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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
REcAPlTULATI0N.
pAYuE'S EVOLUTION.
From a Martyr He is Transformed
Into a Thief.

Charles Payne, the young negro martyr
about whom Sheriff McLean's Grand Jury
made such a powerful presentment, de-
nouneing Police Justice Nevin and his
clerk. James F. Norton, for keeping the
innocent youth in Jail for week without
sending the papers up, was convicted IN
the Special Sessions Court yesterday OF
heing a thief. He has ceased to be con-
sidered martyr and is now a common,
ordinary thief, just as the police always
said he was. -
Payne was discovered on March 70
cruoching down behind the desk in Samuel
Snyder's furniture store NO. Sz YORK
street. near the money drawer, and he
was evidently there for the purpose OF
robbing the drawer. When he was
dragged out he said that a woman sent
him to the store to buy clothes basket.
Yesterday Payne said that Ne was at the
store to buy a basket and denied thar ne
was croucfing behind the desk, Inree
witnesses testified that he was behind the
desk and Judge Blair convicted the de-
fendant. He will be sentenced next Thurs
day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
GRANTS TO DISCUSS DEFEAT.

The U. S. Grant Association will meet
tonight ait its quarters on Ocean avenue
The defeat of the Republican party wiA
probably be discussed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
H0LD-0VER ALDERMEN.

I.-BERNARD FARRELL, D.
II.--WIL.LIAM BARR. D.*
IfI.-WIILIAM dOETETH, DE-
IV.-WIElsI&M J. CALNON, D.*
N.-CtfARL. LIS MAX WE'LL, D.*
VI=JAMES PRICE, D.
VII.AWII4LrAM T. RITTER, D.
VIII-CHARLES NJ. FICHPLS r.
Ix.4THOArAS F. BEDLE, D.
X.-F1TGENE KINKEAD, D.
xI.-EDTnARD WHITE, D.
XII.-ROBERT CsOOXSON. D.
Democrats, IL; Republicans. 1.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
PROSPECTS IN The SEVENTH.

Four Precincts Certain to Be
Carried.
The Seventh Ward Democratic Club held
an enthusiastic meeting last night at the
New York Bay House. Ocean and Wilkin-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
CIRCUIT COURT CASES.

Tuesday April II, lgA0:
Circuit Court cases Nos I72, 1Es. IA. rs
and 176,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
COMPLEXION OF THE BOARD.

-Holdovers, Il; new members.
A. ToEal, y.
Republicans -aoldovers. 1; new members,
i Total. 2
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
FOR THE TEACHERS BILL

At melting of the Firemen's Mutual
Benevolent Association, Branch No. /, the
Teachers Salary Bill was unanimously
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
coMpLExloH OF THE BOARD.
ALDERMEN.
Democrats. S.

Ward.
JAMES J. MCBRIDE, D.*
lI-GEORGE d. DITTMAR, D.
IIL-DANIEL COLE. d.
IV.-SAMUEL. G WARRIN, d.
v.--JOEIN LYONS, D.
Vf--JOHN WALL. D.
NIl.-PE'rER EHRHARDT, D.
VIII.-H0MER NJ. Rt,EN, D.
IX.--CFTARLES STFiIJL.. Rs
X-JACOB J. MULLER, D.~
XI.-AUGJST AIENGfE, D."
NII--GUSTAVEA A. 10TH, d.
*Re-elected.
Democrats, IL; Republicans, l.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11

nIll weeds grow apace' Impurities IN your
blood viii also grow unless you promptly expel
them by taking Hoods sarsaparlIa
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-11
FREEHOLDER REFORM.

In Favor of Reorganization . 11.M9
Against Reorganization ...........-.. 2,173
Majority for Reorganization ....... 9,e4s
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Hard Times in Berlin.

Berlin especially, and Prussia to a
greater or less degree, is in financial
straits, and the outlook for relief is any
thing but encouraging. With the War
Lord William clamoring for a bigger
navy and new equipment for a more
active-and hence more costly-army, it
is not surprising that the reichstag wit
nesses some plain talking, while Won
Buelow receives sundry vicious thrusts,
The amount of mortgage bonds in cir
culation reached the total of five mil
liards of marks (about $1,000, 900 ,OO0) /,
and the bonds of mortgage banks were
once regarded as first-class security.
Confidence therein, however, has disap-
peared, and the public is selling the
bonds indiscriminately The POmerian-
ian bank, of Berlin, purchased $4,000
600 of it's own bonds in one week. The
First Preussiche Hypothek bank and the
Deutsche Grundschuld bank were un-
able to meet changed conditions and re-
SEWERS were appointed by the govern
ment. To avert a general panic the
great Deutsche bank, that has financed
SO many great projects in the United
States, has formed committee to pro-
tect bondholders, and said committee
is advancing money in payment of over
due interest. This state of affairs is
deeply to be deplored. No good Amer
lean but hopes calm and confidence
will speedily return Minneapolis Times
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
o keep in touch with social, economic

to keep in touch with social, economic
and political problems. The paper will,
at the same time, if successful, provide
an income sufficient for my pecuniary
needs, and this kind of work will allow
me more time with my family than
have been able to enjoy for several
years past.
Il expect to lecture occasionally, espe-
cially in college towns, where / can
speak to students, but my principal
work will be done with the pen, or, per-
haps l should say, with the pencil.
"The paper will be called the Com
moner, and will defend the principles
set forth in the Kansas City platform.
l shall be publisher and editor. Place
of publication, Lincoln"
The exact date of the first issue of the
Commoner has not been decided on, nor
is Mr.. Bryan ready to announce the
names of members of his staff. He said
this evening, however, he had arranged
for such assistance as he would require.
For the present, he said, the mechanical
work will be done in city printing
house. The size and makeup of the
paper is yet to be determined.
Mr.. Bryan, Immediately after Christ
mas, expects to go to Florida to be pres
ent at the Inauguration of his cousin,
Governor-elect Jennings, and on his re-
turn will devote his time to his news
paper venture.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
JONES TALKS OF BRYAN.
Thinks His Paper VIII Be Widely
Read and influential.

Thinks His Paper Will BE Widely
Read and influential.
WASHINGTON, Saturday-Mr. Bryan
will tighten his hold on the Democratic
narty if he embarks in his proposed
newspaper enterprise. This, at least, is
the belief of Senator James X. Jones.
of Arkansas, chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee, though he
doubts whether Bryan has any such in
tention.
When Senator Jones was asked to-
night about Bryans intention to own
and edit weekly paper, devoted to the
spread of Democratic doctrines, he re-
piled:
"I think it is altogether improbable
that Mr.. Bryan has made any such an
nouncement of his future intentions.
But if he has, and publishes such a pa
ner I have no doubt it will be widely
read. and will also be very influential.
So far from eliminating him from poll
tics. the effect of such a course would
be to make him a decidedly strong fac
tor in politics.
Democratic politicians in Washington
are not disposed to discuss Bryans fu-
ture. or to speculate as to his influence
on the Democratic party. Just now few
Of them wish to see him maintain his
ascendency.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
The Santa Claus Trust.

We amt agoin' to have no Christmas
tree down where l live,
Cause paw, he says, at Sanity Claus
ain't got no gifts to give;
An Christmas won't be like it was las
year or year before,
An mebbe we won't never have no
Chris masses no more.
Us kids won't get no candy, an our
faces won't be mussed
With orange juice, for Sanity Claus has
gone an joined trust
My paw, he amt a-workin' movies.
loafin' round the town
He hasn't had no work to do-the fac
tory's shut down.
An nav p'tends her dresses amt quite
so thin an worn,
AS what they are-an' all us kids is
wearin' clothes ats torn.
But wors' of all we amt agoin' to have
no Chris 'mas-just
Because that mean OF Sanity Claus has
gone an Joined trust.
Las night I asst nav why 1t was-I
thought good girls an boys
Could always have their Chris s'mases,
with lots O. fun an toys,
An NAV, she tried to smile at me, but,
honestly, she cried,
An paw, he looked SO worried-like at
felt pretty snfde.
You bet, when I get big I'm goin' to
take a brick an bust
The feller at got Sanity Claus to go an
join a trust.
baltimore American.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets in1amed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it
is entirely clicked deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Cend for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, A.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
SUGGESTION AS TO FUTURE.
How All POpulists Can Act TOgetht

How All POpulists Can Act Together.
Editor Representative:-"If to do were
as easy as to know what twere well TO
do, then churches had been chapels and
poor mems cottages princes palaces, -
says Shakespeare. It's not difficult mat
ter to determine what should be done by
reform forces to save this country from
impending despotism Of the oligarchy
now marching under the banner of bast-
ard Republicanism, toward the over
throw of the republic. Common sense
would teach us that the proper plan
would be to unite all the reform forces
on a simple platform, upon which all
could stand. Let each party hold fast
to it's principles and hold it's following
as best it could. Let proportional repre-
sentation be given each party in the dis
tribution of patronage and representa-
ton in the cabinet. Let the platform
contain only two planks: The referen-
dunn Gncluding the imperative mandate)
and proportional representation. All
reformers could indorse such platform.
And without those two planks enacted
into law no advance nor reform can be
secured for the people. Then, if such a
man as Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit,
could be secured as candidate for the
presidency on the reform ticket, there
might be fighting chance for success !;
even failure, with all the reform forces
standing shoulder to shoulder, would
send cold chill down the backs of the
plutocracy. Mr.. Pingree, in the late
election, said that the Republican party
deserved to be beaten, but that he would
go to the polls, holding his nose, and
vote the Republican ticket, hoping for
the best.
l have no censure for any man who
voted his honest convictions at the polls,
but now that the battle is over it is pity
that all the reform forces could not
have been brought into line for Bryan,
the only man who stood the least chance
of winning against Mckinley. think
IL was MISTAKE, dS dC UCSC IHc AC'
formers are only teachers. AS l read
the history Of the past, justice, honor,
humanity, the ballot, and all that goes
to ennoble man, goes down before the
golden bullet. Bryan was the only
chance we had for peaceful revolution.
God alone knows what is in store for
us during the next four years; but what
ever it may be, the late election has
demonstrated the fact that, gwen a full
dinner pail, the average voter does not
care whether he lives under a republic
or a monarchy. You may shoot him
down. as was done at Hazleton; you may
round him up in prison pen, as at
Coeur d'Alene; place negro soldiers on
guard over him, deny him trial and
declare dictatorship, and as long as his
belly is full he will vote and hurrah for
his masters; but when he tightens his
belt to allay the pangs of hunger, then
the savage in the man asserts itself
When the United States army is reorgan-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27

Mrs. Sara T. Robinson, relict of the
famous first governor of Kansas, in a
communication to the Lawrence (Kan}
Journal, tells the life story of Mary
Chaplin, who was associated with the
earliest schools of Lawrence. From
this we extract as follows:
Miss Chaplin was engaged to be mar
ried to young clergyman, talented and
worthy of her. After brief illness he
died. For long time she felt all the
weariness and loneliness of such be-
reavement. The efforts of friends to
console her availed nothing, but one
night she was awakened from her sleep
by an exceeding brightness in her room
like the glory of the sunlight. In the
window the old lost lover stood in all
the naturalness of life, and he said Love
is eternal The burden was lifted. She
was the Mary Chaplin of the old days,
cheerful and happy, and useful, the mar
vel of her friends"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Says Bryan Will Run.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec 20.-Will1a1n
R. Payne. of Chicago, in a speech before
the Grant club, a, leading club of Iowa
tonight declared that w. J. Bryan would
be the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent in 1904, He says that Bryan Will
poll twice as many votes as any 9th her
Democrat in the country.
p Mr.. Payne scored the Hay-Pauncelo.e e
treaty, declaring! that it was perfect
rhetorically, but full of holes legally
He predicted the expansion of the United
States to the icehergs of the north and
the isthmus of Panama.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
The Clover Belt.

If you are looking up location for
a new home where lands of the very
best quality can be had at low prices.
and on easy terms, write to the Land
Agent of the Minneapolis, st. Paul &
Sault Ste Marie railway at Minneapolis,
Mimi, for descriptive maps of rich
hardwood lands in Central Wisconsin
and Michigan. This is a natural grass
region, and as fine dairy country can
not be surpassed
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
SURRENDERED HIS VIOLIN.
slack Weston" VIII Take His Old
Name and Return Home.
Especial to The JOurnal.)


Name and Return Home.
Especial to The Journal)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa., Dec. 19.-Years
ago Standilaur Tscherzel, of Cincinnati,
son of prominent family there, nephew
Of Colonel Leopold Markbreitu, editor of
the Volks Blatt, left home and friends,
hating his name and all that was asso-
Ciated with IT, He renounced music, in
which he had been remarkably apt and
successful, and resolved never to touch
how u his violin again. He wandered
through the tai West, roughing it, and
on his return to the East stopped in
Sioux City. He was known BY the name
Of plain Jack Weston. His foreign ac-
cent and manner, long blond hair and
artistic gifts belied the commonplace
name, but no one suspected it was not
MS own until within a few days. He
ras now made his announcement that
it was false and this Is the way it came
about:
Firm in his resolve not to play a viO-
lin again, he had not dared to finger the
strings of one or touch the fascinating
curve of the back Of one until last week.
AS he held one in his fingers for time
he was seized with a passion to play and
forgetting himself, was seen singing soft
melodies with the bow. Louder and
louder he played, greater and greater
passion grew; and finally when he fin
ished a splendid movement from De
Heriot he remembered what he had done.
But he played again, and the strings
sang to him of the old days, of his boy
hood and his mother, of the old home
and his music-loving youth and when
he stopped he laid down the violin and
summoned some of his friends. To them
he told his life story and announced that
he would go back to the life of music
ian and would resume his real name,
Stanislaud Tscherzel. He had surrend-
cred to his violin.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Marquette, Mich.
HOW TO ORGANIZE.
A Voice From Minnesota.

Editor Representatives do not
come to tell you that am to sit in judg-
ment on the election, on any political
party, but it seems to the writer that
both the old parties have erred in that
they have legislated so as to take from
the poor and give to those already rich
and corporations. In the campaign just
closed, in the press, and on the stump,
both old parties have acted so as to dis
gust the plain people with their partisan
politics on fake issues.
If any man or set of men venture TO
throw themselves across the track OF
human progress to obstruct the chariot
OF Justice to all, special privileges to
none they will be crushed if they re-
main there.
Reason, patriotism and an enlightened
conscience will take the drivers seat,
take hold of the lines and the vicious
steeds will be controlled.
The people begin to see something of
the range of power exercised by con-
gress, the president and the federal
courts
We cannot pass upon the secret opera
tlons OF our government, but the people
will pass judgment on what is revealed
on their records.
There are two armies in the field, capt.
tai and labor. They have been and are
in constant antagonism, and the writer's
opinion is that no truce will ever be
proclaimed by labor until the initiative
and referendum is enacted into law.
In the meantime the laborers in the
mines, at the blast furnaces, in the
shops, on our railroads, on the farms,
and all ordinary laborers, will be more
vigilant in the future to learn to under
stand the tactics of the powers that be-
1t Is not my purpose to enter a COM
plaint, but before election I did not get
the Representative for three weeks, but
then got three numbers at time. H..
r. Boen sent me a copy of the Fergus
Globe of the 9th of October, and it was
handed to us the oath of November.
What happened in our postoffice during
the campaign probably holds good in
other pOstoffices of our state, at least to
men holding similar views in politics as
the writer.
l have had a talk with some of our
young men about organizing some sort
of a club. The writer's idea is: First,
organize and educate, then fight if we
are going to win.
l see in the last Representative about
move to call a meeting, and some of
the writer's are discussing the men as
leaders; 1t seems to the writer that these
men are not only going too fast, but
commence at the wrong emu. Gay nv
entangling alliances with Democrats, or
any other parties; no candidate tor any
office in the new organization to make
his own platform, for such mean nothing
to the people. Call your meeting,
choose tried and true men as leaders.
not men who push themselves to the
front. Such men are not to be trusted
The writer suggests that there be is
sued a call for a mass meeting of all
reformers in their respective states, and
there choose delegates to national con-
vention at central location; submit the
result of the national meeting to the
people of their respective states, and
let majority accept or reject the pro-
positions submitted as they see fit
H. L. SAND.
December /, 19OO
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
DYING OF STARVATION
Count Walsin Esterhaxy, Noted Fig
ure in Dreyfus Case Insists That
He Is Innocent.
BY Cable From Paris, Dec. 21.

Maj. Count Ferdinand Walsin- Ester
hazy, who figured so prominently in the
Dreyfus case, has sunk into utter misery
and is said to be dying of starvation.
His divorced wife's suit against her
mother, the marquis de Betancourt, for
An allowance, on the ground that she is
in profound distress and unable to sup
port or educate her young daughters,
has brought forth the following letter,
written by the major to his wife Nov. l.:
Il have 0een unable to write to my
to buy postage stamp. l am at the
last extremity of my strength, courage
and resources.
Il have not eaten for two days until
this morning in the workhouse. 1 have
no clothes, am shivering with cold, and
am compelled to protect myself by en-
tering churches and museums.
Everyone will say this is a confession
of guilt; but you can say am killing
myself because, after having struggled
to the utmost of my courage, my voice is
stifed by my prosecutors.
without breakfast, home~or clothing,
l shall die of privations of all kinds, un-
less revolver bullet puts everything in
good order. Kiss my children.
Tell them l adore them, and if a
frightful fatality has precipitated me
man cowardice, l never committed the
crime whereof am accused by scoun-
drels in order to save themselves"
Esterhazy's letter is dated from Lon
don.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Mia-Roaaers Are Game.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 20.-Tne
Middle of the Read Populist state com
mittee today decided to hold state con-
vention June 5. They voted to retain
the party name and to send delegates
to the national Populist convention II
st. Louis, to fight for the old Middle-of-
the-Road party and the Omaha platform.
They invited everybody into the party
except James B. Weaver the Peo-
pies party's first candidate, for presi-
dent.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The failure
was announced at the Consolidated Ex-
change yesterday of Lewis A. May & Co.,
members of that exchange. The MEM
bers of the firm are Lewis A. May, living
in this city. and Eugene Enslen, living in
Birmingham, Ala. Neither of these was
at the Office after the failure was an
nounced, but William King Hall. VINO
was made assignee, said that he would
not be able to make q statement until
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27

Every issue of the Youths Companion
for the nine weeks of November and
December will be enlarged, and the loli-
size, with richly decorated covers. From
now until the end of the year the Com
panion will be crowded with articles and
stories sufficiently varied to please every
taste in both old and young-men and
women. boys and girls.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
he had had the books examined, whicn
would require several days.
Vast Progress o America.

BERLIN, Dec. 9.-The National Zei
tung devotes it's first page today to a
carefully prepared editorial dealing with
the United States as world power.
After pointing out the enormous prog
ress, economically and politically, of
America in the worlds affairs, the edi-'
torial declares that in both respects the
United States is arrayed against Europe.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-12-27
Rryau Announces His Purpose.
lRx the Associated Press.l

LINCOLN, Neb, Dec. 15.-William j.
Bryan today gave out the following
statement:
II have, for several years, had in con-
temptation the establishment of week
ly newspaper, and this seems an Oppor-
tune time for undertaking it. Intend
ing to devote my life to the study and
discussion of public questions, l have
taken this method because it will best
accomplish the purpose which l have
In view. Through paper will be able