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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
OLD RESERVOIR SITE.
Citizens Say It Is Morally
and Physically a
Plague Spot.

When the Mayor and Street and Water
Commissioners had concluded on Saturday
afternoon the conference respecting the
additional dand for the Ogden Park, they
heard protest concerning the present
condition of the old reservoir site on Sum-
nit avenue.
What with rowdy boys and girls hood
lums and toughs of every shade, who
make this place their stamping ground, it
has become an intolerable nuisance to the
neighborhood and decent people cannot
cross it without being subjected to insult
As for playground for children, it's the
last place they should play in Added to
the above, some people think 1t favor
able place on which to dump tin cans, old
mattresses, ashes, garbage and filth un-
utterable. Dead cats and dogs may fire.
quently be seen in various shapes of
putrefaction and with the foul smelling
pools of water about it the land is a veri-
table plague spot morally and physically.
Rev. DR.. Parker of the Second United
Presbyterian Church, Rev. Father Way
landt of st. Nicholass R. c. Church, and
the Rev. Emil A. Meury Of the Second
Reformed, all clergymen, whose charges
are in the immediate vicinity of this place.
told all these things and more to the
Mayor and Commissioners and urged that
the city should at once improve the place
for childrens playground.
1.-THE scenes and orgies there nightly are
simply awful" said one of the ministers,
land the police do not seem to interfere.
Why they don't stop the immoral prac-
tices there we cannot understand No ar
rests are made and the rowdyism goes
on. If the city will fill in the, place it win
be a great benefit to the city,
Mayor Hoos said that the suggestion
was an excellent one and If the Street
and Water Board had no money to fill in
the place for a play ground they could
take the city laborers to work on it and
put It into shape. Until the site was need
ed for reservoir, his Honor said, the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
William E. Pedrick Made De
partment Commander.
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TRENTON, May 2S, 190O-Wiliam E.
Pedrick, formerly First Lieutenant of
Company L, Fourth New Jersey volun-
teer Infantry, has been appointed Com
mander of the Department of New Jersey,
Spanish-American War Veterans. He was
appointed by General Willis ]. Hulings,
Commander-in-Chief of the organization.
Lieutenant Pedrick succeeds Colonel
Quincy O'M Gilmore, of the Second
Regiment, who resigned on account of
the duties of the office engaging too
much time in connection with his other
duties as Colonel of the Second Regi-
ment and Military Instructor of New
Jersey, and his private business in
terestS.
At the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war he volunteered his services and
was commissioned First Lieutenant of
Company L, Fourth New Jersey Volun-
teers, serving for ten months. Upon his
return he resumed his profession.
When the former members of Company
L formed social organization in August,
1899, Lieutenant Pedrick was made presi-
dent. He attended the meeting for the
organization of the National Association
Spanish-American war veterans. He was
appointed by General Hulings Assistant
Acknowledgement, and when Colonel Gill
more resigned was promoted to the posi-
ton of Department Commander in recog-
milton of his services in the organization
of the association and the furthering OF
its interests.
General Henry w. Lawton Camp No l,
of which Lieutenant Pedrick is member
was the first to make application for a
charter. Lieutenant Pedrick was chosen
as it's commander.
The organization has grown rapidly and
has now rs camps in the country. There
are four in the State and three ready for
organization. Those already established
are at Camden, Bayonne, Dover and
Trenton, and those to be formed are at
Jersey City, Railway and Newark.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
LEHIGH VALLEY WINS.
Tracks Now Under Chapel
Avenue to Remain by Order
of Chancery.

Vice Chancellor Emory this morning
rendered a decision in the application of
the Morris & Cummings Dredging Com
pany for an order to restrain the Green
vile and Hudson Railroad Company from
crossing Chapel avenue. When the com
plainants obtained their order to show
cause why the injunction should not be
granted a restraining order was issued
forbidding the railroad from doing any
work on the crossing until the further
order of the court The Greenville and
Hudson Railroad Company is the name
by which is legally known the railroad
which the Lehigh Valley Company is
building across Hudson county. Pending
the hearing of the matter tracks were
laid under Chapel avenue by a company
calling itself the Jersey City Belt Line
Railroad. The compliments applied to
the court for an order to attack the de-
PENDANTS for contempt of court in dis
obeying the restraining order. as the Belt
Line Company and the defendants were
practically the same corporation. The
matter was argued at length recently by
LudIey Garretson for the complainants
and Mr.. William H. Corbin for the de-
fendans.
The Vice-Chancellor this morning de-
cfded that the injunction again the Green
vile and Hudson Railroad Company shall
be continued until the final hearing of the
case. The same disposition was made of
the application for the order to punish the
Belt Line Company for contempt in con-
structing the crossing.
The apDIication for an inil1netinu against
the Belt Line Company to restrain the
use of the crossing was denied the Court
holding that railroads have right to To-
cate and build branches from time to time
after the location of the main line. This
will leave the Belt Line, which is an
other name for the Lehigh Valley, in pos
session of the tracks recently constructed
under and across Chapel avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
FAIR FOR HOSPITAL.
German Association Working for
Fall Event.

The German Hospital and Dispensary
Association is preparing for fair to be
held at Columbia Hall, Ocean and Gator
avenues. The event will continue one
week, beginning Monday, October s, and
ending the following Saturday. Ex-
perience has taught the association that
fairs are the best mediums for raising
funds, and with this object in view the as
socation will labor to provide one of the
most attractive fairs ever held in this
county. Merchants and private citizens
who have befriended the association in
the past will be again appealed to for do
nations for this charitable project. With
the assistance of the Ladies' Aid Society
the association expects to realize suffi-
cient funds to enable it to purchase site
for the proposed hospital.
The Picnic Committee is arranging for
the annual picnic to be held at Greenville
Schuetzen Park. July 4. AT this event
many novel attractions will be presented.
Mr. William Blumlein. Chairman of the
committee announces that the coming
event will surpass any previously held by
the association.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY.
How a LAWYER Got His Clients Into
Trouble.

The blunder of a practicing lawyer of
this city is responsible for case which
was heard by Vice Chancellor Pitney this
morning, and caused that judicial official
to deliver what he called his second lee
ture of the day on Lawyers mistakes" e"
Frank P. McDermott on behalf of Otto
vom Fell and Auguste Vom Fell his wife,
applied for an injunction to refrain Mary
Eibel and Jacob Eibel or their attor-
neys from enforcing a Judgment obtained
against them in the Supreme Court, the
Judgment set aside and the complainants
allowed to presnt their defense to the suit
on which the Judgment was recovered.
In presenting his case Mr.. McDermott
said that on May 13, 1898, an action was
brought against the complainants by the
defendants in the Supreme Court, and
they empowered a lawyer whose name did
not appear in the case to look out for
their interests. This lawyer first filed a
demurrer which was overruled.
The compliments counsel then consent
ed that a jury be empanelled to assess
the damages and that the jury did assess
the damages at $1,000 without any evil
dence being presented on behalf of the
complainant.
This consent of the counsel was en-
tirely without the knowledge of the Vom
Fells ad precluded them from presenting
the good defense to the suit which they
claim to have.
Mr.. McDermott argued that In acting as
he did the lawyer exceeded the authority
given him by his retainer and claimed
that because of his erroneous action the
complainants should not be made to
suffer.
Warren Dixon opposed the motion but
the vice-Chanceilor cut him short in his
argument and granted Mr.. McDermott's
motion.
Mr.. Dixon was much incensed at this
and tried to argue with the Court, but
the Vice Chancellor cut his eloquence
short by calling the mex case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
LAWYERS MISTAKES.
Vice Chancellor Pitney's
Lecture in a Case for
Hoboken Property.

Counselor James B. Vredenburgh applied
to Vice. Chancellor Pitney this morning for
an order making absolute an order 10
show cause why Eliza Loundrigan should
not be enjoined from prosecuting in the
Supreme Court suit in ejectment for the
possession of two lots at Adams ana
First street, Hoboken, valued at about
$4,000 The case is a peculiar one. In
1885 Mrs Loundrigan owned the property
and James Williams obtained judgment
against her for $500 in the Hoboken Dis
trict Court. He docketed his Judgment,
and when the Sheriff levied upon the
property and sold it Williams bought it
in He filled in the property, built build
ing upon it and otherwise improved the
property. He also paid assessments upon
it and paid off a mortgage.
In February, 1894, Williams sold the
property to Maria Bulat, who subse-
quently sold it to her husband, Mario
Bulat.
Some time ago Justice Dixon, Of the Su-
preme Court decided case affecting the
validity of docketed judgments. All ener-
getic young lawyer discovered that this
decision affected the William judgment,
and told Mrs. Londrigan that under 1T she
was still the owner of the property. Mrs.
Loundrigan then ignored the energetic
young lawyer and retained Horace Allen
to bring an ejectment suit against The
Bulats This was begun last December,
and Mr.. Vredenburgh in behalf of the Bu-
lats and Edwin A. Stevens, executors of
the estate of Mrs. Martha B. Stevens, who
had loaned $4,000 upon the property, Sc
cured an order to show cause why the
ejectment suit should not be stayed.
Mr.. Vredenburgh presented these facts
to the court and stated that Mrs. Loun-
drigan willingly gave UP the property
when the Sheriff sold it to Williams,
that she had lived near the property ever
since and had made no claim to the land,
although she saw the property improved.
Mr.. Allen had not argued for the conten-
tion very long before the Vice Chan
ceMor interrupted him and asked ques-
tions which plainly showed that he was
inclined to dissent fro mhis views. Mr..
Allen maintained that under the decision
of Justice Dixon the docketed judgment
was void because the affidavit accom-
panying it did not contain any statement
that the plaintiff did not believe that the
defendant had no goods and chattels IN
Hudson County out of which said judg-
ment could be made. This led the Vice
Chancellor to expiate upon the mistakes
made by lawyers especially young law
years.
"If the lawyer had looked at the statute
instead of following form this mistake
would not have been made" said the
Chancellor That's the way with you
lawyers. They see it printed in form,
/ don't care whether 1t is Dickinson's or
anyone elses and they think it is all
right
After listening awhile to Mr.. Allen the
Vice Chancellor decided to make the order
absolute.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
THE c. 0. p. CONVENTION.
All tho Republican Clubs Are Get
ting Ready for Action.

Republican Clubs throughout the en-
tire county are selecting delegates to send
to the Hudson County League Clubs
meeting to be held in Lincoln Hall, on
Friday night. Officers may be chosen,
and these now occupying office and likely
to succeed themselves. John ]. Bechtold
of Bayonne, is chairman.
Plans for the State Convention of the
State League of Clubs, will be discussed
and various committees appointed to help
in the consummation of the plans. The
Executive Committee of the County Com
mittee is assisting in the work, and great
things are expected when the convention
is held here, on September lS. Commit
tees have been appointed by the State
Executive Committee to prepare for the
speakers and banquet. Governor Roose-
welt of New York, will probably be one
of the speakers to deliver one address on
the Republican party of today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
BIBLE CLASS GRADUATES.
Twenty Young Men and Wo-
men of ST. Johns Church
Received Diplomas
Yesterday.

There was very pretty song service
held yesterday morning in St. john 5
Church In its significance it was two
fold 1t marked the regular thanksgiving
service for the Sunday after Ascension
and the graduation exercises of the Rev.
E. L. Stoddard's Bible class.
The service consisted of the reading of
Psalms At and 1OS, with Festival Gloria,
bass solo, why do the heather 90
furiously rage together" and the sermon
before the Bible class, who occupied re-
served seats in the front pews, preached
by the Rev. E. S. FORBES. Then, after a
hymn, the Bible class was formally
graduated, each graduate receiving
diploma.
To receive this diploma of graduation
the graduate must have reached 50 per
cent. in attendance, as there are no ex-
animation, and some standard of merit
must be fixed This means that for three
wears. from October to June in each, the
members must attend from twenty-eight
to thirty lectures on THE Prayer Book"
..The Bible" and Church History" These
lectures occur on Sunday afternoons DUR
ing Sabbath school hours, and are not
only INSTRUCTIVE Dul VI CASSSNAAA5 %-ttSA~-'es
This year there were twenty-eight MEM
bers in the graduating class, twenty of
whom reached the required average and
received diplomas, namely, Misses
Josephine Brand, Florence Robinson,
Maud Steller, Lottie Verrill. Florence
Vance Hortense Hommell, Edith Ketch-
um, Laura Lucas, Cora Gray, Maud Ellis,
Messrs, Charles Parker, George Wood
house. Edward Fry, Clarence Craige, Ar
thur Holbrooke, Harrison Vance, Horatio
Wood, Joseph Burger, George Wiltshire
and Brice Collard.
.sThe Song of Miriam" by the choir,
concluded the song service. 1t was beau
tifully rendered, first joyful, then majes-
tic, dying down to a more tender beauti-
full strain and rising again to dramatic
force especially when it described the
flight of the children of Israel through the
Red Sea- Then came the calm, beautiful
music symbolic of the calm flowing tide
which engulfed Pharaoh's army and left
no trace. In the final stanza the congre-
CATION Joined, bringing it out with great
power and majesty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
THE TEACHERS EXCURSION.
The Trip to Roton Point Saturday
Was Delightful.

The annual excursion of the Hudson
County Teachers Association, held Satur-
day, was hardly the success anticipated
The big steamer Sirius which took the
party to ROTOR Point, on the Connecticut
shore. about forty miles up the Long
Island Sound, was not more than half
full. Nevertheless the gathering was a
merry one and although the day was not
the most pleasant imaginable the trip was
delightful.
The grove is a beautiful spot, not far
from the towns of Stamford and Norwalk,
and many of the excursionists took the
trolley to these towns. The music was
all that could be desired. There was dane
ing at the grove, and the return home was
even more pleasant than the trip to the
grove. The breeze died out and those OH
board enjoyed the picturesque scenery all
the way home.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
DUDE WAS DISAPPOINTED.
The Clouds Interfered With His
View of the Eclipse.

bah, Jove!' exclaimed a dudishly
dressed young man, as he stood in front
of the Imperial Cafe in Exchange place,
watching the hurrying throng of fairies
of the ferry as they swept on to the
Pennsylvania ferry this morning, "but the
girls of this city hold their heads we
markably high. They seem to be all look
ing sthkyward."
watching for the eclipse, don't you
know" observed his equally dudishly
dressed friend.
'.4Ah, sure, I had weally forgotten" and
the rubber in the young mans neck COM
menced to get in its fine work and the
giraffe-like qualities of that portion of his
anatomy began to assert themselves.
Readjusting his glasses he, too, glanced
skyward. But there was look of dis
appointment on his face as his neck be-
gan to crawl slowly back through the
aperture of his attire.
81 weally cawn't see it. It's too beastly
cloudy, don't you know"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
Gambling Slot Machines
Found in the Places
Yesterday.
OTHER PROPRIETORS NAMED
Forty-one Dollars Found In
the Boxes Transferred to
Police Pension Fund.

The police made a successful raid on
three saloons on the Heights last night
and found four slot machines filed with
nickels. The raid was made on informa-
ton furnished to Chief Murphy Friday
night by Prosecutor Erwin. He said that
there were saloons using these machines
which only put them out on Sunday
nights.
Inspector Archibald accompanied by the
Prosecutors stenographer, Mr.. steffens.
Detective Relay, OF the same office,
Detective Pearson of Police Headquarters
and Patrolman Cooper. visited the saloon
of William H. Hepsley, at Monticello
and Jewett avenues and found a big
machine there. Cooper and stenens play
ed the machine. steffens winning twenty
five cents.
Hepsley was arrested on a charge of
maintaining resort for gambling and
the machine was fired into patrol wagon,
which was kept under cover for the police
to use at any time.
The saloon of John Kaiser, Jr., at the
Junction, was next visited. Here two
machines were found in fun operation.
One small apparatus was loaded with
nickeis and a big crowd stood around
waiting chance to win the e pots.
The Inspector ordered the machine seiz-
ed and the proprietor was arrested on a
similar charge TO that against the first
prisoner. The broWd was paralyzed at
the action Of the police, and it was some
minutes before it recovered
These two machines were hustled aboard
the patrol wagon, which belonged to the
Communipaw avenue station, and the Off
GERS rode out TO Greenvi1le, where the
saloon of John Prout, at Old Bergen Roa
and Gator avenue, was visited.
One machine was found here and this
was put on the wagon. Prout was arrest
ed on the same charge as the others.
The prisoners were bailed out later in
the evening. 1t is not known whether a
charge of keeping a saloon open on Sun
day will be made against the prisoners.
The machines were brought to Headquar-
ters
This morning Sydney O'Donnell, the
telephone clerk, smashed open he ma
chimes and succeeded in anna ssing a pile of
nickels that amounted to over 81. The
smallest machine had nearly SO in it.
These funds will be turned over to the
Police Pension Fund The machines
were taken to the Prosecutors office this
afternoon.
The proprietors of other saloons where
slot machines were operated got wind OF
the police raid and took their machines
from the saloons and hid them.
Some put up signs that the machines
were out of order. The police are of the
opinion that the saloonkeepers viii now
do away with the machines.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
TURNER'S GERMAN SCHOOL.

The Board of Education of the Green
willie Turn yereln German School, has
decided to close the school during July
and August. President Otto weisz-Ham-
burger announces that the German
school has been more successful than
was anticipated. The opportunity to
learn the German language at small
cost has been embraced by many. The
result is most pleasing to the projectors
Of the school who have directed their
efforts to bring about Its permanent
establishment. 1t has been decided to add
one or two classes at the beginning Of
the fall term.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
PRINCETON CLUBS CnoWDER
Successful Feed and Entertainment
Saturday Night.

By way of befittingly closing the sea-
son the Princeton Club held chowder
at it's elegantly appointed headquarters,
Erie street and Pavonia avenue, on
Saturday night. The affair proved a
great success The chowder was tender
ed the members by Treasurer Kniering
and Chairman Jackson Of the Member
ship Committee.
Those who sampled the delicious and
savory dish We're: Joseph Purcell, August
Faust, L. S. Dimmich, S. w. Jackson,
Matthew Reardon, Thomas Madden,
Joseph Kniering, A. ]. Corcoran, w.
Cure, George H. Stebbins, George Nc
Carthy, DIR. ]. Lembeck, George
Cronan, Andrew S. Hass, Louis Stein
berger, Edward Priest, David Moylan,
Peter Jocham and many others. All did
not remain. But those who did enjoyed
quite programme of songs and recita
tiOnS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
TAKING THE CHINESE CENSUS.

The Census Supervisor has again sent
to the enumerators Chinese pamphlets
explaining to the Chinese citizens the
questions they are to answer. The paper
is printed in the Chinese language ana
contains every question of the census.
The enumerator will flash this paper on
the Cinnamon who visit them, and Will
stand by and take all the replies fired
at him.
The men are requested to report at
Lincoln Hall, on Wednesday night at
eight O'Clock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28

Democratic Club. The fact that Commits
sioner Edward Barr and F'reeholder
Joseph Murray are both seeking the
nomination does not in the last dampen
Mr.. Hanleys ardor. He hints at some
powerful influence, through which the
nomination is to be procured and says
that he feels sorry for Messrs Barr and
Murray. He dislikes to blight their
hopes. but he really desires the office and
must have it. In the meantime the
Seventh Ward Democratic political lead
ers are wondering.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28

The cradle of the Jewish race, we learn
from the Jewish World is about to be
rocked to its very foundations The
cradle is Ur of the Chaldees, which was
identified by Sir Henry Rawlinson half a
century ago. The rocking will take
the shape Of excavating the ruins of
this inland town, which once was a sea-
port. The work has become necessary, as
the natives of Nasarieh, on the opposite
side of Euphrates, are quarrying bricks
from the ruins, and generally betray a
yandalistlc disposition toward the tablets
and Inscriptions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
hid She Help Him Muoh.

A gentleman not famed for wit and tact
found himself seated at d1nner between
Nine. de Stael and Nine. Reeamler equal
ly we'll konwn forh er beauty ana foonsh-
ness. With a polite bow right ana left'
he said:"Here l am between Wit ana
Reautv.o whereupon Mime. de Stael, see
ing Nine. Recamier'e flush Of vexation at
this back-handed hint at her lack OF in
telligence, quickly soothed her down by
exclaiming well this is the first time
have ever been complimented upon my
good "-London "Globe."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
A King in the Surf.

The King of Sweden. says the WEST
minister Gazette" is fond of the turf. AT
Biarrittz once, as he was stepping onto
the long. planked incline which led bath
ers into the sea, a pretty Irish girl tripped
out of her cabin just in front. Seeing the
king, she hesitated. and would have
stepped back. But the courtly sovereign
said, Il hope l may have the pleasure OF
attending you to the water and followed
in her wake He swan beautifully. and
conversed with her in the merriest fash
ion. Presently she challenged him to i
race and easily outstripped him. "Ahr'
said the defeated King. chow can mere
man hope to catch mermaid2"