davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29

GANGS OF LABORERS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
Cleaning Away Wreckage and
Twisted Wires.

City Can Not BE Lighted For
Two Days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
AMID WRECK

List of Dead Discovered and
Identified $50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
JERSEY HAS JURISDICTION.
A Precedent for Clifford,s Indictment
and Trial for Killing Watson.

An alleged prominent lawyer was
quoted in the Journal yesterday as
raising a question of jurisdiction of this
State in the Watson homicide. Watson
was shot by Detective Clifford at Wee
hawken, and died in the Roosevelt Hos
pital. Assistant Prosecutor Noonan said
this morning:-.AThere can be no doubt at
all of the right of our State to prosecute
Clifford in this county for the killing of
Watson. The prominent lawyer who
favored the Journal with his views on
this subject yesterday, doesn't seem to
nave known what he was talking about.
He said that a grave question would arise
as to which State. New Jersey or New
York. has jurisdiction. No such question
can arise. Our criminal procedure act
provides for just such a case as%his, and
the Hunter case settles the matter. The
person shall be ~feloniously struck within
the precincts of this State and should die
of such stroke at any place out of the
jurisdiction of this State, an Indictment
therefore found by jurors of the county
within the Jurisdiction of this State in
which such stroke shall happen, shall be
as good and effectual in law as if said
felonious stroke and death thereby en-
suing, had happened in the same county
where such Indictment shall be found So
you see, our friend, the prominent law
YER need not stay awake nights bothering
his head"
The question was raised in the Hunter
case where the crime was committed in
Camden and the victim died in Phtladel-
Dhia. and it was decided that New Jersey
had Jurisdiction.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION.
Ministers Want a Declaration That
This Is a Christian Nation.

WASHINGTON, March II, 1S96.-To put
the name Of the Deity in the Constitu-
ton is the purpose of a joint resolution
introduced in the House some weeks ago
by Mr.. Morse {Rep.. Mass.). It was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, who
for nearly two hours today heard argu-
ments for and against the proposition.
The Rev. H. H. George, of Pittsburg,
Pa. made a brief but earnest plea for a
favorable report upon the measure. He
began by saying that it is believed by
multitudes of people that the Constitu-
ton is not a full record of the facts in
our national life. 1t has no clear recoSni-
ton of Christianity. Whatever obscure
allusion there might be to God, there was
none to Christ. The question is, shall our
Christian life be brought down to accord
with the Constitution or shall the Con-
stitution be brought up to accord
with the facts? He went on to
say that it was generally agreed that
the Constitution was a secular document,
while the facts in our life are Christian.
Our opponents" he continued, ''say that
the Constitution ought to remain secular
and that all the facts in our daily life
ought to be brought down TO it; that is,
we ought to abolish prayer in the churches
IL tAiC AAI d4r0 W. lit
Bible from the schools and remove every
thing Christian and CONVEX our whole
civilization into secularism." He commended
that ever, Christian feature should be
maintained and he asked that the Consti-
tuition be amnded so as to secure all such
features.
The Rev. DR.. stockton of Mercer, Pa,
assertedthat this was a Christian nation.
and he wanted the Constitution brought
into harmony with the unwritten Con
stltution Of the nation; The nation. he
said, was born out Of Christianity. Three
fourths of the ountry were Christians,
and five-sixths Of the people were in har-
mony with what he was asking today.
From Washington down to the present
time, all our Presidents a indicated
their dependence on Divine Providence.
He spoke Of the national protection Of
guard it were a recognition of Chris
tianity: IF this is a Christian nation,
he asked, why not go further and
emphasize the fact in our Con~stitution?H
The other speakers who took the af-
ffrmative side of the question were Lewis
p Vail an attorney. Of Philadelphia;
President Of the American Peace Asso-
citation, and the Rev. w. J. Coleman of
A11nr1,apxr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
POLICEMAN PERRY'S LECTURE.
Tells His Hearers to Be Good and
They Won't Need Policemen.

Patrolman Enoch Perry of the Third
Precinct delivered a lecture last night be-
fore an audience in the store at No. sos
Newark avenue. occupied by the Gospel
Temperance Mission. The scene in the
long room was an odd one. In the dark
ness of the room nothing was visible but
the escaping light from the lantern, a
reading lamp on a desk on the platform
and the big round disc wherein the pic
lures appeared. This threw a weird light
on the faces of the children in the first
two rows. From this part of the audience
came the most enthusiastic applause.
He employed in Illustrating his address
a number of views cast upon a muslin
screen from a large magic lantern, lighted
by an oil lamp. The subject of his lee
ture was THE Good Samaritan, or Who
Is My Neighbour" It represented scenes
in the journey of Elkanah.
Mr.. Perry has had no previous expe-
rienee as a lecturer. This is the first
time he has attempted anything of the
mis- idea of a practical charity and he
sees in it a means of attracting the little
ones and their parents so that they may
be brought up in the way they should
go: His lecture appealed to old and young
alike, for he quoted at times from poets
and lest the quotations be beyond the
comprehension he made their
sense apparent to his hearers.
At times Mr.. Perry exhorted his hear
people would only accept the Master
there would be no need Of police and po-
lice stations" Mr.. Perry's English pro-
nunciation has been corrupted by his long
residence in Jersey City.
Mr.. Perry was invited at the close of
his lecture to appear again before this
Mission band. He promised to do SO.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
How Rail Open CLAIMS.

Il was hunting raj on the Newark
marshes a few days ago. said a we'll
known sportsman. when I heard the
most terrific squawking and chattering
over in the tules. From the sound I con-
cluaed that there must be at least 100
rails, and each trying to make itself heard
above the other. 1 worked my way eau
ticusly through the tules, and soon saw
in a little opening ahead of me two mud
clam. And 1t was the funniest sight /
ever saw in my life.
The birds glared at each other with
their feathers ruffled, and then sprang to-
gether. One went over on its back. and
lay there kicking its legs up in the air.
and yelling like a good fellow, While the
other danced around looking for an open
ing. Finally he found it. and Jumping on
the prostrate birds breast, he stood and
stamped with his big feet and stabbed
with a sharp bill till the under bird man.
aged to struggle up.
Then they stood over the clam and
words, but still | could see that they were
swearing. They looked like a couple of
muddy transfers quarrelling over the
right of way. And the amount of noise
they made was simply astonishing.
Finally one of the birds got a stab in
the neck that made him turn tail and run,
while the other inspected the clam with
the most ridiculous complacency. as if he
had just performed a great public service
ard that was his reward. The clam ap-
parently proved satisfactory. and the rail
long bill down the CLAIMS throat, tickled
It till it had to open its shell to cough,
and then yanked 1t out in a jiffy."-San
Francisco Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
Finish in

1T is amazing how few good voices
even reach the maturity of their powers,
and especially how few American voices
are ever given or realize their proper
opportunity writes Charles R. Adams.
the venerable and famous teacher of
singing, in March Ladies' Home Jour-
nal" ssThe habit of school singing, as
it usually exists, is a pernicious one.
and one which should be discouraged
until instruction is made to
it. Children will force their voices be-
yond their volume by singing, or more
properly, screaming, in a chorus. One
of the special evils of chorus singing
arises from the dependence upon other
voices for note and tune. The voice
needs Individual dependence. as much as
any other faculty. Mr.. Adams, after
touching upon the value of chorus sing
ing, under proper conditions, repose, the
specific value of operate training, enun-
asserts that Finish is the greatest fac
cludes, ssnas been said to mark the dis
tinction between excellence and medioc-
rity, and who that lives and strives in
art with any real love for his mistress
but would prefer. the honor and glory of
the former to the s~elf-confessed inferi-
GRITTY of the latter? The times change,
and our standard for the singer, as for
the individual. advances with them. The
advance is steadily along the lines-to-
ward perfection, toward completion. to-
ward excellence-and although the goaa
in art, as in humanity. is still distant.
yet each personal advance increases the
possibilities and hastens the time for the
entire race of mankind"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
VALLEY RAILROAD
Leaye Pennsrlyania q. hi. nenot.

Leave Pennsylvania II. R. Depot.
TIP A. N. Daily, except Sunday. for MAUCH
CHUNK and intermediate stations.
1913 A. NJ Daily for GENEVA, ROCKIES
TER, BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS, SJS-
PENSION BRIDGE and the West and prin-
cipal local points; dining car 10 Suspension
Bridge. Pullman vestibule sleeper to Chicago.
11:24A. NJ. Daily 0eaves 1882 A. NJ, sun
day., for AUG CHUNK and Intermediate
points; connecting for Reading and Harrisburg.
It's P. NJ. Daily, except Sunday, for ELMIRA
and all intermediate stations; connections for
louisville and READING. Chair car TO
s:t4 P. NJ, Sundays only, for likes
BARRE, L. & B. JUNCTION. and ali inter-
I:2s. P. NJ. Daily. except Sunday, for L. q
B.. JUNCTION and the principal Intermediate
stations. Pullman buffet parlor car to Wilkes.
barre. connections for Pottsville.
1872 p. NJ. Daily, except Sunday. for BOUND
Brook and intermediate stations.
$50 P. NJ. Daily. for EASTON and inter-
mediate stations.
Sic P. Nj. Daily. for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
FALLS and all points west; Pullman sleeper
vestibule train. New York to Chicago. sleeper
TO Buffalo and Toronto: connections for Read
ing and Harrisburg.
6:42 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. for EAS-
TON and intermediate stations
ROCHESTER,. BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS.
and ali points west; Pullman sleepers to Chi-
cagn and Buffalo; chair car to Wilkesbarre-
Tickets and Pullman accommodations e.
Pennsylvania r R. Depot.
The New York Transle~ Co. will call fr and
check Baggage from hotel or residence through
80 destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
ORIGIN 0fa Mama

Every day we drink out of a tufnbler.
says. the Jewellers Circular, Why IS
the large glass that holds our milk and
water so called? Years ago Professor
Max Muller was giving a luncheon at
AM Souls College, Oxford to the Princess
Alice, the wife of the Grand Duke Of
Hesse-Darmsfadt, and the second daugn-
ter of Queen Victoria. There was not a
dozen guests beside the princess ard her
husband,1 ard a very agreeable luncheon
we had, with talk on all kinds Of inter-
esting subjects.
But what excited the curiosity Of all
strangers present was a set of little
round bowls of silver, about the size Of
a large orange. They were brought round
illled to the brim with the ANGUS ale
brewed in the college. These. We are
lily shown how they came by their names
"a fitting lesson for the guests of a
philologist. When one of these little,
bowls was empts it was placed upon the
table mouth downward. Instantly. SO
perfect was hts balance it few back to its
proper position, as If asking to be filed
again; No matter how it was treated
July on its side, dropped suddenly upon
the soft thick carpet, up it rolled AGAR
and settled itself. with a few gentle
shakings and swayings, into its place.
like one of those India rupber turlbiinr
dolls babies delight In.
This, then, was the origin of our word
tulnbler, at first made Of silver. as are
all these All Souls tnmblers. Then.
when glass became common, the round
seeded he exquisitely balanced silver
spheres and stole their names so success
fully that you have to go to All Souls,
to see the real thing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
Cannfbal plants.

1t has been proved time and again that
the so-called .cannibal plants" Of which
the Venus fiy-trap is the type, are much
more healthy when allowed their regular
insect food than when they are reared
under netting or in any other manner
which excludes them from their regular
meat diet. say the Cincinnati .sEnquirer.'
The above is an oddly of itself, especial
" when we consider the fact that there
is a certain school of b~otanists which
teaches canniba1 plants make no use
whatever Of the insect prey captured by
them. but it is nothing compared with
the bold assertion made by Francis OAR
win. That noted scientific gentleman
bravely meets the vegetarian botanist',
with the assertion hi all kinds and
classes of plants, whether known as
ssmeaters" or not, bear more and heavier
fruits and seeds when fed on meat than
those that are not allowed a flesh diet.
He grew lots, comprising various vari-
cites Of the different common plants.
One lot was regularly fed (through
their roots. of course) with pure juices
compressed from meat, the other with
water and the various fertilizers. The
final figures on this odd experiment
proved that the plants Which were fed
pure meat juice bore 16S fruits Of the
different kinds. while the unfed plants
of the same number and original condi-
ton bore but IA; also that The pampered
plants bore 240 seeds to every 100 borne
by the plants that were not given q
chance to crafty cannibalistic taste. This
is certainly a discovery worthy of much
careful study and extensive experiment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
Legal NOTICES.


TO GAVIN NAIsMITH. AMELIA h.
Naismith. his wife. and Asa zabriskie.
executor Of John G.. Zabriskie, deceased;
lie sale made by the city Collector Of
Jersey City. N the 18th day Of October.
1881, The Mayer ard Aldermen Of Jer
eleven dollars and fifteen cents ALL the
land ard real estate situate in Jersey
CITY, in the County Of Hudson and State
Of q New jersey, fronting on Marsh street,
lot fourteen %, in block NUMBER three
hundred and twenty-eight (S2Sl, upon an
assessment map annexed to a report
Commissioners of Adjustment, appoint
ed in and for said City by the Circuit
Court of the County of Hudson, a GER
filed in the office of the City Collector of
Jersey city, on the 21st day of January,
1871, said report and map and said sale
being made pursuant to the provisions
Of an act of the Legislature of New
Jersey, passed March Both, 1886, entitled:
IAN Act concerning the settlement and coll
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities Of this state. aad imposing and levy
instead Of such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof. and to provide for the
and assessment,
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear
to have an estate or Interest in said land and
real estate, and unless the said land ard real
estate shal pe redeemsd as provided in said
and after the service hereof. a deed for the
same will be given conveying to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City, the fee simple
of said land and real estate according to the
provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j.. March 10, 1896.
Dated. Jersey City, n. j., December 6. 1885.
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
p. F. wANsER,
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest: E. w. WOOLLEY,
City Clerk.
The Nav Jarsav T;t,a cuarantsa and rrr,,s4 RI
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
ARCHBISHOP KENRIoK BURIED.
Eloquent Pancgyric Delivered by His
old Companion Arch bishop Ryan.

Old Companion Arch bfsh0p Ryan.
ST. LOUIS, March II. 1S96.-Peter Rich
ard Kenriek, lately Archbishop Of st.
Louis, was buried in Calvary Cemetery
today. At ten O'clock this morning the
funeral services We're begun in the Cath
edral, which was crowded to the doors.
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishops Ryan,
Kaine, Elder, Feehan, ind Ireland were
present, many Bishops, and about three
hundred local priests. Archbishop Kaine
Of ST. Louis was the celebrant.
After the celebration Of the mass Arch
bishop Ryan delivered one of the most
eloquent panegyries ever heard in a
Catholic church. At the close Of the
oration Archbishcp Elder, accompanied
by acolytes and censor bearers, marched
around the casket and performed the
rites of absolution. He was followed in
turn by each of the Archbishops, and
Cardinal Gibbons was the last to pro-
nounce the last sad rite.
The casket was then conveyed to the
cemetery. Many houses along the route
were draped in purple and black and the.
sidewalks were lined with spectators. The
service at the grave was very simple. The
body will repose in the receiving vault
until the new Cathedral is finished, when
1t will be laid beneath the floor Of thai
lIIITh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
WIDOW SULLIVAN MAD.
Drives Away Men Who Try 10 Put .
Pole Near Her Home.

When the Street and Water Commits
sioners awarded a contract to the Peo-
Pies Light. Heat and Power Company of
Newark to light a section of the cftxs it
also extended the privilege Of erecting as
many poles as necessary to fulhn its con-
tract. For the last three weeks the COM
pany has worked unmplested. Yesterday
the workmen struck a snag in the fair
form of Mrs. Mary Sullivan, a buxom and
muscular widow.
Poles were being raised on that part Of
Eleventh street. between Jersey avenue
andGrove street which is known as Cork
Row.
The Widow Sullivan owns a home in
that swell locality, and when she heard
that an unsightly pole was to be raised
directly in front of it. she wanted dam
ages. A %neighbor. she had been told, had
been paid $50 for allowing a pole to be
placed on her sidewalk. The widow with
a sharp eye to business. wanted an award
also.
A dozen workmen appeared in front of
her home yesterday shortly after noon.
They began to e~xcavate. The widow
Sullivan began to demonstrate from the
start, but the workmen only laughed at
her. Seven of the men formed a circle
about their colleagues and succeeded for a
time in shutting the widow out. For a
short time only were they masters of the
situation. Mrs. Sullivan called her daugh-
ter Ella and a few sympathizing women
friends and a combined attack on the
orkme was made. The guard line
was broken. and the widow crowned the
victory by jumping into the hole which
was about four feet deep. Only her head
was visible above the ground.
An attempt was made to dislodge her,
but she threatened to have the first man
who hurt her arrested. The Widows
force was soon enlarged by a dozen or
more tough looking young men and the
workmen fearing serious trouble, notified
the police of the Seventh street station.
Two policemen were sent to the scene,
but they were powerless. The widow re-
fused to get out of the hole. and she was
supported in her determination by her
friends. Captain Kelly was finally sent
for. and with a squad of police he pulled
the excited widow out of the excavation,
dispersed the crowd, and remained on the
scene until the Objectionable pole had
been raised.
The widow is mad. She says the police
are tools of corporations, and announces
that within three days she will cut the
pole down if she goes to jail for 1t.
Cork Row is in a state of excitement,
and Captain Kelly says it viii not sur
prise him to hear that the pole is either
chopped or burned down.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11

TO GAVIN NAIsMITH. AMELIA R.
lSaismith. his wife, and Asa Zabriskie.
executor of John C. Zabriskie. de-
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jer-
sey City, on the 10th day of october,
1891, the Mayor and Aldermen of jersey
City purchased for the sum of eleven
dollars and fifteen cents L the land
and real estate situate in Jersey City. in
Jersey. fronting on Centre street, which
is laid down and designated as lot six
TO-, IN lpiock n1mber three hundred a
seven go, made by the "Commissioners
said city By the a GpIRreuit Court ~ at Of the fpe
County of Hudson, a certified copy of
which report and map was filed in the
office of the City Collector of Jersey
said report and map and said sale being
made pursuant to the provisions of an
passed March Goth. 1886, entftled:-
AN Act concerning the settlement and COL
lection of arrearages Of unpaid taxes. assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities OF this state. and imposing and levy
ing a tax. assessment and lien in lieu and
instead OF such arrearages. and to enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for the
sale Of lands subjected to future taxation
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear
to have ast. an estate aaa Or Or interest in said land and
estate shall be redeemed. as provided in said
acts. before the expiration of six months from
and after the service hereof. a deed for the
same viii be given conveying to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City, the fee simpla
Of said land. and real estate according to the
provisions of the said act.
r. Dsted JeTsey City n y March 10. 1895,
THE MAYOR AND OF JERSEY
?. F. wANsER,
eSeal1 - Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11

! Sometimes even Nthe most fas0idious
woman forgets that the keynote of dam
tiness Is struck by the morning toilet
a model of all that she should be at other
times, her breakfast appare gives every
outward evidence of haste and leaves
much to be desired.
The precious five minutes nap in which
one guilty INDUCES after the getting
up hour has arrived Is frequently the
beginning of domestic Jar ana fret. and
causes the first little rift within the, lutte.
A woman who has made a hasty morn
ing toilette is by no means a thing of
beauty; therefore she who is wise valiant
" forgoes the joy Of the forbidden nan:
she rises betimes, supported by the
thought that of such STUFF martyrs are
made. and after her matutinal dip, as
she arranges her hair as becomingly as
she would later in the day for a luncheon
or q shopping expedition, she finds her.
self at peace with all the world, even in
Guiding the cookt
It's only a little thing in the days do
ings, but it, tells. The woman who pre-
sides ait the breakfast table. neat. fresh
and rosy, Is fulfilling part of her mission
In life-her lord Is as muc stimulateds
by her presence as by the fragrant cln
Of Mocha which she d~ispenses, and though
seemingly absorbed In his newspaper as
he sips his favoFite beverage, Ia reality
he. sees every detail Of the dainty toilette.
knowing that it was made for eyes alone
and, manlike, approaching it all the more
for that very reasoni
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
OUR PATRIOTIC CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, March II, 1Ss6.-Sweep-
ing criticisms that Congress is neglecting.
domestic affairs altogether to NEEDLE with
international questions do not appear to
be wholly merited, as instanced In the
bill just reported from the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs, to allow SUI
perfntendents of National Cemeteries to
Keep a horse and a cow for their own
use and benefit.
The report of the COMMITTEES, made by
AR. Tracey of Missouri, treats extern
slvely of the a~dvisability of Elllifying
the order of the Quartermaster General
OF the Army issued October 9, 1895, dis
continuing the practice of keeping do
mestlc animals and fowls of all kinds in
or near National Cemeteries.