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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
NO BLOT ON THE PARTY.

From the New York "Herald" of
Sunday.
InsinuationS have been made in repub-
lican quarters that the plundering crew
of officials plunged their arms into the
public treasury for the purpose of pro-
ducing campaign funds for the Demccra lc
party, and one of the Newark papers
last week suggested editorially that there
was a man, conspicuous in Trenton life,
who, if he were put on the stand, could
be forced to make known how much
the campaign fund of the Democratic
State Committee had profited by steals.
The reference was evidently to Allan L..
McDermott, the Chairman of the com
mittee. Mr.. McDermott anticipates the
call of the committee by an announce
ment that he has examined the committee
treasurer's accounts, and that so far as
he has been able to discover, not a single
one of the plundering officials mas handed
a cent of his StealingS over to the party
for use in its canvasses. Benjamin f.
Lee, the treasurer of the committee
emphatic form, and adds that even IL all
the $25, 600 of dishonest money that has
been traced to dishonest officials had been
mittee would only have profited about
six thousand dollars year by it, and
that that you'd seareely have have eda been
much of a commotion with. But as a
matter OF, fact, these thieying placeme,n
nor hpea bed ast ha stoe for their
they got it. So the attempt to link the
With waoilr the frauds falls to the g ground. The
only money that has been traced into
political use at all is that extorted from
Joe Hume says he poured into the
Republican campaign in that county.
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reform FOR ARMENIA.
Bp Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, May IA, 1895.-A despatch to
the Times from Constantinople says
the Powers have submitted to the Porte
scheme of reforms in Armenia which
includes the appointment of Christians
as public officials and gives the Powers
the right to veto the appointment of
governors if they shall not seem salts
factory The plan also provides that a
High Commissioner, who shall not be
European, shall supervise the work of
putting the reforms into effectsand shall
remain in office until the reforms are
effected
1t is understood that the Porte will
submit the scheme to an examining COM
mission presided over by Turkhan Pasha.
The selection of the High Commissioner
is to be subject to the approval of the
Powers, and a commission composed of
Mussulmans and Christians is to super
wise the administration of affairs in
the vilayets. The scheme further pro-
vides that the Inhabitants of Sassoun
shall be paid the amount of their losses
and that the Kurds shall be disarmed.
The Powers base their demands upon
the proven bad administration and the
generally unsatisfactory condition of af-
fairs in the Asiatic province of Turkey
A despatch from Constantinople says
that a number of foreign delegates who
have returned to Noosh from Chiefly Goo
zan, in Armenia, report that they opened
the burial pits at that place and found
only few bodies 1t was evident, they
report, that the pits had been opened
prior to their arrival and most of the
bodies removed
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LIQUOR DEALERS ATTENTION.
You Must Put the $3.50 with Your
PeliliOn.

City Clerk E. w. Woolley has in
augurated a new departure in relation
to the application for and granting Of
liquor licenses.
In past years it has been the custom
of persons desiring liquor licenses to
merely file their applications, bearing
the names of the requisite number Of
freeholders. The application under the
old process was then advertized and
finally submitted to the Board of Alder
men for action. If the application was
granted, the necessary license was issued
and then the applicant was allowed his
own time in which to call for and pay
for his license.
The result of that system has been
frequent serious muddles because OF
transfers. 1t has often occurred that
applicants have refused to take out
their licenses and the city has had sew
eral licenses on it's hands. The city at
the same time sustained the loss of adj
vertizing, the cost of the license and
the time of its clerks.
This year every liquor dealer or Prev
cry desiring a license for d retail dealer
will have to accompany his license ap-
plication with the license fee OF 500.
Mayor Wanser approves of the plan, Tor
the reason that it complies with the
law on the subject. The probabilities
are that applications viii not pour an
in such patches as in past years.
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A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
Bassford and Glen,s Imperial Hotel
on Exchange Place.

y
Messrs Bassford and Glenn, the en-
terprising young men of Exchange place,
are ready to open their new hotel, next
to the First National Bank Building.
which they have named the Imperial.
They have thoroughly renovated the two
buildings Nos. and Exchange place.
and have transformed them into first
class bachelor hotel, with all modern
improvements. The buildings have been
entirely overhauled, repapered. painted
and provided throughout with the latest
style of furniture and all the improve
ments found in the strictly first class
hotel of the day. The rooms are large,
airy and well lighted, and up to date in
every respect.
On the ground floor Messrs. Bassford
and Glen have located one of the hand
soonest cafes in the city, which is pro-
vided with private rooms and all the
modern accessories of a superior wine
room. Here can always be found the
choicest brands of cigars and all the
leading wines. liquors and beer. This is
the only place in the city where inn
ported Wurtzburg beer can be had on.
draught or in bottles. These gentle
change place into a chop house ana
grill room, where at all hours of the day
or night meals can be had, an innova-
tion in this city which will be greatly
appreciated by those who wish to obtain
a well cooked and well served meal after
in a few days The convenience to the
ferries and railroads and all trolley
lines and the advanced policy which
the proprietors marked out for, the I'm
perial will make the new hotel a great
convenience for Jersey City people and
presages success for the new enter
roriSe
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
SKATING ON THIN ICE.

The pretext offered for the shutting off
of the inquiry as far as State House
irregularities are concerned is that the
special session of the Legislature is at
hand and that the committee will have
of it's report, findings and recommenda-
tions 1t is little more than pretext.
Anybody with half an eye can see that
the committee has only SKINNED the
surface and that there must be whole
mine of scandals yet uneXplored that
ought to be explored. And therein lies
the secret of the eagerness to stop the
State House inquiry as speedily as it
can be stopped without arousing too
much criticism. Republicans don't want
the committee to dive much further be-
there are some mighty big Republican
these may be dragged in view 1.-THE
fools of committeeman" said one
of the most conspicuous Republicans in
the State to me the other day, will just
keep ontillthey haul up one of our fell
lows with round turn, and then the
political effect of the exposures thus far
made will be lost The inquiry should
have been stopped when Barney Ford
there, they would have been just as well
off as they are now. The revelations of
his crookedness were enough to show
how the Democrats had been working
things; and there was no use or excuse
for the thing going a step further" The
effect of the frequent iteration of this
view is it seems, to be made visible in
the abandonment of further inquiry
into State House secrets with this weeks
sitting.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
GRAND JURY'S TURN.
Justice Gummere's Charge
About the State House
Frauds.
Special I the Jerscy citu Neacs.

TRENTON. N. j.. May IA, 1S95.-Justice
Gummere charged the Mercer County
Grand Jury in the Court House in this
city today. He called the attention of
the jury to the fact that no one was too
great to be indicted, and charged that
the State House officers should be inves-
tigated He said that charges were al
legged against some Of. them, which, if
found to be true. should cause the Grand
Jury to find an Indictment against the
persons accused.
He ana1yzed the law on the purchase
of the supplies for the State, and said
that the exorbitant prices paid for ar
ticles by the State constituted fraud.
Justice Gummere said that another vio-
lation of the law was the presenting of
false bills to the State for payment on
the purchase of lumber, furniture, coal,
and the like.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
The Justice stated that he might call
the jury before him again to investigate
other matters against certain State Off
GERS. He said that no higher responsible
ity ever rested on Grand Jury.
If public corruption was not checked
the Government must fall, and that if a
State officer got the money from the
State under false account he must be in
dicted for obtaining money under false
pretenses and for malfeasance in Office.
The charge of the Justice was based on
the testimony which was given before
the VOORHEES, Senate Investigating Com
mittee, which brought out that the State
paid twice as much as articles were
worth and that certain State officers
bod aoix - ,,.i1 I,n
firms as a commission for giving them
the orders
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
Mayor Wanser Hasn't Signed
the Non-C Concurrent Res
o1ution Against the
Water Award.
FIVE DAYS REMAIN FOR ACTION
Queer Muddle in the Board Of
Finance Should the Veto
Issue = What Is Said
by Politicians.

Mayor Wanser has not as yet signed
the resolution of the Board of Finance
non-concurring in the resolution of the
Street and Water Board, awarding the
contract for a new supply of water to
the Jersey City Water Company. The
resolution book of the Board of Financs
in which the non-concurrence resolution
is engrossed was presented to the May
or on May II. With it were a half dozen
other resolutions.
When a resolution book reaches His
Honor, his Secretary, John Nevin, usual
ly performs the duty of turning the
pages over so that the Mayor will take
no risk of blurring any of the resolu-
tions. Strangely enough all the resolu-
tions in the book were signed by His
Honor with the exception of the non
concurrent one.
WON'T GIVE HIS REASON.
The Mayor was too busy this morn
ing to be seen. At any rate he declines
at this time to discuss his refusal to
sign the resolution. Secretary Nevin
smilingly advances the theory that the
Mayor may have overlooked the resolu-
tion while signing the others.
1t was reported this morning perhaps
as much for a joke as anything else
that the Mayors intention is to veto
the non-concurrent resolution. If he
does the situation will be a novel one,
indeed. 1t will be a case of two mega
tives, but whether it would bring about
an affirmative is a question.
WHAT A VETO WOULD DO.
For instance, should His Honor send
a singing veto to the Board of FL
nance, it might result in Commissioners
Simpson, Bailey and Detwiller declining
to vote to override it. President Jones
and Commissioner Hardenbergh by rea-
SON of the aggressive stand they have
taken on the water question might be
hesitation. Under the rules of the board
of Finance it requires two-thirds vote
to override a veto, and a like number
to sustain. Messrs. Bailey, Detwiller
and Simpson and Mlessrs. Jones and
Hardenbergh could not override.
Should this situation be precipitated by
the Mayor the water question could be
tied up about as effectually as DR.. Quinn
by, Lebbeus Ward or a few other alleged
preservers of the city could desire.
NICE CIRCUS AHEAD.
Parliamentarians are debating the
question A nice circus will ensue if
scheme of vetoing. The Mayors friends
believe that if he does not veto the
resolution he will allow it to become
operative without his signature. His
Honor has about five days more in which
to act. The Beard of Finance meets
Thursday evening and something may
be heard from him at that time
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
RAN A FAKE EMPLOY MENT BUREAU.

Louis Brandenberg and George LANCER
ex-Justices of the Peace, were placed
on trial in the Court of General Sessions
this morning for obtaining money under
false pretences 1t is alleged that they
ran fake employment bureau. The com,
plainant, Anthony Getolsky, of No. 146
Essex street claims he was victimized
by them. The Assistant Prosecutor said
in opening that the defendants extorted
money from their victims on the promise
that they would secure work for them
When they got all their money they told
them they had no work for them
Getolsky was put, on the stand He tes-
titled that when he was out of work
Joseph Zevolski told him to go to the
bogus bureau and arrange with the JUS
tiaes-te get him a position. He went and
paid over SIS. He was set at work cleaning
away trees on Bayonne property. He was
promised $1.50 a day for the. work. He
worked fourteen days and only received
S. When he demanded the rest of his
money he was bounced. He was told
that there was no money on hand to pay
him with. The case is in progress.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
THE RED MANS MARRIAGE CUSTOM
Leads to Complication which May
Have SarlOux Rexulfs


WASHINGTON, May a. dS95-Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs Browning
today received telegram from T. c.
Wright, United States Indian Agent at
the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, ad-
vising him of the Arrest of more Indians
by Uuited States deputy marshals on the
charge of bigamy. American Horse was
arrested several days ago on a similar
charge. Agent Wright states that dur
ing his absence from the agency, on duty
on the reserve, ten Indians had been ar
rested by United States deputy marshal
charged with bigamy. They have no legal
wives except by Indian custom.
He states that such action will surely
lead to serious trouble, as all the older
Indians are in the same position. He
recommends that the Department of JUS
tiee be requested to investigate upon
whose authority the arrests were made.
and adds his opinion that the arrests
are simply made by the deputy marshaIs
to secure fees. He says:-'I decline &c
be held responsible for the conduct o.
the Indians as result of such actions.
Further proceedings should be stopped a.
once"
The case of the arrest of American
Horse was referred by Secretary Hoke
Smith to Attorney-General Oney some
days ago with the recommendation thar
when the case should be brought into
court the United States District At
torney move to dismiss it.
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tending that it was not present but
simply just compensation for services
rendered to the State.
EAT PRINTING JOBS.

tending that it was not present but
simply just compensation for services
rendered to the State.
FAT PRINTING JOBS.
Mr.. Corbin then took up the fat sta
tionery jobs by which certain favored
concerns have grown rich. He quoted the
law to show that the law required the
State officials to make acquisitions for
blanks and stationery which are obtained
by contract on competitive bids. Certain
officers, he said had been in the habit
of holding blank acquisitions for much of
their stationery and printing on the
ground that the necessity for them
could not before be seen and then they
would give out the work to a favorite
who would furnish them at very high
prices whereby the State lost consider
able sum of money.
AIr. Corbin then questioned Mr. Kelsey
as to why he did not make requisition
for election blanks.
At first, he said, because their neces-
sity could not be forseen, and when he
was told that there must be election
blanks every year, he said that the
Werts election law strictly required him
to furnish the blanks. but said nothing
about having them printed by contract.
wERTs ACT DIDN'T REPEAL.
.But the act of 1885 compels you to-
procure them by contract?" said Mr..
Corbin.
eyes. but this, the werts law. is
much BETTER" replied Mr. Kelsey.
sOh, but that don't repeal the law of
49, said Mr.. Corb.n, land that points
out the way you should procure the
blanks
May be so; may be So" was Mr..
Kelsey's reply.
Joseph L. Narr. editor and owner of
the True American printing estab-
lishment, who has made large sums of
money from the State for furnishing
the supplies, "the necessity of which
could not be seen." was placed on the
stand.
A FLIPPAiNT PUBLISHER.
He was very fiippant and adopted
puerile manner, which lily concealed
his efforts to evade the questions put
to him. He finally acknowledged that
he made money from the State.
Edwin Fitzgeorge, a printer of Tren-
ton, testified that certain books which
Narr printed cost him $2,53O.27, while the
State paid for the work $9397, or an
average of 26S per cent. profit.
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WIVES ENOUGH FOR A MORMON.

DETROIT, MICH, May IA, 1s95.--It is
claimed that William J. White. alias Whit
ney, who was arrested at Buchanan, Mich,
yesterday on the charge of bigamy and
grand larceny, had five wives at least. Wife
No. lives at Glasgow, Scotland Margaret
J. Harris, of Cawru, Ireland, was No. 2; Ida
Parker, of Cedar Falls, Iowa. No. 3; Rose
Willoughs No. A. and Mrs. Tomlison No 5.
He was living with a woman whom he
passed as a step-sister. This woman has
disappeared since Whites arrest, and as
only ST, 100 were found in his possession, it
is believed she took a large amount with
her.
Mrs. Tomlison's home is in Ansenia, Conn,
where her father is a wealthy citizen.
White was brought to this city this MORN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
DASHED HERSELF TO DEATH.

BROOKLYN, May A. 1S95.-Miss Julia
Phelps committed suicide at her resi-
dence. No. 81 Division avenue shortly af-
ter nine o'clock this morning, by jump
ing from the window of her room on the
third floor to the sidewalk. She died be-
fore the ambulance arrived. Miss Phelps
was about forty years Of. age, and a
daughter of the late George M. Phelps,
the electrical inventor. so WE'LL known
in connection with Improvements of the
printing telegraph. Within a year Miss
Phelps had also lost a brother and two
other relatives by death, and it is sup
posed she became temporarily insane
from grief 1t is stated that she had
made three attempts to end her life dur
ing the past few months.
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INsULTED AT MEADE's LET TER.
New Developments I'm the Court
Martial of Navy DoctOr X crscIner.

OA Navy AOCtOE
BROOKLYN, N. Y, May A. 1895.-The
trial of Medical Director Kershner of
the Navy ON a charge of perjury, was
continued today. The court assembled
this mornig at 10 o'clock. The Judge
Advocate, after requesting all witnesses
to withdraw, read the record of yes
terday's proceedings. DR.. Delavan
Bloodgood was put upon the stand. He
said that he had shown DR.. Kershner's
letter to Medical Inspector Van Ripper.
He was then closely questioned by Mr..
Choate, and admitted that it was a mere
inference on his part that the published
letter was similar to the one he had
received from DR.. Kershner.
Mr. Choate asked the witness to re-
call from memory the contents of Cap
tain Evans report. The Judge Advocate
objected. but his objection was not sus-
tanned. The witness then repeated what
he could remember of Captain Evans
endorsement bearing upon DR.. KerSh-
ner's action. The witness told of DR..
Kershner's record and service. His rec
ord, he said. was excellent, and his ser
vice hard They had beHIen close friends,
he said. for about thirtyyears. Mr..
Choate asked if DR.. Kershner had asked
the witnesses advice.
The witness said that DR.. Kershner
wrote to him very hurriedy. He was par
ticularly outraged and insulted at Ad-
miral Meade's letter, and asked the wit
nesss advice as to demanding an en-
Quiry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
BELL TELEPHONE REDUCES STOCK

ALBANY, May IA, 1S95.-The Interna-
tional Bell Telephone Company, Limit
ed, of New York City, today filed with
the Secretary of State a certificate of
the reduction of its capital stock from
s., 200, 900 to $1,OOO000. The certificate is
signed by Samuel D. Babcock Gardiner
C. Hubbard, VIM. Martens, Richard A.
McCury Charlton T. Lewis and Howard
S. Randall. directors of the company.
OF the stock to be cancelled, $402, 800
worth was held in the treasury of the
company. The debts and liabilities of
the corporation do not exceed $20O, ,00O
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
o0RBETT MEANS BUSINESS.

LONDON, May IA, 1S95-Sir George
Chetwynd and several other prominent
members of the National Sporting Club
approve the action taken by the club
last evening in declining to entertain
Corbett's proposal in regard to a fight
with Jackson under the clubs auspices.
The '.Pall Mall Gazette" says
seems almost incredible, he has only to
make suitable apology for his foolish
remarks and then a match will be ar
:, csad
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-14
CENSUS TAKING.
Enumerators Began Today
to Ascertain Jersey
City's Population.
POLICE MAY KEEP TALLY
Instructions by City Clerk Woolley
to the Canyassers-Work to
Be Finished in July.

The twenty-four census enumerators
appointed last Tuesday evening by the
Board of Aldermen. met in City Clerk
Wooliey's office in the City Hall yester-
DAY afternoon and received Instructions
from that officer in relation to their du-
ties. City Clerk Woolley proposes super
vislng the work as far as possible, so as
TO make it as complete in every particu-
lar as it should be.
There are two enumerators in each of
the twelve wards An enumerator is
paid two cents for every name, and al
though the men appointed are regarded
as perfectly honest, the two cents per
name might, it is believed, prove an in
centive for the registration of fictitious
names.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CENSUS TAKERS.
Mr.. Woolley read all the laws relating
to the census takers, and particularly
warned them to exercise great care in
getting the names of the streets properly
erly. and also the numbers of the houses
visited.
The reports of the enumerators will
have to show the following:
Native white males.
Native white females.
Native colored males.
Native colored females.
Foreign maleS-Irish.
Foreign females-Irish.
Foreign maleS-Gerrnan
Foreign females-Germans
Foreign males-All other nationalities.
Foreign females-AI other nationals
ties.
Children of five years of age and un-
der-males.
Children of five years of age and under
females.
All males. five to twenty years of age.
All females, five to twenty years OF
age
All males. twenty to sixty years of
All females. twenty to sixty years of
age.
All males. over sixty years of age.
All females. over sixty years OF age.
TO CHECK THE CENSUS.
1t is proposed to have the enumeratorS
report at City Clerk Woolley's Office at
least once d week in order to keep some
track of the progress that is being made.
Mayor Wanser is considering the ad-
visibility of requesting the Police Com
missioners to have check enumeration
made by the police The difficulty is
that it will involve a great expense and
keep many men at work for a long time,
while they should be performing police
service.
The enumeration is supposed to be
completed by January l, at which time
all returns must be forwarded by ex-
press to the Secretary of State. The
enumeration began this morning