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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
THE MAYOR BUSY.
Charles Lacy Held in $500 Bail for H,s
appearance at Hearing
Chicken Stealing Too.

appearance at Hearing
Chicken Stealing Too.
Mayor Appellate is keeping his officers
on the jump now, and many arrests are
pelng made each week.
Two important arrests were made Mon
DAY night. One was of flittle Andrew Hem
erickson, bad boy. He is charged with
stealing chickens. The evidence in nos
session Uf the authorities indicates that
Souhg henderson stole three live chick
ems from lady named Brayman. He
then took them to Olliver's poultry bopse
ana SOLD them. Of course his identifica-
tlon was easy after Mrs Brayinan had
/ loentlhed the chickens. He was arrested.
ana TINS morning was held for court. In
default OF bail he went to Jail.
For Perjury.
| charles Lacy, the North Laurel street
barber, was arrested Monday by Officer
betchner, on charge of perjury. He
spent the long night in the lookup. and
was released this morning, after giving
oali In the sum of $500, to appear at a hear
ing held Thursday morning.
Lacy this morning acknowledged most
penitently that he was guilty. He was
witness in the disorderly house case in
which Mrs. Ida Ford was the principal
with all the others called to testify.
oharies went upon the stand and deliber-
ateIy lied, when he said he had not
nought any intoxicants from her.
Since then he has been worrying great
~ and now that it is too late, he ac-
knowledges everything. He feels that
be has done great wrong and is willing
to do anything to make amends for if.
He says that when a person sells LIQUOR
illegally, he or she takes the risk. When
man is called to testify he should al
ways tell the truth, as he was under no
obligation to shield the person who had
been taking his money.
1t is not unlikely that there will be
several other arrests upon the charge of
perjury, as the Mayor feels himself bound
to uphold the fair name of the citv and
the dignity of the law. He declares that
thls evasion of the law has gone too far,
ana he will not trifie with the offenders.
An arrest now made seems to indicate
something.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
New Officers for Independent Mechanics

New Officers for Independent Mechanics
GLAssBoRo, N. j., March 15-The an
nual session of the State Council, Inde
pendent Order of Mechanics, was held
here to-day with about 130 delegates pres.
ent. The following officers were elected
Grand architect, W. H. Souder, Bridge
ton; grand vice architect George w.
Hinchman, Camden; grand secretary, F.
j. Hineline, Camden; grand treasurer,
Il. w. Budd, Camden grand chaplain,
Z. Kille, Fairton; grand conductor, C. L..
Heppard Riverside; grand inside senti-
mel, G. Lewis, Camden; grand outside
sentinel. Henry Champion, Glassboro;
Finance Committee. Charles Hayes,
Camden; f. Ivers, Camden; T. B. Wood
ruff. Bridgeton; supreme representative,
j. Sydney Mccoy, Beverly.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
Do Your Eeat Aehaa

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease. apowder. Itcures Corns, Bunions,
Chilblains, Sweating, Swollen feet. At
all druggists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Sam
pie free. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Lee
Roy, N. Y. 22sdw4w
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
DELAWARE BAY COMMISSION,
To Confer with a Similar Body From
Delaware to Secure Uniform Legis-
latiOn.

TRENTON, ,sMarch 10.-Governor Voor-
hees this afternoon, appointed B. w. An
drews, OF Woodbury.. G. D. Shannon, of
Pennsgrove, and J. Forman Sinnickson,
of Salem, as a commission to confer
with similar commission from the State
OF Delaware, with view to securing uni
form legislation by the two States with
regard to the taking of fish from the
Delaware Bay.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17

The Homeliest Man In Bridgeton
AS we'll as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs. a remedy that
is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 25c
and SOC. 228 DIV 4w
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
IA 4nlwf
Has Raturned.

Ex-Captain Charles Garrison, who so
ably ran the basket ball team of the B. A.
A. In the early part of the season, re-
turned to this city last night, after being
absent in the sunny South nearly two
months. Most of his time was spent al
Savannah. Georgia, where he has had a
delightful time. Mr.. Garrison is in good
shape, sportingly speaking, and he will
start Immediately to train for the receiy.
ing end of the battery of the s. J. Us
base ball team, the position he will
occupy this year.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17

The secretary of the Agricultural So
ciety is having printed letters, which he
will send to all business men in the
county, inviting them to make displays
at the County Fair. This is a good idea,
as the merchants will have chance to
sell their goods during the Fair days.
Any kind of goods, which do not con-
f1ict with sale of privileges, can be sold
by the exhibitor.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
NEW oIlKS,
New Suits,
New Gloves,
New Hosiery,
New Ginghams,
New Dress Goods,
New Embroideries,
New Capes and Jackets

Arriving daily, all 60 at 10 per
cent off. Our straightforward
story was qui>kly responded.
Store crowded with buyers. Moth
ing like the great 10 per cent. off
sale for money saving was ever
known in this part of the country.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17

Men and medicines are judged by what
they do. The great cures by Hoods Sar-
saparilla give it good name everywhere.
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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-17
Q|'GEqR BROS.
Great Dissolu-
tion Sale a Ire.
mendous Success

Entire stock at 10 per cent. dis
count. Nothing reserved. Every
thing goes, all new goods included.
Stock must be sold to settle up af.
fairs of the late firm.
Evening star., 1898-09-17

source made available for exploitation
w ny not give Morocco 10 Spain Ga vicar
ious sacrifice that all Americans would ap-
p4aud). who row owns, altogether, only
2li,OD square miles of African soil? Once
was the time she might have had the
Whole north and west coast, had she but
spent less time numbering American abo-
rigines, who had done her no harm, and
more in getting even with the Moors who
had invaded her territory Once she had
the port OF Oran. which the French own
today, as well as the insignificant settle
u,ents of Melila and Ceuta which she
owns now; but, some one has said
trough Spain's power, for good or evil, is
something no longer to be reckoned with,
still, by the possession of Morocco. she
would thereby flank Gibraltar" which the
British could not view with equanimty.
We know what England has done and is
doing in Egypt Let US glance at what the
French have done-intend to do-in west
etn Africa. French Algiers today contains
about 100000 square miles, and a popula-
ton of about 4,01o,@o3; with Morocco, she
would have, say, half 4 million square
miles of territory, compactly located, and
perhaps ten million inhabitants. This
would BE- good nucleus for her pushing
ambitions, and when she got impetus
toward the bcnighted regions southwark,
she could accomplish wonders. Beyond the
seacoast region and fertile Tell amid
the Atlas mountains, is the famous 'coun-
try of dates" after which succe eds, going
southwark, the vast and arid region of the
Sahara. Infrequent oases, like Biskara,
with its hundred thousand palm trees, are
dotted over this waste of sand and rock,
the great caravan routes taking their
course from one to the other, until finally
ending at the coast.
One historic caravan trail leads from
T!mbuktu to FeZ, in Morocco a distance of
perhaps a thousand miles; another, from
Timbuctoo northwardly, to the fertile date
country south of Algiers; another yet
sweeps easterly from the oasis of Tuat to
| the north coast at Tripoli; and still anoth-
| er penetrates the heart of the Soudan. And
If this last were continued easterly il
| would strike the Nile waters somewhere
| south of Khartoum-near Fashoda in fact,
| By converting these trails into railroa DIS
| the French would be absolute masters of
| that vast interior region, with its wealth of
! ivory, gold and precious products. In fact
their military engineers have already en-
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the faint tinkle of bell in the distance.
Listening, he made sure of the direction
and started for il. After clamberinS over
rocks and through brush Tor some time he
came in sight of the outfit-a large dock of
sheep. in charge of four Portuguese at
tendants or shepherds. and a motley col
lection of dogs. The men were all armed
with rifles. and had seen Davis as soon as
he saw them. Not deferred. however. he
drew his revolver and advanced upon them,
ordering them at the same time. both by
wordand gesture. TO throw up their hands.
a movement they executed with haste. Da-
Wis then proceeded to take them into camp
with him. At first they pretended not 10
understand English, but. seeing his deter
mination, and overawed by the threatening
six-shooter. they changed their tactics and
legged him not to take them away, prom
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quests in Africa. No one could desire it
Tho has given the situation an impartial
examination.
With Algiers Cthe capitaD as a pivotal
point, France has swung the pendulum of
conquest across six degrees of longitude
and 1000 miles southwark, across the Sa-
nara, beyond Timbuctoo. Senegal and Sier-
ra Leone, to the Gulf of Guinea, and be-
yond that immense empire ('mainly of
sand and negroes') she still controls the
magnificent territory of the French Congo.
why, then, having more African terri
tory than any other nation. does she wish
to get a grip on the headwaters OF the
Nile? Some say because they are the
headwaters; because thereby she can con-
troll that vast body of water, and have
Egypt-and consequently the Egyptian
queStOn-at her mercy. But. if the Lion
stands in the path at Morocco, he has
camped on the trail in the Nile provinces.
II he groW1ed and dashed his tail in Moroc-
co, he showed his teeth and claws at
Fashoda. "Havings is keepings," always
with John Bull-whether in Africa or Amer
lea, provided the Other fellow has not the
stronger force and armament.
But why not divide the African orange
longitudinally? Thirty degrees easterly of
the meridian of Algers Che city, runs that
OF the Nile, which General Kitchener has
50 closely hugged, all the way, as he
pushed his course SOuthWardly into the
heart of Africa. If France were but to
parallel his course, African Mahomctanism
would be stricken to the core. Again, sup
pose Italy should ever regain courage to
drop on Tripoli-due south of Scly-and
send a force southwark about midway be-
tween the two? The result might be-as-
sumins Italy can ever recover from her
scIlmmage with King Menelek-that the
hitherto dark continent would he burst
wide open, its people released from the
thratdom of centuries, its illimitable re-
Evening star., 1898-09-17
NAVAL MYSTERIES.
War Vessels of the United states That
Have Disappeared.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Lesle's Weekly.
Curious disappearance and accidents to
our warshps characterized the early his
tory Of our navy. and, in spite of all the
efforts of the Navy Department to explain
the cause of the disasters, many Of them
are absolute mysteries today as when
they happened.
When the government huilt ten new gun
boats to prosecute the war against Tripou
in 1905, they were sent out soon as they
ware finished and before they were named.
Each one was given a number, and dis
patched TO the seat of the war. No. sailed
from New York July -, 1855. under the
command of Lieut.. Og4lvie, and after she
cleared Sandy Hook light she was never
heard from again. She went down with all
on board before she had even been named.
A most extraordinary accident was that
which happened to the corvette Mononga-
hela at Santa Cruz, in 1867. While at
anchor in the harbor a tremendous ridal
wave lifted her upon ITS crest and carried
her Clean over the town of Frederic hstadt
and back again without injuring the town
or the boat to any great extent. The re-
ceding wave landed her on the beach in
stead of in the deep waters of the bsrbor.
and ii cost our government SlOgUB9 10 float
her again. Fully as strange was the fate
of the sioOp of war Waterae. She was
anchored in the harbor Of africa, Peru in
1865, when a huge tidal wave swept inland
and flooded the whole city. The wave car
ried the sloop several miles INLAND and
finally landed her in the midst Of a tropical
forest. 1t was impossible 10 release her
from such a peculiar position, and the gov-
ernment sold her for nominal sum. The
purchasers turned the vessel into a hotel,
and the remains of that once formidable
war vessel loom up in the tropical forest
today a monument to the power of tiGal
waves.
Among other cases of disaster, which are
attributed to the Violence OF the waves or
weather. there is none more interesting
than that of thu strange fate of tue Sara
toga- When she sail "a from plIlAdal Dhia in
October 1850, under the comm ln1 of Capt.
James Young, there vas no finer nor hand
scmer war vessel ahoat. That she was as
formidable as she was attractive was soon
demonstra in a practical way. After
cruising around short ;lme she captured
three British vessels in succession, and
then with her prizes she started 10 return
TO Philadelphia. But of the Delaware
capas she encountered a British ship Of
line As the Saratoga carried Only eighteen
guns and the Intrepid WAS sevanty-four-
gun ship, Capt. Young considered il safer
to run away. The enemy did ttot chase her
far. but returned to protect and recapsure
the British prizes. The Saratoga sailed
away in the very teeth of a storm, and she
was never heard from again. Did she
founder at sea in the gale or was shs
blown up by her own magazines?
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the southern boundary of the park. He at
once sent out details to patrol the park
establish trails, 'blaZe" the trees along the
boundary lines, and put up printed notices
furnished by the Interior Department,
warning against the starting of forest
fires. the ire espassng of cattle, sheep, etc.
and embodying the other regulations of the
department. The captain also took pains
to write letters to all the stockmen and
sheepowners in the San Joaquin valley
whose names he could obtain, in which he
defined the limits of the park, and enclosed
a copy of the regulations calling for the
expulsion of tresDassing sheep and cattle.
These, however, while respected by the
cattlemen pretty generally, had little effect
upon the sheeDherders Mere paper regu-
lations they did not respect at all, and they
expressed the view freely that, with their
knowledge of the country, they would
Craze their sheep where they chose; and
that, If any soldiers should come near to
moleSt them, 1t would be easy enough to
draw back further into the mountains
where the soldiers would not dare to ven-
ture with their horses. Indeed. so COM
plete and autCcratic had been their former
sway, that they looked upon the pastur-
age of this region their own property;
and they freely boasted that they would
resort to the logic of their rifles before they
would be crowded out of their rights by
lot of "chuckle-headed soldiers" Accord
ingly. when the season advanced and the
grass had become poor in the valleys and
foothills, the sheeDmen, as usual, had
moved up into the mountains, paying no
attention to any of the warnings that they
mad received
Tackling the BOnstful Herders.
Not long~after Capt. Wood had gone into
camp the sheepmen had chance to make
&C cd their boasting On one of his first ex-
petitions Davis had left his little party in
the canyon, and had climbed a steep, bar
rem slope to take general observation of
the country and catch the Law of the land
After while he thought that he detected
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of Morocco over 500 900 square miles of
territory and half d million subjects
Not long ago there was 4 Successor; biIt
he the same as these of his 1nces-
tors who be.ieVed-as ne believes today
that to shed the blood of a Christian is a
righteous act, emitting him 10 the joys of
Paradise. Morocco is the plague spot, the
running ulcer. of North Africa-an empire
without roads, even from the coast. at Tan
giers. to the nearest interior settlement;
with no saving instinct among its rulers or
it's people of Development or good govern
pot of Turkey in cruelty, in absolute d.sre
gard of the lives and liberties of his de-
PRAYED subjects. Those acquainted with
the relative conditions of Morocco and its
nearest neighbor. Algiers, cry aloud for the
day to come when the French shall step
over the border and run this refuse of Ma
hometaniSm into the sea.
What France Would Like.
And Johnny Crapaud'' has inclina-
tons that way. too; it is one of the ambi-
tions Of modern France, degenerate as she
is said to be; and she would accomplish
it were il not fer the British lion. There
he stands, in their path to glory, and with
menacing roars and most frightful lashngs
Of his tail keeps johnny" covering in the
uan. Let JOnn Bull but stand aside, ami
see how qui ,k!y France would cover Mo-
rocco with ncr soldiers, and convert that
n.isgOverned territory into a haDitable re-
E!On, with good roads and good govern
ment, hotels where one can get a square
neal at little cost and have an oppor-
tUnity for the enjoyment of magnificent
scenery that God prohably) intended Tor
civilized man and not for brutcs,
1 write feelingly for l have had taste
OF Tangiers- l have slept in its "fon-
Evening star., 1898-09-17

ernments. The trouble is with the French
themselves. They are not what they used
to be. Not even what they We're when
Louis Philippe. nearly seventy years ago
sent them down to conquer Algicrs in
order to give vent to their turbulent feel
ings and far-reaching aspirations. I do
not say they have deteriorated; their own
writer's aver ii; statistics prove it.
France Versus England.
But. whether or no they are the equals
of the English as colorizers. as explorers
and conquerers. they have no right to IN
terfere in the British development &C the
Nile regions and the Soudan They ought
to assist, but not to deter. the vastest,
most bene1iccnt conquest of the century.
Their Rubicon was reached years ago; they
halted at its hither bazk: the English
crossed it, To them belongs the credit of
the conquest-achieved and prospective. No
one can doubt the result There was no
reed of an Anglo-German alliance to con-
summatc British designs in Africa; but /
suppose England wished to be the safer
side. France. in truth. has "bucked up"
against the Inevitable: she should retreat
while she can with good grace; for retreat
she must. either with whole skin or with
shattered columns.
And the lesser question leads US to con-
slider the more gigantic What is TO become
of Africa under the new appOrtionment?
OF one thing we can have no SHADOW CT
doubt. she cannot be made worse than she
was before: she cannot suffer tithe of
what she has borne under the successive
rules of Arab. Turk and Mahdis Twelve
hundred years ago her northern shores
were swept by the fierce Arabs, under the
impulse of the new religion given them by
Mahomet the prophet. They advanced from
Mecca to Cairo. from Cairo to Tripoli, Tu-
Eis. Aigiers Morocco-here today exist
their remnants: here the last of the Faith
full still worship in their sacred mosques to
enter which is death to any Christian: here
as an absolute monarch, reigns the Sultan
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National Park Protected by q. S.
Cavalry From Intruders.
TROOPERS ARDUOUS EXPERIENCES
The Long and Difficult Marches
Over Forest Trails.
TO SAVE THE T r E ES
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
About 115 miles east Of San Francisco
the crow flies is one of the wonderlands of
North America, the Yosemite National
Park. This park was set aside by Congress
as g national reserve in 1890 in pursuance
of the wise policy Of outstanding the timber
land near the headwaters Of our great riv-
erS. Carved from the very heart of the
towering Sierra Nevadas, comprising an
area Of about 400 square miles, this res
ervation contains within its limits no less
than twenty snow-clad peaks, among the
loftiest in the United States; forest of the
grandest proportions, including grove OF
the celebrated gigantea sequoia, or " big
trees hundreds of beautiful lakes and
mountain streams almost without number.
These, fed from the perpetual SHOWS of the
higher attitudes. make their way In a Sc
ries of grand cataracts and through gorges
of amazing depth, to unite eventually. when
free of the mountains, within the great
central valley of the San Joaquin-a river
which is TO the basin through which 1t
flows what the Nile is to lower Egypt.
Near the head valleys of many of the
streams in the park, before they have en-
tered their canyons, are to be found extern
sve strips of grass land, called meadows,
from . half mile to a mile in width and
oftentimes several miles long, affording in
the proper season excellent paSturaSe.
When the grass in the valley begins to dry
up the sheenmen usually Portuguese and
Mexican herders) have been accustomed to
wcrk their way gradually up into the foot
hills and mountains, advancing with the
season. to take advantage of this fresh
pasturage, still green from the recently melt
ed SHOWS. In the advance with their great
iocks. numbering oftentimes several thous-
and head of sheep each'they resemble the
march of an invading and destroying army,
eating up everything that is green and eat
able. 1t makes no difference what their
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Using to leave the park Immediately, and
Offering him a large sum-S&D in gold-it
he would give them their freedom. Bat he
was iheXOrs bic. ana ordered them TO lin-
load their wearors and nrccede hiia in the
direction of his detachment Whom he
men in the detachment saw the Ncutcn-
ant coming down the hill with folsr 5ury
Portuguese sheep hcrders in advance. each
carrying a Winchester rifle oa his shoulder.
they We're considerably astoniShr3: and
their astonishm"nt was increased whru, as
was soon Gscortaincl. the mcn he had ap-
pretended were proved to be the very ones
that had made the loudest vaunts about
how they would deal with the "ch"chle-
headed soldiers
Davis escorted then into the main ca"'p
before Capt. Wood, who warned them not
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dCuks." walled amongst the ineXpreSSible
NTH of its streets, foUndered in the mud of
its country roads, followed behind an Arab
with a lantern night through its unlight-
ed alleys and been jostled by evil-lookinS
Bedouins carrying naked knives a yard
long concealed beneath their burnouses.
have one of those knives. by the way made
from a sword blade which may have been
forged in Damascus or Toledo. and with
Arab characters on 1t, which my guide said
meant death TO the unbeiever whose
blood | may taste"
However. not to be diverted from the
main question. though France now controls
8 100000 square miles of African territory,
as against Englands 219o.WD. Germany )
925 900 and Italy's 10000. and though AL
gers has not proven a profitable expert
ment. except as an outlet for emgratioi
she yet Graves Morocco with all the
strength of her national being.
Despite her transient frivolities, she has
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of the civilized world, if not from diplo-
matte and humanitarian considerations il
is to be hoped that England and France
will pursue their respective plans for the
opening up of Africa without colliding, for
what we want now is some new place to go
10; that is the crying need of the hour
I. A. OBER
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ever kept in view the ultimate acquisition
of the vast territory to the southwest and
east of AIoiers. She has paralleled the
ncrthern coast line with a railroad for
900 miles, with offshoots extending south
ward, nearer and nearer to that region OF
mysteries. the great desert of the Sahara.
She has secured a foothold-mOre than
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Stuck on His job.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
She-'You have done nothing all evening
but make sarcastic dry remarks.
He-"Why shouldn't /? l have done
nothing ALL day but lick ravenue stamps."