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Good houses are hard to get, but
Mckee & Wisner can supply you.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
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j. r. THOMPSON & BRO,

LOUIS H. THOMPSON,
RoBT. S. THOMPSON,
HARRY S.THOMPsON,
BENZ. J. THOMPSON,
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MARTINsBuRG. VI. VA.
ORGANIZED 1865.
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See 1.-THE Librarian next Thurs

The Inhabitants of the United
S ales consume more than halt the
quniDe produced in the world.
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Grants tomb at Riverside Park,
New York. will he dedicated April
9th, the 10th anniversary of his
birth.
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MODERN CLOTHIERS
statesmen, and all busy
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Hurral FOR base ball. Once again
We will watch the morning papers to
see something else but war and con.
tention.
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/ Franz 4 4SB G GE niHaA Statesmen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
BRITISH CABINET AND SILVER.


The United States Monetary Commits
sioners have received no official informa-
tion regarding the action taken by the
British Cabinet. Private advices, however,
convince them that the Cabinet has dealt
the deathbiow to their mission. Il is ex-
pected that the Commissioner will shortly
be informed that Her Majesty's Govern
ment regrets being unable to accedeto their
proposals, but is willing to listen to any
other plan they may suggest. But both
parties to the conference know that no
other practical scheme can be advanced.
In the event OF the expected reply being
received the United States Commissioner
(Senator Edward o. Wolcott, Of Colorado
ex-vice- President Adlai e. stevenson, OF
Illinois, and General Charles Jackson
Paine, Of Massachusetts) will return 70 the
United States.
1t Is learned that the only thing the Cab
met officially discussed in connection with
the currency question on Saturday was Sir
James Westland's report. Sir James is
head of the Financial Department OF India,
and his voluminous reporttook the strong.
est grounds against reopening the mints.
Tit United States Commissioners believe
their failure means that no further effort
In behalf of bimetallism will be made for
many yearsto come. They attribute their
failure to the opposition OF the bankers and
of the London Times. Until these forces
were aroused all signs pointed to the CO.
operation of the British Government.
TIL afternoon newspapers echo the
opinions OF the morning newspapers in
congratulating the Government on "flnally
| disposing OF the timetable scare and ex-
pressing regret that 1t should lever even
have seemed to receive support in high
/ quarters"
Hugh G. Smith, Governor OF tho Bank OF
England, said to q representative Of the
Associated Press: 1.-THE bank is a private
| company, without any Government control,
and Is not responsible to the Government,
except In the terms of Its charter. The Gov
eminent cannot issue any orders relative to
the banks reserves. At the same time the
Government Is the banks best customer, and
the Council Of Governors being composed
Of law-abiding citizens, whenever the Gov
eminent makes a request we do our best to
comply. The Government must be pre-
sumed to know what is best for the country.
The prcss has been flied with misstate.
ments. The Government wrote asking II
the bank was willing to renew its offer
made at the Paris Monetary Conference
In 1881 regarding the reserve. 1 replied
in the same tenor as the memoran-
dunn which the bank sent to that
conference, though more g~uardedly.
Tint is all that happened. The statement
that the bank has been coquetting with the
American Commissioners is pure rubbish.
Excepting what l have read in the papers
I have never heard Of those gentlemen"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

Admiral Worden was one OF the few re-
naming heroes ofthe glorious old regime
of the United States Navy, which began
with Its foundation and ended with the
close Of the Civil War. Born In Sing Sing,
Westchester County, N. Y, on March -,
1913, he entered the navy as midshipman In
1885. He was promoted to u l~ieutenancy
November 80, 1916, and served his country
In oil quarters of the globe.
He was sent to superintend the construc-
tion of Ericsson's Monitor, and left New
York in command OF her when she started
for Hampton Roads to meet and check, II
possible, the Confederate ram Merrimac.
The victory won there revolutionIzed the
building OF the nayies OF the world. Con-
gress gave Worden o vote Of thanks, and
recommended his promotion. He became
a Captain and commanded several of the
other monitors during the closing opera
tions OF the war. In 1886 he was retired
with the full rank aud pay OF an Admiral,
the only instance Of the kind in tho history
OF the navy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

Madison avenue was packed, and when
four searchlights shot their white rays
upon the nervous y shrinking girl and her
stalwart rescuer, Karl Decker, the roar OF
greeting began at the stand and Numbered
TO the furthest limits OF the crowd.
The receptions, for there were two, were
under the auspices of the New York Jour-
nal, the correspondent of With, Karl Deck
err, effected the rescue. TbJ one ut Delmon-
ico's was private, forSwhich invitations
were issued. There the large banquet hall
and the Red Room had been handsomely
decorated with flowers, potted plants, and
ropes Of evergreens. Upon the walls were
American and Cuban flags entwined, while
streamers Of the two colors hung every
where. 1t was distinctively a night Of re-
ioicing for the Cuban colonists. Senator
Thurstor, of Nebraska, x-Ambassador
James b. Eustis, Congressman William
Sulzer end DIR. Lincoln de Zayas made
short e~ongratulatory speeches from the
open-air stand.
A luncheon was served then In the Del
monico banquet hall, and after much urg-
ing Miss Clsneros arose and said b~ashfnlly
in Spanish, 'fFhree cheers for Cuba This
was given amid ~"yivas" and ~''bravas."
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
EIRE I'M DURHAM. N. {.


A District OF Eight Acres Burned Overland
Tobacco Factories DESTROYED,
A destructive fire occurred at Durham,
N. O., In which s5oo, 900 worth OF property
was destroyed. At i1.25 o'clock q. m. fire
was discovered In H. J. Bass q Co.'s prlz-
cry, on Morgan street, and for two hours It
seemed as II tho town would b developed
Ia flames.
The following are the buildjngs}iestroyed:
Two prize rooms belonging to Q. L. Duke,
occupied by II. J. Bass 3 Co.; tfo belong
ing to g. w. Watts on Fuller street., oc-
cupied by the American Tobacco Company
one on Randolph street owned by Manning
4 Morgan, occupied by the American To-
bacco Company; one owhed by W. DIXIE,
occupied by tho American Tohncea Com
pany; ono dwelling owned BY w Duke,
Two belonging two William Newton, q
prize room occupied by tho blackwell
Durham Smoking Tobaeop Company, three
dwellings owned by L. W. Wise. and two
owned by d. T.. Duke,
W.T.. Darlington had about 900. 000pounds
oftobacco In danger. Ho carried 1900 900
insurance on It, and about ono hundred
hogsheads OF Il wore saved. The water
supply was exceedingly low and Of little
use IN fighting the Gnmos. 4 burned
district covers eight ncrcs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
GEORGE "A. PULLMAN FOUND DEAD.


George NJ. Pullman, the man who madeit
the distinction Of having precipitated the
greatest strike on record In America. and
who has succeeded where others failed In
establishing a c3mmunal town, died sud
denly OF heart disease In Chicago at 8
O'clock q. m. Mr.. Pullman's death occurred
in his magnificent brownstone home at
the eorner Of Prairie avenue and Eigh-
feenth street, whereh he lived for many years.
Mr.. Pullman, while in apparently good
health recently, formerly had some stomach
trouble, which he attributed largely to the
condition OF his eyes. 1t was not known
that he was III, ard the first knowledge
that the end had come was reported when
the iifeiess body was found. Mr.. Pullman
retired to bis room as usual, not complain
ing OF any Rilment. No one was present
when the end came, and death, 1t Is sup.
posed, was due to apoplexy or heart disease.
George Mortimer Pullman, head Of the
great palace car company that bears his
name, was born In q small town In Chau-
tauqua County, New York, on March 8, 1881.
His chief inheritance poverty, he struggled
during bis early boyhood to acquire IN
education, but at fourteen4was forced to
give this up, entering the employ of a
country merchant, and finally at seventeen
Joining his elder brother In a cabinet-mak-
Ing business at Albion, N. Y. In 1859
he moved to Chicago and engaged tn
the then novel business of raising
ontlrc blocks OF stone or brick buildings.
Inthe anne year his attention being directed
to tho great diseomforts OF long-distance
railway travelling, he remodeled two old
day coaches Of the Chicago and Alton into
sleeping cars, and, these proving accept
able to travellers, he, in 1868, built the "Pfo-
neer' at q cost Of sis, 900. This car, al
though crude as compared with those OF
the present day, was built on practically
the same plan. From this small beginning
has grown the great Pullman Company,
which,. organized in 1867, now operates
about $500 palace cars on more than a hun
dred thousand miles of railroad. Besides
forming the car company, Mr.. Pullman In
1880 founded the town OF Pullman, H., In
which are the Pullman car shops. Mr..
Pullman's fortune has been estimated at
Gao, 000. 600.
Mr.. Pullman was a brother of Rev. DR.. J.
NJ. Pullman, former editor of the Christian
Leader. He leaves two sons, Sanger n
George NJ, Jr., and two daughters, Mrs.
Carolan, Of San Francisco, and Mrs. Frank
o. Louden, Of Chicago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

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I.iin ed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
THEATRE CEILING FELL.
Fatal Disaster in . Playhouse a cinein
natl, Ohfo.


About $50 o'clock p. M, shortly after tn
curtain rose at Robfnson's Opera Hous
in CINCINNATI, Ohio, the framework d
the huge dome fell upon the occupants o.
the orchestra chairs and pnrquet seats.
Most OF the lights were ~extinguish8d b
the accident. AlIght was turned on the
audience from tho stage, and this caused
the alarm OF fire TO add to the horror o 2ths
situation. Many Of the audience were In.
jured seriously by the falling ceiling, but
dor foot during the rush for the doors,
Three persons are known to DO dead and
several were not expected to live. II Is
said that a dozen may be hurt fatally.
'The Dangers OF a Great ritsp wa The
nnme OF the play being given. Alsttse girl,
Alice 0pio, was singing a song with o bass
drum accompaniment when the crash
rnense central chandelier cnue down.
AL of tho debris fell within q circle OF
about thirty feet diameter In the perquet,
The crash was as loud as a thunder ciaps
Great clouds OF dust added to tho terror OF
the darkness TINT followed, and Wild cries
came from all parts OF the house.
About twenty victims, some q them
wounded fatally, were quickly taken out
and conveyed to the Cincinnati Hospital,
A large number of those who were not
hurt SO seriously ran through the streets,
black with dust and with torn clothing.
On account OF the disappearance ofthese
to their homes 1t was difleuls to get even
a tolerably ~accurate list of the wounded,
but two were killed outright. Ono ofthese
was an unidentified aged man who was al
most cut In two by 4 falling timber. The
other was aa elderly lady, name also un-
known, whose back was broken.
Many Of the injured received their hurts
from being trampled under foot blythe ter
ror-stricken audience. The attendance was
not very large. 7None OF the members Of the
theatrical company was injured.
The house belongs to the estate of the
late John Robinson, the noted circus owner.
The K.test reports place thenumber OF prob
ably fatally injured at twelve and the more
or less severely hurt at from thirtyto forty.
Strangely enough, the play That wns booked
for next week Is called "Under the Dome"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
AMERICAN sUpRE|

hi win Remain
Producing Count
The Pail Mall Cd
course OF q long artf
petition In the iron
says:
To-day we n~si
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
AT LEAST $50 DROWNED.
rorty-Two Rescued From the Lost Cuban
Steamer Triton.

The Spanish gunboat Maria Christina
and the tug Susie have returned from the
scene of the wreck Of the eoasting steamer
Triton which sank between Dominica aud
Mariel, OF Cuba. They brought forty-tyo
OF the ships company, Six more are
known to have been saved. The where
abouts Of the 1872 others are unknown.
The Triton struck a rock In q heavy rain
storm. Her cargo shifted and In fifteen
minutes she sank in 100 fathoms. Terrible
confusion and panic ensued on board when
the steamer struck. Ina wild s~trugglethey
rushed for the boats. The first boat low
cred capsized Immediately and Its occu-
pants were drowned. The next wal str,.ek
drowning twenty, but righte-
eight who had q u throwndantS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

The London Daily Chronicle alnou'
that, In view OF Lord sallsbury's desir,
resign the British Premiership, an earl
construction of the Cabinet is prob
According to the Daily Chronicle, NC
GUS difference Of opinion exists amos
Einisters on matters of policy; but
Salisbury finds his health unequal
strain and burden of his two ofhe
Premier and Foreign Minister. So g
his desire for rest that on his recen
to Beaulieu he did not wen take hi
Rotary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

Jean and AReszke. the Din
linguishede . been made
mobiles by' Nas
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
FARMERS
MUTUAL FIRE ms. co. OF
SALEM COUNTY.

ivy.
oFFIcE-HEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM.
THIS old and reliable Company Of 80 years
i standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, in town or coun-
try Tor any length OF time not exceeding fiye
years at as low rates as will pay losses and ex-
penses. 1t ENSURES against fire or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly all
justed aud paid. Its funds on hand are ample
to meet all probable loss. being larger than al
any previous time Of its existence n steadily
increasing, while Its reserve assets arc of a
character and amount TO surely meet all losses
however extraordinary and eannotb be frittered
away by unfortunate Investment or defaultiDg
Dlrectors-Jos. X. w%addington. Vim. b. Car
pcnter, Charles Hires, Josiah wistaf, David +.
Grier, q. IL. Slunicksnn, Woodruff Petit, Bar
clay Grlscotp, Quinton Z. Harris, Charles W.
Casper, j. Howard Sinnickson, John $. Elwell,
Richard Bassett.
Executive Committee-W. B. Carpenter,
PRESIDENT Joseph X. Maddington, Woodruff
weekly, on Seventll-day, at 8 J.. NJ.
Secretary aud Treasurer-Woodnutt Pettit,
TO whom applicants may be made in relation
at the oniee OF the Company. 1873 Broadway,
thead nf Market street, or at his residence,
go e Broadway, Salem.
In addition to The above the following per-
sons have been eiec5ed Agents and surveyors;
j. NJ. Uitehner. elmer
George d. Grier, WoOdstown.
Josiah Summerill, Upper Penn's Neck.
Asa g. Turner. Penn'S Grove.
Daniel ID. Hitehner, Cohansey.
j. fOrInan SinnicksOr, L. z. Neck.
John Hitchner, AllOway.
Joseph T. Livezey, Berkeley.
David ID. Grisco,i, Marion, Nj.
George Il. Morrison, Salem.
10. Acton,
u. -. Sicklef,
WM.B D. CARPENTER, President.
WOODRUFF fEFrIT, SecS and Treasurer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
BISMARCK ON MONROE DOCTRINE.
He Thinks 1t q Piecc of Insoiencc on the
Part Of the United States.

He Think IL q Piece of 1nso1encc on the
Part OF the United States.
The Neueste Nachrichten, OF Leipsic,
publishes a report Of q conversation which
Prince Bismarck is said to hate had with q
recent visitor, in the course OF which the
e~x-Chanceilor Is quoted as saying that the
Monroe Doctrine Is uncommon insolenee
toward the rest OF the world, and does vio-
ience to the other American and European
States with American interests" 1t would
be analogous, the Prince is said to haFe
added, II Russia and France combined 10
disailow frontier changes In Europe, ortbe
preponderating Powers In Asia, Russia and
Great Britain arrogated the right not to
change the political status without their
consent.
Continuing Prince Bismarck Is reported
to have rema-Sed: .'Their great wealth,
due to the \ o. America, has led the
American legisla3ss,S so over-estlmate their
own rights and underestimate the rights OF
the other American and the European
States"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
MAssAcREo BY CHINESE REBELS.
The City of Kuans Yang Captured and
Many Thousands Put to the Sword.

II City of kuang Yang Captured and
Many Thousands Put to the Sword.
The city Of Kuang Yang, In Human Pro-
vince, has been captured and Its Inhabitants
massaerel by q band OF rebels forming
part OF a rebel arnylwhich is devastating
Huan and Kuang Provinces, In Southern
China.
The bandits scaled the walls of Kuang
Yang, with the intention OF capturing the
provincial prison and releasing three Of
their members. One band tore down the
prison, setting free several hundred muir
derers, thieves and imprisoned debtors.
Another gang attacked the central part
OF the city, first numbering the magis-
trate who had sent three Of the bandits
to prison. His entire family, num-
bering thirty-two, Including servants, was
killed. The night was spent in staying and
plundering. All mandarins and every
civil and military officer In the city were
beaten. The number killed and Injured
exceeded 14,00O. The insurgents numbered
5000 men, half OF them armed. Their
avowed object wa to destroy the existing
government In Southern China. The Gov
eminent is greatly alarmed, but has ne
adequate means of suppressing the insur
rectiOn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
Suicide Follows Fire.

Rather than face her brothers, for whom
she kept house, fearing that they would
blame her because the house caught lre
Mamie Lynch, Of New York City, went to
her sisters house to sleep, and during the
night committed suicide by poison. Since
her sister ~Josephine's marriage, several
years ago, Mamie had been h~ousekeeper
for the two brothers, Jerry, who Is a payer,
and Cornelius, who Is a photographer, their
mother and father being long dead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
woRLp's s



The Director o.
to tho Secretary on
,,rtha ascaivear1b
",su'rola2
value OF the eo'.l
and assay Offices d
l05, 500. OF which II
deposits and $n
coinage yaiueoi si
90, 925, 022. The pq
for subsidiary silly
259. 248 fine ouneest
The coinage e
a Gold. e7i, SAG
203. 701; subsidiary
1884, 500.
| The silver dona3
| Hon on hand, puri
1880. The total 4
| from bullion purcI
| August IA, 1880,
| effect, to July ~
! pieces, containing
silver. costing &5i,
~ OF Si7,21e 92z:
| The value OF gold,
featured at the mini
ing year was-Q.
S6.59S ,75t; total, esl
The product Of s
United states for
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
OVATION TO MSS cIsNeRos.
An Immense Crowd In New York City to
Greet Her Formally.

Evangelina CossIo y Cisneros, the young
Cuban girl whose escape from q prison In
Havana was attended with 80 much dar-
ing, was formally welcomed to freedom in
New York City at ~Delmonico's, and after
ward in Madison Square.
1t was estimated that nearly rs, 900 peo-
pie swarmed in the park, on Broadway as
far up as Twenty-seventh street. Even
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
4 CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY.
Two KlIied In q Fight Bctwsen omeors
md O stage Hobber.

-a-0 |--T7E
aud o Stage Hobber.
william Harold. OF Delta. Gal. and Un-
der sheriff Radiord. Of siskiyou County
CAL, wero shot and killed aud Deputy
sheriff Stewart was fatally wounded while
tho officers were attempting to nrrest Har-
old for completely Ia tho robbery Of the
Yreka and Fort Jonos stage on septem-
About $50 O. nj -iadtor1 and Stewart
presented themselves at EHfrold's house and
asked for Harold. WheX he cRu9 to the
door. Stewart said: want Q see Won,
Hal oid.n Theiatter replied: eI'm ready"
and opened IRE opou the oiacsrs with a re-
yolv, :, The lrst shot took uloct IN Stow
arts leg, while the second bullet struck
Hadford In the left breast, killing llim al
most instantly. Stewart. who had fsslenin
front Of tho door when shot stnptbd his
gun at Harold, who fell mortally Wounded
With several bullets Ia his chest ana nbdo-
men. He died shortly aitcrwpfd.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

The last OF the bunch of fifteen consoll.
dalton locomotives built by the Pittsburg
Locomotive Works for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad have been delivered and are
In service on the Second Division, between
Brunswick and Cumberland. These loco.
motives excite very favorable comment by
reason OF their general design, exeell
workmanship and efficient service, and
further evidence of the great advance t
Is being made by the b. and o. In its mot
power. T~hirty-ive of this typo OF 10
motives have been placed on the Sec
Division during the past year and with
reduction in grades and Ia the ~increas,
power the number OF cars per train
been increased fully forty per cent. q
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22

The explosion at Chartered, Penn, Of the
boiler Of the steamboat G. D. Force, owned
BY the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company,
killed tho captain, James Ryan, and tho
cook, William Patterson. The body OF Pat
terson was found six hundred yards across
the river buried In the sand and mutllated,
The bodyof the captain has not yet been
~raeovered
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
FIGHTING IN INDIA.
British Fall Into an Ambuscade and Have
Fifteen Killed.

British Fail Into an Ambuscade and Have
Fifteen Killed.
Two squadrons OF the British Ninth
Bengal Lancers fell into an ambuscade in
the hills between Bara and Mamanni in
India. A native officer and fourteen SOW
ars were killed, seven sowars were wound
cd and twenty-seven horses were killed.
In the lighting between the brigade Of
troops commanded by GeneralSir Yeatman
Biggs n the insurgent tribesmcn from
Chagru. on the Samana Range, Major Jen-
nings Bramiey and two priyates of the Cor
don Highlanders were killed, Lieutenant
Pears and fourteen privates Of the Kings
Own Borderers were wounded, seven native
soldiers were killed, and thirty-eight native
soldiers were wounded. The loss Of the
enemy was severe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
TRIED SUICIDE SIX TIMES.
A Wealthy Farmer Who Feared Poverty
@esefsnseff Successfully.

.srfsnseif Successfully.
Thomas H Hooper, a wealthy farmer
whex scr TreLton. N. j., after six at
ts a ysYsssuieide, succeeded in hanging
htI I'm the rafter OF a barn.
H0olss- Imagined that he was becoming
poor, because he did not receive large re-
turns from his farm, which he had leased
on shares. He was afraid of ending his
days in an a~lms-house, and SO determined
on death. He tried paris green twice, he
cut his throat once, he threw himself In q
lake. and twice put the rope around his
members OF his family, On tho day Of his
death he chatted cheerfully, and then went
to the barn and hanged himself. He leaves
o large estate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-10-22
drowning twenty, but righte
e eight who had y thrown dants.

An army captain, his wife KY. :
went down together, locked IN n last en-
brace. A mother with twins fifteen months
old drifted helplessly away on the crest
Of n great wave. All the other mn and
children were drowned.
Just as the Triton was sinking Captain
Ricardo, her commander, committed sui
eide, shooting himself with HIS revolver.
1t Is impossible to give the exact number
of those who were lost, but 1t is estimated
that there were no fewer than $50.