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This paper is Democratic in principles
and is independent in its views on all local
questions. __
Th© Dinner to E. F# C. Young.
‘jersey Citizens do well to honor Mr. E.
F. C. Young. In doing sor they display
their respect for the progressive spirit
of the community, which is represented
■by Mr. Young more than by any one
other man.
There are few enterprises of a pros
perity making class in Jersey City which
do not owe to Mr. Young some share of
their prosperity. There are few pro
gressive, energetic men who are not his
debtors for help in the critical period of
their careers. He has ever been the
voice to encourage, the mind to develop,
the hand to help.
His name is a poceni acmuu .
success o£ numerous wealth making con
cerns. and in ten times the number, where
his personal interests have not been em- j
barked, he has still been counsellor and
friend, and the giver besides of material j
aid and support. On the other hand, no j
man can point to the day or the move
ment when his influence or his action have
been identified with any scheme of injury
or destruction. While he has helped to
build a thousand enterprises up, he has
never had hand, act or part in pulling one
down.
In a word, the settled policy of his life
has been one of construction, of evo
lution. His story is one of benefits lavish
ly and unceasingly conferred upon the
public as a whole and upon innumerable
individuals. No man has wooed more
capital to Jersey City; no man has done
more to develop the natural resources of
the municipality; no man has helped more
of its progressive men to the realization
or their ideas and ambitions.
Thus it happens that the number of Mr.
Young'-s friends and admirers is only
limited by the population of the city. He
has made himself above all things a
Jersey City man. He has staked his for
tunes on the progress of the town and
made his fortune by helping that progiess.
He has resisted all temptation to go else
where. He has resolutely combatted ail
who have sought to injure the place by
word or deed. He has believed in the
city, and in return the city has the most
unbounded confidence in him and the
warmest and most cordial regard for him.
Last night’s dinner given in his honor
was a remarkable demonstration. But it
was small in comparison with what would
take place if the public at large were
given an opportunity of testifying to the*r
appreciation of Mr. Young’s good citizen
ship. ___
The Republican Anti-Trust Fake.
The Republican caucus plan to “combat
the trust evil” by submitting a constitu
tional amendment to the States giving to
Congress the power to deal with monopo
lies is a mere fake.
■First, such a proposal means years of
delay.
Second, it is highly improbable that the
amendment would ever be ratified, con
gress should not he given such powers as
the amendment would imply, and, when
they came to their senses, the States
wouid never surrender their sovereignty
to the required extent.
The plan is simply launched as a vote
catcher. It is intended to dazzle the
people next November. The party lead
ers do not really mean it, and they know
it is impossible of realization.
One of the Traitors.
We find this in a morning paper:—
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Ex
Speaker Thomas B. Reed rode up to
the Capitol this morning in an F street
Ca-nVhat do you think of the Porto
Rico tariff muddle?" asked the man
who sat next to him.
T refuse to be quoted, ’ answered Mr.
Reed. "I have a reputation for piety
and chaste language to preserve."
Somebody showed (Mr. Heed a copy of
a Manila paper in which appeared this
paragraph: "The difference between
Tom Reed and Billy Mason is that
when Tom Reed says he will resign he
resigns."
‘’Ah," said Mr. Reed reflectively, a
great journalist is evidently wasting
hie talents on the Filipinos.”
"It’s a pity you are not in this Con
gress,’’ he was told by an admirer.
“Think so?” asked Reed disinterest
edly.
"Yes, indeed: they need you down
here to tell them what to do.”
"Well,” drawled Reed, “they don’t
seem to need me to tell them whom to
do.” '
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
The tenth anniversary of the Sunday
school of the Second Baptist Church of
Hoboken was celebrated last evening in
the German Evangelical Church at Gar
den and Sixth streets. A big gathering of
the parishioners turned out to witness the
entertainment given by the little ones.
Drills, music and recitations comprised
the programme of the evening. The Rev.
John Campbell, pastor, delivered -an ad
dress In which he gave a brief history of
the Sunday School.
TEMPERANCE ON THE HILL
The ladles of the W. C. T. U. of Jersey
City Heights will hold their regular
meeting on Friday at three o'clock, in
the Bergen Baptist chapel on Clinton av
enue. There wll! be a Bible reading, to
which all ladies are cordially invited.
Lady Manager and Two
Teachers Say She Is the
Woman for .the
Place.
CLIQUE AGAINST HER ALWAYS
All Improvements Were
Made at the Matron’s
Suggestion, Miss At
terbury Avers.
GIRLS CALLED HER MOTHER
Until the Gubernatorial Inves
tigation They Gave Many
Evidences of Their
Love for Her.
[Special to “The Jersey City News.”]
TRENTON, March 16, 1900.—Miss Mary
A. Atterbury, for twenty years a mem
ber of the Board of Lady Managers of
the Girls’ Industrial School; Miss Carrie
Fox, for eleven years an attachee of the
school, and . Miss Margaret Nevins, who
has been at the institution for one year,
each testified before the special investi
gating committee last night that Mrs.
Myrtle B. Eyler was peculiarly fitted to [
act as the principal of the school.
Their testimony was very strongly in
favor of the principal. They were the
only witnesses examined by the commit
tee at its meeting, which lasted from
half-past seven o’clock last evening un
til nearly midnight.
The committee will meet again this af
ternoon at half-past one o’clock, when
several of the teachers at the school will
be called to testify. Mrs. Eyler will not
be among today’s list of witnesses.
There was only a handful of auditors
outside of the committeemen, witnesses
and reporters, at last night’s session.
The severe storm had no doubt kept the
curious at home.
After the examination of witnesses was
concluded there was an animated discus
sion among the members of the commit
tee as to how it would be possible to get
at the truthfulness of the statements
made by the various witnesses.
Mr. Meeker stated that there was such
a variation in the testimony given by the
witnesses for and against Mrs. Eyler that
the only possible way to get at the truth
was by examining the girls. He sug
gested that the committee go to the
school and take the statements of the
girls.
This brought ex-Judge Lanning, Mrs.
Eyler’s counsel, to this feet with the
statement that he did not think it would
be a good plan to go to the school and ex
amine the girls.
“Some of these witnesses are prejuring
themselves,” said Mr. Meeker. “These
witnesses tonight don’t seem to know
about the punishments because they were
not there. But there have been contra
dictory statements made by the witnesses
who were at the school and we ought to
know who is doing the lying."
He was opposed in this by Messrs.
Wakelee and Mungle, the former saying
that he refused to listen to the testi
mony of the inmates of such an institu
tion.
Mr. Meeker replied that it was in tes
timony that there were some very good
girls in the institution, and called to
mind that hardened criminals from the
State Prison had been called before the
Legislature investigations in the past.
Mr. Mungle laid his objection on the
inexpediency of allowing the inmates to
know that such an investigation was in
progress.
Judge Lanning told the committee he
hoped they would not go there, and
Trustee Carnagy firmly arose and said
with great emphasis:—
“ I am firmly opposed to the commit
tee going to the school. The fact that
they were investigating would be over
the school in an instant.”
“If the committee is afraid of that,”
archly replied Mr. Meeker, “we will
take a big police force with us. If an
uprising would result from a visit of
the committee, then all I have to say
is, that they haven’t got the control up
there that they are declared to have.”
This raised a small sensation among the
listeners.
“It is in testimony here that Bamford
and Mrs. Eyler took a girl in a room and
he held her while she punished her. The
only ones who know about this are Bam
ford, Mrs. Eyler and the girl. I want to
know where the truth lies.
"There is very damaging testimony be
fore this committee. I must believe it, if
it is not controverted.”
Mr. Carnagy replied feebly that the
committee had the privilege to believe that
way. It was not for the Trustees to dic
tate in the matter.
The matter was dropped by Mr. Mungle
saying that he would not say he would
steadfastly oppose having the committee
go up, but he would not decide at once.
It was said that there were still thirteen
witnesses to be examined. One of these
is Mrs. Eyler, five are trustees and seven
are officers or teachers of the institution.
Miss Atterbury, after stating that she
had been a member of the Board of Lady
Managers of the school for twenty years,
said that she had prepared a brief report
of the work at the institution, which she
asked to be allowed' to read.
She had taken this precaution, she ex
plained, because she was not used to
speaking in public, and she thought it
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Permission was readily granted Miae
Atteifoury, and she then read her. state
ment in a clear voice.
According to the statement, the trouble
between the principal and teachers ante
dates the selection of Mrs. Eyler for the
former position.
For many years, Miss Atterbury stated,
Mrs. McFadden had gotten along nicely
with the teachers, but just before Mrs.
McFadden took her departure from the
school some trouble arose, resulting in
the retirement of Miss lmiay, one of the
teachers.
Mrs. McFadde*. Miss Atterbury testi
fied, had said that she was only able to
control the girls at times by going for
them “rough shod.” She said once:—
"When a girl is wrong I do not spare
her; 1 go over her rough shod. After
wards I treat her nicely and take pains
to show her attentions until she goes
wrong again.”
The witness was of the opinion that
Mrs. McFadden did not always inform
the Board of Trustees of the punishment
she administered to the girls.
This, Miss Atterbury said, she felt sure
did not come from any desire of the for
mer matron to hide things, but because
she did not want to disturb the board.
Referring to Mrs. Eyler's regime, Miss
Atterbury said that wfhen the present
principal took hold, there was a strong
disaffection among the teachers. In fact,
some of the teachers, according to the
witness, were very much opposed to Mrs.
Eyler even before the latter took hold.
Miss Atterbury expressed the belief that
Mrs. Eyler was well fitted for the posi
tion she now occupies.
Mrs. Eyler, Miss Atterbury testified,
had from the very outset brought every
trouble at the school to the attention of
the board, and this was what in her opin
ion, caused unrest among the old trustees.
They did not want to be burdened with
these complaints.
Immediately upon Mrs. Eyler’s coming
to the school, according to Miss Atter
bury, she set about improving conditions.
She urged a change in the girls’ dress,
and had recommended that the girls be
taught something besides housework and
dressmaking.
On the strength of these and other re
commendations by Mrs. Eyler, many val
uable improvements were made at the
school. The witness doubted whether,
prior to the gubernatorial investigation,
“a healthier, happier or better behaved
set of girls could have been found in any
similar institution.”
Until the trouble which resulted in the
gubernatorial investigation, Miss Atter
bury testified, the girls were exceedingly
fond of Mrs. Evler, and she related a
number of instances of where the girls
had evidenced their love for the princi
pal in her presence.
The witness told how the girls on the
play ground sent their love to Mrs.
Eyler, who was sick, by the witness, as
she went to visit her. At another time
the witness was followed to the door of
Mrs. Eyler's room, which was left open
at the request of the girls, who stood in
the door throwing kisses to Mrs. Eyler.
It was plain to be seen that some of
the teachers were in opposition to Mrs.
Eyler. Miss Scott complained to witness
that Mrs. Eyler was complaining of the
work in the laundry. The witness saw a
dress that looked as if it had 'been rough
dried. She called attention to this and
Miss Scott said they were not particular
with working dresses.
Miss Atterbury told of remarks that
had been made by Miss Wight, calcu
lated to create dissatisfaction and sedi
tion among the girls. Miss Wight was
not very young, the witness said, quite
an invalid and never seemed to be a very
cheerful person.
“Have you had any experiences with
any of the teachers that would lead you
to believe they were opposing Mrs. Ey
ler?” asked Chairman Mungle. when Miss
Atterbury had finished reading her state
ment.
“I should say it was very plainly to be
seen at all times that some of them were
opposed to her,” answered the witness.
“I had one experience not so very long
ago,” she continued. "I, went to the laun
dry. which was ii) charge of Miss Scott.
It was just about the time the girls began
to run away in such large numbers.
“I was sauntering around the wash
room; and I noticed that the first dress
on the horse looked as if it had 'been
rough dried. Miss Scott complained that
Mrs. Eyler was finding fault with her
work, and said she was doing the best
she could. I said if she was doing her
best that was all she could do, and then
walked into the room where the girls
were ironing.”
Miss Atterbury expressed the belief that
the effect of Miss Scott’s complaining
could not be but bad on the girls. Later,
while they were inspecting some of the
clothes that the girls were ironing, Miss
Atterbury said, Miss Scott admitted that
they were not always particular about
the girls’ working dresses.
Asked if she had any other experiences
with the teacher. Miss Atterbury said
that Miss Wight had complained on at
least two occasions, in the presence of the
girls, and in such a way as to cause the
girls to be discontented and unfriendly
towards the principal.
Upon being questioned as to whether
she had ever seen or known of any un
necessary cruelty at the institution, Mfes
Atterbury said she had never seen it nor
had it ever been recorded. “And I don’t
believe It ever took place there,” she
added with some warmth.
“It has been testified that girls had to
take castor oil as a punishment,” put in
Mr. Mungle.
rne motner oi my minister wasnea ms
mouth out with castor oil for swearing
when he was a boy,” responded Miss At
terbury.
The witness said that the present cells
in the cellar were much preferable to the
old dark room on the attic, and she did
not regard the cell rooms as at all ob
jectionable. Besides, she added, Mrs. Ey
ler had nothing to do with the building of
the cells.
■’Do you think the school is run as well
as when Mrs. McFadden was matron?"
asked Mr. Mungle.
"I think it is much better, in so far as
Mrs. Eyler has been able to conduct it.
She haSj not had: a fair trial/’ was the
answer.
“She has been there three years. Don’t
you think that is nearly time for her to
have been tried?”
“I would think so ordinarily; but she
never had the backing of the old Board
of Trustees, and was hampered in that
way. She Is one woman in a thousand.”
“As to the general management of the
institution, is it as well conducted now
as it was when Sirs. McFadden was
there?” asked Mr. Meeker.
“Without saying anything detrimental
to Mrs. McFadden, I think it is better
now. It is a changed place; Mrs. Eyler
is more progressive. We have not made
an improvement that is not due to her
suggestion."
Miss Atterbury admitted never having
seen any of the reports of the two officers
who were recently employed at the
school. They testified that they had made
reports. She stated in response to a bas
tion, that of course she would not know
of any punishments without they were on
the punishment books.
A long discussion ensued on the ad
visability of changing the law governing
the school. Miss Atterbury expressed
the opinion that the institution should be
known as the “Girls’ Reform School,’’
rather than the “State Home for Girls.”
“Are you aware that the State is build
ing a reformatory?” asked Mr. Meeker.
“You mean the one up near Elizabeth,
that takes all the money?” answered
Miss Atterbury, and a smile broke over
the faces of those assembled.
Miss Atterbury said that she had al
ways regarded the institution as a reform
school, and she thought it should be de
signated as s-uch..
Mr. Mungle told the witness that Miss
Harbourt and Dr. Satterthwait had tes
tified to seeing evidences of cruel pun
ishment. Witness had never seen this;
had never seen a girl slapped whi\e be
ing held.
Mr. Meeker was so fortunate as to have
the fair witness indorse all the 'pro
visions that have been put into the bill
the committee will report. She said the
Board might be better a mixed one of
men and women, and though she favored
the name “State Reform School for
Girls,” when she was informed that but
twenty per cent, of the inmates were
sent there for offenses that were in
dictable, and eighty per cent, for mere
misdemeanors and disobedience, she
agreed with Mr. Meeker that it might be
better to give the school a name that
would not stigmatize those who are sent
for the minor offenses and who will be,
many of them, discharged upon their own
recognizances under the bill the commit
tee will report to the Legislature.
The witness never saw Mrs. Eyler in
a temper. “She strikes me,” said the
witness, “as a very even-tempered per
son.” This is not the way she strikes the
girls, according to Bamford, Phillips,
Conniff and Kohler.
Miss Atterbury asked not to be requir
ed to answer as to whether the old Board
of Trustees should not have dismissed
some of the leaders of the school. The
old board had always been very kind to
her, she said.
Examined by Mr. Abbett, it was shown
that the witness knew nothing about the
cruelties that have been detailed by the
other witnesses.
Miss Carrie Fox, who has been a
teacher in the schobl for eleven years, tes
tified that three years before Mrs. Eyler
came, while Mrs. McFadden was away,
the school went down very fast.
Mrs. Miller and Miss Wight were very
much prejudiced against Mrs. Eyler, and
it looked as it they were trying to create
insubordination. Miss Fairlamb was not
loyal to Mrs. Eyler, and Frances Day was
quite saucy to her. Dr. Satterthwait
also semed very bitter towards Mrs. Ey
ler, and had said “I stepped aside for her
once; if she does it again I'll make her
feel it.”
When Mrs. Eyler was first selected, the
witness testified, Mrs. Miller stated: "I
have no use for that woman; she won’t
learn much from me.”
Mrs. Miller and MisesfWight and Fair
lamb had called the matron names.
Upon being questioned as to the con
ditions at the school, Miss Fox said that
there wa9 a marked improvement since
the coming of Mrs. Eyler, considering the
disadvantages and troubles under which
she had worked.
Mrs. Eyler was not attacked by a girl,
as reported in the newspapers.
Witness saw Miss Harbourt slap a girl
while Bamford held her.
Miss Maggie Kevin testified that the
newspaper clippings telling of the in
vestigation were found in the possession
of the girls on the halls of Miss Wight
and Miss Harbourt.
Witness saw Mrs. Eyler slap one girl
while Bamford held her, but the girl
was fighting.
She testified that the principal has com
plete control of the girls. No partiality
was shown to any girls.
The girls, according to the witness,
called Mrs. Eyler "mother,” and were
very fond of her. Miss Nevin said Mrs.
Eyler was a remarkable wonjan, and was
doing a very good work.
The investigation was continued at two
o’clock today'.
MISS AVERILL’S LECTURE.
The Lawrences and Charles
Gordon Discussed at Mrs.
Van Vorst’s Yesterday.
Miss Averill gave the third and last of
her course of Lenten lectures in Jersey
City, yesterday morning, at the residence
of Mrs. J. Van. Vorst, No. 119 Mercer
street. Notwithstanding the storm there
was a very good attendance and the
talk was very interesting.
On this occasion Miss Averill took her
subject, . “'Modern English Heroes, the
Lawrences and Charles Gordon. She
traced the history of the Lawrences, Sir
Henry an<d John, taking the class all
through their manoeuvres in India, re
ferring to their being North of Ireland
men, and describing the siege of Delhi,
at which John was shot in 1867.
As descriptive of this part of her lec
ture, Miss Averill read Tennyson’s poem
on Lucknow Lowe's “Relief of Lucknow"
and Kipling’s “East and West.”
The second part of the lecture was
devoted to Charles Gordon and the
Chinese War. His history was also care
fully traced with comments thereon by
various writers. His title of “Chinese
Gordon',” was also discussed, his interest
in the slave trade, his imprisonment and
death, with readings from Kitchener's ac
count of his burial, Kipling’s “Fuzzy
Wuzzy,” an account of the siege of
Khartoum, and extracts from lectures.
Gordon’s home life was also described.
Among the members of Miss Averill’s
class were:—Miss Ogden. Mrs. William P.
Underhill, Miss Douglass, Mrs. J. Van
Vorst, Mrs. William Taylor, Miss Riley,
Miss M. Van Vorst, Mrs. Douglas.
HOBOKEN PURIM BALL
The annual Purim ball in aid of the
charity fund of the Hebrew congregation
of Adath Emuno, drew a big gathering
to Odd Fellow's’ Hall, Hoboken, last even
ing. A tidy sum was realized. Former
Councilman J. Weinthal, D. Mayer, I.
Dresden, J. Lubenstein and M. Hart com
prised the committee which superintended
the arrangements.
FIRE ON HANCOCK AVENUE.
A still alarm of fire was responded 1o
by members of No. 14 Engine Company
last night for a fire in the three story
tenement house. No. 115 Hancock avenue.
The building is occupied by several fami
lies and is owned by Henry Brautigam.
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OUNN ACTMUST GO
Senate Passes the House
Repealer After a
Fight.
STATE OYSTER INDUSTRY
Measures to Protect Jersey
men’s Interest — New
School Bill Amended.
[Special to "The Jersey City News."]
TRENTON, March 16, 1900.—The session
of both Houses of the Legislature yester
day was decidedly business-like. Several
measures were discussed and many were
passed. Perhaps the most important act
of the Senate was the passage of the
House bill repealing the Dunn Act. This
is the law which permits men to be ex
amined for admission to the bar without
serving the required clerkship in a law
yer’s office, Hpon the certificate of five
counsellors, that he is a fit person to
practice law. Some years ago ex-Con
gressman John T. Dunn of Elizabeth
wanted to practice law. He was a paint
er by trade, and as he had a family to
support he could not serve the required
clerkship in a law pffice. He became a
member af the Legislature and Speaker
of the House, and during his term as such
he secured the passage of the law which
since then has been variously known as
the “Dunn Act” and the “Five Counsel
lors' Act." Mr. Dunn was the first to
take advantage of it and became a suc
cessful member of the Union County Bar.
The act was never popular with the old
school lawyers and at almost every ses-,
slon of the Legislature since efforts have
been made to repeal the law. It was al
ways opposed by the laymen and it wras
argued in its favor that it was in the in
terest of the poor man and by its aid
indigent but deserving young men who
had a mother or sisters or both to sup
port were enabled to become lawyers and
all efforts to repeal it were in vain. This
year, however, it passed the House and
came up yesterday on final passage in the
Senate.
Mr. Pitney advocated Its passage in a
speech in which he said that the effect of
the Dunn law was to make lawyers out
of men who knew no law'. It had discred
ited the profession and was injurious to
the public. With the act repealed there
would be no delay of the rejection of any
worthy 3'oung man by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Stokes who. rumor says, intended to
seek admission to the bar under the act,
asked how its repeal would affect those
who had begun the study of law under its
provisions.
Mr. Pitney replied that the repealer pro
vided that all who, within thirty days af
ter it became effective, notified the Clerk
of the Supreme Court that they had be
gun the study of law under the Dunn act
would not be affected by the repealer. Mr.
Martin, a lawyer and former Judge, op
posed the bill vigorously. He said the
Dunn act w'as passed to admit John T.
Dunn, because during the time he studied
law he had also followed some other oc
cupation for a living. Mr. Martin spoke
with some warmth of the injustice to am
bitious young men of superior ability
w'hich this repealer would affect. He said
it was unfair to put all young men on a
dead level and compel those of brilliant
parts to stand back and wait for their
duller brethren. The only test ought to
be one of brains and not of length of time
the candidates had served in an office.
The Dunn act requires the certificate of
five counselors to the candidate s fitness
for examination, and that ought to be
sufficient.
Mr. McDermott favored the bill. He
thought it a rather serious reflection on
the “five counselors” in a number of
cases that about half the candidates who
came up at the last term of the Supreme
Court under the Dunn act failed to pass
the examination. Mr. McDermott believ
ed the Dunn act was a standing invita
tion to young men with no special talent
in a legal way to take up the proiession
of the law.
After further remarks by Messrs. Mar
tin and Pitney, the bill passed 12 to 6
Braun, Cornish. Foster, Hutchinson,
Martin and Stokes).
Few people In Jersey City, perhaps, as
they gleefully put away the succulent blue
point or linger fondly over the toothsome
fry, broil or pan roast, realize'how im
portant to New Jersey the oyster industry
is. Next to IMaryland and' Virginia,
which, owing to their shores on the
Chesapeake .Bay, are the greatest oyster
producing States, comes Xew Jersey. The
largest port of our State's industry is lo
cated in the Delaware Bay and Maurice
River district, the crop of which is valued
at $2,000,000 annually. Between five hun
dred and six hundred vessels, carrying
crews of from ten to fifteen men each,
are engaged in this business and at least
3,000 South Jersey families obtain their
livelihood from it. In addition to this the
oyster industry flourishes to an extent in
the Raritan 'Bay and some other waters
of the State. It can readily be seen then
that there is some reason for the many
oyster bills which make their appearance
each ‘sessibn and which are received by
the self-sufficient gentlemen from the
northern part of the State with more or
less good natured ridicule. The oyster
men generally get what they want, how
ever, and have no complaint to make.
Yesterday oysters occupied a prominent
position in tooth (Houses. Mr. Steelman’s
measure making it unlawful for any per
son who is not an actual inhabitant and
resident of this State to acquire or have
and hold by lease or otherwise any oyster
lands of this State, the act to take effect
April 1, 1902, was taken up in the House.
Mr. Steelman earnestly advocated its
passage, stating that Virginia and Mary
land had similar laws, and it was New
Jersey’s duty to protect' the oyster lands.
Mr. Marks made a witty speech in favor
of the bill, while Mr. Abbett and Brad
ley of Camden seriously opposed it. The
measure, however, passed. While the
-House was wrestling with .this bill the
Senate was having its own trouble with
Mr. Francis’s bill which allows non-resi
dents to come into the State and take
oysters with tongs, which contradicts Mr.
Steelman’s House measure. The measure
was apposed by Mr. "Stokes, who said that
it serious-’.y disturbed the oyster policy of
iNew Jersey and the -policy which prevails
in every State. It interferes with what
has been the law in this State for one
hundred and fifty years. 4 The State ap
propriates money annually for oyster
planting, and this bill proposes to give
non-residents the benefit of the State's
bounty. He would like to have the ibill
amended so as to exclude South Jersvy,
though the whole principle involved was
vicious.
Mr. Francis etaid the bill applied to em
ployes, and he .thought an oyster dealer
ought to have the right of employing
help where he pleased. Besides, it ap
plied only to tonglng, which is only a j
small part of the oyster industry.
Mr. Stokes insisted that the bill was a »
dangerous departure from the State’s
policy of protecting its own citizens.
Mr. Francis became alarmed for his bill
and had it laid over.
In the Senate the Committee on Educa
tion reported the new school bill with
amendments. The principal amendment
is a victory for President ^lulvar.ey of
the Jersey City Board of Education, and *
changes the method of selecting Boards .
of Education from elective to appointive. J
Another amendment restores the present
system of taking the school census. The
first amendment will meet with con- j
sidarable opposition, especially from j
Camden, where they are now desirous of |
changing from the appointive to the ■
elective system.
The Senate had a very solemn discus- j
sion over the House bill which makes it i
lawful to kill any dog found chasing or j
worrying poultry. Mr. Reed offered an j
amendment providing that in case the dog j
was registered his owner should 'be pro- •
ceeded against for damages instead of :
killing the dog. Mr. Hutchinson opposed ;
the amendments saying that if a d*og
registered or otherwise killed a sheep he !
could be dispatched and he thought it
should be the same in the case of
poultry.
Mr. Martin said that a $500 dog might
kill a twenty-five cent chicken and he
did not think it fair that in that case the
dog should be surpressed. Mr. Reed’s
amendment prevailed.
Senator Francis moved to reconsider the
vote by which Mr. McCarter’s track
elevation bill was defeated on Wednes
day, and on motion of Mr. McCarter the
motion was laid on the table. Another
battle royal on the question is expected
next week.
“WIND slum FIGHT
Assembly Kills the Measure
for Protection to Horses
on Ferryboats.
[Special to “The Jersey City News.”]
TRENTON, March 16, 1900—A ' storm
raged without and a storm raged within
the Assembly Chamber yesterday after
noon. The elements were responsible for
the one without and Mr. Dexheimer's
“Wind Shield" bill was responsible for the
one within. The biil provides that the
companies operating ferries shall provide
their boats with some contrivance which
will protect horses from the wind, while
on the boats. The bill has been in
dustriously opposed by the ferry com
panies’ representatives here and it ap
peared to have stuck fast in the Com
mittee on Railroads and Canais. Mr.
Dexheimer, who is one of the hustling
members from Essex, did not like this at
all and at the Republican caucus yester
day afternoon he vigorously insisted upon
the committee bringing out the bill. The
caucus agreed with him and the com
mittee was instructed to report. Mr.
Clark, chairman of the committee, obeyed
the instructions and reported the bill
adversely. Mr. Dexheimer got the floor
with a motion to non-concur in the re
port and set off some oratorical fireworks.
He took the floor, he said, to appeal
to the humane feelings of the members of
the House. Whether the members of the
House were horse owners or not the>
could not but recognize the effort in
behalf of dumb beasts that were com
pelled to stand in the fierce blasts that
howl through the chutes in which the
animals have to stand while the boats
are making their trips across the river.
It was easy to see, he said, that some
powerful arguments had been used upon
the committee and he asked in the name
of humanity that the bill be allowed to
come out on the floor.
The constitutionality of the bill was
questioned by Mr. Foote of Union, in his
opinion it conflicted with the Inter-State
Commerce law.
“I fail to see Just how this bill can be
unconstitutional,” said Mr. Marks. I
think the gentleman from Union is a little
mixed on the scope of the interstate com
merce law.” Mr. Marks then advocated
the adoption of Mr. Dexheimer's resolu
tion.
According to Mr. Garrison, the editor
member from Morris, horses suffered no
ill effects from standing in the draughts
and the committee's report was just.
Messrs. Tennant and Benny spoke for
the resolution, and Mr. Kirkbride, of
Monmouth, declared that the scheme con
templated by the bill was impracticable.
■Farmer White of Warren, the oldest
member of the ’House, carried much con
viction by declaring that if the horses
were well blanketed they would not suffer
on the ferryboats. “Horses are not kept
in steam heated rooms, neciareu me
venerable member, “and they are made
to stand out in the cold.”
The report of the committee was sus
tained' by the vote of 25 to 22.
Mr. A'bbett succeeded in getting before
the House his resolution favoring the elec
tion of United States Senators by direct
vote of the people, and much to the sur
prise of some it created no discussion.
The only speech upon it was made by
Mr. Abbett and he had only a few words
to say in its behalf. The resolution was
defeated.
Hr. Marks succeeded in having passed
his bill providing for free public employ
ment agencies, wherein can be filed appli
cations of persons seeking help or em
ployment. The bill of Mr. Benny’s pro
viding for a State Normal School at New
ark also passed, and so did the bill allow
ing Asbury Park to purchase the board
walk from Founder Bradley.
AGAINST CIGARETTES.
W. C. T. U. Wants Dealers
Licensed—New Legislative
Measures.
[Special to "The Jersey City News.”]
TRENTON, March 16, 1900.—The anti
cigarette bill made its annual appearance
in the House yesterday afternoon. It
was fathered by Mr. Steelman of Cum
berland, who says he Introduced jt at the
instance of the W. C. T. U. The measure
provides that after May 1 it shall be law
ful for the governing body of any mu
nicipality to provide for the licensing of
any concern selling cigarettes. Before re
' curing a license the applicant must make
oath that the cigarettes he proposes to sell
shall not contain any injurious drug. The
application must be signed by ten legal
voters and the license fee is fixed at $20
' for retailers and $40 for wholesalers. A
fine of from $25 to $100 is provided for vio
! hitions of the law.
Among the other bills introduced in the
House were:—
Mr. Baeheller (for the_Speaker)—Au
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Take Laxattye Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ail
druggists refund tile money if it fails to cure.
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The New Jersey
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HELP WANTED.
CASH FOR ACCEPTABLE IDEAS. STATE
if patented. Address The Patent Record,
Baltimore, Md.
TO ALBERT TILTON, FREDERICK
Tilton, Louise Tilton, Jennie Small,
Charles Small, her husband; Josepnine
Huff, Frank Huff, her husband; Dolly
Tilton, widow; Edward Tilton, infant;
Eugene Higgins, Clarence Higgins. Eu
gene Higgins, Edith Higgins, Chris
topher Sipp, Sarah E. Sipp, his wife;
Margaret Henderson, individually and
as executrix of the will of James Hen
derson, dec’d; James H. Henderson,
Annis L. Henderson, his wife; John Mc
Dougall, Annie McDougall, his wife;
James Trapp, Elizabeth Trapp, his wife;
Malcolm Trapp, Elizabeth Trapp, his
wife; John H. Wood, Hattie Wood, his
wife; James M. Wood, Joseph Mayo,
Seth G. Babcock, George White, exec
utor of the will of William White, dee'a;
Patrick Fay, Mary Bay, his wife; The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York and the State of New Jer
sey:—
You are hereby notified that at a pub
lic sale made by the City Collector of
Jersey City, on the 16th day of April.
1895, The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey
City purchased for the sum of seven hun
dred and forty-seven dollars and fifteen
cents ALL the land and real estate sit
uate in Jersey City, in the County of
Hudson and State of New Jersey, front
ing or. Bergen avenue, which is laid down
and designated as lot 8, in block number
1199, upon an assessment map annexed to
a report number 93, made by the "Com
missioners of Adjustment” appointed ia
and for said City by the Circuit Court,
of the County of Hudson, a certified copy
of which report and map was filed in
the office of the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the 24th day of October, 1893,
said report and map and said sale being
made pursuant to the provisions of an
act of the Legislature of New Jersey,
passed March 30th. 1886. entitled:—
•‘An Act concerning the settlement and
collection of arrearages of unpaid taxes,
assessments and water rates or water
rents in cities of this State, and im
posing and levying a tax. assessment
and lien in lieu and instead of such
arrearages, and to enforce the payment
thereof, and to provide for the sale of
lands subjected to future taxation and
assessment.”
And the several supplements uiereio.
And you are rurther notified that you
appear to have an estate or interest in
said land and real estate, and unless the
said land and real estate shall be re
deemed as provided in said acts, before
the expiration of six months from and
after the service hereof, a deed fcr the
same will be given conveying to The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, the
fee simple of said land and real estate
according to the provisions of the said
& Dated Jersey City, N. J., January 2,
THE MA.YOR AND ALDERMEN OP JER
SEY CITY‘ E. HOOS.
> Mayor.
Attest- M. J. O’DONNELL,
City Clerk.
(Sale No. 5SS9.)
IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
To George P. Stewart and Benjamin J.
Hazleton:—
Take Notice, that by virtue of an or
der of the Court of Chancery, made on
the day of the date hereof, in a certain
cause therein pending wherein Francis
W. Mitchell is complainant and you and
others are defendants, you are hereby re
auired to appear and plead or demur or
answer to the complainant’s bill on or
before the twenty-fourth day of March
next, or that In default thereof such de
cree be made against you as the Chan
cellor shall think equitable and just.
Said bill is died to foreclose a certain
mortgage made by Henry I. Darling and
wife to the complainant herein, dated Oc
tober 15th, 1896, upon lands in Jersey City,
and given to secure payment of the sum
of two thousand dollars.
And you, George P. Stewart, are made
defendant because you claim to hold a
second mortgage upon said lands.
And you, Benjamin T. Hazleton, are
made defendant because you claim to be
the owner of the second mortgage held
bv said George P. Stewart.
"Dated January 23d, 1900.
WALLIS, EDWARDS & BUMSTED,
Solicitors of Complainant.
Office and Post Office address;
No. 1 Exchange Place.
Jersey City, N. J.
thorizes the Governor to appoint eight
residents to constitute the New Jersey
Commission at the Pan-American Ex
position at Buffalo next year.
Mr. Meeker (by request)—Authorizes the
canceling of taxes, assessments, etc.,
against lands belonging to or hereafter
to be acquired by the State or the Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund.
These were among those introduced in
the Senate:—
Mr. Miller (by request)—Makes it un
lawful to sell or offer for sale, at retail
for use as a beverage, cider In any form
in less quantity than five gallons without
a license.
Mr. McCarter—Enables municipal bodies
or boards having power to appoint an in
spector or superintendent of buildings and
assistants, to fix by ordinance the term of
office and compensation of such city offi
cials.
TO SUSIE LEE CHADDOCK, WIDOW; HED
en Isabel Chaddock, Infant; Belle C. Murch,
infant, and Gilbert Collins, executor and
trustee under the will of William H. Chad
dock, deceased:—
'Xou are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 6th day of October, 1896, The Mayor and
Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for the sum
of twelve dollars and ninety-five cents ALL the
land and real estate situate in Jersey City,
in the County of Hudson and State of New
Jersey, fronting on Grant avenue, which is
laid down and designated as lot 6, In block
number 711—1775, upon an assessment map an
nexed to a report number 101, made by the
“Commissioners of Adjustment” appointed in
and for said City by the Circuit Court of the
County of Hudson, a certified copy of which
report and map was filed in the office of the
City Collector of Jersey City, on the 3rd day
of September, 1895, said report and map and
said sale being made pursuant to the pro
visions of an act of the Legislature of New
Jersey, passed March 30th, 1886, entitled:—
“An Act concerning the settlement and col
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rate3 or water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing and
levying a tax, assessment and lien In lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to en
force the payment thereof, and to provide
for the sale of lands subjected to future
taxation and assessment.”
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified rbat you appear
to have an estate on interest in said land and
real estate, and unless the said land and real
estate shall be redeemed, as provided i;i said
acts, before the expiration of six months from
and after the service hereof, a deed for the
same will be given conveying to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City, the, fee simple
of said land and real estate according to the
provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. J.. February’ 6th, 1900.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER
SEY CITY.
E. HOOS,
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest— M. J. O’DONNELL,
City Clerk.
(Sale No. 6.643.)
HUDSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
To the Unknown Owners and Persons Inter
ested in the Lands Below Described:—
Take Notice that on the sixteenth day of
April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased
for the sum of seven hundred and forty-seven
dollars and fifteen one-hundredths dollars
($747.15), at a sale for adjusted taxes, etc.,
made by the City Collector of Jersey City,
pursuant to Chapter CXII of the Laws of
1886 and the supplements thereto and amend
ments thereof, the lands known as lot No. 8,
in block 1299, fronting on Bergen avenue. Jer
sey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, as desig
nated and laid down upon an assessment map
annexed to report No. 93, made by Commis
sioners of Adjustment appointed for said City
by the Court pursuant to said Chapter of the
Laws of 1886, and the supplements thereto,
which lands so sold are described by metes
and bounds as follows, to wit:—All that cer
tain lot of land and premises, situate, lying
and being in Jersey City, Hudson County, New
Jersey, beginning at a point in the westerly
line of Bergen avenue, distant 503.20 feet north
erly from the northerly line of a Jane as shown
and laid down on map aforesaid and in line
of lands now or formerly of the estate of Mar
garet Woods, deceased; running thence souther
ly along the westerly line of Bergen avenue
seventy-three feet; thence westerly 149.33 feet
to a corner of lands now or formerly of the
estate of Margaret Woods, deceased; thence
northeasterly along a line of the lands of said
estate 58.73 feet to a corner; thence south
easterly along another line of the lands of
said estate 148 feet, more or less, to the place
of beginning, and by virtue of an order made
on the sixteenth day of February, nineteen
hundred, by the Surrogate of the County of
Hudson, you are required to redeem said lands
from said sale on or before the fourteenth
day of September, nineteen hundred, or to
show cause on said day before said Court, at
the Court House, in Jersey City aforeaa‘d. at
ten A. M., why a deed therefor should not be
delivered to said purchasers, their legal repre
sentatives or assigns, pursuant to the statute,
and why such further order should not be
made as is by the statute provided.
Dated Jersey City, February 16th, 1900
THE MAYOR & ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
CITY.
By EDWARD HOOS.
Mayor.
(Sale No. 5SS9.)
STATE OF NEW JERbEY-DEPART
ment of State—Certificate of Filing of
Consent by Stockholders to Dissolution.
To all to whom these presents may come.
Greeting:—
Whereas, it appears to my satisfaction,
by duly authenticated record of the pro
ceedings for the voluntary dissolution
thereof deposited in my office, that the
Eaton Type-Finishing Machine Company,
a corporation of this State, whose prin
cipal office is situated at No. 213 Wash
ington street, in the City of Jersey City,
County of Hudson, State of New Jersey
(Charles X. King being the agent therein
and in charge thereof upon whom pro
cess mav be served), has complied with
the requirements of "An Act concerning
corporations (Revision of 1893)," prelimi
nary to the issuing of this certificate that
such consent has been liled.
Now, therefore. I, George Wurts, Sec
retary of State of the State of New Jer
sey, Do Hereby Certify that the said
corporation did, on the twenty-fourth day
of January, lDoO, file in my office a dmy
executed and attested consent in writing
to the dissolution of said corporation,
executed by more than two-thirds in in
terest of the stockholders thereof, which
said certificate and the record of the
proceedings aforesaid are now on file in
mv said office as provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto
set mv hand and affixed my ofti
rSeal.l clal seal, at Trenton, this twen
ty-fourth day of January. A. D.
nineteen hundred.
nineteen GEORGE WTTRTS.
Secretary of State
IN' CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
To Herbert Q. Crane:—
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chan
cery of New Jersey, made on the twelfth day
of March, one thousand nine hundred, in a
cause wherein Florence Crane is petitioner and
you are defendant, you are required to appear
and answer the petitioner’s petition, on. or be
fore the fourteenth day of May next, or in
default such decree will be taken against you
as the Chancellor shall think equitable and
just.
The said petition Is filed against you for a
divorce from the bond of matrimony.
Dated Jersey City. March ii. 1900.
WALTER K. BIRDSALL,
Solicitor of Petitioner.
76 Montgomery St..
Jersey City, N. J.
Notice "Tif-sETrLfeMENT^NOTicSTfi
hereby given that the account of the sub
scriber, executor of the estate of Ellen F.
Igoe, deceased, will be audited and stated by
the Surrogate of the County of Hudson and
reported for settlement on Friday, the 23d day
of February next.
Dated January ISth. A. D. 1900.
JOSEPH M. IGOE.
Notice of settlement — notice !i
hereby given that the account of the sub
scriber, administrator of the estate of John L.
Kelly, deceased, will be audited and stated by
the Surrogate of the County of Hudson and
reported for settlement on Friday, the 26th
day of January, 1900.
Dated December 21st, A, D. 1899.
JAMES E. KELLY.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT — NOTICE IS
hereby given that the account of tn* sub'
scriber, administratrix of William P. Ohesley.
deceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate of the County of Hudson, and re
ported for settlement on Friday, the 2d day
of March next.
Dated January 25, A. D. 1800.
RUTH r. CHESLEY.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT — NOTICE IS
hereby given that the final account of the
subscriber, administrator cf estate o' John
H. Bloomer, deceased, will be audited and
stated by the Surrogate of the County of
Hudson, and reported for settlement on Friday,
the 2d day of February, 1900.
Dated Dec. 2feth, A. D. 1S99.
FREDERICK L. RADER.