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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

biologists have long been in doubt as to
whether fishes are gifted with the facility
of remembering persons and places or
not. Some claim that they cannot re-
member, while others insist that they are
endowed with memory. though possibly
only in a limited degree.
Thu following story seems to show that
the latter are right; A student OF the
Polytechnic School, in Paris, recently no.
ticed hat whenever he walked with some
friends in the Luxembourg Gardens the
fishes in the large basins there regularly
followed him as he strolled around the
little ponds
As the students never feed the fishes
and hardly pay any attention to them.
such conduct was i1expiicable until it was
solved by the gardener. whose duty 1t Is
the students of the Polytechnic School is
black, with her stripes. and that worn
by the gardener and other attendants Is
very similar
Now. evidently the fish thought that the
students We're gardeners, who a come
to supply them with food. as IN no other
way can we account for their habit Of
following the Students whenever they
walked round the basins. We n1iist con-
clude. therefore, that. whatever may bs
the case with other fish, those al least
In the Luxembourg Gardens have, an ex.
cslIent memory ~Philadelphta Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
A OF ALDERMEN.
P-roceedings.l


tContinued.)
Thomas J. Lane, 70 Railroad avenue.
Michael Giblin, 345 Montgomery street.
John A.. Bell, 23 Henderson street.
Mary Muller, sis Jersey avenue
John kilmurray. 29S Grand street.
Emanuel Gross, 299 Grand street.
Patrick Gavin, IA Golden street,
Patrick J. Hoey, 1903 Bright street.
VIM. r.. Holmes. 1871 Montgomery street.
FIFTH WARD.
John Ahrens. 253 Railroad avenue.
Patrick MeGovern, zz2 Wayne street.
Thomas G. Moran, $50 Grand street.
Christy Mccormick. $50 Seventh street.
Samuel Friedman, 349 First street.
Louis Rosenbaum. 35 First street.
yincenzo Matera. 351 Third street,
Gross & A~brahamson S2 First street. s
John +. McGrath, 273 Monmouth street.
Louis Iipschitz. 475 Monmouth street.
Frank Giordano, 1e2 Brunswick street.
Patrick Reilly. 35e First street.
Cornelius 0'Connor, 47 Monmouth
street.
Anthony ia. Saurland, ITS Mercer street.
Vim. j.. Sweeney, 25 Monmouth street.
Michael Sproules. 2s4 Wayne street.
John zakrezewski. 14 and 1Ss Bruns-|
Henry Weppler, 10 Wayne street.
Michael Damato, 400 Third street.
Charles Berndt. ISIS Grand street.
p. J. Costello, go Grand street.
John Allen, l2s Brunswick street.
John Ps Moran. $40 Newar avenue.
NJ. Leon, noe Second street.
Antonio Ff1ufio. III Railroad avenue.
Michael n. Keaiys III Fremont avenue.
Ihomas Cassidy, 81 Brunswick street..
Joseph Hastres. 3 Colgate street
Ferdinando Scefbo. 4A Third street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

and made for the forest. For some years
ifterward belated travellers. while cross
Ing the pines, heard and saw it. The
9inc folks. whose experiences We're wen
more terrible, attributed to it sapcrilarl-
sal lowers such as possessed by the black
witches of English folklore.
1t turned the milk sour. famed horses in
their stalls, dried up the cows. made scar
the Indian corn growing in the fields.
Accompanied. as it Usually was, by the
bowling of dogs AMI the looting Of owls,
there could be no surer forerunner Of
disaster. Where the pines line the sea-
shore it fitted from one desolafe. grass
grown dune to another. watchfal upon
those wild nights when merchant ships.
driving their prows into the sand. burst
asunder and distributed their freight of
costly goods and human souls upon the
relentless waves.
Upon such occasions Leeds devil was
seen in the companionship of a beautiful,
golden haired woman in white, or YET of
some fierce eyed, eutlass bearing, disem-
bodied spirit of a pirate who two ccntu-
RIGS ago had been wrecked upon the shore
of Cape May county as. plying from the
Spanish main, his galleoR had gone to
destruction. Again this same son Of sa-
tan shared his haunts with a heaalcss
seaman whom the Barnegat people say
Captain Kidd decapitated and whose
stiffcIled trunk that very pirate king left
standing as a sentinel of his buried ill
gotten gold.
At other times Leeds devil. like a bird
of prey, lowered over a silent, star be-
spangled pond in soine silent recess Of
the cedar swamps, blasting with its foul
breath the lives of hundreds of fishes,
found floating next day upon the surface.
tainted and unfit for food. Again the
dreaded iend half ran. half flew through
the shadowy vistas of the pines, while
before it 10 their coyerts hurried pam
Their and deer, rabbits, squirrels and wild
song birds.
The habitat of Leeds devil included
the entire pine forest which extends
from Freehold. in Monmouth county,
through Burlington, Ocean and Atlantic
to the upper part of Cape May county,
preferring the lonely roads through the
cedar swamp region, but frequently it
made nocturnal onslaughts upon the
frontier villages, playing havoc with the
stock and farm crops as it went. One
tradition has it that it was particularly
active during the Revolutionary period,
but one more distinct is that it was ban
lshed for a century and did not appear
until about GO years ago.
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carefully preserved these interesting his
toricai relics, and she placed them at
Mr.. Zelnay's disposal. Indeed, she
furnished him with all the available ma
terial that could in any way aid him in
his work, and the result is that the
statue is a singularly true likeness of
Mr.. Davis.
The statue of AR. Davis will be erect
ed in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,
Va, and the ceremony of unwilling viii
take place during the early autumn. The
statue Of Miss Winnie Davis, which is
also the work OF Mr.. zolnay. win be
erected neal it on the Davis family plot.
and the ceremony Of unwilling 1t will
take place on the same day. As the
south takes great interest in these
statues, and as the latter is a gift Of the
Daughters OF the Confederacy, it is prob
able that the ceremonies will be of a pub
lie or semipnblic character.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
New RACE OF N
Monsters of Humanity IN the South
Polar Regions.

Some papers are exploiting photographs
of a race of giants said TO have been dis
covered by DIR. Frederick A. Cook, who
has just returned from an exploring ex-
petition to the south polar regions. The
existence of such n race has always been
denied by scientists, but DR.. Cook. it is
said, has not only seen and talked With
them, but brings back photographs to
prove beyond argument that the biSses-
race of human beings in the world is to
be found in the frozen south. The mon
strous forms of both the men and women
are clad in furs. The men arm them
selves with bows and arrows and wooden
clubs. Their strength and endurance are
remarkable. The men can outrun any
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
JEFF DAVIS IN
A Statue For the President Of the
zCoufederacy.


Thesfrst statue Of jefferson Davis has
been modelled by George Julian zoInay Of
New York. sit is of heroic size, the figure
being "a feet, and it will rest on a pedes-
tai of suitable dimensions. This pedestal
will be cut from a block of southern
granite, and on its face will be engraved
the name and age of Mr.. Davis and
probably also some suitable inscription.
The entire expense Of the statue has
been borne by Mrs. Davis and her daugh-
ter, Mrs Hayes of Colorado. the sole
motive for its erection being the desire of
the famous statesman's widow and
daughter to pay respect to his memory
in this enduring fashion.
The figure is represented as wearing
the very clothes in which Mr.. Davis was
dressed when he was captured by a de-
tachment of Michigan cavalry in the
mountains Of Alabama. Mrs. Davis has
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
4. J. SAWYER.

certain high crimes. England started
her empire in America and Australia by
it. We are maintaining hundreds of public
nuisanees, inconsistencies of m~alignity. for
the more complete eradication of virtue
in the deprayed than is otherwise possi-
Bile. We have thousands Of convicts who
to our civilization are mischievous and
dangerous. To the Filipino they would
come industrious missionaries, better
than Christian missionaries for being
more like the rogues among whom they
would be sent. They would understand
each other better than either of them
now understand the missionaries.
During our civil war crime almost
ceased throughout the country, because
the war treated a dempnd for the Grim
inal and made him useful. Colonization
Of criminals would do exactly the same
thing. Would it not be better for civil
cation If the treatment which we apply
to missionaries and criminals should be
exactly reversed? Let us send the Grim
inal to the heathen and place the mis-
sionaries under that great forcing
process, the penitentiaiy, with such
changes, of course, in the institution as
would adapt it to its now inmates. Let
us adhere to the principle that righteous
ness. like crime, is the best cultivated
by gathering large quantities of it to-
gether in Il spot. We would then in
tensify piety at home, as we now in
tensify crime. If it would bring out our
missionaries as much better as it now
makes our criminals worse, our home
righteousness would be irresistible.
One reason why the heather cannot
get along better with the missionaries is
that the ethics of the missionary are too
high for them. Their self esteem will
not suffer them to believe that there is
anybody better thnn taey arc. 1t has
been wisely said that they cannot trust
a man who does not mean to cheat theT,
who looks upon the restraints Of civilian
ton as too few instead Of too many and
upon the methods Of industry as being
too sordid instead of too honest, who
takes no delight in stealing, does not
know what it is even to lie. owns only
Il wife ard never whips her. In their
inability to comprehend him they UNI
consciously believe that he must keep on
hand some concealed stock of deeper vii
lainy than they have found out in him,
and they will not ethically and aesthetic
ally mix with him. They are like the
American Indians in the presence of the
Puritan and Saxon. between whom there
could be no blood fellowship. nothing but
determination from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

An American who visited the Steven
sons at Samoa relates that the Samoans
have a practice of begging. They boldly
ask for whatever they may eovet wher-
ever it may be found. The novelist be-
came tired of this practice, and there
fore said one day to a Samoan friend who
had acquired from him a necktic, hand
kerchief and some other trinket, rs there
anything else You want?"
The Samoan made a hasty survey of
the room.
There is the piano." suggested MI.
Stevenson ironically.
Yes replied the native, Il know,
but he added apologetically, II don't
know how to play it.'-Philadelphia
Post
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

same as if he were to eat too freely of it.
He thinks it is essential for him to par
take of his totem, SO as to identify him.
self closely with it, or else he would be
unable to perform the ceremony Of null
tiplying it for food purposes. Further,
there is no relation between totemism
and marriage, there being no restriction
for men of one totem to marry a woman
Of another tetem. This social aspect of
the totem is one of the remarkable offsets
to all heretofore advanced theories Of to-
temism. A man is just as free to marry
a woman of his totem as one OF an
other. and not only so, but the traditions
of the tribes point clearly to a time when
men married regularly and by preference
women of their totem groups.
Each totem group is charged with the
business Of controlling some particular
department of nature.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

horse on a long stretch. They can cover
so miles in a few hours. To see a COM
pany of these slid men crossing a plain
is like watching a herd of antelope skim
over the ground Only their upright po-
sition, with their seanty goats skins fly
ing in the wtAd and the flourish of their
clubs and bows and arrows, shows that
they are men instead of belonging to the
lower animals. DR.. Cook is going to
write a full scientific account of these
naonia.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

As far back as tne memory or men SILL
living goes the hulk of an old ship has
been seen in Corpus Christi bay on the
west side Of Mustang island. When the
wind blew from the shore and forced the
waters of the bay through the Pass Ca
ballo and Pass Corpus Christi, enough
of the wreck could be seen so years age
to enable a sailor to make out a good
deal about the old ship. Sea dogs said
that she had been a swift saiier and that
she had carried mo and some of them
would shake their heads and intimate THAI
they had serious doubts concerning hez
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

a ~pretentious monument. The plans pro-
vide for a building 462 feet high, sur
mounted by a crystal sphere N240 feet in
diameter. a true reproduction of the war
ship Olympia to crown the monument.
Ii constructed in Battery park, the
BY means of the crystal
sphere Illuminated with electricity at
night. would throw a MONDAY light over
the entire bay.
Around the sphere a garden is pro-
yided for. The ground floor, according to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
ADdree's PossibleFate
Theory That the Daring Ex-
plorer Met Death In a Fiery
Furnace and NotaF Frozen Sea.


a noted authority on electrical science.
Newton Harrison of New York, adj
yances the startling theory that Andree.
the explorer who set out two years ago
in a balloon to find the north pole, met
death by fire and not by cold. The
theory suggested by Mr.. Harrison Is.
briefly that the earth is, to begin with,
merely a great molten body covered by
the thin crust OF earth on which we i've
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
uTILIzlMa CRIMINALS.



A western lawyer. a. =. Sawyer,
recommends that the criminals Of the
Unitcd States be sent to she Philippines
as missionaries. We are spending mil
lions Of none annually, says he, III keep
ing III our midst the criminals, in main-
tanning jaIls, prisons and other places
for eonfining the criminal classes, which
are nothing more Of less than schools and
colleges where crimes arc taught and the
graduates rendered more proficient in the
art of crime. In my Judgment, all the
criminals who are found among us should
be sent where they can get all the
barbarism they want. Nearly all ma
lions have practieed Punishment until re-
Gently, and many Of the most e~nlighten-
ed governments are still practicing it for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

the plans, contains four large public
halls with eight entrances. -Four great
staircases lead to the first floor or prom
enade, and from this floor four other
stairways and elevators for ascending
to the upper floors. Provisions are also
made for dining. billiard and reading
rooms, and within the great sphere an inn
mense public hall is provided for, with q
floor surface of i13s,s60 square feet
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

An obstinate youth who refused to adj
nit the reasonableness of a parental in
junction finally received this lacon;c
warning from the old man, "See a light
or take a liel...g." It is recorded that
the boy i~nstantis saw a iighs- /,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

ever presented
Inc Australian
n a e up on
whom they made
their studies' mas
remained lreia
tliile iihiileli'oi'ili
up to the present
Jay IN y more w
o~rlslhil'lhu pIs'h-
itiVe q tll;.n
any otnef peopie
eissWher g, On lhe
giope. ne ceh-
tfsi region y no.
Only cut on l1oni
the outef Mollu
by It's posltlVli'
put IS also ls9'Al-
ca Dy h'seurai ar-
riefs iro;A ne
rest % sle eo'1.i7
nelle. l1efe, ~
lhe center q liie
epn-
tiiieil1' ! y - isil7
age at his very
io"est uei''ls iiN
state and entire
IL unaffected by
modern influ-
ences.
There IS scar ce-
/ " an object, ami
mate OF mani
mate, to be found
iii the country &C.
cupied BY the ma
tiyes which does
not give its ma me
to some totelnic
group of perso
1t may be well at
this point to re-
mind the rea der
that a totem is a
class Of natural
phenomena orIna-
tcTiai objects,
mcst commonly a
species of ani-
mails and plants,
bctw which
and himself the
savage believes
that a certain in
lnaterelatienex
lists. The two old
universal canons
of e m j m
which have nth
eYto been accept
ed by American
an d European
e~thnoIogists, a $
well as the N
~practiccd by the
native tribes Of
the northwest
coast of America.
the toteniic re-
cion OF our coun-
try. are as fol-
lows: First. the
taboo Oh the )
of the native not
I'LL ,,,d aa+
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29

John Ag sPfannekoh. $40 Johnston avenue.
Henry Be8ncke. Sc Van Horn street
S. j. Newman. p6 Pacific avenue
W. J. McGrath, 597 Grand street.
Patrick Mcdonald. sQs c~onnzun5paN
avenue.
Louis HoTler, ss2 Grand street.
John G.. Smith, 318 C~ommunipaw avenue.
Francis Sweeney, ga Halliday street.
M s.. Pullman 268 Johnston avenue
John G. Faifchiid, sss Johnston avenus.
George Schliekemeyer, 400 CommunipaW
avenue.
Miles Morris, $50 Philip street.
Bernard J. Crowley. $50 Grand street.
Patrick Mack. 400 Halladay street
Joseph OsNei1l, COL Grand street
Patrick Anglescy, 1853 Grand street.
George Bannon SIS Grand street.
James Connolly, 4S7 c-omlnunipaW ave
nue..
John J. Murphy, 1873 Johnston avenue.
SEVENTH WARD.
Patrick ". OaHara, no ocean avenue.
Christian Wendier, 44 Ocean avenue.
Charles Dege, 459 Ocean avenue.
Clara d. School. 40 Fulton aYenue-
Wm r. 15S Dapforth aFe-
Warren P. freeman. a5s Old Bergen
George Gantnsr. 2a5z MeAdoo Avenue.
enue.
Daniel Kohl. III Ocean avenue.
VIM. ] Hulford, n West Side avenue.
Louis Chesterfield, IS Greenvflle avenue.
Stephen 7. Herig, foot Linden avenue
Newark Bay.
Lawrence Messstt S. Fisk strset.
George Fl Clark. 28 Ocean avenue.
GeoFge 4. Schtoli. RI Ocean avenue
keppler & Kfetz. Loss Boulevard.
49, EnLlaIgL' ssz ocean 4vsnua
Val Rtth1ein. 22 McAdoo aVenaa
Ghas; stenger, 1,is2tB Boulevard.
- nas 81 , LAS: - ~ 1911 asszaeA
s-isris + nossn Sa6 6 s. $500 Nez
Tsy{4IJsrty y ~ 81
caorga Tr5aasaaas IS S.nm
avanns 14s
George Newkirk, z4s Bergen avenue.
M1cnael IS avenue
andrew NJ H~ailagneFs lt4 avs
e1 Robert LIVINGSTON. 70 Morton n,ace
Jonn connolly BIZ C-ommunipaW ayezH1e-
liza Eaz sFs1zsi, IL Jaeksgn avenue.
Henrietta Dreger, 10 Hatch avenue.
p Muller AL West 80 avenue
George p Al West Side avenue
Lorenz SeGslak. q kearny ayeaaue
Henry SegefhQrst. W bergen avenue.
lint WARD.
Cornelius 0sCsnnor. 40 Bergen avenue
John F. xMuliery, IA Crawford street.
Smith Rutan. 6S4 Moufgomery sfreef.
Basferd & Glenn, zss Bergen avsn1s.
Charles Detjen, rs Church street
John Hanley, so Jordan avenue
VIM. +. Morris, 46S Bergen avenue.
r. H. Farrell. $50 Summit avenue
Frederick Smith, 17Ss Montieello avenue.
Joseph Haillen, 452 West Side avenue.
Charles Reiehert, 81 Monticello avenue
Samuel kansi 4ae Mast Side avenue.
A r. oNefl, go y sst sac avenue
TENTH WARD.
Flann Hynes. 627 Tonnele avenue.
Patrick McGuirl, $50 Newark avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-29
WAR MONUMENT.

Philip Louis
Santi, a Brook
lyn architect,
wants to COM
mcinorate our
victories in the
recentwarwith
Spain and sub
.,.ifS nIanc for
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-12
ATHENS IS IN 4 STIR
Sensation Caused When James Pat
tersOn Vas Brought In.
THE MAIN FACTOR.
II Il Said the Crime lie Is Charged
With and Ills Disappearance
Caused the Lynching Of
the lIumphries.

Athens, Tex. Ang. H. A sensation
was caused here Thursday during the
habeas corpus trial Of the men charged
with the lynching Of the Humphries,
by the arrival Of james Patterson. who
Is accused Of the murder Of Constable
Rhodes. which occurred in the Trans
Cedar neighborhood Ia December last.
and which led TO the lynohiug Of the
Humphrics.
Patterson lott the county immediate
ly after the killing and -was not heard
from until officers brought him hers
Thursday,
The hearing wasvoid Of interest until
4 o'clock In the afternoon. when the first
witness was ordered 10 tell his story.
In many respects Il was an unusual
tale. dealing as il lid with the work Of
tracking or trailing men anxious 70
evade detection through a wild and al
most uninhabited country.
Judging from the character Of tn,
testimony offered. however there arr
men in Henderson county who can safe
ly b. said 10 b. yersed in all the sign
OF nature
Two or three Of them told Of tracking
horses IN the underbrnsh Of the bottom
Of the Trinity and. from the size an,
hoof prints. telling much about the ami
mais
II was by these men that enough wa
learned Of the lynchers % give the OH
cers a claw which finally led 10 arrests
The Humphries widows are now her
attending the trial
The evidence heard at the inques
will not b. admitted as evidence In tn
habeas corpus trial
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-12
Gen. Tripnfi
OTIS VILE Is I
The President Has Decided lie <an Re-
main " the philippines.

~" N"'If~
Washington. Aug. II. Major General
Otis win remain in supreme command
Of the Philippines, but should be request
to be relieved. Major General Lawton
viii be assigned TO duty az his successor.
This decision was reached by the presi-
dent and Secretary Root during their
conferences at Lake Champlain. Sec
retary Root made no secret Of the pur-
pose Of the president 10 retain Genera
Otis In control az Manila, and 80 inform
ed General Miles az long conference
Il Is evident that Notwithstanding Gen.
Merritts expressed desire 10 return
b Manila. he will not have the oppor-
tunity and even Lawton's promotion "a
conditional upon the request Of General
Otis 10 BE- detached from command
IL is learned that Former Secretary
Alger. just before his retirement, recon.
mended that General Otis be relieved on
: the ground that he had not proven him.
self equal 10 the emergency. General
Miles favors sending additional cavalry,
but it is said that Secretary Root has M
intention Of doing this
F.! The operations that General MacAr
thur Is conducting 10 the northwarls Of
San Fernando have a double eifect-first
10 demoralize theinsursents and prevent
them from strengthening the positions
they hold. and secondly. 70 establish
himself al point on the railway con
/ Meeting the Gulf Of Lingayen with Ma
Mia. General Lawtons recent demon
stration 10 the southwark Of Manila an,
the operations generally are all part o.
Otis plan 70 keep the insurgents IN con
slant fear Of attack.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-12

Bonham. Tex. Aug lA-A young
man named " NJ Moxley met a tragic
death just across the river north Of here
In the Territory. He was riding horse
when the animal became frightened
and ran away and the Young man wa,
unable 10 control him before he reached
the woods The horse ran at a break
neck speed through the woods anc
young Moxley struck tree and wa,
thrown violently TO the ground, from ths
effects of which he died
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-12

Austin. Aug A. The weighers bill
passed by the last legislature has ere
ated more sir throughout the state
than any other measure passed by the
lawmakiug body. The attorney gener
ais department continues 20 be flooded
with letters from cotton and grain men
throughout the state who are anxiou.
for an Official Interpretation Of the law.
II will 60 into effect Aug. &c. and It j.
understood that Immediately thereafter
steps will be taken, by direction Of th'
Texas Grain Dealers association 10 test
it. constitutionality in the courts
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-12

FL Paso Tex, Aug. ll.--H Glass
saloon keeper, whose place Of business
near the Santa Fe depot in the outsk
Of town, was held up in his saloon
two masked men and his cash dral
relieved Of sia The robbers used
shooter 10 intimidate Glass and
had handkerchiefs tied roughly tied
their faces The police were MOI
but the men made good their esca