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smediey Dnrnns,ou Arre.,ed.

WEsTCHEsTER Pa. Feb. IA Ex.Congress-
man Smedley Darlington. President OF the
Chester County Guarantee Trust aud safe DO.
posit Company, was arrested here yesterday at
the instance OF Mrs. Mary 4; BIrnel,, a do.
charged with embezzlsment In that he per-
mitted $1,000 OF Mrs. Burnetts money to be
received on Dec. " last knowing that the trust
company was In q state Of Insolvency at the
time. Mr.. Darlington was held In his own re-
cogbiEance. Receivers were appointed yestsr-
day for the company.
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Proposed Canal from the Lakes to the
Ocean.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Ex-senator Cullom OF
Illinois. one OF the most influential members Of
tho Committed on Appropriations. has prom.
ised TO use his efforts to secure the insertion OF
a clause 10 the sundry Civil bill appropriating
$3.50. 900 for beginning work on the survey OF u
canal from the great lakes TO tho Atlantic.
fully appreciate the Importance OF the pro-
posed canal" he said to- night. " for In effect II
iends to make Chicago. Detroit. Cleveland. and
Buffalo ocean ports. The only danger 10 that
the Suudry Civil bill now amounts 10 over $50
900. 900. far greater than ever before. 40 that
every Influence will he eIerted to reduce that
amount rather than to increase IL. This canal
ITEM. however, Is 80 Important that I AN hope
full OF having II added"
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sorrox sErLrEs TO vEsr.
The Secretary OF Aericuiture Compared
His work with That OF the Senator.

ThA n
His WORT with The, OF the senator.
w.sutxorox Fab IA f.v d.v. .oo s.na.
,or ve.t NJ Atl..ouyI m.8e a spe.ob in the San
a.. .,,.ot,n. nj. ola .nsmv I s,er,ing Nor,o,
.s.N"~sn n-. -. -. ,nts..
secretary OF htticuituro. h"ont osn7r tn'nts
he charged him with having sent broadcast
ovsr ,hs countrv under n government frank.
an Official bulletin relative to ArbOr Day. bear.
the secre,sry's Nsbra,r. home. To provo the
~o" -"' e. ", 1870
accuracy OF his statement, Dir. Vest had the
picture reproduced In the Congressional Record.
io'uAy .he oeoret"'y, wiz uea,.s s',ap-
ping match, came oeok NJ tno SENATOR In =
,hs n,o,ur. ~ ri. hom. ,nhl,.S.a in m. hu,l.,,n
...oo - sNS...ss. w. 80 Az
was borrowed from = newspaper once and aid
-. hs..n.. 80.
tai. en- some years ago. It. however. is sufficient
IN .bov IN NV few frisnds that tbere ia p,entv
OF room for them on the piazzas' and likewise
inside, whenever they feel like enjoying Its hos
pi'Aiitiss' NO nome mas oeen &c Complementary
advertised. A careiu' estimate OF eruota'ory
eloquence In both houses relative to gift seeds
.,a .tt., s..,ur.. NJ IN, D.n.r,m.nt M Agri-
. INC :, -, 80
culture. added 10 the ierViu concentration OF
$500, s.nr,,a-v NAV anew that hours and
'N' N'N. Ia aa,,..sa, a..
VI 'ih Wv e'h -" ~"
Congressional Record have been extravagantly
,,r.,n.a In .ay.r,i.,og Arbor Iodce Arbor
eo"'u".N ;"
Day. aud It's author. ats cost W tue Governments
of tens Of thousands Of dollars, Possibly these
facts, however, arc only freckles on the fair
face Of famous Workmanship"
When asked IL he desired to make any reply
to other features OF the Senators attack. the
Secretary replied alphabetically No" and then
proceeded 10 belle himself with the following
BIZ of sarcasm:
ut would iii become me to speak OF the benen-
cence Of the anniversary of Arbor Day. which 10
Union. in Europe. and even in Asia. The
records prove that millions of trees are planted
upon each recurrence OF It's celebration. But,
Of course, its value to mankind 10 as naupht
when compared to the output Of United states
statutes which have been evolved from Mr..
Vests busy brain during a service Of nearly =
auarter OF q century a. the representative OF tho
great State OF Missouri"
do you wish to say anything about tho
econvmy Of your department :"
NO. Gamblers say that money talks. There
are more than $4,000. 900 covered back into
the Treasury OF the United States by me during
the four years out OF money which might have
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T~LI1BUSH PRESBITERIjSN.
Services Held nv Them Yesterday Ia ths
Old Bergen uomestcnd.

Old Bergea homestead.
The first regular Presbyterian services ever
held in the Flatbush district in Brooklyn took
place yesterday afternoon, under direction Of
the committee which has had charge OF tho
movement for the organization OF u Presby-
terrain congregation H. that territory. The SER
vices were held In the old Bergen homestead In
FlAtbush avenue IN IA central part OF the old town,
the spacious parlOrs being used as u chapel.
The sermon WAS delivered Dy the Rev. Dr. Theo-
dore l.. Cuyler. pastor emeritus q the Lafayette
Avenue presby terrain Church. The services will
I've continued In this building until a church
has been erected.
Already a site has been offered to the Presby-
terry by the Church Extension society on condl-
ton that $4,000 be raised toward the building
fund within two years. This site ID In tho neigh.
borhood OF ~Flathush aud Newkirk avenues. and
there Is little doubt that 1t will be secured.
Next Sunday y sunday school IL TO be organized.
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BUSINESS Hotties.

Aaheuser-Buseh Brewiag Assn
the use OF the greatest OF all tonics.
Malt Murine. - aud guarantees the merits claimed
forit For sals by oil druggists.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE

IMMATURE AtnASAc-rMs DAT.
sun rises. ... Q SO sun SETS. 53b Moon sets 500
mGu wArER-rHs pAV.
sandy Hook. ) a. Gov. Island. 0 IS He'll Gate. eot
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SIGHTED.
s. cevIc. from New York for Liverpool passed Brew
Head.
Brow Head.
Sc Edsn. from Amsterdam for New York, passed
Dover.
Sc Huntington. from Palermo for New York. passed
Sc Hindoo. from Hull for New York, passed Doves.
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Sc la Bourgogns, Lcboeuf. Havre Feb. o.
9Th.
Sc Buffalo, Loveridgc, HUI.
ss Oberon, EdwRrds. Cardin.
Be Santo Domingo. Aguirre. Havana
Ss lroqnols. Kcmbie, Jacksonville.
BE Roanoke, boar, Norfolk.
~ Cube, Bornhoidt, Kingston.
81 city OF Columbia, Hitler. Norfolk.
Sc city of Philadelphia, Van Kirk. Philadelphia.
Sc Pa snsc, staples. phiiadslphta.
rs Richmond. dover, Richmond.
ship Tinto Hill, Docherty, Buenos Ayres.
[tor later arrivals see FIRST Page
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ME- French Mstnod presented ladies at.sndisa
~ free lecture, TO morrow. $3.50 O'Clock, 1T FkRhCU
ADR 500 srSsdEty, corner it.th st. s1Sjssa
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c,,r',,te' soucicault, Paul Arthur, and syb,l
nN''e ara three well.known New York actors
~ ~ appeared in the London version OF INV
h.'Ha from India" which Justin Mccarthy in
.J,,L "aaptation called His Royal HiRhness, :,
.s's',e Neville, Blanche Massey. and Frad
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me failure of some of the rsesn, -r.,,.,or.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
NEGR0s MYSTERIOUS INJURIES
Found en- Top of Fast Mail Train
with Crushed skull.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Aug. 30, 1897
There is deep mystery about young
colored man who says he is Jackson
Palmer of No. Phillips street, Boston,
and who is in Vassar Hospital with little
chance to recover. He was found on top
of the fast mail and express from New
York at eleven o'clock last night. 1t was
thought at first that he had been struck
by a bridge while stealing ride, but the
surgeons say that the injuries could not
have been caused in that way, that he
must have beeen hurt before he got on
the train and that he could not have got
there without assistance. He was partly
unconscious when found and had to be
lifted down from his perilous position by
railroad men on ladders. There are two
hemorrhages which look like bullet holes
IN the right thigh, the~bones of which are
crushed into small pieces. Four ribs are
broken on the right side. There is a
jagged cut on the back of the skull and
a number of severe cuts on the right shin
with several bruises all over the body.
The police have two theories. One is that
Palmer is one of the colored men who
were implicated in the saloon robberdes
Saturday night and having made his way
to New York was put on the train by
friends to get him out of the city The
other idea is that he was injured by enc
mics who placed him on top Of the train
with the hope that he would fall off
somewhere along the track or be knocked
off by one of the many bridges and thus
deceive the authorities as to the cause OF
his death. On account of his comatose'
condition no statement can be obtained
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
Mr.. ROE DOVE,
First-class Shave, 5 Cents,
With Bayrum and Hair Tonic, 1Oc
Hair Cut in Every Style, 10c
Free Shave every Monday be-
tween and 2 O'CLOCK
No. II Crawford Street,
Corner Orchard ST., Jersey City.

These cards he had distributed broad
cast about the Hill, tackled to telegraph
poles and placed in other prominent
places. This announcement he felt would
bring him great rush of desirable trade.
Bright and early this morning he opened
the door of his shop, prepared to fulfill
his promise to shave all corners free of
charge. For the first two hours he had
nothing to do. Then a dirty looking hobo
wandered in and wanted clean up.
Dove looked at him in disgust and tried
to make excuses but the tramp held him
to the letter of his promise and left the
place with his chances of securing grub
at the next house he called at, two hum
dred per cent. better than when he en-
tered. He spread the glad news among
his fellow hoboes, and they too visited
Dove. There was a steady stream of
this class of customers until noontime.
So far as can be learned not one per-
son who would ordinarily patronize a
barber availed himself of Doves offer.
When interviewed by a reporter for '.The
News this morning, Mr.. Dove said he
devised the scheme to draw trade from
the Montgomery street BARRIERS.
IF shave a man for nothing" he
said, che will like it and will become a
good customer His rivals are in high
feather over his experiment. They say
it will send them customers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
THE GLOOMY KLONDlKE
Dominion Surveyor Warns
Strangers to Keep Away
The Long and
Dreary Winter.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 30, 1Se7.-In
speaking of the Klondike gold fields,
William Ogilvie Dominion surveyor for
the Northwest Territory, discourages all
stranges from going into the bleak coun-
try. He denies that any difference re-
gard1ng the boundary line exists between
Canada and the United States. He says:
Gold has been found in certain zone
in British Columbia running through the
Cariboo and Cassiar districts. Project
the axis of this zone northwesterly and
we touch the Tes1in Lake, Hootalinqua
River, Stewart River, Indians Creek,
Troandike, Sixty Mile, Forty Mile, Ameri-
can Creek, Seventy Mile and Birch Creek
Now, it is highly improbable that gold
being found at all these points the inter-
yening spaces are barren, and we will do
no more than say generally that we have
a zone of upwards of five hundred miles
in length some of it in Alaska, more of
it In the Northwest Territory, and much
of it in British Columbia. which will yet
be the scene of numerous mining enter
prises, both on the quartz and the placer,
the former practically inexhaustible. The
conditions, however, are most unfavora-
Bile. There is a nine months winter, bar
renness is almost total SO far as yegeta-
ton is concerned, the earth is bound in
eternal frost and the thermometer often
reaches 10 and 70 degrees below zero.
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BARBER DOVES Woes
Disastrous Result Of His Scheme
to Draw Trade from a
Rival.

A war between rival BARRIERS on the
Heights is affording considerable amuse-
ment to large number of persons. One
of the BARRIERS in his efforts to do" his
rival has outdone himself. His advertis-
ing dodge has acted as a boomerang, and
has benefited instead of hurting his rival.
Some time ago Roe Dove opened a bar
Der shop at No. IL Crawford street He
had little money which he invested in
a building and loan association, from
which he borrowed sufficient to pur-
chase the building his shop was in. He
expected to do a big business, as his was
the only barber shop within radius of
three blocks He soon, found, however,
that the people in that vicinity preferred
to patronize the BARRIERS on Bergen ave-
nue. and Montgomery street in preference
successful rival he found, was Charles
Schneider, whose shop is at Bergen ave-
nue. and Montgomery street. Schneider
seemed to do rushing business while
Dove had scarcely had anything to do
The latter decided to get the best of his
rival, so he cut his prices. This did but
little good. He was not making enough
associations assessments. Last week he
determined to make another desperate
effort to get the trade of the neighbor-
hood. After talking the matter over with
his assistant and some of his friends he
had several thousand cards printed as
folloWs;-
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told Mrs. Sanft in plain words that she
was not going to do all the work at the
organ and let her draw the salary After
this declaration Mrs. Sanft decided that
she was not able to continue the duties
of organist and sent in her resignation.
The only other person in the church lifted
for the position was Miss Lamcken, and
of the church at that time required that
the organist be present and play at TWO
services, and at the Sunday school meet
ing every Sunday, and also train the
choir. Miss Lamcken decided that her
strength would not permit her to under
take all these duties. She felt that play
ing at Sunday school in addition to the
two regular services would be too much
for her in one day. Her reply to the
consistory was that she would be com
PEELED for the reasons stated to refuse
the position. She agreed to act tempor-
arily and continued to play at the morn
ing and evening services. So anxious
was the congregation to secure Miss
Lamcken permanently as organist that a
special meeting was called, and 1t was
voted to change the constitution SO that
play at more than two services a day.
Under these changed conditions Miss
Lamcken agreed to accept the position,
and 1t had been arranged that she was to
be officially appointed at the last meeting
of the consistory.
From the time when Miss Lamcken ac-
cused Mrs. Sanft of imposing on her, the
hitherto friendly relations between the
two ceased, and they seldom even spoke
wife's feelings, and, it is alleged by Miss
Lamcken did all that he could to oppose
her plans. Feeling is running high over
the pastors action.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
THE TARIFF FOR DEFICIT

[From This Mornings sJournal."l
When Mr.. Aldrich introduced his re-
vised and improved Tariff bill in the Sem
ate he announced that tariff which fail
ed to produce sufficient revenue would
have disastrous results for the party re-
sponsible for il. Now that the Republic
proved itself the ablest deficit producer
in our financial history, such opinions no
longer bubble freely from Republican
sources. The doctrine most in favor at
present has been formulated by promi-
nent Republican in these terms:-
What If the new Tariff bill is not yield
ing enough revenue? What If 1t never
yields enough? The fact that it is Civ
ing prosperity to the people OF our coun-
try is million times more important
than its effect upon the Federal Treas
ury; its purpose, as stated in the pream-
BILE, was primarily to foster American IN
dustries. We can readily see how well it
is doing that for trade on every hand
is picking up. In these circumstances mo-
body will care much how the Federal
Treasury balance sheet looks, and if after
year or two 1t is found that the new
tariff is not furnishing enough revenue,
there will be plenty of time to devise
other means of making good the def
cheney.
That is a cheerful and philosophical
way of looking at the situation In the
light of such a theory of the purpose of
customs legislation the fact that the ex-
penses of the Government for the first
twenty-five days of August were almost
exactly twice the revenue, the deficit be-
ing $14,316,217 against total revenue of
SIS, ,360, 1888, becomes matter unworthy the
attention of a true patriot
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
A MILLION DOLLARS DESTROYED
Women Experts who Can Detect the
best Made COunterfeits by Their Feel

EVERY working day in the year Uncle
Sam destroys million dollars: deliber-
ately tears up and grinds to pulp one
million dollars worth of paper money
genuine bank notes and greenbacks, .
writes clifford Howard. in the September
Ladies' Home Journal "a million dol
lars in one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty,
one hundred and one thousand dollar
into halves and thrown into a machine
that rapidly reduces them to a mass of
mushy substance.
comes soiled or torn it may be presented
to the United States Treasury and re-
circulates among the people becomes un-
fit for further service, for it is bound to
become dirty or mntilated by constant
handling, and the United States Govern
ment stands ready to give the holder of
such a note a new note IN exchange for
it; or, in other words, the Government
i'll redeem it.
..rhe majority of the clerks employed
in this important department of the Gov
ernment are women, many of whom are
the most expert money counters and
counterfeit detectors in the world In
fact only experts can properly perform
the work that is required; for not only
must the soiled and mutslated money be
accurately and rapidly counted. but all
counterfeit notes must be detected and
thrown out. When we consider that some
counterfeiters can SO cleverly initiate
genuine money that their spurious notes
will circulate through the country with
out detection, and are not discovered ur-
til they are finally turned into the Treas
ury some idea of the proficiency Of these
experts can be gained, especially when
we bear in mind that these notes are Of
ten so worn that the imprint on them can
scarcely be deciphered. 1t not infrequent-
Iy happens that these bad notes are de-
tected simply by the feel of them, which.
in some cases, is really the only way Of
discovering the fraud; for while a coun-
terfeiter may occasionally succeed In so
perfectly initiating the design of note
as to mslead even an expert, it is next
to impossible for him TO counterfeit the
paper used by the Government"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
REV. LESTER WELLS DEAD
The Tabernaele's Pastor Sud-
denly Passes Away While
on His Vacation.

1t was announced in this city yesterday
that the Rev. ]. Lester Wells assistant
pastor of the Tabernacle, had died sud-
denly at Saltwater, N. Y, where he was
spending his vacation. Mr.. Wells was
about forty-fve years old and came to the
Tabernacle in February, 1891, where he
assumed the superintendency of the
Peoples Palace. Previous to coming to
this city he was pastor of the Bethany
Presbyterian Church of Newark, where
he accomplished much good and where he
gained such a hold upon the affections of
the people that when he decided that his
duty was to come to Jersey City his people
expressed genuine sorrow at his decision
to leave -thems When he preached his
farewell sermon and came to bid the peo-
pie of Bethany goodbye many of the con-
gregation wept. On the night of February
II the Tabernacle gave Mr.. Wells rous-
ing reception in the lecture room and well
coined him to Jersey City in the most cor
dial manner.
Mr.. Wells at once took charge of the
Peoples Palace and started to work with
a will which soon BEGAN to have en-
couraging results The Institution took a
boom and in a short time became the ex-
nocent and entertaining amusement for
young men.
The free baths was pet scheme of Mr..
Wells and It's success was due to his un-
tirlng efforts. He believed that cleanli-
ness was next to godliness and worked
hard to propagate his belief No one had
more or warmer friends among the young
street arabs of this city than Mr.. Wells
They fully appreciated the great benefit
these baths were to them and when they
learned how much they owed the assist
ant pastor they showed their gratitude
IN various unique ways. Mr.. Wells was an
entertaining pulpit speaker and his Sun
day evening talks. Illustrated with stere-
opticon views. were thoroughly enjoyed
by large audiences. AS a friend of the
young people Mr.. Wells was perhaps in
MS element He entered heartily into all
their plans and schemes and gave them
variable assistance in their entertain
ments. He won the affections Of the
tabernacle people by the manner in which
ne performed his duties as assistant pas
TOR. sympathetic and tender in the time
OF trouble and one of the joyous in sea-
sons OF happiness he rapidly won the af-
fectIon Of all his parishioners His death
is sincerely mourned and he will long be
remembered by the people of Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
SENATOR FRYE'S REPLY
No Legislative Trick in the Ten
Per Cent. AL Valorem
Duty-Is Chandler
Mistaken.

BOSTON, Aug. 80, 1S97.--A special to the
Herald from Auburn, Me-, gives Sen
ator Frye's reply to charges made by
Senator w. e. Chandler recently, to the
effect that the tariff clause providing for
a ten per cent. al valorem duty on for
eign manufactured goods brought into the
United States through Canada, was pass
ed by a legislative trick. Senator Frye
says Senator Chandler, as to some of his
facts, is mistaken, and certain of his
insinuations are not we'll founded
LAS to facts Senator Frye says, "a Sc
rious and long continued attempt was
made to induce the Senate Finance Com
mittee to adopt and report to the Senate
a substitute for Section %. Failing to se-
cure a report of this amendment to the
Senate, it was then advocated very earn
estly before the conferences, but failed of
success This attempt was open, was adj
vocated in the presence of several Sena-
tors not of the committee at different
hearings, and preparations made for its
discussion in the Senate"
Senator Frye, continuing, referred to
the fact that all tariff laws for great
many years have contained ten per
cent. discriminating clause on dutiable
goods.
sThe committee" he said, recon-
mended that this provision be amended
so that free as well as dutiable goods be
included and that the per cent. be re-
duced, but did not name the reduction.
Their purpose was simply to have the
law in the best possible condition, when
ever, if ever, the Congress should, after
full consideration, determine upon dis
eliminating duties"
In conclusion, Senator Frye said
s.Of how this amendment was secured,
1 know nothing, but that ii was by a
Legislative trick, in the placing of which
the -conferees were participants with
knowledge, I do not believe, nor do l be-
lieve that any Senator, other than Mr.
Chandler, harbors for moment SUCH
SUSPICION"