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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
HAVE TICKET GHoPPERs NOW.

The HnhoIsen Ferry Company has intro
duced the ticket ~efaopping system It
went inta operation yesterday. There
are FIVE choppers at the ferry entrance
and a man to each machine. THE men
saw that each passenger dropped a ticket
into the chopper and they punched the
weekly tickets
Several times the ponce had much
trouble to maintain order. The passages:
their three cents down on the counter
u then had to rush hack for a ticket.
not knowing that the new sYstefr was In.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
POISONING B O HONEY.
Speciattot the Je1scp Cita Ns,rs.

HAaTMoNToN. Aug. T. Hss-Professor
n K Chestnut, of the Department ST
Agriculture, Washington, D. c., has beea
Investigating some cases of honey poison
ing in HammoEtnn- He visited the per-
sons who were poisoned and the owners
of the bees from whom the honey was
obtained. Professor Chestnut declares that
the honey is gathered from the laurel
and is very deadly. He also g4tnered
many specimens of poisonous plants grow
ing in H-amnonton. wishing to conduct
experiments at home
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
whern the Trouble BEAN.

g. q So s+oeE Claims If the Nc
uooa4as : that tne recent
-..o 40 a,togs4ber caused
I'D tbat the silver
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
STATE HOUSE SMOKE STACK.
Speao5 to tie Lerseu Gin Nems

ETectuV % g 1F7Seg CltT 8eITS.
TRENTON, Aug. A. 1S96-Contractur
Mati1er had a gang of men at work yes
terday tearing away the old smoke stack
at tine State House, preparatory to the
erection Of a new one.
About six weeks. Il is anticipated. will
pc consumed in the taking away of the
one. In the meanwhile there will he no
electric lighting in the Capitol until after
tae STACK IS completed, but gas viii be
geSUerday with the City Electric Light
Company for the lamps about the state
Hous grounds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
ANOTHER BATCH OF PENSIONS.
Specsnfts the Jersou ctr Ne7f,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 1sse.-Among
the pension certificates Issued yesterday
were these for New Jersey:-original-
Adam Russ, Camden; John MeCafferty.
HOboken. Hudson; David N. Wells.
WoodStown. Salem. Increase-Isaac "a.
Frazer. Palatine, Salem; Je1ln H. CHI
bert, Trenton Original widows etc
Prince, Rutherford. Bergen; Harriet
Robinson. Moorestown. Burlington.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04

Ex-senator William D. Edwards made
a srzong presentation of the facts in re-
1atson 70 the unjust burden of taxatiUn
lad unsn Jersey City By the law which
removes railroad property from the city
tax levy. He fc5.owed the line of argu-
merit advanced before the House Rail-
road Committee BY Mr.. Joseph A Dear
last winter. and used the same official
statfsttcs-Evenirg Journal
# this is true. Senator Edwards must
have a desire TO rival Samson in his
choice Of a weapon wherewith to smite
the railway Philistines.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
MRS BRADY RECOVERING

Summit avenue saloonkeeper, who at
to commit suicide on SUNDAY
by taking a dose Of laGdanum, Is
practically out Of danger. she was taken
the City Hospital to her hanae, No.
Is Frazer place, yesterday afternoon. Her
husband knows no reason. why she GEM
her rash act,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04


Board Of Street and Water Commissioners. on
Tuesday. August II. 1896, at 10 o'clock A. n.
IMPROVEMENT OF OLD BERGEN ROAD,
from Gares avenue 70 Fifty-t1ird street.
sad improvement p be naae e2nfofnaoly
OF 1895. and in accordance wlth specifications
on file in the Office Of the CLERK OF said Board
Blank forms Of bid and agreement OF sure
ties must be obtained at the Office Of the
Chief Engineer. corner Of Jersey avenue and
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 200 cubic yards OF earth excavation.
About 4ao squars yards Of Belgian paving in
cutters.
A Aseas Sc Sc s l1asa1 f fest o of s saisse s' Stone.
About 2.Gse square feet Of aagging.
About loo linsai feet Of reset curb ssone.
About + eco s1aaEe fset OF relaid Tagging
About 2 new each basins and connections
About 100 lineaI feet OF ls-inch vttrihed pipe.
About $500 square yards of macadam pay
Time allowed for the completion Of the
werk 80 working days.
The making Of the above Improvement arm
to- the resaonsrranee OF the nwners q trz
rropertu liable to more Tran oae-ha.s The aS-
sessinent therefor, on the basis OF rre9znina-s
propasals must bs enclosed in sea:ea an
mani az Old Bergen Road. dinectsd Is afr.
John c. Kaiser, Chairman q the comaftr-s
cserk 81 the Board in open meeting wfs1s
called for in the order OF business relating a.
se Ne ei sTss sssciaI viii be accepted as surety.
nor viii a substitution Of ~seretfes be allowed
The Board may, under the provisions OF the
act ahaye cited exercise ts right 10 reject
any or all proposals.
Ihs attention of bidders is especially called
IA sactton Z Chapter 1874 Of the Laws a.
1Sa1s under the terms whereof no contract shall
h. hsnEs5ur upon the city or become effective
~ assrstsye until the bondsnfen offered hy ne
can4ssaefor have been approved as TO saltfcieno~
~, mia Board ard as 70 form by ttsS Carpa7a-
finn Counsel. the President OF this Board hav-
Ing rfte power @ examine tie proposed bonds
mer. under oath
H ossier 81 the HsSrd Of Street and Water
GEO. r. BoUroN
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04

HOTEL

TO JAMES cnsrrovr azp1 lees. 800
grove Vic 49, 49, yAa1Es Son-
sianee for fbe banaS. ~ c-ea;.A-Sa
ersck s. Hatch and AlSresSarirE : $500
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
Aldermen q Z Jersey r sP olpy b sass: gss "a May ySs and and
& he I iaaa and aaI'a rsaI s sssare sh 5i5gsss e 1 ssass Al al
in the County Of hudson ara stsYe - xsr
down and designated as lat fssrvsa nssA a e i@ IL
esaS8 n nalaDs r NE hundred ana tortg-eighs
report nTrubar sSyfvNs,na llssassp annexed 70 a
sTaranoissTone-s ~ eos,. made oy the
and 80 said r5tN m. tEa es-lSs 52oointed ~
coslnfw o. HFstdson cs-T;sas 1oars o. the
aSa-. - 1851 SssIAeo copy OF which
riTs caIise+s- - go ~ y lne once or the
10y Solee s., OF Jersey efSE, on the 18th day
OF Apr.a 1ssl. sa1a reperf and map and said
a. = ~ - tns provisions or
uasss5 uarch goth leSs aa+t+Is seW Jersey
Dassse MAlS. = iees. snt,t.ed-
IA li..s the seteenent and col
leeloI a.featases oi unpaid taxes, as
ssssiheAts ana water rates or water rents
"a ealss 9. tHis state and imposing and
ewing a TAX assessment and lien in lieu
enforce the payment thereof. and To- pro-
vide for rhe sale Of lands subjected 10
future taxation and assessment.
And. YOU are f4rr5er uofIfIed r1af 7on ~
pear to have an estate ar intera-t ~ 80
land and raaI ez+a4e znd ,1-1sss ,r-- go
and rsa1 es-sfe sbs4f he -as@enea sala Laaa
ssss+ ~ 80 - pro-
wse - ~ 49, ~ sne expiration q
a aeed Lor tne same VIII bs given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
the lee simple or said land and real estate
aecording TO the provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City n. J., July 3. 1855.
THE ago AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CTTy
r. F. WANSEp.
(Saal.3 Trsrar
Attest: N T.
City Clerk.
The Nav farssT Tft,e e:,,srsn1aa q Tr,.s+ ~
TO JAMES Mrs. JAMES ff1S-
.rroval F.is wife Hnraee ChjTfprsfen a-
sfsrse fer ttsa l,enaSf AZ rrssfrssrS ~ SiFrs5-
erleE ( Hsrrh rS~SIfreferfcE ( Ha-zsZ
Won are hsrehv nnrsee5 thar 81. 4 ys,hifr ss4Ie
m os tie y ISL. ms .ls g0 If 19 anFjI, 1875 8 ' Tse M s.ss
and AiaeTrssn Of jersey City parchasea for sSs
Senfs I'll Tjs Isnsi ana reai asfa+s s;fns5s
IN Ts-sar civ t- r5a So,,1tS of ss,5scn I'd
state Of New jersey. Fronting on Hoadisy ave
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
a GREEN OLD AGE.
spee5altn az lerser eltn Nears

M00REST0wN. Aag 4 1sss.zcatherine
EEeneh, probably the oldest Lady in the
State sunday celenrated the lG2d annivar-
sarv of her birth.
She was surrounded by a number Of
who spent the day quietly with her. Since
passing her century, mark. Mrs French
IS becoming rapidly feeble.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

Tho record OF circulation books far home
reading for the week ending August /.
1885. EaS as follows: general works. 69s
philosophy. 81; religion. al Sociology 81:
HhilDtc8y. Z natural SCIENCE. 81: useful
4Iss ~. the arts. 50. literature, 2a2. ffc-
70; biography "A; travels. Ia3. Total e,6iS.
OF this number there were delivered
zhfoush the Delivery Stations 3.7sg.
the week. 81
! Tosal number Of registered borrowers
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
DAVIS ASSOCIATIONS MEETING.

There IS TO 10 a meeting OF the Robert
Davis Association in the rooms IN Mercer
strset Wednesday evening A full attsad-
ance is desired. as business Of Importance
IL 70 be transacted Final arraazepaepfx
are ID be made for the annual free excsIr-
sion to be held GA Monday, .Argaast q
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
highest of III il Leavening PowH-Latsst u s. Govt Report
R@a!,!I! B RsxdsgE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

OF the river depends mainly on the tide
level 4 freshet makes a difference OF only
a day or TWO, they say. and a dry speil
does not appreciabIy lower it. The only
way It is said to affect the depth is 10
lower the bottom.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-04
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS.

{Snfe No ZhS3.
he View Lrssv Tire Guarantee & Trust
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
Wreck of the Reynolds.

New York, Oct. 49, Captain w.
W. Gheen and six men, the crew OF
the schooner Luther M. Reynolds, of
Frederick, Del. who were picked up
at sea from their dismantled and wa
terlogged vessel by the Morgan liner
Elmar, were brought to this city today.
The schooner left Brunswick, Ga. !,
September 80, with cargo of railroad
ties for Elizabethport, N. J. On Octo-
Der /, off Cape Roumaine. she met with
a northerly gale. Sunday three or
four heavy seas washed aboard, start
ing the deckload, and opening the
seams, so the vessel began to leak badly.
The crew manned the pumps until the
vessel filed and burst up her matches.
A hurricane struck the Reynolds broad
side and she keeled over until her top.
masts touched the water. The crew
scrambled over the bulwarks out on the
high side and hung there. The seas
running heavily, soon washed the
masts and deckhouse away.
Then the vessel righted, but the
decks were ripped up. the cabin washed
out and all the food, water, clothing
and nautical instruments gone. The
crew huddled aft with no protection
save a strip of canvas. while the seas
broke continually over the schooner.
All Sunday night they watched for
help. On Monday at IL A. M. the
Elmar hove in sight, well to the south
ward. and sighting the wreck. took off
the Reynolds crew.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
MACEO'S STRONG POSITION.

Entrenched Himself in the Mountains
Where He Cannot Be DfslOdged.
Chicago, Got. ia special to the
Times Herald from Key West, Fla,
says:
The sudden return of General Bernal
to Havana from the northern coast Of
the province of Pinar del Rio, where he
was sent by General Weyler to COM
mand the Spanish forces in the recent
engagements against Antonio Maceo,
has caused a profound sensation in
Havana.
leave and has asked to be sent to
Spain. being thoroughly disheartened
over the result of the campaign just
inaugurated against the insurgents in
Pinar del Rio. The general reports
that Maceo has thoroughly reorgan-
lied his forces in the last few weeks,
and entrenched himself in the most
commanding positions of the mountain
Businesses and that any attempt to dis
lodge him would be sure to result in
disastrous failure and wholesale
slaughter of the Spaniards.
The folly of attempting to dislodge
Maceo has been fully demonstrated,
General Bernal said, in all the recent
engagements. From the commanding
positions, the Spanish officers were
picked off by sharpshooters, and the
troops lacking leaders, became de-
moralized and were slaughtered like
sheep.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
Yellow Fever and Smallpox.

Washington, Oct. I'D. Burgess,
sanitary inspector Of the marine hospi.
tai service at Havana, in recent re-
port said that yellow fever continues
to be epidemic there, and he is inform.
ed it Is so in most places whore the
Spanish soldiers are found. During
September there were 1,034 deaths in
Havana from the disease. Smallpox,
instead of diminishing, increases rapid.
ly, not only in Havana but in the sub.
urbs. The doctor expresses the fear
that it will be many months before this
soourge is over. He also points out
the danger from yellow fever to vessels
discharging cargoes at ITALIA PIedra
wharf, Havana, because of its close
proximity to an old and badly infected
military hospital.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22

be s'handv." A soldier wears his sword
on the left for convenience; the driver
holds his reins in the left hand, while
the right carries the whip as his weapon
of offenSe.
The right hand is the seat of honor at
banquets and ceremonies, and the
phrase has come into use for tie post of
dignity in matters both sacred and secu-
lar. We hold out the right hand OF fell
lowship, not SO much perhaps from any
sense of its superiority as because III
DAYS gone by it was found that If it
was extended in greeting it could not
be used to grasp the sword and thus
give an unforeseen blow.
In the way of tools, screws are made
to be turned by the right hand, and
that useful article at picnics-a cork
SCREWS fitted for dextral and not SIN
istral use. Clocks and watches run
round from left to right, as the sun APP
pears to do, although the earth, whose
time they are keeping, is SO perverse as
to move from right to left.
In walking down the street we keep to
the right hand, and that is the rule OF
the road in driving, as well as the way
in which trains move along the track.
When we come to augury, matters
become mixed up. The Romans held that
a lightning flash from left to right was
propitious, while one from right to left
was unfavorable. 1t may have been be-
cause, as the lightning was supposed TO
be hurled by Jove, from left to right
would be the way in which it would be
seen if the Deity had his face toward the
suppliant, but if Jove turned his back
on the watchers the lightning hurled by
his right hand would move from right
to left.
But why is there this difference in our
hands at all? The truth is, our bodies
are one sided. The heart is, after all,
very important item in man. An IN
iury TO it is fatal Hence even savage
man found out that he had to defend 1t
and devised the plan of covering the re-
gion of his body where it is located with
a shield. Blows, therefore, were struck
by the right arm, and soon right showed
might. With frequent use in this way
| followed adaptability in other ways
and as each generation OF the 1mltaGiVe
genius followed not its own bent, but
tho practices of its predecessors, right
handedness became the mark OF the IN
dividuals, and, although there might be
less necessity for striking blows with
each generation, the right hand did not
forget its cunning" Civilization has
adopted the principle as law OF polite
society, and therefore to be right handed
is right. to be left handed is wrong. l
must cut my food, write my letters
greet my friends and do thousand 9TH
er things with my right hand In the
main, must tell the truth. for that Is
right; but, according to certain phrase
of the code, may tell an untruth II !
qualify it by the phrase lover the left
Philadelphia Press
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Mail A gent and Messenger Burned In q
Train Wreck.

Mail A gent and Messenger Burned In q
Train Wreck.
Columbia, s. G., Oct. 16.-Through
a misunderstanding Of orders, the
north and south bound trains on the
Florida Central & Peninsular road had
a head. end collision this morning just
south of Swansea, about thirty miles
from here. The trains came together
on an embankment. The engineers
and fremen jumped and escaped with
out injury. The engines OF both trains
were demolished and the tender of the
southbound engine telescoped into the
combination mail. baggage and express
car. Baggage and Express Messenger
w. d. Lines and Mail Agent l.. A.
Thomas were pinioned in the wreck,
which caught fire from the coal oil
lamps. The crews of both trains tried
to cut them out, but the flames spread
SO rapidly that though the rescuers
were stimulated by the piteous appeals
Of the two men, they could do nothing
to aid the unfortunates, who were
roasted to death.
Flapman Ulmer was standing be-
tween the second.class and the baggage
cars and is supposed to have been
burned TO death also. Two other cars
we're consumed but no passengers were
Injured
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
1T IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Act Providing for Election of
Judges in Washington.
AN OLD LAW REPEALED THEREBY
That Klickitat County Cannot
Alone Choose n Judge.

Olympia, Oct. 13.-In an opinion
flel today, the supreme court sustsins
as constitutional the act of 1895, relat-
ing to superior courts and the election
of superior judges, and holds that the
act OF 1891, providing for judges and
additional judges for superior courts
III counties Of this state was repealed
thereby. The case was entitled the
State, ex rel. Hiram Dustin, respond
emit, vs. Claude Rusk, appellant
Regarding the repeal of one act by
another the court says that the plain
intent of the legislature of 1895 was to
provide not for additional judges, but
for the election of all superior court
judges of the state by the districts pro-
vided in the act, and that the act re-
pealed the former act, Notwithstanding
the absence Of any repeating clause.
The constitutionality of the act was at
tackled upon the grounds following:
That the title does not sufficiently
indicate the subject matter of the act
That the act is in contravention Of
section 5, article 4, of the constitution.
Regarding the first contention, the
court concludes that the title is sufi-
GENTLY explicit to permit the legisla
ture to enact anything regarding the
superior courts or the election of such
Judges.
As to the second objection. the court
holds that no great violence is done to
the language of the section of the con-
stitution under consideration, when
taken as whole, by holding that
thereby it was intended to rest in the
legislature discretion to determine
when each of the counties should elect
judge for itself, and how the counties
entitled to 80 elect should be grouped
for judicial purposes.
The effect of this decision is that
Klcktat county is not entitled to elect
judge for itself at the coming cleo
ton, but must act with Skamania,
Clark and Cowlitz.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
CRIMES SWIFT PENALTY.
Desperadoes Shot Down After Robbing
Bank.

Desperadoes Shot Down After Robbing
Bank.
Meeker, Colo, Oct. 16 Yesterday
afternoon, three men entered the Bank
of Meeker, which is connected with
the storeroom of J. W. Hughes & Co.,
who own the bank. Two of the men
held up the store employees, while the
third went to the bank cashiers win
dow, and, firing one shot, ordered the
cashier to throw up his hands. The
order was not quickly obeyed and the
robber fired again, whereupon the cash.
ier's hands went up. The manager Of
the store was then forced to open the
bank door, and, after gathering up all
the money in sight, the robbers marched
the cashier and store employees into the
street with hands uplifted. Then they
rushed out the back way with their
booty.
Citizens, attracted by the shots, had
pretty we'll surrounded the building by
this time, and, being armed. opened
fire on the robbers, two of whom,
Charles Jones and William Smith,
were killed by the first volley. The
third man, George Harris, was shot
through the lungs. dying in two hours.
He is fully identified, and gave the
other names, which were believed to be
fictitious.
Four citizens were wounded: Dis
trict Game Warden Clark, bullet in
the right breast, not fatal; Victor
Dykeman, clerk, scalp wound; w. P.
Herrick, finger shot off.
It is believed one Of the dead men
is Thomas McCarty, who robbed the
banks at Telluride and Delta, Colo.
The coroner's jury returned verdict OF
justifisble homicide. Meeker is ninety
the nearest telegraph station.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
A GEORGIA TRAGEDY.
Results in the Death of Three Men and
the Wounding OF Two.


Columbus, Ga, Oct. 16.-Three
men are dead and two seriously wound
ed as the result of a serious tragedy
which shook Columbus to its founda-
tions today. One of the dead is ]. A.
White, who was the cause of the
whole trouble. White and his 10 year.
old son murdered in cold blood two
policemen, and wounded two other
men who were in the party attempting
to arrest them. The murdered officers
are Richard M. Adams and William
jackson. White was formerly pc.
liceman, but for several years had been
in the shoe business. He has been con.
sidered eccentric, but not crazy. To.
day he became involved in quarrel in
barroom, and Adams and jackson
served him with summons to answer
a charge of disorderly conduct. This
maddened White, who threatened the
officers. He went home, got his Win
chester and brought a supply of cart
ridges. With his son he went to bar
room, and, leaving there, encountered
bIlC OlACCIs.
Il told you to get ready, and if You
amt ready you ought to be-" White
called out, as he opened fire on the men.
Adams fell at the first shot. Then
Jackson fell, begging the Whites to
stop firing. The father stood over him,
firing into his PROSTATE body. The
news of the affair created great excite
ment. Policeman Roberts went to
Whites house, knocked. was asked in,
and as he stepped inside was fatally
wounded by ball from Whites gun.
The entire police force, armed with
Winchesters, and their party augment
ed by large number Of armed citi-
zens. went to arrest the Whites The
Whites home was surrounded and de-
mands made for surrender. The reply
was a shot, which wounded boy in
the crowd. Then six officers went to
the house and broke down the doors.
AS they sprang in White fired. wound
ing Sergeant Pickett. At the same
time White was shot. He attempted
to break through, but half dozen bull
let's were put through his body. Henry,
the son, escaped. A posse with blood.
hounds is on his trail.