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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
NO GRAVE FOR SMITH.
An Maysachusetts Man OPP
posed to Being Buried.


keupen Jonn Smltn recently died at MS
boarding house In Amesbury, Mass. He
had a costly marble tomb erected last fall
In Prospect cemetery, expressing the wish
that he should he nlaced in it after death.
s;t+;nr =, chair undar ~ cors;daro.
- em c..,1L .a;a 80 H. - =
49,
!" cfisAee or pufieAl oiia aliiSeu ~
Gently ana was az once TAKEN 70 1ne Uonp
and found to be the exact size.
Mr.. Smith was II years old and to the
oldest inhabitant was well known. He
was a man who said little about himself
f,rthar thar that be ca,ne from Rpfralo
u nauon $3.50 ~ h;sa.rlv 1ifa ~ h;s rola-
uVes' ne "a' ~ ~ pay
en-, ana was nrsD a paper hanger IN Ailes-
bury and then q macs driVer. ~ was
through the dread Oh being piaceo unues
0ne ground ena1 MI. onlien con1racteo
Win Cnarles laws 70 puiu nilu +" saioo
hagus -,
a SUM- rocA iouiluaeion was iIs1 anu
upon tnls "as ereGoea an aici.eu, HOUSE,
iiAe co.hp o. prlch' laiu ~ 1enlen0, ny
Waiis Oh whicn are one looe OiiioA. lni'
pricA STRUCTURE was aicasee W@
Inc Is ~ leep . micnes ions
anu Q ieec . ihcnes lno lo
measures o ieeo. Inc hoor 10 ialu ".oi
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

educated in the public schools of Min
nesota and at Ann Arbor, Mich, where
he tool a law course. After being grad
uated in 1880 he went to North Dakota
and settled in Wahpeton. He was ad-
mitted to the bar and a year later form
ed a partnership With B. E. Bogart.
Since then he has come to be recognized
as the leading lawyer of h state. He
has been highly successful in his prae-
tice and while not a man of great
wealth is in comfortable financial cir
cumstances. Z
Mr.. McCumber interested himself in
North Dakota politics from the start.
He was a member of the territorial
house of representatives and council in
1855 and 1886 and served for some time
as states attorney of Richland county.
Since North Dakota has been a state
he las served in both branches of the
legislature. He has been active in al
most every campaign, and his voice has
been heard from the platform in about
every town and village in the state. Mr..
McCumber is married and has two chill
draD
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

OA-
in Egypt, was perpetuated by the Jews
and Romans and survived in it's orig
iaal form through ages. The judges
gown was white in its early days and
changed many times in style and color
until it became the present garment.
The popularity of the black robe was
established in the days when many OF
the judges were priests.
While there are many lawyers in New
York who still object to the gown there
are also hundreds who believe that the
moral effect of the garment woulf war
rant its adoption by the Judges of the
lower courts.
1t is less thar one month since the
justices of the third division of the New
York supreme court began to wear their
robes OF office, but the people who visit
the eourtroerns as well as the justices
have been convinced that the robe has
brought about a decided change for the
better.
One of the justices, in speaking on
the subject, said that hundreds of peo-
pie who came to the supreme court
rooms were unable to realize that their
department should be different there
from what it is in the places which
they were accustomed to frequent.
Even lawyers" he said, "often failed
to snow the proper respect, and,h having
nothing in view but the desire to win a
case, had to be held in check lest they
overstepped the bounds of propriety-
On these people the robe of office and
the additional ceremony have had a
highly beneficial effect, and I am sure
that the robe has come to stay"
There was a strong feeling of opposi-
ton to the change on the part OF the
people, who said that the custom was
undemocratic and that the adoption OF
the robe or gown would be the hrst
step toward the Introduction of the wig
and other customs which. in their op1n-
ion, would not be in harmony with a
democratic form of government. Ihe
Law Journal, in discussing the ques-
ton, said:
There is great inconsistency in the
survival of 'Jacksonian' prejudice on
this subject. If a judicial officer, after
finishing his labors for the day, should
appear on the golf links J IN knlek-
erbockers and other features or an
outing costume, the J"acksonlans Wouio
be apt to he pleased. 1t would be said
that the judge did not propose to carry
any of the adventurous dignity of his
Office into private life. Out in the world
he was a man, just like other men.
why does not the converse of this
sentiment make it equally praiseWortny
In a Judge to wear when offic1atlng a
costume identified with the courtroom
by a stronger historically almost a
sacred-conventionality? Could there
be anything more Conducive to the OBJ
s~ervance by a Judge of Lord Bacon's
maxim that when he sits In place he IS
another man?"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
MONKEY FIREMAN.
How a sagacious Ape Put Ont a Dam
GerOus Fire.

EeEOuS FITc.
Mrs. Peter Minetti Of Belleyille has an
ape which deserves a job in the fire de-
partment, says the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. It extinguished a fire at the Mi
netti residence without assistance and I'M
doubtedly saved fireplace from destruction.
In the room il which the cage was kept
was a stove from which live Goals some
times fell to the floor. Once the carpet
and woodwork caught on fire. The ape,
sitting ii his cage, screamed and chartered
with fright, and Mrs. Minetti caIne run
ming in to see what the trouble was.
There was no water at hand, and she
seized some wooden cloths and sncti.erad
out the flames. The ape watched her in
tently from his cage, and when the fire
was all out he showed his pleasure by
~gri1naoes.
subsequently Mr.. and Mrs. Minetti
had occasion to go up town. To guard
against. She ape indulging its destructive
bent whilc they were gene, airs. Minetti
tied him with a string to the center Of the
cage and closed the cage door.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Minetti returned
late in the afternoon, the sirliall met them
at tho door, chattering cxcitedly.
Mrs. Minetti seeded him and shook her
finger at him. He covered and looked
reprCSchful.
Mrs. Minetti remarked that there was a
smell as Of something burning. She
hastcncd into the next room, and a cry of
Consideration escaped her.
The carpet and floor for a distance OF
several feet around the stove had been
burned. The room was still filed with
smoke.
The spo followed them into the room
and Moved about uneasily, chs.ttering in
a distressed fashion.
.tsYou rascal, you did thisr' cried Mrs.
Minetti. supposing the brute had been
playing with matches.
The ape, seeming to understand that he
was accused, squealcd q protest.
The windows were opened, and a closer
investigation was made. On the floor We're
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
Quick Divorce.

Nebraska holds first place in point of
speed in the granting of divorces, says the
Minneapolis Tribune, a decree having
been granted in Douglas county in ex-
actly 35 minutes from the time the pro-
ceedings We're started. The caption was
Susie G.. Ramage versus William
Ramage. The plaintiff alleged in her
petition cruelty and nonsupport. 1t was
just 2:15 p. M. when the petition was
filed with Judge Fawcett in the cosrt of
equity at Omaha, and five minutes later
an answer was filed by defendants attor-
ney. AT $40 p. m. the case was IN trial,
and ten minutes later the decree was
signed. Ramage is a prosperous contract
or living in Chicago and was anxious for
a quick divorce, owing to his desire to Inn
mediately venture again into matrimony.
When this fact was mentioned to the
plaintiff in the case by Attorney Backus,
she remarked, HE hasn't much the start
Of me, for I'm engaged"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

brief winter term the young man found
himself fitted to enter college, but with
hardly a dollar toward expenses. Then
came a friend who advanced him $50
and told him to go ahead. So he enter
ed Depauw university. It was little
enough to start with, but the Young
man knew how to make q dollar so q
long way. Ee undertook the manage
ment Of q students boarding house AND
thus got through his first term. Fac
ing ahead of his classmates, he left the
university early SO that he might AXE
enough money during the sl-ar2er va
cation to pull him through another
term. The next year he wen several
scholarships, and the way was easier.
Finally he was graduated with honors
and eagerly looked forward to the COM
mencement ofshis law studies.
But the strain had been too much.
Through the effects of oyerexertion he
broke down. He promptly went west
and became a cowboy. When his health
was restored, he Travelled straight to
Indianapolis and had the good fortune
to be admitted as q law student and
clerk into the office of h most promi-
nent firm OF lawyers in that city. Eve
then the way was far from smooth
Economy limited him to two meals a
day for months at a time. But he read
law day and night, and it was not long
before he was promoted to chief clerk.
Then he was admitted to the bar and
began a brilliant legal career.
That is the way Senator Elect Bever-
idge defied poverty, brushed aside cir
cuTastances and grasped success.
His natural talents made his political
career a matter of consequence. 1t is
absurd to think thai the young logger
dreamed then he was to enter the Unit
ed States senate as a member Proba-
bly, his ambition did not soar higher
tina becoming a good lawyer in his
native town.
At school he showed great ability as
an orator. and when as a young law
student he began to take an active in
| terest in politics this talent soon gain
ed recognition.
He began his political speaking IN IN
| llama in the Blaine campaign of 1884 by
| appearing in a blacksmith shop he
| next addressed a country meeting helu
in a barn. After this the state central
| committee called Beveridge to Indlan-
| apolis, and he was given the best ap-
pointments in the state. He spoke DAY
and night until the end of the Blaine
! campaign. In every campaign since thai
| time his services have been
by the party in many states.
During his whole career he has been
an advocate and prophet OF commercial
| expansion. At first his ideas were rfd1-
culed and afterward bitterly opposed,
but now he inds himself voicing the
| sentiments OF the majority of his party
| and sent to the seaate as a representa-
tive of this policy.
Mr.. Beveridge will be, with the exceD-
ton Of Marion Butler, the youngest
senator. He is Sc. In appearance ne
| scarcely looks his years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
scranhnok of STYLES.

After years of patient attention a Boston
woman has acquired a s~crapbook of fash
ions that is truly unique and amusing.
In the early days of the civil war she be-
gan clipping plates and fashion photo
graphs from mode journals until her pro-
posed volume has now formed several. 1t
is wonderfully odd to review the fads and
faneies that flashed like 50 many meteors
through the skies of the past 35 or 40
years. There. are the Grecian bend, the
chignon, the waterfall, the pullback, the
crinoline, the tiny bonnets and the pokes,
the large bustles, hoops and the large
sleeves. Only extremes of style and oddi-
ties are used, for the collection would swell
beyond all proportion. As it is, it is the
source oemuch mirth whenever she brings
it out as a company trap. Springfield
Republican.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
Knew Her Geology.

Another story comes to us from tina
board schools. An industrious inspector
wished to lead the children in q certain
school up 60 ali intelligent appreciation of
the nature Of granite as distinct from
other stones. He tried many methods, but
at last in desperation took his Illustration
from a ~neighboring c~hurchyard, where
most of the tombstones were made OF
granite.
ssWhat," ne asked, sis the stone which
YOU sec most of when you pass through
the chu~rchyard?"
An intelligent child, putting up her
hand promptly in token of readiness re-
piled, please, sir, birthstone LON
don Chronicle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
KING O'KEEFE OF YAP.
He Has international Complica-
tons Of His Own.
WANTS UNCLE SAM TO ANNEX HIM.

A millionaire Besides His Rights zn
South Pacific IsIands-How He Broke
Up the Slave Trade In His Domino
ions.
The king of Yap claims as his own by
right of discovery and by aequiescence of
the native rulers the islands of zap, st.
David and OLAF. Their aggregate popula-
ton, entirely native with the exception of
the white monarch's few traders, is about
1900. This unique monarch, says the
San Francisco Examiner, is q natural ex-
pansionist and has several international
complications Of his own. For instance,
his name Is David ID. O'Keefe, and as
q, native of ireland he is a natural British
subject. In his early manhood he became
q citizen of the United States. He holds
his islands against rival claims Of the
Spanish and the Dutch. Ovebhis islands
he floats the stars and stripes, and on his
single trading schooner, the Santa Cruz,
he carries tie flag of Great Britain.
Rumors about the king of zap have
occasionally drifted from Hongkong,
where O'Keefe is favorably known in dip
lomatic circles. AT Hongkong O'Keefe
is known as the copra king, and he is
credited with spending from $4,000 to
$50, 900 in the two or three weeks of each
visit to that port. William d.. Wilson,
who has been a mate On the Umatilla, re-
turned recently from the south sea
islands, where he had an experience OF
ten months with King O'Keefe as master
of the trading schooner Santa Cruz, and
he gives a detailed description of the
island monarch and of the social condi-
lions at zap, OLAF and St. David.
liking 0'Keefe has accumulated an inn
mense fortune in the cocoanut trade"
says Wilson. "He is a millionaire aside
from his claim upon the islands, and if he
can establish his right to sell any one Of
the islands to the United States or Great
Britain he can command several millions.
1.-The Spanish claim zap, but they have
never prevented O7Keefe from flying the
American flag there. The natives are all
loyal to O'Keefe. There seems to be a
clearer title to St. David, as the Dutch in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
ROBES OF JUSTICE.
ALL AMERICAN JUDGES MAY WEAR
BLACK GOWNS ON THE BENCH.

Spread OF the Custom VIII Change
the Aspect of Our Courtrooms-New
York Lawyers Also Talk OF Adopt
ing the English Robe.
If the fashion of wearing gowns In
court is followed by judges and lawyers
in other places than New York city,
where it has recently been introduced,
the appearance of our justice shops will
be greatly changed. Just now the law
yers of Gotham are earnestly discussing
the proposed innovation, which shows
that the idea is being given serious con-
sideration. Some of the attorneys are
In favor of gowns and some are decid-
ly opposed to them.
Should gowns YIN the day in New
York the courts of other parts of the
country would doubtless follow suit. Do
you suppose the legal lights of Chicago
or st. Louis or Boston would allow
New York a monopoly of dignity?
The members of the supreme court Of
the United States have always worn
the black silk robe, but the ugly and
uncomfortable wig was never a part of
the uniform. No state court adopted
the gown at the outset, but a few years
49, lllC VI LIN NO0A oPR(
| of the state of New York passed a res
olution to wear gowns similar to those
worn by the justices of the supreme
court, and since then various bodies
have followed the example.
In no city of the state of New York,
however, have the prejudices of the adj
vocates of simplicity" been overcome
sufficiently to admit the black gown
! on the city court bench. Even in Brook
lyn the opposition has succeeded thus
far in preventing the introduction of
the robe. There is nothing gorgeous or
picturesque about the new robes. They
are made of heavy, lusterless silk and
are of the same pattern as the gown
which was worn by John Calvin and
known among makers of eccIesiastical
garments as Geneva gowns.
Advocates of the gown on the bench
say that it's adoption is simply doing
honor to q custom which had it's origin
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
.ver,re rength of MANS stride.

0uetelet estimates the average length
~ q mans stride at 311a inches and the
distance an average traveller al cover
at this rate st 7,157 yards an hour, or
11g yards a minute. The umber OF
strides would be $500 IN hour, or 125 a
minute The length of the strides in the
varioas European armies is as follows:
Tn the German army it is S1h inches.
with a cadence of H. steps per minute;
in the Austrian army, 29H inches, with
:. cadence of from lis to 1870 per minute;
in the italian army, 1872 inches, with a
cadence of 120 per minute; in the French
army, 291A, with a cadence OF 10 per
minute; in the British army, 80, with q
cadence of lie per minute.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

sudden that the diver Tor a loso
discourage and gave the danger signal
he was quickly dfa"l Us 70 oHc no"''
1t was a serious SITUATION Inc snip
was licking lady ana mus0 nov feihaln
overnight without ateentlon. Inc WORK
had to be lone at once, ana ohefe was no
one else 1here 70 40 H.. II onIy
Tor nm 60 go GOWN ma Hghel ne oeN LII.
10 which would belong Ihe VICTORY eheie
was no possible way 10 tel.
There was a Dig poe on 1he ooaG,
and the captain called Tor ahls' eaeeihg on
the handle and making the weaFoh apouo
three ieeo lohg. Afhieu Win vnis ~ asa.n
went TOWN 1hto INC seq; Lhis .ili.e ms
object was TO nghb 70 death tne ugly mon
ster tnag lntefIefea WIFI MS "orA of 70
die IN thea attempt.
Down ne silppeu Wniie ING piue waters
closed over MN, looking ail inc "hiic ZOE
inc most oeauiy enemy tiiaie ulscrs hnom.
His Zoe was awaiting Am. Hiaaeh Gnaef
the niige OF lhe Sessei she ocoopus NaS
carefully Watchlng ms every AloVeihen'.
tie approachea 10 c~aasioasiy' lug non
ster moved lrona uIlcef ,Hc Vessel aLu
gathered ltseiI LOT .ae ae.acA. ~ eA1
poih6 "here .Ie- aesli1ish oiouehei 9loe
w 49,
and tne snip. captain Gonrai nlaeeu
hlmseif lor tne pa1eie' Whlch was qutoA II
coming.
slowly Uhe serpeh1lihe creature MoFeu
forward ana reached OUT with one y 10
long arms. 1ts our eyes were stfIecAeu
wlae open, ana IL looAea Wen worthy It's
ON on name.
sllthy arm was met oy 9 Fisoroas
blow from the narpoon. me creature was
quick ana drew tne arm pack. again u
swung OUT n TINS Tune nle the qlSer on
tie mp, u Iest the arm, Ior q DIG" hai
severed IT, lnlufia1ea by ehe pain' oae
amman began the hsh6i III earhess.
one or two heavy blows proven OF liueie
consequence, u captain Cohrad IS d
strong man ana swung one harpooA Win
well directed aim, hhaiiy driving the
weapon into a vital spot
When injured, Tee octopus d'scharges d
nuld winch the water near 1t.
rms seems TO DC the PROVISION nature Eas
made Tor the creature $ protecelon, IN this
way making 10 Impossible LOT an enemy 70
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
THE DEWEY MEDAL.
Colder Trophy tic Be Presented to
Each Hero of Manila Bay.

Here is a picture showing both sides
of the gold medal which is to be given
to each and every man who fought I'M
der Dewey at Manila bay and helped
him win that brilliant victory. Some
time in future Years you may come
across an old sea dog wearing n OF
these precious disks, SO you should
know just how it came about that in
this instance the republic did not prove
itself u~ngratefuI.
Not long after the news of Dewey's
great success reached Washington con-
gfess, in the first flush of its enthusl
asm, appropriated the sum of $4,000 to
be used for the purpose of purchasing
a fine sword for Admiral Dewey and
gold medals for each Of his men. The
SWORD was long ago completed and now
stands in q glass case in the navy de-
p%artnent awaiting the return of the
gallant officer from the far east.
Now the medals are soon to be made.
The design for the medal was prepared
by Daniel c.. French, the well known
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

NATIVE HOMAGE TO KING O'KEEFE.
sist that Spain has no right whatever to
authority over that island. st. David is
about as large as Yap-ten miles long and
four miles wide.
1.-The white king is eagerfor established
American control of the islands, and when
1 last saw him he was planning to come
to this country and open negotiations with
the government at Washington. would
not be SURPRISED to see him come on any
steamer.
sO'Keefe has had a very remarkable
life. He is 68 years Did. When he first
came to the United States, he married in
Georgia. He had a married daughter in
Savannah, where his wife died before he
made his first cruise in the south seas.
This daughter will be the chief heir to the
vast island estate, though there are other
children at the islands.
"When he settled at zap, O'Keefe mar
ried q princess. He has three daughters
on the islands and one in a convent school
at Hongkong. His island wife is a very
shrewd woman and is ruler of the islands
when the king is away"
Wilson states that it has been 3 common
practice in the Spanish islands of the
Caroline group to steal young women for
slavery, but that King O'Keefe has effec-
tually checked the traffic in zap, st. Da-
vid and OLAF The method was to supply
the chiefs with gin and other liquors and
take the women in exchange, but the king
of zap has complete control over the ma
tive leaders, and he has forbidden such
deals.
Wilson says that O'Keefe is in earnest
about the American annexation of his is
lands, and that the United States govern
| ment will be urged to examine and con-
sider his claim to sovereignty. From
Washington the king will goto Savannah
and visit his American daughter, tewhom
he has always been very strongly attached.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
s1MIAN SAVING A HOME.

a lot of wooden cloths, slightly scorched,
which had been hanging in the kitchen.
They were the same ones which had been
used before to extinguish the fire. The
way they were scorched and crunpled
showed that they had been used again for
the same purpose.
The ape watched Mrs. Minetti eagerly
as she made these discoveries. AS she
paused and looked at him he raised n Of
his paws. Mrs. Minetti caught him up
and examined his paws. They We're
severely burned.
Mrs, Msnetti was satisfied that when the
fire started the ape broke out Of the cage,
went to the kitchen, got the cloths and
smothered out the flames. She declares
she could not be tempted to sell him.,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
wires OF ribbon.

Nearly 1000, 900, ooo, 900 yards Of ribbon
Of all shades and colors are by
the fair seq in general of the continent OF
Europe every year. OF this huge amount
France alone takes one-third, it being a
well established fact that Frenchwomen
are particularly prone to anything OF a
snowy color. Britain comes next, but q
very long way behind, with 10000, ovu
yards, and the rest is divided principally
between Spain, Italy, Germany and Bel
gium. Blue and the higher pinks 2
SCARLET are the ~favorite shades