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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
WHAT LOCOMOTIVES CAN DO.
Mrs. Jenkins Describes at Some
Length the Damage to Her House

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TRENTON, July q, 1900-Emma P. Jen-
kins, wife of Mr.. Mozart jenkins, has be-
gun suit in the United States Circuit
Court against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for 5000 damages for injury to
her house and furniture resulting from
the use of soft coal in the locomotives of
the company during the last two years.
Mrs. Jenkins's house is ituated near the
main line of the railroad and, according
to her declaration, dense smoke. einders
and noxious, oily, penetrating and dis
oolorig vapors have been cause to arise
and ascend near to, in through and about
her dwelling and home in greater guam
titles than are required for the fair and
legitimate use and operation of the rail-
road, with the results that the premises
have become soiled, stained, damaged.
defaced creased and coated with SCOT
and CRIME and have been rendered un-E
comfortable and unit for habitation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
Whistler at West Point.

Two pictures, which, if sold. would en-
rich the United States Treasury, are ea.-
" works of that eccentric American gem
ius, now long resident in England, James
McNeill Whistler, who once wore a United
States uniform. He was, as his record
shows, mainly conspicuous while at West
Point for his proficiency in drawing, and
his deficiency in everything else. James
Adams MCNEIL Whistler entered the Mill
tary Academy July |, 1851, where he inn
mediately took and held the position of
first in drawing, though he was otherwise
chiefly distinguished for his zeal in piling
up dement's. He obtained 1870 in his first
year, and stood 212 on the conduct roll of
224; that distinguished divine Dr. Fran
els L. Vinton, following hard after him
as No. 214. The next year Whistler had
1cs demerits, held the first rank in draw
ing, and was not examined in other stud
les, being absent in sick leave The third
year he was again at the head in draw
ing, but was No. 80 in philosophy, had 121
dement's, was found in chemistry and
was discharged. He was at this time
July, 1854, seventeen years of age.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
THE BEAN W[EWL.
It May Seriously Ef-
feet New jerseys
Crops.
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TRENTON, July q, 1900.-The weevil is
infesting the infant bean crop of New
Jersey. Beans are baked in Boston, but
most Boston baked beans are from the
Jersey fields; consequently the ravages of
the weevil, if permitted to go on un-
checked, will seriously affect the price and
size of the plate of beans dished out to
every bean eater in the land In fact
the ravages of the bean weevil may also
be felt in foreign lands, as New Jersey ex-
ports thousands of bushels of beans an
nually
On nearly every farm south of Mercer
county acres are set aside for beans The
vines may be seen creeping along the hill
sides and tree sides, while in the culti-
waited fields there can be seen from pass
ing train windows thousands upon thou
sands of bean poles stuck in the ground
and covered up by the creeper bearing
myriads of pods and beans. The discov-
cry has just been made that in these bean
pods are millions and millions of the bean
weevil getting in it's deadly work on the
American winter, summer and autumn
dish.
The bean thrives in sandy ground. The
farm of ex-Sheriff Hayes of Burlington
County, is overrun with beans, cultivated
and uncultivated. The asparagus crop of
the ex-Sheriff has just been allowed to
run seed, and now his bean crop is ser
iously threatened. For years ex-Sheriff
Hayes has annually shipped canalboat
load of beans to New York, but he says
that unless he can check the work of the
weevil, New York will have to go with
out beams this year or obtain them else
where.
What is annoying the bean growers of
Jersey most is the fact that the bean
weevil continues to breed even after the
bean is taken from the pod and placed
in storage for winter use. They say they
breed so fast that, unless remedial meas
ures are speedily instituted upon discov-
cry, the weevil soon destroys a cargo of
beans.
The matter of the total destruction of
the pesky weevil is seriously regarded by
the Jersey bean growers, not so much
because of the loss of immediate profits,
but because, they say, most New York
ers have a cultivated bean appetite.
The farmers fear that if there is a fail
ure of the bean crop for single year,
the bean appretite, which it has taken
years to cultivate, will vanish, and they
will thereby lose New York, which is
toms reputation for bean consumption.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
MILK SHORTAGE.
Dealers Had to Pay Ten
Gents a Quart and Re-
fused to Sell.

The milk dealers of the city refused to-
day to give their customers extra milk.
Ihey sold the usual amount of milk to
their regular customers at the regular
price, eight cents a quart. They gave as
their reason for refusing to sell more that
they had to pay at wholesale this morn
ing ten cents quart. The cause of the
raise is said to be the unusually dry sea-
son. The grass does not grow and the
cows have not food A milk famine is
threatened, and while a moderately cool
wave would afford a temporary relief, it
is said that only period of several days
of rain, and that at once, will avert a
delers who can begin to supply their regu-
lar customers. At the same time there
has, as yet, been no appreciable falling off
in the increased demand for milk occa-
stoned by the hot weather There is a
strong possibility that prices may go up.
The shortage is general over all the
dairy country that supplies the New York
market. At one of the largest dairies of
this district it was reported this morning
that the supply is falling off at the rate
of about 200 quarts a day, and this is
approximately the rate of decrease all
over this part of the country.
There are two causes of the shortage,
the heat and the dry weather. The heat
acts chiefly by increasing the demand
above the normal and at the same time
affects the cows to that, other things be-
ing equal, they give less milk. A cool
spell would both decrease the demand
and slightly increase the supply, and so
would help to tide over the difficulty.
The most serious factor, however, is the
drought, which has continued so long that
much of the pasturage is destroyed. This
cuts down the supply with fearful rapid
ity. The pasturage is now so short that
even with cooler weather the situation
would be but little relieved Hard rains
are needed, and they would have to con-
tinue for several days in order to bring
the supply back to normal.
1t was stated on good authority today
that in any event the price of milk would
hardly be advanced again before August
l, but, on tn eother hand, it was said
that even should the supply increase to
the normal, the present price would
almost certainly not be reduced to where
it was before the last advance on July Is.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
COL. De lAaCEY WALKER DEAD.
He Became Ill at S.a Girt and Heat
fastened the End.

Colonel Delaney G. Walker, well
known in military circles in the State,
and Inspector of Rifle Practice on Brig
adler General W. H. Cooper's staff, died
on Thursday of laryngitis at the Medico-
Chirurgical Hospital. Philadelphia, to
which institution he was admitted on
Wednesday.
Colonel Walker had been complaining of
feeling i'll for the past six weeks. He
attended the encampnent of the Second
Regiment at Sea Girt, last week, from
which place he was taken to the hospital
and it is believed the hot weather hasten
ed his death.
Colonel Walker always took an active
interest in the military affairs of the
State. He was a son of Rev. DR.. William
Walker, and was descendant of the
DeLanceys, one of the old families in
Pennsylvania.
He was born at Ithaca, N. Y, about
forty-five years ago, and was graduate
of Princeton University. He was mem
Der of the New Jersey bar, but was not
engaged in the active practice of his pro-
fession.
At timse he held various positions on the
staff of the Sixth regiment, National
Guard, and when that body was reorgan-
lied he was made inspector of rifle prac-
tfce on General Cooper's staff
He was a member of the United Service
Club and other organizations in Philadel-
phia and New Jersey. He had resided in
Burlington for a number of years, to
which place his body was taken on Thurs
day. He his sister, the wife of Rev.
George Mcclellan Fish, rector of st.
Stephens Protestant Episcopal Church,
Providence, R. 1.
Colonel Walker was well known in this
State and was a frequent visitor at the
State House. He was on the Governors 5
staff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Republican Leaders to Meet
Local Matters in
Quiescence.

On Thursday of next week there will be
small gathering of Republican polite
fans in an upper room of the Prudential
Building in Newark, for the purpose of
mapping out the campaign in New Jer-
sey. Mr.. Franklin Murphy, now mem
Der of the National Committee, will be
present and also Gen. W. J. Sewell, John
Kean, Elisha Gaddis, Mahlon Pitney,
Congressman John Gardner and other
leaders.
Governor Voorhees, is expected, and if
the dickey birds speak truly, the Cover
nor will take an active part in the ap-
preaching fight. One thing to be thor
oughly discussed at the Conference will
be the arrangements for the approaching
State Convention. From all accounts
that gathering promises to be very
tame, cut and dried affair of but passing
interest. The slate for the electoral col
lege nominations is not yet completed,
but out of the ten Hudson county will
get man at least, and that is said to
be Edward M. Watson, of this city, dele
gate to the Philadelphia Convention and
the Republican nominee for Mayor at the
last Mayoralty fight.
Local Republicans are growing about
the convention to be held in Trenton
shortly. They say it is entirely unneces-
sary and all the business to be done could
just as well as have been accomplished
at the last convention as not. However
since the powers that be rule it other
wise that goes
So far as the campaign in the county
goes there's nothing doing and nothing
will be done until Colonel S. D. Dickinson
returns from Europe next month. he will
be back in time for the Franklin Murphy
Association picnic in September, and from
that date it may be said that the cam
paign is under way.
Chairman Edward w. Woolley of the
County Committee has everything ready,
so far as his work is concerned He
shrugs his shoulders when politics are
mentioned and laconically adds, TOO
hot
Much amusement has been created by
the recent attempt of the four members
of the Thomas MeEwan Association to
dig out the ex-Honorable Tom from the
political debris which had buried him.
Using the local improvement associations
by way of fighting that dead issue, the
Passaic pollution case, Mr.. Toms friends
think that by agitating pollution, sub
ject in which his enemies think he is
au courant, there may be chance to
bring him to the front again.
mot on your life," said a leader to-
day; that gentleman is dead, politically,
and ought to be. The Republican party
has no use for him."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
Big Herd Of Angoras.

A California man has what is thought
to be the largest herd of Angora goats
in the world. 1t varies from eight to ten
thousand head. He considers a thousand
to fifteen hundred the best number for a
herd. Pure-bred bucks are worth from
SIS to $40 head and does from s4 to IS.
according to grade. The average fleece
of the thoroughbreds is from four to six
pounds, but clippings of eight and ten
pounds are not uncommon. There is a
South American Angora buck. Pasha by
name, that can be depended upon for at
least twelve pounds of mohair annually.
From another and larger buck brought
from Turkey. a fleece was taken one year
that weighed fourteen pounds and twelve
ounces. and one weighing fifteen pounds
animals are appraised at $3.50 each, but
are not for sale.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
NORTH JERSEY RECEIPTS
Check for $4,000 Sent to
Newark's City Comp
troller Yesterday.

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NEWARK, July 21, 1900-Treasurer Hill
of the North Jersey Street Railway Com
pany sent to the Tax Board yesterday a
sworn statement of the gross receipts and
earnings of the company from the various
lines within the corporate limits of New
ark during the year ending April 80, 1900.
The gross receipts are placed at s2,653, :
990.10 and the gross earnings at 81, ,547, ,S02 TO-
A check for ST, IA. the amount of the
per cent tax on the gross earnings last
year. was paid to the City Comptroller to-
day by the company.
The statement is made by Treasurer
Edward N. Hill, and includes the earnings
of the following lines
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
LITTLE GIRL KILLED.
Four-Year-Old Mamie Mulva-
ney Trampled by Horse.

Mamie Mulvaney, four years old of No
672 Summit avenue, was playing on the
street in front of her home this noon
when a milk wagon driven by Arthur J..
Coligan, nineteen years old, of No. 6S7
Newark avenue, dashed along the street.
Several bystanders shouted to Mamie.
She turned to run out of danger.
In her effort to escape she stumbled in
the path of the horse. Coligan made
every effort to save the child by pulling
in the horse, but the little one was
tramppled upon. She was picked up un-
conscious and carried to her home, where
DR.. Putnam attended her She did not
regain consciousness and died short
time after she was taken home
Coligan was arrested on charge of
manslaughter and locked up in the Oak
land avenue station house.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
COM. eARRETsoa's LAST ACT.

Edward Edwards, clerk of the ADJUST
ment Commissioners in the County
Clerks Office. yesterday the 10th report
of the Commissioners. The report was
signed by Abram @. Garretson who has
just been appointed a SupremeCourt JUS
tice and is his last act as a member of
the board. Mr. Garretson is ready to
tender his resignation to Justice Collins
of the Supreme Court who will have the
appointment of his successor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21

Included in the statement are tables
showing the mileage within the city limits
of the various roads. These show changes
on nearly every road included in the sys-
tenn.
The statement was verified by Auditor
E. D. Hibbs of the company and sworn to
by Treasurer Hill.
The amount of 5 per cent. privilege tax
paid-$77, 1901 is several thousand in ex-
cess of the sum paid for the year ending
April 80, last year, which sum was s73,
9zO94
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
Hartnett's ThermometraoaI Raport
DIED,

FUHRING+ Suddenly, on Tuesday, July
II. 1900. Mrs. Henrietta Fuhring, widow
of the late Jacob Fuhring.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral on Sunday, July @, at
l p NJ, from her late residence, No. 103
Sussex street, Jersey City.
FTTTEN.-On Thursday. July 10. 1900.
Katie Fitten, aged q years.
Funeral viii be held from the residence
of Mrs <rouser, No. $40 Newark avenue,
at 3 p. M. on Sunday, July 22.
JORDlN.-At her late residence, No. M5iS
Fifth street, Catherine, wife of John
f. Jordin.
Funeral Monday, July %, at A. ar,
from ST. Mary's Church. Erie and Second
streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
FELL DEAD IN BED.

The police were under the impression
that Benjamin F. French, who was found
dead in his room at No 1856 Communipaw
avenue, had committed suicide Mr.
John Bunnell who keeps an undertaking
establishment at the same address,
found the man dead in bed this morning.
French was janiter fifty-nine years
old.
1t is believed that his death was caused
by heart disease. Mr.. Bunnell for whom
the deceased worked will attended to the
funeral arrangements.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
ARMS co. INCORPORATED.
Commercial Trust Co. Pnts Through
a Big Concern.

The Commercial Trust Company of this
city, yesterday engineered" a big COM
pany. Papers were filed with the County
Clerk for tne incorporation of the Nc
Clean Arms Company with capital of
s6.oOoO0O.
The company is to manufacture fire.
arms, amunitions and all kinds of wea-
pons of warfare. OF the capital stock,
So, 100000 is to be preferred stock, bear
ing per cent. cumulative dividends, and
the remainder is in common stock
These are the incorporators, each of
whom holds one share of stock k:--Mar-
cellus Hartley, Charles NJ Daily, T. w.
Cowles. H. w. Kitchen. ~ a. Bradley,
s. N. Mclean, John Jaster, w d. Con-
dit, Charles Fl. Flint and w. G. Mont
gomery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
M'KAIG ACTING INSPECTOR.

Captain Archibald McKaig of the Oak
land avenue police station house. is Act
ing Inspector in the absence of Inspector
Archibold, who is on his vacation. Ser
geant Michael Reardon will be Acting
Captain of the Third precinct during
Captain McKaig's stay at headquarters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
BABIES BODIES FOUND IN BAY.

A number of boys playing at South
Cove and Jersey avenue, found the bodies
of two infants yesterday afternoon float
ing in, the water near the shore. They
notified Undertaken D. McGovern of
Grand street, who took the bodies from
the water and later removed them to
Speer's morgue The bodies had evident
ly been in the water week or more as
they were badly decomposed.
The police believe they fioated here
from some distant place
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
TRIED TO STEAL CARPET.

One of John Wanamaker's delivery
wagons was driving along West Newark
avenue yesterday noon, and at the corner
of Tonnele avenue a roll of carpet dropped
from the wagon to the ground. Two men
picked it up and were walking off with it
when Patrolman Winters approached.
They dropped their burden and ran At
the Oakland avenue station house the
carpet was later claimed by the driver,
Tab
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
A MODERN ACHILLES.

Thomas Brown, a painter, % years old,
Of No. 20 Bevan street. was accidentally
shot in the right heel by his brother Ed
ward at their home last night. Edward
and Thomas were in the kitchen, the for
mer was examining a revolver when it
exploded
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
PROBABLY WON'T CATCH THIEF.

The thief who stole a satchel full of
money from Miss Laura Richerick, cash
Ter of the Prudential life Insurance Com
pany, at the door of the Hudson County
National Bank, on Tuesday, has not been
found. All trace has been lost as COM
pletely as if the ground had opened and
swallowed him. Every effort has been
made by the authorities to locate him. No
new clue has been found.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
SAVINGS BANKS REPORT.

In another column will be found the
semi-annual report of the Provident In
stitution for Savings Of this city. 1t is
eminently satisfactory to learn that the
half year past shows very prosperous
state of affairs. This is due to the good
men In whom the citizens at large have
every confidence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
DEAD CHILD FOUND IN BAY.

boatman found the body of male
child in the New York Bay this morn
ing, at the foot of Chapel avenue. The
body was badly decomposed. It was re-
moved to the morgue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW York, July q. lsoo Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending at eightsP.' NJ.
Sunday, for New York City and vicinity:
Tonight, showers or thunderstorms; Sun
day. fair; wind northwest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
xA1zERs or EACz.

New Jerseys best flour costs &c more
per barrel than rdinary flour, hui worth.
Cleary CO: s stores, Greene and Montgornz
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-21
Hosni<ass of .JerusaIeru.

Jerusalem has fifteen hospitals, the Bar
"a RufAsehi1ass S and others being very fine
-ail free. and all f'll to oxerf1owiIag
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-01

riety stood third best, were spurious.
then the seed (being the same) used
In 1865 when 1t stood first must also
have been spurious. and finally the seed
In 1899 were undoubtedly and indisput-
nply genuine. and the variety stood
twenty third In the list. If asked why
TINS great falling off this descent from
the frst place to nearly the lowest
pace In one years time 1t might he
suggested in reply that this variety is
PECULIARLY subject to the unfavorable
eHects or long hot drought It re-
CURES long and favorable season in
order to mature n maximum crop
IL Is not necessary to review the
past three years history of this variety.
III vindication were needed the station
has been abundantly indicated and
sustained, and limbless cotton craze,
inausnrated by designing men, which
mas had no parallel since the DAVIS Of
the Morus AIulicaulis speculation. is Mt
an end"
1t will be in order now for certain
honest and virtuously Indignant gentle
men, who threatened dire judicial ven
Eeance on the humble editor OF this de-
partment for denouncing and exposing
the preposterous claims of superlat,ve
merit in this variety OF cotton to ac-
knowledge their error and make some
sort of restitution to the innocent farm
ers who paid from $40 n busheI to 81
per 100 seeds for this Heart Of Africa.
Mnnchausen Select. alias Jackson's
African Iimbless cotton.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-01
AFRICAN L1MBLEss COTTON.
y Fall from First to twenty-third
Place
OR. ]. Redding, in Atlanta Constitu-

Many readers Will doubtless be inter-
lested 20 learn that the above notori-
Gus variety descend5 from frs, place
TO twenty-third place in a list OF TWEEN
ty-ive varieties tested last year on the
Georgia Experiment Station. The fol-
lowing extract from bulletin No. IL
gives the nformaton:
| Jockson's lmDless which under the
name African lmbless stood at the
head OF the list of thirty varieties test
ed last year. stands twen;y-:h ,rd in n
list of twenty-five varieties this year.
The seeds that were planted In the tesi
OF 1897 We're reDudiated by the ex-
pioter OF this variety as not having
been procured from him, nor grown on
his farm. The test of 1898 was planted
from seeds produced In the previous
years test, and We're. therefore. sub
Ject TO the same condemnation as mo-:
genuine" until the close of tile season
developed the fact that African limb
less, the Jackson having been dropped
from the name. was the heaviest yield
en- The seeds for this years test were
supplied by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, at whose earnest
request another test was made from
seeds of undisputed genuineness. tbs
original eXploter. Mr.. Jackson. having
supplied the department with Soma
grown upon his own farm. II is littlc
remarkable that when at las. ies;
was made with seeds having the sane
ton and approval of Mr.. Jnckson him
self. that the variety should go so near
the foot of the list in point of nroduc
ton! Candor and Justice % dS.,ant
the statement that there is no doul.
of the genuineness and identity OF ths
seeds used in each of the three years.
If the seed used in 1897. when the va