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, 1898-09-29
FIGURES ARE LOWER.


Now York, Sept. 2S.-Eight govern
ment engineers, who have been en-
gagged on the preliminary survey o
the Nicaragua canal. have arrived
here. They remained in Nicaragua tt
complete the work which was in pro.
gresS when Admiral Walker and other
members of the commission were re-
called to a k part in the war with
Spain. The preliminary work wks fin
ished before the party left the field,
and a vast amoun of data. the results
of s~urveyings. borings and soundings,
has been brought back and will be in.
cluded in the official reports. which
will be placed before congress at its
coming session.
The surveys show that the proposed
canal is entirely feasible. and that the
cost will be considerably less than the
estimates made by the Ludlow COM
mission or the sum named by Admiral
Walker a veal ago as likely to be
needed.
The reduction in the cost is due to
a change in the location of the Ochoa
dam and other notifications Of the old
route.
The Ludlow commission estimated
the cost of the canal at $133 600, 900.
Admiral Walker named $l25, 0OO, 900
as the aggregate cost. The report Of
the engineers will place the estimate
at less than 800. 900. 900.
By changing the location of the dam
from Ochoa to a point fourteen miles
lower down. the building of the San
Juan basin and its costly embankment
00c 900 made.
While Mr.. Wheeler and other mem
bers Of the returning party declined
to he quoted at any length in reference
to the canal work. they say their re-
ports will show that hte canal is a
project containing no serious difficulty
and that it can be quickly and cheaply
built. They said the wal between the
United States and Spain has demon
strated it's necessity. Aside from its
value as a war measure, its value COM
mercially will be enhanced by the rails
ing of the American flag over Hawaii
and the Philippines.
1t is two years now since any actual
work has been done on the canal by
the company of which Warren Miller is
the head. The concession from the
Nicaragua government is said to still
hold good. The attempt to build the
canal by private means has been
by Mr.. Miller and his asso-
ciates and all rights in the premises
have been offered to the government.
A syndicate of Chicago capitalists,
headed by e. F. Cragin. have looked
the ground and is now said to
be endeavoring to obtain a concession
from Nicarauga. Mr.. Cargin and a
party of civil engineers and contract
ors from Chicago have recently re-
from the isthmus, and are said
to be interesting members of congress
in their plans.
Their statisticians have placed the
volume of the commerce that is likely
to pass through the canal much higher
than the estimates of the government |
and their opinion is that the revenues
to be derived will warrant them in |
nrc;Jnro1J, n,n,, tL,- etnn
600, 900 in building the canal.
, 1898-09-29
GOOD FOR ALL TIME.

To appreciate the value of the Stand
ard War atlas, II must see a copy. II
it were advertised at the price OF s., in
stead Of so cents, the public would form
in advance a more correct estimate of
its worth. While it is intended pri-
marily to add Information to current
war news, it indeed is a standard work
for all time.
, 1898-09-29
LATE BRIEFS FROM THE WIRES

Hon, Thomas Joseph Byrnes, prem
Ter of Queensland, is dead.
The Japanese are agitating govern.
men ownership of railways.
The SiXty-ninth New York Infantry
expects to be sent to Cuba.
Colombia has not defied Italy. but
Will pay the Cerruti claim in full.
X. Il. Lambert. aged 60, is under ar
rest in San Francisco for counterfeit
ing.
Revenue collectors have been order
ed to enforce conspicuous posting of
special tax stamps.
The Thingvalla steamship line is to
be absorbed by the United Steamship
company of Copenhagen.
San Francisco mariners are appre-
hensive over the nOn-arrival of the
government transports from Manila.
The t%riennial conference Of the Ger
man Baptists of the United States and
Canada al St. Louis has been conclud-
ed.
The Mexican government has taken
up the case of a tamale maker assault
ed by a negro in TeXaIkana. Ark, re-
Gently.
Because Venezuela taxes our con-
sniar supplies, our government has
ordered a tax on Venezuelan consular
imports.
a steamer named admiral Sampson
has just been launched at Philadelphia.
being christened by the admiral's
daughter.
Thomas Miller, a mailing clerk in the
jacksonville, Fla, pOs-Uftice, is under
arrest for thefts which he mas been car
rying on for two years.
Fermosa tea experts say there is no
country in the world where a finer cuD
Of tea can be secured than in the first
class hotels of America. and in private
houses where an effort is made to
properly prepare il.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew as
sembled in Baltimore today and will
remain in session curing the week.
About 200 delegates are expected to
attend.
The Sixth Virginia and the North
Carolina regiment, both colored. have
had serious disagreements at Camp Po-
land, are they were separated today.
Major w. A. Purdy. paymaster OF
United States volunteers, passed
through Chicago today on his way to
Honolulu, where he will pay off the
1000 troops stationed in the Hawaiian
islands.
Mrs. Theresa Cosby, divorced wife of
]. ID. Cosby of Kansas City, tried to kill
herself today by jumping from the Mis-
Pacific passenger train near In
dependence. Her injuries, mostly in
ternal, will probably prove fatal. Her
mind was unbalanced.
The treasury department has decided
= L oh pHlltu oldlpS
bonds due November |.
At Santiago de CUBA the total sick
are 1888; total fever. 773: new cases.
800; return to duty, 10; deaths, Wells
Madison, trumpeter, Company A,
Ninth Massachusetts, and William Wag-
goner, Third signal corps, September
&c.
The excitement over yesterdays bank |
robbery at Flora. Ind. has increased,
although there are no new develop
ments since the arrest last night of a
suspect with the name of James An
drew Dignoms tattooed on his arm
and who was hurried to Delphi to es-
cape lynching.
, 1898-09-29

OF the numerous war maps, aliases,
charts, etc. lately put on the market.
altogether the best and the cheapest is
Messrs. Rand, McNally & Co.'s new
Standard War Atlas of the World. This
publication consists Of sixteen large
maps. with margin statistics, Of all
parts Of the world concerned in the
present war. A copy will be mailed to
any address for so cents. The atlas Is
not Tor sale at the stores.
, 1898-09-29
TRANSM1SSISSIPPI AND INTERGA
TIONAL EXPOSITION.

Omaha, June 1-Nov. l, 1898.
Greatly reduced rates via the Union
Pacific to Omaha for the exposition.
The superb equipment and quick
time OF the Union Pacific makes It tho
popular line to Omaha and the exposi-
ton.
For advertising matter, tickets and
full Information, call on
2. CLARK. Agent
, 1898-09-29
THROUGH CAR SERVICE,

THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
via the Union Pacific to Denver Kan
Ia City, Omaha. Chicago. St Louis,
and other eastern cities Is ~unexcelled
by any other line.
The equipment consists Of Pullman
Palace Sleepers, Pullman Tourist
Sleepers, Chair Cars. Dining Cars. Buf-
fet Smoking and Library Carr.
For time tables and full information
call on
q. CLARK ArAnA
, 1898-09-29

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, O., says,
AFTER two doctors gave up my boy to
die. 1 saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
coughs. colds and all throat and lung
troubles. Eggleston, the druggist.
, 1898-09-29
ii nv

does my cake smell SC
~quecr'"
Too much soda or per-
haps alum or lime. Use
SrhilIlHgs Best baking pow
der. 9,
, 1898-09-29

One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That's what you want! At F. H.
Eggleston's.
, 1898-09-29

4 daily paper FOR 81 ceuts Dsr month
. 20 cheap that you cannot AFFORD to b
without t.
, 1898-09-29

Justice White appears to be ID Of
the men whom the Office sought aasd
did not find.
, 1898-09-29
OMAHA-CHICAGO SHORT LIND.

OMAHA-CHICAGO SHORT LIND.
The magnificent Limited" train 0. the
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail.
way leaves the Union Pacific depot q;
Omaha daily at 5:45 p. m, arriving 10
Chicago at 8:15 the next morning. Eu-
tire train lighted by electricity and
heated by steam. Ask for ticket via the
Milwaukee Route"
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent,
1904 Farnlm St., Omaha.
, 1898-09-29

ne Republican only SOC psr no.ts
, 1898-09-29
UNION PRCIFIC
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

and his abiuc will participate, and 1t will
far surpass anything of the kind ever before
Witnessed In this country.
For dates OF sale and limits on tickets
call on {. CLARk, Agent
, 1898-09-29

G. CLARK. Agent
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

Beyond mortality, as the rule of the
highest expediency and the regulator Of
our current actions, there appears to be
such a thing as a moral ideal. Beauty Of
character. apart from the current useful
ness Of moral habits, Is thing Of which
we all more or less have a perception
and to which the highest our species dis
tinctly aspire. This beauty may be capa-
Bile of resolution into usefulness, and the
admiration which the sight of 1t pros
duces in us may be simply high degree
of that which is produced in us by the
sight of any perfect and exquisite adap-
tation 1t may be SO or 1t may not. II Il
is not, there would seem to be an indi-
cation of something beyond the practical
requirements OF our present existenee.
something corresponding to the idea Of
spiritual life We are bound to scrutin-
lie all moral as well as all physical phe-
nomena, and to reject anything fanpiful
or superstitious. But we are not bound or
warranted to deny the existence Of phe-
nomena because they are not capable Of
explanation by any physical theory At
ter all, is not the mystery Of the universe
ullfathomable? Can we think II likely
that the range of our five senses, upon
the evidence 0f which all physical science
rests ii cor extensive with be1ngy How
isf1i We tell what there Is beyond ~ North
American Review
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

had inst stepped upon Lne ground uOCr
when the walls started. | heard the cries
of warning from without and looked for
an avenue of escape. There was but an
instant of time and | knew that could
not make the doors. Within yard of me
was a doorway with an iron girder at the
,,i,l t;,,,lers of tbe walls came
md sro,,r3 me mon every
s;',a ,a7n,,,i,,o me in and almost suffocat.
rses ;,,e, ,ne TOOK n i,ig breath Of relief and
da,,ed how soon wonld hurn in that
,1oo,.,ra,, b,,t NV ,nen oot to me and took
~, e,,,t hofora tIa f;ra reached me.
Two years ago Chief Sweeney of Chi
cago had his most thrilling experience and
his narrowest escape. There was d fire of
an elevator along the Chicago river. The
chief hastened there, and his driver had
lust turned the buggy in between the
burning building and the river when there
was u terrific explosion of the dust in the
elevator. The chief and his driver We're
thrown from the buggy and carried in the
air toward tho river The driver was
hurled into the stream and drowned, but
the chief, being a heavier man, was not
carried SO far ard landed just at the edge
Of the dock. He lay there unconscious
while his men fought the fire and was
finally picked up for dead. The chief says
that had he been a lighter man and easier
rolled some one would have showed him
off the dock with the feet to get him out
of the way of the fire fighters
George G. Hale, Kansas Clty's famous
chief, has had many hairbreadth escapes
from death in terrible forms, but the ad-
venture which stands out ciearess ana
strongest In his memory as the mcst aWiul
in his career occurred in 1882 when he
was assistant chief It was the rescue OF
pretty Nellie Curtain, cracker factory
girl. He tells about it 1nodestly
"a cracker factory had collapsed, he
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

Pouhier- QUARTER, hard headed Nor
man, was appointed by the French gov
ernment to negotiate with Bismarck the
terms of the indemnity after the Franco
German war. The chancellor received his
visitor with great ceremony and gave him
an excellent dinner, followed by deep po-
tations They drank Rhenish wine and
French wine, and the old Norman showed
no sign of weakening on the indemnity.
Then they drank Bismarck, tremen-
dous mixture of champagne and stout,
ana still the Norman head was clear and
obstinate
Next morning at o'clock Bismarck in
full uniform burst into his visitors bed
room and threatened if his terms were not
agreed to the German armies would re-
sumo hostilities at once. The old Norman
in his nightcap sat up in bed, as cool as
ever. and vigorously refused to yield.
Then the chancellor broke into hurri-
cans Of 1nirth, seized the old gentleman
Ily 10th hands, wrung them warmly and
owned himself beaten. For the first time
he had met diplcmatist who was his
match in will and courage
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day
of November, 1883. application was maae 20
bv Felix Reifschnelder and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF -GERMAN1A ANEND =,
between the south side of Thorne street anu
said Improvement to be made conformably TO
the provisions Of Chapter 2l7 OF the. Laws Q,
1895 and in the following manner including al
r. have the street for the full width
thereof graded to the proposed grade by *,
cavating or filing the same to The proposed
grade. Ia
thereof. IN
inch curb set where necessary.
To have the cutters on either side paved
with stone paving TO width OF 20 inchss.
To have new bluestone tagging, 1eet "Aee'
laid on either sidewalk.
To have the present hagglng reiald ana new
Tagging laid where necessary.
TO have new bridgestone crosswalks iaid.
To have the present bridgestone crosswaiKS
And all other work done that may be neees-
sarv TO provide for the flow of the surface
water and to complete the Improvement In
good and substantial manner
Notice is also given that on the 2Sth day OF
October 1898 the Commissioners of Assess
1nent fled in the office OF the Clerk q tne
Board Of Street and Water CoInlnls
their preliminary map for said Improvement
showing the probable total cost Of the con-
femplafed Improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed property specially
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
of said Board. ,,.
Ard notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections tnereoE
are included in said assessment namely
GERMAHIA AVENUE
from Fleecker street to point about 4Stf
feet south of Thorne street.
BLEECKER STREET.
on the south side, from German.a avenue 10
4 poInt about 100 feet east thereof
And that in accordance with the provisions
of tbe Act above cited, the 7th day of Noveln-
Der. 1895, at two o'clock P A.. and the As
fIxei as the time ard place when and where
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
viii meet to hear parties interested In said
annlieafion and all remonstrances against the
said proposed improvement that may be pre-
sented in writing.
eo'i'ii''SS'0''s7 GEORGE T. BouToN,.
Clerk
Dated Jersey city. November !, 1898.
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

JARRETT,s JUMP TO SAVE A CoMRADE.
their camp near Jacksonville He was one
Of the. fortunate ones to gain seat, and
he sat inside with this window next him
open. Soldiers stood in the aisles and on
the platforms.
The train bowled along, making few
stops, and the soldiers laughed and sang
the time away It was dark night
The train came to a stop and the SOL
diers peered out of the windows to see
where they were. Private McAvinney
one Of those on the platform swung on on
what the car lights fashioned into a bit OF
sandy ground before his eyes.
But his foot touched the end Of rail
road tie instead The foot slipped, its
mate found its way between ties. Nc
Avinney's hands shot up he iurched
screamed and plunged off a bridge.
.tarrett's head was out of the window at
the scream. His ears caught the sound OF
great splash. A column of spray leaped
and sparkled in the lamp rays away below
Jarrett and off to the right
Deliberates Not a fraction of a second |
Peel off his blouse and cry, Hold my
coat?' Not he
With hands on the sill he drew back
head and shoulders, shot forward again,
straight through the window as from a
catapult, out into black space His act
was too quick for realization by those near
him. When the second splash came to
them from below, somebody's mind took
IN what had occurred
To the men on the train it seemed an
hour, but in reality it was in about three
minutes that voice which most of them
knew shouted from the depths:
Throw us ropep'
Have you got him?' dozens anxiously
exclaimed straining eyes in the direction
from whence the hail had come.
The train crew lowered lanterns on
cords. The balls of light shoneon heroic
picture full 20 feet below that stagecraft
could not reproduce.
A mans arm held fast to bridge tim
ber. The other supported limp form
with white face. deathlike. with closed
syelids
Yellow, swirling water tugged and bat
tered to loose the mans hold on the tim
ber and left only heads and shoulders
above its eddying surface
A stout rope was quickly dropped with
one end fast above. Jarrett tied the other
under the arms of helpless McAvinney A
dozen sets of sturdy soldier muscles hauled
him up in trice Jarrett was drawn up
the same way. Unconscious. McAyinney
was soon resuscitated
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

TO HAMILTON WALLIS, GUARDIAN
of Frederick f. Harral, iunatic; Will
lam Wright Harral, Helen NJ. Mull1ken,
Edward Wright Harral, Henry II. Har-
raj George Harrai individually and as
trustee for Henry H Harral and C1ar1ce
Marie LeGars HarraI twidow3:-
You are hereby n0tlned thal at pup.
lie sale made by the City Collector Of
Jersey City, on the 26th day OF. APRIL 1872.
The Mayor and Aldermen OF Jersey CITY
purchased for the sum of elghty-nlIle DOL
lars and eighty-SiX cents ALL the lanu
and real estate situate in Jersey City. In
fbe County of Hudson and State OF New
Jersey. fronting on Fox place, which IS
laid down and deslgnatea as i9ts lWsnls-
number fifty-six (56), upon an assessment
mao annexed TO report number seventy
(70), made by the Commiss or Au-
.iustment'' appointed in and for said city
bv the Circuit Court of the County OF
Hudson, a certified copy of which repore
and map was filed in the office OF the
.lNffv (.oileetor of Jersey City, on the 1ltn
day Of May. 1891, said report and map
and said sale being made pursuant TO the
nYsovisions of an act of the Legislature OF
New Jersey. passed March s0th, 1880, en-
titled
4An Act concerning the settlement and collec-
fiou of arrearages Of unpaid taxes, assess
n1enfs ana water rates or water rents IN
cities OF this State, and imposing and ieVy-
ing 4 tax assessment and lien in lieu ana
instead 81 such arrearsges, and 70 enforce
tSe nayrnent thereof, and TO provide for tho
sale Of lands subjected to future taxatioa
and assessment.
And thes several supplements thereto
Ana YOU are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or interest," N saf9
land and real estate ana nniess me SAID iana
and real estate shall be redeemed. as provided
r. as.u raSS acfs before the expiration OF SIX
,,.anfSss from ana after the service hereof a
9sea VT sssl Aldermen Of Jersey city ts
Tat ssfaple5f said iand ana real estate accord
-. Fl re nrnvf fsiens of the said act.
ttlra " -
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

East by Central averue from zanrisisia
street TO Charles street; north by Charles street
from Central Avenue 10 Hudsoa Boulevard; ;
west by Hudson Boulevard from Charles street
10 Z&briEkie street; south by ZzbriskIe street
from Hudson Boulevard to Central aveniie
SEVENTH PRECINCT, at 2s7 Central ave-
rue, bounded fciows;-
East by Central avenue from Manhattan ave-
nuc to Zabrislxis street; north by ZaDrisKs
street from Central avenue to Hudson Boale-
Yard; vest by Hudson Boulevard from Zabris-
iSie street TO Manhattan avenue: south by Man
haitian avenue froEa Hudson Boulevard to Gem
tral avenue.
EIGHTH PRECINCT, at s41 Gcr1nania ave-
nue. bounded as follows:
East by Hudson Boulevard from Manhattan
avenue Bfescker street. north by Bleecker
street and Bieecker street produced from Hud-
son Boulevard to the westerly boundary OF
Jersey City; west by the westerly boundary
of Jersey City from B1eecSer street produced
to Manhattan avenue produced south BY Man
haitian avenue produced and Manhattan avenue
from the westerly boundary of Jersey City 10
the Hudson Boulevard
Done in accordance with an act Of the
Legislature Of the State Of New Jersey,
entitled An act to regulate elections,''
approved April T. 1898.
NJ ]. O'DONNELL,
City Clerks ONCE
Jersey City. Oct. 81 1898
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

s..
Board OF Street and Water conlnissio2srs 1ta on
IN the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hall,
~. ~. ny = .--
iMFRoFEMENI OF GREEN y LILLE AVE-
80 o,z r, - l -, =. ,.,. .1,.,,
A%roHi % ota BERGEN fleaA 70 AtcsQil bouieSaf1s
Saio Improvement 70 pc mace conforInaply
70 me provisions oi Snapter ~ q ne Laws
OF ios9, ana n aecoIdance Win peciIicatlonS
Blank forms Of bid and agreement of sure
ties must pc opsAined az the oiI1ce of tne
CAler -nganesr, Glty - Jersey Llly, n. J.
ESTIMATE " CCANilI4ES
gess,
STANDARD
o. NSs1-
About $40 cubic yards of earth excavation, =.
per cubic yard .,-.--...-.--...., ~
About cubic Yards OF rock excavation,
per cubic yard -.-.----.-.-t...-. zOo
ABOUT 70 cubic yards OF earth hilns, per
cubic yard :. .s.--....-.--..- 10
About l50 cubic yards Of sand filling, per
About 750 square yards Of Belgian paw
ing per square yard .......4 LEO
About s.70o sduare yards of macadan
paving per square yard .........-... 60
lineal foot s5
About 120 sauare feet of bridge stone per
sc.,ars ~ fese ~ - ~ 9' p AZ
A Abas.+ s,,,,ars ,,sr 81 : rs.ns,,t-s ,s,
s5a ,,, 4 .s+ ~
a l''-S ls''sst S1iAN o.
9tSsSsI S1Lp - st9iie, PeA si'issh -
A9ous ~ S4uaAe la. asee u Ls,aiu anu -
ABOUT receiving pasih heaus 10 pc re-.
SET, each --...-.. .-.-.- --.-..-.-...--.- o-W
About II manhoie heads TO be reset,
Time allowed for ths completion Of the work.
The making Of the above improvement and
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

Physician tlooking into his anteroom,
where number Of patients are wniting)
Who has been waiting the longest?
Tailor fwho had called " present his
bil1)--T have, doctor. delivered the
clothes II you three years aRo. london
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05
,jARRB'IF'S BOLD JUMP
Fearful Plunge From = Train In
to River.
DARING RESCUE OF A coMRADE.

Another Hero of the WAX with spain.
Courage and self Sacrifice Not Con
nned to the Boys whe Were Under
Fire.
Corporal Riohara Jarrett, Company Z,
Sixth Missouri regiment, United States
volunteers, takes rank with the wars no
roes. says the ST: Louis Post Dispatch-
Jarrett jumped off bridge on q dark
night because man had fallen into the
river below and saved the man. Here Is
the way it happened;
Jarrett was one of the trainload OF SOL
diers returning from St. Augustine 70
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05

Dated Jersey city. November !, 1898.
The Jersey City news., 1898-11-05
NOTICE 70 coNrRAcToRs.

City Clerks Once.
Jersey City. Oct. 81. 1898.