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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

RESOLVED, tina IN JUDGMENT OF
this Board it is advisable and most for the
benefit Of the Imperial HSgeniqu4 Fluid Com
pany that the same should be forthwith dis
solved. and TO that end il is ordered that s
meeting of the stockholders be held on We'd
nesday, the twenty-Grst day of October, eig9-
teen hundred and ninety-stx. al twelve o'clock
noon. at the Office Of the Conpany in Jersey
City. to take action upon this resolutions and
further, that the Secretary forthwith give no.
this resolution, within ten days from this
date. by publishing the said resolution with
a notice Of its adoption. in the Jersey City
News. a newspaper published in Jersey City.
for at least four weeks. once q week. sue
cessivsly. and by mailing a written OF printed
canv of the same 10 each and every stock
holder OF this company in the United States
Dated September 2, 1896
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

Notice is hereby given that on the 22d day
Of September, 1885. the Commissioners Of As
sessment fled in the Office of the Clerk of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners their
final assessment map and report for the
construction Of a
SEWER IN RANDOLPH AVENUE,
from a point about 200 feet south OF Harmon
street to Harmon street, in accordance with
petition previously presented to said Board on
the S0th day of July. 1855. and conformably to
the provisions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws Of
1855. and the same is now open to public in
spection in the office of the Clerk Of said
Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof
is included in said assessment, namely
RANDOLPH AVENUE,
from Harmon street about 206.5 feet south
thereof.
And that the 9Th day of October, 1896, at two
O'Clock P. NJ, and the meeting room of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners are
hereby fixed as the time and place when and
where the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners win meet to hear, consider and adj
judieate upon all objections TO the confirmation
OF said final assessment map that may be
presented in writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Dated Jersey civ sentenbar q 1895
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
GENERAL ELECTION
WILL BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1886.

commencing at six 0) o'clock in the morn
ing and closing at seven % o'clock in the
evening.
And that the following named places for
Registry and Election and boundaries Of Elec-
tion Precincts at which said Boards shall
meet and said Election shall be held have
been selected and adopted as prescribed by
law.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS
hereby given that The account OF the subs
seriber, administrator Of William ". swift.
deceased. will be audited ana stated By the
Sargrgmte Of the County Of Hudson. and re-
ported for settlement on Friday, the s0sh Day
Of November next
Dated September II A. = 1896.
EDWIN c. SWIFT
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
.-coRpoRATIoN NOTICE.

Dated Jersey city, September ., !
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
CORPORATION NOTICE.

DATED Jersey City. September 8. i
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
.coRPoRATIoN NoTIcE.

dated Jersey .city. september ,, ,s Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Dated Jersey City. September 3. 1855 sIsTk.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
The Railroad Sustained.

Ono of the provisions of the new
Constitution is that all railroad corpor.
ations doing business in this State shall
have n charter from the State. The
Southern Railway is chartered in Vir-
ginia, and in complying with ths Con-
stitution the company brought copy
of the charter to Columbis and pre-
sented it to the Secretary of State to be
transcribed on his books. Now the
Southern Railway is capitalized for
several million dollars, and under the
Constitution the fees which would have
been charged upon evesy thousand
doSars of the capital would .havo
amounted to SIS, 1000. The Secretary
of State thought the company ought to
pay that amount under tho law, but the
company contended that only the fee
for transcribing should be charged. A
friendly suit was made up between them
and the question was submitted to the
Supreme court, which rendered de-
cision sustaining the position of the
railroad company.
The opinion was rendered by Judge
W;therspoon, sitting in place of Judge
Gary, who was disqualified by reason
Of his relationship to Secretary of State
Tompkins
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
.UNSLE SANS EXCHEQUER.
Annual Report of the Treasurer Of
the United States.
MONETARY STOCK EXPLAINED.
II Shows an Increase In Gross Re-
bursements for the Past Year.

The annual report Of Daniel Morgan,
Treasurer Of the United States, has been
made public and shows the total receipts
from all sources during the year ended June
80th last, to have been 1926, ,976,2 200, as
against $313. SOC, ,O75 for the fiscal year 1895,
an increase Of S13, 1856, 1875. The receipts from
customs aggregated S160.02t, ISL. gain OF
S2.653, 1874; from internal revenue S146,762,-
S64, gain of S3.341 1872; from sale Of public
lands 81 .005, ,523, loss OF s07, 1923; from mis-
cellaneous sources S19, 1876, ,0G0, gain OF S2,-
479.622.
The total expenditures for the year were
1852, 179 446, against $3.50 96, 29S for 1895,
a decrease OF S4,Ol5.S52. The deficiency for
the year is S25, 203, ,245, or SIT 7,601.97I less
than for last year. The net receipts from the
s262, 1916. 400 OF bonds sold in 1894. '95 and
'96 were 1924, 164, ,295.
Continuing, the report says: In ordinary
times and under ordinary circumstances
there Is natural flow Of gold toward the
Treasury. which often is limited only by the
capacity OF the III Ieasury to carry the specie,
The produce OF our mines finds 1t way to the
mint, where 1t Is paid for by checks, and
these are presented at the counters OF tho
sub-Treasuries, or through the clearing
house in New York. as currency obligations.
The result is an increase OF gold reserve and
dfmunition OF the available balance OF
nOte5 anu silver ceTtlICuteS. bOlu
In the form OF bullion or foreign coin takes
usually the same course.
Besides these two sources OF ordinary gain
to the gold reserve there Is another. in the
direct exchange OF paper for coin, where the
paper is preferred Tor its greater convenience'
Fortunate indeed has it been for the Treasury
that even during the most critical periods
through which the country has recently pass
ed these currents of inflow have not alto
gether been checked, and that where the
volume has been materially diminished. The
loss has been partly made good by the
assistance Of financial institutions. In the fif-
teen months ending with September last tho
Withdrawals Of gold from the Treasury in
redemption of United States notes and Treas
ury notes amounted to the immense sum OF
1892, 972 ,205, while he net gains OF gold from
all sources attained total Of S9S. l3S, 9O2.
The outstanding public debt, June 3Oth, 1886,
aggregated 81, ,769, ,S40.323, as compared with
81 ,676, 100, ,9S3 on the same date in 1895. Ac-
cordihg to revised estimate OF the depart
ment the composition and distribution OF the
monetary stock for the fiscal year 1896 is us
follows:
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
PALMETTO STATE NOTES.
NEW COUNTY VOTES.
Important Opinion From tho Attor-
ney General on the Case.

All those who are interested in the
formation Of new counties under the
new constitution, will be especially in.
terested in ruling made by the At
torney General recently in the Green
wood case. General Barber's opinion
is to the effect that when the qualified
voters resided within the area of the
proposed new county, and their voting
place without said area, they must vote
at some voting place within the lines.
Tie commissioners cannot order an
election at a voting place without the
area.
This opinion goes on to say that reg
istration books of such electors must
be furnished the managers of election
Mt n voting place within the area and
such electors will be entitled to vote if
their names appear on the registration
books.
1t would be advisable for the regis
tration books containing the names of
voters who reside outside of the limits
to be sent to the managers of the vot.
ing place nearest the territory in which
the electors reside. 1t applies especial
ly to Limestone county.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Coast Defense Convention.

There is a convention to be held in
Ocala. Fla, on January 10th to discuss
coast defences and the betterment of
the harbors of the South. By request
Of Governor Mitchell, of Florida, Gov
crnor Evans has appointed the follow
ing Delegates from this State:
First district, General E. Anderson
Second district. Colonel Robert AL
drich; Third district, General M. L..
Bonham; Fourth district, General
Hugh l.. Farley; Fifth district, Col. w.
j. Rawlinson; Sixth district. Colonel
Robert w. Boyd; Seventh district
Col, II u C'"n'
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
THE M'kINLEY ESCORT.
Ill be Made Up of Ohio Troops,
tn Troops Doing Special Hon.

. Geo. A. Garrettson, OF Cleveland,
nan of the committee on escort to the
rregor, OF Alliance, o.. command escort
sident-elect Mckinley from Canton to
ngton will be composed OF the Eighth
ry and the celebrated Troop A. OF
and, commanded by Capt. II. T.. Bur-
Upon arrival in Washington, the Eighth
ry will form as personal escort from
pot to the Ebbit house, after which the
snt will take its place in line with the
troops, and such other military escorts
be required during the inaugural GER
es will be performed by Troop A.
Eighth Regiment, infantry, Ohio Ma
Guards, is composed OF companies To-
in the various counties which McKin-
represented in Congress and is re-
I as one OF the best national guard reg
! in Ohio.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
TROUBLE ABOUT TAXES.
An Awkward Provision of the New
State Constitution.

An Awkward Provision Of the New
State Constitution.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier of re.
cent date, says: As o general thing
there has been less trouble and fewer
complications as result of the new
constitution than was expected. The
conflicts have not been near so numer.
GUS az was propheaied. One source Of
annoyance and vexation. however, has
been developed in the new provision as
to taxation. Under the terms of the
new constitution there can be only one
basis for taxation, and that is the State
assessment. Whatever figures are
made on the county tax books will
hereafter have to be accepted as the
legal basis for city, county aud special
taxes of any kind.
No provision has been made for the
change of systems. In most of the
towns and cities Of the State the mu-
inequalities have their own assessments
and collect their taxes independent of
the assessments made by the county
auditor. This will now have to be
changed, and taxes hereafter to be col
lected, will haveto be on a basis Of the
assessment Of the county. In Colum.
bia this new rule will occasion some
trouble, but when the change is once
made matters will, no doubt. run along
smoothly enough. 1t appears that the
assessment on city property for Co.
lumbia, according to the books of the
city auditor, is in the neighborhood of
five millions of dollars. The
exact figures for the property in the
city of Columbia, as shown by the
county books, have not been obtained,
but the general impression seems to be
that it will run about million dollars
less than the returns on the city books.
This difference will have to be made up
in IN increased tax levy. 1t will be
the samo in the end to pay higher
rate Of tax on lower property assess
ment. but the people seem to prefer q
lower tax levy no matter what becomes
of the assessment on the property.
According to the decision of the city
attorney of Columbia, the city taxes
for next year will have to be based on
the assessment of property as taken
from the auditors books ofthe prop
erty that is assessed from January l,
1897, to February 20, 1897.
1t is suggested that the property in
cluded in the city limits according to
the auditors books, is marked by Rice
street, for a southern boundary, wien
as matter Of fact the southern bound
ary of the city is Lower street, which
is about four blocks south of Rice
street.
The same trouble will probably be
experienced in many of the smaller
towns of the State 1t is said that the
great trouble is in the county assess
mcnt on personal property, especially
in stocks of goods. By the county
boards accepting low assessments on
this class of property tho owners of
real estate have to pay higher taxes.
In the city returns these matters seem
10 be better regulated.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Another Kind of Rebate.

The Railroad Commission has re-
ceived complaints to the effect that the
Chester and Lenoir Railroad conduct
ors have been collecting money from
passengers without giving them are,
bate check as required by law. When
a passenger does .buy ticket the rail-
road is allowed to charge 25 cents exo
ira for certain distances, but they are
required to give arebate check, where
by the passenger can get it brck from
any office of the company. The Clas-
ter and L"n"ir have been instructed to
comply wit ! the law. =. II y
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Mackcrcl Plentiful.

A dispatch from Boston states that the
biggest catch OF mackerel for years has been
made this season, rs nearly all the vessels
engaged In that industry have returned to
port with very large cargoes. The New
England catch for the season Is 69,242 bar
rels, and tho largest haul Of the season made
by any single vessl was valued at S32, 900.
The best individual record says the Dispatch,
was made In 1882. when one vessel brought
in mackerel valued at S34 900. Notwith-
standing the large catches. prices OF desirable
lots have advanced,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
held under such O Constitution and
registration law.

| held under such Constitution and
registration law.
B. O'DELI DUNCAN.
The contest in the First district was
the one around which the whole inter
est Of the meeting was centered. Col.
Elliott and G. w. Murray were both
present to present their respective
cases to the board. John B. Edwards,
of Charleston, a colored lawyer for
Murray, stated that the contest was
made on these grounds: First, that
there was no legally constituted cleo
tion commissioners in Charleston; one
| of the members had not been appoint
ed thirty days prior to the election.
and when he was appoi Ited the Gov
srnor was not in the State. Second,
sven if the commission was legal. it
acted illegally in that it met, counted
the votes and declared the result ut an
unusual hour, all haying been finished
before a. M; that at 10 a. M. rep
resentative of Murray went to the COM
missioners and announced that he de-
sired to flo protest, when he was told
! that the vote had been counted and
sent to Columbia.
Col. Elliott said he did not wish to
take advantage of any technicalities, so
he would make two propositions. The
first was that he was perfectly willing
to submit the entire matter back to the
Charleston commissioners and let them
hear the whole case and settle it.
Second, that he would be willing for
all the papers in the protest to be sub
mitted to the State board Of canvass
ers and let tho matter be settled by
them aud act upon the case as if it had
been heard below.
Tho board ruled that it was simply
a court of appeal from tho county
boards and that all protests or contests
coming before it must come legally.
That the: protest of G.. w. Murray was
not brought legally, for it hud not been
first made to the county board. This
being the case, the board decided that
it could not do otherwise than declare
Col. Elliott the congressman from the
First district and overruled the pro-
test.
This decision means that Murray's
contest will be transferred from the
State board of canvassers to tho house
of representatives in congress. He
intends to make fight there for the
seat. The papers of Col. Jones and
Col. johnson also indicate a purpose
of pushing their cnse before congress.
They both contest on grounds of tho
unconstitutionality of the election and
registration laws and the like. This
ended the contests.
The State board Of canvasscrs pr.cti-
cally finished all their work Monday.
When they reconvened Tuesday it
only renamed for them to deci.rt The
election of State and county officers
and circuit solicitors against whom
there were no protests. The tahnln-
ton of the returns as made hy Mr..
Brookcr was approved and the board
adiour1e5
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04

Here Is an unconscious exposure Of
trait characteristically British by on,
Of the staff Of Black and White, ar
English illustrated weekly. The writ
er inveighs against the railway com
panies for making excessive charge.
on bicycles accompanying passengers
He disposcs Of the argument that the
wheel tends to decrease railway trave
I'm this way: "T'he man who is in tho
habit Of walking Will go, say, twenty
miles by train and then walk home
Tho same man, If he bicycled, woulc
60 fifty to q hundred miles from home
and then ride" The average American
who wants to take Il tcn-milc consti
tutional walk would walk five mile!
out and back. and if he wanted to make
a fifty-mile bicycle run he would go s
distance of twenty-five miles and back
But the British idea is to get ava!
the whole distance and walk or bike
back. Long before th< bicycle it wal
common sight on holidays to SCI
scores of young men take Il train for S
point ten or Il dozen miles out, any
where, 1t made no difference, and thor
tramp back for the exercise. 1t is aI
old and wcll-cstablishcd fad, but Amer
leans will never understand the phi
losophy OF II. .'E.Aa
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
The Total Popular Vote.

~ from all tho States, either official
ltcd by State officers, give Mckinley
Bryan G,22l ,552, Palmer $3.50.
vote. including all parties, is placed
1888. According to these figures,
ould not vary many thousands from
official table. Mckinley's plurality
IN is $4,000. Grants 7G3, 900 in
snext. Lincolns plurality OF 49l :
o has the third place. ana CIcve-
3S0.8!0, in 1892, Is fourth. McKin-
,rity Is also the largest on record.
Prohibition vote this year is about
ainst 262. .799 in 1892.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Un11co states and Cuba.

A cablegram from London to the Ney York
Sun, says: "Some dispatches from America
indicates the expectation OF possible action
i'll Congress regarding the Cuban situation.
1t may be said without reservation that 'liplo-
matte circles in Madrid, Paris and London
expect nothing OF the kind. In fact it Is said
with an a ,surance that almo ost indics jos know
ledge that President Cleveland may De relied
upon to do nothing to disturb the relation,
between the United States and Spain during
remainder of his term"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
McKinlcy'S Escort.

1t Is officially announced that Troop A,
Ohio National Guard. OF Cleveland, will act
IA military escort OF President elect Nc
Kinley ut tho inauguration ceremonies In
Washington. Troop A is one Of the finest
military bodies In the country and probably
embodies the most wealthy membership. II
Is splendidly equipped and well drilled.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Fatal Floods I'm Greece.

lmense amount Of damage has been
by the terrible storms and floods
iave inundated the low-lying quar-
Athen sand Piraeus, Greece. Seventy
have been drowned. Many houses
Ell destroyed and the tents sheltcring
lenian refugees have been swept away.
suit OF the disaster great distress pre-
Detachments OF soldiers from the
war ships in port assisted in the
rescue.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
- -. a. " -
Advice to young writer's is Tho b

q
Advice to young writer's Is the bur-
den of mahy,h paragraph and article.
Tie wisdom of tie earlier authors .alst
ought to be remembered. 1t was q
learned woman OF the tehth ceHtury
who wrote these words, (which literary
aspirants may well remember. 81 am
FEARFUL OF appearing greater than am,
being perplexcd by two things, both OF
which a!c wrong. namely, the neglect
OF talents vouchsafed to one by God.
and tho pretence to talents one has
not"
Each new warship seeks to make oui
1eet lccter. ,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
a RUSH TO GUIANA.
= ColiforniaH's Letter Drew Crowds
TO the Gold Fields.

= Colifornian's Letter Drew Crowds
TO the Gold Fields.
Owing to the unsettled state of affairs
Guiana, where life and property were
secure. On arriving ut Georgetown, the
beautiful capital of the colony. with
about sixty thousand Inhabitants, /
found a hundred California miners
stranded and full Of indigna tioE. They
had been lured to Guiana by letter
which had found wide circulation in
the newspapers Of the Pacific coast. A
man who had served as cook in n Cali
fornia mining camp had gone to Guiana
and had found good position as man
ager of n placerminc on the Barima
River. Elated by his good fortune. he
wrote a glowing account Of his pros
poets to his wife in California. She
showed the letter to the editor Of the
local paper. who published 1t as an
item of important mining news.
This letter within n short time had
the effect OF starting groups of men
from the coast mining fields. some OF
them even from British Columbia. 1t
was a time of depression in the mining
Industries OF the Pacific coast. and a
great many miners were out of employ
ment Though the writer Of the letter
had no intention of attracting others
to his FL Dorado. the CalifOrnians, who
had assumed that it would be as easy
to prospect for gold in Guiana rs in
California. regarded him as the author
of their misadvcnture. and INDUCED
freely IN threats OF vengeance. No
harm came to him. however. because it
is not Il light matter to violate the laws
in British Guiana. AS these stranded
miners had no money. they were unable
to prospect. which requires n more or
less expensive outfit: and they could not
find employment in the diggings for the
reason that white men are not em-
ployed on the placers. except as man
ayers: and in fact nearly all the man
ayers. like tie laborers, are co!ored
men.
The Californans had great difficulty
In getting away: some OF them reached
home as stowaways: Il very few OBJ
tain~I situations. One Of them was
pngaCed for six months as manager OF
4 placcr-minc on the Potaro River,
owned by Il syndicate of colorcd men.
which produced from three hundred to
four hundred ounces of geld II month.
lie fell i'll just as his time was up.
When he recovered I've invested his saw
ings in an outfit. and started up the
Cuyuni River. but found nothing. An
other man secured Il situation partly
through the fact of his being 4 free
Century.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
A Lock Trust Next.

Philadelphia Press says tho leading
;ers of the country have just perfect
v combination. 1t is to regulate the
{ locks in general, but more particu-
unk locks, on which 1t il claimed
ivc been ruinously low during the
, or three years.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Football IL Felony.

Kansas City, No., Times states that
the coming session OF the Legislature
'mpt will be made to pass q law putting
no OF football on the same plano with
ghting, which Is a felony in Missouri.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
Not Allowed to Possess Corn.

Capt. General Weyler has issued II decree
notifying all growers OF corn in the provinces
of Pinar del Rio Habana and Matanzas to
gather together all the corn still In their pos
session and transport it TO the nearest towns
and settlements by tho Goth OF next Decem-