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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
THE ELECTION STEAL.
Republicans and Democrats
from Jersey City and New
ark Denounee the
Office Grab.
Specia. to the Jerscu Gin Nevr.

TRENTON, Feb. 16, 1897.-The Commit
tee on Judiciary of the Senate gave a
hearing yesterday afternoon on the bill
extending the terms of the present Off
Gals of Jersey City and Newark by
changing the time of holding the munich
pal elections from the spring to The fall.
There were a large number of Jersey City
statesmen and citizens present, among
them being Police Justice Potts, Reuben
Simpson, Colonel Samuel Dickinson. DR..
Quimby, John p. Landrine, Congressman
McEwan, Chief of Police Murphy, e. A.
Woolley, ex-Assemblyman Fred Schober.
Emile DATE, ex-Assemblyman Henry
Gruber, Senator DAILY, Police Commission
er West, and ~Assemblyman Nelson.
Newark was also represented by a large
number of officeholders, led by Carl
Lentz. These men hocked together on
one side of the Chamber and loudly ap-
plauded those who spoke in favor of the
bill. DR.. Isaac N. Quimby took the floor
and said that he represented a commit
tee of the Good Government Club of Jer-
sey City, and he read a short resolution
OF the Executive Committee of h asso-
citation. The resolutions heartily de-
nounced the bill as an outrage. He said
eldt Hdu petH argued That the Dill
was interested in economy. He did not
believe that, because the men who were
backing the bill were never known to
trouble themselves with municipal econ
omy.
Chairman Francis questioned the Doc
tor as to the number in the association
he represented.
The Doctor said he could not tell ex-
actly the number. Continuing, he said
that II the Legislature could extend the
term of officers six months they could
do it indefinitely and thus ruin Home
Rule.
f. w. Benjamin, a lawyer and Repub-
llcan member of the Newark Board of
Aldermen, vigorously opposed the bill He
said it was strange that business men
should have come in business hours to
argue against such a bill. as the best
agree that municipal offices should be
separated from National and State af-
fairs. This matter was of so much inn
p~ortance to the State of New York that
1t had been placed in the Constitution.
Chairman GRAND asked the speaker
the question.
'All the business men I nave spoken
to on the subject are opposed to it," re-
piled Mr.. Benjamin.
Mr.. Benjamin. warned the committee
that If this bill became a law it meant
the defeat of the Republican party IN
Newark. Another gentleman who Wig
Or9uSly denounced the bill was Alderman
Fighter Of Newark. He said that us a
Democrat, he ought to favor the bill. as
Republican party in Newark X 1t became
q law: Refer the matter to the voters
and the committee would soon find out
whether the people Of Jersey City or
Newark wanted the bill. The great ma
jority q the people of Newark were
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

TO NJ. CoRNELISON. ELLEN A.
Cornelison, his wife; Catharine NJ. Aiexan-
win Stephens, Caroline R. Stephens. and
Clarence Stephens, executors Of will of
Nathan Stephens, deceased
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City. on
the 18th day Of October. 1904. The Mayor and
Aliermen Of Jersey city purchased for the
sixty-fve cents ALL the land and real estate
situate In Jersey City. in the County of Hud-
Germania avenue. which Is laid down and
designated as lot twenty co.. in block
upon an assessment map annexed to a report
number eighty-fve SS, made by the Com
missioners Of ADJUSTMENT. appointed IN and
County of Hudson. a certified copy of which
report and map was filed in the office of the
City Collector of Jersey City, on the Soth day
Of August. 1892, said report and map and said
sale being. made pursuant to the provisions Of
an act of the Legislature Of New Jersey,
passed March S0th, 1886, entitled
..A.n Act concerning the settlement and COLI
lection Of arrearages Of unpaid taxes. as
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing and
leyying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead OF such arrearages. and to en-
force the payment thereof, and to provide
for the sale of lands subjected to future
taxation and assessment"
Ard the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
ana real estate shall be redeemed, as provid-
ed in said acts, before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey City
the fee simple of said land and real estate
according to the provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City. N. J., January 26. 1897.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
P. F. wANsER.
(Seal) Mayor.
City Clerk
(Sale No. 4s12.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

TO WILLIAM NJ. CORNELISON. ELLEN A
Cornelison, his wife; Catharine NJ. Alexan-
ger Sam nssra eazoiins ? ne s shsSDane M and
Clarence. Stephens, executors of will Of
Nathan Stephens, deceased
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector Of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of October, 1894, The Mayor and
Aldermen Of Jersey City purchased for the
and sixty-one cents ALL the land and real
estate situate in Jersey City, in the County OF
Hudson and State Of New Jersey, fronting on
.sienated as lots twenty-seven C2D, twenty
eight (S) and twenty-nine cg in block
number six hundred and eighteen t61s)
upon an assessment map annexed to a report
number eighty-fve (S5), made by the Com
missioners of A~djustment' appointed in and
for said city by the Circuit Court of the
County of Hudson. a certified copy of which
report and map was filed IN the office of the
City Collector of Jersey City, on the S0th day
of August, 1892. said report and map and said
sale being made pursuant to the provisions Of
passed March Goth, 1886. entitled
can Act concerning the settlement and COL
lection Of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to en-
force the payment thereof, and to provide
for the sale of lands subjected to future
taxation and assessment"
Ard the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as proyid-
ed in said acts. before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY
the fee simple Of said land and real estate
according to the provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, ". J.. January 20, 1897.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
P. F. wANsER,
Attest: NJ. j. o'DoNNELLs
City Clerk.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
EDUCATIONAL.
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners, in
the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, on
Tuesday, February %, 1897, at two O'Clock
IMPROVEMENT OF NOBLE STREET,
from a point about 800 feet west OF Old Bergen
Road to Hudson Boulevard.
SAG improyement t. re made eonformaply
of 1895, and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office of the Clerk of said
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office Of the
Chief Engineer City Han, Jersey City, Nj
About 500 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 10 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 10 cubic yards of earth hlling.
About IS cubic yards of sand or gravel
filling.
About 4,60O square feet of tagging.
About 2,10O square feet of relaid tagging.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work. 25 working days.
The making Of the above Improvement and
award Of the contract therefor will be sub
jeet to the remonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor. en- the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment Of Noble Street, directed to the Clerk
of the Board. and handed to that officer in
open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals.
nor viii a substitution Of sureties be allowed
The Board may. under the provisions of the
Act above cited, exercise Its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 Of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city, or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sufa-
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEo t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

In the matter OF the sale of the lands of
Rose Govern Cor Goveran). deceased. for the
payment OF her debts.
McDermott & Fisk, Proctors.
BY virtue of an order entered in the above
stated matter, dated the. eighth day of Janu-
airy. 1897. l shall sell at public vendue. at
Gannon's Real Estate once, No. S5 Grove
street, Jersey City, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1897,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the fol-
appurtenances. situated in Jersey City Hudson
County, New Jersey. being the first tract de-
scribed in said order. that is to say
Beginning on the southwestern corner of
ming ID westerly along Grand street forty-nine
and three-tenths 49 $40 feet; thence %
southerly at right angles to Grand street one
hundred and eleven and forty-two hundredths
oil 42-10W feet to the northerly line of Gill
christ street; thence (9 ~easterly along Gill
christ street twenty-five and hve-hundredths
avenue; thence "a northerly along the west
erly side of Jersey avenue one hundred and
thirteen and twenty-seven hundredths Q13
27-100l feet to the place of beginning.
And if a sufficient sum be not realized from
the sale of said first tract to pay the debts
Of said deceased then 1 shall sell all the
following described land and premises with
the appurtenances. in said City, County and
State, being the second tract described in said
order, that is to say
All that certain lot. piece or parcel of land
erty belonging to A. Mann, Jr.. situated in
the County of Hudson and State of New Jer-
sey, made by Joseph +. Bridges, July twenty
ninth. eighteen hundred and forty-seven. and
County as lot number two hundred and fifty
five (255), on Grand street, as the same is laid
down ana described on said map,
JAMES F.. CANNON.
Administrator of Rose Govern COR Goveran),
deceased $3.50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
FATHER TIGHE WILL SPEAK.
Minkakva Club Preparing for It's
ADnua aDUue

The Rev. Father John ]. Tighe will be
the principal speaker at the annual lii
ner of the Minkakwa Club on February
"a, in the Belvidere Hotel. and the mem
bers anticipate IN intellectual treat, for
the rector of ST. Paul's Church is a fin
ished orator. This was made known at
last nights meeting of-the club, when the
Dinner Committee made its report. There
will be few speeches, and when these are
finished there will be an entertainment,
consisting of songs, solos and r%ecitations
by well known artists.
The Committee on Flags reported that
it had presented to Public School No. 2
two portraits, n of Washington and the
other of Lincoln, both of which will
adorn the school hall. They are excel
lent pieces of work and much priced by
the Principal, teachers and pupils.
General routine business was dispatch
ed and the meeting adjourned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

thing. 1t IS impossible to witness Mr..
WilEam Barry's Clever revision of this
favorite comedy and not enter into as
piece, Martin McShane, the ~aqueduct em-
ploye and afterwards contractor and Sen
ator, Mr.. Barry is delightful. Hts por-
trayal OF the role Of the American IRISH
the native huano of his native land,
is without a peer.
AS theatre-goers know there is a simple
plot in the Rising Operation" cleverly
and speciarties of the comedy of a very
high order. it is an Interesting and attrac-
tive phase of city life.
Mr.. Barry has wisely surrounded him
Dionysius OHara, James II. Manning.
the adnlirer of Johanna McShane, whose
sole worry is her pocketbook, which con-
rains hairpins, buttonhook and one cent,
makes an admirable target for Mr.. Bar
played by Samuel H. Forrest. is another
able piece of work. But to the ladies of
the caste really goes the palm. Mr.. Bar
rvs daughter, Miss Lydia Barry, a fas-
einating young woman with q fascinating
voice and graceful manners; Miss Lizzie
Conway as johanna, an equally clever
performer, and Miss Edith Corby. Van
Tyke's daughter. are all worthy of warm
McFadden. as the two sons of Van Tyke
and McShane, bring out the strong parts
of their roles. In addition to these ar
lists there are the songs by the quartette
and the tenor solos of James. C~avanagh,
all exceedingly well sung. To sum up
the "Rising Generation is well worth see
ing. even for the merit of the piece it.
self, and when 1t is presented by such a
clever company as that which Mr.. Bar
ry brings, it may be said that no better
play of its kind has been seen in this
city. There will be the usual matinees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
The halfway TAX Evasion.

The Stockton Commission bill to pro-
tect the railroads from taxation was in
troduced in the. Assembly last evening.
1t is the despicable product of the various
suborned which Governor
Griggs embodied in that commission to
dc the railroads dirty work.
The gossip of the Trenton obbies is that
this bill is to pass-that it is this bill or
nothing. The railway lobby is to advo-
rate it, and it is to be dragooned through
the two Houses amid the cracking of the
party bosses whips.
This measure gives the municipalities a
material increase of income. In the case
of Jersey City, it is estimated, there may
be an added revenue of $780, 900 to s125,00o
a year. The railroads hope that this con-
cession will satisfy the people and stop
the agitation for equal taxation. The
concession will suit them particularly
well; because not one cent of it is to come
out of the railroads e~xchequers, but all
out OF the state treasury.
In the present sore need OF Jersey City,
it is better that this bill should pass than
that there should be no relief. The State
can easily spare the money, and, indeed,
its surrender to the municipalities is a
feature of every scheme of equal taxation
now before the Legislature. But, whether
this bill passes or not, it will not end the
fight. The cities do not so much want to
gain income at the expense of the State
as to relieve private taxpayers by forcing
the railroads to bear a more equitable
share of the public burden than they do
at present. This struggle can never cease
so long as four-ffths in value of the real
estate of this city is paying $2.75 or there
abouts on the hundred dollars. in taxes,
while the remaining fifth is only paying
50 cents on the undre dollars.
There is the inequality, the injustice, the
outrage of present conditions. If the rail-
roads think they can blind people to 1t or
check the revolt against it, they are them
selves blind. They may put it off from
year to year, but it will come up again
session after session with ever growing
vitality, and at last it will overwhelm
them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
Bon Ton Theatre.

An exceedingly bright piece is on the
boards of the Bon Ton this week., that of
1.-The Octoroons,' which John w. Isham,
the clever comedian, has made so inter-
esting and attractive. For those who adj
mire clean, healthy vaudeville work this
production is par excellence a first-class
performance. full of ~laughable and clever
sketches with songs. humorous monologues
and artistic dancing.
Mr.. Isham has brought with him the
very best artists for that class of work
and as a result the performance last night
was of the highest merit.
The stagings and costumes are exceed
irgly magnificent and are designed by ex-
perts in that branch of the work. In the
opening sketch there is every opportunity
for clever dialogue, which the artists make
the most of. So also in the olio consisting
of speciality acts, songs and dancing, all of
which We're %splendidly done. Messrs. Nc
CURE & Bell are to be congratulated on
their enterprise in bringing Mr.. Isham be-
fore a Jersey City audience.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16


You are hereby notified that I have pur-
chased. for the sum OF $265 SO-100 (two hundred
and sixty-ive dollars and ninety centsl, lot
number 226. in block number 1872, on assess
ment map annexed to a report known as num-
bei' 102. made by the Commissioners Of Adj
justment in and for the City of Jersey City,
appointed by the Circuit Court of the County
of Hudson, in pursuance of Chapter liz OF the
Laws of 1856, and the supplements thereto; e.
certified copy OF which map was filed in the
office Of the City Collector of the City Of
Jersey City, on the 25th day of November, A.
D.. 1885, at q sale made by the City Collector
of said city under and by virtue of the pro-
visions of the said act, entitled AN Act con-
corning the settlement and collection of arrears
of unpaid taxes, assessments and water rates
or water rents, in cities of this State, and i'm
posing and levying a tax and assessment and
lien in lieu and instead OF such arrearages
ana enforce the payment thereof. and to pro-
vide for the sale of lands suhject to future
taxation and assessment" passed March 80.
1885, and the supplements thereto.
And you are hereby further notified thai YOU
have or claim to have an interest therein. and
unless the said lot, tract or parcel Of land
shnil be redeemed. as provided in said act.
before the expiration Of six months from and
viii be given according to the provisions OK
tho said act.
Dated January Is. 1881.
ALBERT A. FRANCK.
BY McEWAN S McEwAN.
Attorneys
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps
a generous sample will be mailed Of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate its great merit. Full size soc.
ELY BROTHERS,
IS Warren street, New York.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. i
can emphasize his statement! 1T is a posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used las directsd."-
Rev, Francis ". Poole, Pastor C4antral
Pres. Church, Helena Mona-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
Dr. Hathavvay,s New Blunder.

The Rev. DR.. Hathaway has a new
scheme for the coercion of his fellow citi-
zens He proposes that the Legislature
pass a bill compelling saloon keepers to
ave their blinds up all day Sunday, 50
that the policeman and the busybody
may see that liquor is not being sold.
Mr.. Hathaway is probably not aware
that the plan has been tried elsewhere
without the slightest effect. Just as much
rum is sold in back rooms and upstairs
rooms and cellars. 1t simply adds the
Generalization of sneaking to the quite
natural act of drinking. 1t encourages
and promotes the .'speak-easy," where
the worst sort of stuff is sold under the
most degrading conditions.
Mr.. Hathaway means well, but he is so
blinded by prejudice that he misses the
true bearings of things.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners, in
the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, on
Tuesday, February %, 1897, at two o'clock
p. NJ, for the
IMPROVEMENT OF LEONARD STREET,
from Hudson Boulevard to Nelson avenue.
- sa no , nndT;s,ens nf 70 De maze a9 eonformably
of 1895, and in accordance with specifications
on file in the Office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sureties
must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. City Hall, Jersey city, n; J
About 5000 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
About 100 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 100 cubic yards of earth filling.
About $50 cubic yards of sand or gravel fill
About 80 square yards of Belgian paving.
About 1850 Inca, feet of curb stone.
About $50 square feet of bridge stone.
About $500 square feet of tagging.
About About ! re as ! basins h heads Ids to be reset.
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
65 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor. on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment of Leonard Street" directed to the
Clerk of the Board, and handed to that officer
in open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety,
nor VIII q supstitution OF sureties pe ailoWed;
act above cited, exercise its right to reject any
or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sufficiency
by this Board, and as to form by the Corpor-
alton Counsel, the President Of this Board
having the power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. February Il, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

FOR his own sake, it is to be Iamented
that the death Of John P. st. John did
not occur a year sooner. He would then
have been lamented as an honorable and
useful citizen, whereas, now, he can only
be pitied as a foolish and mischievous
fanatic, the victim of his own error n
conceit.
Like DR.. Hathaway, st. John meant
wen, but he has left nothing behind but
injury t9 the moral sense and material
prosperity of the community which he
of fallacies and impossibilities.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
AM

"A good laugh is a wholesome thing
a y an old French writer, and # he be
sorrect the aRisjng Generation" presented
It the Academy of Music last night for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

THE success of the Republican party
by the passage of the municipal Office
steal, and the defeat of the bicycle bag
gage bill.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16

This paper is Democratic IN principles
and Is sndependent IN its uie,os on all local
questions.