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The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07

10 DaIl nAnl. 1.rsILLL, Am lAe-ll4.4l, Ills
wife; Frances p. Coles. WIDOW; Charles F.
Coles. dairy a. Coles. De Viii rappal4.
Joan s. (. fappaa. Liza Z. rappal. Fanny
". Tappaa. widow, Archibald d. TappSa.
infant; heirs-at-law OF Franklin Coles,
deci: Richard Lahey, Lizzie =. Lahey, his
wife; Maiy Ammefmsn, tsnnanI. and The
State OF New Jersey.
You are hereby notified that a public sale
maue by the Clty SvileS OF Jersey s't.y. on
the Sd day 1t J1ly, 1900, The Mayor and Alder
Ineu OF Jetsgy CHy pun chased fo- TINS sum OF
siNty-two dollars and ninety-siN cents ALI,
in the County OF Hudson and State Of New
Jersey, fronting Hopkins avenue, which IS
laid Gown and designated as lot 6S c, In block
number 56t shown upon L. ID. F1wier's
1894. said sale being made pursuant 10 the pro-
visions Of aCt OF The LEGISLATURE Of New
Jersey. passed March sOth. 1885, entitled;-
IAN Act cJncerning the settlement ami coll
lection of arrearages Of unpaid taxes,
sessments and water rates water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing
levying a tax, assessment and lien In lieu
and instead OF such arrearagcs, and to en-
for the sale Of lands subjected future
taxation and assessment "
And the several supplements thereto.
AID you turtner noriied that you appear
real estate. and unless tbs said land and real
es.ats snail be redeesueE, prnStsd - safi
acts within year from the date of sals
and before the expiration of six months from
same viii be gissn conveying to The Arayor
anil Aldermen of Jersey t-ftV tho 200 sir1nie
of said land and real estate according to tha
provisions Of the said acts.
TEE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
cIn'y,
ac6vx
At:est:- NJ. J. o'DCSNELI.
The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07
LIVE NOTES
ABOUT TOWN

Three newspaper reporters saw some
thing running along the ground near the
curb stone in Gregory street, in front of
Police Headquarters last night, and mis-
took it for Il mouse. They made dive
thing disappeared. Then they scratched
their heads and wondered where it went
until one of the trio discovered that the
supposed mouse was only the shadow
of big insect which was huttering
around an electric light on the corner
of Montgomery and Gregory streets.
The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07
DR.. Lyons
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Used by people of refinement
1or over a quarter of a century.

to the committee thar purchased the
other soldiers plots.
The board then adjourned until We'd
nesday. November 10. which will prob
ably be the last meeting for the transac-
tion of business.
The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07

T0 CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets This
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The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07

A well known Lafayette Citizen was
present at dinner in that section last
evening. He can never sleep after eat
ing heartily, so he went out for exercise.
At two o'clock he was discovered COM
ing from Bayonne, after he had ridden
to the Point twice in order to prepare
for rest.
The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07
.lckBIv
Arrest
ssaie No. s.ss4.,

HUDSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Notice is hereby given that a wfit OF at
tachmsnt. at the suit OF Alfred D. Dayton
against ths rights and credits, moneys and
effects, goods and chattels. lands and tene-
ments of George f, Wheaton. Frank NJ roye
and Irene G. Toye, debtors for the sum OF nias
hundred and seventy-elght dollars and sixty-
six cents being double the amount actually
due sworn 70 by the plaintiff. 10 wit: the
sum OF four hundred and elghty-nine dol ass
and thirty-three cents issued out OF the I4ua-
son County Circuit Court, on the hfth day os
June. A. d. 1902 and was returned into so.es
on the twenty-frst day Of June. A. b 1902
ALFRED q. sD&frtlN
=. -~-- AtsoTaes ugo 80.
The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07

A well known combination restaurant
and bakery has aroused the ire of the
true blooded Scots in this city by dis
playing in its window a sign which
reads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

January fell five degrees below zero, and
snow lay the ground for depth of seven
inches. The Potomac river for three miles
below the Great Falls blocked with ice
to the height of thirty feet Opposite
Georgetown the ice on the river was foot
thick. The steamer with southern mails
and passengers for the south was all day in
reaching Aqua creek. OF course, danger
was appTehended then, so often since.
to the structure of the Long bridge, but it
seems to have come out damaged but still
good for use. The Importance of rebuilding
the Potomac bridge, as it was then called,
was frequently urged at that time There
was, of course, no railroad track over the
structure, but it led to the Alexandria turn
pike and was the most direct route between
Washington and Alexandria. Fourteenth
street was the thoroughfare chat led to
the bridge. and to accommodate the travel
an iron bridge was built over the canal
where it intersected this street. This bridge
contained a draw, so that when the canal
was in navgable condition vessels could
pass up into the city. An iron bridge also
spanned the canal at 18th street while
there were bridges at 18th street and one
about Sd street From the south end of 18th
street ran then, as now, the ferry boats
making hourly trips to Alexandria, while
the northern end of that important thor
oughfare had been made plank road III
the way from the Boundary to the Dis
trict line.
In the spring of 1852 appeared the last in
stalment of Mrs. Stoves famous story
Uncle Toms Cabin" which had its first
publication as a serial in the columns of
the National Era, weekly paper published
in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Sanitary Improvements.

While looking after the material interests
of the citizens the corporate authorities
were not unmindful of the city's health,
and the board of health called attention to
the insanitary conditions of the alleys and
made provisions for vaccinating the poor.
prohibit the establishment of burial grounds
within the limits of the city. proposition
was also made to the city council that
plan should be adopted for numbering the
houses of the city as it was found the
method followed in the directory of 1853
residences by stating that they We're on
the north side of a street. between such
and such a street was unsuited to the new
conditions.
One of the events of the year 1852 was
the May day procession of the school chill
dren of the city. A large proportion of the
pupils, headed by the board of trustees and
their teachers marched to the Capitol
where they were received at the east front
by the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House petition was pre-
sented to these officials asking the kindly
interest of Congress in the public schools in
the District, and the document was received
and acknowledged with appropriate
speeches.
1t may be interesting to note that the
winter of 1852 was the coolest known for
forty years The mercury on the 10Th of
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period. In 1851 the corner stone of the
Capitol extension was laid. and from this
beginning the great work was actively
prosecuted A commencement had been
made in the improvement of the public
grounds. known the Mall, in accordance
with the plans of Mr.. A. H. Downing, a
distinguished landscape architect of those
days, whose death shortly afterward pre-
vented the carrying out of the plans under
his personal direction. Nevertheless the
work went and improvements were
made IN the grounds south of the Presi-
dents house, and a system of drives and
walks were laid out in the Mall, then de-
scribed as marshy and desolate waste.
One reason, doubt, for the attention
given by Congress to the identifying of the
public grounds the fact that begin
ming had just been made of the expenditure
of the money given by James Smithson and
the walls of the building of the Smithsonian
Institution had just been erected while to
the west arose the column of the Wash
ington monument, which was gradually as
cending skyward, and i'll the year 1852 had
reached the height of over 100 feet. Large
sums of money We're being expended in the
erection of new buildings and the enarg-
ing of old buildings at the navy yard. A
site for the Government Hospital for the
Insane had practically been selected, and
plans were being made for establishing the
Soldiers Home the grounds then re-
Gently purchased north of the city.
Lafayette Park, where the statue of Jack
son had just been erected, was laid out
with walks and surrounded by a fence.
The triangular space on the north side of
Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and 18th
streets was improved. and later Market
space. on the north side of Pennsylvania
avenue between 9TH and Sth streets was
hall had recently been completed and that
building no longer bore the appearance of a
ruin, as it had for so many years
The agitation on the part of the citizens
to have the city supplied with water re-
suited in report made in the year 1853
by Captain Meigs, and marked the begin
ming of the enterprise of the Great Falls
aqueduct. The city authorities spent large
sums of money at this time in an effort to
get the canal in a navigable condition as
that waterway had become so choked up
that vessels could no longer come in from
the river at 18th street. from the Eastern
branch, and pass through the center of the
city at Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street
1t was necessary to unload the boats laden
with wood and other supplies, at the wharf
at 18th street. and have the cargoes taken
into the city on scows. During the year
1852 nearly $4,000 of the revenue of the
city was expended on this waterway When
1t is considered that the entire revenue of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

the city that year amounted to about $780,
900, it will be recognized that the municipal
authorities considered the canal of consid-
cradle Importance
Some idea of the growth of the town may
be gathered frcm the records of the dwell
ings erected during the year 1852. A total
is shown of 632, which was nearly 300 more
than that of the previous year and over 300
more than in the year 1850, while during
the year 1S49 only 1S4 dwellings had been
built.
Radical Changes.
The increase in the population and the
expansion of the business of the city led
to the enlargement of many of the facilities
of municipal life. II at this time that
the city council had under consideration
plans for the establishing of a paid fire
department in p ace of the volunteer COM
panieS. Then, too the public schools were
enjoying degree of prosperity which they
never had before A few years previously
the system of requiring a fee from the
parents of those scholars who We're able
to pay, and allowing the children whose
parents We're shown to be poor to at
tend without charge, had been abolish
ed. and with it discrimination between
rich and poor, which had such a disastrous
effect on the schools. Instead of four
schools there We're fourteen. and the at
tendance had increased to $500. The school
trustees were urging the need of providing
a superintendent. and also for adding to the
system by establishing high school
1t was evident that the citizens We're no
longer satisfied with the transportation
facilities of the city. as during that year
no less than two petitions were laid before
the council asking permission to lay rail
road tracks for horse cars from the Capt.
tol to Georgetown, and also from Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the steamboat wharves.
In the year 1858 was chartered a steam
road known the Metropolitan railroad
which was intended to be a line from
Georgetown northward to Point of Rocks
and Frederick, Md The city authorities
We're comforting with the directors of the
Alexandria and Orange railroad with
view of having them extend their railroad
to some point near the District line A
little later the Baltimore and Ohio had
to what is now known as Shepherds Point
and in the year 1854 the tracks of the Wash
ington and Alexandria railroad were laid
on the Long bridge and on Maryland avenue
to LIST street and along the latter street in
front of the west gates of the grounds of
the Capitol to the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks at New Jerse, avenue and street
All these activities are indications of a
growing, prosperous community. In fact
the city going ahead so rapidly that
the corporate authorities found it difficult
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to keep pace with the street improvements,
and so it was announced by John T. Maury
the mayor, in his annual message, that
houses were being built beyond the limits
of graded streets and paved footways
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26
Swindle
Most
Amazing
--------H|~
Story Of
Biggest
BunkO
G q m e OF
Modern
Times

What is justly regarded as the most
stupendous swindle of modern times
has just come to light in Paris. The
principals in the swindle have fed aft
er having borrowed $10,000,000 on a
mythical fortune alleged to have been
devised to one Of the swindlers by an
American millionaire.
1t is an amazing story-most amaz-
ing. 1t is the story of the greatest and
most astounding fraud of modern
times-a twenty million dollar fraud, a
one hundred million franc romance,
concocted in the brains of two shrewd
women who have lived for twenty
years on the proceeds Of the credulity
of those who believed 1t. Those pro-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26


ceeds, 1t Is said today, were at least
$10,000,0O0 of borrowed money, Dor
rowed on the strength Of a mythical
fortune locked up In an empty safe.
To begin at the beginning of this
story of phantom fortune we must go
back twenty years, when Mr.. Henry
Robert Crawford died at Nice after a
lingering illness, during which he had
been nursed devotedly by lovely
young French lady. Mile. Therese
d'Aurignac.
In course of time the romantic news
crept out that this Mr.. Crawford was
very much Of a millionaire. The figures
1OO,O00,OOO francs slipped easily off the
tongue In mentioning his money, and
a. most Americans are reputed in
France to be very rich. 1t was easy to
believe that he was one of them,
though to tell the truth nobody on this
side OF the Atlantic had ever heard Of
Henry Robert Crawford, the million
aire. -.
When 1t was found that the grateful
man had left his entire estate to the
devoted little mademoiselle who nursed
him In his last illness, it seemed such
natural thing to do that the matter
was accepted as of course. Mile. The
reese d'Aurignac was looked upon as
very lucky young woman. Fortune
smiled upon her. She married NJ
Frederick Humbcrt, ex-deputy for
Seine and Marine and son of NJ. Hum
bert minister of justice In NJ. de Frey
cinet's cabinet of 1882. She entered
Partisan society as one who had rights
both of birth and money-pa particularly
money and when she asked for credit,
cher story having been published and
being public property, 1t was showered
upon her.
But now there come upon the scene
new actors. There are Mr.. Henry
Crawford and Mr.. Robert Crawford
Americans, either OF whom was as rich
as the deceased Robert Henry Craw-
ford, and to neither of whom were ten
millions or SO of any particular object.
But they brought with them last will
and testament of the deceased Robert
Henry Crawford, and they said that
for the principal Of the thing they must
demand that it's provisions be carried
out
By this will Mime. Humbert received
= mere bagatelle Of an annuity of &c.
900 francs. The remainder of the i'm
mense fortune was to be divided In
three equal portions, one for Mr.. Rob-
ert Crawford, one for Mr.. Henry Craw-
ford and one for Nine. Humbert's little
sister, Mile. Marie dAurignac. Here
was complication. to be sure.
The Crawfords were generous. One
OF the heirs said he would marry the
hrst heiress and thus keep the money
In the family and not bother the courts
about the matter. When It was pointed
out that Nine. Humbert was married
already, he said all right = he would
wait till the little sister grew up aud
marry her instead. This served to keep
matters In statu quo for several years,
during which the Humberts borrowed
assiduously, and the banks and trust
companies and merchants lent with q
glad heart. Whenever they grew weary
of lending or began to talk of rcim-
bursement the legal romance assumed
new phnse.
At eighteen the young Mile. d'Auri-
gnac refused to marry the Crawford
heir to whom she was pledged. This
raised terrible hullabaloo. The heirs
At once announced very publicly
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26

NOTHING WAS FOUND IN THE SAFE.
do they find? Nothing! Nothing worth
mentioning--some dusty old papers of
no value, rusty buckle and few dis
carded envelopes. That Is ali. When
the news reaches the crowd in the
street, the people hold their breath
with horror and amazement. They re-
alize then, at least they believe, that
they stand In the shadow of the great
est the most gigantic swindle of the
age.
Now that 1t is all over people are
talking about the colossal stupidity Of
the losers and the incredible creduIity
which enabled them to believe the TO-
nance Of these shrewd women and to
advance vast sums without making a
more careful investigation as to the
standing OF the mythical Crawfords.
But greed was ever stupid, and the
easiest way in all the world to make
money is to touch the pocket nerve Of
the Intended victim and make him be-
'lieve he L. going to get something for
nothing.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26
Pacific &-Idaho
Northern R'y
ONLY DIRECT
RAIL ROUTE

KALI ROUTE
FROM WEISER. IDAHO TO
Ruthburg, Heath, and the celebrated Seven
Devils Copper mines. Psyette Lakes, Middle.
Salubra and Long Valleys, Salmon River Mea-
dows, and Gold Placer Diggings
When travelling west in search Of a new home.
stop of at Weiser Idaho. take a trip over the
Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway to above sec
ton OF country, and investigate its many re-
sources. You will not be disappoi sted.
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE.
Cool night breezes from the snow Ca pped noun
tains, making sleep refreshing.
NO MALARIA.
PURE MOUNTAIN WATER
Plenty OF excellent unoccupied government
land. abundance of understandable timber no
failure OF crops.
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Dep Daily Arr. Daily
Elk. Sunday Ex' Sundav
~ ~ n 10 Weiser. $3.50 p. IN.
y;S4 Middle Valley l:5S
i02o Cambridge LBS
III rs y. m Council t9.3s
Rates and further information furnished u Don
application.
z. p. SHELBY
General Manager. Weiser. Idaho.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26

Luncheon in Denver To-day, Dinner in
Chicago Tomorrow,
made possible by ''The Rocky Noun
tain Limited, via Rock Island
Route. Leaves Denver l p. m. and
Colorado Springs 1:20 p. m. daily.
Free chair cars and dining cars for
all meals. Midday luncheon, fifty
cents
No.6R
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-26
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,
SanFraucisco, Cal. August 1914, 1902

For above occasion the following
rates are authorized from Weiser:
To San Francisco and return: via
Ogden, $53. so; via Portland and
rail, $500; via Portland and
steamer, $33.O 90; going via Portland
and returning via Ogden or vice
versa, $4,000.
To Los Angeles and return: Via
Ogden, $53 SO; via Portland and
rail, $50 90; Going via Ogden and
returning via Portland and Hunt
lngton or vice versa, $4,000.
Tickets on sale August 18th to 9th
inclusive, final return limit Septem
Der 25th. Stop overs allowed in
either direction.
j. w. LAPIsH, Agent
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-09-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

russia will =eYacuate Manchurta
Oct. 8.
II Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain. and Venezuela are on the verge
OF being seVefed.h IL -
+ American marines are now travelling
as guards on the passenger trains De.
tween Colon and Panama.
Uneasiness is felt at Durbin, Natal,
in consequence of reports of unrest IN
zululand, where trouble appears to be
imminent.
A dispatch to a London news
agency from Picking says: Catholics
here understand that from 300 to 1000
converts have been killed by boxers IN
the province Of Szechuen.
The American operations against
the Macin Moros has so far resulted
in the capture Of seven forts, the kill
ing of twenty-five Moros and the
Wounding of twenty others.
Edmund Jellinek, an official in the
cashiers department of the Lender
bank of Berlin, has disappeared and it
has been discovered that he defrauded
the bank of $4,000 by classifying
checks.
The boxer attack en- Chengtufu, cap
ital of Szechuen province, in which
$4,000 boxers made Intellectual at
tempts to take the city, began Sept. Is.
The attackers were driven back and
the gates of the city were closed and
guarded by troops.
The Russian government has decided
on drastic measures to put a stop to
~
animals by American and Japanese.
Three gunboats will be used in the
work and if necessary to enforce the
order that has been issued encroaching
vessels will be fired on and sunk.
A further examination of the losses
of the Vienna Laiderer bank shows
that the embellishments of Edmund
Jellinek, an official of the cashiers de-
partment who disappeared Thursday,
are about $1500,000. The frauds were
effected by the manipulation of checks
and by making false entries in the
books.
Stanley Spencer a we'll known Eng
lish aeronaut, successfully accom-
plished remarkable flight over Lon
don in an airship of his own invention.
IL is GSC1udteu IIdC u1o snip CIo'0l0u
nearly thirty miles. From observa-
tions of those on the ground Spencer
seemed to have complete control of the
vessel.
The forces of the provisional govern
ment of Hayti commanded by the war
minister, General Nord, have sustained
a severe defeat at Limbo. General
Nord, at the head of 5000 men, attack
ed Limbo at o'clock on the morning
of Sept. II and, after desperate fight
ing lasting three hours, the general
abandoned his position, guns and war
munitions and left a great number of
dead and wounded, including several
generals, on the field.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-09-27
Take Care of the Stomach.

The man or woman whose digestion
is perfect and whose stomach per
forms its every function is never
sick. Kodol cleanses, purifes and
sweetens the stomach and cures posi-
lively and permanently all stomach
troubles, indigestion and dyspepsia.
It is the wonderful reconstructive
tonic that is making so many sick
people we'll and weak people strong
by conveying to their bodies all Of
the nourishment in the food they eat.
Rev. J. H. Holiday, of Holiday,
Miss, writes: Kodol has cured me
I consider it the best remedy I ever
used for dyspepsia and stomach
troubles. I was given up by physi
clans. Kodol saved my life, Take it
after meals. J. R, Kruger.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-09-27
Poor Kansas

A Clay county farmer who went to
Kansas year or two ago to engage
in farming writes to his friends as
follows: believe in diversified agri-
culture. An exhibit of my crop re-
port Of 1901 is as follows: I have
raised one acre of baked potatoes, SO
bushels of dried peaches, 2 acres of
parched corn, one acre of roasted pea
nuts, and if the weather continues
dry I will have two acres of melon
preserves. The balance of my crop
consists of chinch bugs, grasshoppers
and jack rabbits
This reminds us of the editor up in
North Dakote who claimed to have
received a letter from Bob IngersoI
aftel his death. Among other things
in the letter, Bob was trying to tell
the editor about his surroundings,
and said that during his life he had
travelled a great deal in western
Kansas, and he noticed a striking
resemblance upon reaching the place
where underwear is superfuous.