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The Jersey City news., 1901-07-03
EIRsT NATIONAL BANK,

Jersey CITY, Julle q, I5VI'
At a meeting of the Board Of Directors held
this day. a dividend of six (6) per cent. was
declared free from tax payable on and after
INV / 1901 The transfer books will remain
open un'i' '"" G. w. CoNKLfN,
Cashier
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-03

NOTICE TO cREDITORs-EsTATE OF
Ann Burns, deceased James N. Burns. ad-
ministrator Of Ann Burns, deceased; by order
of the Surrogate Of Hudson County, dated
March H. 1901. hereby gives notice to the
creditors of said decedent to bring in their
debts demands and claims against the estate
of said decedens. under oath or affirmation,
within nine months from the date Of said or
der, or they win be forever barred of any
action therefor against said administrator
JAMES N BURNS.
NOTICE or SETTLEMENT. 3 NOTICE IS
hereby given that the final account Of the
subscriber executor Of the will of Adolph
Gnslow, deceased will be audited and stated
by the Surrogate of the County Of Hudson.
ana reported for settlement on Friday. the
24th day OF May next.
Dated April is. A. d. 1901.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-03

WANTED = DESIRABLE FURNISHED
room in Jersey City for gentleman; must
be in good neighborhood and cool. Ad-
dress A. G. W., care The Evening News.
The Jersey City news., 1901-07-03

WANTED FOR U. s. ARMY-ABLE--
bodied, unmarried men between ages of
q and 50, citizens of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak. read and write English. Recruits
specially desired for artillery, coast and
field. For information apply to Recruiting
Officer. No. 6S Montgomery street, Jersey
City, N. j.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
THE RAILROAD COMBINATION IN
THE NORTHWEST.

Not many years ago, when the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company was busily en-
gagged in absorbing shorter and even COM
peting lines. there was genuine alarm lest
these combinations and consultations. ex-
tending over several States, were designed
TO give the Pennsylvania a monopoly. The
extension of the c., c., c. % st. l.. Railroad
by the absorption OF pieces OF lines and Of
the properties of weak companies was for
a time the cause Of suspicion. The extern
sions Of both furnished abundant material
for the alarmist and demagogue. InteIIi-
gent and fair-minded men must now admit
that such apprehensions were not realized,
and that the consultations and extensions
have been attended by better and cheaper
transportation.
The past week a consolidation of rail-
roads has taken place which casts all pre-
vious combinations into shadow. The con-
solidated lines are valued at hundreds Of
sands OF miles, while the people they serve
directly are counted by millions. The con-
solidation naturally causes but
there is no general apprehension that the
putting OF the great lines OF the Northwest
under one management will prove detri-
mental 10 the interests OF the people living
in the territory which they cover. Those
who canvass the consolidation interest
themselves in seeking causes for il. and
those who seek can find them in the re-
cent histories of the great lines Of the
Northwest.
The two great lines in this consolidation,
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern. have been hostile competitors for
years. attended by all the evils of such
warfare. Values in property have been
greatly disturbed and r~ate-cutting has been
the rule rather than the exception. which
has been disastrous TO the owners Of the
roads and no less so to the great body of
shippers. Rate-cutting OF itself has been
so disastrous that any arrangement by
which it can be escaped is sufficient cause
for It's adoption. The companies resorted
TO pooling at first. but the Supreme Court
declared IL TO be violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law. Nov. after a longer season
OF rate-cutting and of efforts OF one COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.


The Raphael Tuck & Sons Company have
excelled themselves and other art publish
ers in their holiday publications this year.
The specimens of calendars. cards and
booklets received leave little to be desired
in design or coloring. The Christmas cards
particularly show many new designs,
though novelty must have been difficult TO
achieve considering the number OF years
during which they have been issued, and
the variety offered each season. The Christ
mas card, as a token of remembrance, al
ways has its place, and the simplicity or
these new ones and the appropriateness OF
the sentiments inscribed on them make
them especially well suited TO such service.
Among the calendars is one composed of
four pictures, sixteen by twenty inches in
size. each representing one of Raphaels
masterpieces. They are beautiful reproduc-
tions in color and worthy of a place on
any wall. other calendars, less elaborate,
but none less attractive in their way, are
entitled THE Fairest of the Fair, with
leaflets showing etchings of fair maidens;
Flowers of the Year" floral designs;
Hearts Delight" child designs; Shak-
speare and Oliver Wendell Holmes cal
endars, etc. Father Tuck's Annual con-
tains a variety of rhymes and stories Tor
little folks, with pleasing illustrations IN
color and in black and white. Some or the
pictures are extremely artistic. No pains
or expense are spared in these lays IN
catering TO the entertainment OF children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
With the Publishers.

A seventeenth edition of ''Sir Chris
topher." by Maud Wilder Goodwin, has
been printed by Little. Brown q co. TO
supply the demand for TINS popular coIohiai
story.
1t is said that the fiction committee OF
the Boston Public Library takes ex-
ceptions to Mr.. Pidgin's novel, "Blen-
nerhassett" C. NJ. Clark Company, be-
cause the author conveys the impression
that Aaron Burr was a gay Lothario, and
nowhere indicates reprobation or MS con-
duct.
Within two weeks of the publication OF
James o. G.. Duffy's novel, Glass and
Gold" q. b. Lippincott Company. an OPP
ton on the dramati rights OF the book
was secured by Liebler q Co. The author,
who is a critic of long experience, probably
will make the decentralization himself.
]. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. OF New
York. announce for immediate publication
THE Story Of Madame Du Barry" trans
lated from the French by George More
head. Mrs. Leslie Carter Is announced 20
star in the play Madame Du Barry, :
which fact doubtless VIII create a demand
for the book.
Marcel Prevost's latest novel, translated
from the French by Ellen Marriage, the
well-known Balzac translator. will shortly
make its American appearance In author
lied edition from the press OF Thomas Y.
Crowell * Co. The story is entitled Fred
erique,' and is considered his strongest
and most u-nexceptional work.
Messrs. A c. McClurg & Co. announce
for early publication a life OF Herbert Spen-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Roswell NJ. Field. Eugene's brother, is to
leave the Youths Companion and return to
the service of the Post in Chicago.
Thomas B. Reed. who Is an alumnus Of
Bowdoin, has accepted an invitation from
the college TO deliver an address at the
commencement exercises next June.
Senators Pettus and Morgan are the old
est members Of the upper house of Con-
gress. The former is eighty and the latter
seventy-seven, Bailey, of Texas, who is
only thirty-eight. is the youngest.
With chrysanthemum season at hand
lovers of the flower will be glad to know
that the Japanese have a way of keeping
them fresh for a long time. They burn the
ends OF the stems with a bit of flaming
wood, not a match: the fumes of the sui
phur would injure the flowers.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet,
whose work is receiving distinguished rec
ignition. is threatened with pulmonary
trouble. and has in contemplation a South
ern trip for the benefit OF his health. This
Is Mr.. Dunba second breakdown. He
spent several months in Florida last winter
with the same object in view.
Last year the Pope's vineyard in the gar
dens OF the Vatican yielded beautifully,
but owing TO some carelessness In putting
up the wine much Of il spoiled and had to
be sold at 6 cents a quart. This year there
Was a pIoSpecl AoI dHptueI Boou harvest,
when a hailstorm destroyed the whole crop
and damaged the vines so badly that they
will probably be barren next year.
Sir James Paget, whose life has just been
written by his son, stephen Paget. had the
rare talent of being able to read and TO
write in a room where the rest Of his fam
lily were otherwise occupied. and seemed
10 keep up az the same time a lively inter-
est in that they were engaged upon or
talking OF. putting a word now and then
into their conversation while busily en-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18

gagged with papers and books at his own
particular bit of the table.
Nine. Hubertine Auclert, a Frenchwoman
who favors equal rights for women, has
hit upon a novel way of preaching this
gospel. The new French postage stampE
represent a young woman resting her hand
on a tablet which bears the words, The
rights of man." Nine. Auclert has caused
10 be made a quantity of blue stamps which
show a young man resting his hand on a
tablet with the words, The rights of
woman" She recommends persons who
believe in equal rights TO affix one OF these
stamps 10 each letter, side by SIDE with
the official stamp Of the government.
a French woman has invente a new
plan for securing contributions TO charity.
She is a great favorite in her own circle.
Recently while staying at a country place
near Paris she attended a charity fete. One
of her men friends sought her hand for
a dance and the lady said: With pleasure.
Twenty francs, please Il beg your par
dOn," said the puzzled young man. Il had
the honor TO ask you for a waltz" I be
sure" said mademOiselle. Il thought 1t
was a quadrille. y waltz Will be forty
francs" Then she explained that for that
evening she was dancing for the poor and
her partners must contribute. The other
bellies took up the idea and the result was a
handsome increase in the fund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18

pany to get control of the other. the two
great companies have united to put an end
to the ruinous policy of the past. The evil
of discrimination in rates. which is the real
evil Of the present situation, can best be
avoided by permitting agreements among
the roads and by the assumption by the
government OF the practical enforcement of
such rates, extending to the fxing of rates
where uniformity cannot be otherwise at
tanned.
Very naturally there will be much said
about the danger from such a vast con-
centration of capital as this consolidation
brings about. 1t will be declared that,
having a practical monopoly, rates for
transportation will be made exorbitant at
the expense Of the people. To this it may
be were that the consolidation of
competing lines heretofore has been fol-
lowed by lower instead of higher rates. The
great steel combination which has mad
so many prophets eloquent in words of
warning has held down the price of steel
rails when independent companies desired
to advance the price because of the enor-
nous demand. The managers of railroads
are wise in their generation, even if they
do not wear the halo of the truly good.
They know that a rate so high as to leave
little profit for the producer and shipper
will check the volume of production and
thus decrease the volume of revenues. They
have also learned that there is more money
in carrying merchandise in large quanti-
ties at a paying rate than in curtailing the
volume by rates so high as to make ship
ment no object to producers. They are
wise enough to know and to act upon the
knowledge that the growing value of their
railroads depends upon the settlement and
development of the vast Northwest, and
that this growth will not come if the rail-
road managers pursue a grasping policy.
Should it be necessary for the government
to exercise its authority over railroads, it
will be easier to deal with one large than
several smaller companies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
George EIiOt's Works.

The new edition of the works of George
Eliot, the greatest English authoress, which
is being published by Doubleday, Page &
Co., has reached the twelfth volume.
Volume XI contains the authors essays
and Volume XII her complete poems.
George Eliot was famous as an essayist
before she began to write novels, and she
also wrote poetry of a high order. This
complete edition of the authors works, in
Guiding all of her novels, has points of
special interest in throwing much Ight
upon her personality and the history Of
her books. Each volume has an introduce
ton by Mrs. Esther Wood showing how
each particular book came to be written,
the circumstances under which it was COM
posed and published, and many other things
which book lovers and readers like TO
know. These introductions seem TO make
the reader personally acquainted with the
author and with her characters, this giving
a quality TO the books that makes this edl-
ton peculiarly ''the personal edition" or
the authors works, as it is happily deslg-
mated. The many illustrations show dozens
of striking pictures of places made famous
by the authors pen. The set forms a
truly biographical edition, now made for
the first time of the writings of the great
est woman writer of modern times and al
together a desirable one TO possess.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
Magazine Presses.
washington Post.

Washington Post
The evolution in magazine printing
presses has been even more extensive dur
ing the past ten years than in newspaper
presses" said Mr.. Edward d. Baker yes
terday. Mr.. Baker Is connected with one Of
Americas large press manufacturing COM
panies. "Twenty-one OF our presses are in
use in one magazine Office" continued MI.
Baker, "and they are probably the best
Illustration we nave OF the modern maya
zine press. Newspaper Offices are frequent
ly written about, so that the public knows
more or less about them, but how maya
zines are made Is more OF a mystery. Al
though IL hardly seems possible. it Is never
theless true, that the magazine / speak OF,
with the exception of the cover. Is all print
ed at once, on curved plates, from a roll OF
paper at one end Of the press. The theory
of the press is much the same as that of a
newspaper press, but IL must be more care
FULLY adjusted. and more accurately APP
piled. The plates are similar 10 newspaper
plates. except that they are electrotyped
instead OF stereotyped. This Is necessary.
Of course, that the illustrations may be
more clearly brought out than they are in a
newspaper. The speed OF the press is less.
also, on this account, the capacity being
about 5000 papers an hour. The covers are
printed separately and put on by ma
chinerVn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
From the Abbey Press.

Among the books recently issued by the
Abbey Press, New York, are "Uno Who a
novel by Elizabeth Gale-White, in which
Americans, Spaniards and Indians figure
as characters and the scene shifts rather
bewilderingly from one country to another.
Under Reckless Rule" a concise ana
practical study Of present tendencies in
States cities and towns toward ~extrava-
CANT, unnecessary and mixed government
and excessive taxation, and the demand Tor
better citizenship as a remedy by j. a.
Bolles. :,
'Uncle PHIL a story of life in the old
South, by Mrs. John NJ. Clay, a Kentucky
woman well qualified TO deal with the sub
ject.
"As Others See U.s." a collection of essays
on social intercourse, citizenship, home lie
and other kindred topics, by Percy We're,
Prisoners Of War;" a clever story by
Archibald MCGOWAN, giving graphic pic
lures of the horrors and humorS OF war
from the standpoint of a private soldier
"Pitted Against Anarchists" a story oil
stirring incident, by w. +. kimble, IN
which the hero, a chief of detectives, has
some thrilling adventures in his dealings
with Anarchists and assasslns.
Cavalier Poets" a compilation by car
ence NJ. Lindsay of poeIas by
some of the representative poets OIL the
cavalier period.
The Wager of Dots" a story of Ameri-
can life, by Penelope Dalrymple.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
My Strangcst Case.

In this story Guy Boothby, author of "Dr.
Nikola,' 1.-THE Beautiful White Devil" etc,
has turned his attention to the arts of the
detective, and portrayed an ingenious COM
bination of circumstances. Three adven-
turers find 4 buried treasure in a ruined
and long-deserted city of China. one robs
the Others and deserts them, but is uncer-
tain whether or not they succeed in MAX
ing their escape. The next scene is laid In
London, where the two men seek the aid of
the detective in finding the rascal who rob-
bed them and in securing a share of the
treasure which consists of wonderful I'M
cut gems. 1t is the search for this man
that forms the body of the narrative. A
love story is interviewer, but probably the
most effective chapter is that describing
the finding of the gems in the old Chinese
city. 1t conveys an impression of actually,
as if the author might have seen the places
he pictures; and possibly he had, since he
is understood TO be a native Australian and
something of a traveller in that part of the
world. l.. G. Page q Co, Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
Maps of America.

A list of maps of America is the latest
issue in the new series of catalogues be-
ing issued by the Library of Congress. To-
gether with chronological monographs re-
lating to the maps it constitutes a sub
ject by itself and makes a formidable
volume. The compiler. P. Lee Phillips.
who is chief of that division of the
library, says: MANY maps of rare in
terest are buried in books and aliases, and
TO find When most wanted. They are
often torn from their original places. their
history becomes a question of doubt, and
they are sold at a greater price than the
atlas in which they were originally found.
These 1 have endeavored to identify. The
manuscript maps of the revolutionary
war, contained in the Faden, Force and
Rochambeau collections, many of them I'M
known to the historian, are in the library
and here noted" This work is of much
value to students of history and others
engaged in special research. 1t is to be
found in the Indianapolis city library.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
The Passing of Mothers Portrait.

This little story, somewhat abridged. first
appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. 1t has
been restored to its original form and is
sued in a dainty little volume by William
s.. Lord, of Evanston, Ill. The author.
Roswell Field, was not before known as a
story writer, but this tale proves MS pos
session of talent In that line, as well as IN
journalistic work. 1t is a pathetic sketch
and doubtless tells the history or more tnan
one picture Of mother that was at nrst
cherished, then became old-fashioned,
then was felt to be .inartistic," then was
banished out of the family's sight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
The Kaiser's Sons.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Kaiser Wilhelm allows no chance pass
that Will serve to make himself and his
family popular with all classes In Germany.
OF course the crown prince is dedicated to
the ARM and likewise Eitel Fritz. To the
navy was given Adalbert. and now he has
given two other sons. not TO the law, nor
the church nor TO medicine, but TO agricul-
ture. 1t has been announced that Princes
August William and Oscar will learn, in
addition 10 the many other things they are
taught. practical agriculture. Their father
has given them a small farm at Ploen, and
with a half dozen of their schoolfellows
they Will dig and plant in the most scien-
tihc manner. selling their products at mar
ket prices 10 the Empress. Not only Will
they dig and plant and weed. but they will
have to milk two COWS and look after the
chickens.
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ern rifle. many Of which will kill at a dis
lance of more than a mile. With such
arms a party Of men in the woods. and fir
ing Unfortunately at game. run great
risk Of killing somebody. one man was
found dead in his wagon, shot through the
neck. after passing on a road through
woods in whic men were hunting deer.
The danger is not so great in the hunting
Of small game in other States in the open,
because the firearms have not so long
range and do not carry projectiles so dead
". yet hunting accidents are frequently re-
corded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18

Ger. by Dr.. David Starr Jordan. president
Of Leland Stanford University. II will be
complete To date. and comprehensive in
every particular. The lack OF any reliable
biography OF Spencer undoubtedly will in
sure a favorable reception for a volume by
so eminent an authority.
c.. p. Putnam's Sons announce The
W~fd-Fowlers: or Duck Shooting IN the
Great Lagoon. With Many Practical Hints
Concerning Guns and Ammunition. the Nat
ural History Of Wild Fowl. and the Chiv-
alric SpOrtsman's Best Methods OF Taking
the Care" by Charles Bradford. author OF
The Complete Angler. etc. Dutch Life
In Town and Country, a volume depicting
home and social life in Holland. and
said TO be an extremely accurate portrayal.
is soon 10 be issued.
The new volumes which Messrs. Small.
Maynard & Co. are adding 10 their
Beacon Biographies this autumn promise
to be unusually valuable and interesting.
The first 10 appear will be Mr.. Schouler's
Life OF Alexander Hamilton" Following
viii come a Life OF Longfellow, by Pro-
lessor George a. Carpenter. OF Columbia
University; later the Life OF Edwin
Booth" by Charles T. Copeland, and the
Life of Samuel r. b. Morse by Pro-
lessor John TrOwbridge, of Harvard.
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce that
their elaborate publication, The Furniture
of Our Forefathers." will be pushed to an
early completion by the almost simultan-
eous publication Of the remaining parts.
and that the entire work Is TO be ready
by the end OF November. 1t is the most
complete book on this subject which has
ever been undertaken in this country. and
Will stand the test of standards for many
years 10 come, including. as IL does, about
900 Illustrations, all from original research
and study.
Messrs. Houghton, Mifiin & Co. announce
the early publication of several important
works. First among them is Mr.. Horace
+. Scudder's biography of James Russell
Lowell. with portraits and other iIlustra-
tons, In two volumes. This work IS said
TO be both a narrative of Lowelrs life and
a study OF his career as poet, editor OF
the Atlantic Monthly and North American
Review. professor at Harvard, and United
States minister to Spain and England. 1t
also reveals the intimate side OF LoweI's
life, including many Of his letters never
before printed, and some important papers
which he did not collect. The work is en-
tirely distinct from Professor Norton's two
volumes of "Lowell's Letters" In a VOL
ume bearing the title The Rights of Man:
A Study OF Twentieth Century Problems"
DR.. Lyman Abbot discusses Questions OF
government, society, labor, education and
religion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-18
Streams and Public schools.

The object of this book is to point out
the supposed defects and wrong tendencies
OF our public school system and to sug-
gest lines and methods Of reform. The
aim is p~raiseworthy, but it could have been
better accomplished by the adoption of a
more direct and argumentatiVe STYLE and
less mingling of fiction with fact and al
legory with argument. The authors style
is very rambling. Nevertheless. with a
good deal OF chaff the book contains many
grains of good thought which Industrious
readers will be able 10 sift out. Perhaps
the most suggestive chapter in il is the
one entitled why Our Country Has More
Criminals than Any Other" The book is
published by its author, J. Humberger, of
Covington. o., and sold by mail orders at
81 %.