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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-17
HIGH AUTHORITY.

What q Lending Chsmias says n b
Rest Thinx 10 do NJ this Timc Of Xsnr.
There has been more discussion over the
subject OF quick consumption, pneumonia
and sudden deaths within the last six
months than ever before. Doctors. AND ell
thinking people have been interested init
and thesdact that more than two-thirds Of
all deaths arise from throat and lung
troubles has inteHsified 1t. The best thing
upon the subject that we have seen Is from
William T. Cutter, State Chemist Of Com
necticuks He says! Some years ago while
in Kentucky. / received a letter from a
number Of the leading physicians Of New
York. asking If I would furnish them with
q pure article of whiskey for the sick. I
did so, and for several years furnished
them with a whiskey as nearly suitable
for theih purpose as I could f1ndi but
neither at that time nor Since have I
found what they required until / chemical
" analysed Duffy's pure malt whislsey.
Having a practical, as well as a chem
ical knowledge of the manufacture of
:whiskey, perhaps / am a better judge OF
its merits than one having only q chem
ical knowledge. / was surprised at the
analysis of Duffy's pure malt Whiskey TO
find 1t was absolutely pure. as 1 have
other whiskey. Its advantages to those
suffering from pulmondc troubles. ner-
vouS proStration or mental exhaustion must
be great. / consider that its absolute
purity, as we'll as scientific mode or manu-
facture must. commend it to public favor
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Mr.. Litterst introduced a measure which
affects Jersey City which provides that
officers who collect taxes or water rents
shall cancel such taxes and water RENTS
by placing opposite the record of such
taxes or water rents the word paid
with the amount and date of such pay
mem and his signature.
Other bills introduced were:-
Mr.. Rau. authorizes first-class cities to
publish in a newspaper, in August of each
year, a list of all taxpayers with amount
assessed and amount deducted from tax
alton.
Mr.. Hopkins, provides thai male and fe-
male school teachers. teaching under the
same grade certificate, shall receive the
same salary which shall be promptly paid
each month.
Mr.. Hogan, authorizes the Mayors of
Newark and Jersey City to appoint, with
the consent of the Common Council, an
auditor for a term of three years at a
SALARY not less than $1,000 per annum.
Mr.. G~oldenhorn, gives an attorney a
lien for fees and costs upon any Judgment
obtained for a client.
MI. Hogan. makes it Illegal to sublet or
assign any contracts for. street improve
mentS in first-claSs cities.
MT. Bridge, provides that no trolley shall
be permitted upon any street, bridge or
highway, without an ordinance from the
Board OF Freeholders to that effect.
MI. Holdrum, revents all fishing except
by troll or hook and line in the Hacken-
sack between June 10 and February %.
MI. Clark. providing that honorably dis
CHARGED soldiers ahd sailors shall be pre-
ferred for appointment or employment on
public works.
Mr.. Armbruster. makes the Martin Act
apply to towns and %boroughs.
Mr.. Brown authorizes the Board of
FreeholderS of any county Bordering ON
the ocean to appropriate $3.50 for open
ing a permanent inlet; applies ITO Shark
River.
Mr.. Hogan. provides that no ordinance
or resolution of the governing body Of any
municipality granting any franchise or
public privilege. shall be valid until rati-
fed by vote of the people.
Mr.. Litterst, requires that assessments
for sewers in cities shall be made by the
regular commissioners for the assessment
of street improvements.
Mr.. Brown. authorizes local Boards of
Health to adopt and alter ordinances pro-
hibiting the sale of milk containing any
unhealthy Ingredient, oQndiment or sub
stance
MT. Hogan, provides That all prudential
or industrial insurance companies shall
give written notice of ~non-pAysnent of pre-
maurns and then there shall be allowed
hve days thereafter for payment; policy
can lapse only after default and notice
thereof Of four consecutive premiums;
aymen OF death claims must be made
within forty-eight hours after receipt of
death proofs; policies In force three years
to be incontestable except for fraud or de-
| ception; death after one year shall call
for full amount Of policy; action may be
brought within six years cf time it ac-
crues; penalty for violating shall be that
OF committing a misdemeanor.
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OHUMMY WITH SHARKS.
They will Not Eat the Natives of
CevlOu.

CeylON
IT saw an article about the unusual
number and voracity of the sharks along
the Florida coast" remarked a gentle
man yesterday. 1t brought an incident
to my recollection that I had almost for
gotten. 1t happened when I was making
a trip on a sailing ship many years ago
along the coast of India. n you know
what a place for sharks the Indian Ocean
is. Well. we had occasion to drop an
Choir off an island neal Ceylon and sent
a boat to the shore for a supply of fresh
water. I accompanied the boat, and was
really scared out of my wits to witness
the incredible number of man-eating
sharks that played about the yawl.
when we had secured a barrel or two
of water we put off, accompanied by two
of the natives, who wished to see the
ship. We told them not to come, but they
insisted, saying, or indicating by signs.
that they would swim back. MOI taking
them seriously. we pulled to the ship. The
water was smooth, and we were hoisted
aboard without difficulty.
s"The water was clear, and we could see
dozens of huge sharks playing about the
ship, and it was among the lot that the
onough. pid Thgey w wasn wst aney n warn asen
and I ran to the side of the vessel. expect
ms to see the hazardous fellows torn to
pieces. HOT an instant uneFe was no
commotion among the sharks, and then,
apparently scenting human flesh, fully a
score of the gigantic man-eaters darted
through the water in the direction of the
natives, who were swimming quietly for
the shore.
The water was cut into shreds by the
fins of the sharks as they fairly flew
towards the swimmers. In another min
ute the two men were surrounded by the
fish, and l closed my eyes to avoid see
my hand the natives were swimming
along in the same old way, and the sharks
were coming back to the ship as quickly
as they had gone. We'll, sir, don't YOU
know that the fish were so well acquainted
with the islanders that they never touched
them. They had been reared in the same
water and were old friends."-New Or
leans teTimeS-Democratn
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been declared ITO be an illegal corporation,
the taxing officers of the township from
which the borough was originally carved
out. shall proceed to levy and collect the
tax, with Interest.
Senate No. ID, empowers the governing
board in municipalities governed by a
commission, containing more han 1000
inhabitants and not already divided into
wards, to divide said municipalities into
five wards.
Senate No. IA. Provides that when the
territorial limits of a village and a town
ship are co-extensive. the annual election
by the same officers and on the same
ticket.
Senate No. IS. Empowers the Circuit
missioner for the assessment for any
local Improvement in cities of the first
class, when one of the regular three
commissioners happens to be interested
in any land liable to be benefited or DAM
aged by the Improvement.
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ENDLESS GAME DISPUTE
Pound Fishing Once Again
Before an Assembly Com
mittee-Greed the
Stimulus.

TRENTON, Feb. II, 1897.-The Assem-
bly, Committee on Game and Fisheries
gave a final hearing yesterday on MI.
Scovers bill, No. Sc. This is the bill to
abolish the fish pounds now existing
along the Atlantic coast. 1t fixes q PEN
atty Of $1,000 fine OF three years irnpris-
onrhent for erecting such dams in the
waters of New Jersey.
The opponents of the measure appeared
before the committee last week. and the
hearing yesterday was for those who fa-
vored the bill. The committee room was
crowded by a number of fishermen. Ow-
ing to the vast difference of opinion be-
tween several of them Interested respec-
lively in look and line and pound or net
fishing, many disputes arose, and the
chairman had much difficulty in main
tanning order.
A~ssemblyman Parker presented the
committee with a map showing the ex-
act style of pound nets, which usually
consists of a net fence strung from the
shore to what is known as the heart''
Tin which form it is shapedl. an into
which the fish are first shared. From
his they swim into the pocket, out of
which there is no escape. This. map was
Of great interest to the committee, Illus
trating the methods of pound fishermen.
A portion of net taken from d pound
pocket was also exhibited, which show
ed the mesh used to be less thar one and
-three-quarters inches.
william H. Brem Of Monmouth county
was the first speaker. He asserted that
the pounds destroy more fish In twenty
A~..A ~..~ -ELA
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EwaId Brothers,
The Chance Of a Lifetime

pany was in a state OF insolvency be-
fore the consolidation, having lost three
quarters of a million in competition. He
declared that the United States Rubber
Company was not responsible for this, as
it was not in existence until after the
Para Company had sustained the loss re-
ferred to. Witness was of the opinion that
the only way the price of labor could be
maintained in this country was by the
Capitalization of labor. Today he
said. the American wage Garner is en-
abled to sustain his rate of wages by
the existence of superior organizations
of manufacturers. E
81 think the only way in which the
wages can be kept up is by the centrali-
cation of manufacture and the economy
that results from superior organization
in connection. with labor saving machin-
cry. By mean of this Capitalization the
American wage Garner can compete
against cheap labor countries like China
and Japan
Mr.. Flint also stated tina they had
manufactured more goods han there was
demand for.
SIS it not a fact that you nave advanced
the price Of rubber shoes from $3.50 to
$3.50, and that the price now is $2.55?'
II don know anything about that"
At this juncture a recess was taken.
Mr.. Lexow excused Mr.. Flint until ten
A. M. tomorrow and asked him to bring
with him the report of the Simmons Com
mittee.
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Will not allow spawn to go away, to come
PACK mature, he said, and it is clear
~ evident that fish are getting more
scarce every year. They don't catch the
biue1lsh when 1t natures, but they catch
the material that makes bluefish. The
combination was formed to compete with
the Fulton Market in New York. In or
der to meet this competition, that mar
ket lowered the prices, and we have had
to suffer.
The pounds are increasing in number.
In nearly all cases, a great portion of the
nsh sent away by the pound men is sent
PACK IN a -decomposed state. Sometimes
this amo1nt of stale fish is as high as
$1,000 pounds. In reply to a question by
one of the committee, Mr.. Kline said that
q Of the fish sent to Fulton Mar
ket by them was, of course, sent back
decemposed, but the percentage was COM
paratively small.
s. F. Elmer and Peter White of Sea-
bright agreed that now there were only
~ boats In this district, whereas over $50
boats were there before the existence of
the pound fisheries, and the number of
men engaged in hook and line fishing had
been reduced from nearly a thousand to
less than 100.
George w. Finner of Camden, who re-
sides on the Jersey coast several months
IN the year, and is an arden follower Of
lsaak Walton, having had twenty years
experience, next spoke In favor of the
bill. He said there is a great lack of
food fish along the Atlantic coast, and
this result was directly due to the
pounds, which were gradually extermin-
ating the fish in Jersey waters. Net
fishing should not be allowed, especial
ly in the spring of the year, when the fish
are spawning. So as to permit the small
er fish to escape, a larger mesh should
be used. 1t is a well known fact that
the fish along the Jersey coast were be-
coming smaller in size.
Frank Wilson and James Miller of Sea-
bright, both -Scandanavians, denied the
statement that the hook and line fisher
men were travelling Swedes and the like.
n asserted that although there were
about half a hundred men of his ex-
traction engaged in that class of shing
they were respectable citizens, owning
or renting permanently their own homes
They declared hat the smaller fish
were caught in the small meshes and
chOked to death.
Senator Francis of Monmouth was pres
ent and took a lively interest in the pro-
ceedfngs. frequently cross-examining the
witnesses closely. He stated that men
who have made the matter a study as
sert that the majority Of fish spawn away
out In the ocean IN gravel beds, far
away from the pound nets. The Senator
is opposed to the bill and will eight If
when It reaches the Senate.
ASSemblyman Parker submitted a re-
monstrance against the enactments Of
this measure, signed by 800 residents Of
Cape May county.
Later in the day the committee met and
have decided to amend the bill as to
appease both pound fishermen and hook
and line fishermen. They feel hi the
pound fishermen have SO much at stake
that 1t would be an injustice to drive
them out of the business.
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the amendment and the proceedings
thereat were expunged from the min
utes.
The resolution, at the afternoon session,
calling for the evening session, was
clearly voted down, but the Speaker de-
clared it carried. The members did not
like the way in which the Speaker jam
med the session down their throats, and
only thirty-two were present. The ses-
sion was intended for the reports Of corn
mittees only, SO that there would be
something to work on today. The SEES
sion, however, turned out to be quite
lively. 1t began over the report of the
Revision of Laws Committee upon Mr..
Goldenhorn's bill authorizing police SER
geants to take bail in certain misdemean-
ors. The committee reported the bill adj
versely. Mr.. G~oldenhorn urged that the
bill was a good one. He said its object
wa to ave citizens who are arrested
for violating a bicycle or other ordinance
from spending a night in a public cell.
Mr.. Gledhill, chairman of the commit
teer said that the reason the commit
tee reported the bill adversely was that
it gave a policeman a judicial function,
AAk4 = "0S kACtVA AC ROAACy - l4S 0tat
to do h
Mr.. Scovel supported the committee in
a speech which was Intended to be fun
ny, but was so personal that the Speaker
called him to order. Mr.. Klink support
ed the bill and the report Of the com
mittee was not accepted by a close
vote. There was another discussion on
the unfayorable report of the same COM
mittee IN Mr.. Goldenhorn's bill, which
provides that a man can sell his property
without the separate acknowledgment of
his wife. Mr.. Gledhill said that the bill
was q bad one, n Mr.. Scovel said that
1t was a Measure for some man who
wanted to sell his property without OBJ
tanning the consent of his wife. The re-
port of the committee was sustained this
ance;. measures like 1t have appeared at
every session during the past half dozen
years. When it first appeared 1t was
denounced by a Newark man, who said
that 1t was just such a scheme as Mr..
Scovel limited at. 1t was said then that
the measure was intended for a man who
had had a deep bitter quarrel With his
wife. Though not legally separate1 they
had rot lived together for yeafs. For
some years past the husband has been
trying to sell some property, bufF his
now under the law. Mr.. Goldenhorn in
sists that his bill is for no such person
and only provides that when a woman
acknowledges a deed it shall not be nee
esSary for her to be examined separately
and apart from her husband as now re-
quired. On the other hand, Mr. Gledhiil
insists that the second clause of the bill
distinctly provides that the deed will he
good without the wife's signature at all.
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Seeing Rome.

'How long lave you been in Rome?o
said Pope Pin TX. "Three weeks"
was the ready answer. "Ah, them said
His Holiness, "you have seen Rome.
asked he. turning to the second visitor.
Three months" was the answer. You.
then" continued the Pope, have begun
finally to the third of his visitors. sshow
long have you been here2', Three years.,
was the reply, Then you said the
Pope, have not begun to see Rome
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MRS. OLEVELAND's MOVEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 18s7.-Mrs.
Cleveland will take her children to Prince
ton next week and return to the White
House, to be with the President at the
close of the administration.
DR.. Bryant Of New York n his wife
are guests at the White House this week.
Mrs. Thurber and the children of the
Private Secretary viii cave for their
home at Detroit this evening at sight
o'clock in a special car. Mr.. Thurber
expects to join them in about two weeks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-17
MORE PLUMs FOR M'KINLEY

WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1S97.-President
Cleveland will not make Nominations to
fill vacancies in the government service
which nay be caused by resignation, oc-
curing between now and the Fourth Of
March next, but will leave such places
open to be filled by President Mckinley.
This does not include places where the
four years term of office expires, or OF
places that are vaeated by the death of
the occupant when the office still has a
year or more to run.
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GAGE ON his WAY TO WASHINGTON

HOT SPRINGS, Bath County, Va, Feb.
II. lS97.-The future Secretary of the
Treasury, Lyman J. Gage of Chicago, ar
rived at the Hot Springs Hotel here this
morning by. the Chesapeake n Ohio
train from the West. HeAis accompanied
by Mrs. Gage and will remain here for
some time probably going from this place
direct to Washington about March l..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-17
BEDROOM FURNITURE

Price alone is no criterion of cheap
ness-trash Is dear at any price. You
can count on a saving Of at least a
third on the February Offering of
Bedroom Suits.
BEDROOM SUITS
OF Oak, 8 pieces, full width bed, carved
~headboard; dressing bureau, mirror
1Sx20 in; enclosed commode; SO.
OF Mahogany. 2 pieces; full width bed,
shaped top n French bevel plate
oval mirror 24x30 in; $22.
OF Curly Birch, 8 pieces; full width bed,
carved headboard: dressing bureau.
French bevel plate mirror 24x30 in.
combination commode, $26.50.
Over $50 styles Of Bedroom Suits, in
oak, curly birch, mahogany, birds
eye maple and white enamel. Prices
$40 to 1926.
CHIFFONIERS
In great variety of styles and all the
popular woods. Prices "a. rs to 500
every one cheap.
METAL BEDSTEADS
We saved money on these. Now
the opportunity is yours.
White Enamel with brass trimmings, 8
feet to IA feet wide, 81 to SIS. A fine
quality wire spring attached to each.
Fourth Flsor.
.WOMEN's GLOVES
The Princess May Gloves for women
have commanded their own place, and
will maintain it. The best real kid
Gloves at ONE DOLLAR.
Tenth strees.
VEILINGS
New things in Veilings-a lot of
them have just come from Europe.
Large dots, small dots-new way Of
scattering them. Prices zoe to 81. so
a yd, y
broadway, Tenth street..
WONEN'S HOSIERY
None the less good for being very
cheap. English and German fast
black cotton and Isle thread Hosiery.
Doc the air, 8 pairs for ST..
Broadway.
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MARRIAGE LICENSE SCANDAL


Amendment-TO Facilitate HAIL
Special to the Jesscu city Nes0s.
TRENTON, Fetk II, l8e7.-There was an
occurrence In the Assembly Chamber last
evening which for a mi para1yzed
the House. Mr.. Lloyd's marriage license
Dill came up on second reading. Mr..
scoyei said he had IN amendment to
offer. but he wished it distinctly under
stood that no offered it by request Al
page carried 1t to the clerk, who read
the amendment in loud tones.
Silence fell upon the House, and
several women In the gallery
got up and walked Qua. The
Speaker broke the deep silence by CALI
ine fsr 2 vote upon che resolution, and 1t
was buried beneath a storm 81 noes.
Subsequently,, on molten Of Mr., Thorn.
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BILLS Still. POUR In.
StenO9raphers for nroners-T Pup
ljsh Tax Lfsts-Teaclacrs, Paw.

SeehbOxrApner Tor t0rOneTs-TO Pub.
l1sh Tax Ltsts-TeacIlers, Pay.
sr'ecfct to the Jersey Ctr Neus.
TRENTON, Feb. II, 1S97.-The bills come
rolling in just as though they were being
made laws as rapidly as they come in. Mr..
Macarthur wants power given to coroners
to appoint stenographers and Mr.. Gcldenr
horn wants an intoxicated person who en-
tiers the hallway Of q tenement and uses
profane and boisterous Language liable as
2 disorderIy person. The veterinary SUR
geons want q Board to examine applicants
for admission to their profession and Mr.
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Dated Jersey city, February II. ISL.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the partnership lately subsisting be-
tween Theodore Lindberg and Regina
Peters, under the firm name of Lindberg
& CO., doing business at SO and 100 Pine
street, Jersey City, N. j., was dissolved
by mutual consent on the seventeenth day
of February, 1897.
Regina Peters is authorized to settle all
debts due TO me by the firm.
THEODORE LINDBERG.
REGINA PETERS.
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NOTICE TIC FoUNDRYMEN.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
the naf as Sc : abdlesc hamber Of the city Hall ON
Tuesday, February %, 1897, at two O'Clock
P. M. for the furnishing and delivering OF
about 1900 lengths OF s-inch and 500 lengths
CAST IRON WATER PIPE.
in accordance with specifications for the same
on file in the office sof the Clerk of said Board
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
Chief Engineer, City Hall, Jersey city, NJ.
Delivery of pipe must be made at the Com,
%u! New Ja l9esg station 81 at the be i local cs STATIONS Ea Of : tha
Iehigh Valley Railroad or the Pennsylvania
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals If it is deemed for the best
interests Of the city ,,, 90 to DO,
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
Pipe directed to ,Mr. G. w. Harding, Chair
man of the Committee on Assessments and
Board in open meeting when called for N.
the order of business relating to sealed pro-
posals.
to Section I, Chapter 1S4 Of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have baen approved as to sufa-
Corporation Counsel, the President Of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
81 order Of the Board Of Street and water
Commissioners.
GEO. 7. BoUToN
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. February IL. 1897.
TO THE CREDITORS OF H FULTON
Construction Company
Take notice, that by virtue of an order of
the Court of Chancery of the State of New
Jersey, made on the twentieth day of Janu-
airy, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, you
are required to bring in and present to the
subscriber, the Receiver Of The Fulton Con-
strlction Company, in writing, your several
claims and demands against said corporation.
and make proof thereof, upon oath or afirma-
tor, to the satisfaction Of the Receiver, with
in three months from the date of said order,
and in default thereof you will be excluded
and barred from. the benefit of such dividends
as may thereafter be made and declared by
said Court. upon the proceeds of the effects
of said corporation.
Claims may be presented at the office of
the Receiver. No. i Montgomery street, Jer-
sey City, New Jersey.
Dated January IS. 1897.
WILLIAM G. e. SEE,