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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07

the majority in their party councils must
rule. and to rebel against it is treason.
Senator Barber of Warren county said
the other day that the Democrats in his
section of the State were as stiff as ever
in their loyalty to Bryan and the Chicago
platform, and that they would not vote
for any man for Governor, or for any
other office. for that matter, unless he
had voted the straight ticket last fall.
Senator Van Cleef of Middlesex said ne
was a Bryan Democrat because OF the
regularity of the party's nominations; not
that he favored silver or gold in particu-
lar, it being a subject that did not cause
him any thought when he concluded that
his Democracy hould not be open to
question. Senator DAILY is already well
known as a champion of the white metal.
Senators Martin, Packer, Foster and
Braun were nominated on silver plat
forms. There is no mistaking the fact,
then. that if the condemnatory resolu-
ton offered, that party lines will be.
clearly drawn.
The resolution may even go further than
to condemn Senator Smiths course. 1t
may call upon him to resign his office.
But as he is not of the resigning kind, the
Republican majority must content Itself
with the vote of cenSure.
There will be a merry war at any rate
between the orators of both sides over the
resolution. and it will afford a relief from
dry monotony.
Prosecutor Winfield, of Hudson Coun-
ty. has resigned and Governor Voorhees,
will be called upon to make the very
;--1,+o-t .ao;,fnoop + of a nrnSpcutOr
for the County of Hudson. Prosecutor
Winfeld has been a sick man for some
years, but the disclosures made in can
nection with is office have had a very
depressing effect on him.
1t is quite possible that Governor
Voorhees, will appoint his successor at
once, because the business of the county
is so enormous that any delay would
impose a handicap on the other officers
of the Court. The condition of affairs
is such that a competent man is needed
at once. There are nan who favor the
present Assistant Prosecutor, William
Klink, who was appointed when As
sistant Prosecutor Noonan was deposed.
It is understood that there is a bill
being drawn providing for the taxation
of bachelors. In all probability the meas
ure will make its appearance in the SEN
ate or House early next week.
The subject has engaged the attention
of the lawmakers in Massachusetts, Vir-
ginia and some of the Western States,
and the bill now being drawn for the
consideration of the men of New Jersey
is fashioned after the measures that are
before the legislators of the South and
West. The tax that the bachelors will
be asked to pay will possibly be as high
as 81 per capita.
The taxing of single men is not an
experiment in the State. For fifty years
the single men of New Jersey paid 81
a year for the privilege of enjoying the
sweets of single b-lessedness, but in 1887
William McIlroy, who lived in Warren
county, became tired of paying for the
privileges that he enjoyed as a bachelor,
and had the measure repealed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the I'd day of
February, 1898, the Commissioners OF Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners their
final assessment map and report for the con
struction of a
w IN FIFTH STREET,
from a point about 10 feet east of Brunswick
street to and connecting with the sewer IN
Monmouth street, in accordance with petition
previously presented to said Board on the 18TH
day of January, 1897, and confornlably to the
provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws OF 1885,
and the same is, now open to public inspec-
ton in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof
is included in said assessment, namely
fifth STREET,
from Monmouth street to Brunswick street.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited the 18th day of February,
1898, at two o'clock P. NJ, and the Assembly
Chamber of the City Hall are hereby fixed as
the time and Place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear, consider and adjudicate upon all eb-
~iections to the confirmation CT said final assess
ment map that may be presented in writing
BY order Of the Board of Street and Water
WILLIAM a. FOLSOM,
Clerk pro tenn
nated Jersey Civ. Feb. 4. 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07

Notice is hereby given that on the ID day OF
February, 1898, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners their
fnal assessment map and report for the con-
struction of a
SEWER IN UNION STREET,
from a point about % feet west of West Side
avenue to and connecting with the sewer IN
Mallory avenue, in accordance with petition
previously presented to said Board on the 18th
day of April, 1897, and conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895,
and the same is now open to public inspection
in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof
is included in said assessment, namely
UNION STREET,
from a point about So feet west of West Side
avenue to Mallory avenue.
of the act above cited the 18th day of February,
1898, at two o'clock P. NJ, and the Assembly
Chamber of the City Hall are hereby fixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear, consider and adjudicate upon all OBJ
~iections to the confirmation of said final assess
ment map that may be presented in writing
By order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
WILLIAM A. FOLSOM.
Clerk pro tenn.
Dated Jersey City, Feb. A, 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
BERGEN MISSION ANNIVERSARY

Special Services Mark sbC ftfsh
Birthday OF the Excellent Work.
The Bergen Mission began the celebra-
ton of it's fifth anniversary yesterday at
ternoon with a special service in the Ber-
gen Reformed Church. led by Colonel John
S. Hallimond, private secretary to Com
mander Ballington Booth of the Volun-
teers of America. Colonel Hallimond was
accompanied by Frederick Smyth, a Vol
unteer, who before his conversion sang in
grand opera with Nordica. His singing
was a feature of the meeting.
On the platform will the leaders were
Superintendent Hahn of the Bergen Mis-
sion, the Rev. Cornelius Brett and the
Rev. Arney S. Biddle. Colonel Hallimond
talked for half an hour on mission work
and especially on the work which is being
accomplished by the Volunteers.
John Courtney, Treasurer of the Mis-
sion, read his annual report for 1897, which
was as follows:-
Money received-Balance from 1896,
S37. 81; basket collections, $244.90; dona-
tons, s55.65; envelopes, ST. 81; box~at door E
cents; Bergen Mission G. E., for gas used
at fair, s5;money received to bury a child.
Mrs. Warner, s17.S5; received from 1897
camp meeting, $40.
Total received and balance, $5l2.23.
Total paid out, $507.5I.
Balance on and $4.66.
Expenses of 1S97-Rent of hall, $216; gas,
ST.. 35; cleaning mission, $12; %janifOr, $5l.50;
two panes of glass, IS cents; two books,
AZ cents; two pieces wire netting for door,
10 cents; one broom for %janitor. 20 cents;
one, feather buster, so cents; half of coll
lection for Volunteers, $3.50; one coal
shovel, IS cents paid Brother ]. Acker.
being superintendent, $685. IS; paint and
varnish, 70 cents; one floor brush, 80
cents; two and one-half tons of coal,
s12.50: floral piece, Brother Brown, $4;
5000 envelopes and printing, IS; one small
axe, Is cents; printing cards and hand
bills. 81; C. e. Missionary Committee,
S17.S5. one ice water cooler, $2.25; speak
er's expenses, Brother Rein, 81 80; Brother
r. Johnson. secretary, postage, AZ cents;
L. Gober. for opening mission and picking
up books, Sc; one gas torch and four
tapers, 50ecents. Total, s5o1.b1.
The report closed by SAYING
81 wish to thank all those who have
contributed toward the support of Bergen
Mission. and hope in the coming year you
will help us as before and if possible a
little better"
In the evening Secretary Brown of the
Y. M. C. A. led a meeting in the mission
/ hall at Grand street and Summit avenue.
After the meeting the fourth anniversary
of the conversion of John Leonard, a
member of the mission was celebrated.
The other member presented him with a
large bouquet and a testament. Special
services will be held all the week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07

A good anecdote is told of the two cele-
brated barristers, Balfour and Erskine.
Balfour's style was gorgeously verbose,
SAYS the San Francisco Wave" Err
skine,s, on the contrary. was crisp ana
vigorous. Coming into court one day En-
skine noticed that Balfour's ankle was
Why. WHAT'S the matter?" asked
Instead of replying, IT fell from a gate"
Mr.. Balfour answered in his usual round
about Manner
II was taking a romantic walk in my
brothers garden he said, /" and on COM
climb over it, by which / came in contact
with the first bar and gazed the epidermis
Of my leg. which has caused a slight ex-
~travasion of the blood
You may thank your lucky stars re-
piled Erskine, that your brothers gate
was not as lofty as your style, or you
would have broken your neck.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
CLlFF0RD'S F0BLORN HOPE.
senator DAILY 10 Atrac< the Ssrucl
Jury in the Federal Court

Soon after the Oyer and Terminer Court
opened this morning, Senator DAILY pre-
sented his application to have the record
in the Clifford case amended to conform
with the facts. He was followed by
Allan l.. McDermott.
Senator DAILY said that on reading the
record of the trial sent to the Supreme
Court and aferward to the Cour of Er-
rors and Appeals he does not find that
it discloses anywhere that the case was
tried by a struck jury, although that was
the fact. The record also errs in that 1t
sets forth that the jury was empaneiied
by the Sheriff when the fact is the Court
selected the panel and the Sheriff merely
summoned the jurors.
did you ever see in any record,
asked Justice Lippincott, THE statement
that the Sheriff drew the jury?'
ut is material to this defendant said
Senator Daily, ''that the record OF the
trial should be complete and accurate IN
every respect"
II don't know Of any record ever sent
up, remarked Justice Lippincott, winch
described the character of the jury
Senator Daily said there was a great
NJ CAN0s " q
common jury. 1t does not appear on the
record that the defendant was tried by a
struck jury and the Supreme Court has
held that when a jury is ~irregularly
drawn, that is drawn out of the ordinary
way, the statute requires that the record
must show every fact.
another thing" continued Senator
Daily. your honor idn't ask Clifford II
he had anything to say why sentence OF
death should not be passed upon him."
my recollection is hat I did" replied
Justice Lippincott, but that is pot neees-
sary, it is merely a matter of form.
Again. continued Senator DAILY, "the
return shows that the Sheriff M
only tw%enty-three jurors. Alfred Tall
man was not summoned, yet his name was
put in the jury box"
Justice Lippincott said that was mo-
material as the jury was selected and
no objection made at the time.
Allan L. McDermott suggested that II
the Court has power to amend the record
and does amend it, it will not matter IN
this court. If a struck jury cannot DE
drawn to try such cases, and the RECORD
does not show that this case was tried
by a struck jury, a correction of the
record is desired in order that the case
may be %aken to the Federal courts II
the defendants rights have been invaded.
The extraordinary jury, he said, does moi
appear on the record and it is the extra
ordinary jury that is to be attacked.
Justice Lippincott suggested that it was
not an extraordinary jury, it was drawn
by the Court under the statute.
1--WE contend" said Mr.. McDermott,
chat that form of drawing a jury is not
permissible in homicide cases.
Justice Lippincott said he would give a
decision on Wednesday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH.
Police Cemmissioner Utz Wants
poaica Sinnal .Syafem Abolished.

At a-recent meeting of the -Hoboken
Board of Police Commissioners, Commits
sioner William Utz, as related in THE
Jersey City News" raised the question of
the signal system used by the patrolmen
of the department in communicating with
Headquarters. Mr.. Utz declared that the
system was an expensive luxury and that
it was continually getting out of order.
He maintained that Hoboken with its
small police force could do without it and
that the roundsmen could look after the
patrolmen and see hat they were on post
without necessitating he use of the
signal boxes.
In case of the need of a patrol wagon
or assistance Mr.. Utz said that the
roundsman could easily reach head
quarters from any point in the city with
out much loss of time.
The system is the Gamewell annunciator
service and is similar to that in use in
this city. Although no action was taken
by the Board on Mr.. Utz's suggestion, it
has created considerable talk in the
department. The signal box at he Bar
clay street ferry entrance is used many
times each day and night to summon the
ambulance or patrol wagon. A number OF
the cases are sick or injured persons who
are in ned of immediate medical at
tendance, and if the policeman or rounds
man on post was obliged to run four
blocks to Headquarters in order to sum
mon an ambulance, the delay would
probably result fatally to some of the I'M
f~ortunates.
Superintendent A. K. Bonita, of the
Hudson Electric Light Company, who is
in charge of the signay system said yes
terday:-
81 believe the system is all-important
to a w~ell-regulated police department. l
do not wish to be understood that to
me, personally, as superintendent, the
abolition of the system would be of any
great Importance, but I should be very
sorry to see Hoboken discontinue the use
of such an assistance to the police depart
mont
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
ROBBED a LIQUOR SALOON.

The liquor saloon of Owen Monahan,
corner of Steuben and Washington
streets, was broken into at an early hour
yesterday morning and robbed of thir4
teen boxes of cigars, a bottle of whiskey
n a revolver. Policeman Rodgers sub
sequently arrested Benjamin Smith, aged
seventeen, of No. ia Steuben street, on
suspicion of being concerned in the rob
berry, as he was seen lettering about the
place, and he at once admitted his COM
plicity and peached on his companion in
the crime, Thomas Murtha, aged twenty
of No. 314 Warren street.
Murtha was found in bed n arrested,
and the stolen cigars were found hidden
in the house in which Smith lives. The
bottle of whiskey an drevolver have not
been recovered. Both the accused were
this morning arraigned in the First Grim
inal Court, and held by Justice Potts in
$500 bail for the action OF the Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07

A ORDINANCE FOR H RELIEF OF
Helen McMaster in construction OF Bay WIN
dows. -.
the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers for and on behalf of the municipality of
said city do ordain as foilows:-
Section /. That Helen McMaster be and is
hereby granted permission to construct and
maintain Bay Windows on building to be
erected by her at the southeast corner OF
North street and Central avenue, which bay
windows may extend from the second story
to the roof of said building and beyond the
building line of North street and Central ave
nue. 2 feet 6 inches e, 50, any ordinance to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The work to be doneSunder the supervision
of the Inspector of Buildings.
Section 2. That all costs and expenses, in
cident to the introduction, passage and pub
lication of this ordinance, shall be paid by the
applicant for same; and such amount therefor
as is estimated by the Clerk of this Board to
be necessary shall be deposited with that
officer on demand.
Passed January 81, 1898.
CHARLES HOLLYWOOD, President.
Approved February 8, 1898.
ERWARD H0OS. Mayor.
Attest:
WIN. A. ToLSON.
Clerk pro tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
Notice Of Applications iOr Licenses.

Notice is hereby given, as required by Chap
ter rs, of the Laws of 1892, that application
has been made to the Board of Aldermen of
Jersey City by the following named persons
for Licenses to sell Spirituous, Vinous, Malt
and Brewed Liquors, at the following named
places in Jersey City
Restaurants.
FIFTH WARD.
John Malacalzi, 2S2 Newark avenue;
residence, 2S2 Newark avenue.
TWELFTH WARD.
Ernst Kiesewettio, I'll Tonnele avenue;
residence, I'll Tonnele avenue.
Mary Link, 9S Columbia avenue; resi-
dence, 98 Columbia avenue.
Massimo Leone, 1872 Poplar street; resi-
dence, 1872 Poplar street.
IRA nsfers.
SECOND WARD.
residence, 63T Henderson street.
FIFTH WARD.
Albert H. Hohman, 2S9 Railroad ave-
nue.; residence, 269 Railroad avenue.
Louis Gross, 1852 First street; residence,
352 First street.
TENTH WARD.
Thomas A. King, Jr., $50 st. Pauls
venue residence, 367 st. PauPs avenue.
TWELFTH WARD.
Paul Kohnert, 120 Griffith street; resi-
-denee, 100 Griffith street.
Sylvan Bensa, 80 Durham avenue; resi-
dence, So Durham avenue.
M. ]. o'DoNNELL,
city Clerks ONCE. Jersey city. Fsbru-
airy 5, lS9S.
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PAIDSCHDOL DIRECTORS
Startling Bill Being Prepared
in NewaFk-Its Chief
Features.
Especial to 1.-THE Jersey city News."l

NEWARK, Feb. Z, 1898.-Certain people
in this city have reached the conclusion
that changes are desirable in the makeup
of boards of education of first-class cities.
In view of this a bill is in preparation to
be presented to the Legislature, and it
will embody these suggestions, first, that
the present board be abolished; second,
that a bipartisan board be substituted,
to consist of five Republicans and 1--WE
Democrats.
That the selecting of such members be
left with the city conventions Of the two
parties, the names of the men so selected
to be placed on the tickets, in the same
name that the trustees of the CITY
Home are now selected.
That the terms of office of the men SO
named on each ticket be for one, two,
three. four and five years respectively, SO
thai one on each side shall expire each
year, their successors to be chosen for
five year terms in the same manner as
the original members.
1t is further proposed that the salaries
of the members of the Board SO selected
shall be 1000 per year, and that the pre-
siding officer shall be chosen by the men,
bers from among their own number, the
PAL l 1C4LN ms l1C lSSllo4i ~ 49, 49,
first president, who shall serve for one
year, his successor to be chosen from the
other side, so that the office shall be held
first by one side, then by the other.
Such are the main features of the bill
which is in curse of preparation.
A proposed act, couched in terms
somewhat similar to those told of here,
was shown about the corridor of the
| State House last Monday night, but there
was some fault found with its details, 50
the bill was withheld. A new bill was
ordered drawn and is now in the hands
of a Newark lawyer.
Among the member of the present
School Board there are many who assert
that the city can afford to pay $1,000 per
year to each of ten men for looking after
| the educational interests of Newark and
| save money at that.
The selection of the member by the
| delegates to the city convention would, it
is claimed, do away with the objection to
the appointive system from the fact that
the Commissioners would be chosen by
| the direct representatives of the voters
| of every election district.
1t is stated that dissatisfaction among
the voters at the turning of the schools
into parts of the political machine exists
in Jersey City. The measure which was
shown at Trenton this week is said to
bova ar,apatpd from that SoJ1rce
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
STABBED FOB FUN.
Number of ItaIians goIn In a Fight
and Two GET Hurt.

A number of Italians engaged in a fight
last night at the corner of Monmouth and
Second streets, during which two of the
participants, Tony Buck and John Jones,
both of No.. 562 Grove street, were. stabbed,
the former in the right side and the lat
ter in the right hand. The fight had its
origin in a too great a supply of mixed
ale. John Mantualla, 80 years old, was
by Policeman John w. Murphy,
charged with the cutting of Buck, and
John Bartella, aged "a, charged with the
assault ON ones.
All the parties reside at No. 562 Grove
street, and started out together on a lark
which ended in a quarrel between them
and a fight. The wounds received by
Buck and Jones were only slight, the
weapon used being a pocket knife. The
assaiiants were arraigned in court this
morning before Police Justice Potts and
held for examination.
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GIBsoN's UNWELOoME VISIT.

Patrick Gibson, 81 years old, of No. Sc:
Hoboken avenue, attempted at twelve
o'clock last night to force an entrance to
the apartments occupied by his sister,
Mrs. Annie Lee, No. s. Duers venue
against her desire. and persisting in his
efforts to get in, she struck him upon the
read with a shovel, infiicting a quite
severe scalp wound. A policeman was
called, and Gibson, who was drunk, was
arrested and taken to the City Hospital,
where his wound was dressed, and then
taken back to the Thipd precinct station
and ocked up. This morning he was ar
ranged iii court and remanded for further
examinations.
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HOB0KEN POLICE WAKING Up.
They Raid a saloon which is Open
on Sunday

The Hoboken police raided a saloon
last night at Madison and Fourth streets,
where, it was alleged, a crowd of men
and boys caroused on Sunday. The place
is kept by two Italians, who gave their
names as joseph Monfeidia and John
Clause. Both men were placed under ar
rest on a charge of keeping a disorderly
house.
Joseph Zatha, twenty years old. of No.
314 Adams street, and Frank Dovillina,
fourteen years, of No.. 419 Madison street,
who were playing pool in a rear room,
were also locked up, charged with disor-
derby conduct. The others of the gang
escaped before the police appeared.
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AN OBNOXIOUS GROWLER GANG.
Resfdents at mallory and Yale
Auanuaa nnnx hY HoOdluma.

4 Residents in the vicinity of Mallory and
Yale avenues have made frequent com
plants of late about the .growler gang"
that makes its headquarters at the Cob
web, a saloon owned by Patrick McDon-
aghue. The ssgrowler rushers," as they
are called, use vile and p~rofane talk that
is almost unbearable.
"During the summer months said a
property owner, when my family should
have been enjoying the cool breezes OF
the evening sitting on the stoop, they
were compelled to stay indoors in order
to avoid hearing the filthy talk. Women
folks of the neighborhood dare not ven
ture out after dark for fear Of being in-
suited by the crowd, and if their duties
around the block, SO as to not pass the
crowd.
AZ complaint will be made at the police
station to try and break up this gang.