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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

The market opened quiet With very light
offerings of grain and thore is no change TO
note in quotations. Country Produce is quiet.
CHICAGO, Dec 27.-Wheat opened steady
to day at some improvement over fridays
closing prices: May started lac higher at
| 94lha949s the market then sdvapcod 10
| to 949saS4a. but reacted on realizing to 81 "a
a94l4 May then became strong again and
advanced 10 93lh Corn was strong: May
Corn opened shade higher at 293ss29s.
and advanced to 80. Oats were also active
and strong with good demand Nay Oats
opened lsc higher asa231b and advanced
to 23a.. May Pork opened 71ac higher at
50 o24ba$9 o. declined to SIS 92la and re-
acted to So 95. May Lard opened shade
to 81 TOAD 721a. Msy Ribs 2bc lower at
81 57Aa, declined to ga 50a4 92kl and re-
acted 10 81 SO.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Flour-Statc ami
Western quiet about steady Minnesota pat.
ents So 5a5 As; do bakers 81 25a4 so:
winter patents 81 95a5 10. Bye flour dull.
Wheat-options opened Arm on European WIT
runners but weakened under prospective
visible supply increase; Jan 99lbs1O0; Feb
99Aa100as; Msy 95a95 - 10; Dee
io1 10. hye ouIli NO = western oo.
Conceptions opened strong and higher on
covering and investment buying; May 35a
351s. Oats-options opened dull but stcsdy;
track white 29a34. Beef easy. Pork dull.
Lsrd dull; prime Western steam 81 50
nominal.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 27.-Flour firm
snd unchanged. Wheat quiet and easy spot
AMI month 97Sa,9SA January 9e5ss9S7-
hayt96a. bid; steamer No 2 rcd "a bid
southern wheat by sample 94aI00; do on
grade 94Aa994b Corn firm spot and month
332.s34; Dec. new or DID, 332s.a34 Jan
33Aa33as Feb 33Aa3Sla steamer mixed
31%ls317s southern white and yellow corn
29ka341a. Cats firm; No ? white 29a
29ih No . mixed 27a271b. Rye quiet;
No 2 eaiby 52s4 No 2 Western $685.. Hay
steady choice timothy $13 90. Sugar strong
graduated $5 33.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

The market opened quiet With very light
offerings of grain and thore is no change 10
note in quotations. Country Produce is quiet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly
That's what You want Charles g. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

EOR CHRISTMAs.-I have full line of
~ Fine Basins, Cleaned Currants, CitIon
and Fancy Groceries Tor sale low.
] O. MLBJ1RN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

A NICE TOOTH BRUSH with box ef
"A Myrtle Tooth Soap for 25c and q tooth
brush with every box Antiseptic Tooth Pow.
der, at E. s. LEADBEATER & SONS,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

SHREDED AND WHOLE GOLDFISH, new
- and homeless, for asle by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

NANCY NEW CROP CAROLINA HEAL
- &c MILRURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

DRoWN's CAMPHoRATED LAVENDER
- SALTS. Price 25c.
E.S. LEADBEATER & SOSS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

NECKTIEs, handsome assortment, at 25'
IN and 5Oc latest styles, at
A @. SLAYMAKEBT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

TTMBRELLAS-An new and handsome as.
" sortment Just received ; just the thing
for present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
TOOK TEXANS WATCH.
Unpleasant Results of a summers
Snraa 80 oil Coneerusd

spree &c all Concerned.
Charles and Edward FlanneIIy and
Frank Martin were tried in the General
Sessions Court to-day for stealing a gold
watch from Daniel Tehan.
On Aug. Is Tehan was on a spree and
met the three defendants. He invited
them to join him in a number of drinks
mad the invitation was cheerfully ac-
cepted.
Whilethey were in Otto Conrad's saloon,
No. 100 Ocean avenue, Tehan went to the
toilet room. Charles F1anne1ly followed a
moment later, and the other two followed
him.
August Frohme, the bartender, became
suspicious that the defendants intended to
rob Tehan, and he went into the toilet
room to Sc what they were doing. He saw
Charles Flannelly holding up TEXANS
vest with one hand an dtaking the watch
out of the pocket with the other hand.
Tehan was stupidity drunk and half asleep.
Frohme found Bicycle Policeman Glenn
enson, and he followed the three men on
his wheel, and arrested them. The watch
was found in Charles FTannelly's pocket
when he was searched at the station.
Charles Flannelly said that Tehan ave
him the watch for safe keeping. He did
not know Tehan, but thought he had
seen him before. He told a very thin
story. The jury has the case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
PASSENGERS ON THE TBUToB1o

NEW YORK, Nov. 8. 1S97.-Among the
passengers who arrived his morning per
steamer Teutonfc from Liverpool and
Queenstown, were.-J. Ogden Armour, II.
o. Armour. f. F.. Aver, Wilson Barrett,
Rev. c.. A. Berry. DID; Ferdinand Blum
enthal. w. Brewster, Herbert E. Brooks,
Mrs. Delaney Kane, Herman Ellis,
Marshall Field. w. D. Osgood Field, r.
Horace Gallatin, r. McCreery, R. C. Leh-
mann, John Munroe, d. McKeever, r.
FIubbel Hotchkiss. Brigade Surgeon Lieu
tenant Colonel Leake, Douglas Neame,
VIM. Noble, DR.. NJ. G. Parker, Sir James
Poole, James w. Sankey, Louis Stern and
James Walker
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
THIRTEENTH ST IMPROVEMENT.
Citizens Say That the Work In Bad
and Appeal TO Mayor H0os.

Mayor Hoos had an interview this morn
ing with President A. J. Corcoran of the
Board of Trade, who represented the opin-
lens of a large number of people living in
the neighborhood of the Thirteenth street
Improvement. These citizens strongly
protest against the manner in which the
work has been done on that street at the
viaduct.
AS Mr.. Corcoran pointed out to the
Mayor, the contract for the viaduct was
awarded to the Wrought Iron Bridge
Company of Ohio, and that corporation
has sublet the work which the citizens
say is so bad that no money should be
paid to the company. In the first place
the piling was, as Mr.. Corcoran puts it,
OF the very, poorest kind, and when the
stone was laid on that very unstable
foundation the inevitable occurred. the
stone work settling on bad piling making
the structure unsafe.
The Mayor was, therefore, asked to
postpone signing aswarrant for 5000. and
His Honor promised to look into the mat
ter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
THE PRESIDENT RETURNS.
Leaves Canton for the White House
Early To-day.

CANTON. o., Nov. 8, 1Ss7.-President
Mckinley, having cast his vote. left Can
ton bright and early this morning. east
ward bound, but with a stop or two
scheduled before reaching the White
House and his routine duties
The departure occurred at tbs o'clock
this morning and was quiet as could be.
The President and party were the sole oc-
cupants of a special train of fou coaches
on the Pennsylvania road which left at
thai hour for Pittsburg, where the Presi-
dent is to be the guest of honor at Found
er.s l}asn;a at u .he ET sIs ara1n In, Inc party
The President and his party went to the
train shortly before midnight, and there
received returns furnished them by spec
fal wires until they retired for the night.
They are scheduled to reach Pittsburg at
10. so A. M.
Senator and Mrs. Burrows are with the
President and Mrs. Mckinley and will
participate in the Pittsburg affair.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS
s.Faahionsn for November.

Fashions" the magazine published by
Messrs. I. C. Brown & Van Anglen. shows
on its covers an attractive costume from
Raudnitz of Paris. 1t is for the street.
and the hat is a fitting crown for the
dress. Other Illustrations show a group
dress. an a~strachan and tartan combina-
ton. and all sorts of designs for up-to-
date neckwear. Then there is a timely
hin for amateur hair dressers, who can
not fail to see the style sure to become
them. Church workers will be delighted
with a design for an altar cloth, which
heads an article on ecclesiastical en-
broidery by Adele Barney Wilson.
Among the literary features are:-"Red
Cross Work in Armenia" by Clara Bar
ton; Down to Date" by The Clubman;
Little Tornado" by Elizabeth w.
Champney; a Paris fashion letter: How
D Son Was Found" "Home-Made Holiday
Gifts" Decorations for Thanksgiving"
Fall Fashions for Men" by Montagu,
and Fashions for the Moment" by
Diane du Bots.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
This paper IS Democratic tn principles
snd Is independent sa ats rietos os az focd'
questions.
ssro H,ll with Reform.n

The election of Robert Van Wyck as
Mayor of New York is deeply to be re-
GREETED. 1t means the triumph Of vice
and criminality, of corruption in politics.
Only one thing would have been worse,
the election OF Tracy. which would have
meant political tyranny under the false
guise of p%uritanism.
Bad as the event is in itself, it is worse
when one considers the inspiration which
has brought it about. This inspiration is
best condensed in the ~unforgetable ex-
preston OF General Asa Bird Gardiner
'To hell with Reform" 1t is a sad and a
sorry day when the cry 7 hell with
Reform" determines an election in the
great city. of New York.
1t would be at once idle and mis-
chievous, however, to do the ostrich
act" in considering the situation. The
truth may as well be faced. and the rea-
son sought why the very name OF re
form has become abhorrent to the peo-
pie of New York.
To those who take a candid view of
things, the reason is not far to seek nor
hard 10 find. 1t is written in the history
of the last three years, when the name
of virtue has been prostituted to every
vicious and unworthy end that depraved
men can aim at. Beginning in the nth
OF the Parkhurst crusade. dragged
through monstrosities of the Lexow hip
podrome, used for the destruction OF the
people in the adoption of the New York
charter, prostituted to the various afro
cious purposes of the Raines Law, abused
by Roosevelt, ca~ricatured by Conlin, rem
dered hateful by Chapman, held in terror
over the city by Moss, made ludicrous by
Strong, rendered odious by Coils, and
turned to the profit of Platt. Senior and
Junior, and all the horde of cormorants
who constitute the local Republican ma
chine, the word and the idea had alike
become a stink in the nostrils of the COM
munity, and even the scarlet women, the
touts and the blacklegs, who come in the
wake of Tammany's ~trlumphal car, seem
toiernbie by comparison.
We had the swing of the pendulum one
way, a couple Of years ago. Now We have
it at its maximum angle in the other di-
rection. Perhaps in a year or two more
it will settle down to a middle ground of
decency and moderation, when extremists
and impractical fanatics hav been kicked
out of the political arena, where they
only do harm.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03

be as dry as what I I ave said. VIII those
who wish to leave kindly do so now?"
It was then explained to DR.. Meeker that
those who had gone were people who held
five O'Clock supper tickets, and they had
been requested to go.
At the evening session Of the Methodist
Church he Rev. ). Wilbur Chapman,
teresting address on THE Lost Crown.
The house was crowded and many were
standing. The devotional service was led
singing by Mr.. George n. Corfield. At
one point in the singing Mr.. Corfieid sud
denly stopped the congregation and said
This is a solo. / wish some one could
chorus whereupon little Miss Edith
Wakefield stood up and waved her hand
kerchief, and said:-"I can sing 1t, Mr..
Corfield.''
The speaker of the evening at the Re-
formed Church was the Rev. David j.
Burrel, d. D.. of New York. His subject
was 1.-The Worker and His Wage" DR..
Burrell spoke of the work of the Sunday
schol teacher He said he had been fire.
quently asked If it is necessary for a
teacher to be converted. He Illustrated
his answer by telling the story of a little
boy on a sinking steamer who asked a
strong man:-v"Can you swim, sir?' The
man, of course, took him on his, back and
brought him safely to shore. But" said
DR.. Burrell, suppose he couldn't swim.
What can the teacher do with her pupils
if she ant swim? / would rather my
children never went to Sunday-school
than that they hould there be told by
a teacher that part of the Bible is not
true" DR.. Burrell made an earnest APP
peal to cease studying the outside of the
Bible and to study the inside. Mr.. L. D.
H. Gilmore, of Newark, led the singing.
At both churches the reports were read
of the committees. The Auditing Com
mittee reported the accounts of the treas
urer to be correct. The following nomi-
nations were made, all of whom were
elected by both congregations
President-JameS V. Forster. Core
spending secretary-Frank E. Blake. Re
cording secretary-Rev. j. Franci Nor
gan. RECONSIDERATION A. Gregory.
UNCONVENTIONAL Vice Presidents-Rev.
A. S. Biddle, Rev. J. w. Treen, Rev.
George S. Bennitt, Rev. John Keller, Mr..
II. Louderbough, Rev. s.. 0. Harper, Mr..
George II. Corfield. Mr.. w. ]. Hunt, Rev.
II. C. Cronin, Mr. w. H. Beach, Mr.. c. H,
Jageis and MIR. T. j. Thompson.
District Vice PresIdents-First district,
Hoboken and Weehawken, Rev. A. B.
Richardson, D. D.; second district, Union
Hill, Gutenberg and other towns north
of Jersey City and Weehawken. Rev, I.
w. Gowen; third district, Jersey City, be-
low the Heights, and Lafayette, c. H.
Raymond; fourth district, Jersey City
Heights north of Montgomery street, c.
L. Gilmore; fifth district. Jersey City
Heights from Montgomery street to Bay
onne line, ]. B. Applegate; sixth district,
Bayonne, James S. Coward; seventh dis
trictW, Kearny. Arlington and Harrison,
Rev. T. E. Gordon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
CITY HALL WARFARE
Street and Water Board
Sends Both's Report
Back to the Finance
Board.
RECON lends SUIT ON THE BOND
Deficiency in the Water Account
Must Be Made Good-Via-
duet Work.

The Street and Water Commissioners
paid their respects to the Board of FL
nance this morning by firing back Expert
Bothe's report respecting the deficiency OF
about $4,000 in the Water Department.
When the report of the expert, who cost
the city a pretty penny. was received. the
Finance Board sent it to the Street and
Water Board. accompanied with a signifi-
ctnt hint that the Board of Works should
sue Commissioner Healey's bondsmen.
The Street and Water Commissioners,
however, were not going to shoulder any
responsibility of that kind. So this morn
ing they were closeted for an hour with
| Corporation Counsel Blair, asking his
guidance in the matter. When the con-
ference was ended the commissioners
marched into the Assembly Chamber.
There was a suspicion of a not-if-I-know-
it look on their faces, and this was the
substance of the resolution passed.
whereas. The expert appointed by the
city to examine the accounts of the Water
Department has reported an individual
deficiency of about $4,000; and,
"Whereas, A bond given by the respon-
Sible officer or officers was fixed by the
Board of Finance; which said board is the
custodian of the said bond upon which
suit must be brought;
Resolved, That the report be referred
to the Board of Finance with the recon-
| mendation that suit be Immediately in
| stituted on said bond for the recovery of
| such deficiency"
This went through, of course, and then
| the Commissioners devoted some attention
to the Thirteenth street viaduct, concern
ing which a protest was made by Mr.. An
drew j. Corcoran to Mayor Hoos this
morning on the score of bad work on the
part of the sub-contractors of the
| Wrought Iron Bridge Company, who Sc
cured the contract. The Commissioners
were satisfied, but the complaints of the
citizens in that neighborhood were justi-
fed, and they promptly passed a resolu-
ton resembling a resolution ordering the
payment OF 5000 out of the $4,000 to be
paid to the company.
President Boltwood and his colleagues
are very much displeased at the quality
of the work done. The stone work has
settled on the poor piiing, and the struc-
ture is seriously endangered. The people
in the neighborhood openly condemn the
work as bad in the extreme, and charge
great carelessness on the part of the
Bridge Company, which ought at least to
see that the sub-contractors. do good
work. Because Of their poor work the
company will have TO whistle for its
money. When the irnprovement(D is sat
isfactorily carried out the company may
be able to collect its bill, but not until
that time.
The meeting then adjourned and the
members met the Mayor. and together
they made an inspection of the South
Cove tract.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
WILL A HARVARD.

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 1s97.-Mr. r. C.
Lehman, the Harvard coach, was a pas
senger by the White Star line steamer
Teutonic, which arrived this morning
from Liverpool. When seen at Quaran-
tine Mr.. Lehman said he expected to
start for Boston by the one o'clock train
touay and on reaching Cambridge would
put the four cared crew at work on the
Charles, later he would start In with the
eight Dared crew and keep them in prac-
tice until the river closed. Work would
be esurned early in the spring or as soon
as the river opened.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

sealed proposals will be received by the
Rosrd Of Education, on Thursday, November
n 1897 at 8 T. M, in the Assembly Chan-
her. CITY Hall, for the erection of
PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. &c,
pasarvoir and Palisade avenues, Jersey City,
n = in accordance with plans and s~pecihca-
lions for the same, on file in the office OF
me CLERK of the Board, City Hall, where blank
forms Of bid and agreement OF sureties must
be obtained.
d EirstNA1l work and materials comprised in
carpenter specifications
Second-Al work and materials comprised in
mason specifications
Tbird-AI work and materials comprised In
Eanrth-Au work and materials comprised in
heating specifications.
ESfth-For the entire labor and materials
Pronosals must be enclosed in sealed o.
velopes. endorsed Proposals for dtem speci-
t,edl Public School No. 26," directed to M
Frederick ]. Mersheimer, Chairman of School
No 26gt' and handed to the Clerk in open meet
ing when called for in the order of business
relating to sealed proposals.
M city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids If by so doing the best interests
of tbe city may be conserved.
nv order of the Board Of Education.
JAMES ]. WISEMAN,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
The stat. Fln.neIa, Juxgie.

1t has been the custom for many years
tage of the close of the fiscal year a day
or W before Election Day to manufac-
ture a boom for his party out of the con-
dition OF the State finances. Comptroller
H-eppenheimer used TO do 1t in the good
old Democratic days of Leon Albeit. and
Comptroller Hancock has done it ever
since. 1t is quite legitimate if the facts
are as represented; but there are ways
and ways of playing the trick and some
ways impress the public as being in the
nature of fair play. while others suggest
nothing but the methods OF the three
card-monte man.
There was Heppenheimer's method. for
instance, 1T was as fair and square as
any exhibit OF figures could be made. No
body was ever able to find a flaw in it,
and the worst enemy OF the Comptroller
or his party was never able TO suggest
that there was any falsehood or jugsle
about 1t. The General used to give to
the newspapers for publication an abb
stract of his balance sheet:-Cash on
hand at the beginning of the year. so
much: receipts. so much: expenditures, so
much; balance. so much: gain or loss in
the twelve months-it was always gain,
by the way-so much There are the fig
ures, form your own deductions n form
your own judgments.
This is not Mr.. Hancock's way. On
Saturday. when the fiscal year ended. he
took good care to give no figures what
ever for the fiscal year. He does not tell
US what balance he had at the beginning
or end of it. what the receipts were or
what the expenditures. On the contrary,
these figures were carefully guarded from
the reporters and every one else, and, in
stead, an unmeaning Statement" of a
hundred words was issued. which states
absolutely nothing. but states it in a tone
of jubilation intended to magnetic the
large class of voters who do not reason,
and who are, therefore, subjects for hy-
sterical contagion-
Just what is the matter with the figures
for the fiscal year just concluded. we 10
not know. How can we when they are
stin locked III in Mr. Hancock's safe. But
the single fact that they are thus sup
pressed is sufficient to convince us that
there Is something wrong. OF course it
win come out in a day or two. Perhaps
before this edition of THE News goes
to press, 1t may be common property. Mr..
Hancock does not care about that. The
OF. the figures, Whatever It IS,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals viii be received by the
BOARD of Education. on Thursday, November
n 1897. at 5 P. M. in the Assembly Cham
her CITY Hall, for the erection Of
PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. IL.
Duncan avenue. Jersey City, N. j.. In ac-
cordance with plans and specifications for the
same on file in the office of the Clerk of the
BOARD. City Hall, where blank forms of bid
and agreement of sureJies must be obtained.
The bidding will be divided into five sections,
AS follows
carpenters specifications.
Second-Au work and materials comprised In
mason's specifications.
Third-An work and materials comprised In
plumbing specifications.
Faurth-An work and materials comprised in
Fifth-For the entire labor and materials
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
vsiopes. endorsed Proposals for Qtem speci-
hed1 Public School No. H." directed to '.Mr.
Holm Il. Muller. Chairman of School No.
II" and handed to the Clerk in open meet
ing when called for in the order OF business
relating to sealed proposals.
No rity official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids if by 50 doing the best interests
Of the city may be conserved.
BY order of the Board of Education.
NJ ]. WISEMAN,
1Aa
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
BURGLARS 3O0KqHECASH
Ex-Freeholder Trolls Safe
Robbed While He Gazed
Out the Window.

A clever burglary committed in broad
daylight on the busiest thoroughfare of
the Heights is puzzling the police of the
Third precinct.
Ex-Freeholder John Troll conducts a
shoe store at No. 651 Newark avenue, near
the Five Corners. For several years he
has been in the habit of eashing election
warrants for a number of his customers
who were employed as election officers.
He cashed a number of these yester-
day. About three o'clock in the after
noon, two men, one of whom was well
known to Mr.. Troll. called for a similar
accommodation. Mr.. Troll was alone in
the store at the time. The safe in
which the cash was kept was unlocked.
After the two men left he walked to the
front of the store and gazed out of the
window at the crowds passing OF the
street.
In the evening Mr.. Troll started to
count his cash, which was kept in a cigar
box he was surprised to find only 81 of
the $1S6, which had been left there after
eashing the last warrant.
A hasty examination showed that the
thief had probably obtained admittance
10 the store through a rear door opening
into the hall way, which connects at the
rear end with a narrow alley which leads
to Summit avenue and terminates OPP
posite Cottage street.
The gate at the end of this passage way
was still locked, but bore evidence of hav-
ing been tempered with. Mr.. Troll be-
lieves that the thief or thieves were well
acquainted with the place and entered
the rear door while he was gazing out of
the window. In their haste they grabbed
a handful of the bills from the boz, not
stopping to see If they had all.
Mr.. Troll reported his loss to the Third
precinct police, and detectives were i'm
mediafelY placed on the case.