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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03


 N Laundry and got "on," as they say. Nine others had applied,
 two quite young girls in short
 dresses.
 I was to receive $10 a month, board and room. l was taken to the mangle room. I hung up my hat and coat and began to earn a living at laundry work. My first task was to fold towels, piles and piles and endless piles, hot from the mangle. As I made the acquaintance of the San Francisco hotels by the quail ity and color of the towels, I wished to look about, but with the eye of the ''forelady" on me I attended strictly to business and folded two times twice" and three times over"
 After countless hours I was told to 'come along" and I went. At another table I shook out wet pillow-slips and piled them up, hems all one way, and tried to keep out of the way of an old man, who trotted about with piles of wet linen.
 He whistled at me and told me to ''get along there," and when I did not get along sufficiently quick he threw my pile of pillow-slips in a heap and swore.
 
 ing to do about it?''
 Perhaps 100 men and girls were crowded into the room. The steam from the wet clothes in the hot mangles went to meet the steam from the washers and rolled about in clouds. The machines stopped suds on to the floor, where the water stood in puddles. With my feet wet and the hot mangle Q r,oyv ty, <1,o where an occasional kindly breeze, strong with ammonia, cloaked the con- tinuous odors of soied linen, I only wondered what girl could stand 1t for five years. The overseer came through occasionally and looked sharply about. and the forewoman was ubiuuitous. told this one to hurry up and that one to be lively there" Woe to the girl caught talking! She was reminded in no mincing words that Tit was not to talk she was hired"
 A shrieking noise, the dinner whistle made me drop pillowslip on the dirty 1loor. This did not escape the eyes of the "forelady," as she checked the girls tllI thelr work was left in order.
 The backless wooden bench, where iound place to sit at the long dinner table, seemed a God given luxury after standing for five hours. A pretty little glri who sat next to me, just IA, helped me to forage It was Nick. give me some bread |, ana Nick, hurry up with that meat ' Mhlie a handsome young man in his snlrt sleeves flew about and waited on 100 hungry girls.
 Half an hour for dinner with a few minutes off in the beginnin~ is not a iong tune, and every one was in a hurry. A For supper only twenty minutes arc allowed. and then it is a rush indeed tc blows. "HiSlle we Waded through the water on the Washroom floor to get out to dinner Every one worked steadily, scarcely
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big cities over a thousand miles east ward of us.
 The most remarkable feature of the invention of the telelectroscope is the in- ventor himself, because he proves in his person that inventors are like artists born, not made. Jan SZcZepanik is an Austrian Pole, and only "A years of age. He was so poor that he was forced to quit the university and become a schoolmaster in his native village. Three years % he applied. in a crudely written letter, to the Austrian Ministry of War for assistance in pat enting his "Fernseher."
 But Austria is a country where in- ventors proverbially go a-begging, and nothing might have come of the young mans discovery had he not been taken in hand by Vienna banker, Herr Lud-
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besides. Lilly had hoped to get a good education. but when her father died she had left school and gone to work at the laundry. Like most children of Euro pean parents, every cent she earned was carried home. and the mother could spare little of the scanty $10 month for the girl herself. Two years past she worked every day from 5:30 till 10 at night, for her duty was to be there to dampen the shirts ready for the ironers at 2. Like all young things, Lilly saw only never-ending grind of her labor; no time ever except on Sun days, and then her one desire was to lie and sleep. She earned so little she could have nothing herself of the pleas ures girls live for. and saw no hope but to become worn out at 20, as the other girls were. One morning Lilly did not go to work. Nora tried to find her.
 She knew how the girl would need friendly word. and to her own family
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laundry. and what she earned only bought enough to keep them all alive and clothed.
 The children sat quietly on the floor, waiting for her to come and give them supper. The room was dark, except for & street lamp. They were very glad to see their mother. The small boy had his share of the caressing. too, but he remembered something. aud was in a great excitement. My Minna can go, my Minna can go." and he pulled the tiny girl to her feet. where she bal anced alone Then he ran to the other side of the room and held out his hands to his sister. and sure enough she walk ed straight off to him. but her pride and excitement were too much to be carried by the little legs and down she went Then such a praising and betting and hugging as the girlie had!
 On the floor were scattered few toys end in the corner box of sand
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wig Kleinberg, who may virtually be said to have discovered the Edison of Europe. Indeed, 1t is confidently pre- dicted of this stripling that he will leave Edison far behind.
 He is said to possess very little tech nical knowledge; but in spite of this fact he was able, the moment he set eyes on a silk-weaving loom, to hit upon an idea revolutionizing tl,e manu- facture of Gobelins, which, b means of an electric, process, can now be produced at one-twentieth of the for mer cost. The p .tent has just been sold to ring in England for $25O, 900. Pictures of any dimensions can be pro- ducel in silk within quarter of an hour. and thes have the truth of pho tographs as well as the artistic value of steel engraving.
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was the little ones playground and the only ground they ever saw except on Sunday. T h r e e chairs, a table, a bed, a cradle and a cooking stove made all the furniture. On the floor, a pill low, dented and soiled, with a nurs- ing bottle beside it, told how the little ones rested in the long hours they were alone, for Nora could only run home a mo- ment at noon. In a few minutes she had tn cir supper ready. Corn mush seems more satis- flying than any, thing else I can get" and with a little milk and su- gar the children seemed to think so, too.
 After the little ones were in bed Nora got out some sewing and worked by the light of 8 candle. I was tired to death and went to bed and 1t seem- ed only a few min uteS when Tommy climbed into bed and woke us up and Nora said we had overslept and must hurry to be at the laundry in time for work.
 Breakfast was the same as supper. Nora had taken out a small quantity of the yellow mush, and, to my inquir- ing look as she placed 1t back on the table we'll ous of the children's reach, she said: Tim might come, and he'd like a bite to eat, for he'd be down in the mouth and ashamed, and me away. Oh, l known I'm a fool, but you see-well, Tim's Tim. Maybe you'll have a man of your own some day and you'll know how 1t is."
 St. Joseph. to whom she prays, must be indeed deaf and dead If he does not hear this poor washer lady" and take care of Tim and send him back to the overburdened mo- ther.
 T h Is W o m a n works eleven tt eighteen hours a day and receives $13 a month.
 As. we walked along Nora told me of a girl who had worked with her. It troubled her much thinking of her own lassie at home. but she could see nc way out of 1t.
 Lilly's p 8 T e n t g had cone from Denmark. Her fa- ther had been able to earn a good many comforts for his family, and al his death his wife owned her home
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IN PARIS

The instrument can be placed any position where the desired view can be obtained. By starting clocwork mechanism the entire is received seenium plates and sent 10 the receiver hundreds of miles away
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TELEcTRoscoPE RECEIVER IN
 NEW YORK. By This Wonderful Instrument the Scene m Paris Can Be Reproduced in the Most Minute Detail.
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DREARY WORK
 OF A LAUNDRY GIRL
One Weeks Experience of Among the San Francisco dries to Ascertain How the Girls Work How They Are Treated How They Are Paid and How They Live.

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 two quite young girls in short
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ANOTHER BALLOON ASSAULT ON THE
 NORTH POLE.

\ N expedition directed by Nj. Va N ricle, a French engineer, who has A made speciality of aerostatics, 1 \ will soon leave for Juneau, talk
 ing along a f1otilla of aerostats,
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CIENCE'S latest promiee Is that ( we will 500 be able to around ~ the world.
 NO And not only Is th.- promised,
 but 1t is almost an assured suc-
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
ASSAULTED HIS MOTHER.
Sixteen Year Old James Connolly a
Young Reprobate.

James Connolly. sixteen years old, of
No 42 Canal street. was before Police
Justice Potts. in the First Criminal Court
this morning. charged with driving his
mother. Mrs Margaret Connolly out of
the house with a knife. and assaulting
her in the street with q large stone. She
had him arrested last night on warrant.
In court this morning, Mrs. Connolly
declared that her son was made vicious
by the habitual smoking Of cigarettes.
"He often gets drunk. too" she said,
'fand can't do anything with him. He
has driven me out of the house repeated
ly A boy going on seventeen years old
ought to support himself; but he won't
work and 1 can't support him. He won't
even let me live in the house work hard
to keea."
"Do you want me to send him to jail?D
asked Justice Potts.
Il don't care what you do with him, :"
replied Mrs. Connolly.
Connolly was tried and found guilty of
assaulting his mother. Police Justice
Potts suspended sentence, and warned
him that if he repeated the offense he
would send him to the penitentiary on the
old charge.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
REPUBLICAN, LIGHTS AT CAPE MAY
LoudensIager's Name Probably the
Only One to Be Presented.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."l
CAFE MAY, July IA. 1S9s.-Although the
Republican Congressional Convention for
the First district has been called to meet
at Millville today. Candidate Henry G..
Loudenslager, who will be renominated,
was here last night, and there are lead
ing State Republicans at all the hotels
Among them are State Comptroller Will
liam S. Hancock ex-Congressman James
Buchanan of the Second district. John
Kean of Elizabeth, ex-Congressman Hires,
j. Foreman Sinnickson and Richard F.
Sterr of Salem, ex-senator J. Howard
Willets of Cumberland, former Secretary
of the Senate Augustus S. Barber of
Woodbury., and Collector of Internal
Revenue Isaac Moffit of Glassboro. A
large number of lesser lights are here dis
cussing the situation. All agree that Mr..
Loudenslager has $50 of the 425 delegates.
If Mayor James NJ. E. Hildreth, of Cape
May, allows his name to be presented he
will probably receive the opposition votes.
1t is probable however. that Louden-
slager's will be the only name presented.
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LOBBY WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Hoboken Council Does Not Make
ANY Appointments.

The Hoboken Council held lengthy ses-
sion last night, in which the usual oratory
was INDUCED in. and very little business
was transacted. All the Couneilmen and
an unusually large lobby were present
The lobby expected that the appointment
of a license inspector would be made and
that the Commissioners of Public Instrue-
lion would be on hand to protest against
the Councilmen building public schools
But the lobby was disappointed Neither
mater came up. The principal thing the
Council did was to pass $1,000 worth of
newspaper claims. The claims originally
amounted to $1,000 but City Treasurer
Smith refused to approve of them, say
ing that they were exorbitant. Isaac
Haines, a Washington street merchant.
complained that he had been grossly
abused by Street Commissioner Bayer.
The complaint will be investigated.
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FIVE YOUNG BURGLARS.
They Rob a Saloon and Practically
Acknowledge Their Guilt.

Five small boys were before Police JUS
tice Potts in the First Criminal Court,
this morning, charged with breaking open
a saloon at Fourteenth and Provost
streets, and stealing quantity of cigars
and soda water They are:-John Clan
cey, eleven years old, of No. 52s Provost
street; James Murphy, eight years old, of
the same address; John Grow, thirteen
years old of Henderson street, James
Dernan, twelve years old, and John Der
nan, ten years old, of No. 59S Henderson
street The robbery was committed at
five o'clock last night The saloon was
closed. The boys entered it through the
rear door which, it is alleged. they
opened by breaking pane of glass and
slipping the bolt. The boys in court this
morning practically admitted their guilt.
They were held to give Patrolman Muir
ray Of the Seventh street station. who ar
rested them, an oportunity to produce
witnesses of the robbery
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
SYLVAN ATHLETES DANCE.
This WelI-Known Clubs Picnic
Success.

The sylvia Athletic Club, one of the best
known athletic organizations on the
Heights held its annual summernight's
festival. at Pohlmann's. last night. The
affair was a success. 1t was largely at
tended and everyone present spent a de-
lightful evening. William A. Chapman
was floor manager Alfred G. Stone had
been appointed assistant floor manager,
but left for the front with the Fourth
Regiment, ON Tuesday The floor COM
mittee was composed of Messrs. L. c..
Schaeffer, Edward Schacht and George
Guthmuller. The reception committee:
Philip Sehaeffer Benjamin Adams, R.
Harde, William T. Hilliard William A.
Kron and Thomas e. Farmer.f The of
ficers of the association are Philip Schaef-
fer President; William A Kron, Vice
President; William A. Chapman, Secre-
tary; L. C. Schaeffer, Financial Secre-
tary; William T. Hilliard, Treasurer. Ben
jamin j. Adams, Edward Schacht and
Joseph Gallagher, form the Board of Gov
ernors. r. Harde is Sergeat-at-A Arms.
Secretary and Floor Manager William A..
Chapman marched with Miss Ida Pfiueger
in the grand march.
olIeIS III the were Y. SCndeI-
fer, with Miss Ella Buckley; Edward
Schaeht, Miss Gussie 10th, Mr.. and Mrs
George Guthmuller, R. Harde, Miss
Harde. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hilliard
William A. Kron, Miss Kron, Mr., and
Mrs Thomas e. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Freeth, Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Harmon, Mr. A. ]. Moran, Miss Carrie
Levering, Mr.. E. F. Charles. Mrs. L. Nc
Carly, Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Calhoun,
Mr. Charles Carter, Miss Nellie Bushel
Mr. and Mrs. William Buckle Mr.. Frank
Pfueger, Miss Ida Pflueger, Fl. Willms
Otto Hagen, w. P. Freeman, William
Frederichs. Jr., Alfred Seigfried, Miss AM
ME Pratt. James E. Mulhearn, Harry c..
Adams, Frank Rommell Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Farmer. Joseph Gallagher,
Miss Gallagher, Mrs. r. T. Black, F. Re
gerhard, Miss Hyer, John Schaeffer, Miss
Lulu Bernhardt, Mr.. and Mrs George
Brackenhoff, Mr.. R. Seggel, Miss l..
Krieswetter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mir
rabau
Delegates were present from the Mer-
curry Wheelmen, Clio Wheelmen, Anchor
Club. Fremont Club, George Guthmuller
Association, Hudson City Turn Verein
Active Boat Club, Arborst Council. Nj
antic Wheelmen, Our Uninon and the R.
F. Sheehan Association
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
FIGHTING A STATE TAX.
The Third Suit Brought by the Sing
er Mnchinet Company.

Especial to "The Jersey City News.
TRENTON. July "A, 1S9s.-The Singer
Sewing Machine Company, of Elizabeth,
brought its third suit yesterday to con-
test the right of the State Board of AS
SCISSORS to impose on it a franchise tax,
amounting to $4209.30 a year. The suit is
against the tax for 1898, and is undoubted-
ly brought merely to preserve the legal
standing of the eompany's objection to
the States assessment, as already there
is similar suit on account of the taxes
for 1897 now pending before the Supreme
Court This suit was argued several
months ago, Joseph Choate of New York
appearing for the company and John 2.
Stockton for the State.
The company claims exemption from
franchise tax under the provision of its
charter granted many years ago by the
LEGISLATURE The charter relieved the
company from taxation on the capital
stock after the actual investment of
certain amount of money in its business.
the State holds that at the time the
charter was given there was no such
thing as a franchise tax, and therefore
the company could not have been exempt
from IT.
In a similar suit a couple of years ago
the Court of Errors decided against the
state and set the assessment aside The
Board continued to assess the company
under the direction of the Attorney Cen
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
GOOD NEWS FOR CYCLERS
Asphalt Strips to Be Laid on
Church Street - Mayor
is With Them.

Mayor Hoos made a recommendation to
the Street and Water Commissioners to-
day which will gladden. the hearts OF the
wheelmen, visiting and local, who have
occasion TO use the Mercer street VIA
duct. Recently the Mayor inspected
Mercer street. and at his request the
maeadam roadway from the viaduct TO
the asphalt pavement at Brunswick street
was repaired. Going up on the hill the
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News of the Wheelmen.

Eddie, ATcDuffee predicts that the mile
record will be lowered to 1872 this year
with two of the best teams of the Ma
tional Track Team Association" he
said, sT have no doubt of my
ability to reduce the present rec
{ord without difficulty. I hope to have
Sthe pleasure Of doing so later in the sea-
SON. While McDuffee was training for
his race with Michael he finished up a
ten mile spin with a hot last mile, max
ing three changes of pace and finishing
the mile below 1:35.
Fred Titus will not ride paced races
again this season, as he has great diff
Guilty in getting suitable pacing team
Unpaced racing will be his speciality
hereafter.
The Mantle Wheelmen are discussing
the action Of the Associated Cycling
Clubs of New Jersey with great warmth
and Indignation and intend to sift the
matter to the bottom, not so much for
the sensational feature as for the prin-
ciple Of the matter. The Mantle Wheel
men had crack bowling team in the
Associated Cycling Clubs tournament and
won a prize valued at $40. The payment
Of the prize was delayed SO long the
Niantics had about lost hope of ever see-
Ing it. The other day however, the Sec
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
YOUNG EXPRESS THIEVES.

Albert Brewster, eighteen years old, OF
No. 2l0 Pavonia avenue. and Frederick
SPOTS. seventeen years old. Of No. Is
West, Hamilton place, were held for ex-
animation by Police Justice Potts in the
First Criminal Court this morning for
robbing the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany of packages of goods in transit.
They were arrested by Detective Clark
of the Seventh street station on com
plant of F. J. Hickey Of Passaie, Superin-
terdent of the Jersey City depot Of the
company at the Erie Railroad terminus
Brewster is employed OH one OF the wag-
ons. 1t is alleged that in eollusion with
spotts he robbed the wagon. He stole a
number of articles. 1t is alleged, and
handed them over to Spots Former
Judge Puster appeared for the prisoners
and asked for an adjournment Of the ex-
animation 1t was granted.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
GOVERNORS NEW QUARTERS.
For a While They Will Be in the
Rear Of the Senate Chamber.
,al - ..T,ha Iersev CITY News" 81

Especial to .'The Jersey City News
TRENTON, July IA, 1s98.-Governor
Voorhees,. when he comes to this city next
Tuesday. will transact his business in the
room of the President of the Senate This
is made necessary by the fact that the
Governors reception room, Private Sec
retary Fox's Office and the room opposite
10 the latter's Office were cleared out yes
terday Of their carpets and furniture pre-
paratory to the commencement OF the re-
moval of the woodwork Of the rooms
which will be replaced BY mahogany
All the furniture was piled into the Gov
ernor private room. The furniture Of
the Governors private room was yester-
day moved to the room where the Govern
Or win preside until the Improvements ura-
der way are completed
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retary of the association mailed check
for IS, which was received in astonish-
ment Investigation brought to light the
fact that the other half Of the prize
money had been retained by the associa-
ton for next years dues. This action
has hit the members hard and some
steps will be taken by the wheelmen to
properly protect themselves from any
such treatment in the future.
The Associated Cycling Clubs of Long
Island will hold their monthly meeting
on July IS. at Jamaica.
The Orange Wheelmen elected these
officers Tuesday nght:-President, Frank
Smith; Vice President, Thomas Coffey;
Recording Secretary. Joseph Estell.
The New Jersey Division Of the League
portant meeting tonight in Newark Ques-
the attention OF every member of the
league and large attendance is required
to properly treat the business the meet
ing has been called to transact.
Clinton r. Coulter. the unpaced cham
pion, will meet Charles Church of Phila-
delphia, in an unlimited pursuit race, July
80, at Woodside Park, Philadelphia.
Tom Linton, of the National Track
Team Association, states that if he can
get the use of the regular and the auxil-
larry teams of the National Track Team
Association pacing, he will put the hour
record Al S5 miles
Walter Roome. who was brutally struck
by Werlng at the meeting of the Kings
County Wheelmen. is still suffering from
a broken jaw. The matter was brought
to the attention Of the Racing Board of
the L. A. w. and Wering has been fined
$50
The Defender Cycler will hold a run to
Coney Island Sunday in charge of Captain
Henry Miller. First Lieutenant Mullen
beck and Second Lieutenant Mohn.
Ben Fuller Leon Chanaud, C. Pickard
and Kramer are doing good work this
season for the North Hudson County
Wheelmen.
The Mantle Wheelmen will hold their
regular midweekly run tomorrow night.
starting from the clubhouse, running to
Bergen Point and returning for an en-
joyable supper. Captain Tom Lynch will
be in charge and large number of the
members is expected to turn out as the
mileage contest is growing warm.