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ODD BLASTING MTsHAP.
nt.s Eoctts Dnf-n-n Gcerae w. VAN
derbiIt's Ne.y York Mansion.

derbiit's Seyy York Mansion.
New York, Sept. 25.--Two rocks sent
up by blast in an excavation at Fifty
first street and Fifth avenue crashed into
the residence of George w. Vanderbilt.
on the northwest corner, and demolished
some valuable brc-a-brac and statuary.
The rocks, each weighing about 30
pounds, went through Il window Of the
drawing room. One of them struck a
heavy Russian cabinet and notwithstand-
ing its great weight hurled it against a
pearl topped table. The table was crush
ed to pieces and the cabinet badly spin-
tered. The other rock struck a large
marble statue and knocked it to pieces.
Fragments of the statue were thrown
against a vase of Sevrcs ware. The vase
was 21a feet high. 1t, too, was broken
into bits.
The excavation on the corner is being
made for the Union clubs new house.
The work is being done by Contractor j.
w. Cody of 1893 Broadway. Cody's fore
man, John Pearsall, said that only one
pound dynamite cartridges were used
in blasting, but the residents of the
ncighborhood say that the blasts are Of
great force, and they had long been ex-
pecting accidents because of them.
Showers of rocks have been thrown into
the street when each charge was set off,
and areaways for hundreds of feet away
are Uttered with stones from the excava-
tim
Only the caretaber was in the Wander
bilt residence when the damage to ii
was done. The caretaker had come to be
fearful Of the blasting. One morning a
few days ago while he was shaving in
the basement a big rock struck the iron
bars that protect the windows there. He
said that had it not been for the bars tho
stone might have killed him. lie was in
the basement when there was a terrific
report from across the street, and he
heard Il crash in the drawing room. Run
ming up, lie found one corner OF the room
looking MS if it had been struck by &
she'll The heavy cabinet was ten fec
out of its place, and the pearl topped Ia
Bile it had struck was broken.
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Gravesend Races Yesterday.
Special to The sun,

First-6F. Elizabeth NJ 6 to 5 and 8 to
8, LIST; Luerana to ?, I'd; The Musketeer
Sd. Time 1102.5.
Second-SIF. Feuron to l ard to 2
lst; Star Chime 4 to l, I'd; Kamara Sd,
Time 1.49 10.
Third-6F Leber Karl, TO and to
5, lat; The Pride even, "a; Meehanus Sd
Time 90 Is.
Fourth--6F. Iimtime S to 5 and 3 to 5
LIST; Buff5on 20 1, %; Fluke Sd. Time
l.1O2.5.
Fifth-l5M Androncus to 1 and > TO
|, lst; Serbano 3 10 ., ID; McMeekin Sd.
Time l. 50 4.5.
sixth-53F. Animoaity to and even
1st; DangerheId to /, I'd; The Golden
Prince Sd. lime los So.
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The National Prison Congress.

Cleveland. Sept. 25.-1he session of the
national prison congress was largely de-
voted to The discussion of the report Of
the standing committee on preventive
ana rcformatoly work, which was read
by its chairman, George Torrance Of Pom
tinc. Ills. Thc report strongly urged
preventive measures and pointed oat
that il is fir bottcr 10 lJaep people out ef
prison than to treat them in prison. The
recommendations made hy the committee
we've very generally approved hE tae
aalaaALea.
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y, Cp;nw sota,ers, yioaica Home.

San Francisco, Sept 25-Thn inspe-snt
of national cemeteries D. n Rhodes aaa
- assistants have arrived here i1en
Washir@ton. Hhcv wiil ,"kc passaga 9n
the transport Hancock on Oct. for TIC
Philippines whute they will au.cm ta
ihc transportation 10 tie Ritgd S,&tes
Of the remains of soldiers sailors nhi
marines WHO last t5eir lives ANA |e9t
huricd IN the island possessions Of the
United States ana III Chlaa.
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i'll health for more than two years. Last
Saturday he attended the funeral OF
General McClcrnand, acting as an homo.
rary pallbearcr.
After viewing campaign parade the
general retired, apparently as well as
usual. Just after rising he complained
of pains i'll the chest and expired soon
after
He WAS Soln in Kentucky Sept. IS,
1917. He entered the civil war as colo
mel Of Illinois volunteers, was promoted
to lie major general 0f volunteers and le!
the Fourteenth army corps through the
Atlanta caMpaign i'rom 1860 to iSTi
lie served as Republican aovcrnGr of Eli
neis. l.ajc,. he brcainr lpanorat au
in iS'l Was clet d IT, tic laijvd 5tatp-
senatc Iii teG General Paimr Wa.
TIE presidential candatr az tAr Na'
tional lsa.d standard Democrats
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TrouhIe In the Lyllens valley.

Harrisburg. Sept. pa nonunion la
borer employed in the LyIcns collicry
was pelted with stones hy a small party
of strikers at Wiconsinco while on his
way to work He defended himself with
a revolver and soon drove his assailants
away without doing them any harm.
This is the first disturbance that has oc-
Cured in the Lykens valley region since
the strike was declared.
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Disastrous FIRE In California.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Sept. 25.7-Fire,
which has been burning for several days
about Occidental, has covered $50 square
miles, and the damage is estimated at ST.
100000. A stranger who has been fight
ing the flames is missing, and several Of
the volunteers have had narrow escape
from suffocation,
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1ll.s. An,, -I.nsr DcnN.

Bichm na Sont -. Alis Elizabeth
NM Lew. 4hu b,aS tifs war between
Tire s,atrH furnished che Union forces
With yamdlA1 Information against tho
Confederate governments assisted prison
ers escaping from Libby prison and who.
after the war, was rewarded by General
Grant with the postmastership at Rich
mond, died at her residence hero at ali
alNancul Ngp.
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Gcnrgc =. CInrls'a VIII.

Newburg. y. Y, Sept. 25.-The will Of
George Il. Clark. father of the mother Of
Roland Il. MolineuX, has been admitted
TO probate here Dccedcnt, who once liv-
ed in Brooklyn died in Middletown re-
Gently. Among the hcnciiciaries OF the
will arc Mrs. Harriet ID. MolineuX ot
Brooklyn, various relatives mission
hoards amd industrial institutions. Tie
will was drawn on Dee. 81, 1896.
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Transnort snmon plsnI,1cd.

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-Thc trans.
port Samoa, which sailed for Taku On
Sept. % with load Of horses for the
German troops, has put back to port on
account Of the breaking down OF her
electric air pumping apparatus.
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Destvuctiyc I7irc IN ArIknnsna.

Little Rock. Sept. 25.-The Iron Noun
tain shops located at Barring Groos have
been totally destroyed by fire. No ono
seems to know how the fire originated,
except that it started in the paint shops
which were located at the rear of the
machine shops. -Four hundred men are
thrown out of employment The shops
were the largest i'll this section Of the
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KentncIsv Mine situation.

NIiddlesboro. Ky, Sept. 25.-All the
Jellico, Pineville and Coal Greek mines
are running again, it is announced, hav
ing agreed to the scale. except one com
pany at Coal Creek, where 600 men are
still ont
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GENERAL PALMER DEAD.
A Victim of Heart Failure at His IIli-
nnin IInIit..

Springfield, HIS, Sept. %. - General
John NJ. Palmer, cX-Unitcd States sen
ator and candidate for president of the
United States four years ago, is dead.
Heart failure was the direct cause of
General Palmer's death. lie had been in
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Nllkirsnn III HnfaIo.

Dover. Del, sept. 25.-Dr. Howard NJ.
wilkinson, formerly OF Dover, who cre-
ated a sensation by clipping twice with
his sister-iE-law, Josephine Packard, has
been located in Buffalo, n. Y. He has
passed the examination of the State
Board OF Pharmacy, and will open drug
store. He and Miss PacEard are still liv-
ing together. His deserted wife is at her
home near here,
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IN TIE LA0KAWANNA,
Extra Guards Placed about Some Of
the TsreaIlcra.


Scranton. Pa, Sept. 25.-Thcrc is no
apparent change III the anthracite miners
strike in the I.ackawanna region, bHt
extra guards arc being placed about some
Of the breakers, and the owners are in
closing their property with wire rope
fences.
The Lacknwanna company's washeres
Oxford, Diamond and Belevue-are OF
work, but with the forces reduced by
some Of the foremen quitting. AT sew
aral mines where attempts were made to
rot engineers and forcmcn to take up the
work of Jaborers the men refused. and
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,,.ic,.ct scnlpcrs sentenced.

Atlantic Ctty. Sept 25.--Ge5rge En,js
and G. L. OIlmueil, eaar4ud with scalp
ing raltpad tickets. have hern sentenced
to two months oaeh in Jail There We're
-four indictments against the men, ANA in
view Of the fact that they pleaded guilty
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r.tr 60 Enr e,.l.ennrtrav.

Washington. Sept 25.-Ihc census hu-
reau announces that the population Of
Schenectady. \. V. is a1,GS2 as against
1892 in 1880 This is an increase ol
il, ,7SS. Or 59.19 per cont.
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Annnintsncnts Nv stnne.

Harrisburg, Sept. 25.-Goycrnor S'oa,
has appoined William I. Potter Of PiGs
burg to The supreme court vacancy 0u .
ed by the death of Justice Henry Ggce1
Marshall Rrown OF Pittshurg was ap
pointed TO succeed the late Judge Stage
9f Alcghany.
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,rI,c Corpentrr. ana JninerS.

Scranton. pa,, Sept. 25.-'rhe biennial
convention of the Carpenters and Join
fts OF America has refused to adept the
constitutional amendment providing fas
tho election Of officers hy referendum, y
vas decided a hoIl tie next biennial con-
yen.iun az .AllaMta.
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In1in,a lEenvN l.nlnlalI.

Calcutta. Sept. 23.-The total rainfall
to Sept. % is stated to have been 80
inches, and since that date about inches
have fallen. The weather is brighter and
is believed to be settled.
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nise In Fnrn PrIces.

Most, II not an, Of these employ
ments are connected with the combina-
tious called trusts, good, bad and in
different. and it is certainly evident
tual lie trusts have not reduced
wages TO say the least. Now, let Us
notice the ruinous effect Of tile trusts
upon the farmers, which Mr.. bryan is
50 fond OF GHating upon. Here follow
tie prices Of certain farm products in
1900 and IN 1900:
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BRoWNsoNs BEATEN.
The Chester Boys Were Too Much
for Them Yesterday.

The Chester base bail club beat t,..
Brownson boys yesterday afternoon
Twelfth street park, Chester, by a SEQ. =
Of IA to 8. The local boys played a very
rank game, making number of errors.
In the third inning Chester made five
runs, Agnew, captain of the Chester club
came up to bat and three men being on
bases hit the ball for home. run. That
took all the ball playing out of the local
boys.
The batteries were Blouth and Agnew
for Chester, and Day and Connur for
Brownson.
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chicago Races Yesterday.

First-7F. Iceni, AL Brown, Hans
wurst. Time l.294.
Second 6F, Tame lrishmen, Jake
Weber, Loyaletta. Time 1.14I.
Third-54F. Kazan, Tyr, Handyman,
Time 1.073.
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snicidn OF u NIinister.

Rochester, Sept. 25.-Rev. Lucicu L.
Gugr. AGED so. retired Baptist minister,
&. look chloroforin with suicidal III
Is dead at the Homeopathic hospital,
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The percentage of increase on the
main products Of the farm is even
greater than the rise of wages.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
DROWNED HIMSELF
IN A JAIL BATH TUB.
A Farmer Tries Murder and
Kills Himself.

Woodbury., N. j., Aug. 31.-As a
sequel to the shooting of Herbert
Clement yesterday, at Clements
bridge, Gloucester county, and the
capture of David Beetle, the farmer
who shot him, Beetle committee
suicide about $50 O'Clock this morn
ing in the county Jail by drowning
himself in a bath tub. While he was
dying, two nephews were waiting
outside for an opportunity of getting
him out on ball. At the time of the
drowning, his fellow prisoners were
within few feet of him, and heard
the splashes, but thinking the man
was taking bath, paid little atten-
tion to him.
Beetle was arrested last evening
near Chew's Landing by Constable
Dopson. The man pleaded piteously
to be allowed to go home for a mo-
ment, but was denied the privilege,
and the officials now believe he in
tended to shoot himself when once in
the house. In stripping the prisoner
last night small leather moose was
found in one of his pockets. He
asked that he might keep it over
night, but this, too, was denied him.
Soon after Sheriff Springer gave the
prisoners their breakfast early this
morning, Beetle spied the bath tub,
which is a large one. and asked a
fellow prisoner when they were al
lowed to bathe He was told he
could use it at any time, and replied,
'Well, guess I'll take bath now"
The tub was in use at the time, and
he was "neXt." He partly diSrobed
himself, and soon there was cOnSid-
cradle splashing heard by his COM
radeS. Finally there was thud
heard by one of the prisoners, and he
leiSurely walked into the bath room
and discovered Beetle lying face
downward in the water. which was
within a few inches of the top of the
tub.
The Sheriff was summoned and
every effort made to reSuscitate him
until a physician arrived.
The doctor worked a half hour with
the man without avail. Coroner
Hunter viewed the remains. and gave
certificate of death from suicide.
Beetle, with his brother Richard,
bachelors, lived on farm adjoining
the Clement homestead. There was
a feud between the neighbors. owing
to dispute over road, and this led
to the shooting.
Herbert Clement, the victim of
Beetles passion, will probably recov-
er, but he will be minus part of his
jaw and left cheek.
1t is believed that Beetle intended
to murder both young Clement and
his father and then commit suicide.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
BRIDGETON, N. J. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER G. 1900
OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS.
BY New Rules, Teachers are Re-
quired to Pass Examina-
tiOns of IS Per Cent.

The State Board of Education has
made public the rules for examina-
tions for teachers certificates as pre-
scribed by the State Board. Several
changes have been made, some of
them being quite favorable to new
teachers who may apply to the Coun-
ty Board of Examiners for examina-
tion.
Applicants for third grade certifi-
Gates will be required to pass an ex-
animation which shall show a gen.
eral average of not less than IS per
cent. Certificates shall continue in
force for two years instead of one
year as in previous years. The rule
reads as follows:
An applicant for third grade coun-
ty certificate shall not be less than
eighteen years of age and shall not
be required to have any previous ex-
perience. Said applicant shall be
examined in Orthography, Reading,
Penmanship, Geography, Arithmetic,
English Grammar, Elementary Com
position, United States History, Ele-
mentary Physiology, and the Theory
and Practice of Teaching. The
third grade county certificate shall
continue in force for two years from
it's GATE and shall be valid as
license to teach in any ungraded
school or primary department. in the
county in which it shall be issued.
Said certificate may be given two re-
newals; provided, it shall show a
general average of not less than IS
per cent, and the holder thereof
shall pass on each renewal an exami-
nation in Theory and Practice of
Teaching and School Law of New
Jersey. The third grade county GER
tificate shall not be issued to the
same person more than three times
unless he shall secure the professional
certificate.
Elementary Composition has been
added as new subject for teachers
in the third grade and Plain Geom-
etry is a new subject in hrst grade.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
MALAGA CAMP ENDS.
Great Walk Around Bring Things
To An End.

Malaga, N. j., Auugst pa wave
of religious enthusiasm that was
started after the regular service late
last night, and which continued
nearly all night and to-day marked
the ending of Malaga camp meeting
this evening. 1t was near midnight
when the auditorium was cleared,
but many of the preachers had not
sufficient spiritual food and they be-
gan a praise service in the association
headquarters that lasted until nearly
daybreak. Many of the cottagers
were aroused by the sounds of wor-
ship proceeding from the ministers
sleeping room, and joined in the cho-
rus of "Amensr' and "Praise the
Lordsl' that was proceeding from
the association cottage.
Rev. j. Winfield Thompson. of
PenSauken, preached the sermon in
the morning. He aroused his hearers,
and the scenes last night were re-
enacted, the most intense enthusiasm
being displayed.
The children formed in line at the
Tabernacle in the afternoon, headed
by Rev. J. o. r. CorllsS and Miss
Sara Fogg, marched to the circle and
about the auditorium, singing as
they marched. The closing services
in the evening consisted of addresses
by Presiding Elder Graw, Rev. d. B.
Ackley, Rev. j. o. r. Corliss. The
annual march around the auditorium
was then made.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ARE VERY STRONG.
The Membership of the Order is
Growing.

Out in Detroit the Supreme Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, is in session.
In his report R. L. q. Wright, of
Atlanta, Ga, Supreme Keeper of
Records and Seals, gave the follow
ing:
Total subordinate lodges December
81, 1S99 674O. Total membership
492, 5O6; net gain during 9S and 99' So
lodges and q ,237 members. Practi-
cally 80 per cent. of the gain was in
1899. Illinois led in the gains with
Indiana and Ohio close seconds.
Louisiana suffered net loss of 1872.
The appropriations at the Indian
apolis biennial in '98.were S93, $50, of
which S38, 892 had been expended at
the close of the fiscal year. Subordi-
nate lodges had been organized in
Hawaii, Alaska, Cuba and Quebec,
April l, 1899, there was a balance on
hand of S7052, and there has since
been received from sale supplies
$26, ,875; from Grand Lodge per capita
tax, S31. JOG: from subordinate lodge
per capita tax, 1910: total of $685.
4O3. Receipts of Grand Lodges were
S4O8, 500, and, with balance on hand,
the credits were $516, 21O. Disburse-
ments were 1878, $50. There has been
expended for relief 81, 335, SIS. SO, and
Grand Domains had on hand Decem-
Der l, 1899, 81, 1876, 451., The total
assets of the Grand Domains are
S9,2461, 80. Lodges outside of Grand
Domains have expended for relief
$3651; have cash on hand, $4485, and
assets, S26, 524.
The report of the Supreme Master
of the Exechequer SHOWS a total OF
S31, 81 on hand June 30, 1900.
Report of Imperial Secretary H.
W. Belding, of the Dramatic Order,
Knights of Khorassan:
There are IS active temples in ex-
istence. The receipts to August l.,
1900, were S5223, which was paid to
the Imperial Treasury. In 1899 there
was paid to net gain of 316 mem
bers. Total membership December
81, 1885, 9S27.
Report G. B. Erase, Imperial Trea-
surer:
Receipts, S12, 109: disbursements,
S5088: balance on hand August l.,
1900, s7o21.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
Lads Admit Robbing Stores

Millville, N. j., Sept. 4.-Charles
Newlin, Jr., of Millville. George
Johnson, aged 10, of Paterson, and
Joseph Fulton, aged II, of Orange,
who were arrested by Detective Nick
erson and Marshall Fowler between
Vineland and Newfeld yesterday on
suspicion of being the robbers who
have been operating in this city,
were brought here to-day and ar
raigned before Mayor Payne this
afternoon. The boys admitted hav-
ing entered the stores. Most of the
stolen articles, consisting of watches,
reyolvers, razors, etc., have been re-
covered. Mayor Payne sent the lads
to jail without bail. Two of the
boys escaped two weeks ago from the
Jamesburg Reform School.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
SERIOUS CRASH.
Teams Collide ON North Laurel
Street.

1t is strange that a more serious
accident was not the case on North
Laurel street. Saturday evening,
about eleven O'Clock than the slight
damage which was done by the crash
ing together of two teal ms.
A horse was standing hitched to a
buggy just above Irving avenue on
Laurel street, under tree in a very
dark place. Mr.. George Bates was
driving along in another buggy at a
pretty fast rate. when passing troll
ley car blinded him, as he turned out
for the car and the strong light pre-
vented him from seeing the hitched
horse and buggy. Into it he crashed
and both horses and wagons, all in a
heap made frightful spectacle. Mr..
Bates was thrown suddenly over the
dash board against the curbing, cut
ting and bruising his head badly.
The standing horse was broken loose
by the crash and started to run away !;
it had not gone far however when it
was caught and taken in the light and
examined but no scratches or injuries
were found on it. The buggy to
which the horse just referred to
was hitched, was entirely wrecked.
The horse and buggy of Mr.. Bates
were not harmed 10 any way.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
PUZZLE In
RICHMAN'S DEATH.
Body ON One Side of Fence and
Gun ON the Other.

Elmer, sept. 3.-There is a deal of
speculation here as to just how
Reuben Ell. Richman met his death,
for under all the circumstances it is
hard to explain. Riehman started
out for days squirrel shooting on
Saturday. As he failed to return in
the evening, search was made for
him. His body was found beside
fence, with great, gaping wound in
his stomach. His gun lay on the
other side of the fence, and Richman
lay on his face. AS death must have
been instantaneous, the question of
how the mans gun could have been
so separated from him. The'only ex-
PLANTATION that comes anywhere meet
, ing the odd circumstance is that the
trigger of Richman's gun might have
caught in the fence as he was climb
ing over, and as the weapon was dis
charged and struck him he may have
fallen forward while his gun dropped
back of him. 1t does not seem pos
sible, however, that Richman could
have held his gun in such position
as to permit it to fall that way. To
receive such wound--as. caused his
death he must have had the gun in
front of him as he climbed the fence,
very unnatural conclusion unless
he placed it on the other side before
he climbed. But if he did that, the
question arises: How could he have
| fallen upon his face? Some of these
questions will be brought out at the
inquest, but as no one has any reason
to suspect that the unfortunate man
was victim of foul play the manner
of his death will probably never be
known.
Richman'S funeral will occur to-
morrow from the Darteown Presby-
terian Church. He was a relative of
Joseph Richman, who was killed at
a crossing near Woodbury. last fall,
and last winter sister of his wlfe's
was found dead in the mill pond at
WOodStown, where she is supposed to
have fallen from the railroad bridge.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06

This did not settle the usually
docile husband, who continued to
gather evidence, until he is now sat-
istied that there is "a Mr.. Vrooman
living, and that the Mr.. Vrooman
has visited his farm and conversed
with the woman in the disguise of a
hunter. On Saturday last Miss
Edith left on the train, and now Mrs.
Lehman has gone, and Henry feels
that he has been cruelty deceived.
Nancy represented herself as having
been widow for eight years. Hen
ry believed her, and up to two weeks
ago turned over to her every penny
of his earnings. 1t was three months
after they were married before he
spent anything on himself, and then
he only asked for twenty-five cents
with which to buy ammunition to go
cunning.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-09-06
BRIDGETON TOURISTS
HAVE AWFUL EXPERIENCE
In Mid Ocean Steamer Crashes
Into a Bark.

Mrs. o. E. Peck, and daughter,
Miss Susie, had an experience while
crossing The Atlantic, which illus
trates some of the perilS of the sea.
1t was one week ago Saturday, two
O'Clock in the morning, when all the
passengers on the steamer upon which
Mrs. Peck and daughter were sailing,
were alarmed and called to the deck.
There 800 miles from England the
great steamer had run into a bark
and cut it in twain. Instantly the
bark sank, carrying with it may of
the crew. Some of the people eS-
capped and were brought upon the
steamer The steamer had a great
hole stove in her side, and it was
some time before repairs could be
made. In the meanime the pumps
were working to keep the water
down, and there was considerable ex-
citement. However, the ship reached
England in safety and Mrs. Peck
writes home of the experience.