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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
TO USE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
It Will Be Put in Operation in the
Hawaii Islands.

CHICAGO, July Is. 1Sss.-A special to
the Tribune from Victoria. B. c.. says:
.sMarronis system of wireless tele-
graphy is to be put in operation in Hawaii
as a means of communication between
the different islands of the group. An
subscribed for the project and some ma
terial for the system is already on the
way.
There is only one channel between ISL
a1ads in the group that Is wider than the
English channel That is the one between
Oahu and Izauar and to the minds of the
promoters of the enterprise communiea-
ton across this is the only part of their
plan which is problematical.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
PEARY RELIEF SAILED
Ship Carries Two Years Supplies
and Acclumated Grew.

[By Gable to the Associated Press.,'1
ST. JOHNS, N. F., July Is. $780, The
Furness Line steamer Manchester Port,
Captain Williams, from Montreal July s,
for Manchester, with cattle and grain, has
put in here with her bows stove, having
been in collision with an iceberg in the
Straits of Belle Isle. The vessels fore
part is badly wrecked and she had mar
row escape from laundering.
The Peary expedition steamer Diana
sailed for Sydney at II A. NJ. today. She
has supplies for two years and carries a
crew of eighteen men, well accustomed
to Arctic navigation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
ROBBED BEFORE COMPLETED
Thieves Entered House Now Be
ing Erected

A three-story frame building that is
being erected at No. 225 Clerk street was
entered by thieves between six and seven
o'clock last evening. Paints, varnishes
and brushes to the amount of SO were
stolen. The stuff was the property of
S. C. Kellaher, a painter.
Patrolman Ernst of the Ocean avenue
station discovered the robbery shortly af-
ter seven o'clock last night. Entrance
was effected by way of the rear door.
which was broken from the hinges.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
BIcyCLIST INJURED
He Runs Into a Brewery Wagon
and Iniures His Skull.

Young Harold Crochon, ten years old
of No. 1Os Oak street, was the victim of
an accident at the Boulevard and New
ark avenue yesterday afternoon, which
resulted in the fracturing of his skull.
He IS in precarious condition,
1t appears that the lad was riding his
bicycle at that point and accidentally ran
into brewery wagon. The force of the
shock threw him heavily 70 the ground,
landed on the side of his head.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
HEAVY RAINS AT MANILA
Unloading Of Transports Greatly
Interfarad With.

WASHINGTON, July Is. 1Sas.-The war
Department has received the following
cable
Manila, July Is.
Adjutant General Washington.
Twenty inches of rain July. attend
Z ed by typhoons;; made leaving of
transports impossible. At Negros inn
possible to unload Sixth Infantry un-
til last day or two. California is now
loading; Colorados leave tomorrow on
Warren; Idahos, North Dakotas and
Wyomings next week soon as trans
port Grant can be coaled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
OVERCOME BY HEAT.

umbia place, Brooklyn, employed as a
cooper by the Havermeyer Sugar Refinery
at the corner Of Washington and Essex
streets, was overcome by the heat yes
terlay afternoon while ait work Ford
was removed to the City Hospital
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
ARLINGTON oEsIETERY

was the nrst Landscape Lswr Cemetery IA
the State Lot owners nave no expense for
care Of grounds, nor for fencing II you need
cemetery lot tand every family needs cne),
Won will be interested in its beauty and neat-
ness its moderate prices and easy terms Of
payment. office in Jersey City. 2ssf WasAing-
ton street. over Plovident Savings Bank Teas-
phone No. 5g1-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
FIRE IN ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

A slight fire occurred yesterday after
noon in ST. Francis Hospital Some
clothing in closet on the top floor OF
the building caught fire. The patients
received quite scare. No damage was
done.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
COST OF
BRANCH ROAD.
Engineer Harrison Gi7esstEa
Board Of Freeholders
Some Figures.
TOTAL AMOUNTS 10 s7s.Af
This is ss,M7 in Excess Of
the Estimates Previously
Furnished.
TOTAL AMOUNTS 10 s7S.Ar

At the meeting of the Board of Frees
1 holders yesterday. Chief Engineer Edlow
W. Harrison submitted the following re-
port in response to the Boards requesn
for statement of the costs for complete
ing the work on the Hoboken extension
of the Weehawken Branch road
In response to your request for 4
statement Of the requirements for the
completion of the work on the Hoboken
extension of the WeehaWken Branch road.
would respectfully report as follows:-
The preliminary estimates for the work
reported to you April g. 1898, by me. wers
for $4,000 for contracts. The Contracts
We're let in July, 1898. Meanwhile. as you
are aware, the demand by the Govern
ment for material in the Spanish war
mad started the rise in prices and the
bids for the work were.-
For viaduct without long spau.... s4a. no
nltn - Fong span -.-..-.. .............. II 270
Favlng, curbings etc........ 1887
Total ....-. -....... .y........ ...... s72.947:
You have also authorized extra work
for the better protection of the Vice.
hawken sewer to this amount, not ex-
eeeding $500, making a total Of s73,447 or
S. 74l in excess of the estimates with
the prices now ruling the cost of steel
IN the viaduct and bridge would be
double the estimates. The bonds for the
payment were issued by authority OF the
amendment to the Public Road Act, al
lowing the issue of that amount for
branch roads, etc.. not exceeding 2
per cent. of the valuation Of the county
and the requirements were based upon
the preliminary estimates.
The work called for by the contracts
is now practically completed, and there
has been expended $5s,122.S3. There re-
mains to be paid
To Mcclure & Hall s11 ,s55 90
To s'Ts PaisSds Woas Construction CO. sss sss % %
Incidentals :. :. ..........-........ 1850 90
sls,5Is @
There remains of the bonds is
To Be paid BY railroad compa- s,r ~
MES ....-- ..-....................-- 2,7Se %
sll.eo7 8
Leaving unprovided for s7sl0ss. Or
about $500 less than the difference between
preliminary estimates and Increased
amount of actual bids.
If you decide to extend the lighting
plant of the Branch Road to this extern
sion the cost will approximate 81 200
To grade and pave the space under
viaduct between railroad and present
paving will cost approximately a,soo. To
merely fill in this space will cost about
$1,000. To fence in the low part Of the
viaduct with iron picket fence win cost
s1,5o0s with wood picket fence. 5000.
Respectfully submitted
'-E W. HARRISON.
'Chief Engineer"
resolution offered by Freeholder
Simon Kelly was passed requesting the
Mayor and Council of Hoboken to grada
Fourteenth street in that city so as to
meet the viaduct.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
An old ana wsll Trisd Rsm.dr.

3lfs. MfnsiowD sssFvIi,s syrup III cliti'ifef|
teethine should always be used tor children
palm cures wind collie ana y the best reme6y'
for diarrhoea Twenty=iiys aen<s per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15

Your COMMITTEES reduced the Alrnshouse
appropriation. which includes items
and 5, $500 and were further inclined to
reduce the same but owing to the uncer-
iainty as 70 the validity of the law creat-I
ing the state Beard Of children's
Guardians, under whicn the children ii
the Almsl1ouse must be removed and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15


vail 1iaSl RI, hon53s Y5 '.. 10000 90
,,,,Sars',, s.sey ~ .vfesian
to branch road bonds (viaducD 10000
Tweniy -
~ pesae5sures Eye id rs2ssIls a,ab l
Of Newark avenue 1900. 90
Twenty-seventh:-
Expendltufes Tor repairs and
emnloves enSarn,sAon on jsasp bridees north Of
and including Newark avenue 10000 90
Twenty-eighth;- n
e. anu f,s,, ~ pap tba
New Public Road .............. 5000 90
es., ooo 90
,r,,,,a,t,,.,,,,+,,. @0'''
Salaries of ali mechanics not at
tached to any institution. 1lo0o oo
Inn Inlrtletn rY..;.a,ea
Contaaiors Diseases $500 90
Thirty y-frst:--
F'or expenses OF Speelai Eiec- zee
fa1nhar 1907 on s1,bmissio,1 of
Constitutional Amendments to
the people ,.......--..-- s,oVo W
1rar nv ny sesoi'o nee of he Ro,,lavard
Commissioners Of the County
Of Hudson. appropriated upon
t5s tS requislsfos f 1soe pr.f Hai's I'M nm %
$685. '49s 50
Resolved. That the aforesaid amounts
above snecified and the whole amount
thereof. be and the same is hereby or
dered raised and appropriated for county
purposes and expenditures for this coun-
tv for and during the fiscal year COM
mencing December /. 1899. and ending No
vember. 80, 1900; that the aforesaid sum of
s967, ,4s9 ss, with sums arising from all mis-
cellaneous sources whatever, added there
to, be and the same is hereby fixed as the
limit Of expenditure for and during said
fiscal year except as otherwise may be
provided by law.
Resolved, That the sum of $967, 49sSS be
and the same is hereby ordered raised by
taxation in the manner authorized by law
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15

yet the Board under the law, must main-
tain an institution for the reception of
such children until they are disposed of,
and when 1t is considered that the re-
moval of the children will only decrease
the running expenses5o of the institution
trife beyond the cost of feeding and
clothing them, and that the main items OF
expense for the maintenance of the plant
must still continue. it will be perceived
that the saving to the Almshouse will
not equal the sum which under that law
your Board would be compelled to pay
on account Of said State Board of Chill
dren's Guardians. Your committee was,
therefore, unable to see it's way clear 10
make a further reduction.
Your committee recommends that no
amount be placed in the tax levy for the
salaries of the County Clerk and Regis
ter. nor for the maintenance of said
offices. under the act of April 3 1898,
which places said Offices under salary,
believing that said offices can be con-
Quoted in such manner as to pay all the
proper running expenses, including sal
aries, and perhaps, leave surplus.
Your committee begs leave further to
report that the above items, aggregating
$l06. .y6, were not appropriated ldSL year,
and that the items of appropriation for
this year exceed the items of appropria-
ton for last year by s1Oo, ,7s4.e4, showing
a saving of expenses to the county on
the other items of appropriation. on the
basis of last year, of the sum of S6,0l75z
JOS. A. RIORDAN,
JOHN F. KEATING,
ORD DARLING,
M J. KENNY,
ALEX. ]. CLEMENTS,
FRANK SCOTT.
The following resolution was adopted
Whereas, By law this Board is required
in ordering each year the amount Of
money to be raised for county purposes
to declare the amount necessary 10 be
raised for certain classes and sub-classes
of expenditures; therefore, be It,
Resolved, That the Board Of Chosen
Freeholders of the County Of Hudson, in
pursuance of said law, hereby declares
the amount necessary to be raised for
each of the following classes and sub
classes of expenditures, for the fiscal year
December first, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-nine. and ending Novem-
Der thirtieth. nineteen hundred, as fol-
lows. to witt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
ASSOCIATION NOT HoNoRED

.WINFIELD DUNN, secretary.''
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
The Battle FieldsRoute.

The Veterans of sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going to attend the
33rd G. A. r. Annual Encampment at Phila-
delphia in September, could not select a bet.
ter nor more historic route than the Big
Four, Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St; Louis
apolis or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foot hills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region of Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: Waynesboro, Gordonsvile, Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
others nearly as prominent. Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There will be three
rates in effect for this business: LIST. Contin-
uous passage, with no stop-over privilege;
End. Going and coming same route with one
stop-over in each direction; Sd. Circutous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop.over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates, ETC., ad.
dress j. G. Tucker, G. N. A., 234 Clark St.,
CHICAGO
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
-Four Firemen Lose Their Livca
During n Blaze in Oma-
ha, Neb.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1O.-Four firemen
lost their lives Wednesday night in a
blaze on an upper floor of the Mercer
Chemical company's building at Elev-
enth and Harney streets. The fire in
itself was insignificant, the fatalities
resulting from contact with a live wire.
The dead fireman are: Joseph Adams,
lieutenant, No. engine company; Otto
Geiseke, tillerinan, of the big truck;
George Benson, pipeman, No. engine
company; Charles Hopper, relief
driver, No. engine company. Fireman
George Farmer and Albert Livingston,
OF the Chemical company, also suffered
severely from shock. The fire orig
mated among the chemicals in a store
room on the fifth floor, and while at no
time was the building, a five-story
brick structure, in danger, the blaze
burned iercely in a small area.
When the fire had been brought un-
der control the 1iremen set to work
to lower the big extension truck upon
which they had been working. Sud-
denly there was a sputtering and sue
cession of flashes such as occur when
connection is made with live wire
carrying high voltage of electric cur
rent. The men who were working at
the crank lowering the ladder writhed
in agony moment and then fell to the
pavement limp and apparently lifeless.
In lowering the ladder it had come in
contact with live electric light wire
carrying i current of 1000 volts. The
injured men were at once carried into
an adjoining building and doctors who
were present used every means known
to revive them.
Hopper revived in few minutes and
saying he was all right started to walk
away. He had only gone about so feet
when he dropped dead. Geiseke showed
signs of reviving. but when only par
TALLY rallied sank back and expired.
The other two never 1t any time showed
any signs of animation, and were
doubtless dead when picked up.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Fee strangely Earned.

It was on the night of the Jeffries-Fit>
simmons prize fight, and a man reached tn,
West side apartment house in which he
lived about two o.1ock. A search of all his
pockets failed to Dring forth his bunch Of
keys. He rang the bell repeatedly for the
janitor, but could get no response. He was
exceedingly tired, there was no hotel in the
!n1eighborhood, and, besides, there were fam.
lily reasons why it was inadvisabe for hiE
to spend the rest of the night away from
home, The sight of physicians night bell
gave him an idea. He pushed the button
hard for so seconds or more. In due sea.
son the physician came to the door and
opened it.
"What is your fee for night calls?" asked
the locked-out individual.
-Four dollars" was the astonished replv.
",All right, here you are. was locked out
and couldn't get, in. Sorry to trouble yor," "
happy in the thought of the evils he had es'
caped.-N. Y. Tribune,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
WEST AND SOETFI

Near Cortland, Ill.,, John Williams
murdered his divorced wife and then
killed himself.
Otway Davis, aged 10Y, and William
Brooks, aged 112 years, died in Knox
vile, Tenn.
The death of Rev. George W. Pepper,
ID. d., occurred in Cleveland, O. He was
civil war veteran and United States
consul to Milan under the Harrison ad-
ministration.
+. l.. Apperson and EIwood Haynes
arrived in New York, having made a
trip from kokomo. Ind. on an automo-
bile in 20 days. The distance is 1860
miles.
At Greentown, O., because her 1G-
ycar-old daughter Ruth had loved un-
wisely, Mrs. Catherine Wise cut her
throat while she was sleeping, and then
committed suicide.
at Henderson, Tex, Jim Mite, the
only surviving member of the Dalton
gang OF outlaws, WAS sentenced to life
Imprisonment for murder.
William Borden fatally shot Miss
Mabel Mckenna at Colorado SPRINGS.
COL, because she refused to marry him
and then shot himself.
The city of Cleveland, O., is, for the
first time in two weeks, practically
without military protection and the
people were again riding on the street
cars unmolested by strikers.
In the lake shore belt in Ohio the
| boy 81,
stroycd by dry rot, cntailing Il loss of
81 100000.
At the Poe cotton mills near Green.
vile, S. G., race riot occurred in
which one white man and five negroes
were badly wounded.
Ex-Gov. William Yates Atkinson died
at Newman, Ga, aged AS years.
Sergt. John jackson was shot and
killed at Fort Douglas. Utah, by Private
w. II. Carter, and the latter was sho,
and instantly killed while resisting ar
rest.
At Guthrie, o. r.. Mrs. Mamie Glcnr
killed herself and child with poison
No cause was known for the deed.
a mob !ynched Ben Thompson (co!
ored), 20 years Of age, al Alexandria
VA, for attempting m assault upon
Lillian Clarke, nged eight years.
IN Detroit, Mich, while using k"ro
scne oil TO start fires in stoves. Mrs
CathnrlHc t/nin and her baby aud Mrs
Augusta kniIlrr and her child wcr,
burned 10 death
llre destroyed the business porto,
OF Carlisle, NY, IN Market street,
Tie mililin has been withdrawn from
cleveland, H., thr authorities snyu,
there Is lI''le probability of any fI
'h"' N"'blr ~ connection WIN III
street rNT sirihg,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
TO PUSH THE WAR.
Secretary Root Says Campaign In
Philippines VIII he Prosecuted
with viEor.

Plattsburg, n. Y., Aug. o.-The war
in the Philippines is to be prosecuted
with a vigor that ought to result in
speedy cessation of hosti!ities there.
Secretary of War Roo. was seen Tues
day night in the Office of the Hotel
Champlain, just after he had said
good-by to the president and was pre-
pairing to take the train for Washing
ton. The secretary referred to his visit
to Plattsburg barracks Tuesday after
noon, where he witnessed a regimental
drill of the Twenty-sixth regiment un-
der command of Col. Rice. This regi-
ment has been recruited and organized
in little over three weeks and they
drilled like old veterans.
"Will the war in the Philippines be
prosecuted vigorously from now on?"
asked the interviewer.
Mr.. Root turned on his heel and re-
piled, quick as flash: "Yes, sir; the
war in the Philippines from now on
will be prosecuted with all possible ell
crgy. All the men, all the arms and all
the supplies. necessary to end the
trouble i'll the islands will be furnished
at the earliest possible moment
1t would be impossible for anyone
to be more emphatic or determined
than Secretary Root is in his avowed
policy of ending the trouble in the
Philippines. He seldom talks for pub
lication, and the fact that he had Just
come from Il two days conference with
President Mckinley adds interest to his
words.
Washington, Aug. IA statement
prepared ut the war department shows
that by October % there will be at Ma
Mia or on the way to the Philippines
10000 men. They will all reach the
island before the beginning of the dry
season. The troops to be sent from this
country are ten regiments of volun-
teers, amounting to $1,000 men; recruits
for skeleton regiments organized in the
Philippines, 1000; recruits for regulars,
$500; eight troops of cavalry; oG5; ma
rines, 400. beginning to-day and up to
October % there will sail from the Pc
citic coast II transports with a carry
ing capacity of 693 officers and 1870
men, which will include nearly all the
organizations above named.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. s.-The M,th-
odist conferences of the state have
given approval to the plan of building Il
great Protestant hospital in Des
Moines. The statement is made that
while the Catholics have splendid hos
pitfalls in all the large cities, the
protestants have but one in Iowa. All
evangelical denominations will be in
terested in the proposed institution. a
half million dollars will be raised, of
which 100000 will be invested in
buildings and equipment, the balance
i'll a permanent endowment fund.- AL
ready many large subscriptions are re-
EOrted.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
DREYFUS TRIAL BEGINS.
Court-Mnrtinl of the Famous Prison
er begins at Rcnnes, France
Loudly Declares Innocence.

Rennes, Aug. S.-The proceedings of
Dreyfus is on trial opened at 7:lO
o'clock Monday morning and a few
hours later adjourned, after deciding
to sit behind closed doors to-day and
as many of the following days as are
necessary for the examination of he Sc
cret dossier. The next public session
will probably take place on Saturday.
Capt. Dreyfus entered the courtroom
with a firm step, though his features
were pallid. He is partly bald, and
what hair he has is gray and close
clipped.
Hc answered the formal questions of
the judge as to his name, age, etc., IN
clear, determined voice. He sat fac
ing the judges with his hands resting
on his knees, an impassive figure. The
trial opened, so far as Rennes is con-
cerned, in an atmosphere of perfect
tranquility. The population is appar-
emily Indifferent.
The scene inside the courtroom was
most animated. Every inch of space
was filled a quarter of an hour before
the proceedings opened.
\ very dramatic scene occurred when
Col. Jouaust handed the prisoner a
long strip of cardboard upon which the
bordereau was pasted.
do you recognize this document? ?''
Dreyfus replied, with a passionate
outburst:
NO, my colonel. I am innocent. ]
declare it here, as | declared it in 1904
! am victim" His voice here was
choked with sobs, which must have
stirred every spectator i'll court. The
voice of the prisoner did not seem hui
man. 1t resembled the cry of wound
ed animal.
AS he ended his reply with the words:
give years in the galeys! My wife!
My children! My God. 1 am innocent!
-innocent!" Col. Jouaust said: ''Then
you deny it?'
Dreyius replied: ''Yes, my colonel" !"
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
HELP BADLY NEEDED.
The Labor Famine in the Northwest t
Unprecedented- Wages Aver-
aging Two Dollars Day.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. o.-The labor
shortage is greater than ever and
wages average So day. Duluth con-
tinues to be the center of the labor
supply, and last week shipped laborers
through Minneapolis and st. Paul. EN-
ployment agents say it is almost an
impossibility to keep men near the
cities, though the wages paid are
higher than in Dakota. The Foley
railway contractor here is paying the
highest wages to common labor in the
United States, but men are leaving for
next weeks Dakota harvest. The saw
mills in this district have Just raised
wages, and at Cloquet 100 Chippewa
Indians have been taken into the mills
and common laborcrs at the mines are
getting 50, and trainmen at the Penob-
scot mine, 1libbing, yesterday struck
for $2.25. The labor famine has also
reached the lake interests. Dock and
deck hands are unusually scarce and
lake carriers have found it necessary
to advance wages.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
The JHry Obcyed.

l'ulaslN, Vn., Aug, 9,-Nonh Finley,
the negro who robbed ana attempted
TO kill Mnl, Dnrat Mt Dublin Il few days
"go, wns sentenced Iucsdny 10 be
hanged September II, " WIS reported
that The jury could not reach IN ngrpe'
m"nl, a pDriy "l oililons notified them
" u NrrIInl WAS not rendered by TEN
"'nIpnh u, ~, lila ungro Nv,Ii De
Bu'bnd, lh" 'nwipl wDs brought IN
~ lhl specified lIme,