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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-05-07
Our commercial Marine


This country, with its $4,000 miles
Of sea-coast. with all its wonderful natu-
,xsl resources, with its enormous wealth,
with aNpopulntion nearing sixty-fve
millions Of a,tive, energetic workers.
great manufacturing nation--a nation
whose production of food products as
tonishes the civilized world-one TO
whose mineral resources there seems to
be no end-shculd not be dependent
upon Europe for the shipping to convey
to ether countries our surplus products,
and to bring back to our shores the mer-
ohandiso Of other countries Why
should we be dependent upon foreign
nations for shipping facilities to freight
our own exports snd-imports? Why
shouid Ssvaf foreign ship owners
5000, 00l 600 annually for what we can
DO ourselves? Why should we be at this
time il the condition to be tainted
| with the amentable fact that our beau
ltiful Sars and Stripes are driven
Iron the pecan? There are or have been
some reasus Why we have allowed Eu
rope 20 m,uopolze our foreign-earrying
trade, bui some of them do not now ex-
ft; other are not so pressing, and We
can propely at this time give some at
teation tethe regeneration of that in
portant interest. This country has
been so busy developing its internal re-
sources, building 100000 miles Of rail-
o3s opening up our magnificent do
lighting to preserve our country
init, stamping out the curse Of
that we have wholly neglected
nmercial marine We have not
ed that interest as have our
nturing interests; which by so
we have made the United States
gest manufacturing nation in the
We have not deteriorated as a
since 1927. True it is that
ISL ow be built of iron instead
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-05-07

.tttt1 ..aaess tuS% h.~.He -
a..o,n instead Of by canvas Spread ~
i, the favoring winds. But has Eu- I
w. ~ more mines Of iron ore or coal
n 70 have? Has she greater genius
$ Ss M esof Slips? No. Then we
as to the real and only reason;
:hasis the policy of cur Govern
ment in relation to the encouragement
of that industry Time after time we
have been told By capitalists (when So
Letting them to iuvest money in a steam
ship line) you can't succeed when
the policy Of the Government is against
you. Wait until the tide turns; some
slime cur lawmakers will see the neces-
sitysof doing as European nations are
doing" 1t seems to me that 'the tide
has turned that our people are begin
ming slowly to see that producing and
manufacturing nation that is the largest
IN the world must not depend upon for
eign nations for her transportation on
the ocean, and are beginning to realize
that we can build iron vessels as well
as We did wooden ships: that we can
sail them by the power of steam as We
did our American clippers" by the aid
Of canvas. We earnestly hope that the
time has nearly arrive when our people
win demand from Congress that this
important industry shall have the atten-
tion and encouragement that it deserves
that our flag may again be seen floating
a. the masthead on every sea, thaFat
every commercial port in the world the
$Stars and Stripes will be a frequent
ana welcome visitor, The great SITES
man Prince Bismark, of Germany paid;
"The merchant service is the handmaid
Of all other industries, of agriculture.
Of corr N - DAY when the
freight trade IS given over to foreigners,
amortal blow will be dealt to all the in
dutries of the country" These were not
idle words, 6ermanyin the last fftsen
years has made wonderful strides in in
creasing her shipping interests, and is
row running England sharp race for
the carrying trade on the ocean. She
passed Protective Tariff laws tha. have
increased her manufacturing interests,
aud at the same time provided mail and
transportation facilities to foreign coun-
tries by the same methods that enabled
England to secure 50 large a preponder-
ance in the worlds commerce. This
country can have its full share: but we
need not expect that our merchants, ship
builders and shipowners can make head
way with a Governmental policy opposed
to them, when every European nation is
assisting and encouraging its CONNER
cial marine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
NAVAL RESERVES ENTERTAIN.
Very Successful Minstrel show at
Hoboken Theatre Last Evening.

The minstrel show given by the Bat
talon of the East, Naval Reserves of
New Jersey, attracted large audience at
the Lyric Theatre, Hoboken. last night
From beginning to end the programme
was favored with amusing and interesting
incidents which provoked continuous ap-
plauSe. 1t was given under the direction
OF Lieutenant b. Franklin Hart, Jr.
A: Nelson Kemble acted as interlocutor.
The curtain raiser was d chorus medley
by forty voices, followed by end song,
Il Don't Care if You Never Come Back
by G. Mills; ballad, Il Love My Girl" H.
ford; end song, Lulu" A. Thompkins; !;
ballad. THE Yeomans Wedding b. F.
Hart, Jr., and end song, Susan Brown Z
F. Wood. The closing chorus, Kentucky
Babe" was exceptionally well rendered
and made the hit Of the evening. Those
who took part in the choruses were:-G.
" vescbitn Hart Jr r. H; W, ,,rAnt Anderson e A
Carl Brandt, Harvey Brett F. r. Brick,
C. H. Caldwell, w. D. Dupont. w. G.
Pteering. L,t T; F: Dreyfus, H. Fletcher, T.
G. Gudenrath, A. L. Hart, G.. "A. Johnson
e. Johnson, r. 3. Jackson, j. Matteson
G. V Martin, ]. McDougan, r. Nc
Puy, a. Patton, H.; W. Peters, Z. W.
Seeligsberg, F. E. Scott, Robert Ware
ing, A. F. Westervelt, Stanley zeno, L.
Chapperon and G. A. Taylor.
The tambos and bones We're managed by
George G. Tompkins, George c. Mills
Oakley Wood and Tony Clinchy. Among
the other numbers on the programme
were banjo selections by Messrs. Bush
and Farmer; B. Frank Hart, Jr., I'm a
Truckmuck Installment''; Master John
Lange cello selections; Mr.. Tompkins,
couples; colored AT Home or "a swell
function in upper circles, " introducing the
Admiral Quartette, by Messrs. Mills,
Wareing, A. L. Hart and Dupont, and an
The drill was executed under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Hart. In the ranks
were Messrs. Anderson, Burnet, Brandt
Hart, johnson, Kemble, Martin, Neu-
bauer, Patton Seeigsberg and Wareing.
The proceeds OF the show will be used
by the reserves to defray the expense OF
dredging a new berth for their training
ship, Portsmouth, off the foot of Fourth
street, Hoboken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
NJ. PA7ENO7RB'S Wife
Denial Of the Story That Her
Nationality Would Hamper
Her Husband in His
Spanish Mission.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1ST.-Stories
have been current recently that the mission
of the new French Ambassador at Madrid,
NJ Patenotre, who closed his service here,
would be considerably embarrassed from
the fact that he had married an American
girl. 1t is stated, however, that when a
story gained circulation in Madrid few
weeks ago, it was promptly, and with ap-
parent authority, denied. The report was
originally printed in French newspaper,
and was copied in Madrid. Thereupon the
s-Epoca,n the leading conservative paper in
Madrid, the editor being the dean of the
journalistic community, took up the matter
and gave assurance that the American wife
Of the French Ambassador would be re-
ceived with every mark of consideration.
1t lnstanced as similar case that of the
wife OF the Marquis Apozteguia, who was
formerly Miss Vincent of New York, and
was the wife of the wel-known Spanish
leader, has been made Spanish grandee
and close associate of thes Queen. The
American wives, the ''Epoca" asserted, in no
way shared the sentiment of certain radical
elements in America, favorable to the Cuban
insurgents, and they would be shown every
mark of official and royal favor. Madame
Patenotre was formerly Miss Elverson of
Philadelphia,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
WILLIAM TBRRISS BURIED.
Murdered Actor Inferred Ia Bromp-
ton-DiSffngu ufsh ed Mourners.

[By Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, Dec. q, 1S97.-The funeral of
William Terriss, the actor, who was stab
bed to death on Thursday last, outside the
Adelphi Theatre, by super named Rich
ard Arthur Prince, otherwise Mad Arch
err" took place today at Brompton Gene.
terry. There was an immense crowd of
people present.
The principal mourners were the two
sons of the deceased, Mr.. and Mrs. Sey-
mour Hicks, the Messrs. Gatti, Sir Henry
Irving, Mr.. Charles Wyndham and Mr..
George Grossmith. The floral tributes
were very numerous. indeed, including
wreaths from Lord Rosebery, the Roth
schilds, Nine. de Navarro MARY. Ander-
SOM, Lady Harris, Sir Edward Clarke,
Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft, Sir Henry Irving,
Pinero, Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. Lang
try, Arthur Bourchier, E. S. Willard, John
Hare, George Alexander and other thea
trical notabilities. Several vans and car
riages wer required to carry the wreaths,
ETC., and there was much popular SYM
pathy for the deceased manifested as the
remains were conveyed to the cemetery.
The funeral procession was composed
o. over one hundred carriages. On its
arrival at the cemetery it was found
that about $4,000 people had assembled
there All the leading theatrical people
of London were present 1t was the most
remarkable demonstration of sympathy in
recent wears.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
MARQUIsE DE KERNELS PLANT
Appeals to the Board OF Health on
Young KaarnY,s RehaIf.

The Marquise de Kernel sent commu-
nication to the County Board of Health
yesterday in behalf of her nephew, John
Watts Kearny, Jr., which was somewhat
unique in it's character. This is the let
ter, and it speaks for itself
HOTEL BRISTOL, New York,
Dec. 20, 1897
To the Board of Health:-
Dear Sirs-In the Hudson County Jail
my nephew, John Watts Kearny, Jr., has
been confined without fresh air or exercise
since the goth of October q think that
date), and in prison since the 18th of Oc-
tober. making over two months confined
in rooms too small to give any exercise
or relief to young man of twenty eight
years of age. He is a boarder in the Jail,
confined there by his father, not being a
criminal, not even guest of the State OF
which he is not citizen, and even if he
was citizen, a criminal or legal prisoner,
it seems to me you have a right to stop
such torturing.
1t appears that Jersey is a modern Rus
sa, of which the papers of this country
give US no account, never dreaming that
an example can be furnished by Des-
brosses street ferry ticket, twenty-five
minutes from the Statue of Liberty, Civ
ing light to the world (of a different kind.
Yours truly,
MARQUISE DE KERNEL,
(nee Kearny).
Dr. Converse remarked that the Board
could not interfere in anything of that
sort and besides he did not think that the
young man was suffering very much.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21

BRED.

TAYLoR.-on Sunday, December 10. 1897.
Sarah l.. Taylor, beloved daughter OF
William and Ray Davis, aged 20 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence, No. 220A Monitor street. on
Wednesday, December p, at 2. M.
ROBINSON.-On Monday, December 20,
1897 Annie c., daughter of Robert ].
and Nancy Robinson, aged years and
9 months.
Relatives and friends are. respectfully
invited TO attend the funeral services on
Wednesday, December 2, at P NJ, from
the residence of her parents, No. 221 First
street, jersey City.
HAYES.-On Monday. December 20 1897,
Julia A., beloved wife of Edward
Hayes.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from her
late residence, No. 1870 Romaine avenue, on
wednesday, December q. at 9 A. NJ;
thence to st. Johns r. c. Church, where
a solemn high mass of requiem will be
offered for the happy repose of her soul.
BARRY-A months mind mass will be
said at ST. Peters Church ON Wednes-
day, December e. 1897 at Z A. NJ, for
the repose Of the soul of Mary A. L.
Barry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
Van SYCKEL DISSBN9S.
Judge Thinks the State Con-
stitution Is No Affair of
the Peoples.
Especial to ''rhe Jersey City News. ]

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News
TRENTON, Dec. 21, 1S97.-Justice Van
Sycke filed an opinion this morning dis
senting from the decision allowing the
writ of error in the anti-gambling amend
ment case. He holds that the Supreme
Court has no power to review the decision
Of the tribunal selected by the Legislature
for the purpose of declaring the result.
He predicates this conclusion on the point
that the Constitution does not provide the
manner for declaring the result, but
leaves that to the Legislature. In ex-
planning his position that the court has
no power to review the .hndlng OF the
State Board of Canyassers, he says
THE question is asked what remedy
the citizens have if a tribunal created by
the Legislature either Intentionally or by
mistake declares result erroneously. The
obvious answer is that the decision of the
tribunal to which the people i'll the exer-
else of their sovereign right have confided
the duty to amend the Constitution, have
made their final order, it can no more
be questioned or reviewed than can the
Judgment of our highest court in a matter
within its Jurisdiction; nor can we sup
pose that such tribunal will be more
likely than our courts to commit error.
He also says he sees no reason for the
Court deviating from the position taken
by it in the former proceedings for re-
count in which it was held that the dis
pute was of public concern and that Bolts
the prosecutor, had no private rights
which had been invaded He says the
most the Prosecutor could obtain would
be to make 1t possible for the Legislature
to make lawful that which is now a crime.
On the point raised in the proceedings
just decided, in which it was argued for
the proseeu ors that the amendment had
not received majority of all the votes
cast thereon because the number of votes
for the amendment was not a majority
of all the votes cast including those re-
jected Justice Van Syckel says
THE Constitution does not prescribe
what constitutes vote and we must pre-
sumo that the 961 votes rejected were
properly rejected and that those whose
votes were thrown out had not exercised
the right as electors in a manner to en-
title them to be considered as having
voted thereon"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
FERRIES PURCHASED.

NEW YORK, Dec. q, 1ss7.-The fran
chises of five ferry lines plying between
this city, Jersey and Long Island were
sold at auction today. They were all
boughtsby the companies now in posses
sion. The Greenpoint Ferry Company
claimed that the limit rental was placed
too high and the sale of this franchise
was postponed until next Tuesday.
The following were the ferries:- South
Brooklyn Ferry from Whitehall street;
Pavonfa Ferry, from West Twenty-third
street; Long Island City Ferry, from Pine
street; College Point Ferry, from Ninety
ninth street, and the Communipaw Ferry,
sold for S11, $40 including wharf rental, and
the Communipaw Ferry for $10,000 includ-
ing wharf rental. There was no competi-
inr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
HEALTH AND IT'S FOES.
Lafayette Property Owners Blind
OppoEitfon 10 an A battoIr.

Clerk Rooney, of the County Board of
Health, has his annual report almost
ready, and he says the figures will show
that the death rate in the county and in
Jersey City is the lowest for number of
years. The Lafayette Citizens Associa-
tion sent a vigorous protest to the Board
yesterday against the proposed hog abb
battoir in that section. The protest was
referred to the City Board of Health.
Inspector Mitchell reported that he. had
investigated the complaint said to have
been made by two women, that bodies
were left exposed in theiWest Side avenue
cemetery, and learned that there was no
foundation for it. He saw the two
women, and they denied that they had
made such complaint.
David Cantor of North Bergen, who had
been ordered by the Board last July to
place steam apparatus in his fat render
ing establishment in order to do away
with the vile and health destroying odors,
appeared before the Board and asked for
an extension of time He said that bust
ness had been bad, and he could not af-
ford to put in the apparatus He was
granted an extension until April l. 1885,
A statement was made that Cantor is
bringing offal and fat from New York,
while his license only permits him to col
lect 1t in this county. If the statement,
ON investigation by the Health Inspectors
is found to be true, Cantors license will
be revoked
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
THE WATER PROBLEM.

Mayor Hoos communication to the
Street and Water Board yesterday on the
water subject was ordered filed without
comment. 1t was thought probable day
would be fixed for the reception of bids,
but nothing in that direction was done.
A day will be agreed upon after consulta-
tion with the Mayor and Finance Commits
sioners.
The outlook, the Commissioners say, is
that there will be at least five bidders,
and low prices are expected.
No contract will be awarded, it is said,
unless all the officials are entirely salts
fed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
ACTING MAYOR MIDLIGEs SNAP

Alderman-at-Large William F. Midlige
is Acting Mayor He was at the Mayors
office this morning, but Secretary Hoos
had nothing for him to attend to. The
Mayor has been away not more than
half dozen people have been to the office
on public business. Even the regular
"kickers' have refrained from waiting on
His Honor. The absence of callers at the
office is taken as a sure sign that the
local papers are pretty carefully read.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
PROPERTY OWNERS KICK.

Property owners and business men Of
lower Montgomery street, particularly those
on the north side, have filed remonstrance
with the Street and Water Commissioners.
They object to the Board allowing Sheridan
& Shea to keep the rejected paving blocks
piled on the sidewalks. They claim that it
is damaging their business to no mean ex-
tent. It was intended not to remove the
blocks until spring. The merchants want
them taken away now Commissioner
Heintze is giving the matter his attention.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
KANSAS oITY CONFEDERATION.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 81. 1S97.-The
Auditorium, the largest and finest play
house west of Chicago and the Auditor
iun Hotel, one of the most fashionable
family hostelries in the city, situated at
Holmes and Ninth streets, were gutted
by fire that started in the hotel shortly
after one O'Clock this morning.
The LOG guests escaped in safety.
The loss en- the property, which is
owned by Alexander Frazer, local busi-
surance is sS5, 900. Owing to high insur-
ance rates a great deal of the insurance
had been allowed to lapse.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
A DINeLBY TRIUMPH.

SOUTH BRIDGE, Mass, Dec. q, 1871
Notices have been posted at the Fiskdale
Cotton Mills in Sturbridge notifying the
employees that on and after January y
the wage scale will be lowered. The no.
tices do not state the amount OF the re-
duction but it is understood 1t will be
between ten and eleven per cent. or about
the same as that contemplated by Fall
River and New Hampshire mills.
The Fiskdale mills make print cloth and
employ four hundred persons.
1t is thought the cut down will be ac-
cepted without controversy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
JERSEY WOMEN STORE THIBFs.

NEW YORK, Dec. q, 1ss7.-Two women
who said they lived in New Jersey were
arrested in this city on the charge of
shoplifting. Both were well dressed and
apparently very respectable. On Minnie
Andrews, who gave her address as New
ark, S9S5 worth of goods were found. Mrs.
Annie johnson, who said she lived in
Plainfield, was accused of stealing a pair
of costly opera glasses and an umbrella
Both were held for trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
FlENDISH HUSBAND.

Especial to 'The Jersey City News."]
NEWARK, Dec. 21, 1897. = Thomas
Brooks and his wife had a disagreement
today in their home at Newark, N. ].
Brooks threw carbolic acid into the face
of Mrs. Brooks, who will be disfigured for
life. Brooks escaped
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
ARABS BLOT IN TRIPoLI.
fBv Gable to The Associated Press.

by Cable to The Assoclated Press.
TRIPOLI, Dec. 10, 1S97-(Delayed in
transmission) Several thousand Arabs,
who had been demonstrating outside the
gates of this place, have been surrounded
by Turkish troops. The shops of the. city
are closed and the Arab agitation against
the Government is increasing.
There were distur Dances on December
II at Amrus, near here. All the houses
inhabited by Hebrews were pillaged. Thir-
ty of the rioters were arrested by the
frOODS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
M'INTIRE-PARK.

Miss May Florence Park and Professor
B. K. McIntire, Phi. D., were married at
high noon today at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Park, Chesterville, Me. The
bride wore handsome gown of pink silk
After their wedding journey DR.. and Mrs.
McIntire will reside at Carlisle. Pa.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
OINCLtY'S WOE.

[From This Mornings "Tribune."]
Customs receipts reported from Wash
ington today were ss4s.5ss, internal rev.
enue receipts s1,oo7s74, and the miscel-
laneous receipts sS4,oss; total Government
receipts for the day. s1,SSs,s3s; expendi-
lures, s1O5S, 900; excess of receipts, $3.50. .SSs.
Receipts for the month to date, $42,o24, AS;
expenditures, $40, ,6s6 600; excess Of receipts,
$21, ,ssS, AS.
The true December deficit to date is
81, ,161, ,555.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
BOY TRAIN WRECKER.
Especial to "The Jersey city Ne

Especial to ''The Jersey City News.''1
PATERSON. Dec. 81, 1S97.-James Bush
man, aged 16, was committed to Jail here
today, being accused of placing railroad
tie across the track of the New York,
Susueuhanna and Western Railroad at
Paterson! For some time Instructions
have been placed on the tracks. A police
man removed one. Six other younger
BOYS. arrested on the same charge, said
that Bushnell was responsible. They were
allowed to depart on the payment of a IS
fine each
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
VETERANS DINE,

The Veterans Association of the Fourth
Regiment ate their annual dinner at the
Hotel Washington last night. Among the
guests We're Brigadler Generals r., T.: Farmer !,
Mason Colonel K. G. Smith was also
present and Colonel S. D. Dickinson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
NO REPORTERS NEED APPLY.
TBy cable to The Associated Press. |

EBy Gable to The Associated Press.1
SHANGHAI, Dec. q, 1S97.-The German
Admiral commanding at Kiao Chou Bay
refuses to admit newspapers within the
German lines.
There have been no further develop
ments at Kiao Chou. All Is quiet there
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Dec II, 1s97-Forecast
for thirty-six hours ending eight P. M.
Wednesday,
For New York city and vicinity
Cloudy with rain or snow tonight; clear
ing Wednesday; northwesterly winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21
MA1ZERS oFEAcr.

-Stores factories and institutions can ~n--
get their supplies as good as any ~ h-ass
can serve them. Complete Stock. low prices
Al d. E. Cleary Co.'S wholesale grocery
stores. Montgomery and Greene srreetA