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The Jersey City news., 1901-05-04


The foregoing were, each separately
adopted by the following vote on call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-All the members of the Board
five % in number.
The Committee on Engineering and Sur
vey presented the following
Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
respectively for services rendered as Chief
Engineer, etc. for month ending April 80
1901, amounting in the aggregate to
$1S7666.
call for the ayes and nays
Ayes-All the. members of the Beard,
five (5) in number.
The Committee on Printing and Sta
tionery presented the following
Resolved, That $4S be paid to J. c. News
for printing manuals, pages 302 to S26,
March. 1901, claim No. 4SS
Charge printing and stationery
Adopted by the following vote on a call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-Al the members of the Board.
five (5) in number.
The Committee on Laws and ordi-
Resolved, That the following sums be
paid to the newspapers, etc. named for
advertisiHg, ETC., ordinance granting per-
mission to MERCHANTS Refrigerating Co.,
$3.50 to Jersey City News, claim No. 4fT.
$lsl0 TO Evening Journal Association,
claim No. IA
sl1.S0 to the Merchants Refrigerating
amount deposited.
Charge this deposit
Adopted by the following vote, on
call for the ayes and nays
Ayes-All the members of the Board.
five 90 in number.
On motion the Board adjourned.
WM. A. TOLSON.
Clerk pro tenn.
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Resolved That permission be and Is
hereby granted to the following named
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The Committee on New Water Works
reported on claim of J. f. Stewart Co.,
S15.42 payroll, Engineer in charge, ETC.,
$999 SO, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT

The Committee on Municipal Lighting
reported on claim of John Boyd, 500, as
correct.
The report was accepted
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Resolved, That s24 be paid to ]. c. Sup
ply CO., for cans for waste paper, March,
1901, claim No. Az
Charge cleaning streets and removing
ashes and garbage.
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The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote, on a call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-AIl the members of the Board
five (5) in number.
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REEyEJIEIF QFE IfIF5 F5LI+ r A. g77 5
Jersey City, April 23, 1901. $
Hon Board Of Street and Water C'ommis-
sioners S. . 81
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pREsENTATIoN OF CI,AIMs

The following claims were presented
r. D.. Wood & Co., S4S.73, S27S. 80; G.
Rickerich $72.S2; C. A. Van Keuren, S1465;
A. E. Nolan $3.50 $S65. Is; ]. f. Mckee.
$100; P Muldoon, 500; ]. Brownlee, Sl0e;
John Boyd, 500; payrolls, Commissioners
and Clerks $1.01S.30; Water Registrar, etc,
! SS,44 SO; New Water Works, $999. 80; Chief
Engineer, etc, 81, ,S7666; employees in parks,
S4S3. S3; General Superintendents, etc.,
$l,552.
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Resolved. That the specifications, as
presented by the Chief Engineer on this
date for the construction of sewer in
Wayne street, from Cornelison avenue to
connect with sewer In Wayne street, at
Merseles street, be and are hereby adopt
ed and ordered fled
The Jersey City news., 1901-05-04

The Committee on Engineering and Sur
vey reported on pay roll, Chief Engineer
etc., SS76.66 as correct.
The report was accepted.
The Jersey City news., 1901-05-04

Resolved, That $l2 be paid A. F. Roe,
for services as inspector on Henderson
street sewer, April, 1901, days at So.
Charge Improvement, Laws of 1895.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

emphatic In speech, and to all persons
with whom he Is unacQuainted, he Is
as inaccessible as the Car of Russia
The men in his employ find him as
stiff disciplinarian as Butcher or
Won Moltke were In their armies. And
yet no places in New York are more
eagerly sought after than cl erkships in
his house. Only capable young men
are admitted, and he never engages .
clerk at less than 81 900 per year.
His Private Life.
Morgans life, outside his business,
has luxuries that king might enjoy
He drinks the rarest of wines and his
special brand of cigars cost him $1.25
each. He has spent 100000 on dogs.
His favorite amusement is yachting.
He gave the New York Yacht club a
club house worth 100000, and it was
his racing yacht, the Columbia, which
kept the American cup on this side Of
the water. Another yacht, the Corsair,
cost him 100000. He paid $3.50 for
a pair of carriage horses recently. A
Mazarin Bible in two volumes cost
him $4,000. Among his phianthropic
acts was the gift of 100000 for the
building of the New York l.ying-in-
Hospital.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
\ MONEY MONARCH.
). PlERPONT MORGAN, KING OF
FINANCIERS.
Tho Capital He Now Controls Ia Eati-
mated at $500. OOO. oOO--An Architect
+. aud Builder Of Trusts--His Luxurious
Pleasures.

1t did not require his recent deal
with Carnegie to make J. Pierpont
Morgan a money monarch. He was
king of financiers before he made
his latest colossal investment in steel
and iron. This transaction simply
strengthens his position in the world
OF finance. makes him in America
what the Rothschilds are in Europe,
and clothes him with as great power
for good or evil as to his fellow beings
possessed by any absolute monarch.
AS the master mind OF the railroad
interests of the country, the giant of
the iron and steel trade, the guiding
genius Of the coal business, and a
commanding factor in electrical enter
prises of various kinds, he controls
money enough SO that by a single act
he could precipitate a financial crisis
that would shake the United States
treasury to its very foundation. He
and his interests can make or avert
war. The magnitu of his power was
referred to in a New York court the
other day when his personal counsel,
Francis Lynde Stetson. asserted that,
If he chose, Morgan could influence our
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
DANISH WEST INDIES,
Their Position Gives Them Value for Use
OF Navy

OF Navy.
Three small dots on a map of the
West Indies, two of them directly east
OF Porto Rico, the third and largest
southeast OF the island. represent the
Danish West Indies. 1t is not an i'm
posing group. Altogether the three is
lands have barely one-tenth the area
of the state of Rhode Island. Their
combined population is but little
more than thirty thousand, mostly ne
groes. Frequent earthquakes shake
them, and hurricanes sweep over them
Sugar, rum and tobacco are the chief
products; but there is so little pros
perity among the people that it costs
Denmark to take care Of them more
than she gets back in revenue. Small
and unimpOrtant as these little islands
of st. Thomas and St. Croix are, the
United States came near buying them
from Denmark more than thirty years
ago, and recently has made a new offer
for them. 1t is not the size of the is
lands nor their fertility which gives
value, but their position. St. Thomas
lies less than forty miles from the
eastern coast of Porto Rico. 1t has
an excellent harbor, which would be
useful as Il coaling and naval station.
When the canal is cut across the 18TH
mus. the possession Of these islands by
the United States will be more impor
tant than at present. The inconven-
fence Of having them in the hands OF
some rival and possibly hostile power
would be very great. These, presum-
ably, are the considerations which have
led to a renewal Of the negotiations
for the purchase Of the group. Both
houses of congress must act before the
arrangement can be completed, so that
the policy will be adopted, il at. all,
only after full discussion Of its ad-
vantages and gcs.-Youth's
Companion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
FIRST MINERS UNION.

The recent growth of uniOnism
the coal miners of this country, re.
sulting in higher wages. shorter hours
and better conditions in every respect,
recalls the early efforts of coal miners
to organize. The first miners union in
America was formed at st. Clair, Pa,
in 1867 John Siney, an intelligent
miner, got the workers together and
urged upon them the benefits of or
ganjzation. The meetings were secret,
as the operators were opposed to I'M
ions OF any description. A union was
formed. however, but it met with all
kinds OF opposition from the bosses
and it was a continual struggle culmin-
ating in the great strike in the latter
SOS. Thousands of miners were out
of work, and there was great distress
throughout the country, coal selling in
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
Ancient Records In China.

In the Temple of Confucius at Pekin
are a number OF stone tablets covered
with inscriptions. which were dlscov-
cred by the Chinese in the eighth CEN
fury before Christ. and which.
undoubtedly, belong to 4 much earlier
period, which have been carefully pre-
served since the time when they were
found. 1t is believes: that the deStruc
ton of the magnificent library of the
Han-Lin College. or national acad-
envy. which stood just north of the
British legation in Pekin. and which
was destroyed by fire by the Boxersl
during the recent siege, has been a
loss to the world comparable only 20
the burning OF the AleNan6 ian
library.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

legal form,it assigned everything the.
testator possessed to Paul Ansdell e
Montreal, revoking all former wills and
codicils. The document was duly
signed, and the signatures and ad-
dresses of two Americans were append
ed. ,.
Not flaw was there from beginning
to end Of the deed.
you hold the key that. unlocks the
whole Of this nights mystery" briefly
said the young doctor. This unfortu-
nate man must be a reckless adveu-
turer, whose wits have put in his
hands most dangerous weapon. He
is, we will discover, criminal hypno-
tist, a so-called scientist, seeking some
tool to further his own ends. Yes.
yes; you'll see we'll find out that's
what he is-was, I mean," said the
medical man.
He was right in his surmise, as the
inquest brought out, bit by bit, partly
from papers belonging to the dead
man. partly from the unwilling evil
dence Of GLADLY. who had been mora
or less under hypnotic influence since
the night Of the fire in the snow-shed.
AS for the villains own death. it
was proved to be from natural causes,
and due to long-standing heart disease,
that caused a breakdown at the cru
cial moment Of his career.
But the jury's verdict was the popu-
lar one-"By the visitation OF God"
Five years have passed away.
So many changes have happened to
Temple-Dene and the Templetons that
Lady Jane has come to look back upon
the days when she wore faded silks
and lived sorely pinched life as the
happiest she has known.
Today she no longer wears her ia
vorite blue, for Francis Templeton has
gone to his grave, his heart eaten out
by the melancholy nothing would dis.
pei.
So Lady Jane wears widows weeds
and has learnt the old lesson that
"contentment is great gain"
The dainty American bride, SO fra
gile and highly strung, never managed
to weather the repeated shocks to her
frail system. Like a broken flower she
withered, until decline set in.
In Leila's tender. supporting arms,
her weak hands clinging tight round
Leila's soft throat, GLADLY died peace
fully.
Take care of my Gervis. Leila. You
will do it better than I" with the won
drous intuition Of the dying she wh4s-
pered at the last.
And now that the years have gone
round, Gervis begins to think 1t Is
time Leila was taking care OF him.
Between the two there Is perfect
understanding, and by and by their
wedding bells will ring out; for though
sorrow endureth for the night. Joy
Is bound to come in the morning"
(The End.)
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
Goods Lowest Daily Cot.

BY actual experience the Ruskintes,
4 colony of socialists near Waycross,
Ga, have demonstrated what is prob
ably the lowest possible daily cost OF
food. They live at an actual cost per
capita of less than 10 cents a day. OF
course this could not have been ac-
complished except through co-opera-
ton. Everything they consume is
bought at wholesale in large quantities
and is cooked in the community. In
the community dining room tables arc
set for 300 people. Those who do no,
wash to eat with the crowd are allowed
the privilege Of purchasing company
stores and cooking them at home.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
CHILD POLITICS. !
The Junior Republics'' Alarm the City
OF Detroit.

The Junior Republics'' Alarm the City
OF Detroit.
Detroit is learning that the Junior
republics" established in the various
schools of the city, which at first
thought was fine thing, is having
evil results. The mayor protests and
shows a condition that Is hardly bene-
fetal. The citizens Of these junior re-
publics, for example, ballotted recently
on such questions as these: Do you
favor city ownership of the street rail-
way system at the appraised value Of
S17,5OO,0OO? Do you favor the appro-
priation of $15O,O00 for the erection
of another high school building? Do
you favor expansion? (this involving
a discussion of the Philippine ques-
tion.) But more than this the Junior
citizens" developed so rapidly as to
become lobbyists. Children were ask
ed to interview aldermen or school in
spectors to urge appropriations for
schools. In short the junior republics
did not confine themselves to theory,
but got into practical politics with a
unanimity and dispatch that was
something appalling. The Detroit
Free Press protests that innocent chill
dren that are already struggling
against ninety-nine fads in learning
to read, write and cipher, ought not to
have their heads further muddled by
an attempt to master the methods and
processes by which the people Of the
country are -Indianapoli
NnMS
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
Ancient Decd in FhlladelplSia

The first deed conveying property to
the proprietor of Pennsylvania. WILL
lam Penn, is written in old Dutch, and
is now preserved in the city hall. The
property was what is now known as
Lemon hill, including the mansion and
the Schuylkill river front. where the
old Paramount w2terworks vas 10
Gated. There Penn kept his barge and
some rowboats. the barge carrying an
admirals pennant. Ii IS saiG there is
only enc man in Philadelphia WIZ cap
read this deed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
CONFEDERAT REUNION.

Memphis, Tenn. March 1O.--At a re-
'ent meeting Of the general executive
committee of the Confederate reunion
Tor 1901 a committee was appointed to
Join with the several commercial
bodies of Memphis to visit Washing
ION and invite President Mckinley to
be the guest of the city Of Memphis on
next The committee will leave for the
national capital in few days.
AS the time for holding the reunion
approaches the several committees are
becoming more active. The city is be-
ing canvassed by the com mittee on ho-
tells and accommodations and every
available room is being registered. A.
d. Langstaff, secretary of the commits
sary committee, sub-organiZation Of
the general committee in charge Of
Confederate reunion arrangements. has
been very active in the past week or
so in the discharge Of the duties as
signed to him. He is engaged in plan
ming ways and means for caring for
the Confederate veterans when they
come to tie reunion. Many Of the
commands will very likely bivouack in
order to observe strict army regula-
lions and if this should prove true they
will have to be cared for the same as il
they were In actual service again, but
with more care for their comfort. The
cemmissary committee is to look after
these matters. Mr.. Langstaff announces
that it is the purpose of the commit
tee to have the means or caring for
every Confederate veteran whether he
is able to pay his own way or not.
and they will do so if it is possible.
They want it understood that the COM
missary committee is not organized to
look only after those who are able to
pay their own way, but to look after
the rest as well.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

Then he turned to railway manage
Traffic association. brought the Penn
sylvania and New York Central to
friendly terms, reorganized the West
Shore, put the Philadelphia & Reading
on Il good basis. reorganiZed the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, the Northern Pacific &
the Erie, made the Great Southern
railway a prosperous corporation. and
would haveprevented the insolvency OF
the Baltimore G. Ohio but for the vio
latlon of one OF the agreements made
with him by outside parties. All these
transactions brought many millions to
his bank account He is one of the
giants Of the coal trust, which has Civ
Ell him many more millions. By his
management of the money syndicate
which handled the S62,000.O00 bond
issue OF the Cleveland administration
he is reputed to have made 20,OO0,000.
1t was he who created the steel trust,
of which by Carnegies retirement he
now becomes the head. The coffin
trust is one OF the creatures or MS
great brain, and in electricity he
brought about the formation of the
Edison company and the General Elec-
trio. An idea of his tremendous, pow
er may be gained by considering the
statement that, with the exception OF
the Erie and the Pennsylvania, heasn
trolls all the avenues Of commercials
enter New York city, including the
ferries. He has under his direction
1908 miles of railroad, employing So
900 men. 1t was Morgan who CONSOLE
dated the Western Union Telegraph
and the American Bell Telephone COM
panies. He has a vast interest in the
Chinese and Japanese carrying trade,
and he owns stock in industries in the
Orient. Into none Of these enterprises
has Morgan gone like a SPECTATOR,
taking chances. EIe knew his ground
before he moved. Finance is to him a
great science which he understands
perfectly Jay Gould, knowing his
cover, feared him. The Vanderbiits
DOW to him. He believes in himself
and enjoys his power. He is gruff and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
or Wealthy Parentage.


J. Pierpont Morgan was born rich.
The proverDial silver spoon was wait
ing for him when he made his ap-
pearance in the home of Junius Nor
gan, a banker at Hartford, Conn. That
event occurred sixty-four years ago.
Reared amid luxurious surroundings
and educated at the University OF
Goettingen, Germany. young Morgan
inherited $10,0000O0 upon the death OF
his father, who had while his son was
growing to manhood become a partner
Of the famous George Peabody of Lon
don, and of the Drexels in New York.
A natural financier, young Morgan cul-
tivated his inheritance so that it grew
rapidly. AS the senior partner of the
banking houses of J. p. Morgan and
Co., New York; Morgan, Drexel e. Co.,
of Philadelphia. J. s. Morgan & Co. of
London, and Morgan. Harjes & Co.,
of Paris, he was a power in the finan-
cial world years ago. The first great
deal in which he displayed his genius
for managing gigantinc operations that
has since astounded the world was in
1876, when he organized the syndicate
which took the issue of $500, 100000 of
AZ per cent government bonds when
he national debt was refunded.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

Edtorially, the Atlantic Monthly
Tor March, calls vigorously upon the
administration to give the country
he facts about the philippines and no
longer disguise what is going on
there
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

1t is not work that kills men, It
is worry. Worn is healthy; you can
can bear But worry is rust upon the
blade. 1t is not movement that de-
stroys the machinery, but friction.-
Fl. W. Paecher.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

Founder of the first miners union in
America
many places at SIG to SIS ton. John
coal miners in one great organization
as at present, but he always predicted
that it would come some day and that
the much-abused miner would get his
share Of the profits of the mines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15
]. PIERPONT MORGAN.

greater markets in any way he desires.
1t is fortunate for the country that he
is a conservative tinancier and an hon
orable man. The wealth at his COM
mand is estimated at $500 100000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

The National Magazine for March
contains an article written by Mrs.
Nation while in Jail at Topeka. in
which the saloon smEIShcr sets forth
her mission.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-15

knees. and there, among the carved
leaves and flowers of oak, was single
dainty shamrock
1t was the spring!
Pressing it hard as she could, the
carved lid clicked as it opened about
an inch. Then Gervis, with strong
arms, forced it back on its hinges, and
a muftled cry broke from his lips.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-03-15
GREAT BRITAIN Says NO.
Senate Amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty Not Agree
able to the English.
REPLY WAS PRESENTED MONDAY.

There La Nothing In the Nature OF q Coun-
ter Proposition and There VIII Be No
Further Attempt to Amend the Clay
ton-Bulwer Treaty Unless Uncle Sam
Takes the Initiative.
Washington, March 12.-The long
expected answer from the British
government to the state departments
communication reciting the action of
the senate upon the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, was returned at noon Mon
day. Lord Pauncefote. the British
ambassador, had already acquainted
Secretary Hay with the fact that he
had received a communication from
his government on the subject and as
it had been in his possession for sew
eral days, Secretary Hay had acquired
general knowledge of the character
of the British response. Lord Paunce-
fote came to the state department at
noon by appointment At the conclu-
sion of the conference, it was stated
that the instruction t. Lord Paunce-
fote was to notify the government of
the United States that the British
government did not see its way clear
to the acceptance of the senate amend
ments. The amendments were treat
ed in detail at some length, i'm argu-
mentative fashion. the purpose of the
British government being to show
that it had sound reason for declining
to accept them. There was nothing in
the nature of counter proposition,
nor was any opening left for further
action by the British government. 1t
was statedif there's to be a further at
tempt to amend the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, so as to authorize the United
States to construct a waterway across
the isthmus, then it is for the United
States to make the overtures. The
British government simply drops the
matter at this point.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-03-15
PORTO RIcANs 7PRoTesT.
A Delegation Tells the President That the
New Taxation Laws VIII Impover-
ish the Island.

Washington, March 1.-THE presi-
dent Monday granted special audience
to the members of the Porto Rican
commission which was appointed at a
mass meeting of the citizens of the
island to protest against the law en-
acted by the legislature known as
the Hollander bill. This measure pro-
vides for the raising of various rev
enue by property and excise taxes.
The commissioners contended that
there exists to-day in Porto Rico three
taxes leyies and collected for the same
purpose, ''from the impoverished
pockets of the people,"-the new ex-
else taxes under the Holland law. the
old insular and municipal taxes, and
the customs duties under the Porto
Rican civil government act. Under
the bill 100000 or more will be coll
lected semi-annually in advance there
by, the protest says, .lessening the
money in circulation (of which there
is less than $2,OO0,OOO) and, sproduc-
ing a state of impoverishment and
business stagnation, as the taxes are
collected by summary process. It is
asserted that the measure is both an
income and property tax law, that
two of the principal Industries of the
Island (rum and tobacco) are taxed
so heavily that their production under
present conditions is practically pro-
hibited.