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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18

gers impede the work of the Custom
House ~searchers.
It is difficult to imagine a more abso-
mtely wanton and detestable interfer-
enee with personal rights and private
convenience than this. The custom OF
meeting arriving friends Is q natural ana
genial one, which should have the fullest
qualification. When the arriving parties
are women. the aid Of a husband, e
brother or a son is often most valuable
il not necessary in running the gauntlet
of the Chinese Wal officials with whom
We SO preposterously guard our ports,
The act Of pleasure or necessity is easily
performed at present, when a man can
have notification sent him from the tele-
graph company of the arrival Of the
steamer and then just take a car and get
TO the pier in time to meet the vessel
as she comes up the Bay. But now the
proliminaries win take about half a day.
One must go to the steamship office for
a ticket. Then one must go to the Gus
tom House, to have it eountersigned- As
there are sure TO be thousands Of ap-
plications for every teamer day. and as
the Custom House is always a busy place,
one may have to stand in line an hour
to get the necessary signature.
And what is the public gain after al2
If the number of receiving friends is to
be limited. the outrage is deeply intensi-
fed. If there is to be no restriction. the
Government gains only the additional
trouble and expense of endorsing the
tickets.
what is it all for, anyway? For the
convenience of our well paid, soft-snap
tide walters?
Was there yer a greater outrage on
common sense?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
Mr.. Pratt stil1 More vindicated.

In addition to the letter which we pub
lished on Saturday, we are IN receipt of
a second communication from Mr.. Julius
Pratt, in reply to our editorial on the
Engineering Records recent water eff
fusion. In this letter. he takes exception
to our description of him as a defeated
and disappointed bidder HOY can I
be- he asks, when l have had no con-
nection with any contractor or bidder for
j. c. water supply?7
Mr.. Pratt is a gentleman for whom we
lave a high respect, and whatever he
says we accept without question. When
he says he has a no connection with
any contractor or bidder, we regard his
statement as final.
But in doing so, We cannot help ex-
pressing our surprise. We were most
strongly impressed with the idea that he
was financially interested in the recent
0'Brien. sheehan, Mclean and Rodgers
bid, which was rejected by the Street
and Water Board as not being in con-
forfnity with the specifications. We even
thought that Mr. Pratt appeared before
the Street and Water Board in its inter-
est and managed a trip Of inspection
over the proposed locality of the plant.
But Mr.. Pratt says. Cannot a man
advocate a plan in the interest of the
city without being subjected to the charge
of self-interest?' We reply: OF course he
can, but he is liable to be misapprehend-
ed when he does it with such promotional
zeal as Mr.. Pratt recently appeared to
us to display.
However, we are sorry to have misun-
derstood his position-though we can see
nothing d~ishonorable in the position of a
conscientious bidder for a city contract
and we beg to offer him such apologies
as may be requisite to obliterate our
error from his memory.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
OCEAN IS FOR GARDNER.
Millionaire Gould Will Not Be a
Candidate for Governor.

Ispecial q The Jersey City News.',l
IUGKERT0N, July IS. qS9S.-Tne Con-
gressional primaries will be held in this
county next month. A solid delegation
in favor OF the denomination Of Congress-
man Gardner viii probably be elected.
The effort TO induce Millionaire George
j. Could Of Lakewood to become a candi-
date for Senator. has fallen fiat, and the
fight has narrowed down to Senator Rob
ert 3. Ehgle Of Beach Haven; ex-senator
George G.. Smith of Lakewood ard Assem-
blyman r. Clark of Point Pleasant, with
the chances favering Smith.
Should the Smith forces control the con
yentien it Is thought that ex-Assembly-
man Burton Of this place viii be the
nominee for Assembly. Should Senator
Engle secure a denomination the Assem-
bly, nominee will probably ON from
Dover or Brick township.
Isx-SIeriff George H. Holman is being
talked of for County Clerk. to succeed the
present incumbent. a.. G.. b. Havens, VINO
has held the office for ten years.
There seems to be a bitter feeling
against Governor Voorhees, In this section
the friends Of Collector Of Port Samuel p,
Bartlett. of this place, dc not take kindly
to the way he was turned down by the
Aching Governor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
Y. P. C. E. CONVENTION.
The Rev. Robert K. Wick Tells
of the TribulatIons of the
Colored Delegate.

At the Vague street Reformed Church,
last evening, the Rev. Robert X. Wick
gave a most interesting description of his
visit to Nashville, Tennessee. where the
Seventeenth annual convention of the
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor So
ciety was held. He first told Of the build
ings Of that city. and said that next to
Toronto. Nashville was the best Sabbath
observing city in the world.
Sometimes it is called the Athens Of
America" he said, for IN that city of
about 100000 Inhabitants. there are nearly
sixty-five institutions of learning.
Mr.. Wick then went to tell of the con-
vension to which he was a delegate, and
said that Il was truly a patriotic one. He
told how the Southern delegates were OPP
posed to having the coIored delegates on
the platform. and that many dissenting
voices were heard when 4 eolored dele
gate was addressing the convention.
The Southern people, he said, did
NOT want the colored delegates to ride In
the same cars with us, and for d time the
committee was at a loss as to how to en-
terrain those delegates to which there
had been 50 much opposition. We finally
decided not to go to hotels, but to select
private boarding houses. In this way the
matter Was settled without any friction. Z
He then described the battle field Of
El1iclga la4luga. and said that the troops
which were now camping there were very
anxious To goto the trout. ne having been
told this nya number Of the soldiers He
also told Of Chattanooga and 0f Gettyss
burg.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
MONDAY, JULY Is, 1898
This paper IS Democratic IN principles
and Is indepe,sdent in its vie1s Q" all local
questions.
The Departure of tho Fourth.

we hear. still, some carping criticism o.
tha march Of the Fourth Regiment Volun-
aeers from their Armory TO the railway
station on the occasion Of their departure
for the state Camp. The know-it-all eie-
ment are going about, more or less, using
such terms as unsoldierly, undisciplined'
undignified.
To such people, we have only TO say
that they never before saw anything SO
fne IN their lives-so real. The whole pro-
ceeding was unprecedented. It came out
Of the overflow of the hearts of fine men
and women. as true and good as ever
breathed.
mat picture of the volunteers streaming
down the street with fathers and mothers.
brothers and sisters, sweethearts and
wives mingling in the ranks and clinging
to the edges of the column, while friends
along the sidewalks grasped them by the
hand and exchanged cries of cordial
recognition. was one to dwell in the soul
Of any true hearted man who witnessed
ii. 1t represented the eager devotion OF
the people to their country in poignant
but victorious conflict with strongest per-
sonal emotions that men and women are
capable Of
Looking at it now, we may say hat the
volunteers of that day will never be sent
to the front, that the fighting viii be over
before their turn comes. But one may be
very su1te that in that hou Of farewell to
home and friends not only the men them
selves HUT those who loved them looked
zeath III the face in its full bitterness and
full hearts offered up the sacrifice
he counfry's need. And it is impos-
that any man or woman who went
Tsgh the experience or anyone who
assed the scene should fail to be up
fitted by it. If it was not soldierly in the
Slang of the martinez. it was the truth
OF war, assertion of all that is ennobling
in ii.
Let the narrow jaws of the wooden men
ppe crossed, 50 that the people may fully
enjoy the glory and the good Of their
auickened passion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
FOR HEROES FAMILIES.
Mayor Hoos Will Appoint a
Committee to Distribute
Aid.

Mayor Hoos will tomorrow morning APP
point a committee Of three prominent
citizens to receive and disperse subscrip-
tions to the families of Jersey City men
who nave gone to war. Since the call
for troops was issued the families of
some men who have enlisted have been
in pretty Strengthened circumstances.
Pride has detained many from seeking
assistance. So far the only person who
could be appealed to has been Overseer
of the Poor Hewitt. and Mayor Hoos
appreciates why he has not been asked
for aid.
50 many causes Of privation have come
to the Mayors attention lately that he
has decided to remedy the situation,
His idea is to appoint one gentleman
from Hudson City, one from G~reenyille
and a third from the lower section Of
the city. These gentlemen will be all-
thorized to receive subscriptions and Of
fering5 of all kinds
The name of every Jersey City man
VIII has enlisted has been a~sceftained
and the committee to be appointed will
90 to their homes and find out what
their families require most. IN that way
the outside world will not know who Is
being given assistance. Mayor Hoos also
nroposes urging the Finance Board to
make the war fund OF 81. 900 available
as soon as practicable
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
MAcADAM FOR SHORT STREETS.
Mayor Approves the Ordinance of
Street and Water Board.

Mayor Hoos his morning approved the
resolution of the Street and Water Board
deciding to lay macadam in short streets.
The eity's experience with macadam in
streets where there was heavy travel
was such a costly one that some months
ago it was announced that no macadam
would be allowed. A street once paved
or repaired at the expense of property
owners is forever after a charge upon
the city.
Wherever macadam was laid the road
way soon got out of repair Il was a
source of constant expense and annoy
ance. Since macadam has been shut out
petitions have been made to the Board
for that class of pavement in short streets
where travel is very light. The macadam
was tried on a short street some time
ago and has been found to work all right.
The Mayor, in approving the laying of
macadam in short streets, announced
that he did it because there were many
property owners who could pay for mac
adam who could not stand the expense of
asphalt or Belgian block.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
Commodore Schley and the Depart.
meuf.

The ssWorld'' of Saturday contained q
remarkable story about the treatment
which Commodore Sehley has received at
the hands of the Navy Department since
the outbreak of the war. 1t was to the
effect that he was originally selected, as
mis- merits demanded, for one Of the lead
ing commands during active operations.
To this end he was placed in command
of the Flying Squadron, the force which,
it was originally thought, would have to
face cervera's feet.
While the ships were awaiting develop
ments in Hampton Roads, however. the
Secretary, Mr.. Long, who knows as much
about practical naval affairs as the
average business man. prosecuted him
with orders of all sorts, extending to the
minutiae of discipline and tactics. matters
which only an expert and only the man
on the spot should assume to touch or
could touch with good results.
firing of this nonsense. Commodore
Echiey, according to the story. at last
protested, intimating that he knew his
profession and was quite capable of COM
manding his fleet himself, and only want
ed orders on matters of public policy, such
as it was the function of the government
and its cabinet representative to issue.
AT this, Mr.. Long took offence. He pro-
rncad ~ -atfra Hoproo3ara Cablov fron,
active service altogether; but the Presi-
dent would not stand this. He then graft
fed his spite by effacing the squadron of
Commodore Schley as an Independent
command, and merging it in Admiral
Simpsons fotilla.
This story is vouched for by the
ssWorld.n Color is given it by the general
course Of the early naval movements,
which were marked by weakness and in
decision, evidently through the inter-
ference of the amateur tacticians at
Washington. 1t is a painful story, and,
If true, does little credit to anyone except
the doughty Commodore.
Sehley is not a man who can be effaeed
by mechanical means, when there is ac-
tive fighting and seamanlike manoeuvring
to be done. He has made his mark on
the page of history, and his name viii go
down with Dewey's-perhaps with Samp-
sons and Watson's too-as the naval
heroes of this struggle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18

y, -. -.x.4s. .. - - /.
g TIE and lss cost, and this
clrculnsIanc alone W9uld seem % operate
5salhst lhe poiiing OF certain 81 the sof-
aleEs ana saIlors votes Wnen the urIcer-
talhty of military movement Is admitted
the dlliculty 81 carrying cut the intention
Of having the men IN the field vote, Is OBJ
vious. II Is reasonable to assume that
When the government decides to take pos
session OF Porto Rico the Jersey troops
Will be included in tho forces detailed to
invest that island. Il the old habit Of put
ting of conventions until the last hour be
respected and the nominations be not
made until the soldiers have been sent 10
that far off Spanish possession then it
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
The New Steamship Ukase.

In furtherance of its motto, 1.-THE pub
lie be damned, the Mckinley admins
tration has just devised a new and afro
ciouss annoyance for Americans who dare
to visit Europe or foreigners who
visit our shores. The Treasury De-
partment has issued an order that here
after no person shall be admitted to 4
steamship pier TO receive arriving friends
except on a permit issued BY the Conn
pany ana endorsed by the Custom House.
The reason Is that the friends Of passen-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
DANGEROUS FOR WHEELMEN
Boulevard Crossing at Com
munipaw Avenue in a Dis
graceful Condition.

TITS q miracle that some one is not
seriously injured at this crossing" said a
policeman the other night. when he point
ed to the c~rosswalks at C-ommunipaw
avenue and the Boulevard. And 50 it is.
for a more dangerous crossing than that
cannot be found on the Boulevard.
The Traction Company. when the Boule-
ward was built. was good enough to lay
bridgestone erosswalks for cyclists TO
break the jolt caused by the tracks. These
walks were greatly appreciated by the cy-
cling fraternity. as the pavement at Com
muniDaw avenue was not of the best.
and formerly when a wheelman when rid
ing oyer that part of the road ran big
chances Of breaking his wheel.
The rice even walks were not for long.
because a sewer had 10 laid on Comnuni-
paw avenue This Improvement caused
the pavement OF CommnnfpaW avenue to
be torn uD, also the c~rossWalzs. When
the street was rcpaved the stones were
thrown in rather than laid. and the
bridgestcnes were put down anyway.
When ore stone remains three or four
inches above the street level another is
that distance below the surface. Between
the stones and the tracks there is July
four inches of space in some places. and
one can imagine the shock a rider re-
ceives when going owe that point Of the
road. Many minor accidents al oc-
Cured. and many wheels Y been
smashed by the heavy joiting. The au-
thorities should take steps TO remedy this
crossing.
Many cyclers are saying queer things
these days about the gentlemen who have
charge OF the lighting Of the Boulevard,
for that is one of the greatest drawbacks
to cycling in this county. Friday night
the lamps on the entire road failed to
show the light Of their eountenances, and
Saturday night not q light shone in the
Bayonne section. From the canal bridge,
at Bayonne, to the bridge over the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad every other light was
out. The road. it is needless to say. was
very dark. Two accidents We're reported
in G~reenville. one Of a young lady riding
in a hole. at Pearsall avenue, because of
the darkness, ard fracturing her knee
cap. The other was due TO q riders run
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
wCLANDESTINE MARRIAGES
The Rev. E. L. stoddard
Eager That They Be
Discontinued.

The Rev. E. l.. Stoddard, of st. Johns
Episcopal Church. is alarmed at the num-
Der of clandestine marriages which have
been reported Of late. He IS opposed to
such marriages, believing that in very
few instances good ever comes Of them,
He has always talked against such cere-
monies to the young men and women In
his parish. and has pointed out to them
the evils of secret weddings. Still they
have continued on the Heights and many
Of the members of his church have been
married clandestinely.
III the current number Of "St. Johns
Bulletin" the weekly publication of tho
parish, he has this to say Of such mar
fiages:-
For several years st. Johns has been
j. afflicted with an epidemic of clandes-
give, last Writer. at the monthly meet
ings of some Of the Guilds, Il series of
talks on marriage.
He reminded his young people that
a clandesfine marriage was a disgrace
not only to the Parish but to the fam
lilies of those most interested. He told
them that it cast a reflection upon the
wonan's character, from which. no
matter how much parents might for
give and silly people laugh apout it,
she never really recovered.
He said that as a man ought to
know this fact better than d woman,
the groom who would allow a woman
to do this thing deserved a horsewhip
rather than a bride.
He begged his young people not to
make any more such fatal mistakes,
but be married openly and ~lonorably,
in the rightful place and by the right
full person.
1t seems wise now to make this APP
peal more publicly. and to express in
print this hope that our young people
will show a high regard for their own
reputation. for those who love them,
and for their church. and hat this dis
graceful business of clandestine mar
riage will forever disappear from the
Garieh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
CURED or APPENDICITIS.

Willie. the five year old SON of Reporter
Robert Mcdonald, left Christ Hospital
yesterday. after a successful operation
for appendicitis. The little fellow has been
in the hospital for five weeks. Mr.. O'Don-
nell led his boy out of the institution, yes
terday, cured.
He was lavish in his praise for the
treatment his little SON had received at
the hands Of surgical staff of the hos
pital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
PUBLIC MOTT E
REPORT NUMBER los OF HI COMMITS
sIoNERs or ADJUSTMENT.

sIoNERs or ADJUSTMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the Commis-
sioners CT Adjustment In and FOR the City 81
Jersey City, appointed by the Circuit Court
81 the County Of Hudson, under and bys VT
tue Of the provisions OF Chapter CHI. Of the
Laws Of 1855, entitled IAN Act concerning the
paid taxes, assessments and water rates or
water rants in eitfes of this State, ana I'M
posing and leyying a tax, assessment ana iieh
in lieu and instead Of such arrearages, and to
enforce the payment thereof. and 70 PROVIDE
for the sale Of lands subjected to future tax
alton and assessment, passed March Soth,
port Of their proceedinss relative "a and af-
fecting delinquent land, all Of which IS more
Blssk g, plots 81. b. T, 81. p. b and
Block is. plot c, Eight street produced.
Block 49, plot q, part Of Eighth street pro-
Block le, plots D and D1. Eighth street pro-
Block IS. plot F.. seventh and Eighth streets
Block Is. plot Fl, part Of Eighth street pro
Block Is, plot F.. part Of seventh street
Block e. plot e. between Seventh and
Block ls, plot ~, north Of Seventh street
Block 10. plot rs. part Of Seventh street
Block i. plot H, seventh and Eighth streets
Block ls. warehouse No. 3, Pavonia ave-
Block 1s. New York. Lake Erie and West
Block il. lots 2lB and 22B. Pavonia avenue.
Block l6. plot x. Hudson River.
Block 14S, lots H. Il. -, IA, 10 and 10,
Block IS lots Il, is, 10, %, q. p and %.
Block 14s. lots Is. %. 81. %. % and 80. Eighth
Block i4s, plot 4. Seventh ana Eighth
Block 40. part Of plot a. Eighth street
Block 149, lots Il, u, 10, Il, - and l6, Eighth
Block 149, lots PA and 25B, Pavonia avenue.
Block 49, 9 lets e g and e Baxonia avenue
Block IA, lots 3 to siB. Pavenia avenue.
Block l49, lots S2A and 52B. Payonia avenue.
Block 1f9, lots IA. 1B. &c and ID. Payonia
Block 149, lots "a. 2B, "a and sB. Pavonia
Block 14a, lots "A and Az, Pavonia avenue.
Block $50, lots q, D. c, is and 10, Provost
Block 1870, lots H and G. Ninth street.
T Rloek RI 81 lots ltss :, ! : 4 ana and 5 Bs TInf5 street.
Block Isl. lot II, Provost street.
Block is2 lots IS, Il. IS. q, 80, 81 and 80.
Block rs, lots 10 ana 20. Grove street.
Block 25s. lot /, Grove street.
Block Il. lots $, ., 70, Il, i, 70 and u, Pavo-
Block Il lots Il. 1s, II. IS, u and %, Pavo-
Block a, plots "a and 2B. Palisade avenue.
Block 547. plots &c aud I'd. inside plots.
Block 1913. lots |. {. 3, 4. 5 and 6. onmout
BioeK SO, lots /, Z ., !. ). ., ! and ], Mon
block %. lots i. I. 3. 4. 5, {. and 5. Mon
Block 2s6. lots Ii, u. Is. "A. Is and 1s. Tenth
Block 500. lots Il and Is, Brunswick street
block Sse, part OF lots - 70 lsD, Eleventh
Flock 500, plot A, Twelfth street.
Flock s9e, part Of lots IS and HE, Eleventh
street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-18
From June 10 to July 16, 1885,
RECEIPTS.

A report has been published showing
what has been accomplished by the work
the hall was hired at No. 30 Pacific and
the first service was held. 1t is as fol-
lows:-Families under its care, Is, sou
under its care. IL; communicates It; num-
her Of services held, 30T; rmnber Of at
tendance, 81, 700; number Of sittings in
hall. lag; total money receipts. s1.162.G3
charity, $72.S3; Poor Fund distributed.
food and clothing, S145; officers and teach
ers in Sunday school,. 8; number of pupils,
30; number Of services. "a; number Of chill
dren in attendance, 1,7G0.