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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-15
Shortage of Weight. Alleged.

George Hurst. a miner, employed by
the Crown Coal and Tow Company. at
Ogle Station. yesterday filed suit in
Justice Wangclin's court at Belleville for
SEQ. which. he says. is Cue him for al
legged short weights on coal he has mined.
Attorneys for Hurst claim that this will
be a test case. 1t is alleged that for sew
eral years the weights have not been
right and that the men have lost consid-
cradle money as n result. The owners of
the mine claim that the weights are cor
rect and that the miners received all that
they We're entitled to.
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CHAS. A. DUFF, NJ. u.
CIJRE OR NO CHARGE

CURE O n n o CHARGE-AbsoIuteIy n charge unless satisfaction is given.
Nv uattentz receive n written guaranteed to refund every dollar paid FOR services
is a specified leneth of int II hey 10 not receive mPlet lifelong cue md
h. srxcne thnt I I'M entirely responsible for any contract hat is not nlRn
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burlington Building, Directly oc2osne South Side of Post ONCE.
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r JENNIE SMITH.

Who died SUNDAY afternoon at Sterling.
kas., at the age of ~ years. Mrs. Smith
was a close friend of Mrs. chenot II
had been a resident Of st. Louis for over
fifty years.
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River Forecast.

EDWARD =. BOWIE
Local FOrecasts-
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The People of St. Louis Should Not Fail to
Visit Our Salesroom During Our
Special December Sale.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT A GREAT
REDUCTION AT PRUFROCK'S STORE
prufrock Leather Furniture Is Becoming More Popular
Each Year-Samples Shown at Our General
Salesroom. 406 North Fourth Street.

prufTock'S Patent Folding eit nm
Bed Couches as low as......... VtIsUU
Imitation Leather and Velour &c En-
coucles as low ~
Come ard examine what We have tc
offer before purchasing any Xmas pres
ents. as there il nothing nicer than a nice
piece OF Upholstered Furniture.
Being a member OF the In%ternationsl
Jury of Awards at the Louisiana Pur.
chase Exposition. our goods were given
highest honois and we were out Of
competition"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-15
CURES BY 1 SPECIALIST.

DIR. Duns Pelvic Methods are your greatest
hope for "a complete cure, IL Won arc afflicted
with either BLOOD POISON. SKIN DISEASES,
STRUCTURE. H~fDROCELE. NER-
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TCRE- or amy affection of the Kidneys, Bladder
and Prostate. You are wasting money ard en-
daEEerinE your health in treating with ordinary
specialists. My systems Of treatment have eStab-
Hshed their reliability by Permanently curing
cases that Ind been unsuccessfully treated by
dozens of other physiciaEs
4 SURE CURE is what ] will give you beyond
a doubt IL your case is durable; II not 1 will not
accept your money and promise to do anything
for you. The best reference I could give as TO
professional reliability is the many. cured. salts
fed patients I dismiss. and proves that my Pelvic
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-15

MRS. PAUL CHARLES CHENOT.
Who. up to the time OF her death. Mon.
day morning at the Josephine Hospital
living resident II 81. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-15

People arc realizing The value OF : good
Leather Davenport. Turkish Lea tier
Rocker or comforn Leather CoTch.
We employ several hundred o. tie -Cry
hest mechanics in our factor. WHO make
only Upholstered Furniture AMI BEDDING
OF ell kinds
This year alone re have cue NJ and
used more than ten thousand hides Of the
finest quality of genuine leather and have
stripped this Leather Furniture to all parts
OF the United States. Canada, Mexico. Gu
ba and ElTope.
Every piece bears OLE -rddo-hIark and
Guarantee and Is bT1t 10 last a lifetime,
with the prope" care
We are offering W hish-Z-ade goods
his month at fro1 y % ~ per cent
cheaper thai YOU can any them elsewhere.
Do not delay. but cone at once and see
what we nave TO offer and that what we
say here is tTIIe.
Everything IS marked in osl;n figures
in red iT6.
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Building Permits.

Henry El;cl. twr-storv brick building. No
"a California avenue: 81 d.
Thorrcs Ward NcManus. alterations AMI add
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ARLlNGTDS-24 II. W. s.. :. Of Sgtut4i
BrlGse road. CITY block i%2J: caih4:in"
Stefen 10 Robert l. IciArau. tu.ste..
-utr. ii.
ARLINGTON T.. ". :. =. OF Natural
Eridr- rcaf. city Block 49,: poG-rt I.
MCtaTaI. trustee. to CATHERINE Sicreu
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!. AZ Chicago Hotels.
sBEPUBLIc SPECIAL.
: Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. list. Louis persons
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
BARTENDERs AGREE

It is reported that seventeen of the
twenty members of the Local Barten-
ders' Union, who were recently dropped
for insufficient cause" and who decided
to organize an Independent bar-tenders'
union, have made up their differences
with the regular union, which is affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor,
and last night attended the meeting of
the regular union at McEntee's Hall,
Grove and Mercer streets. It is said that
the President of the regular organization
recently appointed committee of three
to wait upon regular members Of the
Hudson County Liquor Dealers Assoc
citation and were informed by them that
they would employ none as bartenders
but sthe blue button boys''in other
words, members Of the regular union.
The independents were scheduled to hold
meeting to perfect a permanent organ
zation tonight.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
COLLECTOR FRY TALKS.

Concerning the friction between Col
lector Fry and Comptroller Hough over
the appointment of the latter of Alfred
Hargens as clerk in the Comp
troller's office, which brought about
some warm words between Mr. Fry and
Mr. Hough yesterday, the City Collector
somewhat reluctantly had this to say this
morning.
with regard to the matter in yester-
days Journal of Mr.. Hargens's state
ment that it was not my intention to be
drawn into this discussion whatever, and
anything thafI have done in the matter
has been done from a sense Of duty in
my position as City Collector. Mr..
Hargens has made statement that
he was laid off last summer. He knows
that this is absolutely untrue. He also
says that his work was finished, and be
knows that to be untrue. He says that
81 cannot understand why Mr.. Fry
should be against me- When he made
that statement he also knows it is
untrue. AS matter of fact the
work that Mr.. Hargens was on
was not finished, and Mr.. Har-
gems was not laid off but was dis
missed by me. At the timesI dismissed
him / brought him in the private office,
and in the presence of the Deputy Col
lector, Mr.. McComb, gave him my rea-
sons for my action, and | feel that was
justified in protesting to the Comptroller,
Mr.. Hough that he should not be placed
in the position of countersigning the bills
from this Office, or of keeping the rec
ords of the receipts."
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
TO sIFT JURY SCANDAL
Full investigation to BE Made
of the Eckhoff Verdict Said
to Have Been Reached by
Coin Tossing.

The case of the coin Tipping by a jury
in the First Criminal Court last Satur-
day by which Peter Ecxhoff, of Sussex
street, was found guilty and ordered to
support child born to young woman
in Morris street, is to be investigated
In court this morning Lawyer James
Donelan, counsel for Eckhoff, moved for
a new trial and read an affidavit made
by Bernard J. King, one of the jurors,
TO the effect that the tossing of the
coin led to the rendering of verdict of
guilty against young Eckhoff, after nine
men had agreed on a verdict of acquit-
tai. In his affidavit Juror King stated
that the drawing of straws was first
suggested, but that Foreman Hancock
insisted on the tossing of coin, and his
suggestion was adopted
Assistant City Attorney Isaac f.
Goldenhorn, representing the city, said
he thought the evidence in the trial was
sufficient TO warrant conviction, but
he moved that the Court require the
jurors to show cause next Friday morn
ing why they should not be found guilty
of contempt of court. Mr.. GoIdenhorn
said he believed that practices of this
kind was common among juries in such
cases and that the Court should make
an example of this jury if the charge
should prove true.
Police Justice Higgins said the mat
ter was one of considerable Importance
and ought to be thoroughly sifted. He
said he would summon the jurors before
him Friday morning. Meanwhile he
would continue bail for the defendant.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
JAP FLEET SAILS
Great Naval Battle Expected
When Togo Encounters
the Russia Baltic
Force.

LONDON, Dec. 81, 1904. 4.-Announce
ment is made here today through the
columns of the s.Daily Mail" on the au-
thority of its correspondent at Hong
Kong, that the Japanese have sent a
strong fleet of warships to meet the
Baltic fleet in the open seas.
The japanese feet is said to have
been drawn from Port Arthur, and is
believed to be in command of Vice
Admiral Togo. If in strengthening this
feet the japanese have drawn from
their ships at yladivostok, it is believed
here that the Japanese are taking
chances which have not been in line
with their usual precautions.
The last news of the Baltic fleet was
when the ships were sighted off the
coast of South Africa 1t was said that
the Russians We're moving slowly, but
that they appeared to be in excellent
condition and were saving coal and wear
and tear on the vessels.
1t is evidently the purpose of Togo to
meet the Russians in the open sea. If
this is done it will mean the annihilation
of one feet or the other, and that there
will be the greatest sea fight in recent
history.
A new army is being modified in Rus
sia. This is the most extensive mobilza-
ton of the war, and will add about 200,-
600 men to the army of the Far East.
1t is thought that the whole force can
be placed in the field by spring, when
the problem of food and fuel will be
easier met and the transportation of
troops will create less strain upon the
Trans-Siberian Railway. 1t will bring
Gen. Kuropatkins effective force, rough
" estimated. TO 6S00O0.
An imperial decree has been issued or
dering several detachments and cadets Of
the military schools in the districts of
Warsaw, Wilma, Kieff, Kazan, ST. Peters
burg, Moscow and Odessa to be mobiliz-
ed as reinforcements for the Far East.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21

ing, and no hope of extraordinary re-
ceipts, as Of interest of Civil War bonds
or the three-fold increase in collateral in
heritance tax, as in 1908, a State. tax is
inevitable unless the present revenue
from railroads is preserved to the State.
This revenue the State collects promptly.
There must be some limit to the de-
mands of the local communities upon the
States revenue. Primarily all taxes are
State taxes, and those we commonly look
upon as local taxes are, in fact, dona-
tions from the State to the several COM
munities. As is often the case the
grantee of favors bestowed, has become
hardened and now actually demands
more. The real relation of the interests,
State and local, should not be overlooked
The State is not asking favors. 1t only
seeks to retain and protect its own.
Gentlemen of the commission said
Mr.. McCarter in closing, "let me again
urge you to go slow in making any rec
ommendation that will infringe upon the
present methods. No one can tell what
would become of substitute.
''The railroads may with method ac-
quiesce i'll revolutionary changes,in hopes
of repeating the present law, and of Sc
curing the enactment of new one one
that will be unconstitutional, with there
suit that they would be thrown back to
the less stringent provisions under which
many of them were incorporated.
ssThe State cannot afford to risk an
other contest. The principle of the pres
ent law, sustained as it was by the courts
should be maintained, and no encroach-
ment should be made upon the receipts
of the State for the benefit Of the muni-
cipalities.
Following the session held by the
Equal Taxation Commission. the mem-
bers held an executive session to con-
slider the plan and scope Of the report it
would make on the matter. The mem-
bers made statements of their opinions
in the matter and delegated Mr.. Werts
to draw up the first draft of their re-
port in about the same manner as the
Supreme Court gets up an opinion. This
draft viii be submitted to the members
and will be revised until the form most
agreeable to a majority Of the five mem-
bers is decided on.
The meeting was adjourned, subject to
the call Of the chair.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
CUT HER BABY'S THROAT

Mrs Margaret Metzger, thirty years
old, of No. 203 Railroad avenue, who is
unfortunately subject to periodical fits of
insanity. last night cut the throat of her
three-year-old child Jeanette and intend
ed to kill herself, but according to her
own story lost nerve when she saw the
blood squirting from the gap she made
with a carving knife in the throat of her
babe. Her screams attracted the atten-
tion of neighbors who found her running
with the child in her arms for the office
of DIR. Craven The doctor was obliged
to put seven stitches in the gap of the
throat of the child made by the insane
mother, and it was said the child would
recover.
Mrs. Metzger was for a year in the
Snake Hill Insane Asylum. She was
committed there in 1885, Her husband
is musician who has been crippled for
the past six months. He is well-to-do
and owns fiat in Bright street. The
mother of the woman runs a grocery
store on the first floor of the fiat where
the tragedy occurred. The woman is the
mother of four other children Berna-
dine, eleven years old; Margaret. nine
years old and May, eight years old. She
was committed to the county jail last
night as dangerous lunatic.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21

TER. DECREASING THE CAPITAL STOCH
AND CHANGING THE PAP xALuE OF
THE ORINoCO STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The orinoco Steamship Company. a eorpora-
tion duly created and organized under and oY
virtue of the laws OF the State OF NeW Jersey
by its President and Secretary, does hereby
First-rhat the principal office of the com
pany is at No S3 Montgomery street in ths
city of Jersey City, County OF Hudson, New
Jersey, and that the agent therein in charge
thereof, and upon whom process against the
corporation may be served, IS The New Jersey
Title Guarantee & Trust Company.
Second-That the Board OF Directors Of said
corporation at a meetsng duly esnysned ana
passed a resolution declaring that The changes
and amendments in the certificate of fneorper-
calling meeting Of the stockholders 10 fake
action thereon,
Board of Directors is hereto appended
ISourth-That thereafter and On the Fifteenth
day of November. 1904. pursuant 70 such cali OF
the Board of Directors, and upon notice given
to each stoekhoEder as provided in the BY
Laws a special meeting OF the stockholders
OF the company was held, at which meeting
more than two-thirds in interest of all of the
stockholders Ghere being but one class OF
sfoclSl having voting powers were present IN
person or represented by proxy. and That
more than two-thirds in interest Of the stock
holders having voting powers NqFsd IN favor
changes and amendments being as f5llows.-
The amendment Of Article Fourth OF said
Certificate Of incorporation to read as fol-
Fourth-The total authorized capital stock
Of the corporation Is one hundred thous-
and dollars t$l00,00Ql, divided into ten
thousand d0.000l shares OF the par value
of ten dollars $50 each The amount ef
the capital stock with which the eosnpany
viii begin business IS one thousand doll
F4ffh%frhat at said meeting OF the stock.
holders the foregoing amendments were IS
serted 10 in writing by more than twe-thir,lS
xrfip Il
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
BALTIC FLEETS PROGRESS.

sia. This is the most extensive mobiliza-
East Africa, Dee 20, 1904. Sixteen yes
sells of the Russian Baltic feet, which
passed Cape Town yesterday, are UNDER
stood to be coming to this port. -Four col
liers are here awaiting the arrival Of the
warships.
LONDON. Dec. 81, 1eo4.-The Hong
Kong correspondent of the DAILY Mail'
says that a powerful japanese squadron,
consisting of battleships and armored
cruisers, is now steaming southwark, ac-
companied by fifteen Golfers and trans
ports, to attack the Baltic feet. The Jap
anese intend to claim from neutrals the
same facilities for the squadron that neu-
trail powers have granted the Baltic fleet.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
US MESS CHANCES
MEEIINGS.


NOTICE. or ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting OF the Stockholders Of
The Friction Heat and Boiler COMPANY viii
ne ned on the 4th day OF January. 1905 &C
ofiice of the company. al numbers 243 and
~ Washington street, in the City Of Jersey
t1tys IN the County OF Hudson. III tne Ssata
Of New Jersey, for the purpose OF eleesing a
board Of directors and receiving ana acfiFxe
upon the reports Of me officers and Tor thu
TRANSACTION OF all Other business that may
properly come before Stockholders meeting
In accordance with the laws Of tine StaEa
OF New Jersey. no stock can be voted on
which has been transferred on the bnoks 4
the company Eithin twenty days next preced-
ing this election
The president and the secretary Of said COM
pany. and each Of them have dscIined failed
and refused to call meeting Of the sleek
place hereinabove stated; and The president
and secretary, and each ore ef Them. have failed
a newspaper published in said CouEts as Had-
son in the State Of New Jersey, or IN any
other place. notice OF the time and piaca
said meeting Of the stockholders Of said COM
pany; and the president and the secretary,
and each OF them. have failed declined and
refused to call said meeting, or mail notice
thereof TO the stockholders or any STOCKHOLDERS
Of said company al the spostoffiee address Of
office address is known or can be ascertained
BY the said president secretary or both of
and the secretary thereof have both failed.
declined and refused 70 cali the annual nieet-
ing Of the stockholders hereinaDeve referred
to. or to publish any notice thereof IN a
newspaper or by mail or in any other nan-
ner whatsoever.
Therefore, no legal meeting of the stock
holders Of said company can be called for
the time and place above stated. except by
three or more stockholders. having votina
powers Therefore. the Undersigned. stock
holders Of said company having voting
powers as such Stockholders. hereby and by
this notice, call meeting of the stockholders
of said company At the time and place and
for the purposes herenaboVe stated
CHARLES S L. BAKER
Stakeholder.
MELVIN POMERENE,
Stakeholder.
stocsholaer.
Stockholcar.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
Thursday, December 22d 1904
AT 4 o,CLOCK 2. nd.

AT O'CLOCK p. M.
at the Court House, in Jersey city, in said
County of Hudson, at which time and place
there will be opened proposals for furnishing
and delivering at the County Institutions at
Secaucus and County Jail, Jersey City, Coal,
Coffee and Spices, Clothing. Dry Goods, Gro
ceries, Feed Flour, Hardware, Hosiery, Ice,
Leather, Lime and Cement, Lumber, Fresh
Meats Milk, Oils, Paints and Oils, Plumbers
and Steamfitters' Supplies Provisions, Shoes
Soap and Starch, Teas. Tobacco Vegetables
and Woodenware, required to November 3oth,
1905.
Board viii award contracts to lowest bid
ders each of the items and bids will be
received for any or all Of the items the
specification lists.
Bidders can obtain information of all sup
plies required application 20 the Clerk OF
the Board next to the Court House. who Will
have printed detail lists of supplies, also blank
forms of proposals, on or after December 18th,
1904.
Contracts for supplies to date from award
and to terminate November 30th 1905.
Each bid or proposal must be accompanied
by certified check payable to Stephen NJ
Egan, County Collector or cash to the amount
of ten Q0) per cent, of the bid
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids if deemed for the best interest of
the County so to do
BY order of resolution of the Board Of De-
JOHN P. EGAN,
Clerk
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
LIVED UP TO HIS NAME

Patrolman Short yesterday discovered
Emanuel III, forty-five years old, Of No.
1886 Ogden avenue, some distance from
his home on the same thoroughfare and
suffering from the effects of two broken
ribs, which he said was caused by a fall
from wagon. III was taken to the
City Hospital in patrol wagon.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
ANOTHER TROLLEY AfIRE.

No. 13 Engine Company VS. called
out last night to extinguish a bnIze that
broke out in trolley car No 1,354, going
north, at Ocean and Linden avenues.
The fire was caused by an overheated
stove. There were but few passengers
on the car At the time and there was but
little excitement.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
n cnANcERY OF NEW. JERSEY.

TO ludwig AleXy.
BY virtue Of an order of the Court Of Chan
Gerry OF New Jersey. made on the day of the
date hereof, in 4 cause wherein Hudson Trust
Company is complainant and YOU and Others
are defendants, you are required to appear,
plead answer or demur to the bill Of said
complainant on or before the rhirtieth day of
January next. Or that in default thereof such
decree be made against you as the Chancellor
shall think equitable and just.
The said bill Is filed 10 foreelose q mortgage
given by Albert Delx and wife to complainant,
dated August 4, 1908. on lands at West New
York. Hudson Co.. New Jersey, and yau are
made a defendant because you hold a subse
qient mortgage on the same lands.
Dated. Nov. 80. 1904
WARNE SMITH
Solicitor Of Complainant, Weehawken p. o.,
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
N office to
Dealers and
Merchants
PROPOSALS
FOR SUPPLIES.

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR COFFEE AND
SPICES, COAL, CLOTHING. DRY GOODS,
FLOUR, FEED, GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
ICE, LEATHER, LIME AND CEMENT,
LuMBER, FRESH MEATS, MILK, OILS
STBAMFfTTERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS,
SHOES. SOAP AND STARCH TEAS, To-
BACCO. VEGETABLES AND WOODENW ARE,
as per lists on file and samples Of goods re-
auired on exhibition at the Freeholders office,
will be received by the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Hudson. at their
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
MONDAY, DEC. 26, 1904

at ten o'clock A. NJ, in the office of the
Superintendent of Schools.
AT this examination candidates may
apply for kindergarten Certificates, Pri-
mary and Grammar Certificates, Vice
Principals Certificates, Primary Princi-
pals Certificates. Grammar Principals $
Certificates, and High School Certificates.
Notice of intention TO apply for GER
tifcate should be filed by candidates with
the superintendent at least one week
prior to December 26
Information concerning this exanina-
tion may be obtained on application to
the undersigned.
HENRY SNYDER,
City Supt. Of Schools.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21

The West-C Coast preferred at which to
spend the winter. Best service. Best
resorts en- route Write for handsome
resort boolSlets. w. Il. Conklyn. c. II. 7.
Agent. Seaboard Air Line Railway, New
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21

THE ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Boston Lima Gil Company
will be held on the Third day Of January.
office of the New Jersey Title Guarantee ana
Trust Co., SO Montgomery street, Jersey City.
N j., for the purpose of eiecting Board ef
Direc tors and for the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come before ths
meeting.
The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. JERsEa

Jersey City Dec. 10. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that an election for
Directors of this Bank will be held at the
Banking House on Tuesday, the 10th day Of
January next.
The polls will be open from 12 NJ to / P. NJ.
G. W. CoNKLIN,
Cashier.