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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
LEGAL NOTICES.


TO JOSEPHINE VAN vALKENBURGH AND
MI Van VaIkenburgh, her husband
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of jersey City, on
the sum Of thirty dollars and five cents. ALL
the land and real estate situate in Jersey,
City. In the County Of Hudson and State OF
New Jersey, fronting on Golden street, which
Is laid down and designated as lot twenty
l2W, in block number three hundred and
thirty l3S9}-tWenty-one hundred and forty
Gl4O), upon an assessment map annexed to a
report made by Commissioners of Adjust
ment'' appointed In and, for said City by the
Circuit Court of the County Of Hudson, a cer-l
tilted copy of which report and map was
filed in the office Of the City Collector of Jer-
sey City. on the Sd day of September, 1896,
said report and map and said sale being made
pursuant to the provisions of an act Of the
Legislature OF New Jersey, passed March Both.
1886, entitled
San Act concerning the settlement and coll
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities Of this State. and imposing and
and instead Of such arrearages, and to en-
force the payment thereof, and to provide
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 and real estate and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
vided In said act, before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying
and real estate, according TO the provisions of
the said act.
Dated Jersey City. n. j.. February 8. 1897.
JOHN E~DELSTEIN,
Jersey City, n. j.,
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co,
Attorney and Agent for Purchaser. Jersey
(Sale No. 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
thursday FEBRUARY J8, 1897,
NOTICE

NOTICE, 70 CONTRACTORS.

NO1iSIL ~ SCtS1 6AGlOESo. oE5er 1ff
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday February 8, 1897 at z O'clock P. M,
for the construction OF an 1slinch yitrifed pipe
SEWER in PALISADE AVENUE,
from a point about $40 feet north of Newark
avenue to and connecting with the sewer in
Newark avenue:S s19u Esansac74 sA
Said Improvement to be made conformably
of 1895, and in; accordance withlaspecifcations
on file In the office ofithe Clerk Of said Board.
m 5sah & f0 abfaio 81, PIG q ana fSs aa agasenn mt Of ]suresies
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
sewer. sas
About s25 cubic yards Of rock excavation.
About 20 cubic yards of concrete.
About 5000 feet, B. M, of lumber in sheath
Ing and bottom. ~ Cs -&
About 8 receiving basins.
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
80 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstranee of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor on the basis of preliminary
PROPOSALS must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed, Proposals for the Con-
struction Of a In Palisade avenue d.
rected to Mr.. John c. Kaiser, Chairman of
the Committee on Streets and Sewers" and
handed to the Clerk Of the Board in open
meeting when called for in the order of bust
ness relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution Of sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise Its right to reject any
or all proposals. 9s
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 2, Chapter 1874. of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
contractor have been approved as to suffieiency
by this Board, and as to form by the Corpor-
alton Counsel, the President Of this Board
having the power to examine the proposed
bondsnlen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T.. BoUToN,.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
Gale No. 3193.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

TO WILLIAM M. CoRNELIsoN. ELLEN A.
Corneliscn, his wife; Catharine M. Alexan-
der, James A.. Alexander, her husband; Mel
vim Stephens, Caroline r. Stephens. and
Clarence Stephens, executors of will of
Nathan Stephens, deceased
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of October, 1894, The Mayor and
sum Of two hundred and sixty-three dollars
and s~ixty-one cents L the land and real
estate situate in Jersey City, in the County of
Skiliman avenue. which is laid down and de-
signated as lots twenty-seven cd, twenty
eight (2) and twenty-nine go in block
number six hundred and eighteen (6ls)
upon an assessment map annexed to a report
number eighty-fve $50, made by the Com
missioners Of Adjustment" appointed in and
for said City by the Circuit Court of the
County of Hudson. a certified copy of which
report and map was filed in the office. of the
City Collector of Jersey City, on the Goth day
of August. 1892, said report and map and said
sale being made pursuant to the provisions Of
an ac. of the Legislature of New Jersey.
passed March Both. 1886. entitled:- .
A Act concerning the settlement and COL
lection Of arrearages of unpaid, taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing and
levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to en-
force the payment thereof, and to provide
for the sale of lands subjected to future
taxation and IL
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate. and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as provid-
ed in said acts. before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY
the fee simple of said land and real estate
according to the provisions of the said act.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
P. F. wANsER,
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest: M. J. O'DONNELL,
City Clerk.
(Sale No. 4sos.)
Tho Ncur Tersov Titla CSuarautaa e. Trt,sf ~,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
1 DRAC0NIAU SENTENCE
Freeman Sent to Jail for Seven
Years for Alleged Assault
on Sarah Work.

NEW YORK. Feb. 8. 1S97,-Walter X.
freeman was a~rraigned for sentence. be-
fore Justice Smyth, in the Criminal
Branch OF the Supreme Court, this morn
ing. Freeman was sentenced to seven
years and nine months in State Prison.
Freeman's counsel made a motion for
a new trial and it was denied.
The full penalty for the crime is ten
years. Because of the jury's
dalton to mercy the full penalty was not
inflicted.
Walter K. Freeman was convicted for
the second time late on Monday night of
criminal assault upon Sarah e. Work.
The crime was committed in January.
1894. when it Is alleged the girl was I'M
der 16 years old.
Freeman was put on trial for the first
time before Judge Newburger, in the
Court of General Sessions and was con-
victed thirteen months ago. He was
sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing Pris-
or the extreme penalty for the offense.
Judge Mcmahon granted him a new trial
on the ground of newly discovered evil
dence. The newly discovered evidence
consisted of an attempt to prove an alibi
for the defendant and of claim that Sarah
e. Work was, at the time of the alleged
offenses about 16 years old. Freeman
was agai put on trial before Justice
Smyth, in the Criminal Branch of the
Supreme Court, two weeks ago.
The second trial was, if anything, even
more sensational than the first trial.
Freeman tried to establish the alibi that
he had been in Minneapolis at the time
Of the alleged assault. A chool teacher
testified hat she had seen him in that
city at the time of the alleged assault,
and three witnesses testified that they
had been with him when he bought a
ticket for Minneapolis via Fort Wayne,
Ind, at the Grand Central Station IN
this city.
Assistant District Attorney Weeks, who
had charge of the prosecution OF the case,
produced contradictory evidence. He put
on the stand all the ticket agents at the
Grand Central within a week or more
no such ticket had been sold at the
Grand Central withini a week or more
of the time that Freeman's friends as
serted that he had bought his.
In attempting tosprove that Sarah was
over 16 years of age, the defence pro-
duced a paper from an undertaker.s
a memorandum of the funeral of a
younger sister of Sarah Work. By this
it was hoped that her age would be
proved to have been over Ii years, put
the prosecution asserted hat the date of
this memorandum had been put back a
year or more.
Freeman's most devoted partisan at the
time of the second trial was Anna Ward,
an actress, who is a sister of the com
plainant. She persisted in her declara-
ton of Freeman's innocence and declared
with. his other friends that the prosecu-
ton was a conspiracy to which several
electric companies were parties. Free
man is an electrician and had patented
several devices out of which he claims
the companies were attempting to de-
fraud him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03

AN &a
Notice is hereby given that on the goth day
of January, 1897, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the Office of the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
their final assessment map and report for the
IMPROVEMENT OF CLAREMoNT AVENUE.
between Jackson avenue and Bergen avenue, in
accordance with petition previously presented
to said Board on the 18th day of May, 1896.
and conformably to the provisions of Chapter
2l7 of the Laws of 1895, and the same is NOW
open to public inspection in the office of the
Clerk Of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections thereof
are included in said assessment, Namely
CLAREMONT AVENUE,
from Jackson avenue to Bergen avenue.
JACKSON AVENUE,
on the north side from CiareTpont avenue to
e. point about ~ feet southwest thereof.
BERGEN AVENUE,
on the south side from Claremont avenue TO a
point about 27.65 feet northeast and 20 Is feet
thereof
And that the Sth day Of February, 1897. at
two o'clock z. M, and The Assembly Chamber
OF the City Hall are hereby fixed as the time
and place when and where the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners will meet to hear.
consider and adjudicate3 upon all objections to
the confirmation Of said final assessment map
and report that may be presented In writing.
n order Of the Board OF Street and Water
Hno: I. ouToE
Dated Jersey city, Ian. 80, 1ssI
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
ANCHOR ATHLETIC CLUB.


annual masquerade Batl NJ FFaSecN>
a SuccessfnI Affair.
The Anchor Athletic Club held it's third
annual masquerade ball last evening at
Prasser's Central Avenue Hall. The re-
ception committee were arrayed in cos
tunes of the Louis XIV. period. A very
noticeable parsonage was Little Lord
Fauntleroy-about six feet tall. The
gentlemen in charge were William Goet-
zen, A. Haberer, George Strahm, H. J.
Beckmann, r. Fischer, Henry Goetzen
and Charles Meyer. Edward Kumath
was floor manager and Peter Weyman
acted as his assistant.
Among those present were:-President
John Lippert, Vice President Fred Deterle,
Miss Beckman, G. Goetzen, Miss A.
Turner, Charles lille, Miss A. Zoeller, w.
Goetzen, Miss Dora Schneider, Captain
Chadles Berndt, Miss Schmidt, Harry
Henkel, Miss Roster, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Astheimer, Henry Voratz, Miss E. Geh-
ring, Otto Locke, Miss H. Gehring, Miss
Macs, Miss Ida M. Long, Miss Mae Chris
tie, Miss Williams, Miss Carroll. Miss
Susie Fox, Miss Sadie Bertholf, Miss q.
Loster, Miss E. Laird, Mr.. n Mrs. H.C.
Burdett, Miss Glover, Miss Belle Cowan
and representatives from the ~Iroquois,
Mercury, Sylvia, Turner's and other clubs:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby. given that on the LIST day
Of September. 1896. application was made to
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
by John H. Carnes and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF iGLENWOOD AVENUE,
between Bergen avenue and. West Side avenue,
said Improvement to be made eonformably to
the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws of
1895, and in. the following manner, including
all interseetionS:- IA 80 fS 5s7fSN
To have the carriageway for its present
width of 80 feet graded to the established
grade by exeavating or filling the same to the
established grade
To have new 2o-inch curb set on both sides
thereof. Sa sssSAss sla
To have the present curb reset and new 20
Inch curb set where necessary.
To have the earriageway of 80 feet in width
paved with asphalt pavement.
To have the present bridgestone crosswalks
relaid and new brfdgestone laid where neces-
And all other work done that may be neces-
sary to provide for the flow of the surface
water and to complete the improvement in a
good and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the 25th day of
january 1887, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed with the Clerk of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners their prelim-
mary map for said Improvement, showing the
preyeinent and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited thereby,
and the same e now open to public inspection
streets or avenues Or particular sections there
of are included In said assessment. namely
GLENWOODaAVENUE,
from Bergen avenue lowest Side avenue.
BERGEN AVENUE,
on the north side from Glenwood avenue about
GLE feet northeast and ST. feet southwest.
WESTNSID AVENUE, y Y
on the south side from Glenwood avenue about
Is feet northeast ard Is feet northwest.
And that in accordance with the provisions
1881, at two. O'Clock p NJ. and the Assembly
Chamber Of the City Hall are hereby fixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear parties Interested In said application.
and all ,remonstrances against the said proposed
improvements shat may be presented In writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Gee. T. BOUTON,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03

Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day
of January, 1897, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board OF Street and Water Commissioners
their final assessment map and report for the
construction of a
SEWER IN DUNCAN AVENUE,
from Hudson Boulevard to West Side avenue,
the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws of
1895. and in accordance with petition previous
" presented to said Board on the - day of
-- 49,; said map also showing assess
ment levied for a just portion of cost and ex-
pense for main sewer in Duncan avenue.
from West Side avenue to Hackensack River
heretofore completed. Which said map is open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
of this Board.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections thereof
are included in said assessment, namely
DUNCAN AVENUE,
from Hudson Boulevard to West Side avenue.
WEST SIDE N
on the east side. from Duncan avenue, to a
point about 25.02 feet south thereof.
And that the 9Th day Of FEBRUARY. 1897 az
2 O'Clock P. M, and the Assembly Chamber of
the City Hall are hereby fixed as the time and
place when and where the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners will meet to hear par
ties interested in said application and all remon-
strances against the said proposed improve
ment that may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board Of Street and Water
GEO t. BouToN,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, January 80. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03

MASTERS SALEM CHANCERY Of NEW
Jersey. n u
Between Lewis NJ. Bergman, complainant,
and Edgar c. Bergman and others. defend
ants.
on Bill for Partition.
McEwan & McEwan. Solicitors.
BY virtue of a decree of the Court of Chanc-
cry of New Jersey. made in the above stated
cause, and bearing date on the fourteenth day
of December, A. d.. 1896, l shall expose to sale,
at public vendue. on. Tuesday, the ninth day
Of February, A. D.. 1897, at two o'clock in the
afternoon, On the premises, ALL that certain
tract or parcel of land and premises herein
after particularly described, situate, lying and
being in the Township of West Hoboken, in
the County of Hudson and State of New
Jersey:-
Beginning at a point in the northerly line
OF Serrel street. distant fifty (50) feet east
erly from the northeasterly corner of Serreil
street and Clinton avenue;
Running thence easterly along the northerlv
line of Serrell street fifty (0) feet to land now
or late of William X. Hall.
Thence northerly along the same and paral-
lei with Clinton avenue one hundred Q00l feet .
Thence along the same westerly and paral,
lei with Serrell street fifty (5C) feet: ~,
Thence southerly and parallel with Clinton
avenue one hundred Q0O feet to the place Of
beginning.
Together With all and singular the heredita-
fnents and appurtenances to the said premises
belonging or in any wise appertaining.
ISAAC S. TAYLOR
Special Master in Chancery Of New Jersey.
Ill., EZE4 ~ IN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
BXPREssMBN IN THE DANCE

The United States and B. and O. Ex-
press companies Employees Benevolent
Association held their fifth annual invita-
ton ball last night at Pchlmann's Hall.
The dancing floor was damned, and even
standing room was at a decided premium.
The Association only has 15 members,
yet over 500 were at the bali. James G..
Alderman had his hands full as floor
manager, but was well assisted by his
understudy, William ]. Cornell.
The gentlemen In charge were:|. King
man, j. G. Alderman, ]. ]. Moynahan, B.
r Herman. d. Caven, H. D. McHorney, ].
g. Rail, ]. Brundage, William Council and
n n Cnuk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
TO Aida MAY HOLMAN ONFANT
and Annette Holman (widow).

TO Aida MAY HOLMAN QNFANT)
and Annette Holman (widow).
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by thS City Collector of Jersey
the Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
purchased for the sum of twelve dollars
and ninety-fiye 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 and designated as lot one
hundred and forty-two Q42), in block
number one thousand and one GOOD, pom
an assessment map annexed to a report
number seventy-two (72), made by the
Commissioners of Adjustment" appoint
ed in and for said city by the Circuit
Court of the County of Hudson. a certi-
fed copy of which report and map was
filed in the office of the City. Collector of
Jersey City, on the 18th day of July, 1891.
said report and map and said sale being
made pursuant to the provisions of an act
ofsthe Legislature of New Jersey, passed
March 30th, 1886, entitled:
IAN Act concerning the settlement and COL
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessInents and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State. and imposing and
levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to
enforce the payment thereof. and to pro-
vide for the sale of lands subjected to
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
vided in said acts, before the expiration of
six months from and after the service hereof,
a deed for the same will be given conveying
to The. Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
the fee simple of said land and real estate,
according to the provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., January 20, 1897.
H MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
P. f. wANsER,
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest: M. J. O'DONNELL,
City Clerk.
(sale No. 1882
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
CITY NEWS T

The fourth annual invitation ball of
the C. Martens Association will be held
In Columbia Hall tomorrow evening. The
officers of this very popular organization
areIGeorge Blaser, President; P. Nc
Ardle, Vice President: H. Dulles, Secre-
tary; H. Drews, Treasurer, n G.. Luck,
Sergeant-at-Arms.
The Grand jury "a went en- d INTO g, court yesfer-
dictments. Among them was one against
Rufus r. alias Richard Wilson, the al
York awaiting a requisition. 8
The testimony in the habeas corpus
proceedings for the possession of a boy
- ohn 3, Saeger, or William Wangershs'n,
be; will be taken by Supreme CourtHCom-
missioner Nugent this afternoon
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
PERSONAL.

Honors fall thick and fast on Mr.. Henry
w. Davftt of .Tonnele avenue. 1t was
only a few weeks ago that the President
Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of which Mr.. Dav.tt was local agent,
cup in appreciation of his services to the
company. Yesterday he was Offered the
position of general agent of the Metropolis
tan district for the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company, and he has accepted It.
Mr.. Davitt, whose bonhommie has won a
host of friends, is receiving congratula-
tons and hints to "set EN- up"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
A RIVAL Of COSMOS.
Union League Club Listens 70 Major
Pangborns on Hawaii.

Pangborns ON Hawaii.
Major q. K. Pangborn was the guest of
honor at the monthly dinner last night
of the Union League Club, and he enter
tanned his hosts with a brilliant talk of
mis- trip to the Hawaiian Islands.
President Fqavel MCGEE presided, and
there were present Mayor Wanser,
Messrs. Gilbert Collins, ~ex-Judge. Blair,
Clayland Fielder, William e. Pearson, G..
r. Hill. J. H. Love, ex-Alderman Harry
Hill, Edward w. Woolley, S. F. Swezey,
j. S. Menagh. H. A. Pearson, Circuit
Court Judge H. M. Nevius, CA. King,
Charles w. Allen, Simeon Smith, c. J.
Timsen, E.Bs Bacon, w. d. Ives, Max
well Abernethy, Colonel H. H. Abernethy,
A. A. Smythe, w w. Farrier. Chief 3.
F. Murphy, F. B. Jones, w. T. Sullivan,
General j. Ramsay, A.. Fengando. j..
Limerick, Jr., F. o. Cole, Justice II. ].
Potts, G. A. Winter, s. s. Emmons, H.
Evanston and M. Isbister.
These monthly dinners nave been hith-
erto SO successful that 1t is proposed to
keep them up during the season.