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The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14

production far exceeds that Of the Poet
Of the Public Works Department The
graces Of yolapuk have never been more
gorgeously exemplified than in the mex
tricable intensities of its sonorous ca
dences.
OF course. Mr.. Squire had only one
hero 10 commemorate. while Mr.. Hearst
sings the dirge of many slain in battle
but allowing every discount and draw
back that may be claimed on account Of
the exact circumstances of the case, we
still feel bound to award the superlative
honors TO the author of the lines quoted
above and to hold him in defiance of all
contradiction the greatest master Of
bathos that ever came over the hill.
There is still work left in the world for
the fool killer.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
ST. BRIDGET's LycEUM.
All Indications Point to Most
Successful Outing.

st. Bridget's Lyceum held a special
meeting Tuesday evening for the purpose
of making arrangements for their in
augural picnic, which is to take place
Wednesday, July 27, at Greenville Schuet-
zen Park The Rev. w A. Keyes pre-
sided and large number of the n1em-
bers were present.
The Entertainment Committee, of which
t. J. Degnan is Chairman, and his as
sistants, T. J. Burns and t. F. Connol-
ly. have made all preliminary arrange
ments for this affair and with the assist
ance of the auxiliary committees which
were appointed at the meeting, all the
final arrangements will be we'll taken care
of.
Father Keyes has arranged set of
games for the boys Of the parish, to take
place at the park during the afternoon.
The st. Aloysius Society, which has a
membership of seventy-fiye, and the AL
tar Boys Society, with a membership of
fifty, will visit the park in the afternoon
and participate in the games, which
have been arranged separately for each
society. The Crusaders Societys games
will commence at $50 P. M.
The games for each society will be:--100
yards DASH sack race, potato race shoe
race, hop, step and jump. broad jump
and catching greasy pig. Handsome med
ais win be awarded to the winners of each
event Other attractive features will
also be introduced to amuse and entertain
those who journey to the park In the af7
ternoon. Prof Holden's full orchestra
has been engaged from one F M. until
such time as the picpieStloses. .it
L8.~1 f.1x trrn
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
YOUNG BAPTIST'S UNION
Meeting Open Today in Buffalo
--Junior Department
Growth.

Everything is in readiness for the Young
Peoples Baptist Union of America.
which will gather in an international con-
vention at Buffalo today. A special train
left Manhattan this morning, containing
large number of delegates from Brook
lyn, New York, Orange, Jersey City and
Bayonne The trainsis in charge Of trans
portation leader John P. Goodwin, and Is
expected to reach It's destination by eight
o'clock this evening, stops being made at
Susquehanna, where dinner was served.
Binghamton Oswego, Elmira and Hor-
nellsville, as well as several other spots
of interest. Upon the arrival of the train
at Buffalo the delegates will receive
badges and be assigned to their tempo
rary homes. The convention will con-
tinue through Sunday, and Jersey City
viii be well representatetd.
The Rev. DR. Robert Bruce Hull, pastor
of Greenwood Baptist Church. Brooklyn,
meeting, to be held on Sunday evening at
the closing session of the convention.
One of the speakers at the convention will
be the Rev. DR.. w H. P. Faunce, of the
Fifth avenue Baptist Church, Manhattan.
Another feature of the convention will
be the annual report. The growth of the
Union has ben phenomenal, this being
the seventh year of its growth. Nearly
every State in the Union has a well or
ganized Baptist Young Peoples Union,
and it is thought that at least ten thous-
and delegates will attend the convention.
Many new Unions have been established
during the year, especially in the South.
The distinctive features of the Baptist
Union, federation, education, denomina-
tion, give new direction to the movement,
making its forces contributary, not only
to the development of the religious life
of the Individual, but also to the enlarge
ment of the life and activities of the
Baptist denomination.
The feature of the work showing the
most marked development is the Junior
department. A reduction of $l.1s6 has
been made in the Indebtedness of the
Union the liabilities being now only ST.
o26. in excess of all assets. Altogether the
year has been prosperous one, and the
Baptist Young Peoples Union is now self
SllpD0rting.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
FOR SCHOOL REPAIRS.
New Use For the City's For
tunatus' Purse, the Ii
cense Fund.
MAYOR STOPPED BOND ISSUE
Fifty Thousand Dollars to Be
Spent During Vacation
Financial Small Beer.

The Finance Board. at meeting yester-
day afternoon, set aside $4,000 from the
liquor license fund to be used for the re-
pair of the public schools
1t has been customary for the Board of
Finance to raise money for the renova-
tion of the schools during the summer
months on temporary loan bonds. Last
year, $4,000 was raised in that manner.
This year, when the Board of Education
made requisition for $4,000, Mayor Hoos
positively refused to countenance bond
issue.
Tuesday afternoon, Directors higgins
and Mersheimer, Mayor Hoos and Robert
Davis conferred with the Finance Board
on the subject. All agreed that the
schools required repairs. and all were
willing to have the work done, but no
one for time could suggest way to
raise the necessary funds. The license
fund was finally hit upon by Corporation
Counsel McDermott. He looked up the
law, and gave it as his opinion that the
fund could be drawn upon for sufficient
money to repair the schools. That plan
was agreed upon and was carried out yes
terday
The repair of the schools will be COM
IueHceu at once
City Clerk NJ. J. O'Donnell notified the
Board that since July l. when liquor IL
censes expired, he had collected $4,000 for
removals.
Nelson ]. H. Edge, Treasurer of the
Free Library Trustees, made requisition
on the Board for $1,1sl23 The trustees
are entitled to three-tenths of mill on
the city's ratables. There is still due the
trustees the sum Mr.. Edge asks for. He
says the money is needed very badly. A
transfer to the trustees will be made at
the next meeting of the Finance Board.
The official bond of Constable James T..
OfBrien, OF the Ninth ward, in $1,000 with
Alderman Samuel Warrin and John M.
Jones as sureties, was approved, as was
also the bond of Constable Michael Nc
Mahon of the Second ward
The Board concurred in the award of
the feed contract by the Street and Wa
ter Board to e. A. Dugan; also in substi-
tuition of Edward Conlin for William
Burns to construct sewer in Sherman
avenue Burns refused to do the work
after being awarded contract. Corpor-
alton Counsel McDermott was directed
to institute proceedings against Burns
for the difference between his bid and
what Conlin will have to be paid.
The Board is to meet again next We'd
nesday
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
ST. JOHNS P. {. CHURCH EXCURSION
DR.. Stoddard's Original Scale of
Prices--There VIII BE Dancing.

st. Johns Episcopal Church School is
to have it's annual excursion on July q.
Tho Rev E. L. Stoddard has his own
ideas regarding the running of a church
excursion. He believes in promoting So
ciability among the members of his con-
gregation. His object In having the ex-
eursion is not to make money, but to give
his parishioners and their friends a good
time. He offers special inducements to
large families, and makes it am object
for young man to take his girl along.
He has also provided for the care of
small children whose parents cannot ac-
company them. In st. Johns Bulletin
he makes the following announcement
regarding the excursion
"There is to be an excursion this year,
probably on Thursday, July p, and to a
fine grove on the Sound. We wish all
the children to go. Heretofore many have
not gone because their parents could not
go, but this year we are to have volun-
teers to take charge of all whose parents
must remain at home. It is a church af-
fair, and we go alone so as to have plenty
of room. We hope large number of the
congregation will go. and to bring this
about we bave made a change in the
price of tickets.
'.All officers, eachers and scholars of
the school carried free.
Outside children. % cents.
adults. 80 cents.
BUT!
s'If a man and wife go, the price will
be Is cents for the two.
''Children in arms pay nothing.
"a man and wife with two children, the
children not being in the church school,
will be taken for s1.00.
"A young gentleman wishing to take his
girl, can purchase ticket for the two for
IS cents.
There will, of course, be music.
''Tickets for sale will be in the hands
of the ushers, and of the officers of the
church school, and will be given to the
members of the church school next Sum
day.
ut is hoped that it will be a general
Parish affair."
There will be dancing, and the members
of ST. Johns dancing class will have an
opportunity to show what they have
learned in the art under the auspices of
the church.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
BETWEEN THE TRACKS.
Controversy Over Railroad
Company Paving Retards
Pavonia Avenue Inn
provements.

The shaking UP Mayor Hoos gave the
Street and Water Commissioners for al
lowing so much delay in the repavilg OF
Pavonia avenue caused the adoption OF
the following by the Board at its meet
ing, yesterday
Whereas, This Board has determin-
ed upon the repaving of Pavonla ave
nue. from Grove to Kelso street, with
specification block pavement upon
concrete foundation, and on Montgorn-
cry street, between Hudson and war
rem streets, and the ordinances pur-
porting to impose upon the various
railroad companies the responsibility
for a portion of such repaying are
somewhat vague;
Resolved. That the Corporation
Counsel be and is hereby requested to
furnish this Board with an opinion as
to the obligations of the above named
companies relative to the kind of
pavement they are required 10 place
upon said streets under the existing
ordinances.
When Montgomery street was paved
the North Jersey Company did not lay a
concrete foundation between its tracks
The result has been that water has
washed out the pavement between the
tracks and undermined the pavement out
side.
The North Jersey and North Hudson
County Companies are interested in the
pavement Of Pavonia avenue, and they
object to laying the same pavement be
tween the tracks that the city proposes
to lay outside.
The Street and Water Commissioners
demand uniform pavement and say
they will do no work until it has been
ascertained just what the duties Of the
companies are.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
EXCELLENT THIEsEN ORCHESTRA
Rapidly Getting in Shape for the
Annual Fall Season.

Thiesen's amateur orchestra, of Green
vile, is rapidly getting into shape for the
annual fall season Of concerts, as the re-
hearsal last evening, in Belvidere Hall,
Greenville, showed marked improve
ment over the previous rehearsals. The
majority of the members were present,
and under the director. George Thiesen,
several new selections were tried.
The time was almost perfect, and as
the violins were in good hands the pieces
were played very harmoniously. About
the first of September the season begins
in Belvidere Hall. and will continue until
April of next year. Mr.. Thiesen looks
forward to successful season for the or
chestra
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
Colonel Smiths Seat in the Street
and Water Board.

1t looks very much as if there was legal
Iy a vacancy in the Street and Water
Board, due to the acceptance by Colonel
Smith of the Colonelcy of the new regi-
ment of volunteers. 1t would seem that
the clause of the Act of 1891, which re-
moved Commissioner Kaiser from the
Board when he became Boulevard Super
intendent, applies equally in this case.
There is no occasion for hasty action,
however. No act of any overwhelming
Importance, nothing which is calculated
to produce controversy, is likely to come
before the Board earlier than August IS,
when the new water bids are to be re-
ceived. Therefore, it is unnecessary to
settle until that date whether Colonel
Smith is a member of the Board or not.
But, between now and then, the war
Is more than likely to end. If it does
not. Colonel Smith will no doubt resign
and settle the matter so as not to i'm
pede public business. On the other hand,
If he is back in town, once more man
of peace, the Mayor can settle his title
to the office by appointing him for the
unexpired term. OF course. if the Colonel
resigns from the Board or is removed
from it by process of law. he will be re-
nominated by the Democracy next April,
and we hardly think the Republican party
will have the indecency to pit anyone
against him
The effort made by the Journal" yes
terday, to stir up trouble by rushing
Mayor Hoos into making an appointment
IAN appointment hostile to Bob" Davis
was quite worthy of that vile sheet.
Mayor Hoos knows far too well what is
due to man in Colonel Smiths present
position to attempt to crowd him in any
way. Even those who do not always
agree with Mayor Hoos credit him with
good feeling and gentiemanly spirit, and
they are very sure that he will make
no issue of the opportunity that brave
mans patriotic ardor may have placed in
his hands.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
MAcADAM PAVEMENT.

Some months ago the Street and Water
Board decided to lay no more macadam
nayement in the city 1t was found that
It was practically useless where there
was any heavy traffic.
Recently a great many applications for
macadam pavement have been made IN
resident sections where there is little
or no travel Yesterday the Board
adopted a resolution agreeing to lay ma
cadam when petitioned to do 50. in streets
or avenues where the travel is light, and
provided the contractor in each instance
will give a bond to keep the roadway in
repair for at least five years.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
PARAMOUNT AVENUE SEWER.

Residents of Fairmount avenue, between
Whyte and Grand streets, filed remon-
STRANGE with the Street and Water Board
this morning in which they assert their
property is being destroyed by the fre-
quent overflow of the sewer. The ca
pacfty. they charge, is too small to carry
off the sewage and surface water of the
territory it is supposed to drain. The
sewer connects with the Grand street
up. The property owners threaten to sue
the city for damages if something Is not
done Immediately.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
FELL IN IT UP TO HER NECK.
Dangerous Hole on the Boulevard
at Noble Street.

Because of an inspector falling to put
lights at the sewer trench, on Noble
street, just west of the Boulevard. in the
Greenville section, several people have
fallen in the hole which is more than
four feet deep.
A lady crossing at that point few
nights ago, fell in the trench up to her
neck because of no lights being placed
there to worn people. That point of the
road is probably the darkest in the Green
vile section, as the Freeholders did not
see fit to place an arc light at Noble street
and the Boulevard. This leaves a space
of two blocks without light.
Many times the residents have appeal
ed to the Board for light at that point,
but as Freebooter Piercy, who represents
that section was not in favor with the
Board, the light came not.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
CLEMENTS CLUBS OUTING.

The annual outing of the A. J. Glenn
ents Association, Of which Freeholder
Clements is the standard bearer, will be
held Wednesday, July 20. to Witzels
Point View Grove. College Point, L. I. At
the meeting last evening, Ave new mem-
bers were elected and three propositions
received for membership. The outing this
year viii far surpass all previous ones.
as over four hundred tickets have been
z-.fx1 fc,. fia <aua1lf
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
CAMP MCCLELLAN PICNIC.

Camp Mcclellan. No. 80. Sons of Vet
Grams. will hold their annual picnic on
Thursday evening, July q. at Pohlmann's $
Pavilion. on the occasion the Daughters
of Veterans. of New York City, will send
a large delegation. and they will be at
tired in the National colors The mem-
bers Of the Camp have worked hard TO
make the affair success. and judging
from the amount Of tickets sold their eff
forts have been well rewarded.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
MONTGOMERY SoClAL'S PICNIC.

A successful event was the picnic of
the Montgomery Social Club held last
evening in the Greenville Schuetzen Park
The weather had little effect upon the at
tendance, and fair sized crowd was
present. These gentlemen We're in
charge
Floor Manager, Richard Dougherty; As
sfstant Floor Manager, Martin J. Ryan.
Floor Committee Edward Morrisey.
Chairman; John Byrnes. John Dillon, M.
j. Kelly. James Mccormack
Reception Committee-Frank Howard,
Chairman: Patrick Connors, Martin Nor
an. Frank Gallagher, Fred Howells and
Martin Kreush
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
INSPECTION JOBS GIVEN OUT.

The Street and Water Commissioners at
their meeting yesterday provided s. a day
inspeetorships for the following
Anson Mcknight, Improvement of Maple
street.
Robert j. Dillon. Lexington avenue,
from Bergen to West Side avenues
Abran Lockwood Lexington avenue,
from West Side TO Marcy avenue.
Fred Roeden. Bayview avenue
George Alderman, Bentley avenue.
G. Kennedy Jefferson avenue.
James Muliigan, Grace street.
Bernard Cannon, Graham street.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

The Street and Water Board yesterday
decided TO improve Duncan and Pearsall
avenues, and to construct a sewer in Res
ervoir avenue. The following improve
ments We're accepted as complete Clare
mont avenue, Germania avenue, Griffith
street, North street, Bergen avenue. Fair
view avenue, Eighteenth street and sew
er in Williams avenue.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
Pegasus Has Yellow Fever.

Patriotism and poetry are close allies,
and when one of them gets to condition
Of dancing enthusiast, the other is apt
to be not far from hysterical frenzy. It
must have been in the latter condition
that Mr.. Hearst or one of his handsome
round-faced contributors penned the re-
markable effusion which appeared in the
last column Of the last page of Tuesdays
evening edition Of the New York Jour
nal.''
This fruition of genius is altogether SO
remarkable that no condensation or para
phrase could do it Justice. We. therefore.
venture to print it in full at the possi-
Bile risk of copyright suit. Here it
to-.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
IN MEMoRIAM.

Santiago de Cuba, June "a. 1885,
'fslow stride appointed years across their
biyouac places,
With stern. devoted faces they lie. as
when they lay,
In long battalions dreaming, till dawn,
to eastward cleaning
AWoke the clarion greeting of the
bugles to the day
The still and stealthy speeding of the
pilgrim days unheeding,
At rest Upon the roadway that their
feet unfaltering trod
The faithful unto death abide, with
trust unshaken.
The morn when they shall waken to
the reveille of God"
we believe no such poetry as this has
been written since the late Rollin M.
yauire's proclamation from the front Of
New FORKS City Hall that Freedom $
aand had dropped lifeless from times
Hail. Indeed we believe MI. Hearst's
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14

APROPos, if there should be vacancy
In the Board and the Mayor should have
to look for a man to fill it, he could not
find a better one than John F. Feeney.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14

The following document was sent to the
Finance Board. at its meeting yester-
day
The Hudson Telephone Company,
on March l. 1898, received permission
to locate its telephones In the City
Hall building, the same to be furnished
free of charge TO the city. This COM
tract has not been drawn as yet. as
the company has not found a satis-
factory way to reach City Hall from
its exchange, on Henderson street.
The City Hall can be readily reached
by using poles belonging to the city.
The city has poles belong to the Fire
and Police Departments, and frequent
requests have been made by this COM
pany to use said poles.
BY SO using them the company could
furnish many free telephones for city
use, and also serve a great many of
its customers without the necessity
of increasing the number of poles
throughout the city In the distribution
of it's wires.
This company will furnish a free
telephone service to the city depart
ments in return for the right to use
the city's poles and the company re-
quests your Board 10 render its assist
ance In this matter
Very truly,
PHILIP r. MARTIN,
General Manager.
The communication was referred to
Commissioners Ringle. Simpson and Mid
lige. the Telephone Committee Of the
Board.
It is not believed the request will be
granted, as the officers are opposed to
having the City Hall numbered UP with
useless telephone instruments. The grant
of right to use the cfty's poles would it
is argued, be an outrageous discrimina-
tion in favor of the company.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14

THE Journals mean attempt, yester-
day, to overcome the effect Of its own
slowness by attacking the authenticity OF
the regimental roster, published in 1.-THE
News" was quite characteristic. It is
great in calumnious attack if in nothing
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14

WE believe the gentlemen in charge of
st. Peters parochial school threw the
school yard open to the children last
summer. thus putting the municipal Off
GERS to shame.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
s'The News and the Fourth's Depar-
tuPe.

We have been in receipt of many com
pliments upon the magnificent account Oh
the departure of the Fourth Regiment,
which filled practically the entire first
page of Tuesdays paper. 1t gives the
managers Of "The News" sincere pleas
ure to find their efforts thus appreciated
by the public In turn, we feel 1t our
duty to allot much of the praise to our
bright young men who rose nobly to a
neble occasion.
Whenever there is anything going on in
Jersey City that appeals to the higher
qualities Of the people, we believe THE
News" IS never behindhand in giving it
full and appropriate presentation. 1t is
our aim to be first in forwarding what is
good in the current life of the COM
munity, whether it be the high call of
patriotism. the gentle appeal of benevo-
lence or the robust demand of business
interests. We trust never to be found in
the background when the people are look
ing upward and forward.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
School Yards as play Grounds.

Nearly four years ago, '9The News"
urged upon the Board of Education the
propriety of throwing open some of the
public school yards as play grounds for
the children in their hours of recreation,
and especially in vacation time. With the
woodenness which characterizes this city
in many things, no response was ever
made to the proposal, although several
of the schools, No. II above all, have
available space for the purpose.
Now we find other cities using the idea.
New York has gone into it wholesale. IT
is even going further to provide all sorts
of games for the children's entertain
ment. OF course we will have TO come
to it sooner or later. We will probably
do SO at the tail of the procession, when
every other city in the country is ahead
Of us, and there is no honor or credit in
the act.
why must Jersey City always be slow
about such things? Are we never to go
to the front in anything? Do our in
dolence and cynicism as a community ex-
tend even to things which do not take
cent out of our pockets?
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
THURSDAY. JULY IA, 1898.

This paper is Democratic IN principles
and Is Independent in its vielos on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
LONG DISTANCE CHEEK
Hudson Telephone Com
pany's Cool Demand for
the Use Of City
Poles.

The following document was sent to the
Finance Board. at its meeting yester-
day