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Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16

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Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16
EXCURSION

Birmingham TO. Meridian, Miss, Sunday,
 June 20, 1S9T
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16

Members of several of tthe compa nies formeds dsthamie1vss irto an exploring ex- ped9tion yesterday and came into town to renew old acuuain anceship with Lieut.. Uoutse. GelasrsE- On former visits h<re they were wont to while away many Hours in thsrfamous old Acme" and now their bright uniforms are to be noted at all hours Cof the day in Gelders' new res taurant on TWenH Heth street.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16

Capt Raborn is still very much in evi- denee ara has eterything in ship-shape at all times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-16

MT. Loni Hart, of Cincinnati, entertain d at lunchaos4--e't~the Morris al, 1 o'clock yes. erday the 'falgp Hing gentlemen:
 col. L. L. Hefzbeig, of he Third regi- msrit. Alabama state troops; Capt. J. c. Pugh. of Company c; Capt R M Els. ch- ess<efl Company K Capt. E. L. Blue, of Company G; Lieut. R. Searcy DsMent of Company K; Messrs. Eugene Gill and Will Nellssv~a TT
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
AUNT HANNAH" cHAap DEAD.
She Was Nearly los Years Old, and Hen
Descendants Number $50.

She Was Nearly 10S Years Old, and Hen
Descendants Number 100.
'Aunt Hannah Chard, the oldest woman
In New Jersey. died a few days ago, at the
home of her son., Joel, in Ferrel, Gloucester
County. Had she lived until April 20 she
would have been 1903 years old. She never
fully recovered from an attack Of grip. which
she had this winter, but she had hoped to
live to celebrate her 10sth anniversary.
"Aunt Hannah" as she was Familiarity
called in the vicinity of her home, was born
In New York. Her father was Peter Wilder
berger, o man-o-warsman. He died when
Hannah was an infant. Her mother soon
married again, and her s~tepfather treated
her cruelty, and annah ran away from
home, with only her dog fora protector. She
sold flowers In tho streets of Philadelphia,
and she always referred with pride to the
fact that she had Washington and Lafayette
among her customers.
She was soon after ''bound OUT to a farm
er, whose place was On the site OF Brandy
wine. The family with whom she lived
soon after moved into New Jersey, and set
tied near the site OF her late home, which
was then in the midst OF a wilderness. At
the age OF twenty-five she married William
Chard. Twelve children were born to
them, two of whom survive her.
They are joel, ~seventy-one years old.
with whom She lived, n William. who
Is sixty-slx. Her husband die fourteen
years ago, when he was ninety-one years old.
Aunt Hannah" celebrated her 10Th birth
day last year, when nearly one hundred and
fifty descendants representing five genera
lions, gathered at her sons home. Aunt
Hannah's mind was sound until the last, and
her step was firm and elastic until her last
Illness.
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GRAINS HELD BY FARMERS.
An Estimate by the Department of Agri.
culture,

The crop report OF the Department Of
Agriculture, base on returns from three In
dependent sets Of regular correspondents
added to several thousand from mills and
elevators, all carefully combined, relates
principally to the distribution of principal
grains, the stocks remaining on farms, and
the proportion Of ~merchantable and INNER
charitable.
All grains In the hands Of farmers, includ-
ing amounts remaining over from previous
years, are included 10 the estimates given.
The corn on hand Is estimated as a~ggregating
/, 164, 900 900 bushels, or afty-one per cent.
cent of the last crop, against /, 072, 000, 90 In
March. 1896. Both the proportion and the
quantity In original hands at this date are
Unprecedented, although closely approached
las; year and In March, 1891. Correspon-
dents report large stocks In cribs. partlcu-
larry In the prairie States, awaiting better
prices. The aggregate sold from farms to
90 beyond county lines is 623 900, 600 bushels,
or 27.9 per cent. of the crop. The proper
tion merchantable is 1886, 600, 900, or e4.8
per cent.
The wheat reserves in farmers hands
amount to 20.6 per cent. OF the crop, or 49,
COO, 900 bushels. against 1923, 600, 900 bushels
last March. OF this amour: three per cent.
is reported as coming over from previous
crops. The proportion OF wheat sold out
side the county is 51.7 per cent.
OF oats, there are 313, 900, 900 bushels, or
44.2 per cent, of the 1896 crop yet in farmers
hands. The proportion shipped beyond
county lines was twenty-seven per cent.
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XIX. PENIS GROVE, N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1897.
wHA1 CONGRESS IS DOING.

The House passed the two remaining cleft
over" appropriation bills-the Agricultural
and the Indian.
Yale University's faculty sent a protest to
Congress against the proposal to tax BOOKS
imported by educational institutions.
Postmaster General Gary announced that
Senators and Congressman will, heretofore.
control the appointment OF postmasters.
Mr.. Deliver, of Iowa, aroused Republican
enthusiasm in the House by his speech on
the Tariff bill. Mr.. McLaurin Dem, 8. c.
argued In the House for u protective tariff Oh
cotton.
Criticism of the Civil Service law and the
methods OF administering 1t was made by Q
number Of Senators. A committee was asked
to report as to whether the law should be
continued and In its present form.
Unexpected opposition to the peace treaty
leads its friends to fear the result In the Sen.
ate. Senator Foraker is understood to be
opposed to the compact, and Senator Han
ra, it is said, Is giving 1t only a lukewarm
support.
Mr.. Evans. (Rep. Ky, } member Of the Com.
mittee on Ways and Means, introduced In
the House a joint resolution requesting the
President to give notice OF the desire OF the
United States to terminate the commercial
reciprocity convention with Hawaii.
The Republican members Of the Senate
Committee on Finance have engaged quarters
at the Arlington Hotel In which to hold their
meetings for the consideration OF the Tariff
bill. They have taken these quarters In
preference TO occupying The Finance Com
mittee rooms
The Senate has confirmed the nominations
OF General Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas, to
be Minister to Mexico; William NJ. Osborne,
OF Massachusetts, to be Consul-General at
London; John K. Gowdy, Of Indiana, to be
Consult General at Paris, and Joseph II.
Brigham, Of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture.
Representative Maxwell. of Nebraska. has
introduced a bill to encourage the erection
of mills for the manufacture Of sugar and
syrup from beets. The bill sets forth that the
production Of beet sugar is hindered by the
great cost Of erecting mile, and provides that
on every ton Of sugar made from beets there
shall be paid a bounty for q period OF nine
years. the amount for three years to be sew
enty-hve cents a ton, for the second three
year, fifty cents AMI for the last three TWEEN
ty-five cents.
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AWFUL TRAGEDY At SEA.
Steamship Vile De Ste Nazaire
Founders Off North Carolina.
SAD EXPERIENCE OF SURVIVORS

Seven Days In an Open Boat Without
Food or Observation-Disclosures Perish in
q Long Boat OF Cold and Exhaustion
---Bodies Thrown observation-disclosures
Picked Up When Almost Dead.
New YoRK CIrr (Special).-Au awful tale
of disaster ut sea was made known when
four survivors Of the French line steamship
Vile dc st. Nazaire, which had ioundered
of Hatteras, were brought into port on the
schooner Hilda after having drifted about
the Atlantic in au open boat for q week.
The -four were survivors of thirty-eight who
had occupied the boa CHE remaining thirty
four having died OF starvation or gone mad)
AMI of eighty-two passengers and crew
known to have been on the fated vessel.
The four men saved arc N. Berry, iDspec-
tique; NJ, Marie, the 81 ins doctor; NJ. Sauts,
the third engineer, and d. Tejada, q San
DOMINICAN. The names OF a iew OF those
known to be lost are MN. D'Andreus, Her
bert, Leieune, Nicoiay and Marlani, all Of
ncers OF the vessel, ind Mrs. Tagado and her
four children, the last-named all starving
to death.
The vessel sprang a leak and sank during
q terrific storm of the North Carolina coast
on March 8. The crew n passengers took
to the boats, thirty-eight persons, including
women and children, entering the long boat.
Whom this boat was picked up BY the
Hilda on March IA only four live men and
four corpses were in it. The others had
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
yApAN,s GROWN PRINCE DEAD.
Prince A~risugawa, the Probable Successor
of the Emperor.

Passengers on the steamer Peru, which ar
rived at San Francisco, Cal. a few days ago.
brings Jews Of the death ofthe Crown Prince
Of Japan, Yoshi Hito Haruno-Miya. The
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
THE GRANT sARcoPHAcUs.
Great Porphyry Receptacle for His Body
Has Arrived in New York.

Great Porphyry Receptacle for His Body
Has Arrived in New York.
The sarcophagus In which the body of
General Ulysses s. Grant will permanently
rest has arrived In New York. The Grant
monument, begun by citizens of New York
five years ago. Is now nearly completed, and
will be dedicated on April a, the birthday of
the famous soldier.
In its completed state the immense sarco-
phagus weighs 1000 pounds. h main
portion, or that section In which the coffin
will be placed, weighs four and a half tons.
Vt is the work oil the J. H. Anderson Granite
Company, OF Montello, Wis, aud the stone
out OF which 1t has been carved is the finest
and largest OF the kind ever taken out OF the
quarrles. All the blocks are uniform In
quality and perfect in color. The exterior
surfaces Of the s~arcophagus are highly poll
much harder than the ordinary granite and
treatment Is simple In the extreme, the only
break In the uniform brilliant surface being
the words ulysses s. Grant" engraved on
the top Of the cap.
The sa~rcophagus Is 8 feet 6 inches long
and 4 feet 5 inches wide at the top, sloping
to a base z feet o inches long and 8 feet z
inches wide. 1t is 81 inches high. The
cavity in which the casket will be placed Is
2 feet 2 inches long by 80 inches wide and
"a inches deep.
An exact duplicate of the ~sarcophagus will
be made for Mrs. Grant and will be placed
placed beside that OF the General. The
stone for this Is now being quarried at
Montello,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

The exile of Queen Rama valola III. from
Madagascar is said to have beta due to tho
discovery Of n conspiracy TO asassinate the
French Commander.
The Duke of Leeds, 1t Is announced, will
succeed the Earl OF Aberdeen Is Governor
General OF Canada next year.
The South African Republic stalking steps
to secure close relations wish Gfmany.
Europa has demanded that freeze recall
her tr~oopsfrom her frontias Grcsce will
protest against the hlockfl aaJf Crete, dis
claiming responsibility fe otksequences IL
it is maintained, Turkey lers Rhllei ont her
reserves.
Thu Mexican Governme has ceded a
large tract OF land to a JapaNee company,
which will colonize The territc fThe site is
in Cbiapas, Southern Mexico. twill be do
yeloped in connection with the Japanese
steamship line. n
Fighting between the Spariails and the
insurgents has taken place In Santiago Prov.
ince. Cuba.
TIL Gold Standard bill passed the House
Of Peers and only needs the Emeror's sig
na,ure 10 become law.
1t is reported that Turkey has expressed
her willingness for Greece to administer
The Government OF Crete, r~eseryln, her own
imperial rights, and that the Powers have
accepted the proposal King iprge, 1t Is
said, will appoint his son High Amission-
or OF the islam. 81
Admiral Caneyaro issued a & kIamatlon
enjoining tho Cretan insurgenykd Greek
troops not 10 attack q numbsItf Turkish
forts OIL the island. I'D
A strong ~remonstrance to the crte has
been made by the British Ambassador nj
Constantinople on account OF tn slaughter
of 10 Armenians.
F. J. Cazanas. an American, MO was ar
rested on February Is, at SaguA Cuba, on
what charge has never been Elged, has
Advices from Hayana, CubsN state that
Holguin, an important town = antiago de
Cuba. has been captured by insurgents.
An intrenchel position OF Philippine
Island insurgents has been ared by the
Spanish troops.
A heavy shock OF earthquaS shook the
centre Of Montreal, Canada nd caused
great CONSERVATION. LAR buildings
shoo. like reeds and there VA a general
rush of the inmates for the doors. ASo far no
damage has been reported. L Aatehes
from various points In the prof Nand
from eastern Ontario report simils Eks,
but without any damage OF conseqi
The financial paaie eysrhan1in 4kuba
threatens Spanish Sovereignty eore
Thar ths armies of the insur~
The Mexican Government Cha,
It has declared forfeited ,sion
granted a year ago to Amess alists
for the establishment OF ayr. pauks
in six OF the principal clties Of The
reason for the forfeiture is that rms Of
the concession were not compile q.
H--F
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
ropu,i.ts ola..ea with Democrats.

The Popullst Representatives. presented o
petition to Speaker Reed. OF the House OF
Representatives. at Washington. recltln the
fact thai at the last election they had cast
about 1000 600 votes, elected Governors In
five Stntes and chosen twenty-seyen mem
bers OF the present House. and requesting,
therefore, that they have a representation on
the committees on Ways and Means, Judi
ciary, Appropriations, Banking, Coinage.
Elections and Others. Mr.. Reed has Just re-
piled that he preferred to recognize the
Populists as n part OF the Democratic organi-
zaiioD, and that decision will stand for this
Congress.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
IN HONOR OF WILLIAM |.
A Grand Historic Procession Marches
Through Berlin.

A Grand Historic Procession Marches
Through Berlin.
grand procession marched through tho
streets Of Berlin in honor OF the centenary Of
William l., the first Emperor Of Germany.
The streets were filled at an early hour with
people anxious 10 witness the great historic
pageant, which, was the principal outdoor
feature Of the celebration.
The procession began forming In the
Thiergarten at 0 o'clock. and started at 1890
a. m. on its march. The route taken was
through the Inter den Linden md out Of
the Brandenburg Gate 10 tho Kaiser vii.
helm /. monument, which was unveiled
Monday, where the Emperor, with the En-
press, Empress Frederick, the Prince Regent
Of Bavaria, the King Of Saxony, the King Of
w~urtemburg, the Grand Duke Of Baden. tho
Grand Duke OF Hesse and other exalted
personages awaited its arrival.
As the procession filed past the royal party
the vast crowds which had assembled to wit
ness the review kept up an incessant round
Of cheers.
It Is estimated that upward Of 10000 per-
sons marched in the procession, which was
OF the most gorgeous description. Many Of
the historic costumes worn by the paraders
were OF costly material and ornamentation.
and ofartistic designs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

We mine half tho worlds copper.
Americans use 500, 900 telephones.
Indiana has $500 natural gas wells.
France seems to be bent on conquest in
Abyssinis.
Kansas City, NO., Is to have a home pro-
duct show.
The Reichstag refused the naval credits
demanded by the German Government.
Yellow Wolf, I0S years old, the oldest OF
the Chickassws, died u few days g in In
dian Territory.
A water famine has caused rioting In
Jamacia, West indies, and 1t is feared that
many lives will DO sacrificed in further out
breaks.
The British Consul at Canea reports that
the Cretan insurgent chiefs Will not be sat.
isned with anything but annexation TO
Greece
About 700 rabbits were killed in n drive
along the Crooked River In Crook County.
Oregon, the line OF the heaters extending aV
the start four miles. --
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
BLOCKADE OF CRETE BEGUN.
Directed Solely Against the Christians In
the Interior.

Directed Solely Against the Christians In
the Interior.
According to the proclamation issued by
the Admirals of the Powers, the blockade
Of Crete began at 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
1t is apparent that the blockade is directed
solely against the Christians in the interior,
and that the Moslens will suffer little incon-
venience from the action of the six great
Christian nations of Europe. 1t appears
that the object of the b~lockading squadron is
to prevent the landing OF supplies OF food.
clothing, etc.. destined for the starving
Christians in the interior, while the Mussel-
mans who nave hocked to the coast towns
are allowed TO lane whatever they want.
The few Christians remaining at Canea
find 1t difficult to understand the motives
that are prompting the Powers to exert their
energies to crush the Christian population
OF the island, while the Moslems are given q
free hand to do about as they please. About
the only hope of the Christians outside the
coast towns Is In Greek blockade runners,
who will not hesitate to run through the cor
don Of foreign warships o the island.
There was IN exchange of shots between
Insurgents and Moslem volunteers In the
vicinity of Suda Bay. The Turkish warships
in the bay bombaried the insurgents. A
number of foreign warships were in the bay.
but they took nc part in the firing.
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CHILDREN KILLED.
Fatal Cyclone Struck a schooihouse a
Arlington, Ga.

o"N
Eight bodies, all Of children, have been
taken from the ruins OF the Arlington (Ga.)
Academy, which was demolishedby q cyclone,
and four others are dead In the ruins. More
thar half a dozen persons wero fatally
wounded. Thirty. five children and two
teachers went down In the wreck oil the
building.
The cyclone came about 8. so a. M, n
was from the northwest. The Arlington
Academy, a fine structure, lay directly in
the path of the storm. 1t was knocked Into
n great heap, and the work OF death was
d)ne even before the danger was realized.
The structure was smashed into kindling
wood and the broken timbers and dead
bodies mixed together in sickening con-
fusion. The list of dead so far rs known Is:
Alice Putnam. Claude Roberts, Ollie Para
more, Willie McMurry. Genie Butler, Maud
johnson, Mary WelloDs. Kenneth Boynton:
The two teachers, Professors Covington and
Walker were removed from the ruins terrt-
bly, hurt.
Nearly every home in the community has
been blighted by the disaster. Men and
women stood about wringing their hands
and weeping for their children.
The academy hal been built two years
and was a handsome two-story structure.
The storm missed the business part OF the
town by only about 500 yards.
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Grant Day a Legal Holiday.

Governor Black, of New York, signed the
bill making April 81, the date OF the dedica-
ton OF the Grant memorial, q half-holiday
In New York, Kings and Westchester coun-
ties. Secretary OF War Alger writes that he
has issued orders for 400 officers and men to
attend the dedication exercises and to
march In the parade. General Butterlield
said that fourteen Governors had promised
to be present. The entire National Guard OF
Pennsylvania, 5000 men, will be in line.
Half the National Guard of New Jersey,
md organizations from Massachusetts,, Com
necticut, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
will participate.
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FIVE PERISH IN THE FLAMES.
Tramps are Blamed for u Fire In Para
disc Ridge, Tenn.

The house Of Jacob AIDE, a German farmer,
was partly burned at Paradise Ridge, Tenn,
and in the ashes were found the harred bodies
of AIDE, his wife, his daughter 4lazlc. aged
fouFteen, mud the ~tel-year-oid daughter et
Henry Moirer, Il neighbor, who was spending
the night with the AIDES and Henry AIDE, u
ten-year-old boy.
The deed is suppose TO have been the work
OF tramps, who have lately been numerous in
the locality. Officers from Nashville started
for Paradise Ridge with b~loodRounds.
Mr.. AIDE was well liked by all his neigh
bors. The only enmity which might have
existed between him and any OF the people
living In that section is that which resulted
from a charge he made against a man who
was arrested 10 Cheatham County a few
days ago, charged with stealing hogs from
AIDE. This mar wa tried before n Magis-
trate In Cheatham County aud bound over
to the Circuit Court. There IL, however, no
evidence against him which would In any
way connect him with the tragedy. Mr.. Ado
was sixty years old, and had lived In the
community over twenty-five years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

The French Touring olub has 5000 mem
bers.
A bill for the taxation of bicycles has boon
defeated In the Vermont Legislature.
Soap and water arc ine things for soiioi
cork grips, and although the remedy Is very
simply, thousands Of riders ave yet to dis
cover Ii.
IT Is estimated that a bicylist can trave
over fifteen miles OF gcae sead on his wheel
with less exertion than 80 can walk four
miles on foot.
Riding after dark foE pleasure IL forbidden
In japan. An English writer objects 10 such
restrictions, but forgets that a cycle cannot
DO ridden after II N. In London's parks
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

work with his hands from an unwilling soil.
He is full six feet high, and while no orator,
his words, spoken In measured and emphatic
tones, never fail to impress his hearers. The
Senator is a native OF St. Louis and is only
thirty-eight years old. His parents were
poor, and young Heitfeld after trief studies
In the grammar schools OF ST. Louis, started
out West. He went to Kansas and to Wash
Ington, and finally 10 Idaho. He tramped
through the new country looking for work
and finding 1t as farm boy, laborer, stone
mason n other occupations, until he at
last settled Town as an agriculturist. Then,
by incessaDt labor, he built up his little for
tune,
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Newark, N. j.. now boasts OF a woman's
bicycle club.
The latest membership OF the l. A. ". is
about 1900.
A gunpowder motor for driving a bicycle
has bean devised by T, NJ. Fremble, OF La
trobe, Penn.
The Hampstead IN. " Bicycle Club Is
raising money to be used in the construction
OF a club house.
A new bicycle boat has the propeller geared
to the pedals and the handle bars turn the
rudder for steering.
Ii Is estimated there are l07 bicycle clubs
IN New York City, which comprise from bali
q dohen 70 800 or 500 members.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
GREEK TRANSPORT SUNK.
An austrian Gunboat Fires on n schoone
Carrying Cretan Insurgents.

An austrian Gunboat Fires on a Schooner
Carrying Cretan Insurgents.
The Government at Vienna has received
advices that the Austrian gunboat sebenico
has sunk a Greek schooner with n cargo
of munitions of war and a number of
Cretan insurgents on board. The Sebe-
nico, under the orders of the British
Admiral commanding the British squadron
In Cretan waters was patrolling of Cape
Dia, Crete, when the schooner hove in sight.
The schooner was hailed by the gunboat and
the insurgents on board in reply opened fire
upon the Sebenico, whereupon the latter
turned her guns on the schooner and sunk
her. The crew of the schooner swan ashore.
None of them was injured.
Greece will protest against the firing upon
and sinking OF the schooner. She will claim
that the action of the Austrian warship was
arbitrary. The incident is regarded as
proof that the concert Of the Powers Is per-
feet
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THE TRANsvAAu's NEW TREATY.

South African Republic and Orange Free
State to Support Each other.
A dispatch from Pretoria say that drafts
Of treaties between the South African Repub-
lie and the Orange Free State, which have
been concluded ut Bloomfontein, the Orange
Free State capital, are published in the Pre-
toria papers.
The treaties, which must be ratified by the
volksraands OF both republics, give the
burghers Of each State the franchise in either
republic, and bind each republic to support
the other in the event Of an attack.