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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-21
Enforcing Rules of the Road.

The proposal to stop %scorching and
reckless driving is, in general, a good
one. The order of Chief Murphy to en-
force the Boulevard rules is also a good
thing. But, incidentally, Mr.. Murphy
asserts a principle which is wrong and
vicious in the last degree. In his order
he says
Inquiry by the Chief of Police shows
that police officers, particularly bicycle
policemen. are TOO apt TO caution per-
sons whom they find violating the ordi-
nances instead of placing them under ar
rest as they should do. When a police
officer witnesses a violation of the law
or a breach of the city ordinances it is
his duty to make an arrest.
This is a theory of police duty which
we protest gains and will never cease
to protest against, until it is abandoned.
1t is really the duty of a policeman
NEVER TO MAKE AN ARREST THAT
HE CAN POSSIBLY AVOID.
OF course persons guilty of serious
crimes or misdemeanors must be arrest
ed. OF course, persons who persist in
violating laws and ordinances of the mi
nor kind, after they ave been duly eau
toned, should be arrested. But no per-
son ever should be arrested for n Of
! these minor breaches of order until his
attention has been drawn to it and he
has obstinately refused to comply with
the law. The policemen who caution per-
sons about ouch things as bicycle and
boulevard ordinances and refrain from
arresting them are doing their duty adj
mirabIy, and public opinion should sup
port them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-21

THE only trouble about Mayor Hoos'
letter to the Traction Company about the
dust nuisance is that it ignores the offer
made by the company to sprinkle the
water IL the city provided it.
What Mayor Hoos should do is write
to the street and Water Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-21

About 9. 1888 square yards Of asphalt pave
ment. per square yard -.--..-.-.--s..- Vito
About 400 iineal feet of curb stone, per
About 50 square feet Of bridge stone, per
5 55ufi ! Ss4 lineai feet Of reset and re-
dressed curb stone, per iineal foot. Is
About "a lineal feet Of eribbing stone,
About : receiving basin heads reset,
,tart IL rasrnole heads reset. each. 2.eo
Time aIlowed for the completion OF the work.
payment for work herein advertised fer to
he made partially by Improvement certificate
and partially out of license moneys
The making of the above Improvement ana
10 the remonstrance Of the owners Of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes. endorsed Proposals fer re Improves
s, Nolan. Chairman Of the COMMITTEE on
Streets and Sewers. and handed e the Clerk
IF the Board when called, fer n ne order Ct
business relating to sealed proposals
The bonds required TO be furnished on pro-
posals tand a possible subsequent c~ontracte
"a do business in the state Of New Jersey
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
e fdr me ash hI'q tbsv viii furnish ali materials and
40 ali the work conprehended in sneci-
heasion 81 a ner = cent naa 81 statsa viii form tss
basis upon which payment will be made for
= rns attention OF bidders IS especially called
TO Section !. Chapter 134 Of the Laws Of zssl
MINNIE b5os ~ anon The city, or become ofreetiTs or
OPERATIVE until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been sppreved Is e salaelsncx nE
fs51,nsel, the President of this Baargs having the
power 70 examine the proposed haaasnafa under
! ~ order ot the Board o. street ard water
~ 8 GroRaE i noUTnx
pstea Jersey CITY, July u 1855
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-21

no CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
sealed nfoDosais viii ne received by the Board
az Street and Water commissioners on We'd
nesday. July 27, 1888. at three O'Clock r NJ,
in tbe assembly Chamber of the City Hall, Tor
the repaving with asphalt pavement over the
present Belgian payemen 81
COTTAGE TREE
from summit avenue 10 Hudson Boulevard.
said Improvement to be made conformaoly 70
the provisions Of Section 3, Chapter l4 o. ne
avs ~ ISsl and In accordance with the
specidcations on file in the Office Of the Clerk
Of said Board.
Blaak forms of hid and agreement OF sure
Ties must be obtained at the Office of the Cn1ex
engineer. city Hall. Jersey City. u
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
RECRUITING SAILORS.
Commander HawIey Satisfied With
the Results of His Tour.

Commander Hawley. who has been in the
west recruiting sailors, returned to the
Navy Department today to report progress
and secure some essentials to the prosecu-
ton of his work. He left the remainder Of
his board al Detroit. where he will rejoin
1t within a day or two. The next point OF
operation will be Saginaw, Mich. On the
way there Commander Hawley will stop
at Erie, Pa, TO instruct the officers who
will open q branch recruiting depot there,
in the nature of their duties. A branch has
already been started at Louisville. Ky.
Commander Hawley expresses great sat
isfaction with the success the board has
met with in getting recruits. The main OBJ.
Ject of pursuit has been machinists and
engine men, but ordinary seamen have also
been taken in numbers, and recently cleo
trfcians have been sought. Most of the
men SO far enlisted have been lake seamen.
and large proportion are naturalized cit
liens, yet one and all profess to be ami
mated solely by patriotic motives in com-
ing forward to fight for Uncle Sam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13

however and then improved upon his dis
cOvery. Today his product is as good as
that of any German factory. The secret of
this powder Is now common to a half dozen
of the European governments Probably
their formulate all came from Dupont 1t is
not known generally that the United States
contain but two factories capable OF manu-
featuring the ordnance powders. One is
owned by the Dupont-Nemours company,
and Is Wilmington, Del The other is
owned by the California Powder Company
at Santa Cruz, Cal. The Dupont people and
the Santa Cruz people are related by blood
and marriage. The companies are practi-
cally one.
OF powders now made there are probably
a hundred kinds They may be divided,
however, into three classes-blasting, sport
ing and military. The military powders
look as little like ordinary gunpowder as it
is possible to conceive. That intended for
the 30-caliber rifles. with theid lead-pencil
bullets and 2.000-yard zone OF fire. is a very
good imitation of clean, yellow. weil-grained
sand. Then there is a powder intended for
similar use that Is of reddish brown and
is cut into thin minute squares. Powder to
be used in certain OF the field guns looks
like nothing In the world so much as sheet
glue, one-sixteenth Of an inch thick and
broken into irregular bits. The powder for
the Hotchkiss gun Is In blocks one-fourth
Of an inch square. and as solid as coal.
There IL spheroidal kind. whose grain n
something larger than an ordinary marble
1t looks like bit of lead hardened into
globuiar form. This 10 also Q field-piecs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
CHARGE OF FORGERY
@. F. Gibson Charged With a Serious
Offense.
Use of Money Orlers-Was n Lieuten-
ant of the Watch in Post
Office.

Secret service officers this morning ar
rested Campbell +. Gibson ON charge of
forging United States money orders. He
was taken before United States Commits
sioner Mills and held for the action CT
the grand jury.
The post office officials believe they are
hot on the trail of a regularly organized
gang to defraud the government by the
use of blank money orders.
Some time ago The Star called attention
to the many defalcatio which had been
discovered, and the arrest of several per-
sons subsequently followed. No convic-
lions. however We're made, and for a time
the post office officials We're bafIled Every
now and then. however another fraudulent
order would be discovered.
1t is to the unremitting labor of Deputy
Auditor Lawshe of the auditors office that
the present arrest is due and the secret
service officers who made it express the be-
lief that there is mistake this time, and
that further important developments will
follow. ....,
Some time ago. the Office received infor
nation from a town in Pennsylvania of the
receipt of an advice of money order.
stating it had never been called for. The
letter found its way to the dead letter Of
same eime, discovered a fraud order that
mad been cashed, and thinking perhaps, it
might have some connection with the re-
turned dead letter, hunted the latter UP.
He was convinced Immediately that it had
direct bearing. The man who mailed the
ADVICE had forgotten to inclose the coupon
This put the deputy. Autior, on the scent
ana ne carefully preserved the letter look
ing for handwriting in his office to cor
respond with it. For three months he car
Tltu the letter around with him.
Finally he stumbled across tn, duplicate
handwriting, apparently in the signature Of
the lieutenant of the watch at the most
cf1ce building. He made inquiries and
found that the lieutenant had been for over
year the night Waterman at the Busch
building, where all the Cancelled money
orders are kept.
The secret service officials We're then call
ed into the case and assisted in the inves-
ugat1on. They became convinced that the
writer of the letter which had been return
ed and the signature of the lieutenant of
the watch were one and the same His ar
rest followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
THE WINsLOW,s INJURIES.
Belief of the Naval Engineer
Bureau,

Without full report of the extent of the
injuries sustained by the Winsow in her
fateful encounter with the batteries of
Cardenas. the naval engineer bureau is still
or the opinion that they are not of such
q nature as TO be beyond easy repair al
Though it is likely that the work will oc-
CT Ply many weeks. The bureau has been
forehanded in sending n supply Of boiler
tubes TO Key West, and these can be bent
with the appliances in hand at the shops
there to fit the Mosher boilers of the Wins
low. Based on Il knowledge Of the mode of
construction of these tubulous boilers, the
engineers believe that no very extensive
damage could have been inflicted upon
them by one shot. unless it was an explo-
sive shell, which does not appear from the
first reports. A few tubes may nave been
smashed, letting off the steam and water
but that Is probably the extent of the dam
age to the forward boiler. The more seri-
Gus injury is probably that sustained by
the starhOarG engine. If the cylinders are
injured 1t will take several weeks at the
earliest to replace them. though it may be
possible TO temporarily disconnect from the
combination one injured cylinder and still
use the boat TO advantage fer emergency
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13

The smokeless powder was not a success.
Much was printed about it and enormous
force was claimed for 1t, but it was all on
paper. 1t was not any good, and there is
now no powder of the smokeless kind that
IS of any good to the army or navy Men
still experiment with 1t in a hopeless sort
of way. but military people do not look to
1t to produce any results. 1t would be an
excellent thing, of course. If this powder
could be made perfectly smokeless and suf-
hciently strong and safe. All gunners
would like to see Immediately the effect of
their fire upon an opposing ship. The ad-
vantage of having the sight clear for the
second barrel Is well understood by sports
men. For big guns, however, the Dittmar
smokeless Is valueless.
The United States have as good ordnance
powder as Is to be found in the world
Seven years ago they did not have. Their
possession of this modern explosive In Its
state of highest development is due wholly
to the skill, patience and liberality of Du-
pont. 1t should be said that big-gun DOW
der Is German invention. The German
government made the powder and it guard
ed the secret Of manufacture with Jealous
care Dupont tried In vain to purchase the
formula. The servants of the autocrncy
were tncorruptible. Possibly his French
name had something to do with his failure
He did manage to get sample of the pow
der With this as his model. he began to
experiment. He was not Immediately sue
cessfuL His work extended over some
years and bled him heavily. He hit upon
the secret after many 6sappointments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13

powder. The 13-inch guns take the brou,
prismatic and the black prismatic The
black, which Is the quicker of the two Is
used merely for purposes of ignition. These
powders are called "prismatic" because
they are many-sided. like a prism Each
grain has hole through its center, also an
aid to general ignition. A grain of these
powders Is one inch in height and two
inches in circumference These explosives
are OF saitpeter and charcoal bases They
make-rnuch smoke and much noise.
me charge for a 13-inch gun is 600
pounds. This will be composed Of so
pounds OF brown prismatic and 80 poune,<
OF piack prismatic. which is inserted he
hind the printing. The discharg nv this
device Is made practically symmetrical and
instantaneous. Its effect of course is IT.
tanlc At the Indian Head proving grounds
below Washington. L once saw proiectIic
from 13-inch gun sent against Harvey
lied plate Ii inches thick The plate was
one of a lot made by the Carnegie people
and sent on for trial The missile drilled a
hole through IL inches of Harveyized steel
through A inches of solid oak backing and
through feet of earth So far as the rec
ords extend it is still going Somebody
called Tor another plate. and II was set up.
Il was struck with a Carpenter shell, which
fused in part A chunk Of 1t weighing two
pounds rebounded go yards and threw a
hatfui of dirt into the lynx eyes OF Amos
Cummings. who had come out OF the bomb
proof to see the wheels go round. Mr.
Cummings started for the river, but was
captured after short. swift chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13

Army Officers Who Have Reported n
the War Depa rfment.

Capt ]. s. Petit of the LIST Infantry, for
merry on duty at Yale University, and
n ore recently stationed with his regiment
at Tampa. Fla; Capt. ]. H. Johnston of
the sth Cavalry. formerly stationed at
Black Hills. S. D.. and Lieut.. H H. Sar-
gent of the ID Cavalry, formerly stationed
a. Fort Wingate. N. NJ. and more recently
with the army at Chickamauga have re-
ported at the War Department for duty IN
the office OF Adjt- Gen. Corbin. in connec-
ton with the establishment of the reor-
g nized army and volunteer forces on a
war basis Each of these officers and par
tcularly Capt. Johnston, has had great
experience in the mobilization and organi-
cation of large bodies of men, military as
well as civil. and was selected on that ac-
count They have desks in the office of the
adjutant general. and are of great assist
ance to him in arranging the multitudinous
details Incident TO the military operations
against the Spaniards in Cuba
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
'FRIsCO's HARBOR MINED.
Work Was Done Quietly ut Night by
Unndilla.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 13-Almost
without the knowledge of people around
and about San Francisco for two weeks
past the harbor and It's approaches have
been set with torpedoes and mines For
fourteen days the government tugboat Una
dilla has been placing the submarine de-
stroyers. Over three hundred torpedoes
are said to have been placed in position.
The Cnadilla did the work mostly at
night. Her lights were dimmed and every
precaution taken to prevent spies from To-
eating the defenses. The work, so far as
the unadilla is concerned, is now finished
The harbor is now not only defended by
heavy batteries, but by complete fields of
torpedoes, the location of which is kept
secret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
CONDENSED LOCALS.

The falling of gas fixture in the house
OF Charles Dulin, No. 80 East Capitol
street, last night caused a slight fire.
There was no damage DONE
William r. Sloare. living at No. 100
vermont avenue, was struck about $3.50
Crock Yesterday afternoon by electric
car near 9th and F streets and painfully
injured. He was taken to Garfield Hos
ptal by friends.
Complaint was made to the police yester-
day that barrel partly filed with dead
cE ickens had been left on the road near
Benning bridge. 1t is thought it had been
put there by dealer. The health office
was notified and the nuisance was abated
The dead body of an infant was found
yesterday afternoon in sewer trap at 9Th
and L streets northeast by workmen en-
poyed by the sewer department 1t was
turned over to the police. Coroner Carr
gave the necessary death certificate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
COAL FOR sPAIN's FLEET.
Could Not Obtain II in n Mnrtinious
Port.

Just what may be the mission of the
Spanish fleet at Martinique is not known.
Martinique is French colony, and 1t is as
sumed that in accordance with the law of
rations the Spanish admiral will not be al
lowed to take on a supply of coal at that
Point The law IS clear on this point, Tn
der ordinary circumstances he would be
permitted to purchase sufficient supply to
take him TO the nearest home port; but this
does not apply to a fleet engaged In a hos
tile expedition. and should the French gov
trnment permit the fleet to coal il will be
regarded as an unfriendly act. If not a nos
tile one. against this government, for which
France would be held accountable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
SAN JUAN HARBOR, SCENE OF BOMBARDMENT
Bitter Anti-British Feeling Among
the SnnuiSk Residents.

LONDON. May 13.-Steamers which left
the Canary Islands on May haye arrived
here. They saw nothing of the Spanish
fleet during the voyage and say there was
only one Spanish gunboat at Las Palmas
on that date. The passengers say there is
a bitter anti-British feeling in the Canary
Islands and British subjects are hurriedly
leaving by every steamer. many of them
being compelled to sleep in the smoking
rooms
Great preparations have been made for
the defense of Las Palmas. The Spaniards
claim to have $1,000 troops there
The captains of the steamers say the
harbor of Las Palmas has its usual ap-
pearance and that there is evidence OF
1t having been mined. The Spaniards as
sert that they have an immense quantity
of coal in the Canary Islands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
PRINCETON's SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
Composite GunbOnt Makes FOurtee

Composite GunbOnt Makes Fourteen
Knots on Her Trial.
PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-The compos-
ite gunboat Princeton, built by John Dia-
losuc q Sons, Camden. was given her Off
cial trial trip over course in Delaware
bay yesterday under the supervision of a
government trial board. The test was most
successful.
The speed developed on four hours run
averaged fourteen knots an hour, two
knots i'll excess of the contract speed re-
qulrement. There Is no speed premium. Tns
boat returned to her dock today, and after
some finishing touches Lave been admins
tered she will be sent to League Island
navy yard to be fitted for sea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Fire I'm Hfllsdnle.

Fire was discovered about IL O'Clock last
night in a vacant house on Sheridan ave-
noe. Hilsdale. owned by Alex Allen, col
ored. The flames spread to two adjoining
houses. owned By James Waters, and 20
another house belonging to Mary Hem
bricks, colored. All four houses were to-
tally destroyed. but some furniture was
saved. Loss. s.. 100; partly insured. sCause
unknown. Engines and 10 responded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
TO Inspect Freedman's HospftnI.

The Secretary of the Interior has ap-
pointed Mr.. George W. Evans. chief of the
finance division; DIR. John J. Darby. an ex-
aminer In the patent office, and Mr.. VIM
L. Pierson, principal examiner In the
pension office, board to visit Freei1man's
Hospital monthly and inspect and report on
It's condition. the administration of its af-
fairs and the efficiency of its officers and
employees. In addition to thu monthly in
spection by the full board one Of It's MEM
bers viii make a weekly inspection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
PRIVATE BILLS TAKEN UP.
The Chaplain of the House Prays for
More Nictories

The chaplain of the House of Representa-
tives today gave thanks for victories gain
ed by American arms. and prayed that
they might be followed by others that
shall open tho eyes of enemy to the
end that the enemy may yield speedily to
our just and humane demands"
After disposing of some pension bills the
House began consideration of private hills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Sails to Meet Spain. Fleet.

NEW YORK. May 13.-A special from
ST. Thomas today reports that Admiral
Sampson has left San Juan to meet the
Spanish fleet. said to be near the Island
OF Martinique
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Certain That the Spanish Fleet
Will Have to Fight.
What Gen. Lee Says About the Inya-
sion of Cuba-SOme of To-
days Visitors.

Between Schley in Cuban waters and
Sampson in the West Indies. President Nc
Kinley is certain that the Spanish fleet will
be forced to fight. and fight for It's life.
The invasion of Cuba will not be delayed
after the Spanish squadron has been met.
General Lee this afternoon, after talking
with President Mckinley, said that 1t
would not DO to start an army to Cuba un-
til the Spanish fleet has been disposed of.
Everything will then be clear for the in
vasiOn.
a number of people profess to believe
that the Spanish fleet will get instructions
at Fort de France to return to Cadiz. If
this Should prove true Sampson will be I'M
able to overhaul the Spaniards. The ad-
ministration. however. does not believe the
Spaniards will run in such shameless fash
lon.
After the Cabinet Session.
There was redoubled activity at the
White House after the cabinet meeting
The President took short walk and on
returning to the White House was visited
by Gems. Sewell and Fitzhugh Lee 1t is
rot known whether he sent for these Off
GERS.
Senator Hanna and other prominent men
called.
Some of Todny's Visitors.
Senator Platt, Governor Black and Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff of New York
were among the prominent visitors to con-
fer with the President today. Governor
Black has not been in Washington before
since the inauguration. and desired to pay
his respects He also desired to say that
New YOrk'S volunteer soldiers are ready
for the front. There is nothing to be done
now but have steamers back up for the
troops We have 5000 soldiers at PeekskiU
and 300 at Hampstead, l.. l." The gov
ernor said that he would issue no change
OF orders regarding the New York troops
From the White House the New York
statesmen went to the War Department
Representatives Alexander and Mitchell
OF New York saw the President regarding
army appointments. Mr. Alexander desires
a promotion for Col Smith. Mr.. Mitchell
wants a lIeutenancy for friend
Senators Elkins and Fairbanks and Rep
resentatives Mercer. Southland Ferris,
Hawley and McAleer all saw and talked
with the President. Mr.. McAleer is hard
at work to secure the pardon of Capt. Hart,
convicted in Philadelphia of filioustering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Local Pensions.

Pensions were granted today to the fol-
Lowing residents of the District of Column
bia: John Lautz, s. per month; Albert Pied
fort. increase from SIT to 81 per month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Gen. Coppineer to Return

Major General John J. Coppinger, United
States Volunteers. who was summoned here
for consultation with the Secretary of War
has been ordered to return to Mobile and
resume command of the United States
troops at that place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
Col. Burr to Go to Cbicnpo

Col. Thomas F. Barr, who was the Judge
advocate of the Carter court-martial case
has been relieved from his temporary duty
here and ordered to proceed to his station
at Chicago.