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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
romcjs1 Proceedings.1

Regular meeting of the Board of Alder
men of Jersey City, held at the assem-
bly, Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, April
In the absence of the President, the
Board was called to order by he City
Clerk at S:55 o'clock p. M.
PreSent-Aldermen Austin. Barr, Boldt.
Bornemann. Burns, Calnon, Decker, Fry.
Guiton, Heavey. Henry. Howeth. Kelley,
Maxwell, Moran. Tracy, Yermilye and
Warm.
calling of the roll. but subsequently app
peared and took his seat.
Acknowledgement Divers, Hartmann,
Mullins. Scott and Weis.
On motion of Alderman Moran. Alder
man Austin was appointed President pro
ternDore.
the 5th inst. were approved as printed
in manual form, on motion of Alderman
Moran.
Petitions, etc. were presented, received
and disposed of as follows:-
Applications for restaurant licenses of
Timothy Shannon, at 81 York street. First
Ward; of Walter s. Brewer, at 1872 Mon
mouth street, Third Ward, and of Louis
Five (5) applications for restaurant
licenses, and six go applications for trans
fer of restaurant licenses. (See reports
-Four (J applications for licenses to
peddle. one % application for auctioneer's
license, and one "a application for hand
organ license. (See reports subsequently
made.9
censeS.
Claims were presented, received and dis
posed of as follows
OF NJ. J. Forbes. $3.50: John e. Hewitt,
S14.14: Fred. Kruger. S52. so; James Nc
Laughiin, $3.50; Samuel G.. Smith. $50. 10;
Thomas e. Smith. $50.
Referred to Committee on Aims.
OF j. c. Electric Light Co., S127.12, and
United Gas improvement CO.. $3.50.
Referred to Committee on Baths and
Armorfes.
OF N, Kearney, SIS, and John Masker,
Referred 70 Committee on District
81 4. Bernreuth, George Blizzard, Al
fonso Coiatrello, NJ. j.. Corrigan. Thomas
Coyle. Mrs. c. Dooley, Umberto Di Mario,
john F. Drewen. Dunn & Bro, George
Eckhardt, william F. Englehardt, John
II. Feehan, r. r. Freudenberg. Frank
Funk. VIM. Hansen Joseph Hasenstub,
Henry III. Eahlert. Nicholas Kellaher,
Edward Kenny. Q Kisfer, Henry
Kraus, George r.. Kreuzer, Gustav 10th,
Luker Bros. sGottfried Luth. John Me
ECarthy. John Malone. Il. III. Manning,
Edward Markey, John Martin, Joseph
Mastres. John 81. May, james g.. Murray,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
ITALIAN sH0PLIFrER FINED.

Mary veriotico. of No. 6Ss Grove street,
the woman who. together with her eight
year-old daughter, was arrested on Sat
urday last for stealing goods from stores
along Newark avenue, was arraigned be-
fore Police Justice Potts in the First
Criminal Court yesterday on three charges
Of petit larceny and was fined $40 and
costs in each case, making a total fine
of s45. The goods she stole could have
been purchased for S..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
L0RILLARD SCHOOL CLOSED.
Excellenf Programme Rendered Last
Night by the Pupils.

The closing exercises of The Lorillard
night school took place last evening in
Booraem Hall on Newark avenue, and
they were very well worth seeing. The
spacious floor where the night school is
held was simply packed with people,
nostly the mothers and fathers of the
young pupils, who greatly enjoyed the
excellent programme rendered. The room
vas gaily decorated with large American
1ags and huge palms. The programme
selected, Miss Juia Harvey; song. ION
the Banks Of the Wabash. school; adj
dress OF welcome, Emma Mulry; song,
Happy Birds" school; dance. William
Jones; ong Mamie Reilly" by the
boys; vocal solo, selected. Mrs. Talbot
Chambers; song, sMammy's Little Pump
kIn-Co1ored Coons,p school; dance, Mr..
William Hardy; song, Simple Little
String school; flag drill, by sixteen
girls; vocal solo, selected. Mrs. Talbot
Chambers; song. Rose Song" school;
address and distribution Of prizes, DIR. L,
J Gordon; song, Sweet Inniscarra,'
school; sAmerica"; piano solo, selected,
Miss Julia Harvey.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
HoBOKEN COUNCIL TO ORGANIZE
Rumors That the CombID. Will
Throw Down DR.. simon.

The new Common Council of Hoboken
will organize on Monday, when the many
plums at the disposal of the combination
will be distributed. The combine has
determined to throw down City Physi-
elan Simon and appoint Drs. Arlitz and
Stack in his place. 1t is announced that
it is proposed to make these appoint
ments on Monday, despite the fact that
the ordinance under which the provisions
are to be created will be invalid. The
law provides that all ordinances shall be
published twenty days before becoming
operative. The one in question was in
troduced last Wednesday night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
MRS. BRADLBY's HURT FEELINGS

The trial of a suit brought by Mrs.
Albertina K. Bradley. of North Bergen,
against the North Hudson County Rail-
way Company, was begun in the Supreme
Court yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff
fell from one of the company's cars in
North Bergen on May Il, and received
injuries which. she claims, ave perma-
nentIy disabled her. Mrs. Bradley was
particularly grieved over the fact that
the company's employees refused her re-
quest to be sent home in a coach, but in
stead took her to the ompany office,
where she was attended by DR.. Sehlemm.
She claims $4,000 damages.
The defense is contributory negligence.
John P. Stockton, Jr., and Warren Dixon
represent the plaintiff. and former Sena-
tor William d. Edwards is protecting the
interests of the company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
STRUCK BIZ A DRILL INGIEE.

Edward German, 40 years old, of Grove
street, this city, an employee of the D., L.
and ". r. r. Co, was struck by drill en-
CINE No. 20 in the switch yard at Herder-
son and Nineteenth street, last evening,
While repairing a track.
He was taken to st. Mary's Hospital.
Hoboken, where he died shortly after ar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
CHARGED WITH DIAMOND THEFT

Thomas O'Toole. 81 years old, of No.
22s Pacific avenue, was before Police JUS
tfce Potts in the First Criminal Court
this morning charged with stealing a
diamond pin valued at s65 from Michael
f. Meskin, of No. 2Se Mint street. He
was arrested last night. Meskill recov-
cred his pin and this morning refused to
press the complaint. O'Toole was dis
aba roed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
the POPULATION OF

Jersey city is about 200, COO. and We would sa,
q feast one-half are troubled with some af-
fecfion OF the Throat and Lungs, as those
coxdpiaints are, according to statistics. more
numerous than others. We would advise all
flot to neglect the opportunity to call on their
druxSist and get a bottle Of Keup's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs. Price, 25 and Soc
TRIAL Size FREH. Sold BY Al drpggist&
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
Duhy's Pure
Malt Whiskey

is the safest and best thing you can
take to get rid of them.
There is no other whiskey like it,
and nothing else that a possibly
take its place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
ARBOR and BIRD DAY
AKbUK AND blhD DAI
Superintendent c. ]. Baxter
Wants a Movement for
the Protection of
the Songsters.
HIS LETTER READ IN SCHOOLS
Urges The Benefit Of Tree
Culture in a Com
muniiy.
HIS LETTER READ IN SCHOOLS

E IlluHII
-
p,ua observed in all
~ r,,n,la sonao,s vesteraav everybody.
- - sass,au,s a. snhool obilaren
49, ~, e,u.,,4 rhor nay-bow from
49, $500 haan n,anted all
an aa+,aa ~ stans taken TO ure-
49, a,xsaa,, aroun ant Bird
80 49, e,aos,;nat,on 81 Arbor
~, - : aa,ort,re mar
saaw +his heipp the
s.af ~ 49, Il, oyar the stare
seai -. nnasar.,a orr
~ 81 s,,d,hon societv
~iseu sansssa 80 MIC racelia Gaines
- "a 80 49,. ,aanan4;al a.
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ssaiooi - -
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phS' aiu opsns - - rs--,-~ ~.
secretary u <Aslicui.uis : !.
Ton orsanlzeu lne Aipo, = -
NeprasAa "a io'1, any Tue" cue. !
many very exceheHe aha iiiseiiisenl pso1
pie tnlnk that ABBOT LAY snouiu
equally important and cfoseiy aliieu put
poses IN view, pc calieu Alpoi anu
BIRD Day.
Though indebted to the trees fef SO
much It would seem as though we were
guilty of base ingratitude, II Wnlle renem-
bering them We do not also give d
thought to those who are Dotn tneir-
friends and ours. This is why | nave pre-
pared this letter to be read to you on Ar
Dor Day. Many very excellent ana very
intelligent people think Arbor Day should
have two equally important and closely
allied purposes in view and be called Ar
Dor Day and Bird Day.
Il am sure you will agree with me IN
thinking that the birds are just as near
and dear to us as the trees, and that It is
also our duty to do all in our power to
preserve them. They not only appeal TO
what is best in us and serve to strengthen
our love for the good and the beautiful,
but add much to the brightness and cheer
Of this neither life. They also help US all
they can in our warfare against the in
$50 pes's s.las ~ ~ anan ~
spoue ! =
: :, ~ 49, es r,.nas
- ~ uhat . s+rsnsa nd I,nnat,ral
49, - - - - ~ - - he enemies of
tha;rsf uoas or,,e, for anv ono - rob or
taar a,vn tbae nast b,,;,+ witb 81 much Ia
hor and care ANA IN xvbsch thew honed to
1900 - nanv b.nnz davs 10 destrov
"a hon,a ~ r-bicb fbav exnacted 10 rear
thear 1;t,la o,as atd which i ;rst as dear
= Tha,, q ar boma q - ~ How wick
ad for anw onx with s,ine hot tov rife or
f;res, 10 Kill them, To take the one.
glaa free ard precious life to them
o;venu
spnerintenden Baxter,s letter gave
some vigorous raps 10. what he styled
"the barbarous custom prevailing among
women of using the Feathers and wings
and sometimes the entire plumage of our
most beautiful and useful birds as orna-
ments.n He seized the occasion to in
form the pupils of the precise language
xE
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30
limo to Cut whistles.

April showers, so awayl
Give US time to work and play.
We must plant and we must sow
Till our little gardens grow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-30

Whistles we must cut with skill
From the willows by the rill
And in sly hooks all about
Hunt the coy spring beauty out.
Trilliums and pale wind flowers
Wait for US in wildwoed bowers.
Give us time to gather these,
April showers, if you please!
e. II. 4. in Youths Companion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
LONG BEFORE
The / PUBLIC.
BELIEVED THAT MOTOR INVENTOR
LEFT HIS VALUABLE SECRET.
est in His Perpetual Motion Ma
chine-A Wonderfully Magnetic
Capital When Other Men Would
Have Failed-An Invention That
Has Excited Great Interest, but
I Never Proved Practical.

Philadelphia, Nov. 18.-John Worrally
Keely, inventor of the Keely motor. died
to-day at his home, 1882 Oxford street, Of
pneumonia. He was taken Ill last week,
but was apparently recovering, and no
serious result was looked for until this
morning. He then suddenly began to fail
and grew steadily weaker until shortly
after O'clock when he passed away.
Until three years ago the inventor had
always enjoyed robust health. Then his
friends noticed he had lost much of his
vigor. Soon afterward he was run over
by pair Of horses in Broad street. and
never fully recovered from the effects of
the accident. @
Whether the secret Of his long-delayed
and lnuch-derided motor, by which he
claimed to utilize new force Of nature
discovered by himself, died with Mr..
Keely is a matter Of some doubt. He had
impaired a portion of his secret to GER
tain friends, but it is not known whether
these will be able to make any practical
use of the information.
Mr.. Keely lived beyond the allotted
three-score and ten, having been born in
this city on Sept. g. 1927. He bore his age
remarkably well, however, and it was
only in the last two or three years that
his powerful physique began to show the
effect Of time. AS he neared and passed
his SEVENTEEN year his friends urged him
to hurry UP his invention If he ever ex
pected to accomplish anything in his life,
but he always laughed at them, and said
that they need have no fear of his not
living to make his new power known to
the world. E,>.s
World-Famed Motor.
I Mr.. Keely lived his scientific life in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

ar the family boots to black German
women have their boots BACKED like mer
ANA there are no bootblacks in most Ger
man cities), several hardwood floors to
wax, wood to chop Goals to carry from
the cellar and unnumbered errands to
run. If a trunk is to be carried down
stairs she does it or helps to do it; If
the family with which she lives keeps
a shop, she puts in her spare moments
as errand and delivery girl; If the women
of the family go to the theater
she hurries up her work, hustles to the
stheater, and waits ito bring them home.
In a word, the German maid is required
to perform almost every known function,
hairdresser None of her time is her own;
but If her mistress is satisfied with her
she Is allowed to have three hours every
other Sunday afternoon to go out with
her sweetheart or to visit her relatives.
Despite the hard work and lack Of food,
German maids are usually comely and
robust, and it Is undeniable that theT
are the most cheerful, and seemingly
happy, of all the working girls. They do
not often find husbands while servants
being given to admiration for the soldiery,
who may not marry. Later on, however,
after they have saved enough from their
wages (even. that Is possible) to buy
diminutive candy or cake shop, they easily
find partners for life-many OF whom,
doubtless. are attracted by the oppo1-
tunity for partnership I'm the business.
Even them although they may be happy,
their lives are more thar likely to be
spent in that endless round of drudgery
which seems to be considered in Ger
many womans natural birthright.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

MS LABORATORY. CAPITAL was necessary TO
develop the idea, and the Keely Motor
company was organized. The men VINO
put up the capital did not know any more
about the secret Of the mechanism which
was promised to do such wonders than
the scientists found out later, but they
nut up the money. It was his magnetism,
some said later. l d. p.
"You might be unwilling to give him 10
cents for his whole secret" was the way
it was put, but you go up to his labora-
tory and let him talk with you half an
hour, and II you have 100000 you would
give it to him and thank him for taking
It," Such was the man Of motor fame.
His was, indeed, a character of the
most remarkable peculiarities. He domin-
ated the rich men who contributed to the
treasury of his company for a quarter of
century. When they begged him to ex-
plain the secret of his mechanical power
ened to withdraw their support he cursed
them and told them to go. And they
would not go. They sat at his feet, lis
tened to the beguiling Of that seductive
tongue, caught glimpse of big bodies
moved by something they could not under
stand; and they couldn't have quit II they
tried.
Fluctuations of Stock.
Once or twice hackers dropped out. But
under the influence Of the man. Every
once in q while there would come an an
nouncement of the perfection of the ma
chinery of the Keely motor, and then the
stock of the concern went kiting up into
the clouds. Other times, after a long
period Of fruitlessness, the shares went
down. They fiuctuated all the way from
10 cents to 1000 cents on the dollar. For
tunes have been made on them-and 9th
er fortunes have been lost.
In the times when the excitement over
the Keely motor was at its height men
fought for the chance to buy stock at 200
per cent. In other times they fought for
the chance to sell it at SO per cent And
all the time the energetic old man went
briskly from his home to his shop iii this
city every morning, locked himself up
there and laughed at the world.
When number Of wealthy phila,
delphtans first put up the money fol- the
Kelly Motor company the eccentric In.
ventor went over to his laboratory, buried
himself, went to work again, and spent q
deal Of the company's money making ma
chimes When six years went by and the
motor didn't mote, they grew impatient
and, even though Mr.. Keely took them to
his workshop and showed them curious
things they couldn't explain they began
to hint that the thing might be fizzle.
But still Mr.. Keely wouldn't tell his great
secret. n
One morning the inventor was found on
the floor Of his laboratory with torn mus
cles, dislocated joints and severe internal
Ituturies. Some MACHINERY had gone
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

srarruneu 'wlr111n nundrcu yarus CT O1Ie
another. who stand with their backs to-
ward the imperial train as 1t rushes past,
with their rifles loaded. and with orders
to fire without challenge or warning at
any human being who approaches within
500 yards of the track.
Almost on every trip of this kind that
the car takes somebody or another Is
killed by the sentinels, generally some
drunken man, or some aged peasant, deaf
ened and rendered imbecile by age, who
have approached too near the track.
The officers stand with their faces
turned toward the imperial train, with
their left hand brought to the salute
and their right hand on their revolver
ready to shoot down without mo-
ment's hesitation any sentinel who dares
to di.obey orders by turning round
granted that If sentinel does turn
his head, toward the train it is with the
object of making some attempt upon
the emperor's life by discharging his
rifle, or hurting an Internal machine at
the train. - .~ '.1E
within certain distance of the track
have to be temporarily vacated by their
owners, who are obliged to camp out
until the dark blue and heavily gilded
imperial train has passed. In the neigh
boring villages the children are locked
up indoors, and everybody keeps out of
sight. The stations are. all emptied, save
of officials; passenger and goods traffic
is suspended altogether. The imperial
train passes through, the bigger stations
without stopping, and only halts at
small roadside stations. the names of
which are kept secret beforehand, for
fuel and water.
It Is thus that the car and his consort
travel In uncanny silence through their
vast empire inhabited by people whose
loyalty and devotion to the reigning
family are claimed to constitute the prin-
cipal foundation Of the throne.
Small wonder that SO sensitive and hui
name a couple as Nicholas and his
czarina should feel that the present condi-
ton of affairs is intolerable, and that a
radical change of the domestic and for
eign policies Of the empire Is. necessary.
That I have every reason to believe is the
true origin of the astounding project Of
an international conference with view
to general disarmament which has re-
Gently been submitted to the foreign pow
ers by the car. n
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
CUBA's ACTUAL RULER.

Governors Come and Go, but Fever
Rules the Island.
Golfers Weekly: The rough riders
have-to employ one of those many turns
Of fancy which give a flavor to our tongue
l--a.o flies on them. But it is possible that
they have-or had-a few mosquitoes. In
any event, their return from Santiago has
in this city been followed by cases of
malaria. It is not the troops, of course
who are to blame. nor, as was first sup
posed. is It the mosquitoes either. The
latter are now recognized as the vehicle
of the germs. but the germs themselves
are due to parasites which batten on
them. The mature and origin Of these
parasites, their modus operandi, modus
vivendi, the secret of their venom, to-
gether with the means by which they may
be ffanged, constitute just so many prob.
lens which science has yet to solve. The
sooner 1t does so the better. The COVER
nor general of Cuba Is not Blanco, but
feve. After the insurrefeion Of 1895
Spain dispatched one transport after
another until she had landed there nearly
&c. 600 men. OF these 100000 yet remain.
OF the others 1000 or 5000 died in action
or from resulting wounds; 10000 are on
their backs; 10000 were shipped home to
die and the balance fever took There is
the real sovereign.
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cycles. The world never knew much
about his earlier years. It was "Keely..
the man with the motor" who claimed
attention. spasmodically and at regular
intervals the center Of the universe-the
reading universe-has centered in the lit
tie, Pennsylvania town Of Chester. There.
some twenty-eight years ago, Mr.. KSely
announced from his laboratory that he
had discovered q new power, mighty
force which would supplant steam and
electricity and run vast machinery with
an ininitesimal expenditure Of power.
The world hung on the words and scien-
lists went down to the little town to learn
the secret OF the wonderful discovery.
Capitalists gathered about the inventor
and invested in stocks. They. put him in
Jail because he would not tell the secret
But through 1t all Mr.. Keely, known as
the mysterious was silent. I'm a deposit
vault somewhere the details were written
out fully''-this was all the satisfaction he
had to- offer them. and when he. died they
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

In connection with the unaalthenticated state
ment which comes from Paris to the effect that
Capt. Dreyfus is dead the following from a
London paper is interesting:
"Ccntnuing his account Of his investigation
Of the life led by Dreyfus at the lie du Diable,
Mr.. Hess relates that the doctors at least in
variably treated him with kind attention
When he was removed to his present abode
they declared boldly that the change would
probably be fatal to him, as he was suffering