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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30

These odds are regarded as more closely
indicative of public feeling than any that
have been posted before.
The "World's" fund for a monument to
Henry George reached $115O within ten
hours after his death was generally
known. In even less time mourning but
tons appeared on the lapels of the dead
economists supporters, replacing the more
gaudy emblems the campaign has made
familiar.
A notice addressed to the friends of
Henry George was sent today to every
corner of the city. It follows
'The committee having in charge the
funeral ceremonies in honor of the great
Democrat and philosopher, Henry George,
present the following offer of services =
From sunrise on Sunday, October 81,
till sunset of the same day, the body of
our great leader will lay in state in the
Grand Central Palace, on Lexington ave-
nue. and Forty third street, in order that
the people for whom Henry George lived
and died may pass and take a last look
at the man who fought their battles for
quarter of century. and went willing
ly to his death in order that liberty, equal
ity and justice might prevail.
'sUshers will be present to direct the
people in their passage before the plat
form upon which the body will rest.
Every one who feels the nobility and sim
gle-heartedness of Henry Georges life
work is invited to be present at this cere-
mony.
During the afternoon, beginning at s
o'clock the funeral services and ora
tons will take place.
I'm view of the great number OF people
IN n or
deared during his life, the committee in
charge of the ceremonies has decided to
hold the funeral at an hour when all
will be free to pay their last tribute of
respect.
Grand Central Palace at o'clock on
Sunday evening. and proceed BY route
to be announced later. via the Bridge, to
the Brooklyn City Hall. In this infor-
NAL procession every friend and admirer
of Henry George, irrespective of creed or
party is invited to take part. The COM
mittee earnestly desires that no torches
or transparencies be displayed. Banners,
without notices, designating the organiz-
ations, may be carried.
''All labor or other organizations intend
ing to take part IN the procession of Sun
day evening will please communicate at
once to John Brisben Walker, chief mar
shall, Union Square Hotel"
Scores of organizations of workingmen
sent delegates to the Union Square Hotel
today to announce that they wished to
join IN the funeral procession. Ihey
were received by Mr.. Thomas L. John
son, and in the instructions given to them
they were asked not to carry banners or
transparancies be ring anything but the
names of their orr aizations.
The manner in which Mrs. George is
bearing up under the s-rain of her grief
She has remained hes she body nearly
every hour since deatii came upon her
husband. She has NOT wept since the
great outburst of grief, but has stood
with the fearless eyes of greater sorrow
at the black-draped casket.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
THB ENGLISH COTTON STRIKE.
ssPan Mall Gazette, Says 1t Will At
feet 200, 900 Person ma aad Cost 97O,OE

IBy Cable to The Associated Press.
LONDON. Oct 80 1s97.--The "Pan Mall
Gazette" this afternoon, commenting
upon the threatened strike of the cotton
operatives throughout the North of Eng
land, says the lockout will affect 100000
persons, adding that the strike will last
for months, entail the loss of e70, 200. 600
($35o, ,eO0, ,0o0) and mean the ruin of the
cotton industry.
Continuing, the .'Pall Mall Gazette re-
Marks
1.-THE worst of it is that Lancashire is
cutting its own throat and supplying tex
tile machinery to its rivals. The cotton
goods trade is already shut off in the
United States by prohibitive tariffs, and
Lancashire is supplying Canada with ma
chinery almost sufficient to supply her
own requirements, while India and China
are fast beating it out of the neutral
markets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
WOLOOTT SAILS FOR HOME.
Reached London Yesterday After n
Mysterious Flying Visit 10 Paris.

[By Cable to The Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 80, 1Ss7.-The Cunard
Line steamer Campania, which sails from
this port for New York today, has on her
passenger list the names of Senator Ed
ward o. Wolcott, of Colorado, chairman
of the United States Monetary Commits
sion, and Mrs. Wolcott, and General
Charles Jackson Paine, of Massachusetts.
of the Monetary Commission. and Mrs.
Paine.
The chairman Of Me United States Mon
etary Commission, Senator Edward o.
Wolcott, of Colorado, arrived in London
from Paris yesterday evening, on his way
back to the United States. The Senator's
visit to the French capital is classed as
being mysterious, as he had written to
the United States Ambassador to France,
General Horace Porter. saying that he
would not return to Paris but would pro-
ceed direct to America.
The French Government, it is under
stood, is not inclined to take any further
steps in the matter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
MHALLYs MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

John McNally. 81 years old. OF aender
son street. driver employed by Street
Contractor Henry Byrne, narrowly es-
capped being ground to pieces on the Jer-
sey avenue crossing of the Erie Railroad
yesterday evening. He was driving a
cart over the crossing when an east
bound passenger train struck him. The
cart was wrecked and the horse knocked
down and slightly injured. McNally was.
thrown from his seat directly in front of
the engine. He rolled off the tracks in
time to save his life His left arm and
leg were broken. He was taken to ST.
Francis Hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
DISASTROUS Hay RIDE.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, Oct. 80, 1897.
During a hay ride last night, wagon
containing thirteen couples was upset and
all the members of the party were more
or less injured. Five were dangerously
hurt. Their names are:-
Nettie Adams, skull fractured; reported
to be dying.
May Simpson, hurled against the curb
stone and unconscious for several hours;
may not recover.
William McNaughton
Edward Sheppard.
Washington Bell, colored, driver, leg
broken and otherwise injured.
The party was composed of young peo-
pie ranging in age from II to 20 years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
MARINE BANDS LEADER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. &c. 1Ss7.-Trouble is
being experienced by the Navy Depart
ment in its effort to find really capable
leader for the Marine Band to succeed
Fanciulli The leader of the Naval Acad-
emy Band, Prof. Charles A. Zimmerman,
who was selected for the succession, has
declined on the ground that the an
nounced decision of the Department to
stop the fbandsmen from accepting outside
engagements will make 1t impossible to
maintain the band at its present high
standard as first class musicians cannot
live upon the small compensation allowed
for an enlisted man.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
Ncnualto the sftuattop.

Down in the rural district It happened
that the Mean Man invited the preacher
to dinner The Mean Man had plenty of
money, but ne didn't spend il ON his table,
which, on the occasion, showed but scant
fare.
.sParson," said the Mean Man, times
air hard an groceries high; but, sch as it
is, you're welcome. win you ak a bless
il, pr
II wlI" replied the Parson. s.Fold
your hands," And then he said:
ssLord, make us thankful for what we
are about to receive--for these greens,
without bacon, this bread, without salt,
this coffee, without sugar; and. after we
have received It, give thy servant
Atlanta Constitution.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
EARTHQUAKE IN BOHEMIA

[By Cable to The Associated Press.1
BERLIN, Oct 80, 1S97.-Despatche re-
ceived here from Graslitz. a town of Bo-
hemia, nineteen miles from Eyer, an
nounce that earthquake Shocks aeccusS
panied by thunder-like rumblings, have
been terrifying the Inhabitants of that
place and it's vicinity since yesterday
evening.
prevailed almost uninterruptedly since
Friday evening Eight of the shocks
were especially violent and many families
are leaving the place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
WENT AWAY TO DIE.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, October 80.
1S97.-The woman who killed herself and
her boy in the Windsor Hotel at Syracuse
yesterday afternoon was Mrs. Louise
Peek, of this city. Her husband is living,
but the couple separated some time ago.
She left Schenectady last Wednesday
noon, and before going she told a friend
not to be surprised If she heard she was
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
QUEER ACCIDENT ON a TREsTLB

of No. 5S1 Grove street, this city, was
walking along the trestle Of the North
Hudson County Railway, near the Hobo
ken Ferry yesterday, car came sudden
" behind him. He jumped to avoid being
struck, and knocked his chin against the
trestle breaking all the. teeth in his lower
law and badly cutting his face. He was
attended by DR.. Simon at Police Head
quarters, and taken to st. Francis Hospi-
tai
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
BODY WASHED ASHORE. !.

NEW YORK, Oct. 80, 1ss7.-There was
washed ashore last night at Clifton, S. T.,
the body of Mills H. Landon, a thirty
second degree Mason. who had been miss
ing since Thursday from his home in
Brooklyn. The body bore no marks in
dicating the cause of death.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30

prominent citizens among them. One was
who has been voter in Mercer county
for eighteen years, but who now claims
q residence in this city. His address y
the Hotel Washington. Another promi-
nent citizen who was unable to register
on any of the regular days of registry
was Judge Robert S. Hudspeth me
next to arrive was DIR. w. w. varlck
Certificates were granted to all Of them.
The Board will remain in session until five
o'clock this afternoon and will be IN
session all day next Tuesday, Eieclion
Day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
THANKS FOB SYMPATHY.


IBy Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, Oct. 80, ss7.-Queen Victoria
telegraphs this morning to the United
States Ambassador, Colonel John Hay,
saying:
II thank you most truly for your kind
message Of coincidence.
"(Signed) VICTORIA R.. II
Her Majesty's message refers to the
Ambassador S expression of sympathy up
on the death on Wednesday last of the
Duchess of Teck, cousin OF Queen Vic
toria and mother-in-law of the Duke Of
York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
DEFICIT RECORD,
lFrom This Mornings "Tribune.

[From This Mornings "Tribune."]
Customs receipts reported from WASH
ington today were $2SS,SsS, internal rev.
enue receipts 1926, AL, and the miscellan-
eous receipts SIS, 1888; total Government re-
ceipts for the day, 1891, ,17s; expenditures,
900; excess of expenditures, s247, 1927.
Receipts for the month to date. $23,395. 645;
expenditures, 1924, 900; excess of expen-
ditures. 50. .545,355 Receipts for fiscal year
to date, s1os, 4s7, ,462; expenditures, 1885,
ri; excess of expenditures. s3S, ,561, ,so9.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
PERUVIAN CABINET RESIGNS.


EBy Cable to The Associated Press
LIMA, Peru. Oct. 80, 1S97.-It became
known today that the reports which have
been current here for some days past, to
the effect that the Peruvian Cabinet had
resolved to tender its resignation, were
founded on fact and it is now definitely
announced that the Cabinet has resigned
on account of the vote of censure which
Congress proposed to pass upon the Gov
eminent on account of its failure to pro-
mulgate various measures passed by the
special session of Congress- last year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
CONTRACTOR WANTS MONEY.
Foundations for School No. 26 VIII
Cast More Than Expected.

Cast More Than Expected.
Mayor Hoos went to Graham street and
the Boulevard this morning TO ascertain
what progress Contractor Hackett is
making with Public School No. 2e. The
contractor has excavated for the founda-
ton and has found that there is moth
ing but made ground there, totally unfit
for foundation to be built upon. In
asmuch as more excavation is required
than was specified. the contractor is OPP
posed to going ahead unless guaranteed
that he will receive extra compensation
Mayor Hoos will call the attention of
the Board of Education to the trouble
SO that arrangements may be made to
have work on the new building proceed
ed with
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
.BLANC0 IN CUBA.


[By Gable to The Associated Pressl
MADRID. Oct. 80. 1ss7.-An official de-
spatch from Havana received today an
nounces that Marshal Blanco, the new
Captain-General of Cuba, has arrived
there and has taken over the command
of that island from General Weyler. the
retiring Captain General.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
FEVER FIGURES.

NEW ORLEANS, October so 1Ss7.-At
10 o'clock today the oBard of Health re
ported two new cases and five deaths up
to that hour.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30

DIED.

HURST.-On Thursday morning. October
2S, 1897. Harold Vincent, only child OF
J.. Willis and Ada Belle Hurst, aged
months.
Funeral on Saturday, October 20. at
eight P. M, at No. II Atlantic street
October 81.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Oot 80, 1Ss7-The iocsf
for thirty-six hours ending eight p. M.
Sunday:-Fair tonight and sunday; sta-
tonary temperatures: northeriy winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
EdIu,xRS OFFAOr

--Stores. factories ard institutions can nv.
get their supplies as good rs any N, ( ASass
can serve them Complete STOCK. low pric,s.
at p. f. Cleary & Co.'S wholesale grocery
stores. MQntgomery and Gresne sts1sts
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
HENRY GEORGES heirs.
Popular Opinion Thinks the
Bulk of His Vote Goes to
Van Wyek--The Lying
in-State.

NEW YORK, October 3o 1Ss7.-All has
been said that need be of the effect on the
result of Mr.. Georges death-namely, that
it is in doubt with the probabilities in
favor of greater accessions to Tammany
than to either of the other parties. head
ed respectively by Low and Tracy. The
betting is an index of this. and the latest
ol1ot ations are as follows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
a Judges Powers.

A Judge may be very taciturn, and yet
be a man Of many sentences.
Pure blood is absolutely necessary for per-
feet health Hoods Sarsaparilla is the one
fr,,s blood purifier, and great health giver.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
BEAT EXPRESS GREED.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 80, 1Ss7-In or
der to facilitate the settlement of the
estate of the late James G. Fair, the
executors recently obtained an order of
court permitting the transfer Of 81, 900 600
in bonds from New York to this city.
Wells, Fargo & Company demanded
nearly $1,000 expressage on the bonds,
which amount the executors decided to
save. Accordingly, the bonds were placed
in three dress-suit cases and in care of
w. #. Marshal and Charles p. Neal, were
brought across the continent on the or
dinary passenger trains The precious
baggage was carefully guarded, but its
value was not known and no attempt at
robbery was made.
Call at Auctioneers office, NO. So Montgom-
cry street, anA get book map of property to
be sold November TO- located in the Pavonia
section Mr.. Frank Stevens will conduct the
sale, which will be held in st. Michaels Han,
Erie and Tenth streets. at one F. NJ sharp,
rain or shine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
NEW RESTAURANT DOWN TOWN

Jersey City has long wanted restaur-
ant in the lower part of the city, where
excellent meals could be obtained at rea-
sonable rates. Such a need has now been
supplied by that popular restaurateur,
James H. Babeock. who has reopened the
Imperial No S Exchange place. The din
ing room has been refurnished and fitted
with every convenience found in a first
class restaurant. Great attention has
been paid to the cuisine, Mr.. Babcocksen-
deavoring to give his patrons the best
that the market can produce With quick
service, excellent cooking and low pTices
the venture must undoubtedly meet with
success.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30

Business MEMS Table q 'IIote "a u > r. NJ
Taylor's Hotel No.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28
THE LABOR UNIONS.

Boston printers will be assessed one
per cent. of their earnings for the un-
employed
Buffalo bricklayers successfully re-
sisted IN attempt to revive the nine
hour day.
The Toledo Painters and Decorators
union has trebled its membership with
in a year.
The International Printing Press
mems union will hold it's annual con-
vention in Detroit on Jurs 10 to IS, and
about 100 delegates are expected ODE
present.
The unions of Tennessee have secured
the passage OF law by the legislature
of that state copyrighting and protect
ing union labels from imitation and
counterfeit.
a Cleveland iron works has abolished
Saturday work, owing to the Saturday
half holiday Inv. The company says
1t does not pay to heat up the furnace
for five hours work.
A discharged organist was popular
with the choir OF the First Methodist
church of Waltham. Mass, SO the sing
ers struck for his reinstatement. The
organist was given his position ut once.
The labor commissioner of California
has gone to Hawaii, with the view of In
vestigating the feasibility of supplying
the islands with white labor, to sup
plant the Japs and Chinese now en-
ployed.
The international bureau of shoe
makers in Zurich, Switzerland. recent
" issued a call to shoemakers Of all
countries to send delegates to the in
ternational congress to be held in Brus-
sells, Belgium, June 6. American dele
gates will be present.
The international Union of Cigar
makers is contemplating an issue of
100000 packs of playing cards bearing
on their reverse side q facsimile of the
familiar blue label. If the plan is car
ried through the cards will be put be-
fore the public through the local
unions.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28
OF INTEREST 70 WOMEN.

The most popular bracelet 4 flexible,
being In gold chain pattern with gems
get In 1t intervals.
Never use water that 3 not pertectly
fresh Water that has been standing
over night in bedroom. kitchen; Of
any apartment should be thrown out,
for floating germs have settled In It,
and It Is dangerous to health to make
use Of II. Tea and coffee should always
be made with fresh water.
Mrs. Leayitt's violet farm at Meadow
brook pays her handsome dividends.
Beginning with one small giass-coyered
pit, she now has dozen large green
houses and Is not able to I'LL all her or
ders. even with these. The yiolets are
exquisite in size. color and fragrance,
the single ones being as large as small
I, pansies.
The legislators of the Argentine Re
public have introduced . law which says
that after the first day Of January, 1897,
every male from the age of 20 to so
shall pay monthly tax till he mar
ries. Celibates OF either sex who with
out legitimate motives reject the adj
dresses of him or her who may aspire
to her or his hand must pay the sumof
500 piasters for the benefit of the person
refused.
Nervous prostration is almost as fash
ionable now as the grip. The inyete-
rate ''tear goer. who has averaged three
or four of those exhaustng functions
in an afternoon. with concert, q read
ing and dinner party thrown in at
night, stands in need of relief. The doc
tors recommend travel. The prcscrip-
ton costs five dollars. but to fill 1t out
would be SO expensive that it is deemed
best to keep on with nervous prcstra-
ton" at home.
Mrs. Clara ONO, well-known as a
western cowboy" died recently OF her
home in Perry, o. T. She was a famous
woman in her part of the country, and
she claims to have killed five men dur
ing her wild and wool.y career" on the
plains. Mrs. ONO was born in New
York city, but when a child removed
with her parents to Kansas. In hand
to-hand encounter with desperate in
Little Bucktail canyon. near Butte.
Mont, she killed him by shooting him
with a pistol.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28
FACTS ABOUT GREECE.
has n nonnlation of :. 1s7. 2os.

1t has population of 2,1s7,2os.
1t is called "Hellns" by the people.
No part of Greece is 40 miles from the
sea or ten from the hills.
About one-half of the population are
asriculturists and shepherds.
1t has IN area OF 24,9T7 square miles.
1t is the only country in the world
whose armies are provided with the
Gras guns and paper-covered cart
ridges.
The Greek flag is white cross on a
blue ground-the Bayarian color and
the Greek cross.
Greece is more thickly populated
than any other country in Europe, with
the exception of Sweden and Prussia.
1t has few rivers and many hills.
None of the former is nav;gable, and
many of the latter are fortified.
Its present boundary limits were de-
termined by an arrangement among
Great Britain, France, Russia and Tur-
key, concluded ut Constantinople on
July 81, 1852.
Only about 10000 of the inhabitants
speak any language other than Greek,
and only about 10000 profess any re-
ligion other than the orthodox.
The chief characteristics of the aver
age Greek are his inquisitiveness, fond
ness for excitement, love Of discussion,
desire for knowledge, an aptitude for
learning and aggressive patriotism.
The climate has two striking pecul-
iarities-the heat in summer and the
cold in winter are far more intense than
those of any other country in the world
living in the same latitude. Cell once
remarked that in travelling through
the Morca in March he found Summer
in Messenia, spring in Laconia and win-
ter in Arcadia, without having moved
beyond q radius of so miles"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28

Choice seed oats, all kinds OF
grass seeds. salt and fertilizers
for sale by AMOS PAYNE. ls-tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28

"Appoint your committees, Mr.. Reed,
and LET the house go to work. !" advises
the Chicago Times Herald (Rep).
"Two great subjects are now pressing
upon the house for consideration. One
is the bankruptcy bill and the other is
currency reform
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28
An Unsafe Currency Basis.

Something should be done to place
the currency of the country on uni
form basis The constant reissue of the
greenba:ks us often rs received by the
treasury department is an anomaly in
finance. -Vicksburg (Aiiss.) Post.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-28

It Is painful to be forced to unmask a
man who has been so long held up as
the exponent Of Democratic doctrine,
but q stern sense Of duty to the free sill
yer and spoils Democracy Of the present
compels us to portray him in his true
colors. It Is not right that he should re-
ceiye the enthusiastic laudations Of
Chicago platform Democrats when he
was false to nearly every one of the
great and glorious principles which
they formulated in 1896. What right
had jefferson to pose as Democrat,
anyhow? What pretensions to Democ-
racy had a man who. actually believed
in applying business principles and
common sense to national affairs, who
had old fashioned ideas about the So
credness of obligations, who demone-
tized silver when he saw 1t was neces-
sary for the public good and who was
civil service reformer.
Logically the only thing for the free
silver Democrats to do is. to denounce
Mr.. jefferson instead Of praising him
and to adopt resolutions reciting his
various glaring heresies and formally
reading him out OF tha party, for it is
absolutely certain that il the Chicago
platform is to be taken Us the expression
Of true Democratic doctrine Thomas
jefferson was not Democrat md must
descend from his pedestal as the father
Of mocracy.-Baltimore Sun.