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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
PRIMARY LAW.
Commission at Work and
Will Have Act Ready for
the Next Legislative
Session.

The disgraceful proceedings of the re-
drawn the attention of the State to the
commission appointed by Governor Muir
ply under an act of the last Legislature
to prepare primary law to be intro
duced in the next session. This commits
sion consists of Clerk in Chancery Ed
ward G. Stokes, County Counsel Joseph
Mum of Essex, and George L. Record of
this city.
A reporter for 'The Jersey City
News called upon Mr.. Record in his
office this morning and asked him what
progress the commission was making.
Mr.. Record said that he had been deput-
ed by the committee to gather all the IN
formation upon the subject which he
could acquire from other States, put it
in a presentable form and lay it before
the commission. He had done that. he
said, and when the commission came to-
gether, which it expected to do as soon
as the vacation season was over, he
would submit to the members the result
of his labors. This, he said. would be
fully considered by the commissioners,
and out of it, together with the sugges-
tions and views of the other members of
the commission, would be framed law.
This law would be submitted to the Gov
ernor for his approval before it was in
troduced in the Legislature, as it would
be folly to pass a measure which did not
meet with the approval of the Governor.
In speaking of the matter recently ex-
Senator Stokes said:-"Our present
primary plan is weak in that it provides
no punishment for fraud. If the prim-
aries were under the supervision of the
election officers and proper penalty
provided for Irregularities, it would GER
tainly do away with many of the present
practices"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
PEACH GRARBERs GRABBED.
Quartstte of Youthful Thieves
Fined $25.

A quartette of peach grabbers was ar
rested this morning at the Pennsylvania
Railroad peach yards by Patrolman Re-
gan of the Second Precinct. They were:
Michael O'Grady. twelve years old, of
No 376 Henderson street; Louis Will
Jams, twelve years old of No. 1917 Nor
gan street. Michael Kenny, sixteen years
old, of No. 235 Tenth street, and John
Monahan, fifteen years old, of No. 400
Grove street.
The boys sneaked up behind big
truck laden with baskets of peaches,
which was leaving the yards, cut rope
which held several baskets and attempted
to run off with the fruit which tumbled
from the wagon.
The boys We're rounded up by the Off
Ger before they had a chance to go far.
Police Justice Hoos fined Kenny $40
and the others S5 each.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
THOUGHT DETECTIVES CROOKS
Clark and Graham Mistaken While
Loafing in Hoboken.

Prosecutor Detectives Clarke and Gra-
ham were in Hoboken yesterday after
noon and up to eleven o'clock last night.
What they were after no one seemed
to know, and the seuths themselves
would not saya word. They loitered
about in front of the First National Bank
building at Newark and Hudson streets
for three or four hours Several Hobo
kenites thought they were professional
cracksmen awaiting a chance to crack
the safe in the bank.
Acting Chief of Police Hayes said
he was not aware that the detectives
werein town. He said there were no
violations of the law going on that he
knew Of that required the valuable SER
vices of the prosecutors assistants.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
WHERE IS THAT
$4,000 7.
President Ringle Talks Of
Mr.. Brooks Query, But
Still Says Nothing.
MR.. HOUGH OWNS UP
The Liquor License Transfer
to Be Stolen From the
Sinking Fund for
Running Expenses.

President Jacob Ringle of the Board
of Finance, when seen this morning at
his Newark avenue store and asked by
a reporter for ...Tbe News if he would
explain why he refused to make reply
to Commissioner Brock Wednesday,
when the latter asked where 5000 to
be used in the Sinking Fund to pay tenn
porary loan bonds was to come from.
II could have told Mr.. Brock, but his
former charges were insulting and |
didn't want to get into controversy.
Mr.. Brock knew where the 1000 came
from, and if he didn't, why he should
have taken the trouble to learn. lie
spoke only for political capital. Ii he.
wants me to tell him about the $6S, 900
let him come here to my Office. | have
nothing to fear from inducements. They
make me laugh. The budget is all right,
and he can say what he pleases."
Comptroller Hough, speaking about
the Brock-Ringle incident on Wednesday,
said:-sIf Brock didn't know where the
$6S,O0O came from he should have taken
the trouble to find out. | guess he knew
about it, but didn't care to acknowledge
it,
The 100000 was the amount trans
ferred from the excise moneys and there
was surplus of $4,000 in the Sinking
Fund. If we did wrong in using this
money I think Mr.. Haskings ,one Of The
Sinking Fund Commissioners, who has
been identified with the finances of Jer-
sey City for many years, would have seen
that wrong. He is careful financier."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
WAR ON SHEEP"
Vice Chancellor Stevenson
Advocates the Use of
Tan Duff for Law
Reports.

One by one the musty traditions C.
the law and lawyers are being swept
away. First went the parchment and
the pounce box, to make room for the
neatly typewriter or printed conveyance
or mortgage deed, instead of the heavily
engrossed sheepskin with its ITO have
and to. hold' and provided always"
written by the articled clerk in heavy
old English letters. Tempora mutatur,
etc, etc.
Vice Chancellor Stevenson has begun
an attack on another legal tradition, and
that is printing the law books in sheep
skin. This he said today to a reporter
of "The News" was a mere fancy and
tradition and should give way to modern
ideas.
The Vice Chancellor was examining
set of equity reports bond in sheepskin.
They were new, fresh and clean.
'sThey are all right when they are new,
but after a time when lawyer has to
go into his library and take down law
books he needs pair of oyeralls. The
established mode of binding means dirt,
sickness and Inconvenience. Hereafter
if l can manage it these reports will be
bound in tan duff"
ran Duff" to which the Vice Chan
cellor referred, is buckram or liver, pre-
pared by a chemical process which makes
it as hard as a board. clean. inviting and
won't absorb dirt. Sheepskin. used for
merly for the binding, has in it acids
which finally, as ii prominent bookbinder
said, made it rot in time. The new pro-
cess is cleaner, more durable and cheaper
and in future law books will be so
bound
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
HOOS 5 MANLY PROTEST
First the Pagan Com
bine Assumed VAL
ues Then Start
to Find Them.
BALLOON FULL OF FAKES
The Jacked-up Assessment
Of s99,6oo,ooo VIII Cost
Jersey City Taxpayers
$4,000 a Year.
COUNTY BOARD ACTS
All Sorts Of Property on Which
Taxes Cannot Be Collect
ed Included in the
Revised" Levy.

The valuation of Jersey City's ratables,
real and personal, according to the
fcures submitted to the County Board
for the Equalization of Taxes by the
Pagan Tax Commissioners Degnan and
Lindsay, yesterday afternoon, is S99,-
6Oc,000.
President Robert j. Hoos, the Demo-
cratic member of the Board, entered a
vigorous protest against the increases
which his Pagan associates propose to
make in order to keep the tax rate with
in the Martin Act limit and thus en-
deavor to delude the taxpayer, who
must stand the expense of the Mayors
advertising schemes which have made
the jacking up process necessary.
The novel though questionable plan OF
assuming valuations and then looking
for them is what President Hoos asserts
his colleagues have done and in clear
and lucid manner he explained the in
Justice of the proposed scheme and its
unfairness to the taxpayer generally He
said that he was heartily in favor OF
making increases where they were war
ranted, but was opposed to including in
the valuations, on which the State school
and county tax must be paid, properties
which ON appeal would probably be re-
duced or eliminated entirely from the list
of city ratables.
OUTRAGEOUS FAKING.
Mr.. Hoos showed where his associates
Of the Tax Board had in order to obtain
an increase of s., ,54S, 120 over last years
figures. included in the city's ratablcs
railroad property which had been for
wears and was still assessed by the State
Board of Assessors, and now, in order
to make an appearance of having the
onount of ratables claimed it was pro-
posed TO assess the surplus and undivided
profits as well as capital stock of trust
companies, despite the fact that much of
that surplus and undivided profits was
invested in non-taxablc securities. But
apparently even this would not accomplish
the purpose in view-the intended de-
luding of the taxpayer by a low rate
and it was intended to jack up valuations
Of property in the lower part Of the city
which had been steadily deteriorating in
value. because of which fact it had re-
Gently been reduced. Every member Of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
Y. M. C. A. AT The FERRY
Poster at the Hoboken Slip But
Nobody Yet to Back 1t.


The following notice was posted this
morning in and about the Hoboken ferry
houses
To Employees of the Hoboken Ferry
Co.
The employees of the Hoboken
Ferry Company are eligible to MEM
bership in the Y. M. G. A. and its
many privileges. The excellent
reading room and splendid library of
1900 volumes. the fine entertain
ment course, the wash and bath
rooms, the social privileges. all of
value to every man for only So a
year, or a trifle over one-half of a
cent per day and less than four
cents per week You cannot afford
to be without these valuable privi-
leges. Call and join at once.
Yours truly.
JOHN G. PERCY, Secy.
There is no Y NJ G. A. conducted by
the ferry company's employees. Several
of the men when shown the paster this
morning said they knew nothing about
it. 1t was said that the poster may have
been put out by the Railroad X. M. G. A,
which has rooms over the Lackawanna
Railroad depot, but the man in charge of
the rooms this morning said he was not
aware that any such poster had been
printed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
THE But
IN The BILL
Riparian Counsel George L.
Record Gives His Hos
pital Act a Black
Eye.
PROBABLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
PROBABLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
He Advises the Police Board
to Obey It all the Same
Most Likely They Won't

Corporation Counsel George L. Rec
ord's opinion on the legality of the new
Hospital Act, which was drafted by
Lawyer Record and passed by the Legis-
lature last spring, was forwarded this
morning to the Board of Police Commits
sioners and is now supposed to be under
lock and key.
Mitchell got together in a hurry when
they heard that the precious document
had been released from the Corporation
Counsel's office, and, after perusing it,
they took it down to DIR. John D. Nc
Gill's office in the Hudson County Ma
tional Bank. There all three Commits
sioners went over the opinion and dis
cussed it in private.
QUEER SQUIRM.
The Corporation Counsel hasn't very
high opinion of Mr.. Records bill. He
says that so long as the act has been
passed by the Legislature it is good law
and the Police Commissioners have no
particular business to question its valid
ity. 1t is up to them, he says, to obey
its provisions and that's all.
The Corporation Counsel, it is said
waxed quite eloquent ON paper in telling
the Commissioners this, and he said what
several other prominent lawyers have
claimed, that under Article 4. Section {,
Paragraph of the State Constitution,
there may be question as to its legality
l. af fo,1 ,1,,r. 70 w Sfs, 70
the objects of the bill in its title.
The constitution says on this point
''To avoid improper influences which
may result from intermixing in one and
the same act such things as have no
proper relation to each other every law
shall embrace but one object, and that
shall be expressed in the title"
The title of the new Hospital Act
simply authorizes cities of the first class
to purchase land and erect a hospital
building thereon and to issue and sell
bonds to pay for the same, and to create
a board of officers to have charge of the
same
GALL RIGHT. BUT"
The Commissioners had an idea after
reading Corporation Counsel Records $
opinion on the Records act, that the
lawyer considered the act "all right.
but
No call has been issued for meeting
of the Police Board tonight and it is
not expected that any action will be
taken on the question of turning the hos
pital Management and funds over to the
Board of Hospital Trustees until the lat
ter part of the month.
Instead of simplifying matters and
making clear to the minds of the Re
publican Commissioners exactly what it
will be safe for them to do the opinion
has befuddled them more than ever.
DR. McGill intends to vote against any
resolution to turn the hospital monies
over to board of uncertain standing.
What his Republican colleagues in the
Police oBard will do remains to be seen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
AGAINST CONNOLLY.
junction Property Owners to Oppose
Eis Getting a License.

A large delegation Of property owners
in the vicinity of the Junction will ap-
pear before the Excise Board tonight to
protest against the granting of a license
to Patrick Connolly for place on the
east side of Communipaw avenue, a few
doors from Grand street.
The property owners were successful
in their fight last June in having the
application Of Alfred Beal for the same
place held up Beal applied for the
license, which was for Connolly's use.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
BENcRMEN MEET.

The Benchmens' Association of Re
tail Butchers, Branch No. |, will hold a
special meeting tonight at Schletz Hail.
1t was expected that Judge Blair's de-
cision iasthe Sunday closing cases which
were toshave heen brought up before him
on d writ of review, would be known,
but ewing to his absence from the city
it has not as vet sbeen heard.
The retail grocery clerks union Will
also confer upon the question tonight
s&th the benchmen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
UP TO FAGAN.

The Street and Water Board has sent
to Mayor Pagan for his approval final
improvement certificate ordering paid
81, ,102.20 to Henry Byrne for the COM
pletion, opening and extension of Ran
dolph avenue, between Wilkinson and
Myrtle avenues.
The Mayor will inspect the work and
if lie considers it done properly he will
sign the certificate.
The Street and Water Board has APP
proved the work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
BROOCH FOUND.

Chief Murphy Is anxious to find an
owner for d brooch and pendant which
was found d few days ago at the Erie
ferry. The brooch has q woman's por-
trait III 1t which is surrounded by dia-
monds and pearls. It is at Police Head
quarters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
N69TERS OF FdCE

Pavonia Brand OF Fine Early June Canned
Peas, for sale at nearly al. seod grocery
stores.
Bassett. the Caterer. why haven't you
tried his frozen fruits? Grove and
Wayne streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
FALLS BETWEEN BOATS

John Preston, % years old, of No. 124
East avenue, Long Island City, fell to-
day between two boats which We're moor
ed alongside each other at the Grad
street dock. He was bruised about the
breast and was taken to ST Francis Hos
nitnl
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
DAVIS BUSY MORNING.

City Collector Davis was kept busy
this morning entertaining callers. Among
them were John Zeller, the prospective
Democratic candidate for Sheriff. They
were together for an hour or mere and
left the hall to so to dinner together.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

Mrs. svinsIow's Soothing Syrup for CHI
drcn ieathing snouId Always be used for
children while teethins. Il softens tha
gums. a,says the pain. cures wind collie
and is the best remedy Tor diarrhoea.
Tuenty -five cents per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
REPAIRS AT ST. BRIDGET's.

ST. Bridget's Lyceum Clubhouse will
be renovated next week. The top floor
will Be painted and the gymnasium will
be fixed up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

Choice selection of Cut Flowers and
Funeral Designs.
At COLES, the Florist
No. 146 Newark Avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
FATHER CARROLL IMPROVING

The Rev. &. G. M Carroll, Of st. Pat
ricks 4. G. Church, is rapidly improv-
ins.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 1902.-Fo
for the thirty-six hours ending at +. M.
Saturday:-Fair and warmer tonight:
cloudy with slowly rising temperature,
followed by local thunder storms tomor-
row; southwest winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

Hood $ Sarsaparilla cures radieally-that Is,
1t removes the roots OF disease. That's better
than Topping the branches.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

WILLIAM j. MORAN, Undertakes,
147 Montgomery street Tel. BAT.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

r. II. DUFF, Undertaken, now at Nc.
544 Jersey avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

Relatives and friends of the family,
also Jersey City Lodge, No. "a, f. & A.
NJ, are invited to attend the funeral on
Saturday afternoon, August 9Th. at 2
o'clock from his late residence. No. 252
York street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

WILLIAM DELANEY, Undertaken.
successor to Brady & Delaney, removed
to No. 2S0 First street, corner Newark
avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

DIED

Thursday, August Z,
1902, Rachael Gilmore, widow Of
the late Jacob Gilmore.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral services at her late
residence, No IL Astor place, on Satur-
day, August 8, at p. NJ.
ISLEY-On Thursday, Aug. Z. 1902, ST.
neon A. husband of Mary Il. and
father of George A. Isley (of ]. @.
Epworth Union), in his ffty-third
year.
Relatives and friends, also members of
Summit Council No. 81 Jr. o. u. A. NJ:
also Protection Council No. 142 and
Columbia Council No. S, ID. of L.. are in
vited to attend the funeral services from
his late residence, 81 West Forty-fourth
street, Bayonne. ON Saturday evening.
August 0, at O'clock. Interment at
convenience of family.
SCHWENK.-In this city, on August
9Th, 1902, William f.. husband Of
Florence E. Schwenk (nee Waynel,
and son of Ferdinand A. and the
late Gertrude Sehwenk. aged 40
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-08

the Board no doubt believes with Mr.
Hoos that these increases will be set
aside, but the Pagan managers care
nothing for that. The taxpayers have in
the meantime been buncoed by a low
rate and can then foot the bills for the
increases that may be set aside on ap-
peal.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05

be contracted. He thinks the acreage will amount to about 10, 800. This can mean but one thing, with the present growing conditions and the prospects of continuation of them-that we will have from 100000 to 10000 tons of beets to work up at the Chino fac tory, and a campaign lasting from 125 to l50 days.
 Planting is now proceeding rapidly at the rate of 1900 to 1900 acres per week. There are now 5000 acres planted, the planting being fully up to date.
 Thinning is going on in the Los Angeles and Orange county districts, and will commence in Chino in few days. The stand is generally good and the plants are growing thriftily."
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05
Great Beet Crop

The contest between beet and sugar cane sy gar does not seem to be affect ing the sugar beet industry in Califor- ua seriously. Reports from Chino, Alamitos, santa Maria and other points indicate great acreage to be planted with prospective big yield. Regarding Oxuard correspondent writes to the Los Angeles Times:
 lowing to the present favorable con ditions for the planting of beets, many acres on which heretofore beans were grown are now being planted to sugar beets. It is calculated that 2o,- 900 acres of beets are being planted this season, which is all increase over last year of o000 acres. This means a corresponding decrease in the acreage of Lima beans.
 "The falling off in beans will be mostly on the Colonia grant, where generally, large yields are obtained; Pleasant Valley and Las Posas will also materially reduce their acreage of this particular variety; besides d great many acres on which last year I.imas were grown, will be put this season into Buckeyes and small beans. This is especially the case with foothill ranches and lands above Santa Paula. The coming Lima bean crop will be reduced 12,000 acres"
 The Chino Champion says: "On his return from Compton on Monday Manager Schroeder of the sugar fac tory announced that 10000 acres are now under contract for beets for the Chino factory. This is a larger acre age than ever before contracted to be planted. and Mir. Schroeder says that he believes that not only will prac- tically every acre be planted, but that d considerable more acreage will yet
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05
SO-Called Experts

Commenting on the farcical report on Imperial valley by experts of the bureau of soils, the Santa Clara Jour nal says:
 "The above brings forcibly to the attention of the people the gigantic farce being perpetrated upon the country by the appointment of those so-called government experts and the same may be said of the Health ln- spectors, Dairy Inspectors and the whole motley list of Inspectors who are able to do almost anything else better than to intelligently inspect the matter which they are chosen to look after"
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05
NEW JOURNALISM

Los Angeles school of journalism has been gaining adhereuts through the state for some months at a wonder ful rate, and even San Francisco has adopted the methods of the best jour nals of the south, the Chronicle be- coming an especial convert.
 II may not have come to the atten- ton of the casual reader of newspapers that Los Angeles papers have so dis tinctive characteristics that they must be placed in d class by themselves, distinct from the papers of all other cities in the country. New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia each has its distinctive features at tached to each of its newspapers, but Los Angeles journalism differs from them all.
 It is about thirty years since the Times came under it's present manage ment, and from that day to the present there has been q steady growth of the distinctive characteristic of Los AUBtlCS JpHl NnlNH SoHSiS'o mainly in liberal, comprehensive ap- preciation and presentation of the constructive factors in industry. In the degree to which that branch of journalism has been perfected in Los Angeles, the city has no rival any where in the country, and to great extent the prosperity of the city is due to it's distinctive journalism. It is true that political writers in that city have the very com,non failing of try ing to fool all the people, including themselves, all the time, but outside of politics, and particularly on indus trial topics, there is a frankness, a candor, q broad liberal spirit of healthy assistance in promoting all legitimate ventures, that makes the Los Angeles type of journalism particularly credit able, and which the Chronicle and other California papers arc doing well to pattern after. When that journal ism shall have become the accepted type throughout the state, California; 's future will be presented with brighter coloring than in the past, and the work of building realities out of pos abilities will have become more easy.