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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28
JEMETT AVENUE
PAVEMENT
Property Owners Protest
Against the Confirma-
alton of the Final
Assessment Map
OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Contracts Awarded and Pay.
ments Made Ordinances
Issued.


At the meeting Of the Street and Wa
ter Board yesterday afternoon large
delegation of Jewett avenue property
owners, headed BY Thomas MeLarney,
appeared and protested against the con-
firmation of the final assessment map
for the improvement of Jewett avenue.
between the Boulevard and West Side
avenue. Property owners along the line
Of the improvement had previously pro-
tested. Protesting speeches We're sester-
dsly made by Mr.. McLaren, y. E. All
rens and Terrence J. Lyons.
The contract was awarded to the
Uvalde Asphalt Company, and work
was started on November | and com-
pleted November 30 Mr. McLaren, in
connection with his speech on the sub
ject, started TO read list Of questions
to which he desired answers. He was
asked by Commissioner Nolan TO weit
until the delegation could meet the
Commissioners on the scene. Clerk
Boulon informed The delegation that the
contractors started in all right, but were
overtalen by cold weather, still they
pushed ahead with the work while the
ground was too cold to hold the asphalt.
They said that as soon as the weather
moderated they would remedy the de-
fects. The Commissioners said they
would see that the contract was properly
executed.
The final assessment map for u sewer
under the eastern sidewalk II the Bonle-
ward. between Spruce aud Lake streets,
was confirmed along with those for the
following Improvements: improvement
of seidler street. from Bramhall avenue
to Clinton avenue; improvement Of
Dwight street. from Ocean avenne to
Van cieef avenue; improvement of
Lewis avenue, from St. Paul's avenne
to the Delaware, Laekawanna and Vest
ern Railroad
The final awards of contracts were
made: Improvement Of Myrtle avenue,
from Ocean avenue to Garfield avenue,
to the Uvalde Asphalt Company; inn
provement of Plainfeld avenue, from
Duncan avenue to the Holy Name Gem
etery. to John Nolan; improvement Of
Logan avenue, from West Side avenue
to Bryant street. TO ]. Il. & R. Shannon
Company.
NJ. T. Connolly Contracting Company
was ordered paid $160, and ". Fl. Stew
art 1920, for use of sewer cleaning ma
chimes during tie month of December.
A warrant was ordered drawn in fa-
vor of President Heintze for S443.T2
with which to pay taxes and interest on
the new water plant through Jefferson
township from 1902 to February ?, 1903.
An ordinance allowing the Reigle-Sach
Co. to erect covered platform along
their building on Washington street
passed the first reading.
Another ordinance allowing the Baker
Castor Oil Co.. Bay and Washington
strpefs fo law q single Track from the
southwest corner Of Bay and Green
streets to connect with the spur of But
Ter Bros, running west on Bay street
TO The easterly line of Washington street,
was introduced. The tracks will cross
no street.
Tie Henderson Estate and Mr.. Tom
kins were allowed reduction Of $1,000
each on the assessment for their respect
i've properties for the Harmon street i'm
provement.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28
MERELY Y
MENTIONED


Politics is certainly a peculiar game.
Il causes funny situations A year ago
Assemblyman Colby, one of the Essex
County delegation, was one of the most
ardent supporters of the Public Service
Corporation as well as other corpora
tons. 1t was due TO his efforts that
the bills introduced on behalf of Mayor
Pagan We're strangled to death in COM
mittee. 4, year has brought about many
changes. Assemblyman Colby Is now
the most bitter foe. the trolley and gas
syndicate lf.s in the Legislature His
bill against perpetual franchises is
aimed at this corporation Instead Of
being arrayed against Mayor Fagan, lie
is how standing with him, and the Mayor
and Corporation Counsel Record, who in
the closing hours Of last years Iegisla-
tive session denounced Assemblyman
Colby as the tool Of corporations are
now praising him. 1t wouldn't be at all
surprising if Mr.. Colby were to stand
sponsor for the very bills he held up
last year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28
Rl0TlNG AT KIEFF.

KIEFF, Feb. 2s. 1905. Cossacks
we're called out to dispersc the maid
servants who went on strike and paraled
the streets. Many arrests were made
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28
T0NIeHT's LIBRARY LECTURE

Mr. Frank CT Gilman will lecture To-
night at fl.e Public Library on The
Literary Associations Of the English
Lakes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28

City Collector Fry seems to have some
difficulty in convincing the Board Of FL
nance that his office is in need of three
additional clerks. Mr., Fry has asked
the financial department Of the nnuhici-
pal government to set aside enough
money for the additional clerks he ex-
poets to put to work, but thus far the
request has not been needed. There
are now in the Collectors office more
clerks than ever before and the Board
Of Finance wants to be certain that the
asked for appropriation is a necessary
one before it takes favorable action.
AS chairman Of the Republican County
Committee, Collector Fry has his eye
on whatever patronage is going. There
are lots Of the faithful yet TO be re-
warded.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28

Itching. Blind, Bleeding or ProtudinA
Piles. Your druggists will refund money
if PAZo OINTMENT fails ia cure yon
il i 10 Il days. soc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28

Citizens are wondering why the Board
Of Health has not taken some action
toward having the filth that is aceumu-
lating II the city's streets removed.
Surely this is nlatter that concerns
the health Of the people and therefore
is within the province Of the Board of
Health Who would be responsible IN
the event Of an epidemic Of disease be
cause of tile deplorable condition of the
streets This is question to which
Or. Dickinson and his colleagues should
give consideration. The way the snow
and ice are piled up in the different
thoroughfares, breeding disease and
menaeing life and limb is a disgrace
to the city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28

It is 50 long since anything has been
said regarding the proposed sewer in
Division street that residents Of the
Horseshoe are beginning TO think that
the municipal authorities have aban-
doned It altogether. This is an improve
ment that has long been contemplated.
Promises that it would be pushed along
were made last summer and the people
III the Horseshoe section, for whose re-
lief it is intended, had calculated that
the sewer would be an accomplished faer
long before this.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-02-28

The impression prevails in political
circles that Mayor Pagan will not fill
the vacant snperintendency Of the Free
Public Library, caused BY the death Of
the late DR.. Leonard 3 Gordon. Peo-
pie are asking if it was sinecure why
was it ever created. If there was need
Of such an office during DIR. Gordon's
ineumbency why should there not be
need for it now? It may be that the
failure on the Mayors part to fill the
vacancy is due to the pressure that is
being brought TO bear on him to appoint
an undesirable man to the position.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
TWENTY-FIVE SUSPECTED CASES
Fears That the Yellow Fever Plague
Has Broken Out mt New York.

New York, July 29.-With no less
than twenty-five cases Of possible yell
low fever detained under observation
On the quarantine islands, DR.. 4. n.
Doty, health officer OF the port, said
today that twenty-four hours must
elapse before it could be absolutely de-
termined, by meteorological tests,
whether any OF the suspects were in
fected with the dread plague.
Two sailors, both apparently seri-
ously i'll, were taken today from the
steamer Seguranca, which arrived
from Colon, and isolated i'll the pest
house on Swinburne island Eight
more of the crew who had been i'll dur
ing the voyage, but were convalescent,
and seven passengers, two from the
first cabin, all of whom showed in
creased temperatures, were taken to
Hoffman Island for detention until the
results of blood examinations are
known. In addition to these, two sus-
poets were taken to Hoffman Island
today from the steamer FL Dorado,
from New Orleans, and there remain
on the island six cases from the steam
er Avona, which recently arrived from
Colon.
All the suspects held yesterday from
the steamer Alamo, from Galveston,
Texas, were released today. None of
the patients now under detention is re-
garded as being dangerously i'll, but
there is apprehension that there may
exist among them cases of an insidious-
ly dangerous form of yellow fever,
the ambulance-stage in which the
sufferer walks abroad, feeling only
slightly i'll, but imperiling all with
whom he comes in contact.
The health officers tonight are max
ing the most thorough tests of this
type of yellow fever among the ten
members of the Seguranca's crew, be-
cause four of this crew were taken off
at Colon, actually suffering with yell
low jack.
Health Officer DOty believes that
within twenty-four hours his tests will
show that the remaining sick from the
Seguranca are merely suffering from
an epidemic of low fever. which is
quite common on board ships arriving
in New York from the isthmus.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
NO SPECIFIC CRIME PROVED
Complaint Against ChamDc An
tlrcws. Charged With EXtortiOn.

New York, July 29.-After listenlng g
today to testimony in the case of
Champe S.Andrews charged with ex-
tortion, by Mrs. John S. Strosnider,
wife Of one of two men whom ne caus-
ed to be arrested recently on a charge
of swindling DIR John A. Harris, a
broker, out of $4,000, Judge Olmstead,
inthe course of general sessions declar-
ed that no specific crime had been prov
ed and intimated that he was willing
to dismiss the complaint.
A number of witnesses were- called
today, among them Strosnider who les-
tilted:
eve were to &C to a gambling house
where Mckee was dealing faro, and
Harris was to follow McKee's signals.
This simple system called for an out
lay Of $4,000, with the certainty OF
winning $4,000 at a lifting.
1--WE had sever al re-hearsals at my
house and at Dr. Harris house. On
March II we went to gambling house
The doctor bought $4,000 stack @!
chips and started in to play. | bought
a smaller stock. The doctor lost his
10000. l lost, 100, but Mckee had the
money.
after thinking the matter over
few days Dr. Harris decided that the
system for beating the bank, the faro
bank, was faulty and he called for an
other rehearsal The next day he visit
ed the gambling house again. Mckee
tells me and dropped $4,000. L wa:
tbcro that affornDOn'
Strosnider said that later, after an
other reheasal. The next day he Visit
confronted by Andrews, who demande'
the money. Mckee gave similar res
| timOny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
BIG TOBACCO SEIZURE.
Members of the Carlos Garcia Il Co.
Firm Held i'm $500 Bail.

New York. July 29.-One of the big
gest seizures of tobacco by the fed .ral
revenue authorities in this city in sew
eral years, together with the arres1 ct
the two members of the firm, both long
in the business mere. was made today.
The seizure was made at the cigar fac
tory of Carlos Garcia and Company In
Warren street AMI the two men arres:-
ed were Carlos Garcia and Gaiian
Llera, the members of the firm.
Both the men were arrigned before
United States Commissioner Sheit1s
and held in $4,000 bail each for exam
ination next Wednesday.
The seizure at the factory Included
according to the federal agents, LOCO
counterfeit tobacco stamps, $4,000 high
grade cigars and 1000 pounds Of tobac-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

Trying to Get i'm Between Vladivostos
and the Russian Manchurian Army.

Khersu, Manchuria, July 29.-The
japanese are apparently concentrating
in considerable force far to the east
ward with the aim of operating agatns.
Kirin and Ninguta, and getting in be-
tween Vladivostok and the Russian
Manchurian army.
1t is reported that the Japanese have
landed at several places in the Sibe-
ria1 litteraly between Nicholaievsk and
DeKastries, and that the telegraph line
TO Nicholaievsk has been cut The
landings, however, are reported TO be
by small forces.
The rains are moderating and the
roads are passable. The wet weather
and great heat are affecting the health
of the army and intestinal trouble
among the troops is increasing. Some
cases of typhu3 have been reported
but the disease is not epidemic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
MOORE MAY EE PROSECUTED
An Investigation tf the Case TO he
Made b. The Department of Justice.

Oyster Bay, n. Y. July 29.-An in
vestigation of thc case of DR.. George +.
Moore, physiolog:st and algologist of
the department of agriculture, who re-
signed yesterday, is to be made by the
department of justice to determine
whether prosecution is warranted by
the facts.
This was made clear tonight in cor
respondence between the President and
Secretary Wilson, the publication OF
which was authorized by the Preside Mt.
1t appears from this and the accom-
panying papers that the first su1ees-
tion toward looking into the bureau In
which DR.. Moore was employed came
in letter to President Roosevelt, from
T. D. Harman, manager of the Nation
al Stockman and Farmer, under the
date of July Il. last. In his letter
Mr. Harman says he has abundant ev-
idence that employees of the depart
ment have been unduly interested in
firms which have been organized u
develop and Sell nitroculture to far
mers and others at exOrbitant prices
This letter was referred to Secresary y
Wilson, who replied by transmitting
Moore's resignation, saying that the pa
pers had been sent to the department
Of Justice to determine whether the
case requires action.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

are directing the fight against the fe-
yer, are entirely misleading. 1t is an
nounced that thorough harmony pre-
walls between the state and the city
boards of health, and between them
and the marine hospital service physi-
clans.
DR.. Beverly Warner today sent
message to many clergymen appealing
TO them for assistance in the present
emergency by speaking to congrega-
tons on Sunday in favor Of the work
now being carried on by the health au-
thorities. He asks that preachers and
priests urge church attendants, wheth-
er they believe in the mosquito theory
or not, to give hearty assistance to the
authorities in stamping out the mos
quito as at least one source OF lnfec-
ton. Dr. Warner asserts that some
householders refuse permission to the
oilers and scientists to Oil and Green
cisterns and pools. In connection with
street cleaning, the mayor has under
consideration proposal to set aside
two special days next week to be call
ed street cleaning days when all the
forces now engaged in sanitating the
city will be supplemented by addition
work.
Business at the French market and
the business houses in the quarter in
fected has suffered seriously in the
past few days. but with the gradual
Capitalization of cases in the emergen-
cy hospital and the sanitation of busi-
ness quarters, business is expected to
resume it's normal proportions. Rail-
no Il
ed by uuarantines which are constant
" becoming more OnerOus as the dis
uuietude increases in the South.
A panicky feeling exists in many
places outside of New Orleans and
promises still further to burden the
railroads.
Every day a half dozen villages are
scratched off the list OF open towns
and very often the embargo is clapped
on so suddenly that passengers are
caught with tickets already purchased
to leave.
The Southern Pacific and the Iexas
Pacific railroads on the west bank OF
the river are heavy sufferers. 1t was
said at the marine hospital offices that
passengers from New Orleans were no
longer permitted. to travel in -fexas
and only the most insignificant satloliS
are open to Louisiana. Quarahtiiies
nave been established so thoroughly
along some railroads that large carus
bearing bold, black letters nave oeell
posted in the stations announcing that
all tickets bought for any point out
side of New Orleans are purchased at
the purchasers risk and subject to the
restrictions of Quarantlnes.
Local representatives OF rallroau
lines which run through MISSISSIPPI
were advised in telegrams TO-DAY tna'
no person from New Orleans would oe
permitted to travel in a train IN tnat
| state without a health certificate. Ihls
| affects through passengers. bound fof
| tEe north, east and west Before they
| lad received these orders ticket agents
had sold large numbers of tickets to
| people intending to leave tomorro" aho
Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Efforts Toward Readjustment Of EqBiI-
ibrium Of Europe.
Gr"at Britain Must Prevent its Be-
coming Dancernns-An Agreement
With France May be Effected.
Which Would Preclude tlc Menace
Of ANY Alliance Emperor William
Could Bring About

London, July 2o-The British gov
ernment is still in complete ignorance
as to the motives for Emperor Will
liam's recent maneuvers, but is assur-
ed that his efforts ultimately will be
directed toward a re-adjustment of the
equilibrium of Europe, which was dis
turbed by the removal of Russia from
the scale as a sea power. A high Off
cial said to the Associated Press today:
THE alarm created by the press of
Europe during the past week was un-
due. The situation is not warlike,
though it naturally requires that Great
Britain shall make move to prevent
its becoming dangerous. The British
government contends that any align
ment of the powers arranged by EN-
perOr William would be on the opposite
side of the scale from Great Britain and
makes no secret of her desires to effect
an agreement with France, considering
that such an agreement would preclude
the menace Of any alliance Emperor
William could then bring about
Whether or not this project has been
formally broached to France the ASsO-
ciated Press was unable to ascertain,
but indications are that the French
government is awaiting divulgence Of
the German emperor's programme.
France" said an official to the AS
sociated Press today, ''should natural
~ be aligned with liberal governments
rather than with autocracies, with the
character of which her people are not
Svmnatheticr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Especial to The Messenger

Beaufort \. c., July CA most
horrible and shocking accident occur
red at Davis Shore, about ten miles
east of Beaufort, yesterday afternoon.
when Sutton Davis, Il 16-year-oid lad.
while wading and playing in the water,
was suddenly attacked and eaten by n
very large shark. Sutton was in the
water about waist deep when sudden
ly shark approached him, threw him
in the air and caught him as he struck
the water, pulled him under and dis
appeared in deep water with the boy.
Thorough search has been made. but
no particle Of the body has been found.
Those that were with Davis were
terribly frightened. but could not help
the poor boy.
The accident has thrown u feeling Of
sorrow over our town people and the
guests of the community.
The people, and particularly the chill
dren, have enjoyed the fine dives and
invigorating swimming matches which
they daily participate in.
large number of sharks have been
noticed in our waters for two weeks,
but moo ne felt much anxiety concern
ing the terrible monsters.
"A large quantity of fat backs have
been caught this month and a quantity
of refuse fat has been thrown back
into the water from the factories, and
sharks have come into feast on il. Ii
is the first time a person has been mo-
Tested by shark in our waters for
nearly fifty years
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
nEIEW BACK IN NEW YORK
Saws He Will Issue a Statcmcn: Cow
ering His Connection With the
Equitable.

Saws He Will Issue. a Statcmcn. Cow
ering His Connection With the
Equitable.
New York, July 29.-United States
Senator Chauncey M. Depew arrived
tonight from Southampton, on the
steamer st. Paul
Senator Depew freely admitted that
his pleasure trip had been cut short
81 have come hack to the storm cen
ter" he said. "As charges rejecting
upon me have been made | have come
back to state my side Of the case.
Tonight have nothing to say about
the Equitable, or the loan made to the
Depew Improvement Company, or dis
to my resignation. l will give ouI
statement later that will cover all these
matters fully"
Senator Depew frankly discussed
''Fads and Fancies.'' He said that he
was a subscriber. and had been so for
about four years.
81 subscribed for the book, he sal
because l liked the work. 1t was one
of the most beautiful works | have
ever seen. 1t COST me for my subscrlp-
ton somewhere around $1,000" He de-
MED that he had been threatened or
the publication of any scandalous Or
undesirable stories about him If he
did not subscribe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
LYNCHED By TEXAS MOB
Unknown Negro Hanged Who Had
Attempted to Assault Two Women.

Dallas, Texas, July 29-An unknown
negro who attempted to assault TWO
white women was lynched today near
the town of Avery, by mob of seve-sl
hundred men. The negro attacked ;as
two women last Thursday. He was
frightened away in his first atte.n9.
and later waylaid Mrs Aydelotte. Fer
screams attracted her husband, who
was nearby. When the latter arrived
on the scene he vas knocked down by
then egro. Mrs Aydelotte was also
struck over the head. The negro then
fed, but was CAPTURED today on SUI
phur River by a posse. After being
positively identified by the two woCien
he was taken into the woods and hang
ed to a tree.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Remarkable Demonstrations BY Japa-
nese to Americans.
Admiral ToeC's Wife One OF tic Party
Who Bade the Americans Goodbye
TriD to Kyatt. Was Continuous
Ovation. Great Crowds Greetin. the
Visitors at Every Station.

Toxic, July 29.-Secretary Taft and
his party left for Kioto on a special
train last evening, receiving an enthu-
siastic send-off at the Shimbashi sta
ton, from a distinguished assemblage,
including court, military and naval of
ficials, and bankers and other mercan
tile representatives.
Among the ladies was Madame Togo,
wife of Admiral Togo, whose quiet, un-
osteutatious manner attracted no small
attention as rejecting the prominent
Characterization of her husband.
Seldom has a foreign party received
SO brilliant and hearty a send-off.
A dispatch from Nagoya says:
The Taft party received hearty ova-
tions at all the principal railroad sta
tons. The Nagoya was full of distin-
guished personages, much cordiality
manifested between the members of
the party and those who welcomed
them.
Nagasaki, July 29-Secretary Taft
and party arrived at KyotO today. The
governor, mayor, and other officials,
and great crowd Of people greeted the
visitors. 4 band played the Ameri-
can anthem as the train was entering
the station. Miss Alice Roosevelt was
presented with many flowers. The par
ty visited the old imperial palace, the
temples and museums, and this even
ing witnessed a cherry dance. They
will proceed to KOke tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
lex ision i'm Patterson Case Affirmed

lex ision i'm Patterson Case Affirmed.
Tallahassee, Fla. July 29.-The su-
preme court today handed down feci-
sion affirming the decision of the cir
cult court IN the Patterson case. This
decision held the recent act requiring
separation of the races in street
cars unconstitutional because ii permit
ted negro nurses in charge OF white
children or invalids TO ride with the
whites, thus, in the opinion OF The
court discriminating between persons.