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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-27
Good Work of the Constitutional
Convention.

Staunton News.
1t is not to be assumed that be-
cause the constitutional convention
has been at standstill on the suffage
question 1t has been equally as halt
ing on others features of its work.
A great deal has been accomplished
that has attracted little attention.
For instance the adoption of the sec.
tions relating to the powers of the
legislature carries changes that will
be of greatest benefit to the state.
1t will be no longer possible for the
legislature to elect its own members
to lucrative positions, sacrificing the
interests of state while trading in the
Offices A prominent citizen of
Staunton, who is familiar with the
political history of the state as few
are familiar with it, remarked that
this reform alone is worth all the
convention has cost. But this is not
all that has been done in the legisla-
tive department. Private legisla-
ton has been abolished; safeguards
have been adopted that will prevent
the hasty enactment of bills that
have not been held up to the public
scrutiny. The ''jacketing" of bills,
a term we heard much used in con
nection with the notorious telephone
bill, defeated by scratch at the
last session of the Legislature, will be
no longer possible.
There are many good things al
ready accomplished; the reduction
of expenses in jury trials by reduc-
ton of the number of jurors is
profitable change. The redistricting
for the judgeships seems to be a good
move The election of state super
intendent of schools by the people is
an eminently wise measure, and we
hope to see many more steps in the
same direction. There are great
possibilities for good in the measures
to come from the corporations COM
mittee, and we look hopefully for
good results IN this direction.
So far as the convention has pro
gressed, we cannot recall anything
That does not seem to be an improve
meut over the present constitution;
aud before it adjourus we expect to
see a workable suffrage provision
adopted that will be of benefit to the
state.
1t is not a question of what is
actually best, but question of so
harmonizing conflicting opinions;pre-
judices and interests as to get the
best possible nnder all the circum-
stances. The understanding"
proposition is TO our mind a most in
famous measure. 1t seems now to be
choice between this aud the grand
father clause" As between the two
we could never give our consent TO
the former. Should the latter be in
corporated in suffrage measure that
is otherwise good, there may come
time when the "grandfather clause"
will be knocked ont by the courts.
which we believe will in time be
done, and then we would have left
workable measure that would not be
Objectionable.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-27

one half the cost of the Republican
convention, and could remain ia SEES
sion one year without equaling the ex-
pense of that body. 1t has already
put reforms into the new constitution
that in four years will pay the ex-
pense of holding the convention.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-27
X. II WHITING. supt.

ANTED-SEVERAL PERSONS M
Character and good reputation i'm each stat,
zone III this county required to renreSen,
ana advertise old established wealthy hns;
ness house o ofsolid financial standing. Sal,
nv rv Slo.op weekly with expenses additional
from head offices Horse and carrIooe c',r
nlshed, when necessary. References. EncIns.
Scli-addressed stamped enAelope. Manager
IN CaXton Building Chicago.
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day. Sunday only -''' ''l' sun
No = Purcelle Silco,,
Springs, PhilonOnt Mountsvile ncoln. Va 1900
coral Herndon Heights Time Table,
trains lanis al
iAIounday trains stop on flag at HerndOn Heights.
Communication
station
Washin
southern Railway.
For
% to- ' ''"''"NS'
j. +. FLET HER l. BROWN
Passenger Agent. Washington II. & General A,.,t
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DUKES Tour Cost So, $50, OOO.-
The cost of the recent tour of the
British colonies by the Duke and
Duchess of York has been figured
out at $3,250,OOO. The gossips are
busy with the news, which is inter
est!ng to society yachtsmen who con
template SIMILAR voyages. One of the.
big items of the bill is $45O.OO0 for
the steamer Ophir, which was chart
cred for the tour. The government
paid one fourth of the cost of the crew.
In addition to the charter fee. The
admiralty appointed several special
officers, provided a band of thirty 10
struments and arranged for the laun
dry. which was fitted up at a cost of
$40, 900. 5
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-27

Is b Pursell, Kintersville, Pa, SAYS
he suffered % years with piles and could
obtain no relief until DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve effected permanent cure.
Counterfeits are worthless. j. C. Avis
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LOCAL
and
CLIMATIC
CATARRH
COLD ~ HEAD

the Membrane. Restores tue senses OF aste
and Smell. No ercury. No Injurions drn~
Regular Size, 50 cents; Family Size, 81 90 At
Druggists or by mail
ELY BR THEIRS, So Warren St., New York
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NOTICE

10 whom it may concern Animal
passes have been left at the tollgates If
the wildwood and Berryville Tnrnnike
rartles wishing them will please ,ake
them up before Dec. LIST, 1901 as ann
Instructed to Withdraw them at The
Time mentioned. ''e
K II WHITING. SIM,
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Fresh raisins, currents, cit
ron and almonds at Lawrence
!. Russell's.
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Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or n Y.
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Fresh Groceries
Select Hardware

wish To inform nv customers and the
puohc that have bought the HARDWAR
business of Mr.. G. VanDeventer. to which
! have added a
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srAs MIS- No. 2l No. % No. 25 No y No " No.
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EIGHT ACRES OF LAND s;,,o,o,
lorthern part of county, one mile Sro,n IN III
Dot store and postoffice. Fiye-room d,.e us
ng; stable, dairy, meat-house' hon. h"u.a
no nn large clstern; 2acves in timber. Pr;ce
"PP'y Y" u. G. SNYDER.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
HOME SOCIETY OFFICERS.
Elected Yesterday at Annual Meet
ing In DR.. Herr's Church.

Soclability henceforth is to be the
Watchword of the Ladies' Home Society
OF the First Presbyterian Church, on
Emory street, one of the most fashionable
the city affords. No more pay entertain
ments are to be given for the present.
Everything is OF be free and sociable. at
least so the members of the Home Society
decided yesterday afternoon at a meeting
held in the church parlors
The movement toward greater socia-
bllity is not exactly new, save, perhaps
by vote. Early in the winter or late in
the fall it was decided by this same
society to give a series of church socia-
bles in order to better acquaint the mem
bers of the congregation, one with the
other, and especially to introduce new
members. Thus far two of these social
functions have been held with great sue
cess and yesterday arrangements were
made to hold third, probably the last
this season, in the church parlors on the
evening of Thursday, April 49,
AS it was the annual business meeting
reports were read and officers for the
ensuing year elected with Mrs Willard
Fisk again president; Mrs John Nc
Master, vice president; Mrs. Henry Dick
Gray, treasurer.
There We're about fifty ladies present
and after business had been disposed of a
social hour was enjoyed with refresh
mentS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
Mr.. SIMPSONS BOOM.

At the regular meeting of the Minkakwa
Republican Club, last night, at the club
rooms on Ocean avenue, the Executive
Committee was directed to go ahead and
make arrangements for the club to move
back into its old quarters in the two story
building just. below where the clubrooms
now are. The members have long want
ed to move back to the old quarters
which for some time past were used as
an annex to No. 20 school. They are
much pleased that the club has decided to
make this move
After the regular meeting was over the
question of the next Mayor of Jersey City
was brought up and several bets were
offered as to who would or would not be
named by the Democratic party to head
the ticket. While the discussion was go
ing Mr.. Reuben Simpson came in and ask
ed what they were talking about SO ex-
citedly. He was told that they had de-
cided to name him for Mayor on the Re
publican ticket. President Edward Fry
asked him If he would accept and he
laughingly answered yes. What at first
seemed to be jest, afterwards from the
way the members talked looked as though
it would become earnest and the club
would boom Reuben Simpson for the
nomination for Mayor on the Republican
party,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
FAITHFUL AFTER 3ATH.
Inventor Hunziker's Dog Still
Guards His Shop.

Undertaken Edward Blocker, of jack
son avenue, is experiencing no end of
trouble in his endeavors to have the
estate of the late Emil. HunzilSer, an in
ventor, settled. Hunziker died in st.
Francis Hospital from pneumonia. He
lived the life of a recluse in house at
No. 5S Forest street His machine shop
is located there, too. Neighbors found
him sick and finally persuaded him to go
to the hospital.
Blocker buried Hunziker in the New
York Bay Cemetery and learned that he
had three sisters living. One resides in
Paterson, one in New York and the third
in Long Island. The undertaken wants the
effects disposed of in order to have his
claims satisfied. Two of the sisters have
agreed to speedy settlement, but the
Long Island sister has dissented. She be-
lieves that her brother left more money
than has come to light.
Hunziker, while being looked after from
time to time by Patrolman Lockwood of
the Communipaw avenue police station,
told the officer that he had no money.
The machine shop has not been opened
since the police locked it up and took
the keys six weeks ago.
Hunziker was a clever inventor. He is
said to be the inventor of the stem-wind-
ing watch There are other valuable in
ventions in the shop besides a huge pile of
costly tools. The inventor devised an ap-
paratus which attached to a bicycle
allows riders to work the machine while
resting on the pedals. This novel in
vention was tried with success, but
Hunziker never put it on the market.
He was once man of wealth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
HOBOKEN'S TEACHERS
Commissioner Keresey Thinks
1t Unnecessary to Estab-
Iish a Residence.

AT the meeting of the Hoboken Com
m1ssioners of Public Instruction last
light Commissioner John Keresey made
announcement that he would introduce at
the next meeting a resolution providing
for indefinite suspension of Rule No. 46
of the School Manual, which makes local
residence compulsory for all teachers in
the employ of the board.
This rule is narrow-minded and UNI
American" said Commissioner Kereseys
II know number of recent graduates of
our training school who are obliged to
hire rooms in Hoboken because their
families have moved from the city and the
rule comDels them to have local resi-
dence before they can teach. The sal
aries paid to these young teachers are
too small to warrant the existence of
such rule and 1 trust the board will
have it suspended.
Commissioner Johnstone responded by
saying that the rule was made to protect
local business interests and that in his
opinion it was not an unjust exaction to
make of the teachers
Teachers who make their living in Ho-
boken ought to be willing to live and
spend their money here he said 81, for
one, will oppose the adoption of the reso-
luton Mr.. Keresey proposes to intro
duce''
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19

night the Senate agreed to the House
joint resolution fixing final adjournment
for that day. Messrs. Ross & Sanford
have won their fight against the advo-
Gates of the Palisade Park scheme in a
measure. The Senate Committee last
night brought forth an amendment to the
Palisades bill which exempts the Sanford
& Ross quarries from the property to be
purchased for tie park.
The Senate passed Mr.. Stokess bill
which provides that the right of any
street railway company to operate a
road shall not be questioned after two
years peaceable, continuous running. Mr.,
Stokes explained that the measure re-
ferred to one road which had organized
under the general corpoi alton act instead
of the Stret railroad act.
Other bills passed by the Senate were.-
la. Allowing cities of over 25000 popula-
tion to create the office of delinquent tax
collector; 142, enabling Hackensack TO
have its main street macadamized; Ill,
Permits towns and townships to con-
strIct a system of sewerage and drainage;
1SI, an act to set off certain territory from
Riverside, Burlington county, and annex
it to Delran township; 1893. Providing for
three stated terms annually of the Court
OF Quarter Sessions and permitting adj
journment from week to week and month
to month.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
HOME DEPARTMENT.
Next Years Programme Princi-
pal Topic of Discussion
Yesterday.

'Pshaw." exclaimed one member of
the Woman's Club Home Department yes
terday in describing the programme sor
next year. "Domestics? No, we don't
want that. All that can be said on that
subject has already been said" and the
women spent one full half hour thereafter
over the pros and cons of the servant
girl question, only being dragged out of the
mfre eventually by the main force of
limited time" They even got to the
stage where women wax witty, and ore
rather amusing story told was that OF
a man who when asked how many ser
wants he employed, replied
We'll, we pay one but we keep three
One coming, one going and one staying
College education versus a business
career was also discussed to some extern
as a probable subject for next year, ana
Prepared foods versus home cookin..''
suggested. The programme was. how
ever, eventually put in the hands OF a
committee of three, consisting OF Mss
Louise Edge, Miss Ada D. Fuller and MS
Walter Rae. who will prepare a list OF
suitable subjects to be presented at tie
next meeting. April Is, at the residence of
Mrs. George R. Hough, No. As Crescent
avenue.
Yesterday was the first meeting since
the annual club election, March 4, and
Mrs. George R. Hough, the newly elected
chairman, was welcomed to her place as
leader of the Department. She presided
beautifully and the meeting ran like
clockwork. Miss Leila Kinds was elect
ed secretary, a recording innovation in
the Department.
The only paper was on French Peasant
Life by Mrs. Hough, who pictured the
life led by the lowlier classes of France
not any too brightly. They lived in a
world of their own, She said, but they
were, after all. the true Frenehmen. The
education of the woman is very defi-
cient. They are very poor, but usually
get along without assistance from the
authorities. Property is so distributed
among the children as to make the ac-
cumulation of wealth almost impossible.
They are saving, and the daughters are
generally provided with dowers at mar
riage. A man boards up his savings until
he is able to invest in Government bonds.
Flowers, they think, are something to be
sold, like vegetables. and one seldom sees
blossoms about their rude huts, unplas-
tered and of but two rooms. They sell
dom marry into another race.
'"The French aristoeracy,' said Mrs.
Hough, in closing, seems to be of little
account. For good or evil, the French
peasant is the backbone of the country
The meeting was held as usual in Room
No. /, Hasbrouck Institute, and among
those present were:-Mrs. George R.
Hough, Miss Louise Edge, Mrs. Spencer
Weart, Miss Leila Hinds, Mrs. John
Stats. Mrs. Walter Rae, Mrs Franklin
Miss Ball, Mrs. l.. P. Holcomb, Miss
Mary Abercrombie Haight.
Mrs Harriet p Eaton will speak on the
"Indian Wigwam'' at next meeting.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
.EX- MAYOR ELL|S'S WILL
Suit in Chancery to Provide
For His Little Orphan
Grandson.

Vice Chancellor Pitney was occupied
this morning in Chancery Chambers with
the construction of the will of the late
william H. Ellis once Mayor of Hoboken
and a member of the Board of Free
holders of Hudson County. Mr.. Ellis died
April Is, 1898, leaving an estate in real and
personal property amounting in all to
about $4,000. BY his will he bequeathed
everything to his wife, Catharine with
the exception of a bequest contained in
the following paragraph inserted in the
testament
MY son having departed this life leav-
ing an only son of tender years, / have
made provision for the care, support and
education of the said child until his ar
rival at twenty-one years of age, leaving
the entire charge and disposition of that
matter, however, in the good Judgment
and discretion of my said wife, Catharine
Ellis"
The suit before the Vice Chancellor was
brought by Hannah Gallagher, the
grandmother of young Ellis, aged four
years, against Mrs. Catharine Ellis, the
second wife of the testator, who offered
the interest on 81 1000 in lieu of all claims.
The question before the Vice Chancellor
was how much should be set aside for the
grandchild?
Lawyer j. R. Besson, representing the
child, stated that its father had been for
several months separated from his wife
and had paid his mother-ln-iaw, Mrs.
Gallagher, two dollars and a half a week
for the child's support. After the SON 8
death the testator deposited s. in the
hands of the Hoboken Overseer of the
Poor for the infants support. Mr.. Ellis
died three weeks after his son.
On the part of the step-grandmother,
Mrs. Ellis, Lawyer James F. Minturn said
that it was the intention of the testator,
expressed to his wife, that $1,000 should be
set aside and the interest on it was for
his grandchild. This offer had been made
to the child's mother and grandmother,
but they refused to accept it. Mrs Ellis,
he said, was willing to take the child
and support it.
THE interest on $1060," said the Vice
Chancellor" is not sufficient for the sup
port of this child With this Court the
child's interest is the only thing to con-
slider, and whatever provision be made
for it the Court will see that it is ap-
piled by proper persons with proper care.
The suit, so far as can see, is friendly
one, and both parties ought to agree on
a competent sum, which should be pro-
gressive as the child grows up
After consultation between counsel the
Court decided for the present that two
dollars and half per week should be
paid out of the estate to Mrs. Gallagher
for the child at present; the sum to be
increased in the future. For the care OF
the grandson from the time of the death
of Mr.. Ellis the Court awarded $50 tc
Mrs. Gallagher.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
R[APPORTI0NED.
Senate Bill Providing fol
Assembly Districts Pass
es the House.
Especial to ."rhe Jersey city News."l


ThnNTON, March 10, 1901-The Senate
bill providing for the reapportionment of
Assemblymen passed the House. There
was some light show of opposition from
the Democrats and all voted against the
measure. The bill takes one Asemblyman
from Hunterdon and Warren and given
them to Hudson and Essex
A little amusement was created when
the bill providing for the new Congress
sional districts came up in the House
Mr.. Lewis, the Republican leader, said
that the bill was so plain that he who
runs may read, and it was strictly nom
partisan. Mr. Marks said Mr. Lewis had
made a mistake. He should have said
that he who runs may win if he got in
the right district. Both were wrong ac-
cording to Mr.. Dennins who said it
should be ''He who reads may not rum
Mr.. Abbot denied that the bill was non
partisan and said that it divided Jersey
City in such a zig gag way that even the
Republicans themselves could not tell in
which district lney belonged. The bill
passed the Democrats voting solidly
against it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-19
M'G|LL IN FOR II.
Grand Jury Is Angry at His
Criticism and Subpenas
Him.

DR.. John d. McGill President Of the Po-
lice Board, has been subpoenaed to ap-
pear at this afternoons session of the
Grand Jury to give the reasons for his
criticism of the action of that body in
throwing out the case against Eugene
Sullivan, the alleged poolroom keeper,
whose place on Pavonia avenue was re-
Gently raided by the police. The alleged
proprietor was the only person found in
the place and the only evidence OBJ
tanned to prove that it was a pool room
was some tickets said to be used to re-
cord bets on horses The Grand Jury did
not consider this sufficient, and, as told
In Saturdays News, promptly threw
out the case against Sullivan.
In an interview published last night DR..
McGill took occasion to criticise the
Grand Jury for this action. He said that
there was not much use of the Police
Department making strenuous efforts to
abate the evils of policy and pool rooms
''if the prisoners who were arrested on
evidence absolutely complete and con-
vincing escape Indictment"
The portion of the interview which the
members OF the Grand Jury objected to in
particular was:-
Inc ponce department mas done It's
duty in ferretting out this case, but it
seems that the Grand Jury failed to do it's
share. This is one of those cases that
deservedit our system of government and
offer sad commentary on our Grand
Jury system. If justice is thus OF be
defeated you might as well abolish the
police department, let off the rogues and
stop your efforts to eradicate evils.
To say that the members of the Grand
Jury were angry in reading DR.. McGilis
criticism would be putting it mildly. Sew
eral when seen refused to discuss the
matter but intimated that there would be
interesting developments at the conciu-
sion of this afternoons session, which will
be the final one before adjournment.