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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
TEN HOURS FOR A DAY.
Seeking for n More Convenient system
TO Measure Time.

In a great number of calculations as
tronomers are obliged to figure with lays
hours, minutes. seconds, and even parts
of seconds, and the division of the day
into twenty-four hours of sixty minutes.
and the subdivision of a minute into sixty
seconds naturally increases the amount
of labor in calculations of time. The divi-
sion OF the circle representing the dial
into a hundred units. as suggested by
the creators of the metric system. is now
exclusively employed by the Ceographi-
cal Bureau of the French Army. and a
systematic efort is being made to secure
the cooperation Of similar departments
of other governments.
This subdivision OF time is already be-
coming rapidly adopted among scientific
Observers. as Il diminishes the labor OF
calculating 10 9ns-third, and lessons the
chances 81 mathematical errors from four
% one, ranges which are very important.
TO complete the efficacy OF the metric
system Il Il but necessary 10 apply decl-
mai divisions TO the time, as proposed
many years ago.
Professor Rey Pailhade. a member Of
the Geogra2aical Society of Toulouse, has
recently taken Up the subject and shows
y several lectures the advantages science
WORLD gain IN case decimal time were
generally Introduced. He offerea 4 reso-
ilffon. which Was voted or BY the inter-
1Aioa2l Congress Of GecgFaphers held in
t1naon TINS Summer. couched IN the fol-
loving terms
The congress recognizes the great
value OF the decimal system. and fnvt4as
all geographical Societies to study the
application Of the decimal system ii ref
ereIice 10 measuring time and angles.
Professor PathaGe exhibited in London
three models of decimal timepieces. Ovid
ed according 70 his system, which is as
foiiews; The Gays from midnight to the
next midnight they are divided into a
cess and subdivided according to the
decimal system in 'sdecicas, -centices
ana milliees. One of these units, the
ces IS to be equal to fourteen minutes
and t~wenty-four seconds, or almost one-
quarter of an hour.
BY the aid Of the following rule the
time can be easily remembered according
70 the new system. Midnight is equal
TO q: or 100 ees. 6 O'clock in the morning
VIII be twenty-five ces; midday. or noon.
fifty ces. and six o'clock in the evening.
seYenty-hye ces. With this new basis one
may approximate the time sufficiently for
practical Use. Thus rwenty-nine ces are
very nearly { o'clock in the morning.
while 1855 fP. NJ. would be equal to 100
hours, THAT is ~ltnety-fiye ces. With a lit
tie practice one viii know the new time
as quickly as # figuring prices in niekels,
their being twenty to the dollar.
For scientific purposes as well as for
general use, decimal time was proposed
almost q hundred years g by the i'm
| mortal creators Of the metric system. and
exhibited at1he Tuiileries Palace in Paris
at that time. NStiil the reform was at that
time abandoned before public interest had
been Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
SUMMIT LODGE EETBRTAIEs.
A Large Audience Enjoys the stormy


The entertainment given in Franck's
Hall, on Bowers street, last night by the
members of Summit Lodge. No. 1S2, l.. o.
OF, was enjoyed by 300 or more people,
Notwithstanding the Indictment weather.
The hall was not large enough to COM
fortably accommodate them all.
The entertainment which was partic.-
pated in solely by105d Fellows was very
good. 1t opened with art overture by Pro-
lessor Dickens orchestra, after which
came Brother Eadie Watson. with a num-
Der OF comic songs, Brotner Irving Wat
son, with feats OF magic ard sieight Of
nand tricks; Brother Alex Sutherland. In
cornet solos; Misses Sadie and Marie
Bertholf, piano and banjo duet; Profess
sor Dicker, violin solo: George Engel,
comic songs: Edward Long, comic secifa-
TONS, and Master Chester "A. Barnes and
Miss Marie Bertholf, banjo duet.
Following the entertainments. refresh
ments We're served and dancing enjoyed
until early morning. Altogether the af-
fair was a success.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
STABBED BY HIS WIFE.

William Beherens, of No. 1913 Willow
avenue, Hoboken. ran into Police Head
quarters last night with a deep and pain
full knife wound in his right hand. He
said that his wife Zen had cut him in
their rooms during a quarrel. They had
some dispute, and his wife seized a
knife from the table and struck him with
Il infficting a cash sn his hand. DIR.
SIMON dressed the wound n Bcherens
went home
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
Young Mans influence In Public
Affairs.

1T Is not infrequently the case that
even deterioration contains within itself
the seeds of its own recovery writes
DR.. Parkhurst in September Ladies
Home JouWnal;' in an article or THE
Young Man as a Citizen 1T is a lesson
that has many times been taught in the
course of our history, hat decadence has
to reach a certain point before its symp-
toms are sufficient to arrest effective at
tention. That attention is now. to all
appearances, being arrested. Notwith-
standing al the willy ma~neeuvresrg that
- being practiced by our political xrieksters
there is growing up among ctr Young
men an amount Of serious thinking and
of quiet observation that contains the
possibilities of large effect. Personally,
I have never known the like Of 1t. The
politicians may love their country for
what they can wiring out of it, but there
are thousands of young men in our cities.
and hundreds OF thousands of young men
in the country at large. who have. souls
as we'll as pockets, and who, If wisely
directed and felicItously united can. as
a very easy thing, wrest our Institutions
from the hands of the spoilers and de-
vote them to the behests or the people,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
10000 Bottles of Beer.

Japanese merchants. of Chen1ulpo, in
he Kingdom OF Korea. were very much
surprised the other day when the King
ordered 10000 bottles OF beer in one lot.
The entire -Iapanese colony was not pre-
pared for such q sudden and extensive
order of beer, land they puttheir heads to-
gethef, wondering whether it was the
court or the b~odyguaHd of the king who
had SO suddenly developed such a gigan-f
tic thirst. A cable was Immediately dis
patched to Japan, and the beer was order
ed to be Shipped at once, SO that it might
hs delivered to the Royal Master of the
House In due time. The beer arrived
promptly. and at the same time the ex-
PLANTATION of the coflnndrum was given to
the Jananese. for almost on the same
day a Russian man-of-war arrived there;
the entire crew were invited to be the
guests of the King Of Korea. who thus
showed his gratitude TO the Russians for
the shelter accorded him at the Russian
Embassy during the recent ~revoluntary
disturbances.
The three hundred marines on board
were very ~agreeably surprised when his
Royal Highness sent 81. 000 bottles of good
Japanese beer on board, that is one hun
dred bottles Der man. enough liquor to
thoroughly celebrate the Russo-Korean
alliance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
KELSEY A PROBABLE SUICIDE.
A Melancholy Young Mar Found
Dead Under the Rasfroad ,rran Ok

The body of a well-dressed man was
found by the police Of the Oakland ave-
nue. station at two o'clock yesterday aft
ternoon, on the Sanford road, near West
End, under the Pennsylvania Railroad
trestle. It was identified as that Of Geo.
y. Kelsey, d young man. only % years
Did. Kelsey's parents. who live at No. 1856
Newark avenue, were notified, and after
Eounty. Physician Converse had viewed
the body il was taken 10 his late home.
From the position in which the body
was found and the strong odor of carboiic
acid about the lips, which were slightly
burned, the theory Is that the young man.
committed suicide.
He had been. out of employment for
some time and was OF a rather melan-
choly disposition The place where the
body was found is more or less Travelled
and in day time any attempt at foul play
IN that vicinity would hav surely been
detected by one OF mere of the iaborers
working upon the railroad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
TROLLEY AND HoRsEoAR CRASH
a Serious Accident Aversed In Hobo
ken Last Night.

Trolley car Nc. 129 of the Rutherford
Line crashed into a Willow avenue horse
car at the corner Of First street and
Willow avenue last night at 9 o'clock. 1t
was raining n both cars were crowded
The Willow VENUE horse car was com
ing along at a brisk gait and ran out on
the crossing before the. driver saw the
trolley car approaching. The metor1nan
On the trolley car applied the brakes
quickly, n when the two cars came
had SO far decreased that a bad aceiden4
was averted- The occupant of both
eaTs Nere badly shaken up and some
received bruises The fender on the troll
ley ear was torn away. No one WAS SER
iouSIY hurt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
Boxins in North uudsa,.

The North Hudson Athletic Club win
give a grand boxing n wrestling tour
nament at Frech's Casino, West Hoboken.
Monday evening, October 10. which will
be open TO all amateurs In bath compete
tons. Handsome prizes are offered. and
these are now on exhibition in the win
dow Of Heath's hat store. The North Hud-
son Ciu has received the grant for the
tourney from the Amateur Athletic Jn;en.
The committee has arranged three ciass~s
at boxing. 10, 40 and 130 pounds. and
two of wrestling at 1IS and ;35 pounds.
each event. The list viii close October
l6. with ]. W. Carr. No. 6H Spring street
West H0boken, and as Il is the first gene
uine competition in ever a year the
sports VIII turn out lively TO see Il.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
SMASHING THE PINS.
Bewlsrs Will noon Engage In Their
Fayorite Fasfimp.

The Spheroid Club win begin bowling
on Friday at Schulken's alleys. The
club has been re~organized with pretty
much the same material that has compos-
ed the makeup Of the club for several
seasons. All of the old enthusiasts are
in line. and the Spheroids expect to re-
peat their former good times In the
practice games. The officers elected are:
Harry Weinhager. president; Frank
Leinkaif, vice president; Otto Fuchs. Sec
retary; Francis HGesmatln, treasurer; Ed
ward Jaeger, captain; Oscar Clergyman,
ed 10 the place in the membership made
vacant by the resignation of Paul Bever.
who has moved to Rutherford.
The Duplex Bowling Club has been ad-
ded to the large number Of clubs IN this
county. II was organized this week and
VIII bowl each week on the Quartet Club
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
TRIED SUICIDE IN a BATH.

Anna Schoh, a middle aged woman. of
No. 67 Garden street, Hoboken, attempt
ed to commit suicide yesterday afternoon
by throwing herself into the public bath
at the foot of Fifth street. The woman
is thought to be insane. She went to the
bath and induced the keeper to let her
IN. Hardly had he turned his back when
there was a splash and he turned TO see
the woman struggling in the water. He
pulled her out and turned her over ia
Officer Markoff. This morning the Re-
corder committed her to the COUNTY jail
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
s. r. O. A NOT ON HAND.

A horse belonging to John Feriing Of
Hutton street and Sherman avenue, broke
its leg last night while jumping around
II Its stall and was shot BY Patrolman
Toner Of the Webster avenue station
Fserling ~telephofed to the G. As, but
the society did not fsend anyone, 40 he
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
HUGH DUGAN.

SOuilA &oilCttQI.
Freeholder Kenny moved the. report be
utes. Adopted
From John Griffin, County Counsel
To the Honorable the Director and Mem
bers of the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County Of Hudson
Gentlemen-Enclosed please find BOND
from William Baker and Hugo Condor
to the Board of Chosen Freehoiders of the
County of Hudson to secure the county
for crushed stone taken by said Baker
from Snake Hill.
Yours respectfully.
JOHN GRIFFIN.
Freeholder Riordan moved tina the
bond be received and approved and or
dered fled. Adopted.
From John Griffin. County Counsel
September 2, 1896.
To the Honorable the Director and Mem
bers Of the Board Of Chosen Free
holders Of the County OF Hudson
Gentlemen-Pursuant to the resolution
heretofore passed authorizing the Hackeh-
sack Water Company. reorganized, to lay
pipes within the lines of the Boulevard.
said company, with Edwin A. Stevens and
Richard Stevens as sureties. have exc
eufed a bono pursuant to rhe terms OF
said resolution, which bond herewith
hand you with my approval.
Yours respectfully
on motion OF Freebooter Riordan the
same was approved and ordered filed.
From A. j. Manning, ~storekaeper. re-
QUESTION for drugs and medicine FOR the
almshouse, WAS received and referred Is
the Committee on Almsh0use.
RESOLUTIONS
BY Freebooter Riordans-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

a prominent Chambers street hardware
man. when questioned recently by a
eIIardwares representative as 10 the con-
dition Of business, held up his hands and
III 4 low voice said, Speak gently Of the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

Madam Out vive writes from Paris to
the Westminster Gazette: Just a
WORD on wells. These -ntinen mon
DANES who lead the van have adopted
the short veil that just covers well the
nose, and doubtless we shall follow In
their wake. Change is ever charming!
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

II peaches are to be served whole for
brush them and arrange them
IN a pretty wicker basket with a handle.
Irvine the basket with some fresh green
vine. A few flowers stuch here and there
there are also pleasing to the eye. Yell
low h~ollyhocks look particularly well
with peaches.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

When fiavoring has beer forgotten in
a pudding or cake the fault may be rem
edied BY rubbing the desired extract over
the outside Of the cake as soon as it is
taken from the oven.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30

County Collectors Office,
3tT Grove street,
Jersey City, July 80. 1896.
Received from Colonel Grimes eight
hundred and s~eventy-one 97-i00 dollars:-
Sold to Little Ferry Borough 40
yards stone. at n..-....s...... s42o 90
Sold to VIM. Baker TAI yards stone,
at SOC AS 20
Old iron 05
"a barrels. at 2E
The record-union., 1896-05-29
STORMS ELSEWHERE.
Many Other Places Feel the Effects OF
the Cyclone.

| KEWANEE Ull), May 2S.-A terri
| fic wind and electric storm passed
| throgh this section early this morning,
| doing great damage. Several people
are reported killed.
| CENTRALIA Oll), May 2S.-The
| storm last night passed through South
Illinois and spread destruction over a
| large extent of territory west, south
and southeast of Centralia.
New Baden, village on the Air Line
Railroad, west Of Centralia, was COM
pletely wiped out, only six houses re-
| naming. Thirty-six lives were lost
| there.
city, seven persons are reported killed
! and thirty injured. ia
The cyclone pursued an easterly
course, taking in the villages of Irv-
| ington, Richview, Ashley, Boyd and
Dix.
LANCASTER Pa.), May 2S-A tor
| nado that came from the York County
shore swept across the Susquehanna
| shortly after / o'clock this afternoon,
and did a vast amount of damage in
Columbia, about ten miles from here,
| together with several fatalities. 1t
struck the planning mill Of John Forrey,
| unroofing the structure and doing a
great deal of damage to houses in the
vicinity of Front street. The black
cloud then struck the Columbia Rolling
| Mill, lifted the roof off bodily and bur-
| led fifteen men in the ruins.
| Following are the casualties: Percy
| Zerger, buried under the roof, head
| cut, struck by portions of the flying
l e.
puddler, leg and head crushed and body
scalded, died tonight; Walter Brunner.
cuts on head, arm broken and bruised
about the body; William Schleeger,
hand broken and injured about the
body; Harry Duck, puddler. struck by
timbers and badly cut on body; Jo-
seph Dangert, driving a cart, was bur
led by the roof, seriously hurt inter
nally
| The rolling mill is completely demo.-
| ished and the machinery ruined. AL
bert Hill (colored) and four other en-
| ployes, names not known, who were
working inside the mill, were blown
| forty feet into Shawnee Creek and
| nearly drowned.
| The storm next struck the electric
light station and badly injured the
/
was instantly killed in trying to close
the window. He was blown into the
| fiywheel of the engine and torn to frag-
| ments.
| WASHINGTON, May 2S.-At $50
| this afternoon a violent thunderstorm.
| accompanied by wind averaging sixty
miles per hour, passed over this city.
The storm came from the southwest
and passed nearly due east The rain
came down in torrents for a short
time. Many of the beautiful old trees
in the White House grounds suffered
severely. One tree was taken up by
the roots, bearing with it segment of
green lawn and part of a brick gutter.
| The finest tree in the park-a majestic
and aged maple-was practically
ruined, it's limbs being twisted off and
strewn in every direction Another
tree broke off near the ground and a.
score more were denuded of limbs. The
paths winding through the grounds
are blocked by the fallen trunks and
The record-union., 1896-05-29
@N:a!!! :!!.R Rs.assE RRs.ies
ABS OkI)IEEX .pURR

again over the foundations. Fourteen
of the dead enumerated were taken
from these sheds.
Across Caihokia Greek, in the city
proper, the destruction was complete.
The relay depot, an abomination, which
even the corroding hand of time could
not destroy, went to pieces before the
storm. The switch tower, the perfect
working of which causes the move
ment of hundreds Of trains, was made
useless Three small hotels in the victn-
ity were destroyed.
North and east of the relay depot
was wide residence section, mostly
small houses occupied by mechanics,
and was cleaned up. 1t is through this
part that the majority of the fatalities
occurred. The high dykes to the west
that shut Off the waters of the Missis-
sippi were no protection, and the frail
houses went down like houses Of cards
The viaduct across the mass of track
east Of the creek were made useless
The new Martell House, the McCaus-
land Opera-house, the City Hall, F'lan-
nagan's Hall, three churches, the high
school and residences that covered
fourteen blocks of ground east of the
viaduct were demolished.
Further on to the north and east TO
the stock yards vicinity everything was
swept away The definite limits of the
storm indicated above may be clearly
noted here. The National Hotel was
uninjured, while two blocks southeast
a house owned by H. D. Sexton was
torn to kindling wood. Passing on out
side the city, every suburban garden,
orchard and field is razed Of it's growth
In all this desolation death ran riot
High above the storm were heard the
cries of suffering and the shrieks OF
people struggling helplessly against
the storms fury. The points of greatest
disaster, the city front and the vicinity
Of the relay depot, have not yet given
up all of their dead. Scarcely a single
person in the storms highway escaped
some injury. The death list will be be-
tween 80 and 200. OF the injured any
figures under 600 and over 500 may be
named.
Coroner Campbell to-day held In
quests upon eighty-four bodies, and
barely kept up with his work as the
bodies arrived.
One morning paper will tomorrow
give the losses in East st. Louis and
on the river as follows: River losses,
$75O,0OO; by storm, S3.O0O000; by fire.
$25O,00O. Total. $4,OOO,O00.
The record-union., 1896-05-29
PERSONAL MENTION.

Chief Deputy Babcock of the Fish
Commission was in town yesterday.
Miss Albertina Parker Of Stockton is
visiting Miss May Glenn for few days.
Miss Minnie Gore yesterday returned
from a four weeks visit to friends in
the southern part of the State.
Mrs w. H. Cone, accompanied by her
son, W. H. Cone, Jr., of San Francisco,
are the guests of Mrs. Barrett at 1104
c. street.
The record-union., 1896-05-29
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
The State Association Commences Its
Convention TODAY.

The California Women's Suffrage As
socia ton will hold a two days conven-
tion. to-day and tomorrow, in the AS
sembly Chamber, which will be called
to order by Mrs Ellen c. Sargent, Pres
ident of the association
The first session will be this after
noon. and it is proposed to hold two
day. Miss Anna Shaw and Miss Eliza
beth w. Yates will be among the prom
inent speakers.
The record-union., 1896-05-29
Blew Out His Brains.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-Stand-
ing before a mirror, John Cohan, a
tailor, blew out his brains at . O'Clock
this morning in his room at lO26 jack
son street. Cohan had been SUFFERING
severely from dyspepsia for years, ano
his friends declare that his aliment un-
settled him mind to the extent that ne
sought relief in death.
The record-union., 1896-05-29
Lands Arrested.

John D. Lands was arrested yester-
day upon complaint sworn to by John
H. Dawson charging him with having
violated the ordinance relative to phar-
maciStS
The record-union., 1896-05-29
Dunhan Located.

SAN JOSE, May 2S.-Dunham is. To-
Gated near Smiths Creek, twenty
miles from here on Mount Hamilton
road A Sheriff's posse has started In
pursuit.
The record-union., 1896-05-29
The Auditorium Can be Repaired.

ST. LOUIS, May 2S-The damage to
the Auditorium in which the National
Republican Convention is to be held
could be repaired in forty-eight hours,
if necessary, and the city will be IN
readiness to receive and care for all
visitors who may attend the conven-
finn
The record-union., 1896-05-29

Ice-cream and cakes. 10 cents q dish
Otto, opposite Plaza.
The record-union., 1896-05-29

branches. A space less than hundred
yards marked the progress OF It's 1ury.
The wind took the roof off the Lutheran
Memorial Church at Vermont avenue
and Fourteenth street. Trees were
blown down in every part of the city,
and many small houses were unroofed.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-22
DO YOU
 PAY RENT ]? Why not pay it to yourself? If you own a lot you can soon own your home.
 We Will | Furnish the Money To build your house. You pay us monthly less than you would pay in rent, and in a few years you have a home. HOME? You do not know the meaning of that word, if you you are a renter?
 During the past seven years we have made more than two hundred loans, and those who began with the start of the association are now living in their own homes, free from debt.
Have
 No Lot

Begin saving by putting a monthly amount into this as- sociation. In few years you will have enough to buy the lot. There is no other way of getting the lot but saving to buy it, and in no way will your savings increase so fast as invested in this associa- tion.
 Don't always be a slave to your landlord. Own your own home. Don't say you can't: Save is the only way, Invest where it will grow-in a local Building and Loan as sociation-and be absolutely safe.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-22
A Few Dollars

You cannot loan upon real estate security but numbers putting their dollars together can do so.
 Every shareholder in this association has an equal chance. All the profits are divided each six months and applied pro rata to all the stock, Money invested in this association is never idle. The funds are loaned each month, so the interest is compounded monthly.
 This asociation has been doing business in Phoenix seven years, and the first and second series ma5ured in 76 months. A member who had 58r ahares in those series paid 97.50 per month, in all S570, and drew out 91,000. That aas nut 25 cents g day, 3. sum any young man or woman can and should save. But to have it grow 1t must be earn ing sonaething. interest
 ow5 while you sleep. The day y2u begin paying into his association you become 3 capitalist io small way. which wifi constantly grow