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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
MUST NOT SLEEP ON A TRUCK.

Patrolman Steele, at 10 o'clock last
night found a man asleep in a truck on
Greene street, between Montgomery and
York streets. He woke him up and ques-
toned him. The fellow would not re-
ply. Steele locked him up. He told the
Sergeant he was Edward Brown. but in
the First Criminal Court this morning he
acknowledged that that was a fictitious
name. Police Justice Nevin fined him SO.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
KEPT IT FOR HIS HONESTY.


Chief of Police Donovan, of Hoboken,
this morning received a queer commu-
nication in his mail. Enclosed was a
check for $5.ss. mad payable to J.. B.
Kirk. 1t was on the Long Branch Bank
ing Company and was signed by r.. L.
Williams. 1t was not endorsed.
The following letter accompanied the
check
HoBoKEN. July s, '9s.
Chief of Police
Dear Sir-T have found this check with
S. this morning, at Eight and Hudson
streets. / herewith send you the check.
find out the owner. The S. / will
keep myself. as / am in need Of it. /
have a large family and no work. 1t
was a Godsend to me. If you find the
owner let me know. / hope toSrepay him
some day. l am having a hard time get
ting dong. Remember, I am no thief,
but circumstances alter cases.
Yours truly,
A MAN IN NEED.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
RAILROADS.
lEHIGH VALLEY SYSTEM.
Leave Pennsylvania r. r. Depot.

6.s4 A.. NJ. daily Sunday 7.12 A. Nj for
EASTON and intermediate stations.
1888 A. NJ. daily for WILKESBARRE,
SCRANTON (week days., ITHACA, GENEVA.
ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS
and the West, and principal local points. Dim
ing Car and Chair Car to Buffalo.
12.A P. NJ. daily. except Sunday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
r.
Hotel and Dining Rooms,
No. 80 Montgomery ST., Jersey City
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Ladies' Dining Room Upstairs.
HOTEL.

NOTICE re CONTRACTORS. LUMBER
DEALERS. DEALERS IN HAY AND
FEED, DEALERS IN FIRE BRICK, ETC.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners on We'd
nesday, June Is, 1895, at 8 O'Clock ?. M, in the
Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for
FURNISHING AND DELIVERING OF MA
TERIALS HEREINAFTER SPECIFIED,
and in accordance with specifications on tle In
the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of %sureties
must be obtained at the office of the Chief En-
gineer, City Hail, Jersey City, N. j.
The bidding will be divided into three sec
tons, specifications being individual for each
section, and each section representing a class
by itself upon which bids will be separately
received and considered.
First-For furnishing and delivering fire
brick, fire clay, etc., of which the following is
an estimate Of quantities and the hundred per
cent. standard of cost
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09

About 1880 spruce boards, 2vxe"xlsv,
About 500 spruce joists, 2~xsgx16", each. 10
About 5000 surveyors stakes,
15~x1A~x1L", each, ......s....... .011h
About 1000 feet B. NJ. yellow pine,
10~xl2". per NJ p. 90
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals IL it is deemed for the best
interests Of the city 50 to do.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Furnish
ing and Delivering of utem specifed),,' direct
ed to 1.-The Clerk Of the Board and handed
in the order of business relating to sealed pro-
posals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals land a possible subsequent c~ontract) are
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State Of New Jersey.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
Of the hundred per cent. standard above quoted
for which they will furnish all materials and
do all work coyaprehended in specifications, and
If final award Of contract be made the per cent.
so stated will form the basis upon which pay
ment WIZ be made for all items.
The attention OF bidders Is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1s4 of the Laws of 1871.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city. or become effective or
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to suficiency by
this Board and as to form by the Corporation
Counsel. the President OF this Board having the
power TO examine the proposed bondsmen under
By order Of the Board q Street and Water.
: . 3 I. BouToN..
Dated Jersey city. June 4. 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09

100%
standard
of cost.
About 1000 fire brick. per M..............$1 SIS. 90
About 5000 North River hard burned brick,
About Is bbls. fire clay, per bbi........... l.5o
About 10 bbls. Rosendale cement. per bbI.. lis
About 90 bbls. American Atlas Portland
cement, per bb1-...... ................ 200
About 5 bbls. Westminster lime, per hbl... Ito
About 44o carloads Of sand hauled by
the city,, per CARLOAD /. .....-.s...... .S5
Second-For furnishing and delivering hay,
feed, etc., of which the following is an esti-
mate Of quantities and the hundred per cent.
1000
standard
of cost.
About &C. 900 lbs. of hay, per 100 lbs........ S 10
About $500 lbs of straw, per 100 lbs........ .55
About 1000 lbs. of salt hay, per 100 lbs.... AS
About 1900 lbs. of bran, per 100 lbs...... LOO
About 1900 bushels oats. per bushel....... 40
Third for furnishing and delivering lumber,
of which the following Is an estimate of guam
titles and the hundred per cent. standard of
sooeo
standard
of cost.
About 500 spruce joists, 2"x31x16", each. 10
A Y $500 : n - = lnz
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Public or Private Monopoly.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
The movement toward combination
concentration. consolidation. is gathering
force. The resources OF the country are
falling INTO the hands OF individuals 10
be exploited for individual profit and ben
EFT. and the number OF individuals who
participate Is a very small percentage OF
the millions OF citizens whose labor heaps
up wealth. Is IL too late TO restore free
competition? OR must We choose between
private monopoly and public monopoly?
The trusts. s~yndicates and consolidated
corporations are themselves driving the
people upon a dilemma. from both horns
OF which they shrink with fear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Alabama Hnnrishness.

The refusal OF the Alabama legislature
to invite the presidential party to visit
the state capital was "A piece of boorish-
ness we do not remember seeing exceeded.
This boorishness Is peculiarly a red
neck" product. IL is the sentiment OF
those patriots and muck-worms who find
congenial companionship In mud and net
ties and bullgrass. This cattle despises
the d~ecencies Of polite life. and cannot
its civilities because IL never
comes to town unless to attend the leg
islature or buy green goods from some
smooth fakir. 1t does not. We are sure,
represent the intelligence or the civicism
Of Alabama
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
To the Point.

- DEPRESSING an audience in a
~ southern city. last night, Sena-
tor Hoar made no secret of his
opposition to the threatened policy OF
territorial expansion which will add to
our population millions Of persons
dwelling in tropical climates. aliens in
race and in religion. either to share in
our self-government or. what is worse
still. to set an example to mankind OF
the subjugstion Of one people to an
other"
To enforce his point. in the presence
of a southern audience. Senator Hoar
made the pertinent remark that we
have not yet solved the problem how
men of different races can dwell to-
gether in the same land in accordance
with our principle of republican rule
and republican liberty" That is true.
We have our own old-time race prob
lem to deal with. Essentially the color
line is drawn in this country to-day in
spite OF the fact that the millions
against whom this line II sharply
drawn were lifted into full American
citizenship a generation g
In this respect our experience with
the colored people. who have moved
constantly among us, Is poor encour-
agement that we can fit for free lnstl-
buttons millions of human beings from
whom the wide Pacific separates us.
These masses are as alien to our Gus
toms. our institutions. our aspirations
~. 81. ,-FflE1-- 4. ,,N1lfA AfrG.a
They talk fippantly and without war
rant who assert that to Americanize
the Philippine natives is a task which
our country can make a matter OF easy
accomplishment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
ability that the ONCE demands.

ability that the onice demands. nc
should be left free to select the teach
ers. and not only that but to prepare
the courses of study and work out his
methods OF instruction. 1t is his
theory that all the educational work
OF the public schools should be I'm the
hands OF the superintendent. the bust
ness part of the system. and tina ex-
clusively. being left TO the board of ed
ucation. IL the results are unsatisfac-
tory. a new superintendent SHOULD be
employed. until the right man is found.
When satisfactory results are obtained,
the superintendent should not be in
terfered with. OF course the board
must be the final judge OF the results.
such Is DR.. Andrews scheme and there
is much TO commend II. Teachers APP
pointed through personal friendship OF
political w%lrepulling. with little or no
regard for their qualifications. often
play havoc with thorough n syste-
education.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Uncle Sans Army Expenses.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A bill carrying an appropriation OF
s1i5. 233,SO for pensions Is an evidence OF
the gratitude of at least one republic.
But IL Is a fair question To ask how long
this gratitude can be maintained on a
basis OF OO.O0O soldiers I'm constant ser
vice. n large share OF them coping with
half savagc subjects and the diseases
incident TO tropical chimes. without be-
coming burdensome? II n as frequently
been pointed out by Europeans that the
United States pays more annually for
an army of dead men than Great Britain
pays for an army Of live men, yet II
is now proposed that the United States
shall have IAN army OF live men too.
Can the country pay for both?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
POPULAR NAMES OF WARS.
The Conquered Nation Almost Invariably
Comes First-Many Cases.

From the New York Sun.
The conflict between the United
States and Span has passed into his
tory as the 'Spanish-American" war.
At first glance there is nothing strange
in this fact. Nobody has ever found
out the real PURGE of the names Of
the millions of objects and events. Or
dinarily IL might almost seem that
names We're given by accident or
chance. The matter of naming wars,
however, seems to follow a set rule.
Examination reveals the fact that in
almost every case the designation of
a war by a certain popularity accepted
name shows at once the victor and the
vanquished, and that in such cases the
first name, IL two be given, or the
one name, IL there be only one, is the
name OF the conquered nation: The
two hat will at once occur to any ones
memory are the "Franco-Prussian"
war. in which the French were de-
feated. and our own "Spanish-Ameri-
AN" war.
But-there are others. In the I'ro-
Jan war, so called, the Trojans were
defeated by the Greeks. and Troy was
besieged and captured. The Macedon-
ian wars were gained by the Romans.
In the two Punic wars CPunicas; Phoe-
nician; Carthaginian, because Car
thage was a Phoenician colony the
NdI a oAl' Nj
thage was seized by the Romans. In
modern times n "Napoleon.c" wars.
so called. ended in the destruction OF
the armies of Napoleon and the ZAP
ture and Imprisonment of the emperor.
The Indian" war of 1S4l resulted in
the establishment by Great Britain OF
it's power over the Indian empire. The
'rCrimean" war was significant OF the
defeat of Russia by the allied armies
0S56). The "Austro-Italian" war t1s5e-
1860 ended with the defeat of Austria
and the Independence of Italy. In the
''Schleswig-Holstein" war us64) the
Danes were defeated and forced to
cede Holstein and Schleswig to the
victorious Austro-Prussian coalition.
IL was OF this war about a very com
plicated situation that Disraeli said,
when asked to explain II, that only
two men. of whom he was one. in the
whole United Kingdom. had ever un-
derstood what IL was all about: the
other man was dead, and he had tcr-
gotten. Mex comes the "Austro-
Prussian' war. in which Prussia. by
winning the decisive battle OF Sadowa,
defeated the Austrians. Then We have
the "Franco-Prussian'' war, ending at
Sedan Us70) with the annihilaton or
the French. The 'China-Japan" war,
I'm which the japanese were conquer
ors; the "Greaco-Tarkish' war. result
ing In victory to the Turks; and our
own "Spanish-American" war COM
pletes the series. and seems TO sustain
the contention that wars are named
from the conquered and not from the
conquerors.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
The FIRST SIGN OF BADNESS.

As age creeps upon us we try TO stay
young
And frisky as long as we can.
And show TO the world by both action
and tongue
We are yet a mighty good man.
We laugh at gray hairs as no toksf Of
age,
But look In the mirror appalled,
As We find We are facing that worrying
stage
when a fellow begins to get bald.
It fastens a look Of care In the eyes.
II anchors a dread in the soul.
For here Is a feature we cannot disguise,
A skating rink NJ on the poll.
The fend of anxiety fortunes the brain,
Our taste for enjoyment Is palled,
Our pleasure is tlnged with a color Of
pain
When a fellow begins to get bald.
We blow in our money for tonics and
creams.
We try all the lotions in sight.
But ev'ry preventive we plaster on seems
To hasten the hair I'm its flight.
We wear out our shoes on the specialists
stairs.
Experts into council are called.
But every day adds to the burden Of
cares
Nhfh Il 'iNN hfEll- 10 get Oalu.
We sit away back at the naughty dis
play
OF tights at the hIgh-kicking show.
Through fear hat our friends may inhu-
manly say
We've hit the old hald-headed row.
At night our once pleasant. delectable
dreams
by visions OF wigs are enthralled.
When waking the brain with keen misery
teens
When a fellow begins to get bald.
Whenever We meet lady friends on the
street
We blush while uplifting our hat.
And though they may smile US a greeting
most sweet
We know they have got US down pat.
We seem 20 care little when to our re-
ward
In the realms Of the blcst we are called.
For half OF the pleasure of living seems
fioored
When a fellow begins to get bald.
Denver Post.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23

there regard negro criminals. particu-
larry those who have committed crimes
against ONE Such crimes are the
constant dread of the rural districts.
and the occurrence OF one throws the
community into a state Of frenzy that
stops at nothing. Unfortunately lynch
ings do not serve to prevent crimes OF
this character. II they did an argu-
ment in support OF iynching would be
furnished that IL would be hard TO
answer. AS a remedial agent. %lynching
is useless.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Science ON the Coast.

NACIFIC coast papers are discuss
~ ing a plan to study the Japan
> current and its phenomena with
a view to ~forecasting the rainy sea-
SON" California. Oregon and Washing
ton are never able to come in out of
the wet at this time of the year. 1t is
not supposed that any scheme can be
devised for regulating the amount of
rain. or distributing 1t more evenly over
the year. But the California scientists
IA an idea that with an appropriation
of s25, 900 or so they can make observa-
tions of the Japan current that will
enable them to predict whether the sea-
sons will be early or late. wet or dry,
hot or cold. They say they could fur
nish this information several months
ahead. so that the farmers could make
preparations accordingly. thereby saw
ing or earning millions Of dollars an
nually. All lines of business and indus
try would profit by the knowledge di-
rectly or indirectly. n the California
legislature is requested to ante that
s25. 900 and let the good work go on.
ihiNst MI 'hG h'AA ~
that the rainfall is due TO the passage
OF low areas Of barometric pressure
from the Month Pacific into and across
the continent. The centers of these areas
reach the coast in winter about latitude
a. to SO degrees north n the precipita-
tion sometimes reaches well into the
peninsula of Lower California. Occa-
sionally the path varies to the north or
south. and we get dry or extremely wet
seasons accordingly" BY watching the
current they expect to get the variations
Town pat. But what II the Japan cur
rent should fool the wise men by un-
expeciedly playing variations upon its
variations? There is something Tesla
like about a scheme to forecast the
weather months ahead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
The Years ~Lynchings.

Chicago newspaper man who
n makes a speciality of collect
, ing lynching. murder and sui
cide statistics. that so far
this year Judge Lynch has tried and
executed one hundred and twenty-one
persons. Arkansas heads the list with
seventeen lynchings. South Carolina Is
a close second with fifteen. Mississippi
has had twelve. Alabama eleven. Geor-
gia nine. Louisiana eight. Missouri
seven and Kentucky and Alaska five
each. Montana has a clean record as
usual. In the southern states lynching
IL slowly increasing. One reason for
this is sal to be the fact hat miscar-
riages OF Justice nave been frequent in
the rural districts Of the South. where
h population Is largely descended
from the pioneer settlers. They are so
closely connected by inter-marriage
that II Is difficult 10 secure twelve
Jurors without mourning two or three
relatives Of the culprit. Family ties
are strong. and two or three miscar-
riages OF the law in a state breed a
~ VI ~ thfNAlNfhtSF VI the law
and encourage mob violence.
Another thing that contributes TO the
prevalence OF lynching in the southern
states has been found in the Insecurity
Of many OF the county jails there. II
the jail IL a rickety structure the mob
usually succeeds in overpowering the
authorities in charge OF Il and wreck
ing vengeance upon the prisoner. on
the other hand. IL the mob runs up
against a strong jail in charge Of a
resoiute sheriff. II Is generally held at
bay long enough for all but the most
radical and violent TO come TO their
senses-and no harm is done. Good
5ails. therefore. may be considered one
preventive Of lynching.
More than seventy-ive per cent OF
IN one hundred and twenty-one per-
sons iynched this year were coIored.
Northern people who have never visited
the South hav no conception of the
horror with which the whites down
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Current Comment.
sectionaIism Forever Mt an End.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Before the president visited the South
sectionalism was dead. Ii received a stag
g,ring blow when war with Spain was
declared and volunteers from Dixie
crowded to the recruiting camps to en-
roll themselves under the flag. II weak
ened when Mckinley. who fought pm the
union side. appointed eN-Confederates
Lee. Wheeler and Butler to share in the
command OF the mics organized against
a foreign foe. 1t went down when Hob
son. that daring son Of the South. scut-
tied the Merrimac beneath an iron hail
from Spanish forts. II persisted when old
Joe Wheeler led his division up the dead
ly slope OF San Juan hill.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23

IN the current number OF n OF the
magazines Lieutenant Hobson tells
the story Of the sinking of the Mer-
rlmac in a way that makes II rebound
to the glory Of Admiral Sampson. In
the light OF Hobson's narrative, much
OF the story as II has been told hereto
fore is pure Hobson says that
Sampson conceived the plan of sinking
the Merimac as IL was finally worked
out in every essential detail. For some
time after the war began Hobson de-
voted his time TO a study of the harbor
OF Havana Then he turned his at
tention to San Juan. n was one day
admonished by Sampson that he could
expend his surplus mental energy 10
better advantage by devoting II to the
conditions at Santiago. Sampson, he
says. not only conceived the sinking OF
the Merrimac but CAV him express or
ders as to how to proceed, from begin
ming TO end. TO accomplish II. Hobson
has honored himself and the nav by
his modesty I'm ascribing so much to the
admiraI-he tells the story voluntarily.
But IL the conception OF the plan is to
be conceded TO Sampson. nothing can
detract from the superb daring OF its
execution. and that belongs exclusively
20 Hobson and his half dozen associates.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-23
Personal Paragraphs.

Elmer Dover. secretary TO Senator Han
ma, found upon his arrival in Washington
the other LAY .hree pushed baskets of let
tiers TO the senator awaiting nswers
80
Ex-senator George +. Edmunds. for
merly of Vermont. but now a resident of
Philadelphia. has been elected a trustee
OF Jefferson Medical college Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Bishop Hurst Is enthusiastic over the
American university. of which he is the
head. and he declares that IL will get
81. 10000 from the Methodists OF Pennsyl-
vania alone.
In the suit OF the Carson. New. band
against Senator w. NJ. Stewart for pay
ment for electioneering services a verdict
Of $40 and costs I'm favor of the plaintiff
was rendered.
Ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode Island.
when recently in Washington. met his
daughters for the first time in is years,
during which time they have lived abroad
and in the West.
The Austrian minister at Berne, Count
Kufstein. has sent to the Swiss govern
ment a sum of 20. 900 francs, which the en-
peror desires to be distributed to the poor
in remembrance of the late empress.
80
Theodore Roosevelt is the youngest re-
publican governor ever elected In New
York state. being just turned 40. Cover
nor Black was 43 at the time OF his inaug-
uration. John A. Dix was 20 and Levi p.
Morton 20.
Miss Ada L. Hanford. daughter OF Dis
trict Judge Hanford of Seattle, has been
placed at the head of the movement
among citizens of the state of Washington
to purchase a suitable testimonial for the
battleship Olympia.
DR.. Charles Neufeld. the German ex-
plorer. who was rescued at Omdurman by
the forces of the Sirdar, is now in Cairo,
hard at work upon n book, in which. he
will recount the story OF his years of inn
prisonment among the dervishes.
Lord Kitchener's punishment for drunk
enness. which has passed into a British
army proverb. is to tOg out the culprit i'm
full marching equipment, a matter of SO
pounds. and to compel him for six hours
to march. carrying a D-pound bag of shot
in each hand.
Goyernor-E Elect Benton McMillin is hav-
ing considerable pressure brought to bear
on him TO permit the use of his name i'm
the coming senatorial contest I'm Tennes-
see. IL is McMilin's intention at present
to take the oath of Office as governor
next month and serve out las term as
such.
Senator German Of Maryland chews
gum necessarily. Sitting in his place in
the second row. he works his jaws with
the persistence and the power Of a cotton
compress. He always wears a turn-down
collar and old-fashioned tie. the latter
held in place with "a small gold bard set
with aluable stones.
The Marquis OF Anglesey, who died rot
long ago. at one time ordered sent from
London to one of his country homes a
large quantity OF hand g~renades for Use
IN case Of fire. The servants hung them all
over the house. but had n dozen left over.
"what shall | do with them. nv lord?'
asked the butler. The titled BLACKBOARD
pondered for "A moment and hen said:
you may put them In my coffin"