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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

DINING ROOM FURNITURE.
arm, golden oak finish. value S1-50, o&~
Dining Tables, full s-foot, good solid
legs, well made, worth $500, q TX
Oak Rockers. also mahogany finished
rockers, in variety of styles, all highly
polished and strongly made, wood or
cobbler seats. The price on these rockers
at exclusive dealers is from $2.9 u9
zoo couches. covere5 with handsome
materials. full size. well n 2 o1
strongly made.--.. .- 0sSV
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

DTpoRT OF THE CONDITION OF 2 THIRD
II Nationai Bank 1t Jersey City In tbs State OF
New Jersey. at the close OF business December Z,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

State OF New Jersey, County Of HUDSON, S.
/, J. w. Hardenbergh, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
J. ". HARDENBERGH,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before med
this 9Th day of December, 1899.
B. HUGHES,
Notary Public OF New Jersey.
C-orrect-Attest:
r. C. WASHBURN,
N S. WHITE,
CORNELIUS ZABRISKIE.
Dfrecf0rS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

FOR FURNISHING COAL TIC
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF JERSEY CITY
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

second National Bank at Jersey City. in the
State of New Jersey. at the close of business,
December I'd, 1g99:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07
CARPETS AND LlnOLEuMs.

Velvet Carpets, good assert ar
ment of patterns. in designs for Mn
rooms. halls or stairs. worth at 0.3ls
least s1.15 per yard, at.......-.- OVS
Good Tapestry Brussels Car
pets, nice bright patterns. wear him
guaranteed, regularly sold at 75c. rs
per ~
Full yard wide ingrains, new m
fall designs, light and dark I'm
grounds, regular price 4sc. per s1ii
OOO
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE
First National Bank, of Jersey City, in the
State of New Jersey at the close Of business
December 2. 1Ss9:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07
BANK STATEN ENTS,

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
HUDSON County National Bank. at Jersey
City, in the State OF New Jersey. at the close
OF business, December 2, 1885,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

or not. Cab drivers hiss at persons to
make them get out of the way: in fact
that is the favorite way of calling any one
here. In a cafe a hiss is understood by the
waiter instantly and he darts up to re-
ceive your order.
Most of the business transacted here Is
done between the hours of y and 5, and
Sunday is the same as any other, In fact,
Sunday here is a great day to go shopping.
The Spanish duty here is something dread
full. As an example of it, | must tell you
what a man here told me Of his experience:
Last September he shipped a carload of
goats to this place and they charged him
So a head to land them. He said it was
absurd. and that as there We're so many
starving people here he would rather turn
the goats loose in the city than to pay the
duty. That was refused him. however. and
he had to go to the expense of shipping
them back TO the United States.
When We entered MatanZas harbor our
pilot steered US in very carefully. After
we dropped anchor our captain. who was
walking back and forth, came up to me
and began to smile. |. of course. asked
what the joke was. Why he said. there
are three mines in this harbor and no one
knows where they are. Some ship Will
drop anchor on one some day and there will
be another explosion l told him / thought
the pilot knew but he stuck to his belief
that no one. not even the Spaniards,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

City house about three weeks ago. Hen
Messy DieW the entire top of his head off.
to end their lives on three di5erent occa-
sions. Lucille Ledford. a pretty l7-year-old
girl. who is employed as a waitress in a
times to end her life and failed. The first
time she was picked up by the police on
the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad bridge
the dark waters of the Missouri. 4 revolt
yer was found secreted in the folds of her
dress. She said afterward that it was her
Intention to shoot herself so that she would
fall into the waters after she had inflicted
a mortal wound. Twice since that time
Miss LedfOrd tried to end her existence by
gan saved her life. Lulu Levy. an unfor-
tunate woman deserted by her husband and
friends. tried to suicide on two different &C.
f faSsn by dfr eSn Both times she was
than alive. BY hard work the police sur
geon saved her life. The third attempt she
made she used morphine. h was found in
an alley in an almost dying condition. but
the police surgeon succeeded in saving her
life. Florence Thornton tried morphine
three times before she succeeded. A faith
less lover sent her to her grave. Emma
Peterson tried three times to destroy her
life and failed.
The mos! sensational suicide Of the year,
and one for which no motive whatever
could be assigned. was that of Mary Felix
Baehr, wife of G. w. Baehr. secretary Of
the kumpf Insurance Company. Mrs.
when She ended her life by shooting her
self in the head at her home at Thirty
ninth and Summit streets; Mrs. Baehr
came downtown. purchased a revolver.
went home and delihrately sent a bullet
crashing into her head. Five minutes
her husband returned home and found her
sitting in a chair before a mirror. dead.
Another sensational! attempt at suicide
following the crime of murder. was that
of Fred Linderman, on September 5. Lin
derman shot and instantly killed Belle Nc
Elheney in a disorderly house at 1929 Wal
nut street because she would not live with
him. He then turned the revolver on HIM
self In an attempt to end his own life. He
recovered from his wounds and has since
been indicted for murder in the first de-
gree. Linderman's crime was deliberate
and coldblooded.
More than half the suicides recorded by
the police surgeon are dissolute characters.
or the thtrty-two men who tried to end
their lives. three-fourths laid their trou-
bles to drink. Wretchedncss was the cause
In three-fourths OF the cases among women.
A change of weather Is usually followed
by what the police surgeons term an .ep-
ldemic of suicides" In dark and gloomy
weather 1t Is a noticeable fact such cases
are more numerous than at any other
time.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
WILL BE A NEW ROAD.
brooklyn Avenue Company Will
Change to Electricity and Make
Several Extensions,


The Brooklyn avenue line will be rehabil-
itated and made a first-class road during
the coming year. The line has been a los
ing venture from the first. it's cable charges
alone being $1,000 per month. 1t has had
all manner of financial troubles and has
been finally bought in by the creditors.
TIL road has been in a pocket" as it We're
ever since it was constructed. But if the
company secures the franchise for a line
On Grand avenue from Third to Thirteenth
streets and on Lydia avenue to the en-
trance to North Terrace park. the service
Will be very materially bettered and the
road will be made q paying venture.
Much more was done during the past year
If improving the roadbed. preparatory to
hanging the line 10 electricity. The tracks
We're lined and surfaced from Locust to the
south end and all the joints Were welded,
placing the roadbed in first-class shape.
Plans have been drawn for the CONVEX
sion of the line to electricity and also for
several miles of extensions. The letting of
tie contracts and the beginning of work
were delayed on account OF the failure of
on the Julian law. This matter has now
been settled. the court deciding that the
Julian law does not apply to Kansas City
ard the decision leaves the way open for
the beginning Of work on the important
improvements contemplated.
The lines on Tenth street and Brooklyn
avenue Will be changed to electricity as
soon as the grading of Tenth street from
Grand avenue to Locust street can be done.
This Improvement has been held up by lit
igation in the courts. but a settlement has
been reached and the contracts for the
grading Will be let as soon as the weather
will permit the work to be done. The grad
ing and reconstruction of the road will be
carried on at the same time. A very deep
cut at Tenth and McGee will be made,
which will reduce the grade to such an ex-
tent that it can be easily Surnounted by
electric lines. The troublesome grades be-
tween Main and Grand avenue will he done
away with by the abandonment of the line
between those streets. The road will start
from Tenth and Grand venue instead of
Tenth and Main streets and the officials of
both the Brooklyn avenue and Metropolis
tan companies will breathe more freely
when the veXatious crossings and grades
have been abandoned, as they have caused
continued trouble.
The construction of the extension on
/ Grand avenue, for which a franchise is
now pending in the council. and for which
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
A WOODEN CROSS
ALL THAT MARKS GRAVES OF THE
MAINE VICTIMS.
VISIT BY A KANSAS CITY BOY
INTERESTING LETTER BY H. A. AUS
TIN, OF THIS CITY.
Graves Are In nm Out-of-the-Way
Corner of the Cemetery-Descrip-
lions and Scenes In and
About the City of
Havana.

A letter from Havana received in this
city recently by Judge ]. IL. Austin IS full
of interesting notes concerning that much
talked of place. The letter is written by
Judge Austin's son, II. A. Austin, who is
with Colonel A. l.. Smith. formerly United
States purchasing agent for the army in
West. but now chief of commissary for the
whole island of Cuba, under General
Brooke.
1t opens with two scenes in the cemetery,
where Mr.. Austin had gone with 4 friend
to see what treatment the Spaniards had
accorded the victims of the Maine dis
aster. so much was said at the time of
the explosion" said Mr.. Austin, concern
ing the kindness and sympathy Shown by
the Spaniards in Havana for the sailors
who lost their lives, that l was anxious to
visit the Colon cemetery and see where
our countrymen's remains were laid" The
letter describes first a monument erected
to the memory of some Spanish victims of
an explosion. They were Spanish tremen
who were killed fighting a fire in a ware
house where dynamite had been stored.
'It was the finest piece of work 1 have
ever SEEM" said the writer at the close
of his description of the monument. In
another paragraph he tells what he saw
in an out-of-the-way corner where the
victims of the Maine explosion were buried.
1--WE asked directions on all sides to the
place, but no one was able to tell US n
had we not found some one in charge of
the cemetery We never should have dis
covered the place. The only mark there
is on the graves is a wooden cross with a
board on which is written, "A las Victimas
del Maine'-Spanish words to tell where
lie American sailors who went down to a
sudden and terrible death in Spanish
waters. Besides the cross there are also
some artificial flowers tied with a ribbon
and marked from General Garcia
The writer of the letter desc. ibes a Span
ish funeral, of which he said there was
a constant stream coming into the ceme-
terry while he was there. The hearses he
said Were very handsome, some white,
some finished in oak and some black, with
gray plumes. Tie divers and footmen were
dressed in crimson trimmed with gold and
black braid. After the hearse is driven into
the graveyard the coffin is taken on the
shoulders of four men and carried hurried
ly to the grave where it is lowered at
once. no box or covering being provided for
the coffin and no lining to the grave.
As soon as the coffin reaches the bottom
Of the grave men begin pulling the dirt in
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

been secured, will give the company a
downtown connection which will afford con-
venfent access to the central business sec
tons OF the city. Petitions have been cir
culated for the extension on Lydia avenue
to the entrance to North Terrace park.
Another extension on Twenty-seventh
street. from Brooklyn avenue TO Indiana
avenue. and thence south towards Swope
park. will give the company access to the
splendid new city park which will be i'm
proved during the year. Access to North
Terrace park will also be a notable i'm
provement in the service rendered the peo-
pie. opening up Il populous territory TO
street railway communication with the
downtown districts and affording easy ac-
cess from all parts of the city to North
Terrace park.
The present officers of the Brooklyn Ave
nue. Comrany are: John Lucas. president;
James Blair. of New York. vice president:
W. II. Lucas. general manager: W. ].
Smith and w. T. Johnson are directors in
addition to the above named.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
WILL ASK AN INJUNCTION.
Dickey and Midland Dairy Managers
seek to Proven the City From
MOleStinT Them,

A. S. Bryan. a milkman. whose dairy is
located at Forty-fifth street and Cleveland
avenue. was arrested Friday o. the charge
of selling milk containing a foreign sub
stance. In police court yesterday Bryan
was convicted and fined So.
The cases against the D!ckey and Mid
Ian dairies will be called next Wednes-
day. and in the meantime the managers
of those diaries will apply for an injunc-
ton in the circuit court, to restrain the
city health officer from arresting them.
Officer Shirk claims TO have several sep
arate cases against these diaries. and pro-
poses to arrest the proprietorS as fast as
each case Is disposed of. 1t is to prevent
this multiplicity of arrests that the dairy
managers will ask for al. Injunction.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
New Men Not Yet Selected.

Postmaster Sam Scott said yesterday he
had not selected the men to fill the posi-
tons of clerks and carriers that he asked
for recently, and added that he would not
select the names until he had received
authority TO increase the force. When
he returned from Washington a few weeks
ago. he announced hat he had received
authority to increase the clerk and car
rier force, and would do SO the first CT
the year. but his statement made yes
terday indicates that while in Washington
he received a promise that has not as yet
been fulfilled.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Bank of H. s. Mill. Change. Name.

The bank of H. S. Mills has changed its
name, and will hereafter be known as the
Western Exchange bank. The change was
made at a recent meeting of the stock
holders. ana VIII axe erect win the
have been retained. but at the January
meeting it is probable two additional ones
will be elected. The cashier will he
chosen. also, at the January meeting. but
]. S. Lillis will be continued as presi-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Checking Tn Accounts.

United States Marshal Durham had ell
tiers in shape for presenting his quarterly
account to the federal court for approval,
on Tuesday. He has to check accounts
up very closely. and get them approved
so that they can be forwarded to the de-
partment on time, as any delay in sending
them forward means prolongued delay in
securing the settlements.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
A-NiIe-n-Minute Shave

On the California Limited, Santa Fe Route
There is a barber shop in the buffet-smoK.
ing car. Entire train electric lighted
Through in 2 1T days. Kansas City to Los
Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
MARsHALL FIELD TO BUILD
Will Erect a Handsome Edifice For
the Merchants Loan and
Trust Bank.

Chicago, Feb. 2.-The Merchants
Loan and Trust bank practically has
concluded arrangements by which Mar
shall Field will erect new building at
the northwest corner of Clark and
Adams streets for it's occupancy.
Mr.. Fields proposition provides for
the construction of a high-claSS Office
building as lofty as the present building
law will admit, to be finished by May
l, 1900 or as soon thereafter as it can
be erected with safety. 1t will be called
the Merchants Loan and Trust COM
pany building, and will be adapted par
ticularly to the banks needs.
Mr.. Field disposes of the question of
finances by agreeing to construct the
building himself. The bank will take a
long term lease of that portion which
it requires for it's purposes.
ORSON SMITH GIVES DETAILS.
Orson Smith, president of the Mer-
chants Loan and Trust bank, in dis
1T was practically settled today that
the bank should decide in favor of the
northwest corner of Clark and Adams
streets. While there are still some
minor details to arrange, it is deter
mined we are to have the banking floor
and the basement. Safety deposit
vaults will be established in the base
ment and connected with the bank. I
can't say anything as to the cost of the
new building, as that has not been de-
termined, nor has even it's height. 1t
In case the new building should not be
finished by May 1, 1900 we simply will
have to postpone moving until it is COM
pleted. 1t is planned to erect the struc-
ture without interfering with the pres
ent tenants" 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
CIVIL SERVICE IN CUBA.
The Postmasters Are Promoted From
Smaller to Larger Offices

Washington, Feb. 2.-The postal commits
sion which has been investigating condi-
tons in Cuba, a basis for the complete
reVolutiOniZing of the postal service there,
will hold a session here next Monday, the
first meeting after the completion of the
investigation. Chairman Machen came on
an invitation to make preliminary re-
Matsen, Bingham and Fosner, left Ha-
vana yesterday for Washington.
The commission has found the postal
system on the island to be in an extreme
ly chaotic and crude state, and there will
follow complete transformation of the
service in all branches and throughout the
island. The committee will recommend
placing employees of the United States pos
tai service at the head of the principal
postoffices in Cuba to act either as post
masters or advisers to the native post
education and instruction of the Spanish
and CubanS who are postma sters, il mod
ern American postal methods. This policy
is in line with that of the administration
all along, avoiding a disturbance of the
personnel of the offices in Cuba as far
possible.
The commission has ascertained that a
scheme of the nature of civil service
system had been in operate in the old re-
gime, by which clerks were promoted for
Efficiency and good service. There also
postmasters from the smaller the
larger offices. The commission has found
that, as a rule, the Spanish or Cuban
clerks are well educated and in this
Spect the advancement idea of the en-
ployeS is evidence by the official designa-
ton of the ordinary clerks, who rank with
our low grade clerks as ''aspirants.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
PoPUL1sTs WILL BE LIBERAL
State Institutions Will Receive Gen.
erous APPROXIMATIONS This Year.


The indications are that the state in
situations in Kansas will receive more
careful consideration and attention
from the present Legislature than they
have had for several years. 1t has been
said that the PopulistS would decline to
make appropriations of any character
unless the Republican administration
takes back what Mr.. GODDARD said
about the special session being uncon-
StitutiOnal. This seems to be untrue
and the evidence now at hand indi-
Gates that the Populist senate is dis
posed to give the state institutions lib
eral appropriations .------.---
One of the leaders on the floor of the
senate said to a Journal reporter to-
day:
THE Republicans have been charging
that the Populists will make every eff
fort to cripple the state institutions this
year but before the session closes they
will be convinced to the contrary. The
Populist caucus decided that we shall
stand for liberal appropriations for the
state institutions, both educational and
charitable and we may authorize some
new buildings for the educational inter-
ests. There are new buildings needed at
some of the asylunS and we will stand
for them until the last. The fact is the
Populists are very anxious to give the
state institutions all the money actual
ly needed for the ensuing two years. We
do not believe in extravaganza, of course,
but these institutions, the best in the
west, must not be allowed to retro
grade.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
PREDICTED HIS DEATH.
Prophetic Language of Rev. George
III. Simons.

New York, Feb. 2.-Rev. George H.
Simons, of Brooklyn, predicted his own
death,which occurred yesterday at mid
night, of pneumonia. Last December,
during a heavy snow storm, he visited
a sick child and caught a chill. Since
then he had been ailing and yesterday
was quite feeble, but was not apparent
ly in any immediate danger. To his
wife, however, who was sitting in the
same room, he said, for no apparent
reason: MY dear, I do not believe that
I will live after midnight"
DR.. Simons, who was pastor of the
Wyckoff Street NJ. f. church with his
one arm and his impressive bearing, had
been an impressive figure in Brooklyn
for a long time, an interest contributed
to by the facts of an unusual life. He
was born in Bavaria SO years ago. When
16 years of age, he took to the sea. At
27 years of age he was wrecked eff the
Cape of Good Hope. After being saved
he announced that he had a summons
from God to follow the church in the
capacity of a preacher. He drifted to
Ohio, where he worked and at the same
time studied theology. Later he was
ordained in the NJ. E. church and was
pastor of a church at Santa Rosa, Cal,
from which place he came to Brooklyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
BABY PREACHER STOPPED.
New York Journal.


The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children has stopped the
preaching of Lawrence Dennis, the 'boy
evangelist" Agent Barley of the So
ciety said that the boy would not be al
lowed to appear again before an audi
ence in the guise of 'texhorter''
The child is only five years old, but he
has made many public exhibitions in
churches. 1t was all under cover of re-
scented to the remarkable exhortations.
They drew great crowds at first, and
aroused great deal of interest. The
boy appeared on the platform with a
preternaturally serious demeanor and
uttered scraps of Biblical quotations
and trite moral sayings in a loud child
ish treble. The incongruity of the thing
made people wonder. Many really be-
lieved he was inspired.
1t was discovered that the boy preach
er was practically supporting his par
at the close of his meetings. The mother
was in the habit of stuffing him with
verses from the Bible and making him
repeat them in answer to questions from
the audience. Some times the quota
tionS were happy and the reply seemed
miraculous But just as often they
were not At the end of every service
the boy would announce a sale of his
photographs at 25 cents apiece, and it
was by the proceeds of these sales that
the family lived. The mother made a
violent protest at a recent meeting
when this sale was objected to.
The parents were making no effort to
educate the child, and in answer to
questions on that point the mother had
carefully taught him to say: DE Lord
teach me eberyting."