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The times., 1899-02-13
SPANISH VILLAGES BURNED.
Forest Fires Near ONiedo Driving
People Before Them.

Oviedo, Spain. Feb 12.-Disastrous fires
are raging in the mountains northwest Of
this city and efforts TO quench them have
been futile. The villages of Nillar Murias
Lanaces and Casavide have been wiped
out and other villages are threatened. The
people are panic stricken and are fleeing
TO places of safety. Many herds of cattle
have persisted. but it is not yet known
whether there has been loss Of human life.
The times., 1899-02-13
Danpcrs of the Grip.

The greatest danger from La Grippe is OF its
used however and Chamberlans Cough Remedy
taken all danger will be avoided. Among the
tens OF thousands who have used this remedy for
Ia grippe we have yet to learn Of single case
having resulted in pneumonia which shows con
clusicely that this remedy il certain preventive
OF that dangerous disease. II will Ia grippe
in less time than any other treatment. Il is pleas
ant and safe to take. For sale by Henry Evans
Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 93s St NV.
and Conn ave and st. NV, and 1925 Nd ave
M
The times., 1899-02-13
AT THE LAFAYETTE.
Grand Concert ON Tuesday EN"ning.
with Celebrated Artists

BY special arrangement with the Maui
rice Grau Opera Company. the public Of
Washington will be accorded an opportu-
nifty on Tuesday evening to hear in con-
cert at the Lafayette Opera House the
well-known artists. Mons. Pol Plancon.
Madame Trebelli. soprano, and MIR. David
Names Violinist.
A most complete and acceptable pro-
gramme has been arranged for the Occa-
sion and the interest taken In the event
by music lovers Of the Capital gives prom
ise of a large and socially brilliant audi
ence. weather or no weather. Seats are
on sale at the box Office today.
The times., 1899-02-13
An ,dirondack Hotel burned.

Saratoga, \. Y. Feb 12.-With the ther-
mometer registering ~ degrees below zero
at Raauette Lake. Hamilton county. The
Hemlocks, one of the largest hotels in that
portion of the Adirondacks. was burned
this morning. The loss is $4,000. No
water could be obtained, the Ice III the
lake being IS inches thick.
The times., 1899-02-13
street Curs Collide.

Car No. 2OS of the Capital Traction Com
pany. in charge of Mortorman w. Fl. Eel,
collided with car No. 20 of the Belt Line
Railway. of which L. A. Payne is driver,
at the corner of Fourteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue northwest about $50
o'clock last evening No damage resulted.
The times., 1899-02-13
Died In n Lunch Room.

Robert Williams 60 years old. died sui
denly, presumably of heart disease, while
eating in dairy lunch room at 3i9 Penn
sylvania Avenue northwest about $50
o'clock yesterday morning. The remains
were removed to the morgue and the Coro-
ner notified.
The times., 1899-02-13
Steel ana Iron Works shop Hurncd.

Trenton, N j., Feb. 12.-Fire this after
noon destroyed the big machine shop of the
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company to-
getber with the machinery and other con
tents of the building. and did damage to
the extent of about $4,000. The works be-
long TO Hewitt & Co. OF New York. The
fire originated through the thawing out OF
some frozen pipes by employees of the
works. The building destroyed was a brick
structure. three stories high and 800 feet
The times., 1899-02-13

ileuri,,'> beers are rcIished by men oi brains
fur their delightful favor. and the soothing Ct
feet on tie system. Ask Tor HeUichs, drink
Hturich, aud phone t3i, for iieurichs-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
American Theatre,

Ii second week of 'Lohengrin' in
English, at the American Theatre, has
been accorded a continuation of the large
patronage of the past week. Repetitions
have improved the performance which
merits the generous appreciation with
which it is greeted.
Additional time has been afforded for
the preparation of Strauss melodious
Handkerchief which served to intro
duce h Castle Square Opera Company
to the notice of New York's patrons of
opera The presentation scored an I'M
qualified hit, Immediately establishing the
status of this admirable organization.
Great interest naturally attache to the
forthcoming revival, which will excel in
all particulars the previous productions,
enlisting a group of artists which might
be termed an all star cast. The trio of
prima donnas will include Eloise Morgan,
IS the Queen, Lizzie Macnicho1 as the
King, and Laura Willard, a talented
young soprano, who will make her debut
with the company, as Donna Irene. Henry
Norman will also make his first appear
ance as the Prime Minister. The rest of
the cast is as follows:-Cevantes, Joseph
F. Sheehan; Don Sancho, Frank Moulan;
Marquise of Vnlareal, Josie Intropodi.
The great singing chorus of sixty secure
magnificent opportunities in the stirring
ensembles of the opera, particularly nota-
BILE being that of the second act, univer-
sally considered to be one of the finest
examples of comic opera composition. The
plot of the opera is absorbing in interest
and the score is rich in melody. The
action takes place at the Court of Port
ugal in 1870, affording fine advantages for
picturesque scenic effects and gorgeous
-costuming.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
ST. PATRIcK's CLUB
A Diamond Fin offered as a Euchre
Prize.

The pool tournament arranged by the
Entertainment Committee of St. Patrick's
Catholic Club, will begin this evening in
the clubhouse on Grand street. The en-
tries are numerous. 1t will doubtless take
two weeks to finish the tournament.
thomas j. Byrnes and John j. Murphy
are the scorers, and Charles O'Connor the
handicapped.
A big surprise was sprung on the mem
bers last evening when the news leaked
out that a prominent man in the parish
had decided to offer a diamond pin as a
prize for a progressive euchre by mem
bers. Just who the donor is is not known
rumor has it that he is the popular
pastor, Rev. L. c.. M. Carroll. The euchre
will not take place for at least three
weeks, as there are two other events
scheduled for the next two weeks.
On Wednesday evening next, the third
club euchre of the season Will be gwen
in the clubhouse. Every evening little
knots of euchre players can be seen prac-
ticing, as all n are very enthusiastic
over the handsome prize offered. The joint
euchre given a short time ago, by he
various societies was so successful that a
similar event will be arranged to take
place April S. Father Carroll and a ma
jority of the members favor the Jersey
City Clubhouse, so that hall will UNI
doubtedly be engaged for the occasion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18

and every other woman would have DONE,
became his adviser and helper afterward.
! insist upon it, she stands alone; peer
less among the women of the world. She
has genius. She is genius, and Meredith
says:-sGenius is master of man. Genius
does what it must. Talent does what it
can.
Miss Josephine Baldwin gave a paper
on Some Non-combatant Heroes of he
Resolution" she Said:-"This country at
the time of the Resolution was in a Pc
culiar condition ~religiously. The sever
ing of political relations with England az
once divorced Church and State. and
made this the largest country in the civ
ilized world without an establishment;
The problem then arose, How could
Christian education, churches and pastors
be provided for so large a territory,
ton, without financial aid from the Gov
eminent;
1T is the purpose of this paper to
sketch a little OF the work lone by one
any feeling of the se~ctarianism, but be-
cause It is not possible in a few moments
10 do justice to wen one branch Of the
john Wesley, living in England, was the
authoritative head Of the Methodist So
cieties in this country Francis Asbury
mencement of hostilities he was compelled
to abandon the open work Of the ministry
and lived in concealment for two years
at Judge Whites, in Delaware. The
Judge himself was arrested on the charge
Of being a Methodist, which certainly
could not be denied. Blu after six weeks
Imprisonment he was discharged, because
his wife-a worthy successor of Portia-
plead his case so ably as to procure his
release. Asbury was at heart loyal to the
American cause all the time. as the Gov
nme discovered when its officers in
tercepted a letter written by him to
friends in England, but even while under
suspicion he did not cease his labors, but
constantly, though quietly, strengthened
the weak, cemforted the afflicted and
warned the wicked.
quence and wit, heroism and piety. After
deciding to become a preacher in the
Methodist Church he was drafted. He
obeyed the summons, but believing war
to be murder was determined not to
fight. He drove the baggage wagon and
acted as chaplain. though that title was
he was discharged, and went back to his
regular work.
s'Dhose who fought in the Revolution
gave this nation freedom; such non-com-
batants as these helped to add to that
freedom virtue, and our country has free
~ given to her children knowledge. To-
which the stability Of the nation depends.
But the capital which crowns this pillar,
giving it beauty and completeness, is the
Christian religion; and the men who
placed it there in spite of opposition.
hatred and persecution, of whatever
sect they may be. deserve recognition not
only as heroes, but as true patriots
Miss Mary S. Clark, of Belvidere, read
an interesting paper Oh Women of Yes-
terday and Today
Luncheon was h served.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18

SPECIAL MASTERS SALEM CHANCERY
of New Jersey.
Between Elizabeth Street, complainant, and
George j. Street ct AL, defendants.
on bill and decree for sale.
James r. Bowen, solicitor of complainant.
Otto Grouse, solicitor OF defendants
nv virtue Of a decree Of the Court Of chanc-
cry of New Jersey, made in the aboye stated
eignteen hundred and ninety-eight, as amend
ed bv the order made in said cause, on the
nineteenth day, Of December. eigndeen nnndrea
singular the premises mentioned and descrfhed
in Said decree, /, Frank p. MeDermott. Special
a. nublic yendue, to the highest bidder, on
Er;dav, the twenty-seyenth day of January.
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. at two
IS Hirh street. in the City OF Jersey City,
New Jersey, ali the following lands and prem
ises' being the same described in said decree
TOT Sat those certain three lots or parcels of
lana and premises, situate, lying and being in
Jersey city, in the County of Hudson and
SVafe ~ New Jersey, and known and distin-
c,,;shed as follows:-Each lot being twenty
I've feet in width in front and rear and one
CORNER of High street and the street now or
Formerly opposite the residence of Charles Lit
tie, viz: one hundred feet on the street now
ave feet on High street, and being the same
nremises conveyed to Hannah Street, since de-
ceased, by deed dated the sixth day Of April,
ed in the office Of the Clerk (now Registerl
of said County of Hudson, on the twenty-third
day Of April eighteen hundred and sixty
tb re in Book 80 of Deeds for said County.
On pages Sl2. &c, together with all and sim
gular the ~teneTnents, .hereditaments and appur-
appertaining, including the estate and inter
At Nv the courfesy of the defendant. William
Il. Street, s.. Sh 3 sRs = SAN MsBR gsRIassi
Dated pecember Is. 1893.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
Bounty for the Soldiers.

The Republicans are very much dis
gusted over the fact that the Democratic
leader of the Senate was the first to in
troduce a measure authorizing h State
to pay a bounty to her brave volunteers
in the late war.
They intended to take this step
themselves and reap whatever advantage
n glory the bill might bring. But while
they were putting the matter off, awaiting
a time when they would introduce the
measure with more fuss and feathers and
attract more attention, the Democratic
leader, thinking only of the brave volun-
teers and what was due them, brought in
the bill.
1t is more than likely that Mr.. Braun's
bill will be allowed to slowly smother in
committee while a similar measure by one
Of the Republican Senators will be rushed
through with much noise, and the Re-
publicans will take to themselves all the
credit possible for passing it. They nave
a habit of doing such things. But the
record that has been made, they cannot
efface.
Whether the Republican or Democratic
bill becomes a law this is a matter which
should be favorably acted upon at once.
In their zeal to serve their country many
of New Jerseys brave volunteers made
great sacrifices in going to the front. The
pay of the regular army is very small,
especially for a man with family and no
except his own labor, and it is
right that a State as wealthy as New
Jersey should help it's soldiers out. There
is not a citizen who would begrudge the
gallant boys this small gratuity ever if
he had TO pay a tax to provide it, but
when no one will BIZ taxed anything adj
~ditionally, as Mr.. Braun's bill provides
that the money shall be taken from the
taxes received from corporations, there
should be no voice against the project.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18

TO DR.. j. LAWRENCE NEVIN AND
G. Ewald Mcneil, executors and trus-
tees under will of Robert Funger, de-
e Gra 5 F ssnmniyI r. Ean geaue eTla0T her G hus1
band; Alma Griesedieck, Henry Griese-
deck, her husband: Robert Funger,
Minnie Funger, his wife; Arno Funger,
H~eitzmann, Michael R"eichenbacher and
John Decker
You are hereby notified that at a pub.
lie sale made by the City Collector or
Jersey City. on the 9Th day of october,
1896, The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey
City purchased for the sum of one hun
bred and thirty-six dollars and sixty-two
cents ALL the land and real estate sit
uate in Jersey City, in the County OF
Hudson and State of New Jersey. front
ing on Tonnele avenue, which IS lald
down and designated as lot t~wenty,eight
(2S), in block number nine hundred ana
twenty-seven CPD, upon an assessment
map annexed to a report number one
Commissioners of Adjustment appoint
ed in and for said City by the Circuit
Court of the County of Hudson, a GER
filed in the office of the City Collector of
Jersey City, on the 18th day OF Novem-
Der, 1895, said report and map and said
visions of an act of the Legislature Of
New Jersey, passed March S0th, 1886, en-
titled
'tAn 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 thar you ap-
near to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed. as provided
in said acts, before the expiration of six
months from 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 land and real estate. ac-
cording to the provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., December 10.
Il MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
= e. Hoos.
fseal, Mayor.
Attest M. J. ~O'DONNELL.
City Clerk.
(Sale No. 7oso.0
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
STILL IN FRANCE
Travellers Club Visits Many Points
of Interest at Mrs. Newbury's.

Versailles, st. Cloud, Dieppe, Rouen, Ca
lais, Amiens, Rheims, were the cities
visited by the Travellers Club last even
ing at the residence of Mrs. E. J.. New
bury, No. 81 Clifton place The club was
cleverly conducted through the three first
cities by Miss Birmingham, who resigned
the leadership through Rouen to Mrs.
Finger. while Mrs. E. J. Newbury, her
self, piloted the members through Calais,
Amiens and Rheims.
The tour was most enjoyable, though
several side trips to Bordeaux, Monte
Carlo and one or two ether places of
note had to be postponed, on account of
lack of time, until January 81, when the
club will again meet at Mrs. Newbury's
to complete it's travels in France, from
whence it will go to Switzerland.
Among those present last evening
were:AMrs. E.. J. Newbury, Mrs. ]. "A;
Hilton. Mrs. Finger, Miss Thompson, and
Miss birmingham.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS
The Worlds War History.

The New York ssWorld'' has issued its
annual almanac and encyclopedia, which
includes a history of the Amerfcan-Span-
ish war of 1898. The history begins with
a chronological records Of events from
January LIZ, 1898, when the North At
lantic Squadron assembled in the neigh
borhood of Dry Tortugas. Gulf of Mexico,
to December 10, when the treaty of peace
was signed at Paris. 1t is a comprehensive
table, giving every smallest event of the
war. Following is a condensed narrative
of the events preceding the war, the
declaration of war and h operations of
the land and naval forces. There are
tables OF the distribution of the army
and the war statistics. Descriptions I'd
war maps of Cuba, Porto Rico B
Philippines conclude the history
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18

WE are certainly just as solvent as any
other municipality in Hudson county. 1t
is wildly ludicrous to picture us as run
ming to West Hoboken for help in carry
ing our debt. We should have been in
clined rather to look for the shoe on the
other foot.
West Hoboken and these other one
horse governments, eleven of which are
dotted over the hundred and seventy-five
square miles of Hudson, are the principal
benefciaries in the proposed consolida-
tion. Their expensive Mayors and clerks
and treasurers and aldermen and other
officials will be wiped out of existence,
probably at a net saving to the people of
Hudson of $780, 600 a year. Their police
and fire and school systems will be made
decent and efficient, instead of being
scandalous and useless as they are to a
large extent at present.
Only o~ffice-holders and fools are op-
posed to consolidation, unless Mr.. Frank
lin forms a third category, all by him
self.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY IS, 1899
This paper is Democratic IN principles
n Is fadependeat in its riegs on at local
questions.


Our attention has been directed to a
letter, in a recent humble of the New
York HERALD signed by Alfred s.
Franklin of West Hoboken, in which a
rabid onslaught is made upon the Greater
Jersey City scheme. Mr.. Watkins says
Brooklyn was bankrupt previously to the
New York consolidation, and the Act was
passed by the Legislature in order to
load Brooklyn's debt upon New York.
After this highly imaginative statement,
Mr.. Franklin goes on:-
Jersey City is today what Brooklyn was
two years ago and unless the people OF
these eleven municipalities in Hudson
county put a stop to the annexation fake
The are apt to feel sore for fifty years
to come. The SchemerS are hard at work
Nice maps of the proposed Greater JeT-
sey City can be seen everywhere IN Hud-
son county, and a so-called North Huo-
son County Business Mems Association
is booming the scheme. Look out for the
annexation bill to be introduced IN the
coming Legislature!
The assessment of property for taxa
tion in Jersey City is now in the neigh
borhood of $3.50. 0OO.o oo. If personal prop
erty were as fully taxed as it is in New
ark, the amount would be over $20o, 0OO, 600.
The total Indebtedness of Jersey City, in
Guiding water account, current liabilities
and every other conceivable lien upon the
city or it's property values is much less
than $40, 900, 900. In other words, our debt
is less than ten per cent. of our prop
erty-
Our tax rate is less this year than it
was last. We made a net reduction of
debt within the last year. We made a
gain in property valuation. The city is
run on a fairly liberal plan and vast
public improvements are made every
year. If these are signs of insolvency,
we are insolvent, and not otherwise. We
think the majority of people would think
we were very solvent indeed.
As a matter of fact, investors do think
so, for they buy our bonds at premiums
pretty nearly equal to those on United
States bonds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
REVIVAL AT SIMPSON.
Success Of che Services Now Being
Held in the Church.

The second week-night service at the
Simpson M. E. Church, on Central ave-
nue., was held last evening. A large con-
~gregation was in attendance and enjoyed
the music in the opening service, as Major
Williams assisted by his wife and Ensign
Mcdowell, with organ guitar and cornet,
led them. The subject of the Majors
sermon was the Conversion of the
Philippian Tailor and its Modern Appli-
cation" The sermon was a model of
clear, forceful and irresistible statement
of Bible truth, borne along byean elo-
auence that was mastery. Some OF the
passages bathed the entire congregation
in tears.
When the invitation was given to such
as desired to live a Christian life TO go
forward to the altar, there was a move
ment all over the church and the altar
was filled from end to end.
There will be services this evening at
T:3O. and each afternoon at three o'clock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
G. o. P. Gubernasoria1 Boomlets.

The campaign for the Republican nomi-
nation three years hence has already
begun with life and energy. Mahlon Pit
uey, the choice of the new combination
against General SewelI as the great boss
of the party in this State, is looked upon
by many as a logical candidate, and he
has at work a well organized propaganda.
Judge J. Frank Fort, of Newark, has
his boom at a small dinner, which was
given in Orange the other day and which
is described as being as frosty as the
atmosphere of the recent cold wave. The
fudge has engaged the Jersey editor of a
Philadelphia paper to keep his boom alive
sn South Jersey, where just now the can
didates seem to be doing the hardest
kind of work. They seem to think that
that section of the State is the real battle
ground and the sooner they get their
forces in those counties into shape the
better it will be for them.
There doomed up yesterday at Trenton
still a third candidate, who seems able to
muster as many supporters as either Mr..
Pitney or Judge Fort. He is David o.
Watkins, the Speaker of the Assembly.
For the three months Mr.. Watkins occu-
pied the Executive chair as Acting Gov
ernor. he displayed an ability for the
position which delighted and surprised his
many friends, and they are beginning to
boom him Justify. The speech he made
yesterday, when he delivered the great
seal Of the State to Governor Voorhees,,
gave his boom an impetus which his
opponents will find considerable difficulty
in stopping. Of course it was a movement
born entirely Of sentiment, but it is a
movement which will be of great benefit
to Mr.. Watkins. No higher eulogy could
be paid to Mr.. Watkins character than
that which was delivered at the close of
last winters session of the Legislature
when the Democratic leader of the House,
tpeakiug Of Mr.. watkins conduct as pre-
siding offcer, said that thereafter the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18
WAVERLy CHURCH.
Progressing Rapidly Undes Its New
Pastor, Rev. MIR. Barney.

Waverly Congregational Church, Boor-
aem avenue, under the ministration of
its new pastor, Rev. louis w. Barney,
seems to have entered on a new era of
prosperity. The church building is being
repaired and painted both inside and out,
and a substantial fence now encloses it.
The congregation has largely increased
in numbers and the pastor and church
officials are well pleased over results. The
choir has been improved by the addition
of five new voices. Renewed interest is
manifested in the various church organic
ations.
the United Societies of the church villa
be held at the residence of Miss Durrell,
Palisade avenue, near Waverly street, in
the latter part of January
Pastor Barney has taken up his resi-
dence at No. 1856 Ogden avenue n ex-
presses himself as well pleased with his
new field of labor.