullins was in
the chair.
After the business was disposed Of the
literary programme for that day was
carried out. Mr.. J.. Murphy rendered a
very fine defamation entitled "St. Pat
rick's Day." and Mr.. Sullivan read an
essay on the life of st. Patrick. A read
Ing. entitled THE Voyage" was next Civ
en- by Mr.. V. MCNEIL. and am essay on
the life of St. Joseph was read by Mr..
R. Lanigan.. A reading entitled "Griti-
cism as a Fine Art" was rendered by
Mr.. ]. Dolan in q very fine nner
The debate then opened with Messrs.
McKenna and Coyle on the affirmative,
n Mr.. Mccoy and Mr.. w. Carln on
the negative. The subject of debate was
aResolved that newspapers exert IN i'm
moral influence" The debate was hotly
contested on both sides. the house itself
taking great interest in It. and several
when the debate was left open to the
house. After careful deliber~t*Sa the de-
bate was awarded by the t~Gas5 to the
affirmative side.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
THURSDAY. MARCH 81. 1885.
This paper is Democratic ,n principles
and is Independent an ats rie0s Oh "1 local
questions.
Parkhurst,s Awakened Sense Of
Shame.

1t is quite a healthy sign that the
'Rev." DR.. Parkhurst appears to be
ashamed of his hideous conduct in con
nection with the inauguration of the
recent raid upon the New York Demo-
cracy. The acute suffering which the re-
publication of the Hattie Adams testi-
mony seems to cause him and his friends
seems to indicate a realization on their
part that his participancy in the famous
circus was a horrible act o n the part
of a Christian minister.
However ashamed they may be. they
are still hardly justified in their efforts
to suppress the pamphlet report of the
testimony. This is rather wholesome than
otherwise. There are not a few min
listers. all over the country. who. stimu-
lated by the conspicuousness which has
rewarded Parkhurst's course of conduct.
are inclined to initiate him. 1t is well
that these mistaken gentlemen should
be made to really understand at what
a price his fame and influence were
acquired. A copy of the Plat pamphlet
should be placed in the hands of every
sensational clergyman in the United
States as an awful warning.
That the results of the Parkhurst cru
SADIE are wholly bad, no sane man could
assert. any more than a judicious man
could claim that tney have done any
great good. But even had they dom all
the good that P~arkhurst's most nthus
astic supporter dreamed of, tina good
would still be poisoned and corrupted
by the degradation of the Christian min
istry and the deprivation of public
morals which his personal conduct in
volved.
In the Jour of his shame. besides,
Parkhurst does not appear to be truly
repentant. or TO have acquired any true
sense of deeency. While his friends are
trying to suppress the record of his own
wrong doing. he IS engaged in the organi-
cation of a vigilance league" one mem
Der of which. he says. will act as Paul
Pry to every block in New York. If it
Is, possible to think of a system for de-
PRAYING the public mind more elaborate
or comprehensive than this, we should
be glad to know of it. AS a means of
undermining the structure of society, it
the Russian spy system.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
EASY GOING POLICE
Judge Hudspeth Scores the Off
eials Of the Town Of
Union.

In the Court Of General Sessions. YES
terday afternoon, Judge Hudspeth ad-
ministered a severe rebuke to the police
officials of the Town of Union and or
dered that a thorough investigation be
made In a case which promises to fur
n.sh some startling developments.
The case in question is that of James
Mitchell, who was indicted upon a charge
OF robbing Peter Schultz, of West Ho-
boken, of a gold watch and chain, two
gold rings and two pocketbooks con-
tanning $40. on a highway of the North
hudson township. The case had been
postponed three times previously owing
to the absence of important witnesses.
Schultz testified that on the night Of
August II last he visited the saloon of
Max Schwab at the corner of Union
street and the Bulls Ferry Road and
played a game of cards, threw dice and
drank beer with Mitchell, Oscar Sehoen-
field. the bartender. and John Mccarthy,
VINO was employed to do G jobs about
the saloon. These were the only persons
present.
HE WAS ROBBED.
Schultz left the saloon about eleven
O'Clock and walked up Union street to
meet a ear. When about a block from
the saloon someone dealt him a blow in
the head, rendering him unconscious.
When he recovered he was lying in a
ditch. and his ~valuab1es were gone. He
did not see his assailant, nor did ne
near him ~approachs but was taken en-
tIrely unawares. He said that he could
not swear hat Mitchell robbed him, but
he suspected him, because he was de-
tanned IN the saloon by his being asked
DV1 nm r IN fr0nt Ha
Schoenfeld and Mccarthy were called
1Il tney eld not appear. Counsellor
tai, inasmuch as there was no evidence
that Mitchell was the guilty man.
Judge Hudspeth called Constable VIM.
locate Sehoenfeld and Mccarthy, ana
asked him If he knew the whereabouts
he had been informed that Mccarthy
had moved to Cincinnati
n. LEXoW NEEDED.
Did the police of the Town of Union
searchg' asked Judge Hudspeth.
The Constable replied in the negative,
sellor Simpson, said:-
This is a remarkable case, and ] in
tend to have it investigated to the utter
appear here on three different occasions,
and this is the fourth time that they
have failed to appear. I don't intend
to allow a coercion of justice by direct
ing an acquittal. l., as the magistrate,
cannot see a case like this go in this
way. Constable Henry, the Court directs
you to get the police in that locality to
assist you, no matter to what trouble
they may be put"
The jury was then dismissed, and the
case was postponed for a further hearing.
The Assistant Prosecutor said that he
had learned that Schoenfeld and Me-
Carthy appeared and gave evidence in
the case before Recorder Shelton at his
court, and hat they were allowed to GO
without being required to give a bond
for their appearance as witnesses. The
Assistant Prosecutor characterized this
as a most shiftless piece of work on
the part of the Recorder.