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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10
MILITIA FIRE ON IMMUNES.
FUSlLLADES AT EACH TOWN.

Awed by Armed Men and Punished With Cracked
Heads They Became as Dooilo as Lambs. p
ATLANTA, Ga. (special).-T Tenth In
munes, under Colonel Jones, who were
mustered out at Macon Wednesday began
to,show their illtemper as soon as the train
bearing the negroes home began to move
out of Macon. Producing revolvers and
other arms, which they. in some way man
aged.to keep with them, they began firing
from the windows. Bullets few in every
direction as the train sped on. and passers-
by were compelled to seek safety. Luckily
only one person was shot in"Macon, Will
lam Goodyear, n siXteen-year-old white.
boy. As the train passed the various sta
lions on the road the rl0ting was renewed,
shots being fired from the train at the peo-
pie. standing on the platforms to see the
train go. by. '"'
At Griffin, where the first sectionsof the
train stopped at about 2.30 in the after
noon, occurred the most serious trouble of
the,day
The, regiment came over the Central of
Georgia Railroad In three sections. When
the train stopped at Grifin}the negroes,
whoihad by this time become intoxicated,
began firing their pistols and yelling lik
Indians. Over 200 shots we're fired, and
the police were powerless to resist. The
city was at the mercy of the negroes, who
kept pa fusilade of shots until the train
carried them beyond the city limits.
The news of the outrageous conduct
spread rapidly over Griffin, and 1t was de-
termined that the next section of the regi-
ment should be held in check. Mayor
Davis t%elephoned Governor Gambler ask
ing him to order out the Griffin Rifles. The
Governor sent him word that he would
consult the authorities and instruct him in
a few minutes. Mayor Davis then ordered
out the company on his W responsibility,
as there was no time to lose. The Rifles
were given five rounds OF ammunition,
and, under command OF Lieutenant David,
marched to the station.
In addition to the militia the Mayor and
Sheriff deputized nearly 100 citizens to as
sist the officers in preserving peace and
protecting the city. About SIS p. m. the
second section came In sight. and above
the roar of the train could be heard the
rattle of firearms which were being dis
charged indiscriminately. When this train
came to a standstlll the negroes saw 200
heavily armed men who commanded them
to keep quiet. &
The negroes were awed, and with q few
exceptions were as docile as lambs. To
those who proved fractions cracked heads
were administered
When the train pulled out from the sta
ton and the negroes thought they were out
of reach of the citizens, they began firing
at houses, AT tho first shot a volley was
poured into the train by the citizens and
militia. George AEee, a trHinman, was ia
tally shot In the abdomen and one negro
slightly wounded. There was no trouble
In Atlanta, as the police prepared for them
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HUMOROUS.

dorothy, how on earth did you
get a proposal out of that crusty old
bachelor?" swell, I pretended to
like the things to eat that he likes"
Bill tell YOU, a fellow never
knows what a good dinner is until he
has to work for it! Jill All they
made you carve the duck, did they2
''You say the question is not wheth-
er he will marry her?'' Not if You
wish to be technically correct. The
question is whether she will let him
escape"
THAT'S it p exclaimed Mrs, Bascom
at the concert, as the singers came
out in response to an encore; make
'em do it over again until they get the
thing right"
The Young Wife-Oh, mother! l
can't think what has come over Alfred
lately, he has been behaving so hor-
ribly. The Mother-in-law-What do
you feed him on, my dear?
"oh. l." he cried, would willingly
Lay down my life for you"
Just then he slipped, but clung to her,
And she went s%prawIing, too!
Miss Beacon Hill-Dear mel Strange,
but / cannot remember, Where is
Dresden? Young Lakeside - Oh,
that's easy. In China. Saw the adj
dress in a show window today.
Mrs. Chemick-How on earth, John,
did you remember to deliver my mes
sage today? Mr.. Chemick-Oh, l
'found a handkerchief in the street
this morning with a knot tied in it!
Teacher-How is it that you are
late this morning? Johnuy-Please,
MN, n burglars been caught in the
East End, and mother N me round
to the police station to see if it was
father.
A lady recently asked her servant
how. the mustard pot had become
cracked. The reply, made with all
gravity, was that she did not know,
but supposed it was owing to the u
tard being SO strong.
Ii l had time to let my heart
Speak out and take the great worlds part.
Who'd feed my coal stovs while l scared
And who would plsnk-down for my boardf
''You young sc%oundrel," said the
father, Selling his d%isobedieut son by
the hair; 'I'll show you how to treat
your mother" And he gave him
several bangs on the ears, and then
shook him until his hair began to fall
out.
Old LADY, hope my next Joint
will be better cut u than what you
have brought lately. Butcher Boy
oh, yes, mum; joints will be prime,
COS master says he's going 10 kill his
self next week. Old Lady-La !
sakes alive, boy!
Mamma Ito little Joy aged four, who
wants to stay in bed)-Come, deary,
it is time now to get up. Don't you
hear the robin outside your window?
He says: Get up, get up, now! Get
up,quick = Joy listening thought
fully)-Yes, / hear him, but he says
it to his own children.
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MISSOURI wHrrEoAPs AT WORK.
seven Men Taken From Their Homes at
Fl Missouri City and Severely Whipped.

Missouri CITY, Mo. (Special).-Fifty
masked mep rode into own q. few evenings
age and proceeded to administer justice
without consulting judge or jury. They
marched to the jail broke down the doors
and seized Ode Summers, confined for a
misdemeanor. They took him to the pub
lie school grounds where. though'the mer-
curry was near zero, they tied him, to a tree
and one Of their number proceeded to ad-
minister forty lashes with a .knotted rope
while the leader counted them OF.
Leaving Summers bound, the Whitecaps
proceeded to'the'homes of five other men
Joe Asbury, Dennis Stephens, Jesse
Yates, Ben Munkers and Riley Yates. As
each appeared he was bound until the five
were corralled, when they wei' taken half
a mile from town, stripped and severely
beaten, after which they were ordered to
leave town within three days. Asbury was
told that they would hang him II he did
not get out at once.
The regulators then marched to the
home OF Terry CLANCY and ordered him to
produce his nephew, James Jackson, whom
they charged with having insulted a lady.
CLANCY refused and was roughly handled,
His son, attempted to protect jackson, for
whom the mob was searching, but was
compelled to strip and stand out In the
snow while the regulators. continued their
search. Jackson was. finally found in the
smoke house, compelled to strip, and they
gave him twenty-five lashes.
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GREAT REBELLION IN CHINA
Many Cities and Villages Captured From
the Imperial Troops;

Sew
TACOMA, Wash. (SpeciaD.-Chinese mail
advices received few days ago contain the
startling news that thousands of rebels in
the. Central Chinese. Provinces of Honan,
.Anhui, sKiangsu, Human, and Hupeh rave
combined their forces, and are wrestling an
Immense territory from the authorityyoi
rthe:imperial Government: The four walled
cities. OF Hungychai, Paiyieha, Kuyangiand
Mengcheng, together with; seventy-Ave.
walled villages, have been captured by the
rebels. ~
They are besieging Shuchou, and are sur.
rounding Kanchou., Late in January q
series of battles took place about Kuyahg,
In which 400 are known to have been slain.
Hundreds of Chinese soldiers! were,kiilet,
while the rebels were literally moved.
1own by quick-fre guns and magazine
rifles, with which several regiments.of i'm
perial troops. were armed. The latter sue
seeded in ~re-capturing. Hnngychai, and
might have followed up their success by
2ther~victories had not several other regi-
nents of raw troops become panic-stricken
and ran away: o..
The. Governors OF the affected provinces
are hurrying forward all the troops at their
command. Little is accomplished, how
ever, because the various generals refuse to
combine their forces, each wantfngianother
tojmake the frstfforward movement against
the enemy. The rebels are now too strong
to be attacked by any one general singly.
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FARMERS
MUTUAL FIRE ms. GO. OF
SALEM COUNTY.


OFFIcE-HEAD OF MARKET Sr., SALEM.
THIS old and reliable Company Of 80 years
J. standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, in town or coun-
try for any length of time not exceeding fye
years at as low rates as VIII pay losses ana ek-
penses. 1t insures against hre or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly al
justed and paid. Its funds on hand are ample
to meet all probable loss, being larger than at
any previous time Of its existence and steadlIs
Increasing, while its reserve assets are OF a
character and amount to surely meet all losses
however extraordinary, and cannot be frittered
away by unfortunate investment or defaultihg
officers.
Directors-Jos X. Washington, VIM. b. Car
penter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, David f.
Grier, O. Ii. Sinniekson, Woodruff Petit, Bar
clay Griseom, Quint0n +. Harris, Charles w
Casper, j. Howard SinnickSon, John 5. ElWeu,
Richard Rassett.
Executive Commfttee-W. b.. Carpenter,
President; Joseph X. Waddington, woodruff
Petit, q. P. Harris, G. w. Casper, who meet
weekly, on Seventh day, at 8 z. NJ.
Secretary and Treasurer-Woodnutt Pettlt,
to whom applicants may be made in relation
to any business connected with the company,
at the Office OF the Company, 1888 Broadway,
(head of Market street,l or ut his residence,
$50 L Broadway, salem,
IN addition to the above the following per
ms have been elected Agents and Surveyors;
j.. NJ. Hitchner, Elmer.
George Is. Grier, WoOdstown.
Josiah Summerill, Upper PENIS Neck.
Asa G. Turner, renn'sG Grove.
Daniel D. Hitehnsr, Cohansey,
j. Forman SinnicksOp, l., Z. Neck.
John Hitchner, Alloway.
Joseph b. Live2ey, Berkeley.
David u. Griseom, Marion, Nj.
George r. Morrison, salem.
/. o. Acton,
IN. Sickler,
WM.B CARPENTER, President.
Woodruff PsTrIT, See'y and Treasurer.
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The presiding Judge OF one of the Chi.
cage courts said recently to an Inter Ocean
interviewer:
""You may ransack the pigeon holes all
over the city. and country. and look oyet
such nnual reports as are made up, but
they will not tell half the truth. Not only
are the saloons Of Chicago responsible for
the cost of the police force, the fifteen JUS.
tice courts, tbs county jail, o great portion
of Joliet State prison, the long murder
trials, the coroner's ONCE, the morgue, the
poorhouse, tho reform schools, the mad.
house. Go anywhere you please, and you
will almost invariably find that whiskey is
at the root OF all evil. TIT gambling
houses of the city, and the bad houses OF
the city, are the direct outgrowth of the
boon companions OF drink. OF all the
prostitutes of Chicago, the downfall oil al
most every one can be traced to drunken
ness on the part of their parents or hus-
bands, or drunkenness on their own part.
OF all the boys In the reform chool at
Pontiac, and In the various reformatories
about the city, ninety-ive per cent. are
the children OF parents who died through
drink, or became criminals through the
same cause. OF the insane or demented
cases disposed of here In court every Thurs
day, a moderate estimate Is that ninety
per cent. are caused by alcohol, l saw
estimated the other day that there were
ten thousand destitute boys In Chicago
who are not confined at all, but are run
ming at large. / hin that is a small esti-
mate. Men are sent to jail for drunken
ness, and what becomes of their families2
The county agent and ~poorhouse provide
for m II is a direct expense to the
community. Generally speaking, these
families go to destruction. The boys turn
thieves, and the girls and mothers gem
orally resort to the slums. The sandbag-
gers, murderers and thugs generally OF to-
day, who are prosecuted in the police
courts and criminal courts, are the sons OF
men who fell victims to drink. The per-
centage In this case Is fully ~sixty-ive per
cent.
II know whereof / speak; This saloon
that saloon, the other authorizations,
saloon, saloons, saloons-lgured con.
stantly and universally In the anarchist
trials. Conspirators met In saloons; dyna-
mite was discussed In saloons; bombs were
distributed over saloons; armed revolution
lists were drilled above, under, or in rear
saloons; treason made ~assignation in sa-
looms, and time. and time again witnesses
say,.'We went to such and suoh q saloon
for wine and beer There Is not a country
under the sun in which turks go much
treason, revolution and murder, as IN the
saloons of the United States, and notably
In the larger cities. These saloons pests
harbor thieves, thugs, house-breakers,
anarchists, robbers and murderers. Nine
tenths oftthe law-breaking In America is
Matched In saloons, and the admitted fact
is palliated by the axiom that saloons are
headquarters for town, city, and even na-
ion gerrymandering. The liquor coun.
ter Is the scaffold on which a half-hundred
beautiful, vital American things are as
. ~sassinated, on which scores OF horrid
plaques are gloriied."
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4ERscHgLu's BODY TAKEN HOME.
Placed on Board the British Cruiser Tai
bot, Which Sailed For England.

o. 70 ~
NEW YORK CRY (speclal).-The body of
Lord Herschell was brought here from
Washington Tuesday morning and taken
aboard the British cruiser Talbot, which
will convey Tito England.
The train that brought Lord Herschelis
Sody here arrived In Jersey City, where it
was met by Commodore Philip, Lieutenant
Commander Kelley, fifty marines from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard under Lieutenant
Lane and twenty-five marines from the Tai
bot under Lieutenant Russell.
Hats were removed as the body was taken
rom the train. A British flag was'draped
over the cssket and then ten British ma
srines took the coffin on their shoulders and
followed by their, comrades, Commodore
Philip, Lieuten8nt-C Commander Kelley and
the party tina came on from Washington,
marched betweenhtwo line of American
marines, who stood at present arms, to the
Government tug Narkeeta. which was
moored at one of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road piers. The drums and bugles sounded
as the procession,made Its way to the tug.
The body was taken at once to the Talbot
and placed In a cabin that had been pre-
pared for It,. The Talbot has sailed for
England.
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mNo Drink WhiIn on DntY.n

Close upon the abolition OF the "can-
,teen"in the army comes the cutting off OF
,Jaeky's official H'grog" by the Navy De-
partment. Both these moves are in re-
Spouse to the elaborate experiments that
have been made by the military and naval
experts OF the great European war estab-
lishments. They are also In line with the
rules now rigidly enforced by every great
corporation forbidding their employees to
drink while on duty.
The complicated: and exacting machin-
cry OF modern civilization calls for com
plete p~resence-of mind at all times In all
of its directors, high and humble. There
can be n confusion, no slipshod work. no
mixture Of business aud pleasure. There
must be alertness, attention, clear-he8ded-
ness-the best service from every muscle
and faculty. .-ssxi
'"No drink while on duty" is an axiom
not of morals but OF sagacious prudence
New York World.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10

A weekly payment law, from which rail-
roads are exempt, has been enacted in In
diana.
The Maine House has rejected, by a pro-
nounced vote, a bill to increase the saIaf
les Of judges.
Lawyers and physicians have been ex-
empted from the operation OF the oecupa-
tion tax law in Texas.
North Dakota has followed the example
OF Minnesota and Kansas in establishl1g u
binding-twine plant In the State pentiten-
tiary.
The Massachusetts Senate concurred
with the House in passing over the Cover
nor's veto the bill to restore days OF grace
on sight drafts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10
VOLUNTEERS TO QUIT CUBA.


WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special) .-orders
were issued at the War Department on
Wednesday for the Twelfth New York In
fantry, now at Matauzas, CuM, TO take
passage on the transport Berlin for New
York City, where it will be mustered out.
This is the beginning of a general
movement for the muster out Of all
the volunteers troops stationed in
Cuba, and the Administration believes that
the time has come when it can safely re-
luce its military forces in Cuba. The fact
that the rainy season is not far of Is q
potent reason for the early recall Of the
volunteer troops in Cuba.
The homeward movement will have to
be gradual because Of the limited trans
portation facilities now at the disposal of
the War Department, The various regi-
ments will be brought home, however,
as rapidly as the available troop
ships can make the trips be-
tween the island and various ports
in the United States selected for their dis
embarkdtion. There are now about $4,000
volunteers in Cuba, and their withdrawal
will leaye about $4,000 regular troops there
for the enforcement Of the policy of the
Administration for the establishment OF o
stable government on the island.
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MURDERED ALL HIS FAMILY.
Confession of a Kansas Man Who Killed
His Wife and Four Children.

EMpoRIA, Kan. (SpeciaD John Gilbert
IN his cell in the county jail confessed to
brutally numbering his wife and four small
children near Enterprise. Kan, n few days
ago. When Gilbertwas arrested he feigned
not to know of the crime, and at first
slammed insanity. Finally, hard pressed
bySheriff O'Connor, he confessed the crime.
He said he was badly In debt, and had been
trying to leave Enterprise for along time.
He could not take his family, and offered
his wife a divorce.
"She kept nagging me about the chill
dren,' said Gilbert, and throwing them
up to me. I told my wife II she would give
me $40 I'd leave and never bother her any
more.
During the night 1 got up and went out
into the yard. Coming back l picked up
the hammer and hit the baby in the head.
NY wife ran out into the road, and was
going over to the ~neighbors. / ran after
and caught her. She said she'd come back
IL l would behave, and l thought | would
go. But when we got in, why the baby
was thrashing about on the bed, and when
/ saw 1t l could not hold myself, but hit
mywife on the head and pounded her TIL
she could not move, and then took the
children"
When asked why he did 1t. Gilbert said:
~ don't know; 1t seemed like | just could
not help it after seeing the baby there on
the bed"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10
THE OMAHA .MAyoRALTY.
Nebraska Court Decides the Present In
y umbent Is: Ineligible.

LINCOLN, Neb.s (speclal).-Th Supreme
court has disposed of the Omaha Mayor;
atty contest by ydlsmissing. the appeal oil
Mayor Frank E. Moores, and declaring him
Ineligible to- bold the ONCE. "a
% The Court also finds that ex-Mayor
Brootch, who, brought the proceedings for
a writ OF custer, is also ineligible and his
petition without standing in, court.
Under the decision It nowr rests with the
President.otthe-Omah City Council to be-
gin proceedings to unseat Mayor Moores,
but 1t is thought he may be allowed u
serve out hisNterm.
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A Physicians Experience with Alcohol.

l had never been much In sympathy with
any temperance movement until l served
as an inferno in an alcoholic ward of e
large city hospital, writesa physician In the
New York Sun. l have inquired into the
habits of many alcoholics and the circum-
stances of their intoxication.
1 have come TO believe restraint is I'M
peratiye. Lessen the opportunities offered
for alcoholic intoxication by progressive
taxation of the liquor traffic; say add 5000
a year to Raines law taxation for tea or
twelve years. as al initial step. Then take
your soundings.
Let benevolent men or the city found
twenty-five Cooper Unions" as working
mems clubs" or more, perhaps ffty-in
different parts Of the city for ballroom
jewellers and others, and you will deprive
the saloon of a large share of its patron
age.
Practical agitation for legal redress will
receive the support OF alcoholics them
selves. Glass legislation, even against
saloon keepers, is always odious, and justly
so. Agitation from the parsons study is
foolish. Too many ~clergymen know moth
ing Of the conditions under which fifty per
cent. Of the population OF this, town live.
Physicians who, during their college years
and after graduation, have worked among
tho poor and for them know of their naked
ness and starvation and alcoholic indul'
gence, both by men and men.
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Advertisements
TWO PEOPLE.

'Tis a dear ! d-fashioned place,
And the roses love it,;
Blossoms spilled with lavish grace
Round it and above it
Yearly weave n fairy spell
Round the spot 20 charming,
Up where Jack and Mollie dwell,
Making love and farming
Nearby runs the road to town
,Troubleetakes it s~traightway;
Never thinks OF turning down
Toward their leafy gateway.
joys from elsewhere made to roam
By dull melancholy
Stop and1make themselves at home
. There with Jack and Noilie.
Mollie stops her work to laugh,
Jack stops his to listen, p
sunbeams are not brightsby.half
As her eyes that giisttn.
II a fond thought whispers low,
Loving lips will drop it.
They are old enoughto know
Better than to stop it, f
1t / ssweet. when life seems cold
o. And the world is lonely,
Such a picture to behold,
Though in day dreams only.
Laughing at the care that kills,
Safe from-folIy's harming,
Jack and MoIlie mid the hills,
Making love and farming,
Washington Star.
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SAM WAN ON A JURY.
Native of China Elected Foreman In Fort
Scott, Kansas.

.FoRr SooTr, Kan. (speclal).-Sam Wah,
Chinese, who has not the least idea OF
American law or court customs, was drawn
on ajury with five negroes in Judge Has
kett's court here on Wednesday to try a
case wherein Mary Epps, a-colored woman
and ~clairvoyant, sued Ben Bruce; a land;
lord, also eolored, for 800 for professional
services in removing ''s~pooks"'from two OF
his houses. -
and was, dragged into the court by,a CON
stable on an attachment and compelled to
serve The negroes elected him foreman.
After hearing several expert witnesses on
spirits and ghosts the Court threw the
case out on the ground that the plaintiff
bad no city license to practice a profess
sion.
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MAJOR WILSON CONVICTED.
Third Immune Ofhcer Found Guilty o.
Forgery and Other ofenses.

SANTIAGO; Cuba (By Cable).-Major Ed
ward Wilson, of the Third Immune Regi-
ment, tried by court-martial on charges OF
forgery, classifying records, and conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,
was convicted and sentenced to dismissal
from the service, forfeiture Of pay and al
lowance. and confinement for one year at
hard labor in the penitentiary.
General Wood, Military Governor, taking
Into consideration Wilson'S previous good
character, considers that eIemency may be
shown him, and directs that the sentence
be RENTED so far as confinement at hard
laborsis concerned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-10

Two cowboys, John Bailey and Thomas
Farmer, settled an old grudge with pistol:
at Childress, Texas, a few days ago, and
both are dead. Bailey was married during
the Christmas holidays, Farmer was single.
The fathers. OF the men, gray-haired old
friends of the plains, stood OF n wit
messed their sons fight to the death. Wher
the duelists were lyiag on the ground un'
able to fight longer, their fathers ran tc
the spot and stood silently over them with
tears streaming Town their faces.