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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
LONG Term
CONTRACT
Pagan Wants One Man to
Clean Sewers for Term
of Three or Five
Years.
UNBUSINESSLIKE SCHEME
Street and Water Board OPP
poses Plant Proposes to
Pay for Results, Not
Bluffs.
uNBUSINESSLIKE SCHEME


Mayor Pagan and the Republican
members of the Board Of Finance are at
loggerheads with the Street and Water
Board over the specifications for the
street cleaning, ashes and garbage con
tracts and the contract for cleaning
sewers.
The specifications were discussed yes
rerday afternoon at a conference in the
Mayors office.
The Street and Water Commissioners
are of the opinion that contractors should
bid on the sewer cleaning contract at SO
much per square yard for matter re-
moved.
The Mayor and Finance Commission
ers say the contractors should submit
proposals for each foot of sewer cleaned
irrespective of the amount of matter
taken out. Furthermore they are in
favor of awarding a contract for a
period of three or five years. The Street
and Water Board is opposed to con-
tract longer than one year.
MR.. HEINTZE'S VIEW.
Commissioner Heintze said this morn
ing:-"The only way to assure the clean
ing of the sewers is to pay for the
amount of stuff which is taken out. If
contractors bid so much per foot on each
sewer it is possible that they may pre-
tend to clean many sewers which are al
ready cleaned and slight the sewers
which are clogged up and need attention
If-they are paid for the amount of work
actually done they will lose no time in
tackling the sewers which will produce
results
We have been allowed $40, 900 year
for this purpose for many years, not
withstanding that many miles of sewers
had been added to the city,s sewer sys-
tem''
CONTRACTORS OFFER.
A contractor who has sewer clean
ing machine has offered to clean the
sewers for $4,000 He says this ap-
paratus will save the city 5000 worth
of water every year.
The Mayor objects to the proposal of
the Street and Water Board to spend
$4,000 instead of $4,000 for removing
ashes and garbage. The appropriation
for cleaning streets and removing the
contents of ash barrels is joint one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
DEMOCRATS
BIG CAIN
'Bayonne Recount Indicates
That Kimmerly Is
Elected Freez q
holder. -
GROSS CARELESSNESS
Everything Points to the Utter
Inefficiency of the Board
of Election.

With seven of the fifteen boxes used
at the recent election in Bayonne re-
counted up to noon today, it now looks
as though Charles McGee, the Demo
cratic candidate for Councilman-at-large,
who was declared elected by "a votes
over Oscar Dining, his Republican oppo-
nent, will have a largely increased ma
jority. and that Frank H. Kimmerly,
Democratic candidate for Freeholder,
who on the face of the returns was
beaten by Patrick Flanagan, Fusionist,
by 10, and by John a. Warnock, Re
publican, by -, is really elected by a
small plurality.
The reversal of the figures returned
by several of the election boards is no
more surprising than many other strange
incidents in connection with the recent
election in the most southerly city of the
county. Thus far there have been no
indications of any tampering with the
boxes since election day, as intimated
by Lawyer Elmer Demarest before JUS
tice Collins, when making his ,applica-
tion for a recount on behalf of some of
the Fusionist-Republican nominees, but
everything points to the gross careless
ness, if nothing worse on the part of
many of the election boards
RECOUNT THROUGH FRIDAY.
Owing to the crowded condition of the
Office of the County Election Boaord
during yesterdays proceedings the re-,
count was resumed this morning in the
Supreme Court room at the Court
House. Two boxes are being opened
at time, but the indications now are
that it will be late tomorrow or Friday
morning before the recount is completed.
Hundreds of ballots have been disputed
by counsel On either side and referred to
the court as to whether they should be
counted-or not. A majority of these
have but slight marks, such as pin holes,
blurs caused by the dirty fingers of the
voters, or slightly torn. Justice Collins
in his previous decisions in disputed
election cases, has refused to throw out
ballot as marked unless the identifying
mark was of such character as to
leave no doubt that it was placed there
Intentionally by the voter, so there is
counted for the candidates for whom they
were cast.
DEMOCRATS GAIN.
The increases in the vote for the Demo
cratic candidates began with the first box
counted, that of the First District, First
Ward, where McGee and Kimmerly, al
lowing all disputed" ballots to the can
i e 1T.
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SILVER co. s MEETING.

The adjourned special meeting for the
international Silver Co. called for today
at the company's offices in the CONNER
cial Trust Company's building, Exchange
place, was. againsa adjourned for one week
during which period it is believed the
objections to the plan to increase the
capital stock of the company will be
removed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
SAY SHE'S INSANE
Hoboken Police Disoredit
Mrs. Dexheimer's Won
derfll Tale of an An
archist Plot.

Mrs. Lena Dexheimer, the Hobokeu
woman who is quoted in the morning
newspapers as disclosing three Anarchis-
tic plots to kill President Roosevelt, is
according to Chief of Police Donovan
and members of the detective bureau, an
irresponsible person.
"She is evidently laboring under an
other Of her many hallucinations, said
Detective James Kerrigan, who lives in
the neighborhood of her home, No. 1,115
Willow avenue. People living in the
same house tell peculiar stories about
her. One time she is pursued by man
with an exposed dirk and at another. she
thinks she is shadowed in her hallway
by mysterious woman lin black, or ne
gro with pale green whiskers. From her
own account she must bear a charmed
life."
WOMAN'S STORY.
Il could tell you stories of people on
Fifth avenue that would shock the
country" said Mrs. Dexhiemer to re-
porter. "I'm in constant danger of my
life for knowing so much.''
She then went on to discuss religion,
and finally got back to her relations with
Anarchists and what she knew of the
plots against the President. She repeat
ed some of the alleged incidents three
and four times, and concluded with a
talk on religion.
Il think the woman is unbalanced y
said Chief Donovan. 'Her story is too
extravagant to be believed
PASTOR SILENT.
Rev. Charles L. Meade, pastor of the
First NJ. e. Church, refused to discuss
the part Mrs. Dexheimer says he played
in assisting her to frustrate one of the
attempts on the Presidents life.
IF the newspapers wish to print what
Mrs. Dexheimer says they are at liberty
to do So he said II absolutely raGuse
to be quoted in connection with the mat
ter for reasons which would not be
polite for me to mention
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
CAPT. HOFFMAN'S WIDOW.
Death of a Woman Known for Years
for CHI rity. and Church Work.

Mrs. Sarah Hoffman, wife of the late
Captain Samuel Hoffman, who twenty
years ago did considerable trading along
the coast, died of heart disease last Sat
urday at the home Of her daughter, Mrs
Alden Higgins, No. 1671a Coles street.
Mrs. Hoffman was seventy years old
She lived in Jersey City fifty years. She
was prominent in both Centenary and
ST. Paul's NJ. e. Church, was charitable
and had large circle of friends. The
funeral took place Monday. Interment
vas in New York Bay Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
EXPERIENCE IN RHYME.
Penny Day Society to Hold Dollar
Social.

The Penny-a-Day Society Of the
James NJ. E. Church, Summit avenue and
Bowers street, win give an entertain.
ment in connection with q dollar sociable,
when the members will tel in rhyme how
they earned their dollars.
The entertainment will be furnished by
NJ. Oten De Scheda, who will give violin
selections, among which he will render
Ole Bulls Adagio ReIigioso. This is
very little played in this country, SO
the members are looking forward to q
treat. Mr.. Sanford j. Dalzelle, the elo
cntionist, will give readings from r
Whitcomb Riley. The price of admis.
sion is twenty-fve cents.
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DELIcATEssEN.
Dutch Supper " ith Music at st.
Johns German Church.

''Sauerkraut,' 'frankfurters, "kar-
toffel salat,v ''bock wurst," 'zwieback, I"
sleber wurst,' und s.limburger." was the
st. Johns German Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Fairview avenue, last night,
by the Young Peoples Socity.
Musical selections and recitations in
terpolated the courses, adding tone to the
meal
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GUESTS AT the wAsHIHaTOK

Among the guests registered at the
Hotel Washington are:-Edward H.
Gacia, D. Laning, Trenton; Mr.. and
Mrs Simmons MeDonelle, Pittsburg; T.
Donaldson, Buffalo; Mrs. J. Counrig,
New York City; Francis N. Buck, Del. Z
Charles A. Southmayo, MiddIetown,
Conn; Mr.. and Mrs. Landerson. Boston; !
j. E. Bowehip, Denver, Col.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CLUB.
Arrangements Complete for the
Social Season.

st. Johns Catholic Club, connected
with s. Johns R. G. Church, Van Win
kle street and the Boulevard, will hold a
meeting tonight in its club rooms. Ar
rangements will be made for the kir-
mess on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursdty evenings. December 9. 10 and
II. On Friday evening, December 12, a
progressive euchre will be held.
At the meeting the officers and COM
mittees will be elected and the booths
arranged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
GIVE A KAFFEE KLATCH.
Ladies OF the English e. Z. Church
Euterfafr

The Ladies' Aid Society of the English
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Eoly Trinity gave kaffee klatch last
evening in Schlitz Hall, No. 1So Newark
avenue. Abp6t two hundred attended
While coffee and cake was served,
Professor c.. n. Smith, formerly organist
in ST. Mary's r. O. Church, played piano
selections. A dance followed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
TO SING 1.-THE WOODS"
Plan Of Hudson Singing Socie ties
the Baltimore Saengerfest

At meeting of the United Singing
Societies of Hudson county last night,
with President ]. G. Boettjer in the
chair, it was decided that the societies
will sing 'sThe Woods by Lesser, at the
National Saengerfest, Baltimore, Md,
in June, 1908. The United Societies will
be represented by choir of one hundred
and fifty voices.
The societies are arranging for a
commers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
COURT CALENDAR

Supreme Courf-Justice Collins will
hear motions every Saturday morning at
10 o'clock.
Circuit Court, Nov. 20--No. 337.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19

:, 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, 1902-11-19

WILLIAM ]. MORAN, Undeita
147 Montgomery street. Tel. 347.
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JAMES j. MERRITY, Undertake.
No. 460 Grove street. Hudson Tel. 2So
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19

BONNOT, THE FLORIST. has a
large variety of flowers always on hand.
No. 145 Newark avenue, Jersey City.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 19e2.-Fore-
cast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8
L. M. Thursday:-Cloudy to fair and
warmer tonight; fair and warmer to-
morrow; northwest winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19

THOMAS HUGHES, Undertaken
1O1 Montgomery street. n. Y. & n. J.
Telephone 1876.
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e. 81. DUFF, Undertaken, now at Nc.
644 Jersey avenue. Tel. 5S1.
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GEORGE STEVENS. Undertakes.
No. sos Jersey avenue. Tel. 124.
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Hartnett's Report.
MATTERS OF FAor.

Favonia Brand of Fine Early June Canned
Peas. Tor sale at nearly ali good grocery
stores ana wholesale ar the D. e. Cleary co's
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19
SARSFlELD BALL.

The sarsfeld Club Of this city will
hold its annual bali in National Hall,
Saturday evening. the 22d inst
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-19

'ratarlh an excessive secretion from an In
Gsfned mucous membrane, is radically and per-
.anentiy cured BY Hoods Sarsaparillas
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

July. with its harvests; and August.
with its sweltering heats; and Septem-
Der. with its drifting leaves; and DC.
tober, with its frosts; and November,
with its Thanksgiving scenes; and De-
cember. with its Christian hilarities.
March on. o battalion Of the months,
in the regiments of the years and the
biigades of the centuries! March on
and join the months and years and
centuries already passed until all the
rivers of time have emptied into the
ocean of eternity, but none of all the
host ought to render higher thanks to
God or take larger comfort or make
more magnificent resolve than this the
first month of the new year.
But what feet foot hath the months
and years! People lightly talk about
how they kill time. Alas, 1t dies soon
enough without killing. And the lon
ger we live the swifter it goes. Will
liam C. Bryant said an old friend of his
declared that the going Of time is like
the drumming of the partridge or muf-
fled grouse in the woods, falling slow
and distinct at first and then follow
Ing each other more and more rapidly
till they end at last in a whirring
sound. But DR.. Young, speaking of
the value of time, startingly ex-
claimed, ASK deathbeds!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
Ito be continued.)
PACKED ALL HER HEADGEAa.
So - wenAr Had to Borrow q Hat
V wear Home.

" wear Home
Every aousot..eper knows that NOV
ing is the most demoralizing thing
that can happen to one. Even fire is
no greater strain on the nervous sys-
tenn than is the effort necessary to
packing all ones household goods and
dumping them helter-skelter into a
painfully bare place OF abode. Last
week a methodlcal housekeeper had
this trial to encounter. only her chairs
and tables and beds were not dumped
helter7skelter. She is very methodi-
cal woman. and SO she packed every
thing carefully and stayed at the old
house on the fateful day to see that
The furniture was conveyed in proper
fashion. When the last load was be-
ing carried out, the woman prepared
10 leave, also. She went mechanically
to the closet where her hats had once
been kept to get one to wear down
town, but. naturally. they were not
there. Then she went all over the de-
serted house. but not piece Of head
wear was to be found. At last she
realized the awful truth. She had
packed all her hats in the trunks, and
they had been gaily carted away in the
van by the lusty men. Hats two miles
away are Of no more use than are bat
tleships twenty miles from the scene
of action. and the poor. tired heroine
Of this story felt that the only thing
left for her 10 do in the circun ats n COS
was to sit down on a convenient win
dow seat and weep. She didn't, how
ever; she went to the family In the
block that she knew best and borrowed
an unpretentious chapeau. Then she
went on down town in car. mentally
assuring herself that she was the big
best goose and the most thorough
packer of trunks that ever lived
Baltimore News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

late that while the feathers were used
for personal adornment, the bird was
liberated, minus the little yellow tufts
only. AS the royal mantles were large
and made almost entirely Of these
feathers, IT will be readily understood
what long time it took to collect
enough from this shy and compare
lively rare bird to complete one gar
ment. 1t was custom Of the kings to
receive from their subjects bunch Of
these yellow feathers in payment of a
poll tax.
The time occupied in making one Of
these robes is estimated at so to 100
years.. P. Gray in December "Recre-
alton"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
SEIZED the OPPORTUNITY.
His Courage Helped Out by Lucky
Introduction.

His Courage Helped Out by Lucky
Introduction.
He was a bashful man, was Trotter.
He loved Miss Budd so ardently that
he was afraid to tell her so, lest his
dream be resolved to ashes and smoke,
and vet he was certain that at the
critical moment she would say Yes"
So it went on, and Trotter kept add
ing to his stock Of courage until he
had accumulated almost enough to
brave the inevitable.
About that time Trotter escorted his
ladylove to public reception given in
honor of one Of the royalties. who came
to open big ,azar in the town.
They were ushered into the crowded
room. and awaited their presentation.
Finally the time came, and Trotter
wb;snered to the man who old the an
nouncing:
Miss Budd and Mr.. Trotter."
But the first half of the whisper was
lost in the noise, and to the horror OF
Trotter, he and Miss Budd were pre-
scented as "Mr. and Mrs. Trotter."
For a moment he was overcome;
then his stock of courage asserted it.
self. and forgetting all about the per-
sonage before whom he stood; he
turned to his fair companion and
asked:
isn't that right?"
They never noticed royalty. They
were hurried on in the crowd. But Trot-
ter didn't care, for he heard beside him
a gentle voice answer, Yes. STRAY
Stories.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

The remarkable discovery OF full
grown duck in the stomach OF a hall
but is reported by Captain Kilgore OF
the United States revenue cutter Rush.
now stationed at Sitka. The fish.
an unusually large one. was caught
by one of the quartermasters of the
cutter Nov. 10. In a letter dated Nov.
IA, Capt. Kilgore describes the landing
of the fish and the discovery Of the
bird as follows:
1T has been the habit Of the crew
when the cutter comes into the harbor
to set troll near the vessel for hall
but, which are found in these waters
weighing from so to rs pounds. When
Quartermaster Petersen. an enthusiast
tic fisherman, hauled in his line yes
terday morning he was rewarded with
a fine halibut weighing 10 pounds.
The landing naturally produced quite
a commotion ON board. But the sur
prising feature occurred when the
halibut was opened in process OF dis
tributicn to the messes. A blue bill
duck as large as a mallard was found
in his stomach in perfect state of
preservation, its fiat bill. feet and
feathers all in place as in life. The
fish, evidently. not satisfied with his
meal, feathers not being very digesti-
BILE, came along. took the hook baited
with salt herring, which resulted in
his capture. l have seen thousands of
fish opened, from smelt to shark. and
knew that sea birds caught fish. but
this is the first instance in my ex-
perience when the order was reversed
and a duck was found in fish,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
A ROYAL BEAUTY

Crown Princess Marie of Roumania.
daughter of the late Duke OF Coburg
and of the just divorced Duchess of
Hesse, is the greatest beauty among
Victoria's many granddaughters. her
husband recently was reported to have
challenged the Duke Of Hesse to a duel
because of the Dukes misconduct to-
ward her sister. Princess Marie was
married to Prince Ferdinand in 1898.
The portrait represents her in Rou-
manian gala costume she wore recent
ly on secret visit to a fair in Rou-
mani. where she mingled freely with
the crowd under the escort of Bulgar-
ian cousin and escaped notice or recog-
milton only because of her great lin
guistic abilities. She is Colonel Of
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REFUSE OF THE UNIVERSE.
Curious Beothuk Indian Legend About
Newfoundland.

Curious Beothuk Indian Legend About
Newfoundland.
1T was Beothuk Indian legend that
when God made the world he swept the
universe of the refuse and cast it into
the sea. and when the white men came
from the rising place of the sun they
called the heap Newfoundland and
chose it for dwelling place.
1t may be so. In its remoter parts
Newfoundland might easily be taken
for the leavings and rejected materials
Of the work of creation there cast
away.
1t is as fertile as an ash heap, which.
moreover, 1t resembles in that it con-
tains scraps Of everything which en-
tered into the making OF the world
iron. copper. coal. gold and all other
treasures under the ground.
The interior is a soggy. rock-strewn
barren, an interminably vast waste.
where not so much as a shrub is to be
seen and no man chooses to live.
Stunted forests fringe the coast,
skinny growth Of pine and spruce
and birch, through which you may
walk miles in vain search for a
schooner's spar.
The shore line Is rock, in some places
swept by flood and fire, bare Of all
soil-grim, naked rock. To many
Newfoundlander sandy beach would
be as great a wonder as horse.
AN you may say what you please"
said woman Of the northeast coast,
Notwithstanding, but Round 'Arbor's
good enough for me. They do say.
them that's been there. that it's won
derfully crowded at 'Twillingate. an
that the smoke Z st. Johns is some
thing barb'rous. -Ainslee's.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
THE CARS SERVANTS

The notorious sociability of the Gar
Of Russia extends, we are told by a
writer in Parsons Magazine. to his
servants. and he initiates the late
Queen Victoria in having colored at
PENDANTS. One Of these, James Her.
cules, halls from the West Indies, and
is very anxious that no one should
forget-not even his imperial master
and mistress-that ''he is a British
subject" The faithful black fellow In
a great favorite with the cars child
rem, who frequently commander
Jimmy" as they call him, for par
ticipation In their nursery sports.
When at dinner a colored servant
stands behind his majesty's chair. The
dress of the Indian attendants varies
from simple costume-something
like that worn by Queen victoria's
Hindu retainers-to an elaborate state
livery worn on ceremonial occasions.
They are given, fortnightly, alternate
terms of duty, and are lodged, as are
all of the cars male domestics, in a
special building away from the palace