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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
ANTHONY HAUCK.

Anthony Hauck. the Democratic can
didate for Street and Water Commits
sioner is comparatively a new man in
politics. The presence of his name on
the Democratic ticket is by no particular
effort ON his part He was forced to run
by the residents and taxpayers of the
Lafayette section of the city His con-
stituents, and they are Democrats and
Republicans alike, were given such a
scare recently by the men they elected to
represent them concerning the turning
over of Communipaw avenue to the use of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, that they
decided to name a man who would pro-
tectaHot sacrifice, their interests
Suchsa man is Mr.. Hauck, they claim
A fought canvass of the LAFAYETTE
voters has been made and the indications
are that Candidate Hauck will capture
was born in 1856 at little place called
Long common, now the city of Berlin
between Camden and Atlantic City He
that time being engaged in wood chop
ping in the forests of that locality. When
three = years e; ;4 o. old Mr., Hauck vas brought
in comfortable home at Barrow and
Canal streets. What education he pos
sesses h,; was a5ea9ared 1l by attendance. at
months attending night sessions.
He left No. 5 school when he was
eleven years old and went to work FIR
his father. who had established a wood
business at Halladay street and Pacific
avenue. Mr.. Hauck. with his brothers,
is sttU conducting the enterprise his
father started. In his business relations
he has always been fair and in the bllsi-
ness world hts reputation is an enviable
one Socially be has a host of adrniring
friends He Has been a Democrat aif
his ufe end during the last year has
served iu The Board of Aldermen His
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
WILLIAM j. 0ALN0N.

The Fourth ward has favored Alder
man William J. Calnon with renomina-
tion for that office. Those who have read
the reports of Aldermanic meetings will
doubtless recall that Mr. Calnon was al
ways arrayed on the side of the people.
He has been in office only two years. but
in that time has made an enviable record
for himself.
Mr. Calnon is thirty-six years old and
lives at No. 240 York street. He has
labored all his life and has held various
positions under the International Navi-
cation Company. His services for that
company have been repeatedly rewarded
and today he occupies the responsible no
sition Of chief shipping clerk. He was
formerly president Of st: Peters Lyceum
and is an energetic worker in several of
the societies of that parish.
For several years he was vice president
of the New York branch of the Knights
OF Honor. Mr.. Calnon is a steadfast
Democrat, but he never allows party to
carry him beyond the interests Of tay
payers. He is public spirited citizen
and generous to a degree which is almost
ruinous to himself.
A vote for him will be one for good
honest local government -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
AMBROSE GUITON.


The voters of the Second Ward have
rewarded Ambrose Guiton with re-
nomination for Alderman on the Demo-
cratic ticket. Mr.. Guiton is young man,
sterling Democrat and a conscientious
official. He has been in the Board of
Aldermen two years and in all that time
he has voted and talked for only such
measures as would be productive of good
to the city. His business is that of pub
lie truckman. He is the owner of real
estate and for that reason is anxious to
see the administration fall into the con-
troll of Democrats.
His father was the late Fire Commits
sioner John Guiton, who always bore the
reputation of being one of the most eco
nomical officials the city ever had. His
son is following in his footsteps in that
particular Public matters which have
come before him have been disposed of
always in an honest, business-like man
ner.
He is a member of several church, So
cial and political organizations. There
is no doubt but that he will be elected
but voters who want good government
want to turn out in force and support
II i'm
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
JAMES s. NOLAN.

James S. Nolan, who has been selected
as a Street and Water Commissioner cam
didate by the Democratic party, is a resi-
dent of the Hudson City section of the
city, a portion of the city which for the
last five years. residents and property
owners, not without cause, declare has
been shanefully neglected. Mr.. Nolan
was born in New York city. January Z,
1853 He attended the public schools of
that city. In 1885, when he was ten years
old, his parents moved to this city, .locat-
ing on the Heights.
Young Nolan attended the public schools
of this city. 1t was intended he should
have an academic education. but he pre-
ed in business early in life in a clerical
capacity, but subsequently with his
brother formed what is now the big print
ing house of Nolan Brothers, in lower
New York.
Mr.. Nolan is not politician, nor has he
ever sought office and even this time he
reluctantly consented to run. He was in
ers and residents of Hudson City, who
appealed to. him, declaring that they
resent them and their interests in the
city councils
Mr.. Nolan is in the fight now for fair
sible. He has been Y0s assured the the assist st
ance of Republicans in all parts of the
city and the indications are his friends
Sey THAT ne Will WIN Dy a handsome ma
jority Candidate Nolan is married and
resides at No. 80 Poplar street. He is an
extensive property owner and is interest
ed in the preservation of the city's credit.
He is collector of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion and is connected with and is an
active worker in many other fraternal
orders
: For eight years he has been director
IN the Industrial Mutual Building and
Loan Association of the Heights and he
is associated with Arboret Council, Royal
Arcanum. Mr.. Nolan favors a new water
supply, but he is opposed to foisting upon
prove ruinous. He favors good, honest
government, reduction of taxes and the
abolition of sinecures in the conduct. of
public affairs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
FRANK FoLLIN.

The Ninth ward voters, irrespective OF
party have decided that Frank Follin
shall represent them in the Board of
Aldermen. The. ward is Republican by
four hundred. but Mr.. Follin has. been
assured sufficient Republican votes to
down the Republican nominee handily
Candidate Follin is young man, single,
and is engaged in the milk business BY
strict application to his business he has
prospered. He never allows pleasure to
Interfere with business: In his own right
he holds considerable Hill property He
is interested in it's Improvement and as
member of several good government
associations has urged the making of
sweeping reductions in the city's expendi-
lures. He has felt the oppression of
high valuations and taxes and is deter
mined. if elected to the Board of Alder
men. to check the lavish expenditure of
public funds.
Mr.. Follin represents the young, clean
and Intelligent Democracy. For that, if
no other reason, he should be elected
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
DANIEL ]. SMITH.

The Democratic candidate for Alder
man from the Eighth ward, Daniel j.
Smith, was born, brought up and has
been resident Of the ward all his life.
Dam Smith is as well known as any
man in the ward and enjoys an enviable
reputation for his probity and ability He
was born in 1864 and received his educa-
Graduating from thence he entered the
steel business and afterwards became
connected with the Hudson River Ice
Company in whose service he is at pres
ent. Mr.. Smith has always been promi-
nent in the politics of the ward and made
stiff fight against the late Horace
Schermerhorn and again with A. B.
Dusenbery for Aldermanic honors He is
on the Committee of Arrangements of the
Bergen Democratic Club, an organization
with which he has always been promi-
nently connected
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
LAUTERBACH VERY MAD.

ALBANY, N Y, April s, 1Ss7.-Edward
Lauterbach. Chairman of the Republican
County Committee of New York County.
arrived here on the Empire State Ex-
press shortly after II o'clock today and
expressed himself very warmly on the
action of the caucus of the Republican
senators last night in agreeing to sup.
port as a party measure the proposed
amendments to the Raines Liauor Ttx
law. He declared that the Republican or.
ganization of New York. City had been
deceived by the Republican Senators. He
had been promised the caucus would not
be held until tonight. It was his inten-<
tion to be here today and argue with the
leaders against the adoption of the
amendments. The caucus had been held
however, contrary to an agreement, and
he said that the only thing for him to
do was to go to the Governor and plead
earnestly for him to use his influence
against the amendments, for if they wele
enacted into a law it would mean the
absolute ruination of the Republican
party at the Greater New York election
in the fall
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
WILLIAM HOWETH.

The voters of the Third ward believe
they have made a winning selection in
William Howeth for Alderman. Like all
the other Democratic nominees, from the
greatest to the smallest office, he is a
representative business man
Mr.. Howeth is engaged in the grocery
business, and by fair and honest dealing
has prospered. Poor people have never
been turned from his store. His general
attitude toward persons who have done
business with him. convinces them that
he Is an honest. upright man. Being a
property owner he naturally has the in
terests of the city at heart He is MAX
ing a house to house canvass, and If
promises amount to anything he will
be swept into office by a vote that will
startle Republicans of the Third ward.
Alderman Henry is conducting his cam
paign for him, and all indications point to
the fact that Mr.. Howeth will be Alder
man LosePs successor from the Third
ward. 80
He is a good, intelligent man, capable
and smart. He should be elected
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
WILLIAM ]. KELLY.

William J. Kelly the Democratic can
date for Alderman in the Sixth Ward is
a bright young man about twenty-t two
years old. He is a law student and ex-
poets soon to be admitted to the bar. He
has always been a most enthusiastic
Democrat and has done much good work
for the party
Mr., Kelly is president Of the Sixth
Ward Democratic Association and was in
strumental in building that organization
up. This club is composed of the most
active workers in the city and did some
excellent work IN the last campaign. He
is president and one of the organizers of
the Hudson County Democratic Oratorical
Society. Mr.. Kelly 20 at present private
secretary tc the Hon. q, Ellery Anderson,
Of New York aifE
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
MIKE DADY'S HAVANA CON.
TRACT.
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HAVANA, April 9. 1897 Michael j.
Dady, the Brooklyn. New York contractor,
has secured an important contract to inn
prove the sanitary condition of Havana.
1t Is said that the contract will involve
an expenditure of about SIS. 100000. Work
will be commenced next winter and will
give employment to five thousand men on
sewers, paving, etc.
All the preliminaries of the agreement
have been decided upon and it is reported
that Mr.. Dady has as security bonds is
sued by the city of Havana to the amount
OF $12ooo,0OO.
Mr. Dady is now here with his engineer,
Mr.. Byrne and the papers are to be sent
srnmeoiately to Captain General Weyler
Tor his approval, which is expected in a
lew days. Messrs. Dady and Byrne expect
to SAN for New York on Saturday next.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
TO HELP THE TURKS.
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CANEA. Island of Crete, April s, 1897
The foreign admirals have sent a war
ship to Kissamo, with instructions to as
sist the Turks in evacuating that place.
the latter having declared 1t to be i'm
possible to resist the insurgents
The fire which broke out yesterday at
Gambia, near the Cathedral, destroyed the
residence of the Bishop. The Greek
quarter was saved by the Italian marines
who demolished number of buildings in
order to check the confagration.
The Mussulmans of Sitia are suffering
from want Of water, the walls of the
town NOT sufflcing to supply their needs,
and the insurgents drive the Mussulmans
back whenever the latter make attempts
to obtain water outside of the town. in
spite of the protection afforded by the
foreign warships in Sitia Bay.
The barracks occupied by the Italian
marines doing duty on shore at Gambia
have been burned to the ground. The
cause of the fire is not known.
A detachment of six hundred additional
Russian troops and an additional de-
tachment of seven hundred British troops
have arrived here.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
RUDOLPH HARTMANN.

Rudolph Hartmann has been renomi-
mated by the Democrats of the Eleventh
ward Mr.. Hartmann was born of Ger
man parents in 1864 He attended the
public schools of this city and was grad
lated from No. 10. He has worked all
his life and what he possesses is the re-
suit of hard labor and saving.
When only eleven years old he started
to work in the American Watch Com
pany. While employed he sought to i'm
school He was promoted to sfs Foreman aias Of Of
the Watch Company, but owing to q
strike associated himself with the Jersey
City and Bergen Railroad and SUISSE
quently with the North Hudson County
Road. A few years ago he opened q
saloon on Palisade avenue. He is en-
gagged IN that business now. He is mar
ried and has five children. He is proni-
nent in the knights and Ladies Of Honor
and other social and benevolent orders.
Ills election is conceded by the Repub-
leans
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08

KNOXVILLE DISASTER.
Most Disastrous Fire the
City Has Ever Seen Ragged
There This Morning.
Loss A MILLION DOLLARS
Several People Injured Dynamite
Explosion Adds to the
Ruin.
LOSS A MILLION DOLLARS

& CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 8, 1871
special to the ''News'' from Knoxville,
Tenn, says
The most disastrous fire ever expert
enced in Knoxville occurred this morning
between four and eight o'clock. The Sen-
tire block between Union and Reservoir
streets, on Gay street, with the excepA
ton OF the McGhee Building on one end.
the longest and handsomest block in the
city, IS a mass of ruins, and the loss is
estimated at nearly million dollars. Sew
eral people were slightly injured, the
most NOS serious ser being Joe McMiilin. who
The. fire was discovered about four
o'clock IN the wholesale. grocery store OF
porter of the Knox Hotel, which adjoins
tne the, grocery general alarm was
1Iarn Turned In IN and al the local fire companies
proved futile, however, and the flames
spread rapidly.
Among the heaviest losers are:-Daniel
goods; iSterchi Brothers, wholesale and
retail furniture; Marble city Hat Com @
panSy. panS. wholesale hats; A. Laher, dry
wholesale shoes; S. B. Newman and
company. printers; Cullen. Newman and
Gon1ppay, GG0mpany, printers; t w. W. Woodruff and
ger, Doyle and Company, wholesale hats
and shoes; Sanford. Chamberlain and
&arDSt ., WlioieSdt0 drugs, Knox HOfels
McNulty Grocery Company
Many smaller establishments, among
tnem three livery stables In the rear Of
the burned block were destroyed.
An explosion of dynamite in Woodruff's
hardware store shattered every window in
Gay street.
A portion of the Chattanooga fire de-
partment arrived at eight o'clock and rem
dered valuable assistance.
Among those injured in the fire were
w. ID. keppart, one of the most pronli-
nent men in the city, formerly CITY editor
OF the Journal After assisting five
men to escape he jumped from the third
story OF the Knox Hotel onto the roof Of
an adjoining building. He was badly. but
not fatally hurt.
+. e, Joe McMiliin, travelling man. jumped
from second story; leg broken.
James Hogan, barkeeper Knox Hotel:
Jumped from third story to roof adioin,
ing building; both legs badly sprained
John Bolge, resident iof Morgan county.
rescued from third story of Knox Hotel
Dy nremen; probably fatally burned
Tom Speck. jumped from third story:
J; M. Loop of Salisbury. N. C., jumped.
seriously injured.
e. L. Hudson. clerk in Knox Hotel:
jumped ankle broken
John Mcdaniel, jumped. badly injured.
It IS now believed that the total loss
Will amount to about 81, 10000. The in
surance viii be about one-haif
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
EDWARD HOOS.

In Edward Hoos the Democrats of Jer-
sey City have a candidate for Mayor
who is known in every part of the city
and to know him is to respect him. His
business career in this city is one to be
envied, ana socially he is favorite with
a very large circle cf friends.
Mr. Hoos was born at Neuwied on the
Rhine. Germany, August 81, 1850. His
father was at one time the proprietor of
a paper plant, which furnished the gov
ernment with official paper. He received
. an excellent education in the schools of
.,is native town. Subsequently he un-
Ierwent practical training for more
.An three years in large general sup
- store. That training coupled with
tas sterling integrity, laid the foundation
for his, success in this country. He
Fame here when nineteen years old. His
ather died shortly after his arrival in
y his country. He secured employment
In New York City and with what he
earned supported his widowed mother. In
iS ne came to this city and INFESTED
which became the starting point for the
I present large house of Hoos & Schulz on
fook keen interest in the affairs Of his
adopted country and thoroughly be-
Teved in identifying himself with the in
terest and welfare of the city. By hon
esty, integrity and perseverance he won
the regard and esteem of his fellow citi-
zens. He received and accepted the
Democratic nomination for Freeholder III
1885, and was elected by 245 in strongly
Republican district. Declining a renom-
iration for that office, he accepted nom
ination against Colonel Dickinson for the
Asse.nhl u. H was beaten BY q bare ma
jority, although Colonel Dickinson was
at that time the Republican leader, and
his district strongly Republican. In 1889,
as candidate for the Board of Aldermen
from the same district, he was elected
by majority of 605. He declined re-
domination. Mayor Cleveland appointed
him a Commissioner of Appeals, but he
ser was elected
Mr.. Hoos is now a member of the
Board Of Education, and was first ap-
expired term. He was subsequently re-
appointed for the full term of two years.
IN the spring of 1895 Mr.. Hoos was the
Denocratic party's choice for Alderman
at-Large. In that contest he led his
ticket, but was defeated by a narrow
margin. In the fall he was nominated
for the Assembly and received 6362 votes
beating his Republican opponent by over
5svogs plurality and carrying his own ward
L.Wnlch was Republican by 6o0-by a ma
as such, holds the thirty-second degree.
He is member of Teutonia Lodge No.
q F. and A. M. and was for four years
~. M and Is a Past p D. G. M. of the
grand Lodge for the German lodges of
the state. He is also a member of the
Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and
American Legion of Honor In social
of the Jersey City Saegerbunde. Turn
yereins Jersey City Pioneer Verein. Arion
Society Society Hudson County Democratic So
and e-President of the New York Raw sav
Cemetery. He is forcible speaker and
MS personality attracts and Commands
lne ..1,e,l respect Of all who become acquainted
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
GAZALAND'S REVOLT.
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tA'y Oooie9 " iD9 kaSSsOcldleu PreSS.
LONDON, April s, 1Se7.-A despatch to
the Times from CapetQwn says that
adv1ces received there from Delagoa
Bay announce that the country bordering
on and across the Limpopo River, form
ing for many miles the northwest and
northern limit of the Transvaal, is in
open revolt. 1t is added that the posi-
ton is serious, as troops are leaving for
Delagoa Bay by the steamer Carnarvon
land
Dispatches received in London from
Pretoria and Delagoa Bay last night, as
then cabled to the Associated Press. an
nounced that the whole of Gazaland is
IL open revolt. Twenty-Five thousand
natives have rebelled against the Portu-
guese Government The principal rising
It was stated, was only about forty miles
from the Transvaal border. 1t was added
that the Portuguese troops were mob
LIKING rapidly and that the situation was
regarded as most serious.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
WILLIAM /. MIDLIGE.

William F. Midlidge was born in Jersey
City on September u, 1860. He attended
vhe public schools of Jersey City and
graduated from High School in the class
of '7s. He subsequently attended Rutgers
College and was graduated in the wear
1882 He studied law in the office of
Judge " p Douglass and was admitted
TO practice as attorney June, 1885, and as
counsellor in the June term 1887,
He. has been engaged in the practice of
lay IN Jersey City ever since, having his
once IN the Fuller Building. He is a
ne IS also member of the Good Roads
Association of Hudson county. He is
married and is the father of two very in
Park street. Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
JOHN BoLDT.

In the Twelfth ward John Boldt has
been renominated for Alderman by the
Democrats. Mr.. Boldt was born in Ger
many in 1s4ss and IN 1866 came to this
countrT. He embarked in the liquor bust
pess al1d has been engaged in that way
ever sihce. He is conceded to BE the most
popula1 man in the ward and his election
is regarded as a certainty. Mr. Boldt is
the city at heart. His frien,ls are ma king
"a red hot fight for him against the Re-
publican odds. Republican taxpayers
disgusted with the way affairs have been
managed, have pledged him their support. bort
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
DIVORCED FROM KATE VAUGHAN
TBy Cable to The Associated Press.

BY Cable TO The Associated Press.
LONDON, April s, 1s97.-Colonel Fred
erick Arthur Wellesley. formerly of the
Coldstream Guards, obtained decree OF
divorce today in the Divorce Division of
the High Court of Justice, with costs,
against his wife, Kate Vaughan, the
well known actress, on the ground of her
adultery with an actor named Lorimer
The later played in the United States.
under the name of Lethcourt, in q The
Henrietta"
Colonel Wellesley is a son of the first
Earl Cowley, deceased. was at one time
Military attache at st. Petersburg and
was formerly Military Secretary to the
Commander-in-Chiefi in India He had
previously been divorced from his first
wife, who was daughter of Lord Au-
gustus William Spencer Lotus
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08

Editor of 'sThe Jersey City News'';-
An article lately published in "The
News states that the Lafayette Citi-
zefs Association will meet on Friday
evening for the purpose OF endorsine. the
Democratic nominees. This is a rnisstate-
ment.. The. Lafayette Citizens Associa-
ton has always been and is now a
strictly non-partisan organization, the
object of which is MOTTO endorse the can
qidates Of either party. but to secure for
Lafayette needed improvements, without
regard to politics.
By order of the President
&C. HOWARD SLATER. Sec'y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-08
Evacuation of Crete.

GBy Gable to The Associated Press
LONDON, April g. 1S97.-Answering a
question in the House of Commons today
relative to the date of the evacuation of
the Island of Crete by the Turkish
troops, the Parliamentary Secretary for.
the Foreign Office, Mr.. George N. Cur
zon, said France had asked the powers
for their views on an early evacuation
ed, it was impossible to announce the
exact date of the withdrawal of the Turk
ish forces. Several of the powers, he
continued, were of the opinion that the
Greek troops must first be withdrawn