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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
HOB0KEN PcLIOE ALERT.
Suspicious Persons Found ON ahe
Street Promptly Arrested.

The number of petty burglaries which
have been committed In Hoboken recently
have caused the police to be ON the watch
for suspicious persons. Last evening De-
tective Quinn saw a man entering houses
on Hudson street and placed him under
arrest. The stranger gave his name as
August Becker 26 years old, living at the
Tinker House, No.~72 Bowery, New York
He had 81 in change and a number of
pawn tickets in his pockets. He was
committed to Snake Hill for ninety days
as a disorderly person,
AT three O'Clock this morning while Po-
liceman Tcrpey was on Hudson street, he
noticed a shabbily dressed man at the
corner of Seventh street. He watched
the man. and in a few minutes saw him
enter hallway As the policeman ap-
preached the stranger darted out of the
hallway and ran through a yard to the
rear. Torpey went around the corner
and caught the man as he came out Of
a rear entrance on Seventh street.
At Police Headquarters the prisoner
said he vas Anton Seller, a German bar
street. He had in his possession pair
OF iron knuckles used by burglars and a
bunch of pawn tickets. Recorder Nc
Donough committed him to the County
Jail for thirty days.
Seller said that he became restless dur
ing the night and went out on the street
to get some fresh air.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
JAMESON'S RAID.
BIZ Cable TO the United Prees.

6U tNDtc 70 LaS CHNed Frees.
LONDON, March g. 1Ss7.-The South
African Committee appointed by the
House of Commons to inquire into the
Jameson raid into the Transvaal resumed
It's sittings In Westminster Hall today.
The examination of Cecil Rhodes, ex-
Premier of the Cape Colony. having been
concluded at the last sitting, public in
terest in the proceedings fell off, as was
apparent from the small attendance of
spectators today.
Sir Graham J. Bower, formerly secre-
Colony, was called to the stand and tes-
tined that in his opinion a Transvaal
government controlled by the capitalists
at Johannesburg would be practically
worse for British interests than President
krugers. He was certain that Dr. Jane
sons raid was surprise to Mr. Rhodes
who seemed crushed when informed Of
It and said to the witness that he felt
That ne must resign his office of Premier
IN consequence of it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
HONORING PASTOR LITTLE
Lafayette a1ethodists Give Him a
Farewell SuuDAr

A farewell supper was rendered the
Rev. C. E. Little, pastor of the Lafayette
M. E. Church last night by the teachers
and members of the Sunday school. The
supper was held in the new gymnasium
of the Kings Sons.
Among those present were:-Rev. and
Mrs. G. e. Little. Mr.. and Mrs. c. 3. Lit
tie. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs W. r. Wheeler,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Williams. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Hitler. Mr.. and Mrs. I. Y. S.
Hitler Mr.. and Mrs. John Kase, Mrs
j. Dwyer, Mrs. j. Hitler, Mrs E. Toomi-
son. Mrs K. Johnston, Mrs. z. Kingsland,
Misses G. Seguine, F. Marple, Lulu Hill
ence Staples, Florence GiESon, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Mead, Messrs. FREDERICK Kel-
Ter, James Wilson, Arthur Coons, Sr., Ar
thur Coons, Jr., Charles Tisdale and Mrs.
Booth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
sPEOK OF PROSPERITY.

BALTIMORE, March 9, 1Ss7.-It is au-
thor'ftatively stated that the works of the
Maryland Steel Company at Sparrow's $
Point will start up all It's departments in
a few weeks thus giving employment to
over two dlloalsamd men. Furnace A was
recently put i'm operation; furnace B win
begin operations next Friday. Tt has not
been in use since October q, 1898. Work
has commenced ON furnace C, which will
be ready to start up i'm 60 days. This fur
mace, too, has been idle since 1898. With
all the furnaces in operation the Mary
lamd Company has a capacity Of produc-
ing 1900 tons of iron daily.
The steel rail mill of the company Is
also being fitted up and wtll be ready for
operation by May. 1t closed down Janu-
AIRY 1, 1894. 1t (has a capacity for making
100 rails Eer day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
CHEAP MUNICIPAL GAS.
Belfast Ireland Has Reduced the
Rrice To ca nau mera 10 SfxHx Cauts

WASHINGTON. March 9, 1Ss7.-Consul
Iamey, at Belfast writes the State De-
partment that the discussion ID American
cities regarding the cost of illuminating
gas suggests TO him that they would be
interested TO learn tfaat the City Council
which controls the gas works at Belfast,
has reduced the price to consumers from
66 to go cents per 1000 cubic feet. begin
ming with the current quarter.
This price Is also subject to discount
of five per cent between SC, 900 and 100000
cubic feet, and 10, Is and % per cent, for
greater amounts. The redulction was con-
teInplated last year because the profits
amounted to sS27, ,S92 at e5 cents per thou-
sand. This surplus was disposed of in
various ways such as new works, contrt-
buttons to public libraries, parks, etc. The
lairgest item of expense was coal, costing
So. 90 per tom delivered at the works
The actual cost of manufacture to the
gas holders before distribution last year
was a small fraction over 1919 cents per
ithoil sand
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
WELLINGTON DERANGED.

PIATTsBURG. N. z. March Q, 1897
The Rev. 2. J. oldknow Millington, pas
tor of the Baptist Church at Newark, N.
j.. who disappeared from his home In that
city last week, arrived at his fathers
home in Keenyille last night from Mon
treal He says that he knows nothing
OF what transpired since he left home un-
III ne found himself in Montreal penniless
and starving. He Is evidently deranged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
WAR INEVITABLE.
Greeks Massing Troops to
Invade Thessaly Steam
Vessels Enlarged.
POWERS AT SKIES AND sEvENs
Italy, France and England Only
in Nominal Accord-Strange
Tales from Crete.
POWERS AT SKIES AND sEvENS
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

ATHENS, March 9, 1897.-The reply of
the Greek Government to the ultimatum
OF the powers having been delivered to
the foreign representatives here, prepara-
tons for hostilities between Greece and
Turkey, which are apparently inevitable,
are being hurried forward with all possi-
bic speed. Crown Prince Constantin IS
about to start for the Turkish frontier to
assume command of the Greek troops
there and several Greek transports have
landed great quantities of war material
and large numbers of horses and mules cit
Volo, Thessaly.
1t is reported that Greek bands have
destroyed a number of bridges ON the
railway between Monastir, the present
headquarters of the Turkish army, and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
TRACK ELEVATION EXPERT.
BOARD of Finance Take No Action I'm
Appr0val

The Board Of Finance met last night,
but no action was taken on the resolu-
ton of the Street and Water Board ask
ing for $1,000 to pay the expenses Of an.
engineer to remodel the plans for the
elevation of the Erie tracks. The Board
is to meet again on Thursday. Definite
action may be taken on the subject at
that time Until the $1,000 is appropriat-
ed the Street and Water Commissioners
will take no further action.
The Board passed the February pay
rolls of the employees Of Belleviile and
High Service and set aside 81, 600 Of the
liquor license money to the credit of the
paved street accounts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
JOHNNIE SMITH GOES HOME.

Mr.. Edward Smith. the father of john
ME Smith, who told a story Of cruelty
at the hands of his step-mother. removed
the lad from the City Hospital yesterday
afternoon. Johnnie's feet were swollen
from exposure and Warden Osborn adj
yised leaving him at the hospital but Mr..
Smith said he would see that the boy was,
properly cared for in the future.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09

WANT 70 90 HUhH6 % Fight
BOSTON. March 8, 1S97.-Mr. D. T.
Timayen.s, the Greek Consul at this
port, tells a reporter that he finds the
Greeks of Boston and its neighborhood
to be full of enthusiasm and with burn
ing desire to return to their native coun-
try to do battle against the Turks. He
has received. he says. from Lowell alone,
an offer of 600 men who want to go back
to Greece.
II the powers held aloof, Mr.. Timayenis
mas no doubt as to the outcome of the
Greece VIII win, he says, because she
1t is the intention to appeal to the
american people for assistance but lust
how to do it. the Greeks have not yet de-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
Coercion to Re Delayed.
Bu Cable to the United Press.

LONDON, March 9. 1S97.-The commune
cations which Lord Salisbury wired to
the powers last evening concerning the
reply of Greece to the collective note of
the powers have resulted in the concur
renee of France and Italy with Great
Britain that coercive measures toward
Greece should be delayed and negotiations
continued at Athens. A telegram re-
ceived at the Foreign Office from Rome
states that the Italian Government con
siders the Greek note of too negative a
character to justify the powers in taking
immediate action.
NJ. skouses, Greek Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has sent telegram in response
to numerous offers of Englishmen to take
up arms in the Greek cause, saying that
only Greeks are admitted to to Greek
army.
The list of British authors who have
signed an address expressing sympathy
with Greece includes Grant Allen Justin
McCarty. Hall Caine William Watson,
Anthony Hope and Israel Zangwill.
Dispatches from official sources in Ber-
lin say that a certain measure of block
ade of Greece must be observed, though
it may not be Immediately enforced. The
form of blockade which Germany favors
is something similar to that which was
put into oDeration in 1885, which was
pre-eminently a peaceful blockade Un-
der the German plan as outlined in the
Berlin dispatches a fortnight should
elapse before any action is taken. AT the
expiration of that time G. pacific form of
blockade should be put into operation,
under which any Greek or other vessel
that may be arrested will not be con-
hscated, but will be released when the
blockade is raised.
The latest dispatches from Athens say
that the fever of excitement is abating
and the city is becoming quieter. The
Greek Government have reason to be-
lieve that the moderate tone of Greece s
note to the powers will be approved by
the governments at Paris and London
and oblige the powers to pause. Germany
and Russia, in the opinion of the Greek
Government, will not act alone and a
halt ON the part of the powers is believed
to be assured
Another despatch from Athens says
waters has been chartered for the pur-
pose of conveying war material to Thes-
sally. The reserves, who have been sum
moned to arms by the Government, are
arriving by thousands amid the cheers
of the populace and are being hurried to
the front,
A despatch from Gambia, Crete, under
yesterdays date says:--A large number
of Moslem women and children are con-
fined in the hospital here suffering from
mutllaftfon inflicted upon them by Chris
massacres of Moslems by Christians are
of almost hourly occurrence. Out of 167
Moslems in the village of Cy4ia only one
person, a child, escaped slaughter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, March 9, 1Ss7.-For the sS
hours ending at eight P. NJ. Wednes-
day. For New York City and vicinity
showery on Wednesday; southeasterly
Winds shifting to colder northwesterly
Wednesday night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
The Brutal Powers Work.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

CAREA, March ., 1S97.-Admiral Cane
varo. commanding the united fleet of the
powers. has notified the Greeks here, in
cluding the Greek Vice-Consul, that they
must leave the island at once
1t is reported that the siege Of Kan
damos has been raised and that the Mus
sulmans who were beleagured there have
moved to places of safety.
The insurgents made an attack upon
the Turkish positions at Akrotiri yester-
day, but We're stoutly resisted by the
Turks and finally repulsed. The inslir-
gents were reinforced during the night
and renewed their attack upon the place
today
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09

Health and vigor are essential Tor success,
Therefore make yourself strong and her ltl5x 81
taking Hoods sarsanariilz s'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
Wednesday, Marchi7, 1897

At 10 O clock IN the forenoon.
Specifications for furnishing and delivering
the above awnings may be inspected at the
office OF the Clerk to said Board, Superintend-
ent's Office. City Hall, between the hours of
nine A. M. and four P. NJ, daily, when blank
forms of bids may be obtained.
Parties making proposals for furnishing and
delivering the awnings called for in the speci-
fications will be required to present with their
estimate certified check in the of one
half the estimated total of the bid, or a
bond as now provided by law, as guarantee
of good faith for signing such contract and
bond as will be drawn by the Corporation AT
torney.
The Commissioners reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids If deemed for the best
interests of the city so to do.
Proposals will be marked Proposals for
Awnings City Hail." directed to City Hall
Commission, Jersey CITY, and handed to the
Clerk IN open meeting when called for In
the order Of business relating to sealed pro-
posals.
BY order of the Commissioners.
GEORGE +. FARRELL, Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
WAND to Go Home 20 E,ght

fourteen thousand men and mobilization
of eI the available forces will realize barely
thirty thousand unframed troops
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
Thermeaater Report.
CITY HALL
Sealed proposals for about one hundred and
-wenty-three Q2S)
AWNINGS FOR WINDOWS

situate above basement on the east, west and
south sides of City Hall Building, in Jersey
City. according to specifications on file with
the Clerk of the Board of City Hall Commits
sioners, will be received at the meeting Of
said Board, to be held in the Assembly Cham
ber in the. City Hall, on
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-09
A WATER SQUEEZE
East Jersey Tells Jersey
City She Must Soon Pump
From the PassaiC.
-pEouANNocK LIMIT REACHED
The Company Has the Right to
Take Only 5O,OOO,OOO Gallons
a Day-Great Increase
in Consumption.
PEQUANNoCK LIMIT REACHED.

The East Jersey Water Company
through its counsel. Collins & Corbin, this
morning sent the following commnnica-
ton to the Street and Water Commission
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30
TIMES AND MINING.
Another New Cyanide Process.

AnOIneE new ~ ahAoO
Every few months the announcement
is made of the discovery of new cya-
nide process. Like the new dry-washers
that come out so frequently, most OF
these processes prove to be deficient in
some necessary quality when they are
tried on practical scale. The latest to
be brought forward is the following,
the description of which is taken from
the Mining and Scientific Press:
"Dr. Keith, formerly of this city,
now of London, claims to have invented
a cyanide process, in which, in the dis
solving process, he adds to the solution
of potassium cyanide a certain quantity
of cyanide of mercury. He states that
he finds the best results obtained when
the solvent contains 0.O5 per cent OF
potassium cyanide, and OOPS per cent
cyanide of mercury This mixture of
cyanides, he claims, operates faster
than the simple potassium cyanide.
The process for the recovery OF the gold
from the solution is an electrOlytic one.
The gold and the mercury are deposited
together upon amalgamated copper
plates. The amalgam so deposited is
then scraped off, and the gold recovered
by distilling off the mercury IN the
usual way. The anode is not allowed
to dip in the cyanide solution, but is
placed in separate compartment and
surrounded with solution of alkaline
salt, so that the cyanide does not be-
come decomposed. The electro-motive
force of the current need not be more
than Ealf volt, and the current density
on the depositing surface may be as low
as 0.56 ampere per square foot"
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30
A GIRLS FOLLY.
How a Vain, Frivolous Creature An
nova All ConpauiOus

How a Vain, Frivolous Creature An
nOys All Companions.
The following is a genuine extract
from a letter written by a Western
teacher while travelling in Europe year
or two ago:
There are six Of us, all teachers.
We Joined party of tourists, as we
are forced to count even the farthings
closely. None of us have been abroad
before or expect ever to come again,
and as we have but four weeks on this
side, we begrudge every minute in our
eagerness to see and hear, and to store
up invaluable memories for the future.
I'VE are greatly hindered and an
noyed by young girl, who, with her
mother, belongs to the party. She is a
commonplace person, with neither
beauty, nor talent, nor charm. But she
is possessed with an Unsuitable desire
to show off,
Il try not to see her, but it is 1mpos-
sible to be blind or deaf to her, or to
ignore her. We went to ST. Peters
to hear the great Gregorian chants,
which are sung by the choir of the Vat
lean but once in the year. Miss Blank
kept up shrill whisper during the en-
tire service.
Il went to the little circular chamber
where the Apollo Belvedere stands
alone, to study his highest expression
Of the pagan conception Of divinity,
and there, before it's white, awful beau
ty stood Miss Blank, posing and gig
Cling for the benefit Of two contenptu-
GUS Italian officers.
"We drove through the vast solitude
Of the Campagna, with it's ruins and
tombs peopled by the ghosts Of an
cient Rome, and Miss Blank during the
entire way talked Of the gown and hat
that she wore, simpering and chatter
ing to compel our admiration. There
is nothing in the world 80 beautiful or
SO sublime as to make her forget for
one moment her silly little SELF"
We copy these severe comments be-
cause Miss Blanks offense is unfortu-
nately too common among even sensi-
BILE girls. 1t is not always due to van
lly, Oul W Ill caSci, dlLAOSt pdluSllC,
hunger for admiration and love. Such
girls are sometimes quiet and natural
in their manner at home, but at the
entrance of stranger become affect
ed, giggle and talk shrilly, like ILL
trained actors on the stage.
If girl has merit or charm, apprecia-
ton will surely come TO her. Let her
wait for them to be sought and found
out. A wise old Scotchman says, Gin
your wares are good, dinna cry them in
the market too loudly or you cheaper
them"
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30
sbrewdness of the Rabbit.

The negroes of the South tell many
stories of the cleverness Of the rabbit
in outwitting it's natural enemies, the
dog, the fox and the wolf and In cir-
cumventing every scheme intended for
it's punishment. This belief In the
sagacity of the living rabbit gave rise
to a belief that a dead rabbit has GER
tain magic powers, and one Of the evil
dences of the superstition Is the habit
of carrying a rabbits foot for good
luck" and also as a charm against
disease. 1t is the left hind foot that
is preferred, and If it be taken from a
rabbit that was In the habit Of rum
ming through a graveyard its efficacy
is largely increased.-Phtladelp
Times.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30
Trinity County.

Hundreds of prospectors are now
rushing into Trinity county, and it is
probable that considerable portion OF
those who are unable to get away to
Klondyke this year will drift into these
northern mines. The excitement was
caused by the publication of story re-
garding a rich pocket of gold taken out
of Coffee Greek by the Graves brothers.
The find was said to amount to $42, 600.
Others say that this was an exaggera-
tion, but even should it be true, it does
not by any means follow that other
prospectors are going to be as fortunate.
Trinity county is undoubtedly very
rich in gold, having produced some
thing like $4,000, 900 worth of the
precious metal during the past fifty
years. In early years the shipments
from Trinity went as high as from $4,-
O00, 600 to S., 900, 900 per annum. Most
of this gold, however, is hidden away
in the quartz, and it takes hard work
to recover it. Even when gold ledge
is found, large amount of capital is
needed to open it. Those who go to
Trinity county and are disappointed
will, it is true, be far better off than
those who go to the bleak Klondyke
country and fail to strike it rich, but
still, there is no reason why anyone
should rush off, even to Northern Cali
fornia, with mistaken ideas OF picking
up fortune on top of the ground. For
every man who makes a strike there
will be 100 failures. At the same time,
for the experienced prospector or even
for the "tenderfoot," who is willing to
work and wait, there is certainly no
better field than in California.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30

rights. How had they dared to thus
invade my premises without permis-
sion? l learned who the owners were
in the East and sent them bill Of $500
for dockage. Their reply came through
a representative, who wanted me to
settle for a trife, but 1 would hear to
nothing but the full amount. There
was a principle involved that l would
not sacrifice. He left with the threat
that would never get a dollar.
81 bribed the man in charge of the
raft to notify me when it was to be
moved and as soon as l heard from
him 1 had the sheriff there to make a
levy. / had check for $500 as soon as
1t could be got to me- 1t proved the
thin edge Of the wedge with which
entered into the business that made me
rich. Six weeks later L discovered that
the raft had not been on my land at ALL
1t was forty feet beyond my line. But
what could l do, with my money tied
up in an investment? So 1 said moth
ing."-Detroit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1897-10-30
The Circle Of a Rainbow.

The earliest attempt at explaining the
phenomenon of the rainbow and its cir
cular form was made by Aristotle, who,
over twenty centuries before the birth
of modern science, gave a correct ex-
PLANTATION. He observed that from a
glass globe filed with water and set
In the sun certain colors were always
returned at certain angles with the
course Of the suns beams; and he
properly explained the circular form
Of the bow, by saying that If the sun
beam passing through the observers
eye be taken as an axis, and the globe
be revolved round this axis, and at the
same distance from 1t In all parts Of
it's course, the same colors, preserving
their angle with the direction of the
sunbeams or of the axis, would be
visible through all parts of this course;
and hence it followed that a rainbow
would result If there were globes
enough, and so placed as to reflect
colors at the same time from all parts
of an arc of such n circle"