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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

arrives Buffalo s.55 p. M. Pullman vestibuia
Day Coaches and Parlor Cars. Dining Car Ser
Vice. Meals a Ia carte. Connects at Buffalo
with through sleeDsrs to Detroit and Cnicasu
Lib p. " daily. for EAST0N. MAGCI
CHUNK, WIIK ESBARRE, SCRANTON,
PITTSTON and Coal Branches. Chair
Car to EASTON except Saturday and Sunday
L22 F NJ DAILY. sxceFt SUNDAY, for WILKES
BARRE, PIFTSTON, SCRANTON and prinei-
pal intermediate stations. Connects for all
points il coal regions Pullman Buffet Parlor
Car to WILkESBARRE.
4.33 p. M. daily. except Sunday, for BOUND
BROOK and intermediate stations.
SO P. NJ. Sundays only. for Mauch Chunk
and intermediate stations.
62s ?. ". daily except Sunday. for EASToN
and principal intermediate stations.
ia p. II. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
ALL and all points West. Pullman Sleeper
Vestibule Train, New York to Chicago Sleep
ers to Buffalo and Toronto. Dining Car New
York to Easton.
only at SOUTH P~LAiNFIELD. EASTON.
5ETHLEHEM. MAuCH CHUNK, SAYREs
GENEVA. ROCHESTER, BATAVIA, BUF~
FALO and TORONTO. Pullman Sleeper for
Bufralo- None but Sleeping Car passengers
carried. No bsggase carried
ROCHESTER. BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS
and all points West. Pullman Sleeper to
CHICAGO.
Additional local trains daily, except Sunday.
for SOUTH PLANFIELD- BOUND BROOK
and intermediate points. leave as follows-
10. so Sundays only), u.oS A. M; 244, 5.s and
6.42 p. NJ.
Tickets and Pullman accommodation at PENN
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n. r. Transfer Co VIII call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence through to
destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
Yum Yum 4 IENNER
Justice Potts Thinks He
Fines Mr.. Peshall an K
for His Doggie.
PESHALL THINKS NOT
Legal Dog Tax to Have a
Final Test Before Judge
Blair Next Month.

Charles J. Peshall has, at last, got the
legality of the Exactions of the Board OF
Health of Jersey City, upon the owners
of dogs, in a position to be tested by the
Courts. Mr.. Peshall is a friend of the
dog, and for years has been lighting the
barbarous methods of the city IN regard
to that useful animal, on behalf Of others.
He is the owner of yum YUM d beau
tiful Japanese Spaniel, and the Health
Board decided to make an example Of
him. So it caused a to be is
sued by Police Justice Potts, citing him
to answer for violating one of its ordin-
ances which provides that a dog owner
must get a permit from the Health Board
to keep a canine, and pay 81 therefor, for
which the owner gets an official tag.
which costs less than one cent, or in de-
fault of so doing to pay a fine of $40.
The case came up before Justice Potts
this morning. Lawyer E. A. Ransom ap-
peared for Mr.. Peshall, and sought 70
show hat the Supreme Court Of the State
had settled the question in the cases Of
Mulcahy v. Newark, and Dunning v.
Elizabeth, but the Justice held that he
had no authority to pass upon the Legality
of the ordinances of the Health Board.
He said that he must assume that any
ordinance of the city was legal. and could
go no further than to determine whether
or not it had been violated. IT it had he
had no discretion but must impose the
fine.
Mr.. Peshall admitted tina he OWNED ana
kept Yum yum, that he had not laid the
license fee, and that he did not intend to.
The Justice thereupon fined Mr.. PeshaH
SO. but withheld execution until Tuesday,
upon Mr.. Ransom's giving notice that he
proposed to certiorari the judgment. "a
writ of certiorari has been taken out and
the judgment will be reviewed by JUDGE
Blair in the Court of Common pleas next
month.
The Supreme Court, in the case of Null
cahy v. Newark, has clearly disposed OF
the question. 1t holds that an ordinance
imposing a tax on dogs is invalid unless
it is imposed in the same way that other
taxes are and collected at the same time.
The credit of settling this point belongs
to Lawyer Edward Kenny of Newark,
who was the counsel for DR.. Mulcahy.
similar to Mr.. PeshalPs case, and brought
up an ordinance requiring the registrar
ton of dogs, Justice Garrison of the SUI
preme Court held as follows.-"An act
for the licensing of dogs public laws.
1859 supersedes any power of eNacting IL
cense fees for dogs that the city of Elz-
abeth possessed under its charter. Such
was the decision of this Court in the
case of Mulcahy ". Newark, s W., 5i3.
The ordinance under which conviction
was had in the present case was in its
essentia features r~epugnant to the re-
pealing statute
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
DRUNK At TEN YEARS.
Two Little Boys Found in q
Lot on Warren Street,
Louis Anglers Record.

Two small boys were found in a lot at
Steuben and Warren streets, this city. last
night dead drunk on whiskey. One Of
them was taken 10 ST. Francis Hospital.
where he remained until this morning IN
der treatment by the doctors. His conGi-
ton when he entered the institution WAS
critical. The other boy SLEPT off the eff
fects of the liquor in his home. The two
boys are Louis Anger, ten years old, of
No. sF Third street, and Michael Marks,
eleven years old, of Nc. 100 Bay street.
Some men last evening. in passing the
vacant lots at Steuben and Warren streets
found a young boy lying there groaning
and acting as if in great pain. They
picked him up and found that he was
barely conscious. His last words be-
fore he lost consciousness were:-
II was hit in the stomach with a rock"
The boy. who proved to be young An
ger. was taken to st. Francis Hospital.
The doctors worked on the theory that
he had been struck in the abdomen, and
the matter was reported to the police.
Acting Captain Wade of the Gregory
street station sent Detective Larkins TO
investigate. He ound that some boys
had been playing duck on the rock in the
lot where Anger was found, so he put the
two facts together and reposted that An
ger had ben struck in the abdomen while
playing duck on the rock" and was in
st. Francis Hospital suffering from
severe internal injuries. Later in the
evening the hospital doctor reported that
he had examined the boy carefully and
discovered that he haa not been injured
externally at all, but was suffering from
intoxication.
Detective Larkins then renewed his in
-vestigations and found hat another boy
had beeen found drunk in the lot where
Anger lay. He found the boy, Michael
Marks lying in a state of stupor, in the
rear Of the grocery store his mother
keeps. at No. 1853 Bay street. When the
BOYS had recovered enough to talk this
morning they declared that a larger boy,
fifteen or sixteen years old; gave them
the whiskey which made them drunk
The police are investigating. If the sa-
loon keeper who sold the boys the liquor
is found he will be arrested.
The Anger boy is well known to the
police. He is a brother to the Joseph An
ger who, at the age of twelve years, was
leader of a daring gang of boy burglars
who terrorized the -storekeepcrs in lower
Jersey City. and stole over $1,000 worth
of goods. Joseph Anger is now in the
cessor as leader of the ang was arrest
ed two days ago and was held for the
Grand Jury on two charges of robbery.
The Anger boy who was found drunk
has been arrested four or five times for
robbery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
QUEER MRS. GASsMANN
Still Queerer Lady Doctor
Thinks She Is Sane--Gass-
mann Willing to Pay.

The taking of testimony in the Glass;
mann habeas corpus proceedings were con-
tinued yesterday afternoon before Su-
preme Court Commissioner John A.
Nugent.
Miss Catherine Meyer, a sister of Mrs.
Gassmann, testified that she considered
nation the witness admitted thai her
sister had been a patient in an asylum
before she married Gassmann.
Mrs. Robert Lee, another sister, denied
a statement made by G%assnann that she
and her unmarried sister had admitted to
him that they thought Meta was insane.
Policeman Gassmann was recalled for
the purpose of explaining that he did not
Intentionally lave his wife committed to
the asylum as a pauper. He said that
when he signed the affidavit he was con
siderably excited, and he did not UNDER
stand tina he was swearing that she was
a pauper, and he was unable to Day for
her maintenance. He declared that he is
willing now to pay the county the ex-
pense of her maintenance.
Roundsnan Richards was called and tes-
tilted that he had known Mrs. Gassmann
for eleven years. She had always 5een
queer and sometimes acted in what he
considered a very disorderly manner in
the streets. He had seen her accost i
gang of men working in the street an6
exhort them to pray and seek the Lard.
Neighbors had complained Of her ard the
witness several times sent a policeman
to take her home. He did not care 10
wife.
DIR. Emma Antonius Of Brooklyn was an
Interesting witness. She is a practicing
physician and at the same time a firm
believer in faith. PRAYER and anOintmsnt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26

also said that enough talent mad voilla.
teered to keep an all night continuous
performance going. Ma.
Chairman Christie reminoea or Ns3e1
in the war with Spain were not yet OIL
of the mud and a long winter starel ihcin
and their families in the face an
The Major said he only made the mo.loIs
as a It was unanimously ear
Edward Schultz. Charles Vale ai.l w.
Jennings were ~apoolnted "a z FSwa ri
s Sdmpslso CHARLES vale were aapipoi1lel !
committee to look after speakers Ios the
house warming next IhuTsday nigl1v wal
fare, John Stitch wanted to know II the
association was working against the reg
ular Republican party organizations
Chairman Christie replied that the as
ISOLATION did not wish to down the
PARTY. 1T was opposed to the party Lead
ers because 1t did not believe the ieaders
were working in the interests OF the
party. We are trying to harmonize the
party said Chairman Christie. we
would desire to bring Dickinson ana
McFwan together. Even If both of them
are the only Republicans IN the county
it's time we knew it. If you don't nom
mate the right men you cant eiect
them"
Chairman Christie said he recently. fell
a distant State, who told him hat Nc,
EVAN, who had the temerity to can
down Car Reed. was badly needed by
his Republican associates in the next
temerity to call down the maple sugar
representative from up in cold weather,
he must be disciplined. We won't have
It. The people say We, want MclIEalI-
The bosses say. You shanst nave MIN.
Well see who are the boSses-
Chairman Christie made some alluslpn
to TEDDY Roosevelt of Rough Rider
fame, and declared that McEwan had
thousands of Rough Riders at his BACK
in Hudson county. While the bosses are
m~onkeying with the Democratic. leaders,
they would elect McEwan by 1900 ma
jority. If they don't nominate Tom Nc
Ewan they'll be sorry for 1t. eu
William Camp said he would answer
Mr.. Stitch in half a dozen words. n c5-
lection Of the convention was to build up
not to tear down. ,...
resignation as a member of the New
York Police Board being brought about
through Roosevelt's hatred OF
and Of his selection by President NlSNin-
as Assistant Secretary of the NAVY.
He drew a very interesting comparison
between Roosevelt and McEwan.
Charles R. Vale made a stirring speech
in behalf of the Stationary Engineers of
New Jersey. who have for years been
trying to secure a law compelling such
to secure licenses. His speech was in the
interest of the laboring mai generally.
and was closely listened to and loudly APP
plauded. ..He is my brother, and I am
his BROTHER he said: sHe should be
free. But in a movement of this charac-
ter, the man who prefers to stay at
home in his shirt sleeves and slippers
doesn't deserve to be a free man I know
one thousand men. who. though Demo-
Gratis. viii vote for McEwan. Mr.. VALE
a motion to the effect that h
National Association of Stationary En-
gineeers should be extended the sym
pathv of the McEwan Association, and
the Stationary Engineers of New Jersey
be given the promise of aid from the as
ISOLATION at all times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
R'cUE ASSOCIATIONS OUTING.
Committee Has Completed All Ar
rangements for a Big Time.

The James J. McCue Association held a
regular meeting last night and completed
arrangements for their fifth annual out
ing to be held on Monday at Max
Zeheden's Casino, College Point, [. /.
Several additions to the entries that
promise some spirited contests were
made. There will be a contest between
President Connolly in the flying machine
and Captain Clancy in a parachute as
c~ension. The friends of each are taking
a lively interest in the rivalry of the re-
spective machines and interesting davel-
opments are expected.
The Committee of Arrangements are
leaving nothing undone to make this day
one of the best of the many successful
has given.
Members will assemble Monday morning
at $50 at headquarters and march to the
Morris street wharf, where the conmod-
ious steamer Hazel Kirke will be walt
ing.
Among those who have slgnifed their
intention to be present are:-Coliector
Robert Davis, Sheriff Heller, Surrogate
James Lillis, County Superintendent G.
p. Smith, Freeholder Mentally. Aldermen
Charles Maxwell and p. j.. Murphy. Dirac-
tir John J. Mulvaney. Philip TumilsE,
Philip McGovern, John A. Tracey and p.
j. Hayes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
WIDE AWAKE CITIZENS.
Twelfth Ward Improvement
Association Means
Business.

The Twelfth Ward Improvement Asso-
citation held its regular bi-weekly meeting
| last night, transacted considerable routine
| business and discussed several matters
| of Importance. The Ravine Road I'M
| provement Committee reported progress.
| Chairman Spitznagel of the Committee on
| Street improvements reported likewise
Mr.. Schauleber wanted to know if the
| committee appointed to secure more
| electric lights for the streets of the ward
had met with any success. and Mr..
Bugasch of the committee said no.
President Hoehl said he understood
| that one of the members of the commit
tee on streets who waited upon the FL
nance Board recently asked Street and
Water Commissioner Nolan to see that
Hutton street was made clear of loosely
piled stones or paving blocks. Mr.. Hoehl
| said Mr Nolan promised to attend to the
matter, but had not done so.
Mr.. Gardner complained of the con-
dition of certain portions of the side
walk on the same t~horoughfare. The
| portion complained of is in front of prop
erty bought in by the city for unpaid
| taxes.
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of school accommodations in the ward.
| He said tina he and some of his neigh
bors were anxious about the education
| of &heir children; that they had applied
last year to School No. %, but were told
| that their children were too young. This
year the complaint was lack of school ac-
commodation. New school are. however,
| being built, and will soon be ready to ac-
| commodate all the pupils. This fact was
favorably commented upon by wide
awake members of the association. Pres
ident Hoehl said that he had found at
| No. % a waiting list, and that the prin-
| cipal had acted very fairly and took in
all the applicants in order.
Mr.. Schauleher's next complaint was
| against the Board of Health, the atten-
| ton of which he insisted should be called
to swillmongers.
"We amt keep our windows open even
in this hot weather on account of the
awful smalls,' he said.
Neighbors wrote to the Board of Health
sometime ago concerning the nuisance
but had received no satisfaction. The
nuisance is complained of mostly by resi-
tents in the neighborhood of Tonnele ave-
nue. and Blocker street. The Secretary
was instructed to write to the City Board
of Health concerning the nuisance.
Mr.. Gardner moved that the association
hereafter meet only on the fourth Thurs
day Of each month Vice-President Prigge
considered this an unwise move, cunsil-
| ering the amount of business the as
| ISOLATION had on hand.
THE city officials will think we are dy-
ing out If we do not keep the affairs CT
the association before them all the time"
he said.
The motion was lost.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
RAILROADS.

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
SCHOOLS NEED REPAIRS.
President Firm Gives Figures
for plumbing in Each
School.

President Joseph L. Firm, of the Board
of Education, is doing his level best to
get money to put the public schools in
order before the children come back. He
has interviewed the Mayor and will but
tonhole the members of the Board of FL
nance and the Board of Aldermen to in
duce them to pass an emergency reso-
luton. Mr.. Firm says the schools all
need repairs to the steam heating. and
there is a great deal Of general plumbing
required. He estimates the figures for
each school as follows
School No. 2, $500; No. 3. $500; No. S. $3.50;
No. 6. $3.50; No Z, 5000; No. s, $3.50; No. 10,
$500; No. II, $3.50: No. II Annex, $2eo; No.
II. $500: No. 10. 1886: No. ID. $500; No. Is.
$500; No. 20. $500; Nc. %. S375; No. "a. $3.50:
No. 25. $3.50. Total, 5000.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26
PHELPS FOR CONGRESS
That's How McEwanites Ac-
count for Journals"
Opposition to
Thomas.
WILL HAVE 4 HOUSE WARMING
The Representative Will
Speak and Give His Can
didacy a Boom.

As usual. last nights meeting OF the
Thomas McEwan Association was OF an
intensely interesting character. OVer
ffty members crowded into a small,
st,,ffv little room, the only one available
al present. in the associations new
h~eadauarters. No. 54S Newark avenue.
The News, takes it for granted that
this was the only room available. Get
ting together is a very good tnlng n
politics. but the room in which the asso-
citation met last night was entirety 100
small for the McEwanites to get To-
gether'' in, even this hot weather. the
new headquarters was formerly a thea
ire. Congressman McEwan, the standard
bearer of the association, will be nome
rext week and the association last night
decided that next Thursday night shaii
be a gala night for the association. Inc
Congressman will be prevailed upon 70
favor the association with an address.
DIR. Bernard Clausen, of Hoboken, VINO
was to have been present to address the
association last night, was u~navoidapiy
prevented from attending. and will be
present next Thursday night. The meet
ing will be held in the auditorium. In the
language of Chairman Christie it will be
a d~ouble-barreled event. This remark
does not apply TO liquid refreshments-
The chairman was abiding to the ora
torical features of the affair.
"A motion to the effect that beer n
other refreshments be provided was
knocked out, let the committee in charge
NAV devise some means outside of oratory
to make the "house-warming" a notable
event in the history of the association.
But the principal feature of last nights
meeting was the associations roast OF
the .sEvening Journal Some at least.
if not all. of the members of the Nc
EVAN Association know that Colonel
Sheffield Phelps, editor of the Journal,
aspires to represent this district in the
next Congress-. That he is looking for
the, regular Republican nomination goes
without saying. The members of the as
ISOLATION have good reason to be imbued
with that impression, despite the fact
that "sone'' present declared that Mr.
Phelps was financially Independent and
didn't care a rap for the nomination
or for Boss Dickinson. The Journal"
yesterday published a spread head COM
munieation from one of its alleged cor
respondents in Chicago, signed IA K.
w." n headed as follows:-
" 1rU7u
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-26

Notice y hereby given that on the 25th day
OF May, 1898. Application was made to the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners by S. Judd
and others for the
REPAyING OF COTTAGE STREET.
between Summit avenue and Hudson Boule-
ward, with asphalt pavement, laid on Belgian
pavement, the r~esetting of the curbstone, and
replacing the same whsra detective on said
street, the improving OF the same if necessary
by the laying Of suitable drains under such
curb to carry off water and to prevent the
same being beaved by frost, according to
specifications to be adopted by this Board for
material and work, a portion thereof to be
assessed in the same manner as now provided
by law on property fronting on Cottage street.
between summit avenue and Hudson .Boule-
ward, benefited in proportion to the benefit re-
eeived; but in no case for more than o~ne-third
of the cost thereof, and in no case beyond
the benefit received, in accordance with the
provisions Of Section 3. of Chapter 1874 of the
Laws of 1891, and the general laws relating
to paving and r~epaving, and improving streets
and assessing any part of the cost thereof, APP
plicable to cities of the first class in this State.
Notice is also given that on the 18th day
of August. 1898, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office Of the Clerk of the
their preliminary sketch. showing what prop
erly will probably be assessed and the prob
able amount Of special benefit to each lot or
parcel Of land; also the probable amount Of
assessment per foot of frontage for the same
Improvement, and the same is now open to
public inspection in the office OF the Clerk OF
said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof
Is included in said assessment. namely
SUMMIT AVENUE.
from Cottage street, on the west side, to points
about 121 feet south and 1913 feet north thereof.
And that the 18th day of September, 1898. at
two o'clock p. NJ, and the Assembly
Chamber Of the City Han are hereby fixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear parties interested in said application
and all circumstances against the said pro-
posed Improvement that may be presented in
writing.
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.