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The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
OSCAR A DEMOCRATIC KING.
Ruler Of Sweden and Norway Occa-
sjonally Relaxes DAINTY.

In these days, when the camera
misses nothing. 1t may seem hardly
credible that there is only one king
in the, world who has been photo
graphed wearing his crown. Yet 1t is
SO. King Oscar is the exception. No
more democratic king sits on throne
than he, and his memoirs, which he
is writing for posthumous publication,
will probably be more appreciated by
ordinary folk than the memoirs OF
royalty usually are. They will tell,
perhaps, on the authority of the king
himself of his meeting with M. Gas
ton BONNER. the famous botanist,
whom the king met botanizing near
Stockholm when out himself on sim
liar occupation. Their mutual inter
est led to conversation and NJ. Bon
nier, not recognizing the king, sug-
gested a lunch at an inn. mo, come
home with me-" said King Oscar, and
as they reached the palace gate the
famous botanist. realizing the identity
of his friend, begged thousand par
dons and became reluctant to enter.
I'm sorry" said his majesty, but I
happen to be the king Of this country
and this is the only place I've got to
entertain anybody in." M. BONNER
was at his ease and the two went in
and talked botany for the rest of the
afternoon.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
Cigars for Crowned Heads.

Making cigars for princes and po.
tentates and crowned heads is great
business in Havana. 1t is good ad-
vertising feature. 1t gives the cigar
makers a prestige which they cannot
get in any other way. King Edward
has his cigars specially made. All the
cigars that are made for crowned
heads by Cuban manufacturers are
bought by the men they are made
for, and scrupulous care is exercised
in the matter. The only men who
ever get any of these cigars either
get them on orders from royal per-
sonages or they get them as guests
OF the royalty. A particular kind OF
tobacco Is used in the manufacture OF
these cigars. Take the case, for In
stance. of the czar of Russia Cigars
that are made for him are branded
with the Russian coat of arms. and
he buys all the cigars the factory can
make out of the material and in the
way specified by his order
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
BRAVE GIRL SAVED TWO LIVES.
Tale of Heroism and Fortitude Comes
From Encland

Perhaps It's even harder to he
brave and calm in the midst of the
suffocating smoke and dreadful heat
OF burning building than to fac"
the raging sea. But not so very long
ago We had an instance of calm de.
cislon and thoughtfulness for Others
on the part of young girl at mo
ment when the dreadful danger Of
being burnt alive would make most
people frantic with fear. Alice Ayres
lived with some relatives in a house
in Southwark. and one night awoka
to find the building in flames. and
that escape by the staircase from the
floor on which she and the children
slept was impossible. She did not,
however, lose her head. or think OF
herself alone. First she threw out
OF the window bed. which the crowd
below caught and held, and into this
bed she threw. one after another. tho
three little children. Two of them
were safely caught unhurt. but On"
sustained fatal injury in striking
against some projection from the
house. Then the brave girl sprane
out herself. but being already half
overcome by the heat and smoke. she
missed the bed. fell on the pavement,
and hurt her spine so that she died
shortly afterwards in the hospital.
She had. however. saved two lives,
and set an example of courage AMI
unselfishness in danger.-Ashland-u
der-Tyne Reporter (EngD.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

As&Asr Grsy's Sweet Powders for Chndrsn
Successfully used BY Mother Gray, nurse
In the Childrsn's Home In New York. Cures
Fsverishnsss, Bad Stomach, T:ething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 80 900 testimonials
At all druggists, 25c Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 3. Olmstsd, LeRoy, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Ding-I Just heard Mrs. de Styles
say that she found it impossible to in
troduce her husband into polite So
cety. Dong--FOr what reason! Ding
She couldn't teach him to say din
ner" for supper"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
Free From Headaches.

Arabs. They are nearly all small
eaters and six or seven dates soaked
in melted butter with very small
quantity OF coarse flour or three or
four tablespoonfuls of boiled rice
serve a man a whole day.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

II you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is pos
itively nothing to equal it in quality or
quantity.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
A Name to conjure With.

Writing to the Indian Telegraph, a
Bengalese correspondent says:
THE great ability of his highness,
Maharajah Chandra Sham Shere Jung
Bahadur Rama, prime minister and
marshal of Nepal. as the supreme ruler
of such an Independent territory, may
be we'll estimated by the fact that the
emperor of China has lately been
pleased to confer on his highness, the
rare title of Thung- g-pimmakokung-
mang-shang."
The maharajah's cognomen is now
probably his highness Chandra Sham
Shere Jung Bahadur Rama Thung-
ling ngmaug- -shang.
In this life there is but one sure
happiness-to live for others-Tolstoi.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Defiance Starch is put up 1i ounces
in n package. 10 cents. One-thir1 more
starch for same money.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

THE BEST RESULTS IN sTARCHINa
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch. besides getting 1 OF. more for
same money-Eo cooking required.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Ordinary lima beans. some one has
said, are good to allay thirst.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Economy as practiced by the av.
erage man seldom saves him any
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Alacrity is the thing with which an
amateur responds to encore.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

1t must be tough on the ialer who has
a lot of felons on his hands.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

After . worthless old horse dies the
owner begins to tell of the hundreds of
dollars he refused for him.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

Postal Clerk-You'll have to put an
other stamp on that letter. Miss Pert
Why: Postal Clrrk-Bccause it's
overweight. Miss Pcrt-But. gracious!
Another stamp would make it still
heavier.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken g =
scough curo--J. W. o BnIEN, 3.2 Third Ave,
n, Minneapolis. MIMI. Jan. 8. 1000
The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29

To Cure n Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
Patriarch of Cats.

The patriarch of cats indeed is 20
rooster. AT the ripe cat age of eighteen
years he is nearly as strong and fully
as beautiful as ever. A pure Angora
brought at the tender age of six months
from Turkey by an ''old sea captain"
lie tips the scales today at fourteen
pounds. He possesses perfect hearing
and might have sired many 'blue-eyed
whites, aas he glories in hte requisite
ane blue aHd one amber eye Of exceed
ing briliancy and remarkable depth of
expression. Whatver the time of day,
his pupils dilate whenever he is inter-
ested When his mistress rises he can
manifest his joy in no satisfactory mani
lcr excer. to run as fnst rs possible
tlse whole length Of the house and back
again. Then he asks for breakfast and
fresh ice water. for he will drink no
water inswhich he does not distinctly
discern a piece Of Ice floating about, and
always tests its genuineness with his
paw, Country Life IN America.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
SITS UP TO SHOOT.
Jersey Village Organizes as a
General Vigilance Com
mittee.

Especial to sThe Jersey City News.'J
ALLENpALE, Aug. 13, 1902.-A
dozen citizens of Allendale, composing a
vigilance committee, began to do patrol
duty last night. and every night hereafter
the force will be replaced by a fresh de-
tail.
The village is in state of terror as
the result of almost numberless burglar
les which have been committed here and
the citizens are determined to prevent a
continuance of the raids.
More than one hundred robberies have
occurred in Allendale in two years.
Thieves have taken everything from
diamond rings to chickens.
Monday night wagon drove up to
the home of Samuel Pritchard, wealthy
New York shoe merchant, and alighted.
Mr.. Pritchard's house had been visited
by burglars the night before, and Mr..
Pritchard at that time armed himself for
future occasions.
As the three approached the door he
opened fire from window. At the same
time sneighbors Joined in the fusilade.
The burglars escaped, but at least one
of them must have been wounded.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
BROWNS DOCK STRIKE.
Fifty Men Out Claim a Nine
Hour Saturday Is Against
Their Agreement.

The strike of carpenters and caulkers
at Browns Dry Dock, foot of Morgan
street, which has been in progress for the
past three weeks, has not yet been set
tied, and the men on strike claim they
will not give in to the firm. The strike
was made by the men against the firm
because it tried to make them work
nine hours on Saturdays.
The men claim that they work nine
hours day, and, according to rule
made by the firm three years ago, they
were only to work eight hours on Sat
urday.
About three weeks ago the men were
notified that hereafter they would be
compelled to work nine hours on a Sat
urday, and they then went on strike.
Work at the yards has been at a
standstill ever since and the men say
they will hold out until the company
lives up to its old rule. There are about
fifty men on strike.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
TEMPLE RENT ASUNDER.
Members of Hoboken's Hebrew
Congregation of Montefiore
to Go to Court.


There is a serious quarrel brewing
among the members of the congregation
OF the Jewish Temple of Moses Monte
fiore, ON Park avenue, Hoboken.
Not long ago the trustees of the syna-
gogue got into a fight while holding a
meeting. Several of them were badly
bruised in the combat. Since then the
feud has grown into immense proper
tions. After the fstic encounter in the
temple was over an investigating com
mittee was appointed to ascertain who
was responsible for the row. This COM
mittee recommended that Samuel Stein
berg, secretary of the Board of Trustees.
be fined $50 and Nathan Silon, another
member, So
Steinberg alleged that Silon abused
him and that he (Silon) was responsible
for the fight. While walking on the
street yesterday Steinberg met Mrs
Seigel, members of the congregation.
They stopped to talk the matter over.
Mrs. Seigel alleged that Steinberg abused
her and her family. She swore out
warrant for the latter's arrest this morn
ing.
The case will come up before Acting
Recorder Laverty tomorrow, when it is
expected some interesting testimony will
be heard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
RAIN OF IRON AND WOOD
Terrific Force of the Explosion
Spreads the Debris Hun
dreds of Feet Around.

A tugboat belonging to the firm of
IsdnN AZ a qooef aepIoqseiI qoIqM
Of Hoboken, is senior partner, blew up
this morning off Tompkinsville, S. l., and
four of her crew We're instantly killed
Five others were seriously injured and
the boat itself was blown to pieces.
jacob Kuper was the name of the
tug. 1t was towing a cotton lighter down
the bay when the accident happened. 1t
was just off Tompknsville at eight
o'clock this morning, when the boilers
burst. The engineer, William Bone, of
Hoboken, was lifted from the boiler pit,
hurled through the air, landing on the
lighter of cotton in the wake of the tug.
He is fatally injured. The noise of the
tremendous explosion attracted the at
tention of the Valiant, another tug, and
her captain, F. N Roberts, steamed at
once to rescue the wounded sailors of
Tie Jacob Kuper who were founder
ing in the water. The mate of the tug,
who was in command, and three sailors,
went to the bottom with the wreck.
The waters for many yards around
was strewn with the debris and frag-
ments of spars and planking were
thrown Il hundred feet away. Not YES
tige of the tug is left.
The Staten Island ferryboat Castle
ton passed within hundred yards of the
tug when the latter's boilers let 90 with
such terrific force.
EXPLOSION DESCRIBED.
Captain Frank Braisted of the ferry
boat picked up wounded sailor In de-
scribing the explosion the captain said:-
..There was puff of smoke. a great
cloud Of steam and then a terrific ex-
plosion. The boat was blown high in
tile air, changed into a mass of timbers
and what remained instantly sank"
The cotton lighter was not injured and
was towed ashore by the Valiant.
The Jacob kuper was one of the hest
known of the tugboats which piled about
New York waters. She was formerly
the revenue cutter Cheyenne and was at
one time known as the Bristol. She
measured 96.S feet long, 232 feet bead
and her tonnage was IA. She was built
in 1855 at Charleston, s. C. Her owners
we're L. u. Kupers & Bros, of No. %
South street, New York City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
DIED

BENSON-On Tuesday, August IL,
1902. Lillian Estelle Benson, only
child of Charles and Caroline BEN
son, age one year and six months.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence of her parents, No. y Carrie
son avenue, ON Wednesday, at P. NJ.
Interment at Woodstock, n. Y.
DONOHUE.-On Monday, August IL.
1902, Dennis Donohue.
Funeral services will be held at his
late residence, No. 936 Newark avenue,
on Wednesday. August 13, at P. NJ.
Interment at Mattawan.
FLAHERTY-On Tuesday, August ~
1902, Della Flaherty, age 27 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from her late resi-
dence. No. 207 Fourteenth street, on
Friday, August 10, at 9 A. NJ; themes
to St Lucy's r. G. Church.
FLEMING-On Monday, August IL,
1902. at Bellevue Hospital, n. Y,
Archibald Fleming, of Weehawken,
fifty years.
Funeral Wednesday, August 13. AT
two p NJ, from his late residence, No.
314 West Nineteenth street. Weehawken,
Interment in Machpelch Cemetery.
FISHER.-On Wednesday, August Is,
1902, Mrs Rachel Fisher, at Ne.
44S Jersey avenue, aged Sc years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
EGAN-On Tuesday, August II, 1902
Eugene Francis, beloved son of John
p. and Elizabeth Egan, aged 2
years and months.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from the
residence of his parents. No. Al Van
Reipen avenue. Jersey City, on Thurs
day, August IA, at 10 A. NJ.
KENNEDY-On Tuesday, August IL,
in his thirtieth year, Thomas Ken-
nedy, at his late residence, No. 1Sd
Fifteenth street. -
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence, on Friday, August Is. Solemn
high mass will be celebrated at St
Lucy's r. G. Church Friday morning,
at 10 o'clock.
LONG.-On Tuesday, August II, 1902,
Maria, beloved wife of Michael
Long and daughter of John and
Mary Samon.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from her late resi-
dence. No. ISL Ninth street, on Thurs
day, August IA. at A. NJ: thence to
st. Michael's r. C. Church. where
solemn high mass will be offered for the
happy repose of her soul. Interment in
Holy Name Cemetery.
voIGHT-O Tuesday, August. u
1902. Margaret Voight, aged forty
years.
Funeral services will be held at nel
late residence, No. los Fourteenth street
Hoboken, ON Thursday, atSthree z. NJ.
Interment at Hoboken Cemetery
WEISS-On Tuesday. August II. 1902,
Mary, daughter of Georee and Elix
abeth Weiss. one month and foul
days old, at her residence. No. 362
Bramhall avenue.
Funeral from home Of her parents
on Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.
August IL.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
Longed for a Pretty Face.

A native of Dublin, but a resident OF
London, arrived in Philadelphia few
days ago. His last stopping place was
st. Petersburg, where he spent several
weeks. He says he is delighted to get
here again. as he is longing for the sight
of pretty faces, which i'll st. Petersburg
are as rare as they are plentiful here.
On one occasion. in company with a
friend. he walked the entire length of the
Nevski Prospekt -four niles, the Chest
nut street of the Russian capital, and
during the stroll saw but two pretty
women. And Russian ladies. he declares,
do not dress nicely He explained these
two facts by saying that they were MAIN
ly Tartars, and was somewhat nom
plussed when innocently asked by his
cynical listener" Arcn't AL women tar
tars Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
EAR ALMOST OFF.
Newark Man Accuses a Motor
man and Conductor of Afro
cious Assault.

George Fischer, motorman, of No: GA
Ferry street, Newark, and Christopher
Devine, conductor, of No. 2S Oxford
street. same city, will be arraigned be-
fore Judge Hoos on Saturday to answer
a charge of assault preferred by Adolph
Pilpaul, of No. 122 Springfield avenue,
Newark.
On Sunday evening last, Pilpoul with
his wife, walked into the First precinct
station house covered with blood from a
wound which separated his ear from his
head for almost an inch from the base.
He claimed he had been assaulted by
the men mentioned above, and wished
them arrested. Captain Cody tod him
to swear out warrant on Monday. This
was done and Detective Daniel Lee
brought the men in today. The case was
laid over until Saturday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
VADUCT NEEDS REPAIRS
Horseshoe Committee to Com
plain to the Street and
Water Board.

According to an investigation male by
a committee of ten people of the Horse
shoe district, John Leacraft, acting as
chairman, the Thirteenth Street viadnct
is badlysin need of repairs.
Said Mr.. Leacraft last night:-'I'he
brick driveway Of the viaduct is. torn up
until it is dangerous to drive either up or
down at night. The sidewalk on either
side of the driveway is in bad shape,
too.
THE mason work that protects tie
base of the pillars upholding the big
structure, is crumbling away. The iron
work is rusting and needs paint to pro-
tect it from wear and tear. Something.
must be done shortly. We don't want
any serious accidents"
The committee proposes to report their
findings to the Street and Water Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
The PATCHING
OF NO. q
Board Of Finance Now Ready
to Appropriate $4,000
for the Horseshoe
School.
ARCHITECT ROWLAND'S REFORT
Backward Condition of Vaca-
ton Work on the Build
ings Some Won't Be
Ready on Time.

The question of providing the where
withal to make the necessary repairs to
Public School No. p in Twelfth street
will be discussed at the meeting of the
Board Of Finance this afternoon.
The Board of Education asked for
ST, 500 for the work, but the Finance
Commissioners, in their pruning process,
allowed the Board only $500. Naturally
the Directors kicked and the matter was
referred to the Mayor and Architect
John Rowland to see exactly what was
needed to put the building in first class
shape.
1t is said that, as a result of their in
vestigation, they have concluded that
$4,000 will be necessary for the work.
Unless somebody gets move ON quick
~ there will not be sufficient time TO ad-
vertise for bids and award a contract in
order to have the work completed by the
opening Of the fall term.
The residents of the Horseshoe have
been roundly denouncing the delays in
providing for the proper repairs to No.
q soSilooi anu lue PiopoSSu oPPAoPliseiioi'
of $500, or 81 800 more that the Board
of Education asked for, is intended as an
administration square, to make the
parents of No. .24's pupils less wrathful.
The Board of Education will meet to-
morrow afternoon to receive bids for al
terations to Public School No. 10. An
appropriation of $500 has been made to
cover the cost of the work.
The contractor will be obliged to hustle
to finish the work before the summer
vacation is over.
Some say the reason the Board is so
ready to give so much is that, the Bud
get being out of the way, they won't have
to make good the amount for eighteen
months
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
FACAN'S FOLLY.
lacking Up Assessments
Criticized by Congressman
Allan L. McDermott.
.MISFIT ADMINISTRATION.
Policy Pursued Will Give the
City a Black Eye Demo
cratic Victory Sure.
.MISFIT ADMINISTRATION.

Congressman Allan L. McDern1ott
was in town today after a stay in Wash
ington during last week. He had been
so busy with government business that
he had had little time to keep up with
local municipal doings..
When he was informed this morning
that the Pagan Tax Commissioners had
increased the assessments on railroad
and other property he smiled and re-
the city wouldn't in the end gain by it.
To assess locally, railroad property taxed
heretofore by the State Tax Board and
for which the State gave back one and
a half per cent, was in Mr.. Nc
Dermott's opinion only another mistake
of the "Misft Administration.
Take he said, a piece of railroad prop
erty, the city couldn't judge as to its
value and it would assess it as unim-
proved. What value they got from it
would not equal that which would sen-
sue from the State Board. Jacking up
assessments, continued Mr.. McDermiott,
would have the effect of driving away
industrial enterprises and eventually
meant black eye for the city.
PROGRESS BACKWARD.
"The MIisfit Administration, Mr.. NC
Dermott said, was bent on a. coarse
which would land Jersey City inE the
same financial box as it was in the year
1884, when it was on the verge of bank
ruptcy. Would manufacturers come and
locate here when foolish administra-
tion was doing everything it could to put
snags in their way? Where was the
advancement of Jersey City as an in
dustrial centre in the face of such con-
ditions? Taxpayers were beginning to
discover that their interests were being
seriously imperilled and all because of
the lack of prudence, foresight and judg-
ment on the part of the Mayor and his
!. ..Misft Administration. =
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY SURE
About local politics Mr. McDermott
did not care to talk except to say that
the Democratic party would surely be
victorious. Throughout the country, he
said, there were unmistakable signs that
the Democrats would win. The people
of the United States, he said, were being
aroused at the conduct of the Repub-
,lican administration and would by their
votes record their disapproval of the
strenuous" policy of Roosevelt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
RODE RECKLESSLY.

Kettle Kettlesen, twentyfour years,
old, Norwegian, residing at No. 332
Park avenue, Hoboken, was arrested by
Policeman Fitzpatrick in that city last
night, charged with riding bicycle
recklessly on Garden street. Kettleson
ran into a boy named William Collegry
and knocked him unconscious. The boy,
however. was not seriously injured.
Acting Recorder Laverty this morning
fined Kettleson So.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-13
CATHEDRAL HERE !?
Episcopal Clergymen Ponder
ing Where the Building Shall
Be Erected.

The Episcopal clergymen of Hudson
County are interested in a pet project of
Bishop Starkey. He has for some time
wanted an Episcopal Cathedral for the
Newark diocese, and now there are seri-
Gus thoughts of building one. There are
differences of opinion about where this
cathedral shall be situated.
Some of the clergymen think it should
be in Newark and some want it in Jersey
City, as it is more central point in the
diocese to Bayonne and also to the
northern part of Hudson county, and
still Essex county will be within easy
reach.
The pro-cathedral is at present in East
Orange, but many think that it is not a
central point in the diocese, as the dio-
cese isArapidly growing in numbers.