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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16

The Little Chap" the dainty. thought
full magazine published monthly at Man
Illus. N. Y, presents for October the fol-
lowing attractive table of contents
sappho's Hymn to A~phrodite,'' NJ. M.
Miller A Allegory.' Professor H. G.
Warren, of Princeton; The Death Tree"
instalment /, Colonel William Verbeck.
Autumn Programme Music, Theodore
Peet,- A. b. George .du Maurier-An APP
probation, The. Editor and Little Chaps,
which. consist. of photography of Steven
son, The. Last Chap Book; THE Tri-
bune's'' 'eWoman's Page. The New Ad-
vertising, Anent Howells. Professor Child,
Princeton University and William Morris.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
Lyric Thsatre, noboken.

There is a charm In the singing Of
Southern songs by negroes that never
fails to please all Darkest America
the big negro exhibition, which win be
seen at the Lyric Theatre, Hoboken, three
nights commencing tonight, has twenty
singers and shouters. to say nothing Of
the undred and one other interesting fea-
lures. The brass band and orchestra, the
military company and all the people who
take part in the performance are genuine
Southern negroes.Al. G.. Field, the or
ganizer of this novel exhibition, has
made a study of the negro character, nj
the. performance Is given under his per-
SOnal SUPERVISION
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
4 GYPSY BAZAAR.
Claremont Presbyterian Churchss
Young Peoples rnrfae.

A Gypsy bazaar win be held at the
Claremont Presbyterian Church. Ocean
and Claremont avenues, next Thursday
evening and Friday afternoon. 1t viii be
held under the management Of one Of the
most popular teachers in the school, Miss
Ann I. Meharg. Miss Meharg will be as
sisted by nearly one hundred Gypsies.
This will be one Of the most novel fairs
eevr held in this city. The Sunday school
room win have the appearance of a Gypsy
camp. and Miss Meharg'a assistants, most
OF. them little girls. win wear Gypsy cos
tunes The Gypsies hope that their ar
tistic booths viii be largely patronized In
order that a large sum may be realized
to liquidate the debt On the new lecture
hall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
AM
Academy or Music.

TO the present generation OF American
piay-goers, the character Of virginius is
forever associated with the figure. the
action, the voice, the whole personality of
John Mccullough. To a generation that
has been privileged to witness the work
Of the greatest personator Of Roman
characters since John Phillip Kemble
there has been but one Brutus, one Cor
~ioianus, one virginius. Indeed, in these
days there are very few who can enact
VirginiuS at all.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
SLEPT AT HIS POST.

While passing the office of the Foboken
Land and Improvement Company. at
Newark and River streets, at one o'clock
this morning, Officer Gerken and Detec-
tive Weinthal saw the night Waterman
sitting in a chair in the office, as if
sleeping. The officers tapped on the win
dow but failed to awake him. Fearing
something was wrong, they made their
way into the Office. They found the
man was dead. The body was still warm.
DR.. .Pindar. who was. summoned, said
the watchman had died Of heart disease.
Mr., Wagner was about sixty years of
age and of large stature. He lived at
No. ga Garden street. Hoboken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16

To say, therefore. with an exchange,
that Mr. James O'Ne.ll acts Virgil
With a strong and intelligent grasp Of the
great traditions of the character and
with thorough skin, grace and SYM
pathetic power, is to pay a compliment 10
his histrionic genius which is both truth
ful. and just. n the first scenes of the
play. he is gentle. grave ~dignifed, in
the camp and forum scenes. picturesque
and effective, n in the mad scenes
bluster).. he IS especially strong.
Mr.. O'Neill opens. his. engagement at
the Academy of Music tonigh. with VIII
ripff1SD
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
WAVERLY oHURoHs FAIR.

The fan which was held in the Waverly
Congregational Church last week closed
Saturday night. 1t was a success finan-
cially and the ladies who had it IN charge.
expressed themselves as being more than
pleased with the result.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record Of circulation for home
reading for the week ending November
Il, 1886. was as foilows.-Generai works,
S.; philosophy. 3S; religion, 127; sociology,
rs, ~phiiology. 8; natural science, $50. use
fiction, ABB; Juvenile fiction. 2.57s; history,
24l; biography, RS; travels. 35S. Total,
of this number there were delivered
through the delivery stations 5.4l5.
Number of borrowers registered during
the week, 20.
Total number of registered borrowers,
"a $50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
Hon Ton Theatrc.

Raymon Moore, the famous and best bal
lad singer Of America, VIII head a first
class bill this week at the Bon Ton Thea
ire. Other strong feature will be Law
renee and Harrington, Carroll and Hindes.
the. Fftzgibbon Trio. Vic Eetta, Frey and
Fields, Weston. and Deveaux. Freddie
Huke. Payne and Grape, May Lawrence
and the Ricketts,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
ED UCA1IONAL
WORK WANTED

ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS FOR HEAT
ers, Ranges. Stoves n Furnaces kept
constantly on hand. Drop a postal and
send a man 10 estimate on your
work. Heaters and Furnace work prompt
" attended TO. JACOB BINGLE & SON,
So and s. Newark avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1s. 1896.

This paper ii Democratic IN principles
and is Independent in its uieics on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-16

An UDkiDd s~ngg-stion.
He-"I have trouble IN killing time"
SheEtWhy don't you just talk to TIP
Town Topics
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
A Monster Fraud.

The trial of the famous Reavis case,
soon to begin in San Francisco, VIII at-
tract wide attention. 1t is an effort on |
the part of the federal government 10
bring to punishment a score or more OF
conspirators who were the tools on
James Addison Reavis In his effort 10
get hold of thirteen million acres Oh
land estimated to be worth to-day $'o,-
600, O0o
The property involved is In Arizona
and New Mexico 1T includes grounu
covered by cities and ranches on winch
millions of money have spent Cor irrl-
cation and improvements Phoenix
the capital of Arizona, is all WITHIN
the claim. A dozen other towns are IN
cluded. Forty thousand people live on
the tract Railways traverse 1t. and IL
is dotted with rich mineral properties.
More than twenty-five years ago.
John A. Reavis started out to essaonsh
a title to this domain. He was fertiie-
Drained Missourian. a clerk In a c"un-
arv store. He met his wife. who has been
his co-conspirator on a train Of cars in
California. 1t was through her ances-
tors that the inheritance was alleged 10
have descended. The pretense was that
I'm l75s Spain made the grant IN ques-
ton to Miguel Peralta, to whose name
is added a iong string of titles IN all
the legal papers in the case; I was &c
up that the wife of Reavis was the III
rect heir to the properly.
Reavis had nothing TO start in WIN
but he managed at one tine or another
to raise fortunes for the prosecution d
his claim. This he lid bv assigning
, interests in what he expe'ei 10 Sc
cure. Roscoe Conkling. Robert q. In
rersol and Colonel Br)d ihea1, o. .
= Louis. have figured as mis- attorneys
II is asserted that both S1nkiinS ant
, Ingersoll pronounced the Reavis titi
. perfect. Broadhead was to receiv
half a million dollars when the 'it!
was declared to be valid.
The federal court of claims, after
hearing, about five years ago, pro
nounced the scheme a gigantic fraud
steps were taken by the department a
Washington to punish Reavis an
:, those who, in his interest and unde
his pay, are said to have given pei
jured testimony. 1t is said that, anon
= other things. Reavis actually snoceede
=" in smuggling into the Spanish archive
certain parchments which gave colo
. TO his claim. The federal authorize
a propose TO pursue the conspiracy to u
. utmost limit. Had Reavis won,
II would have had absolute title 20 a str
. of land rs miles wide and .25 milk
long, with its cities. towns, rancho
improvements and minerals.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
In the TranSyaal.

In their time the settlers of the
Transvaal have had their share or
trouble with the English. The Beers
of to-day are the descendants of the
Dutch and Germans who were the pio-
neer immigrants to the Cape colony.
Their career in the Transvaal began
with their general exodus from the
Cape. nearly sixty years ago. This mi
grafton was caused by the discomfort
of the Beers with the policy of the
English government. They crossed the
..vaar" and reached the Transvaal
country.
For years thereafter II was story
of troubles, in turn with the Zulus,
with neighboring states and with the
| English. About fifteen years ago, 1t
was decided at London to declare the
Transvaal republic a British possess
sion, the presumption being that the
Beers could not defend themselves.
The war for defense that followed was
one upon which the Beers entered with
fervor; the result of 1t was a surprise
TO the civilized world The farmers
fought with desperation and with a
spirit of devotion, and the result was
a triumph for them over the British
regulars.
Common rumor puts Cecil Rhodes
the Monte Cristo'' of South Africa, be
hind the raid recently undertaken b'
Jamison. Rhodes is the premier o
. Cape Colony; he is said to have a sub
servient friend in Jamison. Within
, dozen years. Rhodes has accumulate
4 millions In diamond mining, and he
/ adding other millions TO his wealth a
e the result of the recent gold discover
e les. In all matters relating TO loca
r government he is nothing short OF
dictator: he is In high favor with tn
e court circle at London.
= Nevertheless. the wonder remain
Il that Jamison should have undertake
: his expedition without the knowledi
a or consent of the home government,
r is alleged in London. Manifestly. a
ID cording TO last weeks news. at sever
he capitals in Europe II Is not belieV'
that he did anything of the sort In
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

oaiamities. We shall expect the Helena
board of trade, to hold a meeting. Nat
urallv enough, all Helena will begin 10
dam the Missouri river again. we DO
not know why the Helena people 90 H.
but they do. It's a way they have.
They have been doing it ever since 1872.
We see no motive for it-God in HIS
wisdom gave the Missouri its majestic
sweep toward Northern Montana; man
in his folly founded the city of Helena
hopelessly far from the glorious
streams banks.
They have water works In Helena OF
sufficient size to let the press of thai
CITY scatter the report of twenty-thou-
sand dollar bribery charges in the city
council. But when 1t comes to the size
and style of confiagration the capital
city of a great state like Montana
ought to have-when 1t comes to that'
really a quarter-inch stream AFTER
ninety minutes of waiting with an
ultimate reach of ten feet beyond the
nozzle. will not do. Hereafter, when
our neighbors over the range start out
TO proclaim the excellence of theii
water service, like DR.. Jamison they
will wisely cut the wires behind them
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
HUMOROUS.

you looked so sheepish when you pro-
posed to me-" "And you looked so wolf
ish when you accepted me."-Life.
"Ha! womanl' he exclaimed sitting up
Suddenly in bed. 81 have found you out.
She smiled and continued accommodating
his change. "Oh, no, DEAR" said she.
..you are the one that's out."-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
Impartial: Brown-Big failure of
Smiths, wasn't 1t? Any preferences?
Jones-None whatever. borrowed WHEREBY
err he could.-Brooklyn Life.
Bigson-How well you're looking this
morning, Jigson. Jigson-Yes; i have
never looked better in my life. I'm look
ing for a man who owes me five pounds.
It'd Bits.
Club Man-Why didn't you recognize
Clarence Fastchapp when we met?
Sister-He has disgraced himself. was
told that he was turned out of the High
tone club for not paying his dues.
Club Man-That's a base Islander. II
was only for conduct unbecoming gen.
tleman.-New York Weekly.
Rev! DIR. Saintly-My son, don't yot
know it's wicked to ride a bicycle on Sun
day? Willie Slimson-That's what told
your little boy last Sunday when III
| wanted to borrow mine.-New York Her
| aid.
Maudie-Mamma, If 'ou died. would 'o'
| climb the golden stairs? Mammal sup
pose I would my dear. Maudie-I woul'
not, ANNA. I'd take the elevator.-Truth
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
IL Mont DO.

Last week two handsome residences
in Helena were burned to the ground
in broad daylight; we feel moved to
congratulate the members of the fire
department on the fact that, owing to
the supply of city water about which
much that is boastful has been adver-
tised by our Helena friends, they were
able TO save two chimneys and several
sections of the fence.
The alacrity of the service and the
abundance OF the water supply are
attested in talk which finds its way
into print in the columns OF our Helena
contemporaries. The Helena fire mar
shall gives a picturesque description OF
what happened. I'VE hitched," hi
saws. ito the nearest fire plug. At frs
there was no stream at all but in 9
little while there came one that issueC
three or four feet beyond the nozzle.
1t is not easy. at a fire to define wha
a little while" is. The Independent
reports that after an hour and
quarter a small stream started
Meanwhile. Helena having, according
10 certain printed pamphlets on file Il
the Standard Office, IA well-equippe
and efficient fire department" the fir
engine was sent for. II arrived befor
the burning dwellings. frozen up tighte
than a mill pond in Maine.
But let US resume the thread OF III
marshaPs printed story; After vi
reeting the hose" ne continues, Il pl
on a smaller hose and got a quarte
inch stream on the fire. finally got
stream inside and one outside the Ca
michael house. neither Of which wou
issue more than ten feet from q
nozzle"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The Dfngley revenue bill is a good one
as st stands and the way for the senats
to please the people is TO pass II witnout
any material amendment.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. -.
Whatever may be the reason of Lord
Dunraven's sudden and sulking departure
for England before the yacht investiga-
ton was fairly begun, IL Is evident ne mas
done another baby act.-lndianapohs
Journal.
I. After the learned historical authorities
get through with their discussion II IL
doubtful IL the Monroe doctrine Will De
able to recognize itself.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The United States has demanded indem-
nifty from the Porte for the destruction or
American mission property. The sultan
government usually has been generous
enough about paying for its fun. SO far as
this country is concerned, but that never
seems to interfere with repetition OF tne
offense.-Buffalo Express.
Another strike has passed into history,
with nothing gained by the strikers such
lessons are costly, but we suppose tney
would not happen If they were not
necessary factor in the education OF the
worbingmen.-New York Tribune.
| What makes democratic congressman
mad is that the republicans do not offer
relief in the way the great democratic
bosses ordered IL. 1t is very sad.-Chi-
| cago Inter Ocean.
| Secretary Carlisle still thinks II Is pos
| sible to take something from nothing ano
| leave a comfortable surplus.-New Yorh
Press.
| Another convert to the Norwegian sys'
| tenn of liquor selling worthy of note Is
| Governor Morrill, of Kansas. In a recent
| interview he says he is unalterably op
posed to the open saloon, but he thinks
! the present prohibition laws in Kansas
| are a farce and should be changed to al
How the Introduction of the new system
\ Such testimony should certainly hav'
| weight.-Springfield Republican.
l. DR.. Hale believes in a permanent tri
| bunal, to consist of two men from eacl
of the great countries of the world ant
| one man from each of the small coun
tries, by whom all the international dis
putes which may arise in the future ma
be arbitrated. Until some such interna
tional arrangement like this Is made con
! tinual war scares are liable to arise, al
though actual wars are now usual
averted.-Boston Globe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

able to acquire domain through just
such raiding as was undertaken py
Jamison That sort of campaigning
however, cannot be undertaken with
impunity in these modern days. In the
face of prompt and emphatic protest.
England concluded to quit. with pro-
fuse assurances that the march into the
Transvaal was unauthorized. That as
surance may be entirely candid. but
IT evidently is not accepted as such py
some of the powers whose relations
with Great Britain have hitherto been
friendly
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
RHYMES OF THE DAY.

Editorial Amenities
Your life shall be poem
II you will marry me-.
= Good sir. your poem is declined
With many thanks" quoth she.
You ask for cash" her lord began
What for I'd like to know"
Ouoth she: I'm like the baker man
Because 1 knead the dough-"
Philadelphia Record.
'Tis now the season when we make
The festive buckwheat batter,
And hungry boarders take the cake,
The last one on the platter.
Indianapolis Journal
.rve been dreaming, yes, dreaming OF
you."
Said the maiden so tender and true.
For 1 have a bad habit
of eating Welsh rarebit,
And there's no telling what that VII
do" Judge.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

The senate at Washington may be
counted ON TO go slow. 1t will give
weeks to the bond bin which the house
tossed off in a few minutes; 1t will
probably put the tariff bill on the
stocks for thorough repairs. To all ap-
pearance, silver has the pull in the
senate-the opposition seems disposed
to admit as much. IL all goes well,
there will come tomorrow from the
senate's finance committee a substi-
tute for the bond bill. and it will be In
ahe shape of a measure for free coin
age. There are plenty of people who
are sure that the silver craze" is dying
out; they can't prove 1t by what Is
going on in the senate of the United
States.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
MONDAY. JANUARY 6, 1896.
Ii MIGHT Happen.

The controversy over the Monroe
doctrine may break out in new place
In the city of Washington is a prom
inent editor from Copenhagen. HIS
mission is to engage congress in a
scheme for the purchase of the island
of st. Thomas by the United states
Denmark, he says, has concluded 10
dispose of the island. Denmark Is a
small country that does little in the
way of keeping up an army or navy, IT
finds itself compelled to spend about
$4,000 a year for maintaining gov
eminent for this West India island, and
the government at Copenhagen has
concluded that to own st. Thomas
doesn't pay.
The visitor at Washington claims
that Denmark has a customer for the
island-he says that Germany wants to
buy II: every important European
mower except Germany has station
in the West Indies. The harbor at st
Thomas can accommodate the navie'
of the world. Nearly thirty years ago
Denmark offered to sell St. Thomas L
the United States but this country di'
not care to purchase. The representa-
tions made in behalf of Denmark ar
to the effect that the price for the isl
and will not be high. the determinatiol
having been reached to sell 1t in an
event.
The need of st. Thomas as coal
ing station has frequently been urge
by the navy department at Washing
ton. In that respect England is ad
mirabiy equipped in the West Indies
Assuming 1t TO be true that German
is anxious to secure st. Thomas an
were negotiations between Berlin an
Copenhagen to become serious. tn
country would have to come out
another Monroe doctrine message.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
Where They Missed 1t.

The treatment accorded a banking
firm in Livingston by the sub-treasury
at Chicago was enough ito break the
heart of generosity" as somebody In
Shakespeare says. 1t appears that the
Livingston house, answering the treas
urv DEPARTMENTS call for gold, for
warded $4,000 in coin to the Chicago
branch, accepting currency in ex-
change. iifi ~
The sending was acknowledged from
the Chicago end without thanks. but
with the information that the $1,000
less 81. 40 had been placed to the credit
of the Livingston bank. This amount
was represented to be the light-weight
on the coin sent East. We can see
why. as is shown in the correspond
ence printed in the Standard THIS
morning, the Livingston bank has con-
cluded not to continue In the coin
shipping business.
Several years before John Sherman's
time a free-coinage silverfte VINO De-
came widely known as King Solomon
remarked for publication that "a false
balance is abomination to the LORD
but a Just weight is His delight
What will the processing honest-gold-
dollar people do about it? How sinai
we all escape being abominable II oul
own government pronounces to be faise
a weight which, by its imprint, de-
clares to be up to the Bible standard,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees Its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times grea'er
than that Of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana AoVer.is-
ing contracts will be made subject 10 'nis
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

In his message to the New York leg
islature. Governor Morton is for arpl-
trating the South American trouble.
1t is whispered that the governor has
faith in his own ability to arbitrate
boundary line on Pennsylvania ave
nue. between a gentleman from ONO
and a gentleman from Maine.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

The time may be distant wneh tne
world will see Macaulays sinsie nan
ed fisherman washing his nets IN .ne
river of the ten Thousand nas.s'
IL things go on at the present pace
the day is near when President CieNe-
land and President Kruger VIII snoo.
ducks on the Isle OF Wagnt-i Stnes
have ducks there. q
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

III II really is true that the admins
tration has snubbed Morgan and his
syndicated associates, under the terms
OF the Monroe doctrine Morgan VIII De
justified in regarding the president ;
conduct as IAN unfriendly act.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

Tennyson might have been the poet
of the people and the herald Oh hulhan
od,-ancement. He was made, laureate.
and that spoilt him. Comparatlyey
few people in the world OF letters XIV
enough about Alfred AUSTIN, the new
poet laureate, to guess, wnetneI tnere
Is in him that which his promouoh ean
spoH.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

We cali the attention OF the es-
,eemed president of the United States
-, the fact that President Kruger. OF
the south African republic, is serving
his nth term in the white house az
rohapnaSburg
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

The warmth of the letter those Law
,ngston bankers received from the red
eral sub-treasury wouldn't even thaw
out Helena's frozen fire engine. =
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

Revivalist Brown didn't get the up
per hand of dancing in TINS COM
muntty. but If what the brethren say
Is true he accomplished several things
that are of a mighty sight greater ac-
count to the well-being of some people
l,a,.aa hOirt = q :.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06

1t may interest the friends OF free
coinage to observe that Janltsons loss
compared with that of the boers-Was
in the ratio of something more tnan
sixteen to one.