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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
CORPORATION NOTICE.
NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
OF February. 1888. application was made 10
by Henry Gotthardt and others for the con
strtlctior Of q main branch
SEWER IN hi STREET.
from 40 feet west Of Old Bergen Road to
Hudson Boulevard; thence under the easteriy
sidewalk of Hudson Boulevard to Girard ave
ME, and in Girard avenue 10 connect with
sewer now built in Girard avenue; also under
the westerly sidewalk OF Hudson Boulevard
from 50 feet south Of Noble street to connect
with sewer at GIrard avenue.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 21T Of the Laws Of 1895.
Of sewerage. together with all the necessary
manholes, receiving basins and appurtenancas.
Notice is ,a also given that on the 2Sth day
ment filed in the office OF the Clerk Of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
showing the probable total cost Of the con-
templated Improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed on property specially
benefited thereby. and. the same is now open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
Notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
Of are included in said assessment. namely
GIRARD AVENUE.
from Hudson Boulevard to Morris Canal.
HUDSON BOULEVARD.
on the west side, from a point about 26.5S feet
south of Girard avenue to a point about $3.50
feet south Of Noble street.
CDSON BOULEVARD,
on the east side, from Bartholdi place to Noble
sstreet.
NOBLE STREET.
on the north side, from Hudson Boulevard to
q point about 551.4S feet east thereof.
NOBLE STREET.
on the south side. from Hudson Boulevard
to a point about 657.1 feet east thereof.
PEARSALL AVENUE.
from Hudson Boulevard to a point about 65.72
feet cas-. thereof.
The said sketch also shows prospective bene-
fits which will become a lien and due and
payable when lateral or connecting sewers
have been constructed, connecting with this
main branch sewer
HUDSON BOULEVARD.
on the west side, from a point about 1858
feet south of Girard avenue to a point about
1914 feet south of said point.
HUDSON BOULEVARD.
on the east side. from Bartholdi place 10 q
point about 74.47 feet south thereof.
PEARSALL AVENUE.
from a point about 1876 feet east of Hudson
Boulevard to a point about as feet east
thereof.
BARTHOLDI PLACE.
on the north side. from a point about 4.02
feet east Of Hudson Boulevard TO a point about
AIS feet east thereof.
BARTHOLDI PLACE.
on the south side. from Hudson Boulevard to
a point about 2s147 feet east thereof.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the Act above cited. the nth day of May.
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 all parties interested in said application
and all remonstrances against the said pro-
posed Improvement that may be presented IN
By order of the Board of Street and Wafer
GEO. T. BouToN,
80 r---- rt4- r.. 1000 N
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
Academy of Music.

This week manager Sackett's continu-
Gus performances at the Academy of .Mu-
sic will consist of Nat. c. GoodWin's
f~arcical comedy, Turned Up, by me
popular stock company. The coming of
Raymcn Moore, the sweet singer: is caus-
ing a lot of interest among who nave
heard him as well as those who have
of, Americas greatest ballad singer.
Others, who will appear are Ray L: Royce,
the character COMEDIAN Vera King, vo-
calist and dancer Frank Whitman. ec-
centric yiolinist: Arthur Delaney, Eng
lands comedian and dancer; Hart ana
Leo in an amusing sketch, and Deans
ROYAL English Mafionettes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
PASTOR HUNTERS FAREWELL.

AT the First Baptist Church. Hoboken.
last night. b Rev. James p. Hunter, who
recently resigned his pastorate, preached
his last sermon. The Rev. gentleman
chose for his theme the passage from the
seven last savings of Christ on the
peculiarly appropriate for a farewell SER
mon. was in no way brought TO bear upon
the severance of his connections with his
flock by Pastor Hunter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
WHITTIER HOUSE BIRTHDAY.
Anniversary of the College Sottle-
ment to Take Place May 12.

On the evening of May Il. Whittier
House. No. ia Grand street. will be hand
ed over to the Board of Managers, and
the fourth anniversary of the University
Settlement will then take place. En in
teresting programme has been prepared
consisting of speeches by Miss Kingsbury,
of College Settlement. New York, Miss
Valid, of Nurses Settlement, New York,
Miss Ovlngton, OF Neighborhood Settle
ment. Brooklyn, and Rev. Cornelius Brett
D.. D., of this city. Miss Lucle Nelson,
also of this city, will sing.
The decorations for the evening will
be green and white, consisting of pa; ms
ferns. potted plants and white flowers OIL
various kinds. American flags, now al
most Indispensable will also play an i'm
portant part In the decorations. Refresh
hour enjoyed by all.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending May
I. 1898. was as follows:-General works,
II; philosophy, 10S; religion, 26; sociology,
useful arts, 6S; fine arts, 81; literature,
263; fiction, LOS; Juvenile fiction. 1917, his
tory. l56; biography, 10I; travels 134.
Total. 7S5.
OF this number there were delivered
through the delivery stations Ass.
Number of borrowers registered during
the week AZ.
Total number of registered borrowers,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
AID ASSOCIATION TO MEET.

An adiounrend meeting Of the Organ
lied Aid Association will be held at Whit
tier House on the evening OF May 10.
when Nh. Edward S. Devine. Genera
Secretary of the Charity Organization of
New York. will address the meeting
Postal cards to this effect ave been
mailed to all the principle business men
of Jersey city, and q large attendance
is anticinated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
COLUMBIA EucHRE CLUB.

vile, held another of it's popular pro-
gressive euchre parties last Saturday
evening in Colun bia Hall. Prizes were
won bv M. A. e. Graef. Mr.. Thomas
lCoogan. Henry Lutz and William Frantz
About twenty players participated in the
euchre which was followed by an Informal
entertainment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
c~REENvlLLE RIFLE CLUB.

The members of the Greenville Rifle
Gu will go on an outing to E~ltingville.
Staten Island. Commissioner Edward
Barr. william Collins and Charles Boag
are the committee in charge. A final
meeting to complete arrangements will be
held Thursday night In the clubhouse on
Gator aveDue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
Tax Collection Differences.

Today the Beard of inanc is to meet
in order to settle several questions of
great moment to the city treasury. One Of
these has reference to the Martin Act
ale Of delinquent property. Some effort
was made in these columns on Saturday
to make clear to the public what the
difficulty is. We observe that Mayor
Hoos remains uncompromising. He says
he will take no back track. The old sys-
tenn is bad and it must be abandoned. 1t
Is a pity the Mayor is not more explicit
a considerable fractions of the money due
1t when the liens have accumulated for
many years. But just how a system can
be invented which will prevent that loss.
we cannot imagine. No system will make
buyers bid moro than they have a mind
TO pay. and it is out of the question for
the city to go into real estate speculation
and hold the property in the expectation
Of a rise. It is prsfty plain hat the reg
ular nua Hccuihuldtiolr toA ne
you'd pretty wen counterbalance the in
crement of value on most lots.
That we lose a dollar more by the old
system than we would by any other
which we have heard explained, we deny
as a matter of simple arithmetic, and the
old system has the advantage of being
tried and found effectual, of being bona
nde in every stage instead of bogus.
However. it matters little to us or to
the public what system is pursued, 50
long as the great work of collecting the
taxes is not allowed to slip back into the
doldrums. Any system which does not
Increase the percentage of loss, which
does not impair the city's title to the es-
cheated lot and which does not lessen the
menace to the delinquent owner, will be
satisfactory, provided It is adopted at
once so tina the work of collection may
go on.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
WEST SIDE N. {. CHURCH BoTANlsTs

The members of the Literary Union of
the West Side M. E. Church will meet
this evening at the church when the
member of the botany section will exhibit
some OF the specimens they have coll
1eeted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
NoTIcE 70 CONTRACTORS.


sealed proposals will pc received by tie Board
- Sfrset and Water Commissioners on Wed
mssamhly chamber Of the city Hall, for
the 1.1ppovrMENT OF WooD PLACE.
na1ieada aran,,a IN Ogden avenue. and
from Palsaue atenue ~ - - Eoorsa,,
Ogden avenue, from Moou ~ ror, 0nlan go
nue. 70 Failsaue aseuue. Nv
Said improvement 70 pc n Y ~ me ina -
20 the pIosiSio ,na rei,b snecidcations an
file in The office or the Cisrh OF saia Doatu I've
Bank forms OF Ply anu ~ ~ ~ Sbiss
tles must pc ~ e. ra, G;tv =
EnSiaser, 1f,s ,a.E - All 4 NgsiTIL,S
1OOgs
. .,,h;o 10 rds of eartb excava-
ABOUT 10 nh;c vsrd 80
.o.' Z ,,,hi, varis If sand filling. per
cubic yardss. n. . \. -. ........ LIS
Suo.e . : no yards of asnhalt nav
4Apout ~ vard 1.75
ing, per square f rsoori,g Nor
About oo sq9a-e sa "a
About 100 square leet o. reiaiu ufiose' pe o5
square foot. ~. :. ~. .. 70
per square foot. , 10
About 900 square rect OF reialu hassihs, a.,
per square foot.- . "
About SIS lineal feet OF new curb stone, =
per lineal foot. ......-.... - -. !. DO
Abo,t so lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About IS lineal feet Of i%sribbing, per lineal
foot.... 49,. TX. -. ..-...-..-.. 10
Ahn,t 4 receiving basins to be reset to
nrada zach -. 800
Ahont 6 n.anllole basins reset to grade,
aach.g. !. ............. ZOO
cubic cubic sfaNsd Cor the completion Of the work.
a L AtA~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09

III second subject of dispute is en-
forcement of the personal tax levy. The
customary proceedings AVE been delayed
beyond all reason this year. and it will
soon begin to be a question whether the
lien can really be.enforced If prompt ac-
ton is not taken.
The difficulty in this case is one of de-
tan and not of principle. All the city
ofaciaIs are agreed as to the propriety
Of pushing the collection vigorously.
The lists, as certified by the Collector
OF Taxes to the Comptroller, are said to
contain a Number Of dead men. men who
have moved out of the county and men
from whom nothing can be recovered. In
order to save expense, the Finance Board
decided to have these eliminated before
any otner steps were taken. The lists were
turned over to the Tax Board for review,
ana nearly 1000 names were stricken off
on the several grounds mentioned. With
these names out, the Board of Finance
decided to publish the list as required by
law.
But then the Mayor stepped in with a
veto. He said the entire original hist
should be published. It was understood
that by advice of the Corporation Coun-
sci ne held that legally the city could
make no distinction. The tax having
once been assessed, there was nothing to
40 but go through the form Of attempting
to collect II In every case alike.
The Board ri Finance substantially re-
oiled that any creditor had a right to pro-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
6IIU4 YION WANTED.

RESPECTFULLY WOMAN CAN DO
Washing ard ~Scrubb1ng; willing and
obliging. s. Morris street. one Hight Up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
STENOGRAPHY.
EDUCATIONAL.
The State Normal
and Model Schools.

The fall term of the State Normal and Model
Schools win open Tuesday, September 18th.
Entrance examinations for the Normal School
Will be held June It'll, Sh and sth. Applicants
for admission to the Norman School on certifi-
Gates must file their applications with the
Principal before June 18th. Applications for
admission to the Model School will be re-
ceived as in the past
For further information, address the
Principal. j. NJ. GREEN Trenton, N J.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-09
-coRPoRArIoN NorIcE.

Dated Jersey city, May Z, 1898
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30

Calvary Presbyterian, Geary and Powell
streets-Rev. ]. Hemphil.
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WITH ENTIRE FRANKNESS.
BY HENRY JAMES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aa@@aaa 1855 aaa@a

mountain stream, pure as the crystal
waters, and for all the honor she has
won at home might as we'll have in
scribed her inspired thoughts on an au-
tumn leaf and thrown it to the breeze.
But she has been taken up abroad. Her
genius, for it is nothing less, has been
recognized in London, a recent number
Of The Outlook devoting to her and
her work more than page. The kind
ly English critic quotes from her free
ly to show that she loves the fair land
where is her home, and yet he ex-
presses surprise that she is either I'M
known or unappreciated in her native
country. The fact that she belongs to
California seems to weigh against her,
| although what this prejudice really ac-
| complishes is to show that the people
of the United States are in sentiment
narrow, and in their store of literary
information but meagrely equipped. I
think the blame for this can be partly
fixed That pestiferous Atherton wo-
man, with no more soul than a turnip,
devoid of heart, falsely cynical, brazen-
! ~ blase, Is enough to prejudice CONT
nent against any source from which
she may emanate. She is Califor-
MAN, and all others must come under
the ban she creates Miss Coolbrith's
verse is pure and sweet. 1 refrain from
quoting much of it, because it is too
good to be shown in fragments, yet
here is one gem selected of many, and
in itself incomplete:
When the grass shall cover me-
Head to foot where 1 am lying,
When not any wind that blows,
Summer blooms nor winter SHOWS
Shall awake me to your signing,
Close above me as you pass
You will say: How kind she was,
You will say: How true she was,
When the grass grows over me.
Miss Coolbrith, so far as has been
my privilege to observe, does not at
tempt heroics She is content with
melody and Tilt, with sentiment, ten
derness, an appeal to the emotions.
Could anything be more beautiful than
| this?
And the love my heart would speak
l will fold in the lilys rim
That the lips of the blossoms, more
pure and meek,
May offer 1t up to him.
California has a right to be proud of
Ina Coolbrith. 1t is too busy now.
| Some time it will awaken from it's
dreams Of gold and gain and conquest
to understand that here was one who
had been touched with the sacred fire.
1t does not realize this yet. It is too
practical, too busy in the counting of
useful dollars Besides all this, there
is peculiar spirit manifest here, and
assuming the outward form of jeal-
ousy. Let Californian be successful
and the shafts designed to wound will
be hurled by those who had been his
fellow citizens. Bierce and Morrow
are great only away from home.
Twain and Hart are not extolled in
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none of my concern it strikes me as
strange that Mrs. Craven has never
been arrested. This view is not
prompted by any sympathy with the
Fairs, but springs from a prejudice
against robbery. AS a simple justice,
I would rather see the money go to a
lot of honest attorneys than to a fraud
ulent claimant. 1 hope Mrs. Kluge will
not take offense. There is also the
possibility that she, too, may be an an
gel of light. Anyhow the cause will
not be tried in this column and moth
ing said here can have influence on the
legal trial, as no man intelligent
enough to read these remarks will be
accepted for jury duty.
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dry will certainly result in cleansing
the feet, may soften the corns, get up
an appetite for breakfast, fill the lungs
with air yet unsullied by the fumes of
Examiners being circulated through
the crematory chimney. Furthermore,
people who essay by some peculiar
method to Danish malady are usually
afflicted in imagination alone and if
they can stimulate their imagination
in the opposite direction much will be
added to the sum of human happiness
The most distressing ailment is the one
which exists only in fancy, as the
phantom snake is more fearsome than
the real article.
Part of good citizenship is manifest
in abiding by the law. Yet, as the
people enact the laws, there are times
when they seem in duty bound to sus-
pend them. There is no probability
that San Francisco will ever be the
scene of another lynching. In theory
such an episode would be without ex-
cuse, and would constitute a lasting
disgrace. Perhaps this is true. How
ever, my personal wish would be to see
the next murderer who adds to the long
record of crime here swing from a
lamp post without having thirty Sec
onds in which to insult divine mercy
with a prayer. There seems to be a
belief that a girl in refusing to marry
some low-browed scoundrel thereby
commits capital offense, and that the
scoundrel becomes the executioner. I
! do not hesitate to say this belief is
! tinged of error. Neither can the man
who kills his wife, leaving his children
motherless and unprotected, be put to
better use than as a terrible example.
1t seems too bad to waste the time of
the courts in establishing the guilt of
men concerning whose guilt there is
no doubt. Within the last few days
two women have been slain under the
circumstances outlined. In neither in
stance was there a shadow Of mitiga-
ton, and the bloody handed wretches
are not fit to live. There were several
attempts of similar nature. Men so
degraded as to butcher women are be-
yond possible reform. The law can do
nothing for them but kill them and get
them out of the way. But the law is
so deliberate. so tender of the assassin,
so full of quips and delay, that 1t tries
the patience more severely than It does
the prisoner at the bar.
With the promptness expected after
the death of millionaire, the battle
! for the fortune left by Adolph Sutro
has begun. If Mrs. kluge Is entitled
to anything I hope she may get IT..
| This does not discourage belief that
the average widow" bobbing up from
obscurity to weep at the tomb or the
deceased, wiping her eye with one
hand and reaching for his gold with
! the other, is most annoying type OF
! fraud Either she has no claim grow
! ing out of former association, or II
such association ever existed, it left her
a good way ahead of the game. The
| Craven reach toward the Fair estate
is fresh in the public memory. Per-
haps Mrs. Craven is an angel Of light.
1t may be that she would shudder at
the thought of putting up job and
| faint In the presence Of a forged docu-
ment. I only know what was pub
lished of the testimony, the remarks of
| the lawyers. and while the matter is
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Notwithstanding that last week IN
weighed against the political banners
bedecking the street, it may be oo-
served that they are still there POS
sibIy the power of the press has peen
overestimated.
Editor Rush of Sausalito has been Sc
yerely beaten, and the sadness OF the
episode is heightened by the fact tnat
he is likely to survive. I am sorry Tor
Mr.. Rush.
There was never yet a political cam
paign into both sides of which unde-
sirable elements did not creep. This
circumstance gives to the enemy
chance to rail. Undoubtedly there are
people supporting the Republican
ticket who are not blossoms OF inno-
cence. But the great mass who OPP
pose Phelan represent the best elements
Of citizenship. There does not appear
any good reason why Phelan should
be regarded as supreme. He is OF COM
mon clay. My chief grievance against
him is not that he should have consti-
tuted himself a boss, not that he should
| have hefted the city's money, not that
| he is an aristocrat with nothing on
which to base his pride. 1t is that he
should have selected A. M. Lawrence
as his chief advisor, and that the Ex-
aminer, one of the foulest sheets ever
permitted to be published, should be
| his especial organ. I do not say this
| of the Examiner because Of any per-
sonal feeling, but because it seems to
me- as a working newspaper man, a
! shame that there should be a paper so
devoid of honor. 1t is one of the few
which would rather publish lie than
! the truth. A knowledge of it's charac-
ter must tend to give to the public an
impression that newspaper men are
liars and blackguards, which they are
not This is obviously unfair to writ
ers whom ability or i'll luck has drawn
| into daily journalism. There are many
men on the Examiner whom, personal
! ly, 1 esteem. They are my friends,
and I am glad of their friendship. But
an institution overshadowed by Law
| renee must submit to the suspicion of
being rotten. 1t is a strange circum.
! stance that men of brains sink their
personalities and bend their mental
! powers to carrying out the will of a
Hearst, transmitted through such a
creature. But Phelan, hoping for Of
! flee. eager for undeserved honors, Is
willing to pour his condolences into the
ear of Lawrence and abide by the de-
cision. This fact alone, without the
record of Phelan's Boards of Supervis-
ors and Education, his committee of
one hundred, his Widber, would destroy
my faith in him. He does not deserve
reelection, and do not believe he will
receive it.
Ina Coolbrith is a talented woman
with the rare gift of song. She has
written many verses as musical as a
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Trinity Presbyterian. Twenty-third and
Capp streets-Rey. A. n. Carson.