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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
STILL MORE BILLS.
Special 10 the Jersep Cltu Neaus.

TRENTON. Feb. "a, 1S97.-The member:
and Senators continue to pour in bills a:
though they expected the Legislature Il
get to work some day. Among the bills
introduced yesterday were these
Mr.. Armbruster, authorizes INDECENT but
verify pool to shoot game birds, rab-
bits. cat fish and quail to provide for
their daily -sustenance.
Mr.. Powers, extends the police tenure
of office act to cities, towns, townships,
villages and ~boroughs having a police
fierce.
M. Powers. unates the township of
Bloomfield and the borough of Glen Ridge
into one municipality, to be known as the
city of Bloomfield.
Mr.. Demarest. Provides for underground
pipes or subways for all telegraph and
telephone wires in first and second-class
cities.
Mr.. Demarest, requires all electric light.
heat and power companies to put theJT
wires underground in first. second, third
and fourth class cities. giving the govern
ing bodies of the third and fourth class
cities, however, he right to permit the
These were among those put in the
Senate M
Mr.. DAILY. to prohibit the granting Dr.
conveying of lands of the State now Sr
heretofore under tide water.
Mr. francis, to incorporate Ashl,rv
Park as a city and fix the boundaries
thereof
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BON TON EMPLOYEES BALL.

49, Z
Woods Hall was crowded last night
with the friends of the Bon Ton employees,
the occasion being the fourth annual re-
ception and ball. The hall was lavishly
decorated with different colored flags, and
at the end of the hall the name of the
association was well displayed by small
electric lights
The officers of the association are:-M.
j. Keegan, President; w. J. McAner-
ney. Vice-President; John A Barret, Sec
rotary: Emery Lenharr. Treasurer; James
Everitt, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. William ]. McAnerney made an ex-
celent Floor Manager and was well as
sisted by the following gentlemen on the
different committees
Arrangement Committee, John A. Bar
Tett, M, J. Keegan and Emery Lenharr;
Reception Committee, William Hardy
Henry Wolf, James Turner, James Dolan'
D. Garfield and James Everftt,
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their merits or their crimes. Even the
right OF caricature is valuable and lmpor-
tant. as much so as that OF criticism, ana
it would be a serious loss to the public
if the proper exercise of such right were
in any way diminished.
But the abuse Of the illustration fea-
ture has grown to be so monstrous an
evil thai it has become well-nigh intol-
cradle in New York. The triaing degree
Of conspicuosity involved IN being the vic
tim of an accident. a party to a lawsuit,
or a participant in an entertainment en-
tails not only the distortion Of ones own
countenance by newspaper portraiture,
but also, in many instances, Of ones wife.
children. mother. sisters and female
friends. The privilege Of caricature is
equally abused. 1T is not limited to those
who deliberately court notoflety5 by their
activity in politics seeisl 4gttatiqns or
other forms Of public eaideaHor. which
bring their rewards apd theits penalties
as a matter of COURSE. 1t is extended to
occasions over which the victimHhas no
control. Thus a citizens response no a
subpoena to serge as a juror or to dRRhagsar
as a witness, bis service as an election
officer, his presence S a member Of q
delegation to wait on some public official.
nay, his officiating on a9fbaH committed
or as an usher al, a wedding. may bring
down upon him the obscene horde of
artists who pander to public d~epravfty
through the medium of he" yellow GOV
ered'V periodicals. n olos snr- -ssfasluasH
It is as a. revolt against the abuse and
not the use Of newspaper portraiture and
c~aricature that the New York legislative
proposal is of Importance. 4 hat the bill
in its present shape can ever become
law, we do moi believe but beyond all
doubt means viii have to be taken soon
to provide a remedy by extension of the
liability for libel and by increase of the
powers of the courts to commit for con-
tempt, for one of the post abominable
n~uisances of the times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
E PUBLICATIONS.
Godey,s for March.

,"Godey''s Magazine Cor March is nota-
BILE for the variety of its topics and the
versatility of its general makeup. The
leading article is on 9Pastime Photog-
raphy." Following sthis is Modern Art
in Piano Building" Handsome News
paper Women" byoMiss Helen Winslow;
THE S~eparatist Preacher" by May KEEL
sey Champion; Cupid and Pegasus" by
Jean Meyers; "Ugo." by3Clara Sprague
Ross: among the Ferns" by Charles F.
Saunders. with drawings from the living
ferns by Elizabeth Moore Halloweli:
STANDARD Time and Time Tables by a
railroad man. and by Sam Johnsfng,"
who diseourses feelinglyF of the s.Deca-
dence Of Negro Minstrelsy," and Book
cry where Chelifer writes of the New
England of Mary Wilkins..'slJ
The fashion and wonan's departments
are full of practical things; and the now
finished modes and Manners of Seventy
Years" by Grace e. DreW gives that
completeness to the three issues 5January.
February and march,, which renders
them worthy to be kept apart for future
use, as among the contributions to gen
dictated.
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LOCAL MEASURES.
Personal Tax CoIleetion-Hobo
ken Left Out of the
Water Referendum.
Special ID the Jersey City Eeaos-

TRENTON, Feb. "a, 1S97.-Beside passing
the bill to send troops to Washington
the session of the House and Senate yes
terday afternoon did not accomplish
much. The bill allowing Jersey City to
take advantage of Newarks law for the
collection of delinquent personal taxes
was passed by the House due no doubt to
Mr.. G~oldenhorn's eloquent explanation.
He said that Newark law which Jersey
City wished to take advantage of provides
that a deputy collector may collect the
taxes and makes it lawful to charge the
delinquent 8 per cent. The bill passed not
withstanding Mr.. Nelson voted no.
The bill forbidding the Common Pleas
to try appeal cases from the District
Courts de move also in spite of Mr.. Leon
ure which may have been understood by
the lawyers present., but was as clear as
mud to the layman.
Some time ago President Barr of the
Trenton Traction Company started a
Sunday newspaper here but it soon died a
dismal death. Then he started a weekly
called the New Jersey Court Register"
for the purpose of printing all the court
news md Information of value to those
interested in legal matters. This publ
cation is now leading an uncertain exis-
tence- A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate early in the session requiring legal
notices to be published in the Register
which if it should pass would be the sal
walton and prosperity of the publication.
It got through the Senate but yesterday
Mr.. Skirm had it recommitted to his COM
mittee and then without aEy regard for
the feelings of Mr.. Barr and his associate,
reported it adversely. This kills his
hopes.
The Senate did not do a thing to Mr.
Days water referendum bill. AS intro
duced by him it provided that before
water contracts would become. operative.
in cities of the first and second class they
must be approved by a vote of the bill.
When Mr.. Daily wasn't looking they
amended so as to make it apply to first
class cities only. The Senate passed the
bills both relating to townships.
Mr.. Macarthur withdrew his bill en-
abling the Board of Education to acquire
land and build school houses in Jersey
City. 1t was said that an amendment
which was INTENDED for another bill had
been tackled on and o ave GER
tainly defeated the measure. Another bill
will take its place having the anne object
in view. Mr.. Ketcham's bill empowering
cities to issue new bonds to meet the de-
linquency when the receipts from sewer
assessments fail to reach the amount for
which the original sewer bonds had been
issued. Z
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
CHEHSHPARIuG REBUKBD
Money Appropriated for a Ma
tional Guard Brigade to
Parade at Washington.

TRENTON, Feb. "a, 1897.-New Jersey
will be fttfngly represented in the in
augural parade at Washington by a sec
ton of her military and naval forces
which will be a credit to the State. The
Legislature passed the bill appropriating
$500 to pay the expenses of the troops
to Washington. The bill was introduced
by Senator Voorhees, Monday night and
was rapidly rushed to final passage I'M
der a suspension of the rules yesterday
afternoon.
Senator Parry jumped on the bill again
as soon as it showed it's head, but in a
much milder manner h he did last
week, when he succeeded in killing the
concurrent resolution introduced for the
same purpose. He said it was unneces-
sary for him to repeat the arguments he
made last week because he understood
the bill was to so through, but he want
ed it understood thai those arguments
are just az strong today as they were
then. He wished the Senators to under
stand that their action last week had
met with the approval of people of
the State. The bill was also opposed by
Senator Kuhl. He said he had heard
that the Senator from Union was load
ed for bear. There was nc precedent
for sending troops to Washington. What
portion of h Constitution, he asked,
gives the Vice President a place In the
inaugural services? The ceremonies Of
MarchS4 related entirely to the induction
in office of the President. He wanted to
know III any other States were going into
this sort of thing"
Mr.. Skirmr replied that New York and
other StateseAwegs going to send troops to
take part in TIRE inaugural parade.
hu fbn aIaofion nf nT- ABAlo ~ - 49, -
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laid, the monkeys all seated-I went In
to call my wife. Q
tBreakfast Is ready n they are all
waiting" I said. }
who are waiting?' she asked in dis
may. 81 thought we were going to be
alone, and ! was just coming out in my
dressfng-gown.' q
Never mind" l said, '.the people about
here are not very ~fashionably dressed
themselves They wear pretty much the
same things all the year round"
And so my wife came out. Imagine.
then, her establishment. In the middle
of the veranda stood her breakfast table,
the ratings and the steps, was covered
with monkeys, as grave as possible and
as motionless and silent as If they were
stuffed. Only their eyes kept blinking
and their little round ears kept twitching-
Laughing heartily-at which the monkeys
only looked all the graver-my wife sat
down.
viii they eat anything? 2" asked she.
Try them" l said.
So she picked up a biscuit and threw
1t among the company And the result!
About three hundred monkeys jumped
up in the air like one, and Just for one
instant there was a riot that defies de-
scription. The next instant every monkey
was. sitting In its place as solemn and
serious as if it had never moved. Only
their eyes winked and their ears twitched.
My wife threw them another biscuit,
and sgain the riot. n then another and
another and another. But at length we
had given all that we had to give and
got up to go. The monkeys at once rose,
vancing ~gravelyS to the steps, walked
down them IN a solemn procession, old
and young together, and dispersed for the
DAYS occupations.
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Heys ~analmekee,s show.

The daring of engaging, veritably, a
company of stars to present a single play
is a distinction that belongs to Smyth and
Rice, and their, enterprise bids sure to
pack Hoytls hd McKee's cosy Twenty
fourth street, playhouse throughout their
tenancy. Willie Golfers fame as a
Iaughmaker is second to no entertainer
in the country; M. A. Kennedy is as pop
ular a stage favor.te as Bill Nye was a
humorous writer: -CyrilkScott is as ceie-
brated a light comedian as any of the
younger legitimate players and John B..
Maher, Henry Herman, w. H. Porter,
Charles Mitchell. LiHlia Vane, Marion Alb
bott, Louise Allen, Lulu Tabor, and Mia
Allen are as potent a galaxy for mirth-
making purposes as any manager in this
country ever corraled. All of these with
a world of fresh ~introductions of a varied
and sprightly character have been especi-
turn engagement of My Friend from
India inaugurated at Hoyt's this
week with a matinee on Washing
tons Birthday. A hundred thousand
people and the cjty's coolest critics
Iaud his farce as the best in ten years
when it was projected at the Bijou
Theatre a few months ago; This tremen-
QOuS l&NOT was COLlilidilQcQ ny LIS uiSl
company. What may be expected of
the new congress of celebrities. Every
body knows the movement of the piece;
how it concerns a lively youth who trots
to his home and bed a stranger picked up
during a gay night; how confronted by
his father in the morning he palms the
stranger. really a loquacious barber, off
as a theosophical friend from India; how
the father sees in his distinguished guest
a lever to social circles snubbing him for
a Kansas City porkpacking pedigree and
how the complications, beginning here
fairly run ava with every sense but
mirth until the expose two hours and a
half later. )
A special ladies' matinee is announced
at Hoyt's every Saturday, beginning at
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
BO0KMEN TO MEET
n eW Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania Librarians to
Convene in Atlantic
City April 5.
WILL DISCUSS LIBRARY LEGISLATION
Mayor Stoy Heads the Reception
Committee Papers to
b Read.
WILL DISCUSS LIBRARY LEGISLATION

On Monday. April S. says the Newark
Sunday CALL" the first joint convention
of the Library Associations of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania will be held at Atlantic
City. 1t promises thus early to be a
highly important and significant gather
ing. and it is quite possible that from its
deliberations may arise some definite plans
whereby the free public library interests
In both States may be materially adj
vaneed. A few weeks ago postal cards
were sent out to libraries all over this
State and Pennsylvania, as well as to all
persons known to AXE AN interest in IL
brary matters. On these postals these
questions were asked:-sDo you expect to
be present Cat the convention)? Where
viii you join the party? Will any friends
join you? VIII you go down Saturday or
Monday?" To these queries about twenty
favorable answers nave already been re-
ceived from this end of the State, and
the indications now are that between
forty and fifty will attend from this end
of New Jersey n that there will be in
the neighborhood of 100 from the Key
stone State. This will be doing excep-
tionally we'll for the first convention, and
those at the head of the movement feel
much encouraged and expect to accom-
plish something that will be of direct
as well as sound benefit to the free pub
lis library system.
The idea of joint conventions made up
of library associations of W or more
States is not a new one. They nave been
held in New England, and in one or two
instances in the Western States. In New
York Joint meetings of the New York
st.. uaASaAS 80
H@Ay ASsoci1Aion anu .Ae New forh
Library Gu are often held, and in
every case there comes as a result a new
and rafrasbad ir+arar+ ~ ~at+a.s nan
..~.NS
'dAins 10 the advancement OF the lfprary
and a general stimulus all along the line
among library workers.
AT the convention ia he held Of Atlantic
r+r, +hono Iii u -
10y nei WIZ pe Two sessions, one III the
AFTERNOON and the other in the evening.
AT n session the President of the Penn
svlvania. state library Assoo;at,on uanrv
IT rorr I;hna... 60 ~
oaAi. d ! Scranton VIII pre-
sue "hlte PRESIDENT J. IL. thompson, of
Trenton. will nave charge of the other.
In the afternoon il is expected thai Prof
Richa rdson Of Iori,ooo -;,1 49,. -
a.4.u- W. uesoAAoe ~
ueeais the new University library now in
process of erection. Papers will also be
read by Miss Adams. librarian at plain.
field. nv T ihror,an rI;,I - ~ -,
miss yry,u-a- - NewaAh Anu
~ "nuset olllhe NeWark Library. In
the evening there will be a discussion
on the topic:-"What the State could do
for Free Public Libraries The. disc,s-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
A ooMIoAL SCENE.
A Bride Surprised by the Visit of a
Number of Monkeys. 3,

I was married In India, writes Phil.
Robinson. the author and traveller, in
Our Dumb Animals" I engaged for our
honeymoon a little house-sixteen miles
or so from any other habitation of white
man-that stood on the steep white cliff
of the Nebudda River, which here flows
through a any of pure white marble.
Close beside our house was a little hut,
where a holy man lived in charge of an
adjoining shrine, earning money for him
self and for the shrine by polishing little
pieces of marble as mementos for visitors.
1t was a wonderful place altogether, and
while my wife went in to change her
dress, the servants laid breakfast on the
eranda overlooking the river. At the
first clatter of the plates there began to
come down from the big tree that over
Swallowed the house, and up the trees
that grew in the ravine behind it, from
the house roof itself, from everywhere,
a multitude of solemn monkeys. They
came up singly and in couples and in
families. and took their places without
noise or fuss on the veranda and sat
there, like an audience waiting for an
entertainment to commence. And when
everything was ready. the breakfast all
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
MILITARY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TN
TO Aida MAY HOLMAN dNFANTl
and Annette Holman iWidoWI.

You are hereby notified thai at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the 18th day of October, 1892,
the Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
purchased for the sum of twelve dollars
and ninety-five cents ALL the land and
real estate situate in Jersey City, in the
County of Hudson and State of New
Jersey, north of Anderson street, which
Is laid down n designated as lot one
hundred and forty-two Q42l, in block
number n thousand and one GOOD, upon
an assessment map annexed to a report
number seventy-two GU, made by the
Commissioners of Adjustment appoint
ed in n for said city by the Circuit
Court Of the County of Hudson, a certi-
filed In the office of the City Collector of
Jersey City, on he 18th day of July, 1881,
said report and map n said sale being
made pursuant to the provisions of an act
of the Legislature of New JERSEY. passed
March Both. 1856, entitled:
IAN Act concerning the settlement and coI-
lection Of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
in cities of this State. and imposing and
levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages. and to
vide for the sale of lands subjected to
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land ard real estate, and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
vided In said acts, before the expiration OF
six moaths from and after the service hereof,
to The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
the fee, simple of said land and real, estate.
ag Dateas Jersey city, n. J., Januar ry'S 20 as ISL
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
P. F. wANsER,
seal Attest: NJ j.. o'DoNNE Mds0r'
esaie No. 1885, Ss c'erk-
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trnsf CO
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
Col. Bennett,

Who writes the following, is "a leading
contractor and builder, has been on
the Governors staff, and held other Of
fetal positions Of confidence and trust:
81 know the parties referred to in the
letters above, and endorse them as thor
oughIy reliable. I have known about
this case for some time, and ami glad this
testimonial has been sent to G. I. Hood
6 Co" J. W. BENNETT, Lowell, Mass.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
SUPPER IN ST. PAUL NJ. Z. oHuuRoH

a New England Supper and entertain
ment was given last evening by the
Ladies' Aid Society of ST. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church on Third street. between
Grove and Erie street. Supper was
served between six and nine o'clock in
the church parlors, and the crowd that
partook of it testified to it's excellence E
The supper was followed by a musical
and literary entertainment. in which the
children of the church took part. Ell
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
PERSONAL

General Horace Porter. Grand Marshal
OF the inaugural Parade in Washington,
IN March 4. has appointed Col. Charles
w. Fuller, the well known lawyer Of this
city, an aide-de-camp on his staff on that
occasion. The remaining officers on the
Grand Marshal.s staff are prominent
men from every State in the Union.
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Aeaaelsygor M usic.

1.-THE Face in the Moonlight" will be
the play at the Academy tonight. Mr.
Mantell is said to be very fine indeed in
the leading rple and the mpan ably
supports him. Wherever this drama has
been given great success has marked the
performance. Nobody Should fail to see
the NAV. &E
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
RIA Cuban Question Rolls Again.

Other sensations running short, the
New York papers are again in a state OF
mind over Cuba. The .~tsupine" policy OF
President Cleveland of course comes in
for its share of o~bjurgation. The pes
on which al the narrowing rhetoric is
hung is the alleged resignation in a fit
of sulks of Consul General Lee.
The fact is, nobody knows whether
General Lee has resigned or not, and. If
he has, nobody knows whether the act
is due to sulkiness or merely to a
courteous desire to give Major Mckinley
an opportunity to fill his place. Accord
ing to one paper, General Lee totally de-
MES that he has forwarded his resigna-
ton, while. another has it that he has
sent it by cable but has been asked by
President Cleveland TO stick to his post
until March A.
We are very much inclined to doubt
that General Lee has done anything cal
culated to embarrass or injure Mr.. Cleve-
land at the very close of his term 1t
would be a. base and cowardly thing for
him to do so, a b-lackguardly thing, and
General Fitzhugh Lee has the reputation
of being a chiyalrous gentleman. The
Consul General is sent to Havana to
carry out the policy of the Administra-
ton, and not to shape a policy of his
own and force it upon the Administered
ton. General Lee has, so far, shown an
appreciation of this distinction.
1t is of course competent for the Con-
sui General, if the Administrators
policy is distasteful to him, to refuse to
identify himself with it. In that case,
he resigns. But to resign with honor. he
must do so when his resignation means
something real. He must give up some
thing substantial. He must make room
for a successor. who shall carry out the
policy which he repudiates. 1t will not
do for him to wait until the last week in
office of the Administration which APP
pointed him, and. then. while surrender
ing nothing but the flag end of an Office
give a vicious slap at the honor and
reputation of those whom he contrived
to serve. SO long as there was anything
in 1t. We believe General Lee is just the
man to see this distinction, too, and we.
do not think he viii exhibit himself to
the world as a traitor to his friends,
merely to crafty the s-ensationaIism of
the world the Journal or even the
ssHeraId ~
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APPOINTED TWO POLICEMEN.

The Hoboken Board of Police Commits
sioners held a meeting yesterday after
noon in Mayor Fagan's office at the City
Hall, and appointed Alfred Husselmann
and Patrick Connick as chancelnen. The
monthly payroll of the department,
amounting to sS,069. 80, was PASSED.
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sore was diminishing in size and was be-
coming less troublesome. This encour-
aged her to continue the use Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. She took II bottles, and now
Her Face Is Well.
The sore has entirely disappeared, leaving
not a scar, but only a slight mark, which
we think may in time totally disappear.
It is such a comfort to her and such a Joy
to the rest of the family that we feel in
debted more than we can express, to
Hoods Sarsaparilla, that she has been
cured after twenty years of suffering"
Miss p. A. STOKES, Epping, N. FL.