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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
TELEPHONE COMPANY IN TROUBLE

The plant Of the Citizens Telephone
Company of this city will be sold at the
east front door of the Court House De-
cembers7, 1896. by the United States Trust
Company of Kansas City under a deed of
trust held by the latter. In the sale will
be included all the -switchboards, wires,
poles, fixtures and belongings of the Tele-
phone Company. The United States Trust
Company has had a claim against the
Telephone Company for more than a year,
and took possession of the plant several
months ago, as trustee. In the meantime
the Telephone Company has had all kinds
of difficulties to encounter, and applica-
ton has been made on several occasions
for a receiver. The plant has been kept
out Of the hands of a receiver by the
united efforts of the stockholders and the
United States Trust Company. An appli-
cation for a receiver was made by Daniel
Ransom a short time ago, on a claim
transferred to him by the Standard I'M
derground Gable Company. 1t developed
that the amount due the Gable Company
had been rendered and a receiver denied
The United States Trust Company was
made defendant in that action, as well as
in several others. The Trust Company
holds 1900 bonds of $50 each, It's claim
against the Telephone Company amount
ing to S100, 600. The property will be sold
to the highest bidder.-St. Joseph News.
October 26.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
N. E. LOCAL PREACHERS
Organized Yesterday In Newark
Interesting Services.
Special to the Jersey City Nelcs.

- Ht0f ~ ~ ~ NNt3 Z
NEWARK, Nov. 10, 1Ss6.-At st. An
ark Conference Local Preachers Asso-
citation was organized by the election of
the following oficers:-President. the
Rev. Isaac Cook, Of Phillipsburg; vice
presidents. the Rev. c. NJ. Braisted, Eliza
beth District; the Rev. Theodore La Rue.
Jersey City Districts. the Rev. Thomas p.
Day, Newark District; the Rev. l. Clax-
ton, Paterson District; secretary, the Rev.
J. R. Shaffer, Belleville; the
Rev. r.. H. Gillespie, Bloomfield.
Evangelical services were held at night,
in which many of the local preachers took
part. The exercises began at nine O'Clock
Methodist love feast, led by the Rev.
Thomas p. Day. This was followed by
the morning sermon at 1915 The preach
er was the Rev. Lewis Johnson, of Brook
Ign, and his topic was Prayer" Many In
the audience were aroused to a high pitch
of religious fervor by the speakers ex-
hortations. After the sermon there was
a solemn and impressive celebration OF
the Lords Supper. led by President Isaac
Cook, and participated in by twelve local
preachers.
In the afternoon the Sunday school was
conducted by Superintendent R. J. Crevel-
ing, of Roseville. and an address was
made to the children by the Rev. John
Flint. Of Brooklyn.
A temperance meeting was held at 3:4s
o'clock and addresses were made by c. w,
Roder, j.. Bratton and DR.. G. F. Jackson,
of Newark; Thomas p. Day, of Bloom
field. and James Clayton, of Brooklyn
The regular night service was preceded
by an Epworth League meeting at seven
o'clock, led by Sister Goldsmith. of the
Centenary Church. and at 7:45, the Rev
j.. r. Knox, of New York. delivered ar
address on Individual Responsibility. 2
He was followed by Vice-President LIZ
Rue, of Jersey City. on Personal Work, .
and the Rev. w. A. Owen, on THE I'm.
portance of Deciding Now" The Rev. #
S. Sherwood, of Brooklyn, gave the invita-
ton to the altar and it was quickly filled
with those seeking salvation The meet
ings will be continued every night this
week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
sPORTsMBN HAPPY.
Game Season opens Today for Hare
and Quail.
SpecidI to the Jersey CITY NeuA


TRENTON, Nov. 10, 1Ss6.-The season
opened today. Hundreds of sportsmen ar
rived in this region from Philadelphia
and various other places last night. all
prepared to secure game, which is abun-
dant in the forests hereabouts this sea-
son.
1t is reported tina game this year is far
more plentiful than any previous year.
The game wardens kept a sharp lookout
for the past two weeks, for considerable
game is being unlawfully killed.
The vicinity of Trenton is not consid-
cred very good for rabbit shooting. yet
at the beginning OF the season unners
who get up early and know just where to
go, often succeed in bagging a number
within walking distance of the city.
Better shooting, however, can be found
in the hilly districts of Hunterdon and
Warren Counties. in Ocean County, in
Burlington County and, in fact, almost
a ~favorite place for Trenton sportsmen is
in the region surrounding Hopeweil. An
other good locality Will be found up the
river from Washingtonts Crossing up TO
and beyond Frenchtown- South Jersey.
however. is the most popular place of all,
and here is where probably the best
shooting IS to be found.
There are also more quail this season
than usually. These are also to be found
in quantities in South Jersey and any
where through Ocean county. especially
in the vicinity Of the pines
The demand for shells. guns and gun
ning supplies in Trenton has been very
great recently. Mr.. Allen. of Hanover
street. who keeps a gun store. says that
during the past two weeks he sold 10000
loaded shells. He said the demand was
greater than he had ever remembered it
before.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
HoBoKEN SCHOOL BOARD.

AT the meeting of the Hoboken School
Board last evening the superintendent re-
ported hat the registry for the month OF
October was 6,S6S. and the average at
tendance 6,3S1. He also reported that
the public schools had 229 classes with
100 teachers.
The report of the fire drill showed that
Schools No. 4 and 5 were the quickest to
get from the building in this exercise.
A communication from the School Mas
ters' Gu recommended that pape COW
ers for the desks be substituted In place
of the cloth covers now in use. that each
class nave a book for general reference.
and that a uniform programme of
studies for the different grades be placed
In a neat frame and hung up In the class
rooms
The Board adjourned 20 meet on No
panbar "
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

The Protectionist Is rampant again. He
has learned nothing. Same old greed,
same old ignorance, same old s~eIishness,
same old stupidity!
Gu friend the Yellow Dog, Arizona Edi-
tor of the Stat Gazette hobs up, this
morning, with a couple of gems of logic
He has an amusing trick of picking up a
kernel Of truth in an almanac or an old
newspaper and then building up a mass
of misunderstanding about it equal to the
Ptolemaic conception Of the solar system.
The kernel of truth this time Is porten-
tously set forth in these large words
All unnecessary transportation is a
waste of energy, and our development
ought to tend in the direction of reducing
IL 10 the minimum,
From this is deduced hi remarkable
conclusion that the country needs a pro-
aective tariff to choke off foreign markets
and cause all our commodities 20 be con-
suIued at home.
Perhaps you think we are Joking. for it
is hard to imagine such a fool argument
appearing in a prominent newspaper; but
after the silver eccentricities. we can bet
Ter realize the idiocies of protectionist
logic. and anyway that we may not be
accused of unfairness. W. will quote the
s.stats GaEstts's" expressions VERBATIM
Transportation only consumes; it does
not create. 1t is a tax on every article
carried. and should be avoided as far as
possible, and the force now going into its
wasteful service released for more profit
able and productive labor, or at least not
Increased unnecessarily.
This can only be done by encouraging
the building Up OF home markets. As We
are legislating for this country and not
for any other. the first step is to relieve
our people from dependence upon the for.
eign market.
This form Of irsanity is quite as bad as
IS to l. 1t is equally futile to argue will
. man WIN thinks he can iegIslate value
into a metal aud one who thinks he car
increase the peoples capacity for con.
Stunning wheat by putting a tax on for.
eign pottery.
All protectionists are not as silly as this
however. They see the weakness of theil
case and stick to the convenient side
issue. the lack Of revenue. OF course
every reasonable man knows that tn,
lack Of revenue is not due to the tariff
ct all but to the late currency agitation
There are ample statistics to show tina
BY the time the regular session Of tn
Fifty-scventh Congres would be due II
December, 1897. the present tarin will b
producing all the money the Government
needs. But the representatives, OF tn
~paupered Industries don't want to wal
and see. There is q deficit now. and !
inst suits their plans for Increased pro
lection. This is why . clamorous cry 1
being raised in certain quarters for a
extra session of Congress to pass tn
pinxlsy bill. Ii is now or never. and tn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
rhe Freeholder omce crab.

It seems probable that two or three
Republican .Freeholders will refuse to go
into the abominable office-grabbing enter
prise which the local bosses of their party
projected the moment it was ascertained
that accident had given them control of
the Board. We are glad to see this. The
wholesale spells system is a disgrace to
the age we live in, and we nail with
pleasure any display of conscientious re-
gard for the rights of old employees. no
matter on which side it may be
exhibited.
Many of the present county employees
have been a lifetime in the public SER
vice. Some of them have become experts
in their duties and nave thus lost the
fitness for earning their livelihood in
other occupations. This is especially true
of the humber grades. the turkeys and
attendants at the Snake Hill Institutions,
the bridge tenders and holders of similar
positions. These are unfortunately pro-
tected by no civil service rules, except
in the case of veterans Though they
have to devote themselves to their tasks
until they acquire special knowledge and
training in many cases. yet there is moth
ing to protect them in the enjoyment of
the ruits of their sobriety and industry.
The same principle applies to many of
the clerks in the offices about the Court
House. Some of them have grown old
or middle aged in the service. Now, If
the will of the Republican bosses is con-
summated, they may find themselves
heartlessly thrown on the streets.
The situation is the more calling this
year because it is plainly not due to the
deliberate purpose of the voters. Nothing
but the difficulty of pasting caused the
victory of the Republican candidates. The
real will of the people on the local ticket
is shown in the vote for Heller and Lii
lis. The accident of the day was the
Freeholder revolution. Even If it were
not an accident, the case would hardly
be altered, for then it would be plain that
the newly elected men owed their sue
cess to Democratic votes and the obliga-
ton to show some consideration for Dem
ocratic officials and employees would be
even more binding.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
MUCH CRY, LITTLE FIRE.

Blk Cop Clemenson of the Fifth pre-
cinct, while riding along the Boulevard
near Warner avenue, yesterday after
noon, was startled by the shrill cries OF
Fire, fire, help" Upon investigation he
found Inai several women eollected IN
hauer, Warner avenue near the Boulevard,
and they were s~creeching at the top OF
their voices. Not seeing any smoke Or
flame he inquired what the trouble WAC
and an excited female Informed him that
1.-THE whole house was on fire."
After a thorough search he discovered
a small fire in the kitchen. HI e~xtinguish-
ed it with.fwo buckets fun of water. The
damage amounted 10 less than $40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
BIG FIRE AT STOCKTON.
a Saw MIL and Handle Factory
burned BY Incendfaries.
spccfo1to tbs Jersev C4ty Nctrs.

LAMBERTvILLE. Nov. 10. 1Sss-A dis
astrcus fire visited the village of Stock
ton, three miles above here, yesterday.
srhe large saw mill and handle factory
was entirely consumed. The fire. which
was of ~ineendiary origin was discovered
about eleven o'clock and at one time
threatened the destruction Of the entire
town. Word was sent here for help, and
the Pennsylvania Railroad ordered a spe-
ciai train to convey an apparatus to the
scene, but BY the time 1t was ready to
start the fire was gotten under control.
The town Is without any hre protection
and the who1e plant was consumed to-
rether with q large quantity OF soft coal
and phosphate stored in the mill. A large
amount Of lumber, finished and unfinished
Handles. patterns and two office buildings
were also destroyed. The machinery Is
s total loas. The handle factory wac run
46v Aseemblyman David LawShe. Los& be-
tween ave and SIX thousand dollHr1. part
II 6o3ered by tn1nf&nq&
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
WHO STRUCK CHARLES GROSS

A man lying in front Of No. 529 Adams
street, Hoboken. with two big gashes
in his head. was found by a policeman
early this morning. The man gave his
name as Charles Cross. of No. 500 Adj
ans street. He said he had been struck
by some one as he was entering the hall
way of his house. When he was struck
he taggered out of the doorway and
down the street, two houses away, where
he fell. He said he thought he knew
who his assailant was. but refused to
give his name. In the hallway of the
house was found a broken mop handle.
with blood on il.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

made a Justice of the Supreme Court In
His present term will expire in 1897.
Vi~ce-Chancellor Alfred Reed is a thor
ough Trentonian. He was born in Ewing
township In 1899. He was a member Of
Trenton Common Council in 1866, and In
1869 was appointed Law Judge of Mercer
county, a position he held for a full term
Of five years. In 1875 he was made d
Justice of the Supreme Court and was
r~eappointed in 1882 and again in 1889. He
was made Viee-Chancellor in 1895.
There are many others who have
achieved distinction at the law, but space
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

TO THE CREDITORS OF THE NEW YORK
Recorder Company. a corporations
Ry virtue OF an order Of the Court OF Chance
cry OF the State of New Jersey. made ON the
day of the date hereof, in the matter Of the
petition Of John II. Patterson. for the APP
pointment Of a Receiver for abe New York
Recorder Company. you are hereby notified to
nresent to me. the Receiver of said Company.
under oath or affirmation. or otherwise prove.
to my satisfaction. your several claims and
demands against the said corporation within
three months from the date OF said order. or
Won viii be excluded from the benefit OF such
dividends as may De thereafter declared BY
said Court upon the proceeds OF the aforesaid
enrroration. Claims TO be presented to the
Reseiver at the office of Wallis, Edwards q
Bumsted. at No. l Exchange Place. Jersey
City. n. J.
Dased October u. 1896.
GEORGE W. TURNER.
&c On Herefver
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
USEFUL BOOKS GIVEN AWAY
INSTRUCTIONS ron MAKING ART
AND FANCY

Mrs. Nelia DaEgett Of Boston has re-
Gently written a book. Fancy Work and
Art Decorations that gives practical
instructions for making doilies, table
covers, scarfs, tray cloths. pin cushions,
ETC., etc. with fifty illustrations. This
book. together with Successful Home
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

h above liberal offer is made to ad-
vertise the reliable Diamond Dyes, and to
get their book upon home dyeing into
the hands of women who want to dress
well by making their old clothing look
like new.
h fact that Diamond Dyes have been
the standard home dyes for nearly twenty
years, and that their sale increases from
year to year, is proof positive that they
never had an equal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
organs are all wound up 10 chant 4 cho-

organs are all wound up 70 chant 4 chos
rus Of Now. Ax
If the only desire we're to make up the
revenue deficit, it might be done in asbill'
ten lines LONG. by the present Congress,
and President Cleveland would sign it,
too. 1t would only be needful to put a
small tax on tea, coffee and uga to turn
the deficit into a surplus. Say a cent a
pound was laid on sugar, III cents on cot
fee and 8 cents on tea. Here would be
the annual result
Sugar, at l cent per pound....... $37, 500, 600
Coffee, at III cents per pound. 9,oo0,0Ov
Tea, at 3 cents per p~ound.....-.. 2,5oo, 0oo
Total s4ssUNoVo
Or the tax on sugar might be made half
a cent a pound and a tax of so cents a
barrel might be placed on beer. realizing
some SIC. 600. 900 a year.
1t is plain thai all the talk about the
deficit is the himsiest veil to cover up
greed and reckless class favoritism, al
ways characteristic of the Republican
party in power.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
TOOK A BUNCH OF BRo0Ms.

James Stanton. a man with no home.
picked up a bunch of brooms on his way
past Edward Hachman's grocery store.
Yesterday afternoon, and walked OF. The
~storekeepe followed Stanton and had him
arrested
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
Of Errors and Appeals as a matter

Court Of Errors and Appeals as a matter
OF right.
The granting of the motion, which was
not opposed by Judge Henry and Judge
Beasley, KohPs counsel, will not mate
rally affect KohfEs status, as his counsel
Will take out another writ of error before
the Court of Errors and Appeals next
week, and Kohl will be assured at least
of another lease of life
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

1J C~i16 Will NC
sent free to
any reader who
forwards the
attached cou-
pom and a 3
cent stamp to
Wells, Rich
ardson & Co.,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
Rou Ton


In every particular the show at the Bon
Ton Theatre this week is a highly creda-
table one to the judgment and selection
of Messrs. Bell and Mcclure. The artists
are exceedingly clever and their work
was immensely appreciated by the crowd
ed house last night. 1t is invidious to
single out any of these stars, but these
claim the greatest attention:-Lester and
Williams. the best and original parody
singers; the Dunbars. lightning trapeze
artists; Harry Edwards and Daisy Ker-
nell, dancers. singers and ~introducers of
Three. in beautiful singing and flashes Of
nonsense; Ward and Lynch, in a new
speciality; Cad Hunter, in plantation
meledie nanf Pr1fz, Leslie b and T. Eddie Eddie inn! IN a
Circus Man and the Texas Girls; Harry
and Fred Mayo, character change artists
and vocalists; Dick Sands. dancer, singer
and comedian; Stanley and Furey, de-
scriptive songs and PAROLES.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
AMUSEMENTS.


Lovers of the "Old Homestead nave a
great treat in store for them this week.
Shore Acres. Mr.. James A.. Herne's
play, which opened last night a weeks
engagement at the Academy of Music,
older piece. The scenes are laid in New
England.and life on a Town East farm is
depicted In very plain prose with just
that touch of poetry that self-sacrifce
gives. The chief figure in the play is an
old man. Nathaniel Berry, and round him
centres all the interest of the perform
ance. Mr.. Herne, who takes this part, dis
plays great art in placing before the au-
dience the various elements of a charac-
ter in which simplicity. ~shrewdness and
sentiment are strangely mixed. He was
especially good in the first act, when he
tells the story of his fathers death and
again in the third act when he comes to
an understanding with his brother he
made a decided hit. The audience, one of
the largest ever seen in the Academy,
testified keen appreciation of his good
work.
The second act is devoted to a New Eng
land feast, and it must be admitted that
the odor of roast turkey, which was plain
~ evident through the house, was most
appetizing. It may be said to have been
a very strong point in the act. In this
scene, as in the last, the children, and
especially little Edith Tal.aferro and little
Gladys Crolius, were excellent. Their act
ing, as is generally the case, was per-
fectly natural. The principal parts
were
Martin Berry, Robert Fischer; Joel
Gates, James T. Galloway; Josiah Blake,
Franklin Garland; Sam Warren, David
NJ. Murray, Captain e Hutchins, Guy
Gramer; DR.. Leonard. John Y. DALEY;
Squire Andrews, Alden Bass; Tim Hayes,
Harry Newman; Young Nat Berry, Mas
ter Alexander Paul: Ike Richards, Fred
Johnson; Lem Conant, William Metcalf;
Gabe Fitzpatrick. Lawton Graves; Steve
Bailey, J. H. Haley; Bill H~odgekins. Law
renee Wilson; Abe Higgins, James Duffy;
Bot Berry, Allen Crol.us; Mail Driver, C.
c.. Blanchard; Ann Berry. Grace Gayler
Clark; Helen Berry, Lucy Morrow; Mary
Berry, Lizzie Barriscale; L'ddy'Ann Nye,
Cecil Clay Paul: Mrs. Andrews, Emily
Wakeman; Mrs. Leonard. Matte St JOIN
Perley, Florence Enneking; Mile
Berry, little Edith Taliaferro: Mandy
Gates. little Gladys Crolsus; Nathaniel
Berry. James A. Herne.
The stage effects in the lighthouse
scene and at the close of the play were
especially good.
"Slfore Acres,' viii be at the Academy
all the week. There will be only one
matinee, Saturday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1896.

This paper is Democratic an principles
aud is Independent IN its viesos on all local
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10

NOTICE OF sETTTEMENT-NoTIcE IS
hereby given that the account Of the
subscriber, administrator of Catherine
McEwan. deceased viii be audited and
stated by the Surrogate OF the County
Of Hudson and exported for settlement
on Friday the 18th day of December next.
Dated October Is, A. .. 1884,.
JOHN YOUNG.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
WORH WANTED

ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS FOR HEAT
ers. Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces kept
constantly on hand. Drop a postal n
we viii send a man to estimate on your
work. Heaters and Furnace work prompt
ly attended TO. JACOB RINGLE & SON,
SO and IS Newark avenue.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-07-22

Persons desiring to see the pictur
esQue part of Michigan should take
ride over the c. j. 4 NJ. railway.
Excursion rates every Sunday. Train
No. 2 leaves at 6:34 a. III. No. D return
ing arrives at ll:lOp. IL.
Wheeling s. Lake Erie mileage is the
best that can be secured being good over
ffty-three lines.
HOmeseekers' excursion rates to points
west June 0 and %, July and q. 10
points west, June Is, July 7, 81, August
and Is, September | and 10, October
and 90. See agent for further particu-
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Excursion rates to ZOar, Huron, Lake
side and Putin bay until October 81 on
all trains. Also Chatauqua, jamestown,
Lakewood until Sept. 30 with returning
limit Oct. 81.
Peoples party national convention,
St. Louis, Mo. One fare round trip July
20 and u, returning to initial point
July p.
Tri-state cycle tournament, Toledo, 0.
Excursion rate of one fare July %, re-
turning July "a.