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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
President Phillips Crank Letter

The letter of President Samuel Phllhps
of the Passaic Valley Mutual Protective
Association. to Contractor p HI. Flynn,
Is one of the most astonishing exhibitions
of brutal selfshness and stupid narrow
mess that we have ever encountered. The
proposition, in so many words, Is thae
Jersey CITY cannot nave water to drink
because on aking it will educe the flow
of water through the section in which
Mr.. Phillips and his associates are IN
terested.
The BLIND folly of this is illustrated by
the fact that we already derive our sup
ply of water from a point above their
territory. and consequently our change to
the Rockaway system can have no erect
net, upon the condition of the lower
Passaic. What we will hereafter take
from the Rockaway at Boonton will be
counterbalanced by what we cease to take
from the Passaic itself at Little Falls.
Thus. 1t is plain, Mr.. Phillips claim that
we will diminish the now Oh the river -
simply the faxed excuse of a professional
Pathfinder and intermeddler.
But, ever if Mr.. Phillips claim were
based on fact, it is evident it would have
no real merit. The primary use of such
q stream as the Passaic is to furnish
drinking and domestic water for the
teeming millions who inhabit its banks.
Every other use, no matter how urgent,
must be secondary to this And the mil
lions cannot be forced to drink the water,
after it has been polluted by the drainage
of the Passaic Valley, so long as they
can obtain it fresh and pure above the
pollution point.
MI. Phillips will no doubt apply to the
Chancery Court as he threatens. No doubt
he will have Mr.. Lebbeu B. Wards check
to help hin. No doubt. this new effort of
obstruction is really Mr.. Wards work.
But we nave no idea that he will receive
any encouragement from the court. Law,
equity and common sense are alike OPP
posed to his demand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
Manhattan Theatre Q.

..Mlle. Fif' goes on to crowded houses
at the Manhattan and adds greatly to the
gaiety of Metropolitan theatrical affairs.
It's u~nfiagging fun and ~vivacity, its very
novel theme, it's flavor of Parlslan
.iauancy and the admirable acting OF
Rose Coghlan, Louise Beaudet, Grace
George, Aubrey Boucicault, John T. Sulli-
van. Thomas H. Burns, E. LovatlFraser
and others, combine to make 1T one OIL
the most popular frivolities of the sea-
son. Fiji amuses without offending and
is attracting such crowds that 1t will
undoubtedly complete the season if the
management so elects. The performance
last night, st. Patrick's Day, took a
holiday aspect and there was a special
musical programme of Irish melodies.
.sFif's'' second souvenir will be bestowed
Friday. May 10, the occasion OF the sew
enty-ffth performance. The mementoes
from time to time given at this theatre
are always unique and valuable and
much in demand by collectors of theatre
cal keepSakes,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18

The announcement made by Governor
voorhees, to the Legislature this week
that he would sign no bills which are not
on his desk before final adjournment, is
causing the law makers much concern.
The custom of the New Jersey Legislature
has been to go on passing bills up to the
very last moment, and it is evident that
the adjournment must ave taken place
ecutive desk.
Assembiymen and Senator's have been
racking their brains during the week for
some scheme whereby they can live up to
the Governors new rule and save their
pet schemes. The only result of the rack
ing process, to date, is the proposition
the time fixed, a recess be taken for a
week or more SO that the Governor can
consider bills, and then when he has dis
posed of them the Legislature can come
together and adjourn finally.
This proposition. however. is vigorously
opposed by the Republican leaders. They
say that they are afraid that when the
lawmakers reassembled after the recess
they would start right in again to pass
bills.
This fear seems to be hardly warrant
ed. The Legislature of 1894, on May %, adj
5ourned to October 2, to receive a report Of
a committee. When the Chambers re-
assembled, some of the Republican mem
bers wanted to pass pet measures which
did not get through during the regular
session in the winter. But the leaders IN
sisted thai nothing should be done exceD:
that for which the recess had been TAX
en-, and the session adjourned at two
O'Clock of the afternoon of the day it met.
There is no reason why this could not be
done again and some good measures saved
which must otherwise be killed by tbs
Governors new departure.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18

AS spring comes on most women and
many men who have lived dollhouse
lives during the winter, find themselves
unduly fretful, unable to sleep soundly,
without appetite, easily tired, frequently
distressed by headaches, and lacking
snap and strength-the result of poor
blood and weak nerves.
To those in this condition, the thou
sands of testimonials from people like
Mr.. Guerra who have been benefited by
Paine's celery compound, should be rea-
son enough for giving this best of all
spring medicines at least a trial. What
it has lone for others it will do for the
reader. 1t will purify the blood, clear the
complexion, r~ejuvenate the exhausted
nervous system, insure good digestion,
bring on healthy sleep, and restore ones
strength and vitality.
No other medicine in the world ever
accomplished so much, and a single trial
will add another to the long list OF
people in every community who CRATE
fully sound the praises of Paine's celery
compound.
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NOTICES


TO ALETTA G. THOMAS. WILLIAM NJ. CORNELL
son. Ellen A. Cornelison. his wife: James a Alex
ander and Catharfne N. Alexander. his WIFE
~ t ~ 4 Collector Of Jersey CITY. on the 9Th day
OF October. 1896, the Mayor and Aldermen OF Jersey
City purchased for the sum Of sixty-fonr dollars
and eight y-three cents ALL the land and real estate
situate in Jersey City. In the County of Hudson and
State Of New Jersey fronting on Skjllman avenue.
which is laid down and designated as lot eighteen
fiSJf n block number SIX hundred and Seventeen
(610, upon an assessment map annexed TO a report
number one hundred and TWO !lusl, maze ny tnS
for said City by the Circuit Court OF the Countto OF
Hudson, a certified copy of which report and map
CITY. on the 25th day OF November. 1885, said report
and map aud said sale being made pursuant to the
provisions OF an act OF the legislature or New Jer-
sey, passed March 81. 1886, entitled;-
A Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton Of arrearages of unpaid taxes. assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
ing a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and
instead Of such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof. and to provide for the
sale of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
in said acts, before the expiration of six
months from and after the service hereof. a
deed for the same viii pc given conveying to
Tba NTavor and Aldermen Of Jersey CITY. the
fee simple Of said land and real estate accord.
ing to the provisions of the said act.
DatedIersev City. N. j.. February Ii 1899.
THE MAYOR N ALDERMEN OF JER-
E. Hoos.
(Seal.) Mayor.
(sale No. 1885,
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
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it richly deserves it. being unquestionably
the most pretentious depletion of life in
rural New England and yet offered the
amusement loving public. The endorse
ments the play has received from such
notables as Mrs. w. H. Mckinley (wife
of the President of the U. So, Archbishop
Corrigan, ex-President Harrison and wife,
and DR.. Lyman Abbott fully speaks its
praise. !.
Manager. Henderson of the Academy of
Music and William A. Brady, director OF
the "Way Down East company lave
decided to give away an elaborate and
costly glass jar gold mounted ink bottle
and stand to mark the 500th performance
of way Down East" which falls on next
wednesday afternoon. The souvenirs will
be distributed to the ladies at the matinee
holding reserved seat coupons In order
that the public will be able to see for
themselves what a pretty souvenir IS
to be given away some have been placed
on exhibition in the theatre lobby.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
The Windsor Hotel Fire and Its
Lesson.

The horrible disaster at the Windsor
Hotel. New York, is a warning to many
Jersey City property owners, which they
should heed. There are numerous struc-
lures in this city. factories, flats, hotels
and office buildings, which are either un-
provided with fire escapes, or else in
sufficiently provided. Attention has been
called to their condition at intervals for
the last ten years, but no amount Of APP
peal, no amount of example in the way
OF life lost in other cities seems to bring
the owners to q sense of duty.
The hour Of fate comes to every fire
trap. 1t may be postponed for years and
wears. but it is inevitable. And when it
comes. no matter how thick the paint,
how elaborate the gliding, how soft the
upholstery, the building become a furnace
al il a minute, and ten or twenty per
cent. Of all the people who happen to be
IN it. end their lives in agony and horror.
There should be adequate legislation IN
this state to compel greedy and unscrup-
ulous property owners to properly protect
the occupants Of their buildings. II the
present statutes are Intellectual let Us
have state laws which viii stop ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
MUSICAL AND SOCIAL CLUB EUCHRE
Pretty Prizes Awarded to Lucky
Players--Those at the Dance.

The Greenville Musical and Social Club
held its fourth progressive euchre. and re-
ception of the season last night at Belvi-
dere Hall, Old Aergen Road and Danforth
avenue. 1t was the most successful suchre
of the series. Twenty tables were in use.
After two hours play the following con-
testants were declared winners:-A chif-
fon scarf, Miss K. Wall: one dozen hand
kerchiefs, Miss M. Wall; a leather hand
satchel, Mr.. G.. Corwin; a silver match
safe, Mr.. w. Hess.
Those who participated were:-Messrs.
Wallie Saybolt, E. Ewart, HI. Haughton,
Frank Turbett, G.. Whalen, James De
We're, H. Brennan, G. Wheeler, c. r.
Graham, r. Hartnett, w. Heds, E. Senne,
j. H. Thiesen, E. 2. Paret, G. Atkinson,
F. NJ. Havermay, c. j. Prior, W. Hamp-
ton, R. Ring, ]. Hurd. G. Mcdonald, X.
Hernandez. D.. Flaherty, E. Darmstetter
w. File, w. Conklin, F. Wall, Miss M
Ring, Miss B. Senne, Miss E. NJ. Abbott,
Mrs. John Dexter, Mrs. G. B. Wheeler,
Mrs. H. S. Bumstead, Misses F. M. THE
SEN, Ella Haverman, Laura Haverman.
N. ). Russell, Grace Black, M. Jansen, M,
Flaherty, c. File, S. Nelson, M. Wall, K
Wall. K. Kenny, A. Folger, N. vreeland
w. Darmstetter, Mr.. VIM. higgins X
Hoffman, T.. Holman, d. Flynn, e. r,
Landolf. Z. w. Shaw, r. Thomas, "
Duncan, III. Vangelder, Fred Corwin, W
Schafer. Frank Stuart, Harry Stevansay,
j. Abrahams, Mrs. E.Vreeland, Miss Ruth
Albrecht. Misses Minnie Smith, Carrit
Smith, Lottie Holman, Mrs. Holman
Mrs. Ewart. Mrs. Flynn. s. Flynn, 3
Walsh, C. Morrison. f. Holland, A. Null
Ter, Mrs. Frank Stewart n A. Maer'
tens.
The scorers were Bert Hampton, G
Ewart and Frank Turbett.
The Entertainment Committee was
The tables were cleared away after The
games and dancing began, n continues
until the small hours of the morning.
The club will hold a masquerade recep,
ton at Belvedere Hall, Old Bergen Roat
| and Danforth avenues, April I: About 50
Invitations will be issued for this affair.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
Acada1ttx OF Music

At the Academy of Music, Jersey City,
on next Monday evening, Manager Hen
derson will present mat delicious story
of New England by Lottie Parker, en-
titled Way Down East" which was
elaborated and produced by Joseph r.
Grismer. The success of this play in New
York last season was most pronounced.
For seven months it crowded the pretty
Manhattan Theatre n Manage p. q.
Gilmore of the Academy of Music. New
York, was so completely impressed with
it that he has booked the play to run all
next season at his theatre. way Down
East is woven around a number OF
quaint old fashioned people of rural New
England. Its simplicity is delightful. the
performance is clean cut and wholesome
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correct and the scenic investlture
handsome anw appropriate.


Manager Dinkins of the popular Bon
Ton Theatre will offer for next week,
commencing with a matinee Monday
March 20, his own company, known as tae
queen City Speciality Company winch
is without doubt one of the best travel
ing combinations on the road, and COM
prising more laughter in the two hours
and a half than most shows get in a
week. This company has been carefully
selected. Its comedy is refreshing and
suitable for lady and children audlences'
and for that reason a special 1nducemeht
will be offered to the little ones, namely
that thew will be admitted to any matt
moo for fen cents. and ladies for twenty
FIVE cents. Among the leading features
of the s'Queen City Speciality Company
may be mentioned a European lmporta-
ton. and a complete novelty IN FRED.
Barron's comic wild beast act, with 1our
lions. a crocodile and a cat; the American
yitagraph. showing a genuine Spanish
bull fight held in Madrid, Spain, for the
purpose of raising funds for the Spanish
Navy. This fight took place last June,
before over twenty thousand people,
which is all shown in the pictures. Otner
views to be shown are a number OF war
pictures and laughable scenes. The Bril-
liant Quartette will entertain old and
Young alike with their funny burlesques
on "IJncle Toms Cabin : Leroy and Clay
ton, a comedy Irish act, in "McGowan's
VISIT La Petite Grace, a child wonder,
in her songs and limitations; O'Brien and
Havel, in a comedy skit called The
Housemaid and the Newsboy;' ellison
and Reynolds, with illustrated songs; the
| Frederick Brothers, in a comedy musical
act; Ida Russell, character coincidence
and Lester and Jerman, in a laughable
| sketch.
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Biiou Theatre.

The passion of love frequently creates
havoc in hearts which might naturally be
supposed to be beyond the pale of it's
subtle influence. An illustration of this
is furnished in Shirley & Landeck's pow
erful romantic play, "a Grip of Steel"
which will receive its first presentation
at the Bijou Theatre mex Monday night.
Fate has cast the lot of Ronjarfe, a
man of marvellous physical strength,
among criminals. He is the leader of a
band of desperadoes in Paris, but in the
picturesque village of Rougivai, some
miles away, he is known as CASTOR
Lamire, a simple farmer. HeSis devoted
w attached to Henriette, his wife, vho is
blind. He guards the secret of his double
life successfully for years. The police
have exhausted their resources in efforts
to capture him, but have been unable to
penetrate his clever DISCUSSES. Finally
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and the invariable and usual happy end
ing all around.
The story n various situations OF the
play can be realized from the statement
that the first act shows Deadman's DOCK
San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate
in the distance. The second act repre-
sents the Chinese quarters underground
the home of the Highlander and the opium
smugglers. Here the opium smuggiers
and mokers have their dreams and MT
the pipe" to their hearts content. Ihe
fourth act is a presentation of the as
sembly rooms of the Fong Quay cup.
An observation-disclosures wedding is per-
formed and specialties are introduced as
part of the festivities.
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IN CHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.
To James Mintaugn and Samuel B.

To James Mintaugh and Samuel B.
BY virtue Of an order of the Court of
Chancery Of New Jersey made 9Th, On the
Herman Meincke is complainant and
Lorenz Pfeffer and others are ,s ~efendants
or demur to the said bill of complaint
On or before the fifteenth day of May
next. or the said bill will be taken as
confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
d e on land In Jersey City. County of
Hudson, N. u. given by Lorenz Pfeffer
ana wife to Herman Meincke, dated No
yember 9th, 1894; and you Samuel b.
Mabon are made a defendant because you
have docketed in the office of the Clerk
~ the County Of Hudson a Judgment
against Lorenz Pfeffer; and you James
Mintaugh are made a defendant because
Won hold a mortgage against the said
defendant Lorenz Pfeffer, owner of the
said mortgaged premises
Dated March 18th. 1899. 1Z-
HUDSPETH & PUSTER.
solicitors for Complainant,
259 Washington street,
Jersey City, n. ],
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and possesses an atmosphere that IS
redolent of the green fields of rus
tic New Hampshire in the summer
and the mountains and naked
forests in the winter. 1t is a
positive relief from the hurly burly con-
c~octions with the stage abounds at
present. The scenic painter has display
ed a master hand in the brush work,
four scenes of remarkable picturesque
ness are utilized for the settings. Mrs.
Parker the author of Way Down East
was born reared in the vicinity about
which she has written. Many characters
in her play are prototypes of personal
acquaintance. The same splendid organ
ization which interpreted the play to
Metropolitan theatregoers will present it
here. Conspicuous in the cast are Phoebe
Davies, Odell Williams, Forrest Robin
son, George Backus, Felix Haney, sara
Stevens, Ella Hugh Wood and Louise CAL
loway. Matinees of Way Down East
will be given at the Academy OF Music
on Wednesday and Saturday, and it would
not be surprising if this play does the
banner weeks business of the season., for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18
MRS. BERTHA KUNz-BAKER TO READ

ssCyrano de Bergerac," Rostand's heroic
comedy, will be read by Mrs Bertha
Kunz-Baker Tuesday evening in Has
brouck Hall. Mrs. Baker, it will be re-
membered, read Judith and Holofernes
last year under the same auspices. sue
is a most convincing reader. She gives
the scenes so wildly that they stand
clearly before you. 1t is hard to convince
Yourself that you have not actually seen
the pictures she describes. When you nave
once heard Mrs. Baker you go again.
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state Of Ohio, CITY Of Toledo,}

frank ] Cheney makes oath that he Is
S Ghan ssni e % doing business in the City
~ Toiedo. County and State aforesaid:
and that said firm will pay the sum q
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS tor each ann
everv case Of Catarrh that cannot be
c,,red nv the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
0i FRANK J.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN
my presence. this 9Th day OF december,
A.. ID. 1886. rrrxcor
$50 Notary Public
andiacfs directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send Tor tesfl-
monials, free. -
+. J.. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. y.
Sold by Druggists, 7oc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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TO JULIA B. SEYMOUR widow, ROBERT
Tnndv and The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York n,,a sa,a
made by the City Collector OF Jersey city on
the 18th day of October, 1892, The Mayor ana
Aldermen of Jersey City purchased ZOE ~
All. the land and real estate situate IN Jers
sew city, in the County OF Hudson anu
State Of New Jersey, fronting on aunpy az :
lots one a. & two ~, in block number ten
hundred and seventy E Q07oE). upon an
assessment map annexed 70 a Tspors n9an M
~ Adi,,stment1 appointed in and for said City
nv the Circuit Court of the county OF duo-
son, a certified copy of which report ana map
was filed in the office Of the CITY Soiiecs9r
81 Jersey CITY. on the 18th day of July, 1871,
said report and map and said sale belng made
pursuant TO the provisions or an act OF lne
Legislature or New Jersey, Passeo W "A'
IAN Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton of arrearages OF unpaid taxes. assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities Of this State, and imposing and levy
ing a tax. assessment and lien IN lieu ana
instead of such arrearages, ana 70 enIorce
NC vment thereof, and to provide for the
sale Of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment.
And the several supplements thereto
And YOU are further notified that you appear
~ baya an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said
,and and real estate shall Pc reaeemed,
nSrstjon Of six months from and after
he service hereof, a deed for the same will be
given conveying to The Mayor and Aldermen
real estate according to the provisions Of the
Sa Dated Jersey city \; = Tssrgsry o , 1889.
sE4 CRY E. Hoos.
Seal, Attest.- M. ). o,poNNEG Mayor
City Clerk.
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TO ALEFTA @. THOMAS. WILLIAM NJ, CORNELL
son, Ellen a. Cornelison, his wife; James A. Alex
ander and Catharine y; Alexander; NJ hls wifeM
by the City Collector of Jersey City. on the 6th cay
Of October, 1895. the Mayor and Aldermen of ersey
and thlrfy1three cents ALL the land and real estat ,
sifnate in Jersey City. in the County OF Hudson and
STATE of New Jersey, fronting on Skillman aveaue.
which Is laid down and designated as lot nineteen
fiq( in block number six hundred and seventeen
fsf5l I,non an assessment map annexed TOT report
number one hundred and fw8 sE no,m maze i 6y me 1ns
for said city by the Circuit Sourt or the County or
Hudson. a certified copy CT which report and map
C~i4fS IN che 25th day OF November. 1895. said report
and map and said sale being made pursuant 10 the
provisions Of an act OF she LEGISLATURE OF New Jer-
IAN Act concerning the settlement and coiiec-
tfon of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
inr a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and
instead of such arrearages. and to enforce
3be naynent thereof, and to provide for
the sale of lands subjected to future taxa
tion and assessment
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear
to have an estate or interest in said land and
real estate, and unless the said land and real
astate shall be redeemed as provided in said
and after the service hereof. a deed for the
same will be given conveying to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City, the fee simple
Of said isnd and real estate according to the
Dated Jersey City, N. j., February 16. 1899.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
Sseah' Attest: NJ. J. o'DoNNELL.
fsale No. 70s7)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee g trust 90
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nonsense on the subject, Il the local
authorities will hot do their duty, let US
have a statute which will make them
criminally responsible, as the bniiesag
authorities are in New York.