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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
COUNTY sUPBRINTENDENTs.
State Board of Education Examine
tIon-Frank La Points Am billion.

A committee from the State Board of
Education met in the City Hall this morn
ing and examined applicants for the po-
sitions of County Superintendents. soon
to be vacant. The members of the State
Board who conducted the examination
are:-James Owen of Essex, who was
chairman; Silas X Morse of Atlantic,
Otto Grouse of Hudson, B. H. Campbell
of Union. S. st. John McCutchen of
Somerset, T. Frank Appleby of Mon
mouth, James P. Cooper of Bergen,
Francis Scott of Passaie, and President
James L. Hayes of Newark.
These candidates were examined:-Es-
sex, Elmer c. Sherman and Isiah Peck
ham, the present superintendent; Bergen
John Terhune, present superintendent;
Monmouth, James Enright, present super
intendent; Passaic, Homer A. Wilcox,
Franklin Thorne, J. c. McLaury and
James D. Donnell, present superintendent;
Hudson, E. A. Murphy, F. La Pointe and
DR.. George c. Houghton, present super
intendent.
The committee will report the result of
its examinations to the State Board on
Tuesday next. After the meeting the
members adjourned to the Hotel Wash
ington, where dinner was served.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
YELLOW FEVER in NEW ORLEANS
Cold Weather Said TO Increase the.
Death Rate.

NEW. ORLEANS, Sept. 25, 1S97.-The
weather continues cool here. There was
one death this morning. The case was
reported few days ago. AS stated be-
fore cool weather is dangerous in the
cases of those who are i'll, and the ply
sicians think it is increasing the death
rate, which aow approximates 16 per
cent. The Beauregard School is being
gotten into shope this morning for the
reception of yellow fever patients.
Threats continue to be made by angry
citizens, but so large a force guarded the
building last night that there was no op-
portunity for any one to apply the
torch.
Mayor Flower has received numerous
offers from citizens to do guard duty.
The Board of Health and the Mercan-
tily community are receiving encourag-
ing reports from various towns which
have quarantined against New Orleans,
announcing>relaxation of quarantine reg
ulations. DR.. Montluzin, who is to be
prosecuted by the Board of Health for
his failure to report the Dreyfus case,
which terminated fatally, says that he
notified the Board as soon as he had
completed his diagnosis.
The law, however, provides that every
case as to which the least suspicion exists
shall be reported and this law is to be
brought into operation in the prosecution
of Doctors Holt and Montluzin.
Commercial people have written to Gov
ernor Foster, asking him to use his good
offices in securing a modification of quar-
antine regulations. The Governor will
act in the premises.
DR.. Summers of st. Louis, who was sent
by the Tennessee Board of Health along
the yellow fever district to study the pre-
vailing disease, spent the day in this city
yesterday and left for home last night.
He said he did not see any reason why
he should spend more time here as he
found the cases to be similar and all of
the same mild character. He repeated
his statement that the fever vas the mild
est that he has ever seen.
DR.. Summers said that he had answered
all telegrams received by him, saying
there was no danger here; that the dis
business here might safely come.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25

ACADEMIC JERSEY CITY
The Glasses and Conditions
in Some of Our Ad-
vanced Schools.
HIGH SCHOOLS SENIOR CLASS
Six New Teachers Added to the
Staff-The Debating Societies
st. Peters College.
HIGH SCHOOLS SENIOR CLASS

High School, in spite of its crowded
condition, has a cheerful aspect. Inc
pupils are ready for enthusiastic Worh
and the teachers are willing to help them.
Tie faculty of the school has cnanseo
greatly in the last year. Last FEBRUARY
three additional teachers. that is, TO TAKE
the place of no teachers resigned, became
members of the faculty. They were MISS
Wight. specialist in Englishs Miss N1chois'
zoology and botany, and Miss Cahlll, ms
tory, In March Miss Lord was engaged
to take the place of Mrs. Freygang, re-
signed in teaching German. This term
Miss Sheridan, of No. 2, was transferred
to High School as an additional teacner'
and Thursday night the Board OF Eouca-
ton appointed Miss Clara A. Hart
specialist in mathematics, to take the
place of Miss Bevier, resigned. There are
now six new teachers on the faculty.
There is to be still another change. Nine,
Miller, who has taught French in High
School for number of years, has sent IN
her resignation and the High School COM
mittee is looking for a. French teacner.
Until one is found Nine Miller win teach
The committee is anxious to secure the
best teacher available and for that
reason is not hurrying the selection.
Miss Hart is graduate of Cornell
University, from which she received the
degree of B. s. She has had ten years
High School experience and came to Jer-
sey City very highly recommended. She
came originally from Kentucky. She Is
also a graduate of Hampton College,
Louisville She has been teaching in the
Brooklyn High School. Miss Bevier, who
has taught In High. School for nearly
twenty years. resigned to accept much
better position In New York city.
The class which entered High School
this term numbers 220. 1t is seated in the
class rooms below the assembly room.
There are no desks for these pupils.
They are obliged to carry their books
from fass raa 10 seafsa in OF
way Another division will be treated in
the same way next week, as another
class room is to be made in the assem-
bly, hall, and that will necessitate taking
out number of desks.
The senior class is of good size. 1t
members Of the class are:-Mary 3. Ben
son. Eleanor NJ. Betz, William Bishop,
Minnie Q. Blizzard, Euphemia M. Breslin,
Christina Catrevas, Sarah E. Cole Chris
tine Henderson Crawford, Agnes J. Doyle,
Bsri. ans sabefs pefy fyrenad Eva l. DnBo
Gir lsford. Florence Emile Hale, E. Es-
IHaisey. Grace HILL Fannie L. How
etn..FeAnnie Louisa Jones, Edna Kelly,
Albert Edward Lister, Mary Francis NAL
10y Julia Al MeAvoy, Mabel A. Moore,
Efnelyne Harley Mulry, Rosine H. New
ton, Margaret katherine Fortin. Clara
H. Rogan, Anna Elizabeth Saul, Edwin
Vandewater, EDNA May Westervelt, Geo.
Douglas White, Hattie Wolburg.
The two High School debating socie-
ties Alpha Sigma and Forensic, have
not as yet met. They will hold their first
meetings in a week or two. Alpha Sigma
is the girls society and Forensic the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
eERMANY's NAVY.
;Bv Cable to The

BY Cable to The Associated Press1
BERLIN. Sept. 25 1s97.-The Cologne
Gazette says the German naval estimates
will be comparatively moderate. BY di-
rection of the Emperor Admiral Won Tir-
pitz, Secretary of the Navy, has drawn up
the programme for the next seven years
For the year 1897. 50.oOO,0O0 marks are
wanted for the navy, and for the year
1893 60,00O,0O0 marks are required.
The behavior of the young commander
of torpedo boat No. 26, Duke Frederick
William of Mecklenburg-Sch who
went down with his vessel off Cuxhaven
Wednesday last in a gale, and that of the
crew of the small craft, furnished brilliant
testimony to the discipline of the German
navy. A great sea washed over the tor
pedo boat at the last moment, and the
Duke, in a loud voice, repeated the Lord S
Prayer. One of the stokers then asked
the Duke for permission to save himself
and the officer replied that he himself
must die. Then the stoker crawled out
of the hatchway. The others saved were
washed overheard, or, it is explained.
otherwise they would have asked permiS-
sion to save themselves.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
Mr.. BYRNE.
Greenville People Say Your
Ashmen Neglect Them
shamefully Grounds
for Complaint.

Many people in the Greenville section
of this city, are in state of mind and are
complaining bitterly over the shameful
way that they are being neglected by the
ashmen. They say that the service out
there is miserable and that the ashmen
only collect the ashes and garbage once
week and sometimes only once in two
weeks. All summer long this nuisance
has continued, and although they have
complained to the authorities nothing has
been done to give them relief. The resi-
dents of the West side are the
worse sufferers from the neglect of the
ashmen to collect the ashes and garbage
Those living along McAdoo, Gator, Green
vile and Danforth avenues say that the
ashmen seldom, if ever visit those streets
to collect the refuse. Ora of the resi-
dents of Tehune avenue, while talking to
reporter of the News" said
ITS an outrage, the shameful way in
which we are being neglected by those
ashmen. This. sort of thing has been
going on now for over a year and no
relief is yet in sight. What are we going
to do with our ashes and garbage if it
is not collected?
stIf we have it around we are in con-
slant danger of contracting some disease.
Many time l have been forced to drag
my ash barrel back in the yard after it
had remained on the sidewalk for over a
week waiting to be emptied. When the
ashmen come around to collect the refuse
they are SO very careless when emptying
the stuff in the carts that it falls all over
the sidewalks and into the cutters, where,
of course, it lies and stagnates, creating a
nuisance
Then the men take a great delight in
throwing the boxes and barrels on the
sidewalk with force enough to break them
to pieces, which greatly amuses the men.
Then when you demonstrate with the col
iectors they reply in insulting tones.
Then, again, they are always kicking on
the amount of boxes and barrels they
have to dump, and often leave the bar
rels untouched when they are full. 1t is.
not so bad now as it was in the summer
time, because the cold weather lessons
the stencil which arises from the barrels.
Nevertheless, we ought to have better
service, and we mean to have it,"
Complaints are heard all through
Greenville, and the citizens are determined
to have better service and have the ash
n en- call twice week, as is done in other
parts of the city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
M'KINLEY AT LENOX.
Hncidsnss of His Stay In NIassa-
ehussttk Famous R esort.


LEXOX, Mass, Sept. 25, 1S97-The Pres
ident of the United States came into the
old town of Lenox in the midst of a
driving rain storm yesterday and the
view which he obtained of its countless
beauties was very unsatisfactory. But
this morning the scene was changed. In
stead of wet and mist covered country
with rain falling and making every one
and everything uncomfortable, there was
a clear blue sky, warm sun, and a brac-
ing atmosphere that put new vigor into
ones bones. and made life worth the liv-
ing.
The scene upon which the President
and his wife looked as they stood upon
the broad veranda of the Sloane man
sion this morning, few moments after
they had risen, was a grand one. Presi-
dent Mckinley remarked that sit is the
most enchanting view l ever had. It is
For a distance of twenty miles to the
south the eye sees a long range Of hills
while to the north, q distance of forty
clearly visible this morning.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley, Miss
Mckinley and MT. and Mrs. Alger stood
upon Mr.. Sloane's veranda for an hour
and went into ecstasies over the changing
panorama before them.
The walk about the grounds, which they
afterwards enjoyed, was equally as in
teresting.
President and Mrs. Mckinley were
much interested in Lenox, the summer
home of millionaires, and many prominent
in the worlds business and financial his
tory. Hon. John Sloane, the Presidents
host, during their walk about the es-
tate, pointed out the various places of
interest which can be seen from the hill
and told of the wealth of historic mem
ories that cluster about the town.
1t was in this beautiful village that
Henry Be9Cher SDent
for SO many years, and Fannie Kemble
lived the manifest DAYS of her life
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
TO TEST CONCURRENT POWER.
Wapdamus Sought to Compel Pay
ment of the June Water Payrolls.

Counsellor James Murphy, of the law
firm of Fagin & Murphy, today served
papers on Mayor Hoos compelling him to
show cause why he should not sign the
warrants for the pay of the extra clerks
of the Water Department and laborers en-
ployed laying water pipe in June. The
mandamus proceedings were Instituted by
William Herrick one of the extra clerks.
All the employees whose pay is hung up
are interested in the suit and will bear
proportionate share of the expense.
The payrolls in question are those which
the Street and Water Commissioners
passed and sent direct to the Mayor.
Mayor Hoos refused to sign the warrants
because Corporation Counsel Blair ad-
vised him that the payrolls should have
first been concurred in by the Board OF
Finance The Street and Water Board in
ignoring the Board of Finance followed
the advice of Allan L. McDermott.
Since the one batch was hung up, all
subsequent payrolls have been sent to
the Finance Board for concurrence. The
suit brought by Herrick and the 'others
will it is expected, determine whether
the Finance Board possesses concurrent
power in such cases or not
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
NO BOXING SAYS Mr.. WINFIELD
Notifies Weebawken,s Police That
sChex lzusf Sfon Iouiohf.k lSauts


A boxing exhibition, advertised to take
place in Weehawken tonight, under the
auspices of the Plymouth Athletic Club,
will probably not be pulled off" The
talent advertised to take part in the
exhibition includes Billy O'Donnell,
.Jack" Halligap, Joe Craig, Frank Craig.
"Hughey'' O'Neill, 'Peck" Barry, Pat
Cahill and others. Prosecutor Winfield
sent this letter to the authorities of Wee
hawken this morning, and will send De-
tectivss Feeney and Stack to that town
tonight to note the effect of the letter.
To the Chairman of the Police Commit
tee of Weehawken and Acting Chief of
Police
Sir-My attention has been called to a
proposed gymnastic exhibition to be
held in yassr town, on Saturday evening,
September 25. Thirteen matches for box
ing are arranged. l have the honor to
say to you that any boxing for points
or. to test skill or endurance, or for
money is denominated in the law as
prize fights. They are all unlawful, and
it is your duty to prohibit them. I here
by notify you of the proposed exhibition
case of your failure to act I shall sub
nit your failure to perform your duty
to the Grand Jury.
Yours respectfully,
c. H. WINFIELD,
Prosecutor.
6 HTrDSpETu Judee
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
ST. PETERS COLLEGE OPENS.
Special Course Of Lectures-Names of
Graduates.

Special COurAe OF LectureS-Nameg OIL
Graduates.
On Tuesday September Z, at st. Peters
College opened It's doors for the nine
teenth scholastic year, and there is
large increase in all the classes. The
graduating class of 1898 is composed of
these sixteen young men:-Michael Joseph
Cashin, Patrick Joseph Dolan. Joseph
Francis Fitzpatrick, Thomas Francis
Griffin, Patrick Joseph Hamill Richard
Joseph Lauterbach, Nicholas Aloysius
Marnell Francis Harvey MoCauley, Ed
ward Joseph McClary, Walter Vincent
Mccoy, Francis Joseph McGuinness,
James Alexander Nugent, Joseph Aloysius
OBrien, William Francis Russell, James
Joseph Smith, Arthur Joseph Wiele.
There will be no change in the curriculum.
The reverend president Of the college
takes this opportunity to inform the pub
lie that post graduate course of lectures
of October at eight P. NJ. in the hall
These lectures will be regular feature
in the college work Of this scholastic year
Wednesday evening at the same hour and
place. Several of last years graduates
have already signified a willingness to at
gentlemen of the city with a leaning to-
wards scholarly pursuits will avail them
selves of the opportunity to increase their
knowledge of that grandest of sciences,
philosophy. The lectures will deal in the
main with practical and live questions de-
pending on ethics for their solution and
will be for regular college graduates al
ready honored with the degree of A. B.
for the higher degree of A. M. OF course
only regular college graduates of our own
or similar educational institutions will be
in line for promotion to Mastership of
Arts; but all gentlemen studiously in
clined, even now graduates, are invited to
ALL -frrr< 81 ,{er
their store of erudition. A nominal fee of
SO for the entire year will be charged,
and gentlemen desiring to attend the lee
lures as regular members of the class
should hand in their names to the
reverend president or prefect of the col
1ege at as early date as possible.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
HOP PIOKBR's DEATH.

ELMIRA, N. Y, Sept. Is, 1ss7.-At II
O'Clock last night a brakeman on west
bound freight train going through the
city noticed jar and the train WAS
stopped. He climbed down and found
the remains of man horribly mutilated
under the wheels. This morning two
young men identified the remains as
those of John G. Cafferty, who is said
to have resided at the corner OF Thirty
fourth street and Second avenue, in New
York City, where he has a wife and two
children. Cafferty is said to have been
a former New York park policeman. who
had been in the hop country picking hops.
He purchased some clothing in Bingham-
ton, Monday, and this was a means cf
his Identification.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
COMPLIMENT TO BISMARCK.

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.
KEEL, Sept rs, 1S97.-A new cruiser was
launched here today and was christened
Fuerst Bismarck by Countess Wilhelm
Won Bismarck, wife of the second son of
the great Chancellor, in the presence of
other members of Prince Bismarck's
family, who were invited by command of
Emperor William.
Admiral Won Tirpitz. the Secretary of
the Navy, made speech during the cere-
monies of launching the cruiser, in
which he said
This ship shall bear the name of the
name inseparably bound up in the restor-
greatest statesman of the country,
alton of the Empire, at the sound of
which the hearts of all Germans, even
of those beyond the seas, beat the high
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
REGISTRY BOOKS MISSING.
Election Officers Have Not Vet Sent
Them to the City Hail.

The following registry books which were
sent out to the Board of Registry by the
City Hall few days ago to be copied by
them and returned to the City Clerk. by
September %, have not yet been received
by him:-Third precinct of the Tenth
ward, Fifth precinct of the Eleventh
ward, Fourth precinct of the Fifth ward,
Fourth and Seventh precincts of the Sec
ond ward Seventh precinct of the Third
ward, and Second precinct of the Fourth
ward.
The registry books which are in use
now are the properly of the County Clerk
because the ones used by the City Clerk
are imperfect. For that reason City Clerk
O'Donnell is anxious to have the books
returned to him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
SCIENTIFIC PIRE PRODUCER.
That Used by semI-savaga Tribe In
Thibef.


Thibef.
It has been less than 100 years since civ
ilized humanity used many odd devices
for the purpose of obtaining fire. In this
country, then claiming to be "enlighten-
ed the tinder box, with steel and flint,
was the apparatus most generally used.
However, if there was no tinder box in
the. house. the old f1intlock musket, with
a few grains of powder in the pan, to-
gether with few shreds of paper or
creased rags, was considered household
necessity. Rubbing sticks together until
they were fired by friction was the
method used by the savages of that time
in nearly all the lands of the globe.
There was one singular exception, how
ever, to all of the above, as well as many
others of the more common methods of
striking light" and that method was
practiced by rude tribe of semi-savages
inhabiting eastern Thibet. Curious as it
may seem, those rude sayages obtained
fire on strictly scientific principles, which
involved wonderful knowledge of the
properties of compressed air.
The apparatus used consisted of a wood
en- cylinder. two and half inches long by
three-quarters of an inch in diameter,
cylinder (Which tapered off a one end un-
til it was not larger than q common lead
penciD was fitted an air1tight piston,
which had large flap knob at the top;
the other end of the piston was slightly
followed out, the indentation being in
tended for the reception Of small piece
of finder or punk.
When this apparatus was in use It was
held in one hand the piston being insert
ed with the other, and pushed about half
way down. A very sharp blow was then
given with the palm of the piston. At
the same instant the fingers were closed
around the knob and the piston Instantly
withdrawn. If everything had worked to-
perfection the scientific savage was usu-
ally rewarded by finding that the tinder
had been lighted and a fire assured.
Sir William Gill. the English scientist.
who investigated this queer mode of
striking light, says that 1T requires.
skill to use this fire producing apparatus
as well as science to invent it.n-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Business Men'sf Table d'Hote Lunch, Il to-
- 49, ~. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
MARTIAL LAW IN CROATIA.
[By Cable to The AsscciatI

IBy Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON. Sept rs. 1ss7.--A special de-
spatch from Vienna says that owing to
the disturbances which have recently
taken place in Croatia, martial law has
been proclaimed in twelve districts. The
disturbances are attributed to the Hun
garian authorities showing an inclination
to deprive the Croatians of their ancient
privileges. Four thousand peasants
armed with farming implements, as al
ready cabled, have taken UP a fortified
position, two Hungarian officials have
been killed and troops have been sum
moned to quell the disturbance
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
REAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Up to Date Pavement for Mont
gomery Street Mercer
Street Link.

Mayor Hoos attached his signature to
two important public Improvement con-
tracts this morning. The first was for
the requirement. of Montgomery street,
between Hudson and Warren streets, and
the second for the macadamizing of the
unfinished section of Mercer street, be-
tween Merseles street and the Viaduct.
Concerning the Montgomery street inn
provement, the Mayor sent the following
communication to the Street and Water
Board
Sept. a. 1897.
Gentlemen-All preliminary requisites
for the repaving of Montgomery street
having been disposed of, it is my earn
est desire that your Honorable Board
lar attention and care. This street is,
to say the least, a most important thor
oughfare, and instead of being source
of civic pride, has for long time been
just cause of complaint
The contract calls for the completion
of this work within forty-five working
days, and shall insist that the work be
commenced at once, and that it be vigor-
ously pushed to completion before the in
clement weather of the winter season
sets in.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD HOOS. Mayor.
The Sheridan & Shea Company has the
contract for the work. Mr.. Sheridan to-
day told Commissioner HeintZe that he
has all the materials in readiness. If
everything goes favorably, he expects to
finish the work in about twenty-five
working days. The pavement will be
Belgian block, laid on a concrete foun-
dation, tarred and covered with peb-
bleS.
The Mercer street improvement is to
be made by Henry. Byrne. He has the
stone prepared and will complete the
work in about ten days, he says.
Both Improvements are to be closely
watched by the Commissioners.