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Evening star., 1899-10-13
FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE-FIRST-CLAS s-ROOM SUB
urban house. squares from B. and o. depot and
same distance from Suburban electric road. for !
O6dce. oc13-3ts
Evening star., 1899-10-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Advertfsements for situations will
lie fnnerte1 at the rate of one cent
persy ord, Rer insertion. the minimum
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meath; mnS be hled Mt any Postal
Telegt npR ONCE In Washington or
sent StbrOREh the medium of the
Postal 'TeSeEraph messenger system
at regular advertising rates.
Evening star., 1899-10-13
WANTED-HELP.

Advertisements under the classin-
cntton of Wanted Help will be In
.ertcd at the rate of cent per
word per Insertion. the minimum
charge being 10 cents. Adverffse-
ments may he fIcd mt any Postal
Telegraph Office in Washington or
scnt through the medium of the
Postal Teiexraph messenger system
at regular advertising rntes.
Evening star., 1899-10-13

FOR RENT-NEAR CONN. AvE.-1s4S NJ ST.
NV: 0 rms and bath; $50 mo-; also 1902 21st
st. n. w: double house; IA rms and bath; ami;
$50 ndsomely decorated: perfect order.
OWNER 1902 2lst st. W. se16-1ms
Evening star., 1899-10-13

FOR SALE-A BARGAIN To CLOSE ESTATE
Handsome esy-window. l-room brick honse, 74o
9th st. ne; worth 50. 500. Will sell FOR 81 300
for quick sale 81 300 cash. bniance can remain
ALLEN W. MALLERY & Co. go ST oc12-tf
Evening star., 1899-10-13

FOR SALE-62S F ST. SW.; A MODERN EIGHT
room house with cellar aud brick building
on rear OF lot: open plumbing; furnace heat and
all modern improvements; LOT 36isxl2T to alley;
terms to suit. The Washington Loan and Trust
Company THOMAS BRADLEY, Real Estate
Officer. ocl2-lw
Evening star., 1899-10-13

FOR RENT
18th st near Dupont
Circle. 15r. .S130.N
49,: Conn av. Sr. .I5.U
2Ol0 X st, l2r- -. .O.N
1877 Col'hia I'd, Or. .55. -
S26 13th st, Sr. SIS. o.
L.G 18th ST. 3r. :. -5J.W
1926 18th. Sr, 2b. 500,
012 Hiilyer pl, Or. 5000
l64u 18th ST. sr. .-io.tH
1890 14th. 10r&b. ..37. 81
ocI-tf q.
Evening star., 1899-10-13

IL ). e COR. ITH&L y. ".
1913 Marion, 6r&b. %. 80
1875 4th. 6r&b (coD %. so
l342 4th. Crab tcOn 20. 10
93l 9th NV. st&dw..D.0
3S \ Sc, sto&1r, wa. 1900
1868 L NV, 6r&w. rs. so
2419 1th NV, 6r&b. .15. 30
1905 1th NV. 5r&w. 1915
S2S 9th NV. Ar. wtcoD 1850
10 q NV, 4r&b fat. II. 30
11S 9th. ne, store. 100
RI sos 18th, 4r. w(cops.G0
| zoos 4th Ne, 4r&w. $50
Ace for Rent Bulletin"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
S. P. C. A ENTERTAINMENT.
Interesting Vaudeville Given For
the Society.

An excellent dramatic and vaudeville
entertainment was given in the Jersey
City Clubhouse last evening, under the
auspices of the Hudson County District
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. After several selections from
1.-The Runaway Girl" by Cranfher's or
ehestra, the members of the Empire
Comedy Company presented "a Bad PEN
NY. successfully. The Olympia Trio, A.
q. Higgins, William Luther and Albert
Miller, followed with mandolin and gui-
tar solos. George D.. Thomas gave an
amusing sketch replete with witty sto-
ries and clever songs. Miss Matte
Keene initiated May Twins Coon
Songs"
The Man from Indiana" a clever and
bright hit of comedy, was admirably pre-
sented. The piece was written by George
NJ. Mccarthy. Miss Emma Stockman
read Edgar Allen Poe's 1.-THE Raven" in
a truly dramatic manner, after which
Miss Irene Florence rendered several So
los. Home Again. another one act
comedy by Mr.. Mccarthy, concluded the
performance. Dancing followed. s.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Real Widow Brown at the
Bon Ton.

The management of the Bon Ton Thea
ire distinguished itself last evening by
producing the first play that a APP
peared in the theatre under the present
administration. "Th Real Widow
Brown a comedy in three acts, which IS
one of Manager A. Q. Hamnon's success
full attractions, if brimful Of fun. It
contains a plot. in which the widow is the
principal attraction The characters are
so amusing that the audience IS kept
laughing. The widow, who is Of The gen.
nine. old fashioned type. has her hands
full battling with the affections of her
many suitors. She finally becomes the OBJ
iect OF. a conspiracy. which although not
dangerous, is very annoying TO her.
The company includes a host of pretty
girls in gaudy costumes. graceful dancers
and clever comedians. Between the acts
are presented a large number Of special
ties. including imitation OF musical instru-
ments and animals. Mr.. WAC. Barring
ton: Miss Nellie Y. Nichols. IN her latest
ragtime specia!ties; monologue and paro-
dies. by Mr.. Wm. Hoyt; coon songs, by
Miss V. Nichols; The c~orn-cracker dance,
by Miss Meatrice Renner; eccentric COM
edian. Mr.. Eddie Clark; m-ezzo-seprano,
Miss Luna Cooper.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
Boulevard Encouragement.

If the Boulevard Commissioners could
realize how. unpopular they are making
themselves by their c~rossgrained course
they would probably take to the woods
rather than risk reelection to Office this
fall. The feature of their administration
to which objection is made is that they
are neglecting all the simple and easy
improvements which would suffice to
make the road safe and comparatively
agreeable, while they are devoting all
their energies to an elaborate and expen-
sive system of repair, no benefit from
which can be enjoyed until near the close
of the season.
Thers are one or two absolutely neces-
sary things which could be done in one
dav. Cor less than 500. n of this is the
clearing from the road of the loose stones,
brickbats. sticks. tin cans and tangies OF
p,ans wire or some such material, which
sra pretty literally scattered from end TO
end. 4 second is the closing in and proper
level;ng Of the various trenches which
have seen opened by contractors n
builders at various points. There are
perhaps twenty of these which are not
properly rapmed and leveled. II The peo-
nile Who opehed them cannot be compeli-
ed to restore them TO proper condition. the
commissioners themselves should nave
the work done for the public safety and
comfort.
AS for the top dressing which Is now
being spread, it simply makes the road
more unusable than ever, in the first
place. and as it is very bad in duaity'
containing far too much sand and earth,
it will probably make the road a total
ruin as soon as heavy rain falls. Granted
that 1t Is of any advantage, the slowness
with which it is being laid, would indicate
that the lob would not be completed until
the end OF 1900, and in the meantime the
operation of laying it Increases the m
c-onveniences already existing along the
road.
Take it ALI in all, it is a bad business
and SO far no gain appears to have been
made in the transfer of the road from the
Freeholders to the new commission The
work was begun a month too late, and 1t
IS laid out in a mechanical way which
seems to show an intelligent appreciation
ofsthe public needs. 1t is range that so
very simple a problem should be the sub
fect of a constant succession of plumbers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
The Clifford Case.

In speaking of the efforts which are
being made to prolong the life of muir
derer Clifford, the generally misinformed
writer of Jersey comment for the New
York Press calls them Political Poppy
cock
Where there is any politics in the mat
ter it is hard to see. OF Clifford's counsel,
who are the only ones who can hope to
gain anything out of the case, ex-Attorney
General Stockton is a Democrat; Warren
Dixon is a Republican, and Charles ].
Peshall who is the originator of most of
the schemes to prolong Clifford's misery,
is the worst kind of a silver Republican.
Clifford was zone of the boys He
drank and caroused with anyone and
everyone. He got the reputation of being
a genial fellow, and it is well known
that in the eyes of other habitual g~enials,
tho possession of this quality covers al
most any and every ~offense.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
DISAPPOINTMENT ALL AROUND
Disconso1ate Couple Couldn't be
Married in This City.

A stochly built man accompanied by a
dark haired swarthy faced woman to
whom nature had been exceedingly gem
erous in the matter of proportions. enter-
ed the Mayors office in the City Hall yes
terday afternoon. In the ante chamber
they encountered that amiable Cerberus
Pete Golden who inquired their bust
ness. The man said hat he was Joseph
vercher and his companion was Amelle
dutch name, hey2" said pete"
mon je suis allemand ct madame est
alsatienue."
You want to get married.
"Oui."
Pete
Nous avons reste lei quatre, jours."
Arrested for a Jews cat; what DO you
mean?'s. asked the bewildered messenger.
The matter was Strengthened out Wnen
the Mayor himself came in. He informed
them that since they had no license IN TINS
State he couldn't marry them and the PAIR
walked off diseensolately. Pete fainteo'
no fee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
SKIRTS LONG OR SHORT !?
High School Maidens are
Debating the Proper
Gymnastic Garb.

A battle royal will be fought some day
this week by the young ladies who are
soon to become member of the Jersey
City High School Gymnasium Glass. The
fight, although not of a serious charac-
ter, will decide whether the young wom-
en- VIII wear a divided skirt while at
work in the gymnasium, or the regula-
ton athletic costume. The matter will
soon be put to a vote, and the question
| will be decided forever.
At a meeting of the association, held
recently in the High School Building, OF
ficers were elected. The Peoples Palace,
as the most suitable place for athletic
| exercises, was. practically decided upon.
although the matter is still open for dis
Ecussion.
The idea of forming a gymnasium class
| first struck the High School girls about
a wear ago. The time intervening was
devoted to making the preliminary ar
engagements. Considerable interest was
taken in the matter, and when the scheme
came to a head last week all that was
left for the pupils to do was to elect
their officers.
AT the meeting last week and several
committee meetings held since, the sub-
iect of a costume was discussed but no
conclusion was reached. Some of the
young ladies were decidedly in favor of
divided skirts, while others were not.
Those whose ideas were with the up to
date costume argued that the wearing
of such an outfit would give freedom to
every muscle in the body, which is high
" necessary in the development OF the
weaker portions. They would also have
the freedom of their lower limbs while
going through the more hazardous exer-
cises and would not be hampered with a
long skirt futtering about. This style OF
costume seems to meet with the favor
of the majority of the young women.
Many of the pupils, however, do not
think the divided skirt the proper thing
to wear and they are doing considerable
e~lectioneering to defeat their more up to
date schoolmates. The divided skirt fac
ton is not asleep, however, and it is
doing considerable work to retain its pres
ent majority. From the present outlook,
the latter will win out by a close vote.
The matter has now reached an inter-
esting point. 1t is being taken up by
the teachers. The wide skirt faction
has the majority of the teachers on its
side. There is little doubt that the up
to date costume will be adopted.
One of the young aides was interviewed
this morning by a News reporter. She
would not ak unless it was guaranteed
that her name would not be published.
She said the matter will be decided at
the next meeting of the association,
which will be held the latter part of
this week. She was evidently in favor
of the divided skirts. She insisted that
the divided skirt is the only costume that
will afford grace and ease while at work.
An interesting meeting is anticipated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
Legal NOTICES.


MASTERS SALEM cHANcERY OF NEW
between The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany ct al, complainants, and Hudson Tunnel
Railway Company ct ais, defendants.
Fl ia. For Sale of Mortgaged Premises. &c.
neturnable May Term, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance CT
a decree in the above entitled cause, and by
and delivered, 1 shall sell by public vendue, on
the mortgaged premises, at the door of the
situated at the foot of Fifteenth street, on the
North River, in Jersey City. Hudson County.
May, a. b. 1893, at twelve o'clock and fifteen
minutes in the afternoon, all the following de-
the appurtenances, that is to say
All and singular the Hudson Tunnel Railway
Company's tunnels and lines of railway, al
ready constructed or now in course of ~construc-
ton, and which said tunnels are now known or
intended to be known as the North and South
tunnels. extending from New York City, in the
State of New York, to Jersey City, in the State
Of New Jersey. including ali sidings. branches.
houses. car-houses, freight-houses and other
buildings, structures and terminal facilities.
with the lands mot exceeding $780, 900 square feet
in the CITY of New York; appertaining TO all
tools. implements, materials, fuel and ali other
erty of every nature, kind and description
whatsoever now held or acquired. or at any
time after the 18th day of April, 1889, held or
acquired by the Hudson Tunnel Railway Com
pany, together with all and singular the tene-
m6nlS, HEIGulldAAAC1lS anu dPRNt AdllCC = III
said railways, branches. lands and premises.
or either thereof, belonging or in any wise APP
pertaining, and the reversion and reyersions,
remainder and remainders, tolls, incomes.
revenues, rents, issues and profits thereof, and
also all the estate, right, title, interest, prop
erty, possession, claim and demand whatso-
ever, as well at law as in equity, of the said
Hudson Tunnel Railway Company. of. in and
to the same and every and any part thereof.
with the appurtenances, and all the property,
rights and franchises granted to or conferred
upon the said Hudson Tunnel Railway Com
pany.
Dated March Is, 1895.
RANDOLPH PARMLY,
Master in Chancery of New Jersey.
HENRY S. WHITE.
Solicitor for Compliments.
rs Montgomery street. Jersey City. N. ].
The sale of the above described property is
hereby adjourned to Thursday, June 1, 1899, at
the same hour and place.
Dated May 2. 1899.
Master in Chancery for New Jersey.
HENRY S. WHITE.
Solicitor for Complainants.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
MINKs 10 co TO CHURCH
Will Hear Mr.. Allen and Mr.
Heindel Preach.

The Minkakwa Republican Club held a
well attended meeting last evening at its
quarters, Ocean, near Danforth avenue.
A communication wa received from the
Rev. Charles J. Allen, pastor of the
Greenville Reformed Church, requesting
the club to attend the services on Sun
day, May %. The club decided to attend
in a body. Mr.. Allen will talk of 1.-THE
Character of Abraham Lincoln"
A communication from the Rev. John G..
Heindel, pastor of the English Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer, requesting the
clubs attendance at the services to be
held Sunday, June 4, was also received.
The members. decided to attend.
Arrangements are being made for an in
dividual euchre party, to be held in about
two weeks at Columbia Hall. A number
of exciting games of .euchre were played
after the meeting, in which ex-Alderman
Edward Fry and Treasurer of the County
Committee Michael Schultze, Jr., were
opponents. Mr.. Fry wac a winner, as
usual.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
SPEED EXPERTS TALK
Some Very Fast Trains ON the
Pennsylvania Railroad.

Speaking of the running of trains at a
mile a minute speed, an expert in these
matters said to The Saunterer yester-
day
81 see by reference to a published state
will be put on the road between New
York and Saratoga. According to the
leaving and arriving time, its speed is not
a mile a minute, but a little over forty
nine miles an hour. The sixty-mile flyer
on the Pennsylvania Railroad to Atlantic
City is much faster.
"The regular schedule time of the Penn
sylvania Railroads Atlantic City Flyer,
last summer, was sixty-ive miles an hour
from Camden to Winslow Junction, and
seventy-five miles an our from the latter
point to Abseeon.
ssThere are two trains between Phiio-
delphia and New York on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroads regular schedule that
make a faster run every day in the year.
The Business Mans Express leaving
Philadelphia at 7:93 in the morning, is
scheduled at 49. SO miles per hour. while its
mate, the 400 P. M. from New York, an
initiates time at the rate of $3.50 miles per
hour. All tn4nSS coHsluered tnese lwo
trains are really the fastest regular trains
in the country, and on sections of the
road. notably between New Brunswick
and Trenton, their scheduled speed is
considerably over a mile a minute. The
sustained rate of speed, by the way, on all
express trains of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road between New York, Philadelphia and
Washington, is fully as high as that on
any other railroad. Taking thirty-f1ve
trains in this group, the lowest rate of
speed per hour is forty-one and a frac-
ton. while all of the others range from
forty-four to fifty miles per hour.'-Phila.
Inquirer. 5. Il, So.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
HOW S~TAFfLiTTLE ESCAPED
He Tells Of His Connection
With a Southern Syn
dictate.

The New Brunswick 'Fredonian" tells
this excellent story of "Staff" Little
Ex-State Senator Henry Stafford Little
has related to a local man'an interesting
story of his connection with a big South
ern land speculation and of his narrow es-
cape therefrom with whole skin. 1t seems
that the State of Georgia owned some
$50, 900 acres of land which it was about to
sell at public auction. A number OF
prominent Southern men, including two or
three United States Senators, thought
they saw in this an opportunity for a big
and profitable deal.
9Among the number were General Cor
don, Senator Colquitt, Hoke Smith and
Mr.. Jackson, who Was Minister to Austria
Those who were on the inside thought
they could manipulate the sale by the
State of Georgia. They offered to take
Mr.. Little in on the ground floor. The
scheme was to buy the land cheap and
develop it into cotton and rice lands. The
promoters represented that it was rich
soil and could be reclaimed quite easily.
They saw big fortunes in it for all con-
cerned.
The sale was made and Mr.. Little went
in to the tune of half the stock, or with
in a few shares of half, and not long
after the dea had been contaminated he
was called upon for an assessment. He
decided before paying this to go and
take a look at the big farm. He took
with him BLACK BIZ Conover, of Mon
mouth county, a thoroughly competent
Judge of the values of wild lands and of
the probable cost of retaining them.
When they arrived at the place they
found that the land embraced all of the
famous Okonnokee swamp and very lit
tie besides. They were obliged to
explore it in a boat, in hip ubb boots
and m~ackintoshes They could penetrate
only the outer edge of the vast swamp
on account of the fallen trees, the dense
underground and a tangle of tropical
| vines.
Sluggish streams, alligators, crawling
serpents and an apparently limitless ex-
panse of oozy bog was about all they
could inc When they escaped Mr.. Lit
tie ard his companion hurried back to
Jersey, thankful to get on their native
soil once more. 1t is said thai this i'm
mense swamp has never been fully ex-
plored by white men, and that a strange
race of nondescript semi-savages inhabit
its interior, keeping themselves within its
recesses and living by hunting and fish
ing, seldom making their appearance to
the outside world.
Mr.. Little declined to pay his assess
ment, and rather than risk the publicity
of a trial the other parties bought his
stock, paying him full value and inter-
est. Shortly afterward the scheme coli
lapsed, and the O~kofinokee swamp was
left undisturbed. To drain it would re-
| quire the resources of a Rockefeller.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

during the ceremonies or threw the great
Foster over Ms head. is something too
thrilling for expression. Bat the good
citizens, who lovestheir G~overnorsso, need
have no alarm. Foster knows what he Is
about, he is accustomed to managing the
elephant, he is an experienced wild beast
ride the Jersey City goat. He learned
that the Hudson animal was steady and
sober and fully abla to rise to the: dignity
of carrying a Goyerher and TWO Con-
gressmen through the thirty-third de-
gree. Politics may be a little wild in
Hudson, but the Governor has been con-
WINGED that the Masonic goat is docile and
tractable.
Apparently the congfessnen' have not
the same faith in the Hudson goat that
the Executive has, for it is said that Mr..
Fowler will bring with him a large num-
Der of copies of the Congressional Rec
ord containing some of his undelivered
and incomprehensible speeches on the re-
formation of the currency, which he will
feed to the animal as a sort of narcotic on
the first signs of c~ussedness. Our Own
William is prepared in the same manner
with a number of his free silver speeches
in manuscript.
Jersey City is honored by being selected
for this imposing ceremony, and it is to
be hoped it will pass off without accident
especially to the goat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
Sensations Epidemic.

From a perusal of the first page OF
.sTbe Jersey CITY News yesterday, one
would be led to believe that 1t was a
aav of horrors in this vicinity. First
shore was the murder of an italian won-
an bv her husband. Following this the
account of a stabbing ARRAY in Hoboken.
noginn;ng the next column were the par
ticulars of a row among Italians IN the
ssHorseshoe." in which one man had his
sk,,1l crushed with an iron bar so that
he will probably die, and near to this
were the proceedings of the trial of one
rotng man for the murder of another
during a fist fight. The marital woes OF
two unfortunate couples as exhibited IN
the Court of Chancery are faithfully set
forth in another column, while the tenn
porary insanity of a young lad VINO
Jumped from a ferry boat is also record
ed. How a man found his wife dead in
bed upon his return from his days work
is explained and there is an account OF
a costly blaze in which several persons
had a narrow escape from death. Then.
as a fitting climax, the last two columns
are devoted to an account of the agoniz-
ing efforts of the Republican party Of
Hudson county to ~reorganize itself.
According to the newspapers, this
morning, yesterday seems to have been
a day Of horrors not only in Jersey City
but throughout the country as well. II
almost looks as if Sensations were epi-
demic. Perhaps it would be a good idea
for some scientist to look up the microbe
of murder, the bacillus of suicide and the
protozoon of political corruption If the
latter should be found, we might effect
remarkable reforms in public affairs by
i~nnoculating the Republican leaders all
over the country with artificial cultures.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
$1,000 FOR FLOWERS
Barba rossa's Passengers Deluged
with Them.

When the North German Lloyd liner
Barbarossa left Hoboken yesterday after
noon over one thousand people swarmed
the pier to bid good bye and God-speed to
their friends who were detained by her
m.shap last Thursday. 1t is estimated
that over $1,000 must rave been spent for
the lowers in evidence among the pas
sengers. The big liner had the appear
ance of q floating horticultural exhibit as
she turned her nose for the Narrows. She
carried a large general cargo and 500 odd
passengers. DR.. Briggs, President Keenan,
of the L. A. w. and other prominent peo-
pie were on hoard.