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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-21
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSION
EEKS.
{omcial Proceedings.l

(Oficial ProceedlnSSJ
Regular meeting Of the Board Of Police
Court room. Wednesday, July %, 1856
Present-AH the members
Minutes of last meeting approved as
printed.
trials Of officers against whom charges
had been preferred. as follows
Patrolrnan William Dawson, First pre-
cinct, charge. absence without leave
Patrolman james T. second
precinct, charge, absence without leave,
The Board, having heard the pleadings
and testimony. deliberated and sentenced
the accused officers that were found gull
ty. as follows
Patrolrnan William Dawson, found
guilty ana sentenced 10 be fined one days
Batrolman James II. Lenahan. found
guilty ana sentenced to be fined one Gays
PRESENTATIONS OF coMMUNIcA-
TONS AND PETITIONS.
Communications. etc, We're received ana
disposed of as follows
reply to resolutions Of Board relating to
policy layer
Referred to Committee of the Whole
and spread on minutes.
Headquarters Police Department,
Jersey City, July 2. 1896.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners
Gentlemen-In reply to your resolutions
spectfully submit the following report
s.Resolvea. That the Chief of Police pc
and is hereby ordered to report 70 TINS
Board. at its next meeting, How 1t IS
that the county officers successfully raid
ed a notorious policy den, at 1876 Morris
street. a little over four blocks from
Headquarters. and succeeded in capturing
seven prisoners. and policy paraphernalia
including stamping machines, o1lciai
stamps and other outfit.
I would respectfully say as % uhis fs-
solution that | presume the county ON
ctals v0u refer 10 got Informal iron tiit
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stevens, cleverness Won.

The National tennis tournament at
Newport furnished another excellent
series of games yesterday. in which the
cracks exerted their best efforts to pull
out the sets INDUCED in.
The match between Richard Stevens Of
Hoboken and Clarence r. Budlong vas
the most exciting played. IT was most
ly a contest between the back and for
ward style of play, one bringing into
exhibit the distinctive qualities Of the
proved the last, Budlong started in weak
" batting everything out of the court for
two games. Then he braced UP n soon
had h score at gwes-ail, where it was
held until 4 each had been scored. Ste
yens played with unusual steadiness and
fought out every deuce, and his rapid
strokes and low drives, together with
Budlong's wild returns. enabled him to
win out in the odd game, also the tenth
n decisive one as we'll R. D. Wrenn
won from e. Wrenn. Summary:-
Second Round-Neel beat Cragin, Ga
81; r. Stevens beat Budlong. GA. 0G.
Ga 81; r. ID. Wrenn beat E. Wrenn,
6, Ga, l2-l0; Learned beat Lee, 81,
So, 69; Whitman beat Ward, 653. So.
60; Fischer beat Carleton, 6-3, SIS, 81,
60, Stevens beat Budleng. GA, 0-6, Cd,
Cd; 9. l. Wrenn beat Paret, 61, 81.
6-S; Sheldon beat Ware, 61, 6-S, g.
5e, CD.
Observation-Disclosures Round-Hal-
lowell beat H. d. Cleveland, Ga Go;
Fineke beat Leslie, 60, So.
There was no play in the tennis tour
nament in the afternoon. except in the
consolation and i-nterscholastic series, the
results of which follow
Consolations-Preliminary Round5Car-
penter beat Clothier, So, co. Parke
beat Bethel, G-3, Is, 60 Willing beat
Jordan. Ga. 75.
I~nterscholastic - Preliminary Round -
Fincke (Yale) beat Turner University of
Chicagol. Ga 46. 6E3.
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Sueces.fuI markssmen.

The shooting contest in connection with
the P~lattdeutsche festival at Union HiIl
decided in a victory for Captain
Emil Berkrnan of the Hoboken Schuet-
zen Corps, who defeated all Corners on
the honor target with a total Of so in
a possible "a and he was rowned king
of the fest. Henry Behmke Of Houser
Company. No. Is, Washington Rifles. was
a close second. In IN team shoot the
event IN which everyone was Interested
IN, the bonors were captured by the IN
dependent Schuetzen Corps Of Hoboken
with a record Of 2lS. The New York
city schuetzens were second with 2a7.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-21

PROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVE
MENT OF ST. PAuL,s AVENUE.
ETC.
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80 Ia. All drain. soil. waste. vent and
supply pipes shah be As direct and caneen,
readily accessible Tor Convenience n repairing
and inspection. When necessarfly placed with
y 80 n,ras msst never BE- covered except
WITH Woodwork. said woodwork % BE- 50 fas-
tened with screws (pever natis) as TO be readily
sc a. Every vertical soil pipe. waste PIPE
and vent pipe must be OF cast or wrought
iron or D lead and muss extend full size
excent IN the case OF hat-roos tenement houses.
in which case Il shait extend at least six
feet above the roof. and in all cases such pspe
shall terminate e a point which SHAH be
anrroved by the Beard Of Health. No cap
or cowl shall be afnxed 70 the top Of such
ventilation pipe. but 9 ssropg. wire basket shall
~ provided and securely fastened thereto.
zach length Shall be securely fastened and in
the case Of each lire Of sell pipe K shall rest
vent settling. All Joints In c~ast-iuon drain. soil
or waste pipes must be 50 filled with oaktun
ras tight. and the amount Of lead used shall
moi be less than II ounces 10 each inch diam
iron pipes shall have gas tight screw Joints.
Lead pipes shall have wiped joints
sec. IS. Horizontal soil and waste pipes are
sec, IS. There shall he no traps placed on
vertical soil and waste pipes
Sec. IL. All changes n direction in cast or
wrought iron pipes shall be made with curved
pipes. and all connections, with 7 branches
and one-sixteensh or ene-eighth bends. If pos
Sc sse Is. sell. waste and vent Pipes il al
extension must he extended above the reaf
Of the main building. when otherwise they
dows Of the main house or the adjoining
Sc. -. The least diameter Of soil-pipe must
be four inches. A vertical waste pipe. into
which a line Of kitchen sinks discharge. must
be at least three inches n diameter, n recesx-
ing The waste q ave q more sinks. and shah
see, "a. Where lead pipes are used to DON
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- -
Chairman James D. Boyd, of the New
Jersey Athletic Club. has everything in
readiness for the clubs celebrstion which
Will be held on Labor Day at Bergen
Point. The principal fcatores VIII be the
attempt of Bernard ]. Wefers, the
Georgetown University champion, to beat
the 300 yard record in a special 500 yard
scratch race. Wefers is without douot
the greatest runner in the world. and hes
performances on the track clearly DEM
oDstrate this.
The knowing ones feel convinced that
Wefers in his present condition will have
no trouble in creating a new worlds
record in the 300 yard run. He is now
training at Traver's Island under the
careful eye of Mike Murphy. and is rum
ming in excellent shape. The Athletic
Committee at a meeting last night Sc
Referee, W. B. Curtis. N. Z. A. G.; Ref
cree Cycling. Frank Eveland. IF. C. W.;
Starter. W. n. Robertson. Judges, H. S.
Cornish, x. a. g.; T. S. Weeks. NY. 4.
". Y. a. c.: ]. Newman. N. J.. A "A. G..
A. G.. u. Timers, C. c. Hughes, Robert
T. Hail, ]. J. Waeeh. c. Robinson. M.
Bishop; Field Judges. A.. n jordan, N. Y.
A. G.; J FIaYley, K A. G.; Y. ].
c.; NJ. A. Cumming, 3. r. A c.: G. E.
ATYnstt, N. ]. A. c.; Judges of Walking.
Sam Austin; Assistant Judges of Walking
S. Isles SYLVIA, G. M. Sehuts, N. 4. v. J..
=. Mcknight Star Al offeial Reporter
ISOLATION Football, Oliver s, Jones, ". J.
A. O.
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The a. A. u. Championship

Notwithstanding the fact that the A. A.
u. championship meeting entries win not
close until September 5, the athletes in the
different sections of the country are show
ing great interest in the meeting. Char
ence v. Moore, of the Newton A. A.,
Newton, Mass, one of the strongest New
England clubs, has sent in his entry for
the one and the three mile walks. Moore
is looked upon in New England as one
of the best walkers in the ountry and
they expect him to win quite easily against
Sam Leibgold. the Metropolitan champion.
Mr.. Moore won the New England Assoeia-
ton championships in 1894 and 1895, and
this year hi has shown improved form.
Besides Mr.. Moore. Mr.. Murdo Mackenzie.
of Philadelphia, Pa; Lue<en Barnes, Jr..
OF Buffalo, NY; T. j.. Quinn. of Scranton,
Pa, and Henry Kirke White, Of New
York have sSgr1ed their Intention Of
this VIII be the most representative
championship meeting ever held by the
A. A.. 2. OF course the Interest IN and
angular ght between the New Jersey A..
c.. the New Yor A. c. and the Knlcker-
booker A. c. will be great. The New
York "A. C. was not represented at the,
Metropolitan championships of the A. "A.
u. and the New Jersey a. C. scored the
most number of points with the Knicker-
booker a. c. a close second. and the New
Yorks feel confident that on September
u with their team of champions they
will have no Il in dispostng of the
aspirations of the New Jerseys and the
of the two latter organizations DON'T.
feel that the New York A.. C. win have
everything their own way this year. The
Pastime A. G viii also cut quite an
meeting. for they have some sur things
in several of the events.
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The genuine Cuban Giants viii play
the Orange A. G.. team the third game
Of the series at the Oval tomorrow at
four o'clock. AS it now stands both
teams have won a game and the third
shout be a most interesting one. The
Orange team viii have several new men.
Gressinger. who played short early in the
season, will again be with the team. and
Giinster of Princeton viii cover third.
George Stevens, the crack left handed
pitcher of the University of North Caro-
lima, will also be with the team. With
these additions the Orange team will
present a stong fielding and batting aggre-
CATION.
The morning times., 1896-05-10
Sometimes Many Twenty Varieties of Fishes Are Caught
In One Haul of the Net.
STEAM POWER OFTEN EMPLOYED IN HAULING THEM
oe Than Three Thousand Miles of Riparian Ways Along the
o he North
DIFFERENT KINDS FOUND IN THE NUMEROUS SOUNDS

and quickly fastens it TO another lying IN
the furthest Sheath-bIOck. The engine starts
instantly, and the line begins 70 come in
straining upon the seine, withits leads lying
upon the bottom a mile away
Like a moving fence it advances shore
ward, turning back the bewildered fish,
wnICu. III jne EraSpOI tGU lie +. 30 not become
much frightened until it has closed upon
three sides after which only a few md
their way around the ends Steadily the
net lines come in.
The crews, IA The meantime, preparing
for the next haul. take the lines into the
boats as fast as they a re unTeeled from the
drums and lay them in "a series o. great coils
along the bottom OF the boat Is soon as
reIoading begins.
As the seine approaches the shore silence
prevails. The area OF water inside the
COrkS which line the seine shows signs OF
agitation Quick swirlS and rGffleC wavelets
cover the surface. Large fishes make rapid
curves IN and ont again.
The splasbing increases as the mass OF
fishes is pulled and Gro wded on the beach
Huge sturgeon slide heavily through tte
l-iSteuing mass until struck with a gaE-
hook in the hands Of why negro. Every
thiugiS pulled out high and dry. the Tapping
soon ceases. and dead mass lies on the
shore in place OF The active, brilliant shOaI
OF fishes which came up in the net.
The catches OftentDes are enormous On
Dr. Capehart'S plantation at AvOca- nearly
2OO, 600 herring were brought in at one
haul OF the seine. It required fifty men
several hOars to get them ashore. The
pile. when on the wharf. measured so feet
long. % feet wide. and 2 feet deep
The fish would have filed twenty coal
cars. II has been said that as many as
4OO, 900 herring have been saved from I
single haul of q seine IN Altemarle Sound.
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His Excellent Parts.

"A recent governor OF Georgia was AIipwn
To be great church man and sincerely aud
unaiterabiy opposed to gambling and
drinking, These charges haG been preferred
against an applicant tor a vacant iudgesIip
Conviyial friend OF tie candidate cana
TO Atlanta To see the governor in behalf
of his friend. He was better known for
his good heart than for his good Judgment.
His Judgment and his breath were bOth mel
low when he went 30 the governor.
Gov, old boy Ire said, charges been
made jim plays poker. He plays less pn-
kern any man in the county. Now, leInTne
tell you, old man. I've played with ,3ifu ard
he S the poorest poker player ever 81 " IN IL
life, and you cant get the fool over Il 50
limit. And as for whisky, Gov, lenmc
tell you about that Known him all my lie
and I'll AXE pa raiyZed oath never saw idm
stagger niOre'n twelve times in Tny life
old sport you jest appoint jim. He's all
right. He's got stuff, governor. EII hes
the poorest poker player ever Sa ~ a t
ldnta Journal
The morning times., 1896-05-10
Cost of College Education.

A modern college education is some times
secured at pretty serious outlay, truthful Y
remarks the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 4
young college man. perfect picture of
sound manhood, was home from an Eastern
college recently and his fond father alluded
with pardonable pride to his educational
progress.
Hes looking as fine as fiddle, a" said the
listener
Yes said the father, 'if it wasn't for
his ear and his knee he'd be model of
SouudneSs."
whats the matter with his eare''
Slightly deaf. Football player jumped
on his head"
And his knee?''
''TenGons permanently sprained. Another
football player kicked him.
TOO bad
Yes; if it wasn't for that knee he'd he
in both the college crew and the football
eleyeu.''
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fruit full of pins. tacks. marline spikes, and
pile drivers. A bunch OF bananas ismadeup
OF certain number (Say eight or teni ut
clusters or "hands." After the retailer
bu VS. the bunchesrrom the ewhoIeSalcrhea ny
or may not want to count the hands on
each bunch. If he does, he merely has TO
do it. The banana is not acrobatic Each
one stays inits particular place and submits
to being counted without protest. Any
body who has ever seen 4 cluster OF bananas
in aultalian shand cart may reatlIlyunder-
stand that it is not hard TO find the exact
number in the cluster without calling
the higher matheuatics into use.
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ing food for so large a family was heavy.
aud Scnaca Haines. work and save as he
might was never abe TO lit the mort
gage from the farm. He and his wife
were getting old Mrs. HaiDes being fifty-
eighi years OF age, when one day. just
as HaineS was making excuse for delay
III paying the interest ana citing the size
Of his family, the holder of the mOrtga ge
sud to hiIn: Seneca. I'll tell you what
I'll do. If you aud Hannah have one more
baby I'll cancel that mortgage"
lii about Il year the twenIy-seCond baby
arrived, and the holder of the mortgage
did as he had agreed
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THEY GOT THE LION.
Exciting Adventures OF Two Colorado
Miners In Their Camp.

Miners In Their Camp
Ne5r Orleans Democrat.
The mountain lion" remarked n old
miner some time ago, rs becoming rare
in the mountains OF the West. When I
first went seeking after the gold and sill
Yer OF Colorado these animals were
rather plentiful They were met iu pairs,
and were common enough To make II haz-
aTdOus for a man TO walk IN the valleys
alone and unprotected. particularly after
dark l remember on one occasion having
a slight adventure W ith a IiOn that al
most scared me out OF my wits.
With pal / was working a claim in
the mountains near Ouray. Winter came
on. aud one day, before the very cold
weather set in. we went TO JhetOwn to get
supplies. leaving our little cabin on the
mountain alone. 1t cane ON 70 snow
soon after we got To- Ouray. aud we did
not get chance TO 90 to the claim for
fully a week As we slowly climbed the
hills | noticed the tracks OF a mountain
lion, leading towards our cabin. and when
we reached the house found that we had
forgotten to close a window in the side.
We had lost sight OF the tracks and the
sight of the open window caused me TO
forget all about the animal and it's pres
ence.
Il started for the window, and was
about to put my head into the apartment
when there came terrible grOwI aud the
next Instant a great yellow body darted
through the opening. right over my back
its claws catching my buckskiu and ripping
1t open TO my waist. turning me completely
over and into the snow. My pal whipped
out hiS gun aud the Internal lion turned
on him. making fearful leap in his Or
rection- Before he could shoot. the beast
was upon him. and seizing him blythe slack
OF his Jacket. shook him as If he had been
rat. was on my feet by this tine. aud
drawing my revolver. sueaked up and put
bullet rightthrOugh hishead- He edropped
ndmy paldrew his breat Ia freely Queen ore
Neither OF US was hurt. but the ions skin
IN another week was serving as d rug bymy
COT
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Is A PRODIGY IN DRAWING.
Little Eleven Y ear-OId Reuben l..
Goldberg Has Talent.


Although little Reuben l.. Goldberg is
only eleven years Old, he has shown re-
ma rEable talent for drawing pictures.
specimen of his work has been reproduced
by the San Francisco Call, honor enough
to turu the head OF a much older young
person.
Reuben lives in san Francisco, where his
father Max Goldberg, RS leading politi-
cian Up to a few mOL-is ago Reuben
never had taken any instruction in draw
ing other than the simple exercises given
all pupils in the public schools. Then his
persistent and some " hat successful at
tcmpts to deineate faces attracted ms
fathers attention, and, thinking he might
develop talent if given a chance, it was
decided that he should take lessons in
dra wing.
Thus far his only tutor has been man
who draws and paints advertising pic
lures. but the lad has already done one
elaborate pen picture that would do credit
to one twice his age.
The morning times., 1896-05-10
TOO CLOSE TO THE SHIP.
One of the Unexpected Things That
Occurred at Launching.
York ETaIsCry-o,,,,


Here, my dear" said the man with the
long. black coat, tall hat and flowing beard,
:" We can see the every movement OF the big
boat as IL gIideS into the water This point
or view seems to have escaped the ObServa-
vation of the crowd but had my eve on it
from the first 1t commands the whole scene
except The cutting of the ropes. and that
doesn't amount TO anything. There's nothing
holds IL now but the ropes. They've taken
out all the props Us you see, and everything
Is ready for the final act. a CCording TO my
notion. thiSIS the emOStinteresting and exCit-
ing moment at a launching. Everybody
seems 10 be holding his breath. You can al
most hear the peoples hearts beat. The
great ship lies motionless, but you can
ina gine her struggling 10 be free ana eager
to leap into the-into the arms of the CaIU-
met Everything has been weil creased. and
when she does come she'll come Ike an
avalanche There Seci
She starts! She moves! She seems to
feel
Wool! Gl-sp-.gr-ch-Sn-sn sn-ouch! Dol
WOwi Elizabeth, where are you? Great
ScottI Who would have thought the thund-
dcring Old tub was going q Spatter Ike
that? Great Caesar. amt tkc water cold
Let's get cut of thiSf''
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ELUSIVE AUBURN BANANAS.
Difficulties GrOcers Up There Are
Said TO Have in Counting Them.
Ne,r York Sun

Difficulties GrOcers Up There Are
Said TO Have in Counting Them.
Ne,c York Sun.
They have peculiar notions at Auburn
of the-elusiveness OF bananas. According
toa newspaper up there the banana is good
deal like the Irishman's pig that wouldn't
stand Still long enough TO be counted.
Auburn grocers. SO an esteemed suburban
contemporary says, count their bananas by
marking each one with O riece of chalk.
Sometimes the newspaper declares,
''they use pins. sticking a pin into each
banana as the count progresses. This
method is not so popular for the reason that
YOU have TO 60 eyer tl!e bunch again to
recover the pins. where, by marking them
with chalk. you are all done with the job
as soon as You can complete the count
1t rs next TO impossible to count bunch
of bananas accurately unless one adopts
some method of marking those already
counted They look alike and you find
yourself counting the same ones twice.
There are other methods of counting
bananas than those advocated by he
Auburn grocers. Instead of using pins
tacks which are more readily to distinguish
on q yellow surface. might be hammered
into the golden fruit. Then. in case the
dreaded banana snake should appear. the
tack hammer would be handy 10 extract
its fangs.
Bananas may be counted also by the
simple process of tying a red ribbon Tor
pink or blue, il red is Objectionable To the
aesthetic taste of the counter} around each
banana. After all the bananas are be-
nhhoned. the exact number of the bunch
may be found out by uutying allthe ribbons
and counting the ribbons. The snake story
editor has suggested that simpler way
fa11ff /,f
cluster, which is a part OF bunch is to
train the banana snake TO coil around each
banana in the cluster, then to have it fall
from the cluster without uncoiliug 1t
may be determined. by the simple mathe-
matical process of counting the coils. ex-
actly how many bananas there are in a
cluster, An0the6 Metbod of counting, by
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which mistakes are impossible, is to eat
each banana on the bunch and keep tally
with the discarded skins. But this might
be fatal to the counter.
Wholesale and retail fruit dealers in this
city who saw the clipping from the Auburn
newspaper saidthat wholesalers didn'tcount
bananas, and that retailers had no trouble
in doing so. 1t is not necessary To fill the
The morning times., 1896-05-10
ISAAC WALTON UP TO DATE

when discovered two years ago by Charles
I. Coutant, rof Kingston, who purchased
it with view 70 using it us the site for
q clubhouse =
The place was once the home of one OF
the largest families in the country, and an
amusing history is attached to it. Nearly
century ago Senaca Haines, then newly
married, bought the tract ON credit from
The morning times., 1896-05-10

large landholder, made a small clear
ing and erected rude log cabin. To this
home in the wilderness he brought his
young wife, Hannah, and in this little
cabin twenty-one children were born to
them. Although the clearing was made
larger year by year, and the number of
workers in the family grew larger as
the children grew up, still the cost OF find
The morning times., 1896-05-10
MORTGAGE LIFTED BY A BABY
The Money Lender Surrendered at
Its Arrival.

A club, composed of wealthy New York
men, has about closed a bargain for the
purchase of the Old Seneca Haines hom--
stead, two miles from Shaudaken, n. Y.
They will use it as Il private fish and
game preserve, and will erect costly
clubhouse on the commanding height. from
which there is one of the finest views of
mountain and valley in the Catskills. The
estate comprises 450 acres Of the widest
kind Of land, embracing a lofty mountain
peak and valley through which meanders
an almost ice-cold stream abounding in
trout
1t is an ideal spot for club to locate.
being so near railway accommoda tions and
yet so isolated as to make the visitor
seem as though he were miles from civili-
Zation. 1t had been abandoned for years,
The morning times., 1896-05-10
Rnre Thinp About Noses.

II is a somewhat siE gular fact that the
rarcst OF all noses is that found where
one would naturally expect to ind it.
in the middle of the face. Taking 100 heads
at random, one will not ind. On an average,
more than three in which the bridge OF The
nose deScends perpendsculariy from u
straight line drawn exactly between the
Public Ledger.
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How They Took II.

The Diplomatic Girl had a dream lasJ
night / dreamt that we were married
I took 10 as an omeu.
The Casual Mani had q similar dream.
i dreamt that we were married. too.
took it as q warning-Truth
The morning times., 1896-05-10
A Gifted Man.

''Gibbs, do you worry about fina ncial af-
fairs when you arc in church,
No; always wear very high. stiff COL
lar so can concentrate my thoughts. .''-Ex-
change.
The morning times., 1896-05-10
HOW m Is DONE.

An active fellow, in waist boots, from
each crew, wades ashore with the line