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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
ronxa.. Ra,der. n, Wort.

Tollgatc raiders are at work again in
Kentucky. Monday night they burned
seven tollhouses and shot one of the
keepers who tried to save his " eff
fects. Bloodshed will inevitably result.
as the mans four brothers. all brave
men. have sworn vengeance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
ALONG THE BOWERY.
MANY QUEER PLACARDS TO
CATCH CUSTOM.


f competition is the
life of trade then
the shops along the
b o W cry should
thrive as do no 9TH
err business places
in New York, says
the New York
Journal. The in
tensity of III COM
petition is best
from the
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

II should say ! do remember IT," said
the fat man who was asked II he re.
called a certain railroad accident. Evil
liams-you remember him:-was sit.
ting In the seat ahead Of mi and was
instantly killed, poor fellow. And that
isn't all. He was telling one Of the
funniest stories I ever heard, and
though have tried ever since to find
what the end of that story was I have
never been able to run across any one
who knew."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
snss.sd tho burglar Aw.y.

An invalid In the family OF Rev. John
p. Campbell of Baltimore sneezed in
the night and scared away a burglar
Who had forced an entrance to the
Aouss through . rear window.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
HUSBAND SLEW HER.
THE TRAGIC FATE OF A PRETTY
NEW YORK WOMAN.
sold the Business Her First Husband Had
Loft Ter and Went Away with j.. M.
oordy-Body Found In = Greek u Few
Days Later.

HE body Of a we'll
young
woman was found
In Broadkill Creek,
nea Milton. Del,
the other night.
There were wounds
on the head that
indicated that she
had been murdered,
and a card In the
pocket led to her
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
How He Described IL.

Nettie-Ah. I've had a regular circus
season. Laura-What does that mean.
a success or otherwise? Nettie-It
means ! had three rings.-Pittsbura
News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
A MELANCHOLY HOME.
A VISIT TO COTTAGE OF EDGAR
ALLAN POE.
Within the Gloomy Poets Last Years
Were spent-The Building IL to Re
Removed fom Its Present site and
Preserved.
Especial letter.

HE Poe cottage at
F%ordham, N. ",
home Of Edgar Al
Ian Poe during the
last years of his
life. long left un-
noticed by the busy
world, has lately
attracted public at
t%ention. and enthu-
siastic a d m | rers
now make pilgrim
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

There are 106 kinds Of car couplers
used on United States railroads.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

MR.. TORGER o. ENDERSON.
at Rock Dell and he arranged to try
a human connection. An hour was Get
at which the operator raj to call up
the next town and at which time En-
derson was to hold the broken ends
Of the wire In his hands. The expert
ment worked all right, although Ender.
son was quite severely shocked.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
WANTS TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
A Curious Application Made to
Chancellor mcG9Il.

A curious application was made to
Chancellor McGin this morning. Judge
Allan Strong, of New Brunswick, asked
for an order of the Court requiring
August Streithoof, of New Brunswick, to
pay the tuition of his son, August, Jr.,
in a New York law school. Streithoof
and his wife nave been divorced and the
custody of the boy was awarded to his
mother, although the father was required
to provide for his education and main
tenance. Some time ago the Chancellor
made an order directing that the boy be
sent to the Pedie Institute at Hightstown.
boy was expelled from that institu-
ton and obtained a place in a law office
in New York. Now he wants to go to the
law school and his father won't furnish
the money.
William Voorhees,, who represented the
father, said that he was willing to pro-
vide for the boys education and pay his
tuition in the law school if the Chan
cellor thought it best.
The Chancellor directed that affidavits
be taken and submitted to him next week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
EAST JERSEY MUST WAIT.
Efs Claims Can.t Take Precedence
in the Water ID partgmeDt.


A great deal of nonsense and misstate-
ments nave been set adoat by a local pa
per which pretends to print the news
about the water department. Everyone
knows tina for years that department has
not been permanently a success, and there
is, of course, a deficit, but not nearly as
large as the paper declares. President
Boltwood, who is thoroughly posted in
this matter, said this morning.
The statement that the Water Depart
ment will be nearly quarter of a million
dollars behind next April is rubbish, and
we are not crawling at the feet OF the
City Treasurer to urge him to pay other
claims before the East Jersey Water Com
pany's. That official cannot pay the East
Jersey Company any money until we
first order it,"
Another yarn was that the employees at
Belleville and High Service, in eonse-
quence of the management of the Water
Department, were months in arrears OF
wages. They have all be paid up to last
month, and that amount will be forFhconl-
ing in a day or so.
An attempt was made to put a halt on
hung up certain claims which must not
take precedence of the a Jersey Water
Company's bill. That" according to an
other Commissioner, may be so because
of political affiliations, but we are not dis
mayed at that"
The East Jersey Water Company must
wait for its money, II won't receive a
penny more until after the city meters
its water and ascertains what Jersey City
really owes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
FREEBOOTER RUMORS.
No Call Out for a Regular Meeting
Reorga nfzatfon Talk.

The Freebooters were surprised on
reading in some of the morning papers
today that a special meeting was to be
held his afternoon for the purpose of
reorganizing, and Freebooter Mentally
was to be elected Director if Freebooter
Green failed to catch. There was also,
according to the stories, to be a general
shake up and a new combine, and q
variety of things.
These stories are not original with the
New York papers. They were exploited
in Hoboken first and afterwards copied by
a local sheet. AS a matter of fact no
special meeting has been called for to-
day for the purpose of -reorganizing or
doing anything else. Clerk Wooley says
that five days notice for q special meet
ing must be given and he has not been
requested to send out any notice.
The regular meeting will be held on
Thursday, not for reorganization or
carrying out a new deal, but for the
transaction of regular business. Under
the ruling of the Supreme Court in the
case of Clayton VS.. Green, the organiza-
ton effected a year ago continues for
two years, and that ruling holds unless
the Court OF Errors and Appeals, which
now has the question under consideration,
rayarSaS il
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06

TO JACOB BERTSCHMANN, AMELIA
Bertschmann, his wife; George H. Watson,
Annie T. Watson, his wife; Banque Cantonale
gildo Paladine, Emanuel Gerli. Joseph Ratti,
Victory SILK Mill and the Bergen Hill Pleasure
Ground Associations
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City on
the 18th day of October, 1884, purchased f9r
lars and sixty-nine cents ALL the land and
real estate situate in Jersey City, in the Coun-
ing on Nelson avenue (new known as The
Hudson County Public Road, which is laid
a.. in block number nine hundred and twenty
four (924), upon an assessment map annexed
to a report made by "Commissioners or Al
fhe Circuit Court of the County of Hudson,
a certified copy of which report and map was
sav citv" on the nth day of March, 1898, said
report and map and said sale being made pur-
suant to the provisions of an act Of the Legis-
lature of New Jersey, passed Marcn Sulh,
.sSo, Act concerning the settlement and col
lection Of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
easements and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing ana
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
And the several supplements tnereto.
And you are further notified that you ap5
near to have an estate or interest In said
pei ~ real estate, and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as provided
IN sdnu from and after the service hereof, a
aaed for the same will be given conveying to
ne purchaser the fee simple OF said land and
Int astate according to the provisions of the
sa nata aG', Jersey city, n. y, November 4, 1897.
lac" JOHN EDELsTEIN.
jersey City, n. j.,
rsrsev Title Guarantee & Trust Co,
I1 Att Hg@ and Agent for Purchaser. Jersey
City, N. j. NJ Aeo7
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
CLUBBER NEARLY DEAD.
Martin Faint From the Bull
let OF the Policeman Morn,

let of the Policeman Morn.
Martin Connors, who, it is alleged, with
the assistance of Martin Brown, nearly
dubbed Policeman Daniel Moran to death
in Bayonne on October Is, was arraigned
in the General Sessions Court this morn
ing to plead to an Indictment for atrocious
assault and battery. Connors was shot
during the ARRAY and has been in the
Bayonne hospital since then.
The physicians at the hospital decided
yesterday that he was sufficiently conva
descent to be removed to the County Jail
and he was taken there yesterday. To-
day four Constables carried him up into
the court room. He pleaded not guilty
Lawyer Connolly, of Elizabeth, who
bears a striking resemblance to Speaker
Tom Reed, asked that bail be fixed in a
reasonable 3 amount. He aid that his
client ought to be released in order that
he might receive proper medical treat
ment. Judge Hudspeth fixed the bail at
81, 900. but no bondsman had appeared up
to the time the Court adjourned. Police
mar Moran was unconscious for several
hours after he had been dubbed and for
of.
Four prisoners made application for trial
in Special Sessions and all of them plead
ed not guilty. They were:-Walter King,
breaking into William ThOmpson'S house
in North Bergen, on December 3; George
Snead, a negro, atrocious assault ana
battery on James Tif1n, foreman in the
United States Express stables, on October
IS; Joseph Burch, larceny of a gold watch
from William Fisher on November 80, and
Thomas Kirby, atrocious assault and bat
terry on Hattie Fagley on December 1. The
defendants will be tried on Thursday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
BLES' MEMORIAL DAY.
Impressive Services in the Der.
gen Reformed Church
Who Were There.

Yesterday was appointed, by the Grand
Lodge of the Benevolent Protective On
der of Elks, for the holding of the annual
memorial services, when the roll would
be called, the departed brothers noted,
eulogies of the dead pronounced and
words of coincidence spoken to their rela-
tives and friends.
Jersey City Lodge. No. I'll. invited its
friends to participate in the memorial
services at the Bergen Reformed Church,
yesterday afternoon. Long before 2:3O
o'clock, the hour set for the commence
ment Of the exercises, the commodious
edihce was t%hronged with an expectant
multitude. BY the time the hour arrived
the crowd. elamoring for admission, be-
came SO great that the doors were closed,
1t being impossible to admit more. Men
and women of all stations in life were in
the great throng. which listened TO the
beautiful, interesting and impressive cere-
monies.
The pulpit of the church was beautifully
decorated with cut-f1owers, palms, ferns
and potted plants. The ushers were:-
County Register George 3. Fielder. Jas.
T.. Earle, ex-Coroner William II. Mead,
Deputy County Clerk edward Gritten
tAAAa - > u 49,
Representatives of the order were pres
ent from Paterson, Passaic, Newark,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Wash
ington, st. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta, Ga,
and many other places. j. Leslie Gossin
came from Cincinnati, where he was
playing with his company, to participate
in the services.
The services began with an organ vol
untary by Louis B.. Dressler. Not a
sound was heard in the crowded room as
Exalted Ruler Milton Roblee impressive
ly read the death roll and announced the
passing to the great beyond since the
last annual gathering of Brothers Chas.
F. Hamant, Matthew Higgins, Anthony
s. Diller, Edward MCGUIRE, Timothy j.
Murphy and John ". Churchill.
The Rev. j. l.. Scudder, pastor of the
Tabernacle, offered prayer, and the ia
miliar and beautiful hymn, Abide With
Me-" was suns by the Elks' Quartette.
The eulogy was ~touchingly delivered by
p. G. E. r. Brother Arthur c. Moreland.
Then followed a solo, SALIVA Regina" by
Mrs. M. Ayres. Brother William Cum
bingham spoke on "Brotherly Love-" Mr..
Henry N. Morgan, Jr., sang THE
Palms" Brother J. Leslie Gossin's beau
tiful contribution to the exercises, I'm
Remembrance which was interspersed
by singing by the Elks' Quartette, was
most effective. Brother Chas. H.. Smith
sang, Show Me Thy Way, o Lord" and
the quartette rendered Nearer My God
to Thee" All Joined in the Doxology,
after hic the Benediction was pro-
nounced by the pastor of the church, the
Rev. Cornelius Brett. With the organ
finale, by Louis r. Dressler, the assem-
blage dispersed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
" BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS

arrives Buffalo $3.50 P. M Pullman Vestib9le
Day Coaches and Parlor Cars. Dining Cal
Service. Meals a la carte. Connects at But.
falo with through sleepers TO Detroit and
Chicago.
1856 P. NJ. daily. except Sunday, for MAUCH
CHUNK and intermediate points.
l29 P. NJ, Sunday only, for EASTON
MAUCH CHUNK and Coal Branches.
1853 P. NJ. daily except Sunday, for Wilkes
BARRE, PITTSToN, SCRANTON and princi-
nal intermediate stations. Connects for all
points III coal regions. Chair Car to WILKES
barre.
4:22 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for WILKE
BARRE, PTTTSTON, and priaci-
points in coal regions. Pullman Buffet Parler
4ss P. M. daily, except Sunday. for MAUeH
CHUNK and intermediate stations. Chair Car
% ga P. NJ. daily. for EAsToN and interme-
ia p NJ. daily for BUFFALO, NIAGARA
FALLS and all points West. Pullman Sleeper
vestibule Train, New YORK 10 chicago. Steep
s.4s P. M. daily, except Sunday, ~stoppins
only at SOUTH PLAINFIELD T
RETHLEHEM. MAUCH CHUNK, L. & E.
nTNCTTON. SAYRE, GENEVA, ROCHESTER.
pATAVIA. BUFFALO and TORONTO. Pull
D. ciaenar for Buffalo. None but Sleeping
- nossepgers carried. No baggage carried.
o.19 p NJ. daily for ITHACA,
BUFFALO, ALL
anG All points West. Pullman Sleeper to It'll
AGA.
xor HOUND BROOK and intermediate points,
~ as follows: s:45, 1880 Sundays oniy),
~ 20 A M; 2:44 and SAG P. NJ.
tickets and Pullman accommodation ct
psnnsvIyania Railroad Depot.
n Y. Transfer Co, will call for and check
Massage from hotel or residence through to
5av+ioattOn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
Jersey city. N. j., November %. 1891
NOTICE TO

NOllCE IL OOHN1
Sealed proposals will be received by the
BOARD of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, December 10, i SSs ar lwo the CIV
P. NJ, in the Assembly Nnan :" ~
AND CLEANING STREETS AND
OF ASHES AND
from the streets Of Jersey City, for the term
ending November 80, 1898, in accordance with
sneciTcations on file in the office of the Clerk
of said Board.
tias must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N. j.
Proposals are invited on the Following ltens'
rs For the removal of ashes and garbage.
f21 For the sweeping and cleaning Of and
removal of dirt, ETC., from the streets. includ-
ing brick and asphalt streets; also viaducts.
bidder may, if he so desires, submit a
,ronosition on either or both of the foregoing
items. but each item will be considered sepa-
rately.
contract for one or both items or to reject
any or all proposals submitted if it considers
that the best interests of the city can be con-
M city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
yelopes, endorsed Proposals for Street Clean
ing etc directed to MIR. Ferd. Heintze,
Chairman of the Committee on Streets and
Sewers and handed to the Clerk OF the
Board in open meeting when called FOR IN the
order of business relating to sealed proposals;
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract snail be
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to suficieney
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board Of Street and Water
WIN. A. FOLSOM.
Clerk pro tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
LEGAL NOTICES


TO JACOB BERTscHMANN, AMELIA
Annie T.. Watson, his wife; Banque Cantonale
Vaudoise, The Bank of Montreal, Ermene-
gildo Paladine, Emanuel Gerli. Joseph Ratti
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of October. 1894, 1 purchased for
the sum Of eleven hundred and one dollars and
twenty-three cents ALL the land and real
Of Hudson and State Of New Jersey, fronting
on Lincoln street, which is laid down and
designated as lots twenty-nine to thirty-two
(29 to 32), in block number nine hundred and
twenty-four (92D, upon an assessment map an,
nexed to a report made by Commissioners OF
by the Circuit Court of the County of Hud-
son, a certified copy of which report and map
" was IsT filed civ II the on f 3he 17t q d 1ne Of SiI March eGlie fsss,
said report and map and said sale being made
pursuant to the provisions of an act OF the
Legislature of New Jersey, passed March Goth,
1886, entitled
can Act concerning the settlement and coll
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
in cities of this State, and imposing and
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"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you APP
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 provided
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 purchaser the fee simple of said land and
real estate according to the provisions of the
dated Jersey City, N. j., November a, 1897.
JOHN EDELSTEIN,
Jersey City, N. J.,
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
Attorney and Agent for Purchaser. Jersey
(sale No. 4sOo.)
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06

Notice is hereby given that on the Esd day of
November. 1897, the Commissioners of Assess
n,ent filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Roard of Street @and Water Commissioners
.heir anal assessment map and report for the
IMPROVEMENT OF DANFoRTH AVENUE,
batween ocean avenue and Garfield avenue. by
nav;nr with asphalt, repaving, laying new 20
incb curb. r~esetting curb, %cribbing. relaying
bridge stone and Tagging.
Proceedings taken in accordance with Sec
ton 5. Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1891, and
~ same is now open to public inspection in
the once of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
s+rset or avenue or particular section thereof
ss included in said assessment, namely
" aDANFORTH AVENUE.
And that the 9th day OF December, 1897, at
. o,cioel, P. M, and the Assembly Chamber
of the city Hall are hereby fixed as the time
and Mace when and where the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners will meet to hear,
consider and adjudicate upon all objections to
said assessment and report.
All objections thereto must be presented in
writing. - $3.50
WIN. A. ToLsoN,
Clerk pro tenn.
~f1 xo,,t o.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
QUEER SORT OF YOUNG FAKE.
Has Either Travelled n Lot or Read
Jack Harknway S~lnd1OusIy.


Richard James Vincent, the hoy globe
~trotter,' who alleges that he has travelled
around the world, arrived in Hoboken
Sunday night on his way to Buffalo, N.
Y, where he says he intends to publish
a book Of his wanderings. Vincent left
New York In the summer of 1893, when
only twelve years old and claims that he
has visited almost every country on the
earth.
During all my travels" he said to a
reporter for 1.-THE News" 81 have not
touched or used one piece of money. 1t
may seem strange to Many, but il is a
fact. l set out to show the world that it
was possible for a boy to travel around
the earth without a cent n I have ac-
complishod my undertaking. My scrap
book of clippings and autographs proves
what 1 claim. l left New York in 1898 on
the steamer Augusta Victoria of the
Hamburg-American line and have been
wandering ever since. / always travelled
first class. My letters and autographs
which l gathered as l went removed all
difficulty in getting first class transporta-
ton without any money whatever.
1T was only in such places as the in
terror of China where I did not under
stand the language that I met with
trouble In China I went without a
square meal for five months. On one
occasion / called upo a mandarin ana
was invited to q meat breakfast. When
l had finished a hearty meal | gathered
up the bones on the dining table to feed
dog which l always brought with
me. To my surprise the servants IN
formed me that l had Toasted on my
companion. They thought that had
brought the dog as a present and Killed
and cooke him SO that 1 could partake
of the feast.
while going through India I had the
best time of all. You ought to see how
/ was treated. Nothing was too good
for me. The Maharajahs or Kings who
govern the different sections of the coun-
try thought that l was the son OF some
big ruler of the whites. They could not
understand where l came from or my Nd
iect in travelling so I let them think what
they may. | got letters of introduction
from one Maharajah to another and was
given all he coolies | wished to aid me IN
my travels. The Maharajahs called the
coolies dogs. When 1 reached the foot of
Mt. Everest Sourmadromahan TABOR, the
Maharajah of DarJeeling gave me the
services of IS coolies to climb to the top
of the mountain, a feat which / thought
I could accomplish although it is said no
one ever got up further than 5000 feet.
The mount is 5000 feet above sea level.
When | was up 10, 900 feet all my coolies
deserted me. 1 continued on until the
blood oozed from my ears, nose and from
under my finger nails, when l was obliged
to return. l claim that | was up 10000
feet, which is higher than any living be-
ing was ever known to reach.
"Qumarramassar-Malish the Maharajah
of Zenaindoor Bengal, supplied me with
500 coolies to go from Couch Bohare
through the wilds of Tirehoot to the
I am through travelling now and intend
to settle down to a quiet life"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-06
DEATH WITH WAGES.
Charles Biever Drops Bond After Re-
csfutnu EHts VA eexss NXa0es.

While calling upon his employer to re-
ceive his weeks wages Charles Biever,
81 years old, a German house painter, of
No. 313 Madison street, Hoboken, dropped
dead on Saturday night.
Biever was in the employ of Claus Won
der Leith, a boss painter, of No. 400
Washington street. He called at Won der
Leith's home about nine o'clock on Satur-
day night, and after his employer had
given him the money due him for mis- SER
vices he remained a short time chatting
about business.
When he started to'leave the house ne
suddenly staggered and fell on the floor.
Won der Leith picked him up and dis
covered that he was unconscious. BE-
fore a physician could be summoned
Biever was dead, It is believed his death
was due to heart disease. He leave a
wife and three children.