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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-01

Adjourned meeting of the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners, held in First Grim
inal Court room, Monday, April 10, 1899.
Present-All the members.
The Board proceeded with trial of Off
GERS against whom charges had been pre-
ferred, as follows:-
Patrolman George Van Veehten, First
precinct, two charges of neglect of duty.
The Board having heard the pleadings
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-01

PASSED April IS, 1899
The report was received and the reso-
buttons were each concurred in by the
following vote on the call for the yeas
and nays by the President
Yeas President Heppenheimer n
Messrs. Bailey, Midlige and Simpson,.
Nays-None.
Absent-Mf. Ringle-1.
The Committee on Salaries and Claims
reported recommending the payment of
the following Claims
$40 to H. A. Lush, for services as assist
ant to clerk First District Court for
month of April, 1899, when due.
e~Chargeable to account Fees. from Dis
$21.5 to James H. Clark, for W
assignments and taking City Clerks
acknowledgements to Martin Act' deeds
and assignments.
1916 to the Jersey City News for publish
Ing City Collectors tax sale. No. "a.
(Chargeable to account Martin Act.s')
1929 6 to the Jersey City News for pub
fishing minutes in April. 1899.
~1Chargeable to account Publishing
Minutes.f)
s22 to the Jersey City News for printing
manual, pages 1856 to 176, Board of Finance.
$258.18 to John w. Queen. for expense
incurred and paid by the Corporation
Attorney.
tChargeab1e to account "Ciaims."o
The report was received and the r4altns
were each ordered paid by the following
vote on the call for the yeas and nays by
the President
Yeas-Prcsident Heppenheimerl and
Msssrs. Bailey; Midlige and Simpson,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-01

Resolved, That S27 be paid to Peter Nc
improvement of Pearsall avenue. between
Ocean avenue and Avenue E, December,
1898; and January, 1899, 8 days at So, claim
No. 519.
charge improvsrnents. laws Of 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-01

The Committee on Pumping n Reser-
voirs presented the following
Resolved, That $102, 100. 80 be paid to
the East Jersey Water Company for
water delivered to Jersey City, January,
February and March, 1899, claim No. l,069.
Charge water account, P. & R.
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resolved. That s472.a be paid to ;. g.
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whereas. This Board met on the 18th
day of january, 1899. 20 hear, consider and
adjudicated upon objections which should
be presented against the Anal assessment
map and report fer the Improvement of
Bayyiew e from Arlington avenue
to Jackson avenue, conformaoly to the
provisions of Chapter 2l7, OF the laws of
1885; and
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RROKEN.

The drought In this neighborhood was
 strongly intrenched, but it was thoroughly scattered and shattered Sat urday afternoon. The wild charge
 made on it by the Winged Wind caval- ry, backed up by Heavens heavy artil- lery, a rattling fire of hail, and a soaking pour of water, was a sight to see, and even those caught between the opposing forces couldn't help being im- pressed by the nagnificence of the spec tacle, in spite of the damage done to their good clothes and their good dis positions.
 How it did rain! The streets of New Haven will never be as thoroughly sprinkled by the municipal and general taxation watering pot as they were Sat- urday afternoon by the good Lord. If we shouldn't have any more of His benefcence in that line before the new deal begins that sprinkling can be re- garded as grand wind-up and a not able Illustration of what can be done in free eprlnkling.
 The farmers are happier than they have been, though some of their crops were in such a condition that the long, delayed rain wouldn't do them much good. But the thirsty earth has had good drink and will be much the better for it. Perhaps we shall have more rain than is convenient for awhile now that the drought has been broken, but we hope that there wont be enough to hurt the corn that hasn't been hurt by the long drought.
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-4 SUPERFL UOUS LING ERFR,

The Providence Journal has discover ed man, or being in the shape of a man, who proposes, as a solution of the servant-gir problem, that women de- vote more time to housewolk. He says that women gad about on bicycles and leave their families to get on as best they can. He complains further that girls are not brought up to be useful, to learn cooking and such accomplish ments. There are households that have four servants where three might suffice if the women of the house would make their own beds and do other work of the kind.
 It is theory that the sea-serpent may be a lingering member of species al- most extinct, and it is certain that the being who talks as above noted is. He should be caught and exhibited. No man who is a man nowadays expects Lovely Woman to do anything she doesn't want to do, and every man who is man is abundantly satisfied as long as he knows she is uplifting the world and uplifting him by riding bicycle or doing anything else that suits her. She is always right, whatever she is, does or says, and if there is one thing more than another that she shouldn't do it is to devote more time to housework Housework detracts from her beauty and her upliftingness, and she should let it alone all she can. She looks and feels much better in bicycle suit than she does in kitchen clothes. And as for bringing up girls to be useful in cook ing and general housework what's the use? How is the world going to be up- lifted if girls are brought up to be use full in what were once thought to be home duties?
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THE DUM-DUM BULLET.

On several occasions the Times has re- ferred to the probability that endeavor would be made at the peace conference to prohibit in European warfare the use of the rifle bullets which are at present adopted in our service. The forecast has been quickly justified, for it ap- pears that by eighteen votes to three a resolution was carried on June 1 pro- hibiting the use of bullets with a hard outer case unless that case covered the core entirely and was free from incis- ions. Now, if we accept this resolution both the Dum- Dunn and the latest pat tern of bullet would be equally con demned; it is, therefore, important to understand clearly what is required from the bullet, and the nature of the notifications which have been intro duced. When small-bore magazine rifles were adopted it was found neces- sary that the little bullets should be fired with great velocity through q sharp spiral of ritiing, in order that range and accuracy might be attained. Lead would not stand the wear, so that a jacket or envelope of harder metal had to be used. This covered the core,
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CONTINUOUS.

] Henry why do you smoke continual 1 ly from morning until night?' Its the
 only time l get. I sleep from night till
 morning. Tit Bits. 1 A nce.-Husband-I am going to | join another club tonight. Wife-I
 don't suppose I shall see you at all after | this, Husband-Oh. yes! They have a ladies day.-Puck.
 | Mrs. Busybody-Your husband goes out a great deal, doesn't he? Mrs. Good ! wife-Oh, I don't know; he doesn't go out any oftener than he comes in-Yon- kers Statesman.
 Doogan-Casey fill in yesterday an
 wuz near drownded-ut wuz up to his
 ankles Regan-Up to his ankles and near drownded! Doogan--Faith, he Wint in head furst.-Brooklyn Life A orrection.-Scribbler Indignantly So Lusher referred to me at the club last night as a literary hack" did he Spacer-Yes; but Slusher called him
 right down for it; said that from the way you murdered things you must be a literary trolley car!"-Pcuk. An old Dutch lady at the Cape has lost three husbands and is just going to marry fourth. When she was be- ing congratulated on the happy event the other day she said, deprecatingly "Oh, the weddings are very well; but what I object to are the funerals Tit Bits.
 Friendly Advice.--Clara-I never sing except for my very dear friends. Maude There's where you make a mistake. You should sing only for your worst en- mies.-Chicago News
 A Note from Dublin-"Dear Tim I'm sending you my old coat by parcel post, so I've cut the buttons off to make it lighter. But you will find them in the inside pocket.-Yours truly, Pat,"-Tt- Bits.
 'The greatest evil, perhaps" said the lean passenger, "of profanity-" "Is it's inadequacy," interrupted the fat passenger, who had discovered his pass was at home in his other vest.-Indian- apolis Journal.
 The host-Now that they're divorced, what kind of an arrangement is to be made? The pessimist--The town house will go to the wife, the country place and stables to the husband. And the children?'' ITO the devil"-Life.
 Benign Individuality good friend don't you know that indulging your ap- petite for strong drink will undermine your health and bring you to deaths door?
 De Tanque-Thatsh all right, old boy; I won't be able to (hic) find zhe blamed keyhole. le.-Philadelphia Record.
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I LITTLE LOWER THiNTHE AVG ELS

Those who are inclined to pride them
 selves on the fact that they belong to | the human race can find food for | thought in some of the proceedings of | the Peace conference at The Hague. For instance, we read that the first com l mittee of the conference voted in favor of any state using any new explosives or new inventions for ordnance, Russia and Bulgaria alone refraining from vot ing, The question of Dum-Dum bullets was then discussed Major-General Sir declaring that Great Britain did not de- sire to use any projectile inconsistent with the principles of modern war, and that Dum- -Dums should only be used
 against an uncivilzed foe. The com
 mttee finally resolved In favor of pro-
 hibiting the use of bullets which easily
 spread or f1atten out in the human body,
 such as explosive bullets, bullets in
 hardened cases which do not entirely
 cover the points, or bullets WltH all ln-
 cision. The British and American dele
 gates alone voted in the negative. The
 use of any new explosives in projectiles
 from balloons was prohibited for five
 years There was a sharp controversy
 between the Russian and American
 naval delegates, Captain Mahan, who
 proposed the use of projectiles charged
 with asphyxiating gases, asking why
 the more cruel wholesale destruction of human life aimed at by the employment
 of submarine torpedo-boats should be permitted. Captain Mahan's proposition was voted down, he alone voting in it's favor.
 This is fine gentle, humane, civilized and Christian work. And it is especially interesting to notice that the noblesr part of the human race-We and the
 English-are in favor of bullets which will do the most damage.
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took the rif1tng, and preserved the shape of the bullet.
 As originally made, the jacket was strongest at the point and weakest at the rear, where, indeed, q small part of the core was exposed; but though pene- tratlon was thus increased, experience in the field quickly showed that the shock necessary to stop an enemy was absent or uncertain. And here it may be we'll to say what is required from a bullet. It must have the necessary range, accuracy of flight, and it's path or trajectory must be as flat as possible; with these must be combined sufficient shock on striking to stop an enemy $ charge, whether of horse or foot. It is plain that failure in this respect means the destruction of our soldiers, and that to sacrifice efficiency in the bullet at the instigation of other nations however well meaning, is deliberately to sacrifice our soldiers lives and the cause for which they may be fighting. We came near to this with the original bullet charges, in spite of of close fire, were made good; our foes, quick to perceive the difference, selected European regiments armed with the Lee Metford for attack, rather than face na- tive infantry with Martinis; and, as q consequence, the European lost con1i- dence in his Weapon-a state of affairs so dangerous that immediate remedy had to be sought, otherwise our rifle, like that of Italy in Abyssnia, would have earned the name of ''the gun that does not kill.'
 After considerable experiment and the exercise of care to keep within rules, the service bullet was modifld by Cap tain Bret Clay R, A, superintendent of the Dum-Dum Ammunition factory with results reported in the Times of December Is, 1896, as satisfactory, q judgment amply confirmed by subse- quent experience. Briefly, the main all iteration Is in the jacket which in the Dum- Dunn bullet tapers from the base, where it is thickest, to the point, where it vanishes, leaving a small part of the apex of the core uncovered, thus re- versing the arrangement of the old bull let Testimony as to its accuracy at long range is conflicting, for in India the authorities seem satisfied, while in Eng land they are not; but in other respects the bullet is efficient, though less de- structive than the Snider, and, being an honest, solid article, is not one to be
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lightly abandoned. The English modi- fcation of the original bullet (which it has superseded) consists mainly in a shlair recess 'in' rlre point less than half an inch deep. This bullet compared fa- vorably with the old one in accuracy, and surpassed it considerably in stop ping power; it was used at Omdurman, where it proved to be efficient, but it's power to stop a determined charge of men or horse at close range-say, within 300 yards-was not tested in that battle, and is probably inferior to that of the Dum-Dum.
 And that power may be of supreme importance in determining the issue of fight; hence without further trial the question whether it or the Dum-Dum Is the better general pattern cannot be said to have been satisfactorily settled. It would be well that this should be de- cided and that but one pattern of bull let should be used, whether in Europe or elsewhere. The idea that we are jus tif1ed in using a more severe type of bull let in savage than in civilized war, though very generally admitted, does not seem quite sound and, indeed, if our bullets are sufficient to stop a charge of European cavalry at close quarters they will suffice to stop men, however savage or self-sacrificing. In justice to our own soldiers whose lives are at stake we must be certain that the bull lets have this power, and no considera- ton can justify government in accept ing restrictions which may impair that efficiency. It may further be recollected with advantage that our bullets have been attacked chiefly on experiments which have no right to be accepted as conclusive. Thus the Dum-Dum bullet was loudly condemned on trials made with Mauser bullets which had a con- siderable length of the core exposed, and the testimony of the Dervishes who es- capped wounded from Omdurman that the lighter wounds were chiefly made by the little bullet-the ee-Metford in contradistncton to the Martini Henry may well be weighed when foreign criti cism of the new Service bullet is consid- d-Corres espondence London Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-26
.E1iSHJON NOTES,
All White for Many Hats.

Hats of the lightest colored straw trimmed entirely with white are very fashionable and appear in all manner of shapes. Among them are large shade hats, but in some of these the rule for
 ell white trimming is broken in behalf of a cluster of bright flowers and nat ural colored foliage or a bit of brilliant silk or satin. A bow of narrow black velvet ribbon gives this relief too, in some cases. Shade hats in which color appears possesses the advantage over the others of a variety in the trimming,
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simplest headWear, the rough rider felts that are often in red, green or blue, are daintiest in white and are then quite as picturesque as when of gaudy hue. They are now styled alpine riders, which is rather misleading and comes from combining the two fashions, the alpine and the rough rider. Some of these bound With scarfs will be seen in the city. but they are intended for the country, the golf field and outing use The straw rough rider is worn, but it is not stylish and is always stiff and ugly
 The extreme looseness that prevails in this seasons shirt waists may indicate coming reaction. Of course women will never endorse shirt waists that bind them as winter bodices do, but this years fronts are a step beyond the pouch of last summers waist. and looseness could not go fur ther without undue exaggeration. Already waists are offered that are closer than anything fashionable women have worn in the shirt line for several summers. One is shown herewith. It was sketched in light blue chambray, tucks and white nainsook insertion. al
 ternating, blue satin giving collar and belt, Such garments look very odd be- side the usual fancy shirt waist, but are offered by stores that deal with fashionable women, and they may be forerunners of next seasons styles. Whether they are or not remain for Wo men to decide FJOPETTI1
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but all white headgear is more distin- guished and newer It is at it's best, perhaps, in medium sizes, and there it presents much the same outlines given to millinery of prismatic hues. one pretty example appears in this picture. Below its brlm of fancy white straw at the back was filling of white violets, and the many looped bow was white lowered ribbon.
 All white hats appear also in the
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other smal advertisements, One Cent a Word each in- sertion Five Cenrs Word for full week tseven times)
 Display advertisements. per inch, one m, ,n pertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion n. 1o cents: one week, $3,20; one month. SAo' one year, $40. K
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse; 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, MaI L riages, Deaths, and Funerals. 50 cents eacn Local Notices, 15 cents peg line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thGlI own immediate business tail matter 10 De include Wants. TO Let Tor Sale. etc.
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Governor Tyler, of Virginia, has re- ceived letter from a woman of that State asking permission to take the place of any life term convict in the peritentiary. She wants to serve out such term faithfully in order that she may feel that she has not misspent her life. The governor was so impressed with the idea that the woman was neither lunatic nor a crank seeking mo- toriety that he answered her letter at State prevented him from granting her request.
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The Scientific American has been fig uring on the subject and according to it's calculations the one billionth minute of the Christian era will be reached at 10:40 a. n1., April 30, 1902.
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The latest house-to-house police cen- sus in Chicago shows a population of more than two millions.
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DELIVERED RY CARRIERS IN THE C1T4, 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, S6
 YEAR, THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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Two years ago the Supreme court of Illinois adopted a rule creating a State board of law examiners to be appointed by the court, and fixing a minimum course of study for admission to the bar at three years. The last legislature pass ed bill exempting from the provisions of this rule all law students who began their studies prior to the action of the Supreme court. This affected some seven hundred students, who had been taking two-year courses, and the act of the legislature came up for review be- fore the court, which has decided by a majority opinion that this is a judicial matter, with which the legislative power cannot interfere. The decision rests mainly on the ground that it was conceded when the rule was made that the court had the power to make it, and as the legislative act admits impliedly that the court was acting within it's authority, the legislative right to invade and impair that authority is denied.
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On the 17th of November next a statue will be erected by the Suez Ca- nal company to De Lesseps, to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of the open ing of the canal. The holders of the canal stock have reason to celebrate The canal in 1898 earned S7,96O, 900 francs. or 12,299OOO more than in 1s97 The dividends are immense and are growing. Of the 3,5O3 vessels of 9,23S, ,O0O tons that traversed the canal, 2,295 were English ships, 355 German, 221 French, 193 Dutch, S5 Austrian, "A Italian, 54 Turkish and American. Only steam CTS use the canal, the winds not favor- ing the approach of sailing vessels.
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It is related that prominent citizen of New Orleans went raging into the electric c-1ight company's office and de- clared that one of their wires had killed a pet tree on his premises. That tree" said he, "has been standing there for twenty years. My children played un- der it when they were babies and it is associated with some of the pleasantest memories of my life. When it began to die we all mourned and we could not imagine what ailed it until yesterday, when I noticed that a wire was lying right across branch My poor tree has been eIectrocuted and l feel as if mur- der has been done in my house." Con- siderably moved the agent of the com pany went to view the scene of the trag- edy and found the tree still alive, but feeble. When he came to trace the wire he discovered, one end nailed to the roof of an old barn and the other twisted around q discarded pole. It had been cut off at least two years and forgotten, But the occasion demanded something, so he made the following report; Tree alive, wire dead. Wire evidently killed
 ,the tree. Bill inclosed."
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Stringent measures have been taken in Charleston, South Carolina, to protect firemen from the danger of contact with live electric-wires By the terms of an ordinance on the subject each company having the right to string electric wires must connect it's station with the fire- alarm system, and on the occasion of each fire-alarm must send an emergency wagon and one or more competent men, with necessary apparatus and tools, to the locality of the fire, where they must act under the direction of the officers of the Fire Department. In addition, a special signal has been arranged, in obedience to which the electric com panies must turn off the electric in the district of the fire. Heavy penal ties are provided for neglect to comply with the ordinance, and they are cumu- lative for each day of neglect.