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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01
"Hellnw

"HellOV'
The brother ventured to remark, II
wish you would tell us, Leon, who got
you into this scrape?"
The assassin answered In a slow,
hesitating way. "No one; nobody had
anything to do with 1t except me-"
THAT is not how yon were brought
up" said the brother, "and you ought
to tell us everything now"
II haven't got anything to tell" he
answered In q sufly manner.
DO you want 10 see the priests
again?" asked his brother. And he
answered with more vehemence than
he had previously shown; mo; don't
sent them here again; l don't want
them"
The brother-in-law interiected here:
That's right, Leon" The brother
looked rather disturbed by the answer.
Then stepping up close to the bars the
condemned man said:
"And don't you have any praying
over me when I'm dead. l don't want
1t. 1 don't want any Of their reli-
gion."
There was a painful pause of a few
Sinutes, and then the relatives re.
sumed casual conversation with him,
to which he replied in monosyllables
until the brother-in-law suggested,
much to Superintendent Collins's u
prise, that he and the brother be per
mitted to witness the execution.
Before Superintendent Collins could
reply Leon Czolgosz said:
Eyes, Mr.. Superintendent, let them
see me killed."
Superintendent Collins told the trio
in emphatic terms that no such thing
could be allowed and ordered them to
say good-by.
Czolgosz walked to the back Of his
cell, sat down on the edge of his cot
and did not answer the last farewell.
Czolgosz had been an inmate of the
prison since early on the morning of
Friday, September 81, having been
sentenced ut Buffalo on the previous
afternoon. His trial had occupied but
two days, having begun on Monday
with a verdict Of guilty on Tuesday
morning, September %, and ended
with a verdict If guilty on Tuesday
afternoon. He shot the President on
September G, 1i%fty-three days having
transpired from that time until the
day he was ~electrocuted.
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In All Parts of the State.

Appear tree in full bloom adorns a
garden at Ocean View.
The Paulsboro Library Association
will open a free library in November.
The Bordentown Board of Health
has vaccinated free of charge 175 per-
Farmers around Marlboro are utiliz-
ing the moonlight nights for cutting
up stalks.
Judge Jessup has appointed Boards
of Survey to lay out roads at EVAN
and in West Deptford township.
Marion Renglner, aged five, of Eliza
bethport, was burned TO death while
playing with other children around Il
bonfire.
A little son of Harry Murphy, of
Woodbury., fell from a chair and suf-
fered conclusion If the brain, from
which he died.
jeremiah Davis, aged e~ighty7ive,
and his wife, aged eighty, of Pe ms
Vile, celebrated their siXtieth wedding
anniversary a few days ago.
Jesse Golden, George Kelley and
Patrick Il. Feeney are under arrest at
Princeton OF she charge of burglariz-
ing the hal5 re store of c. II. Zapf.
If he lives until ext April Jonas
Livermore, OF Blackwood, will be 100
years old. His general health is good
and he is out doors most Of the time.
The new armory of Company S at
Princeton was formally opened by a
banquet, speeches and entertainment.
attended by many members of the Ma
tional Guard. ,
The new system Of ventilation intro
duced in the new school house near
WiIliamstown is looked upon as the
best in the county in every respect.
In the Cape May County Orphans
Court final settlement of the centen-
airy fund of the New Jersey Method
list Episcopal Conference, executor Of
the estate of the late Ezra b.. Lake.
was audited and approved. The total
amount of the estate was S73,1O1, on
which the executor was allowed a
commission of three per cent, or
S2373. Stranger Izard, the e~xecusor's
attorney. was allowed $1,000 counsel
fee,
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BIG PROFIT IN BAD PENNIES.
Gang of Counterfeiters at last Run Down
by Secret Service Men.

by Secret Service Men.
Washington, D. C.-The Secret Ser.
vice at last has found the gang of
counterfeiters of cent pieces. The ev'
idence in the possession of Chief VIII
kie shows that William Weiner, the
head of the band, must have cleared
about seveDty-five cents on every dol
lars worth of pennies put in circula-
ton. As this is believed to have beer
going on for years the profits must
have been considerable.
Associated with Weiner are a step.
son, Israel Usher, in Boston, and the
Lerner f~amily-father and two daugh.
tiers in Baltimore. The Lerners have
also operated in New York City. Sew.
eral months ago Fanny Lerner, a lit.
tie girl. was arrested in New York
charged with selling rolls of 700 cent
pieces, all counterfeits, to Chinese
l~aundrymen, all Of of whom need a
great deal of small change.
Weiner and Israel Usher were ar,
rested In Boston and his plant seized,
Up to two months ago his counterfeit.
ing machine was operated in an attic
in Fulton street, Brooklyn. Michael
Lavine was found in Brooklyn and
held in $1,000 bail. The Lerners were
arrested In Baltimore.
Chief Flynn, in Investigating the
Fanny Lerner case, found that since
1897 Connecticut manufacturers OF
sheet metal had been selling sheet
bronze of sixteen gauge, the requisite
thickness for one cent coins, to Will
lam Weiner. He bought 100 to 100
pounds at a time.
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STRENGTH OF THE ARMY
General Miles, in His Annual Report,
Gives II as 64,5ia
Recommends Fewer Bureaus In Washing
ton Dealing with the Management
of the Organization.

Washington, d. C.-Lieutenant-Ge Gen
eral Miles, In his annual report, gives
the total strength of the Army as S4,-
513, of which 1854 are in the United
States, 1920 in the Philippines, 4914
in Cuba and the remainder In small de-
tachments in Porto Rico, Hawaii,
China and Alaska. He says 1t is ex-
pected the force in Cuba will be re-
duced soon, and hopes the force in the
Philippines also can be reduced.
General Miles does not approve the
present organization Of the artillery
corps, saying it establishes another bu-
e In Washington. He believes in
the former regimental organization.
Speaking of the army canteen, which
Is abolished by the army r~eorganlza-
ton law, he says no injury has result
ed. and in the main the law has been
beneficial. He states his objections
to the management of military affairs
In the War Department in the follow
ing language:
while Congress has made ample
provision for the management of mill
tary affairs in the organization Of the
Army, whereby the companies, regi-
ments, brigades, divisions and depart
ments are made the units of admins
t%ration, and by statutes has clothed
the officials not only with executive
authority, but with judicial powers
and responsibility, yet the tendency
has been to absorb and usurp the en-
tire conduct of the military esablish-
ment in the city of Washington, and
especially in the staff departments.
"This has been found most injurious
In other armies, and Is II OF the prin-
cipal defects in our own system. The
evil has been increasing during the ac-
tivlties of the wars of the last three
years to an extent that, in my Judg-
ment, requires serious consideration,
and I recommend that decentrallza-
ton be effected as far as possible, and
that all proper and lawful authority
be restored to subordinate command
ers, who are provided with an eff
cient organization, and who can be
safely instructed with responsibility
for the efficient and faithful admins
tration of military affairs commensur-
ate with their important commands"
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WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS.
h Program For tho Social Season of
1909 Announced.

Washington. D. C.-The official social
program for the White House vas an
nounced by Secretary Cortelyou. For
the first time the designation of the
Presidents home Is not the "Execu-
tive Mansion" In accordance with
Mr.. Roosevelt's wish the historic
building will be known officially as
well as colloqr lily during his term
as 1.-THE Whit house"
The season Of 1902 is included in
the month of ~Jaifsary al-S m
shortest on record. The program fol-
lows: January l, New Years recep-
ton: January 2, Cabinet dinner; Janu-
airy Z, diplomatic reception; January
o, diplomatic dinner; January IA, judi
eial reception; January 16, Supreme
Court dinner; January %, Congress
sional reception, and January 30, re
ception to the army and navy.
The usual Shrove Tuesday reception
to the public is omitted, for the rea-
son that Mrs. Roosevelt will give three
public receptions - December IA, 81
and %. She will also receive the pub
lie on Saturday afternoons during the
Easter season. On Shrove Tuesday
the official season will close with q
grand cotillion in honor Of Miss AlifS
Roosevelt, whose eighteenth birthday
occurs on Sunday, February 8. This
will be the first ball given at the WBs
House since the days of Miss NsHle
Grant, d.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

Posse Wont to Raid n Saloon Near Ball
town. La, and Were Fired Upon-The
Shots Returned and the Building Set
on F~ire-Governors of Mississippi and
Louisiana Fake Action.
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BOY KILLED AT PLAY.
Was .'sapta Claus and sunfocated In q
Hole in the Ceiling.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Law
renee Fox played Santa Claus at the
cost of his life. Alone with his
brother, Elmer, aged three years,
Lawrence utilized q hole In the kitch-
en- ceiling above the range as a chin
ney.
He entered the hole, which was eight
by six inches, from the second floor
back bedroom, feet first and then slid
downward. The aperture had been
made for the purpose of running a
heat register up to the second floor,
but had not been completed, and was
filed with dust and dirt.
The boy slipped and became pin
Toned in the narrow hole, death by
%suffocation resulting after he had
made frantic struggles to recover his
position. on the edge of the opening.
The child must have been held in the
aperture for half an hour before the
arrival of relief.
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WIRE ~STRETCHER.

sents the advantages of cheapness.
simplicity and efficiency. The roller
is made of wood, turning on a stout
iron rod, and is fastened to the post
with a chain and hook. Stretch tine
wire by attaching 1t to the roller and
turning crank, staple firmly and move
the stretcher on several rods. then re-
peat the operation. The contrivance
can be made at home easily and cheap
ly.-The Epitomist.
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In a race for her life from an infuri!
ated bull Miss Ethel Mccain, an ANA
teur photographer, had a narrow es-
cape in the field on the farm of James
e. Martin, neal Plainfield. The young
woman in her flight, left her camera
outfit behind, and this was tossed high
in the air by the animal. Miss Nc
CLAIM had gone to Mr.. Marines coun-
try seat to snap a rustic view. In q
clump of trees at which she had aimed
her camera was Mr.. Marines prize
Holstein bull. The animal, seeing her
red jacket, came rushing out and
charged her. Miss McClain was some
distance from the fence, but presence
of mind prompted her to try for a tree
where Il low limb offered her n chance.
Upon this she climbed and perched
until some workmen came from the
farm and rescued her.
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WHEN KATY PLAYS.

When Katy plays the violin
/ tremble and go daft
II isn't that the music whirls
My senses in melodious swlrls,
But her dininuendos show
Such graceful handling OF the bow
She's mistress of her craft.
When tucked beneath her sauey chm
Then | adore the violin.
When Katy plays the violin
The parrot in his cage
Goes into spasms as the strings
Express unutterable things.
Then with a nerve sublime he dares
To mimic those select fanfares,
By shrieking out his rage.
The cat and dog increase the din,
But | adore the violin.
When Katy plays the violin
It makes a dreadful noise!
But oh, those dear artistic charms,
The music of her dimpled armsl
There's invitation in her face,
Her head thrown back with reckless grace
A kiss in equipoise.
Now I've confessed-absolve the SIN
Why | adore the violin.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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On the front of a retail establish
ment not far from the Boston public
library, is a sign that reads, Hen
aery Eggs" This is not the name of
the proprietor. No. They don't spell
Henry with two ms and an extra
''e'' in Boston, you know. 1t is mere
ly an intimation that eggs of the gen
uine sort are for sale within. They
are not incubator eggs. nor storage
eggs, nor eggs for campaign purposes.
They're the kind of eggs that you have
paved around in the haymow to find.
and felt like cackling when you found
them. They are hennery eggs with an
eloquent accent on the hen. 4
And yet, who knows: All eggs ae
more or less a mystery You cpH't
s 5:e:1 81 = =; 9 '.sss.Nykt<,'ssss : si
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Value of Straw.

Straw is valuable on the farm, not
only because it can be used for food,
but also because 1t a be made to as
slst in retaining warmth in the stalls
in winter. If cut in a feed cutter and
used for bedding it will prevent
draughts of air along the floors, and
1t can then be swept out with a broom
and mixed with the manure, being a
much better absorbent than If used
uncut.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

T. An aged r%ecluse. Augustus Scadder,
was found nearly dead on his wood
pile on SCOTS Mountain, near Belvi-
dere, a few days ago. He had been
lying there for some time and was in
a shocking condition. He was cared
for by friends, but he died a few hours
later. Scadden was eighty years old,
and had lived so long on the mountain
that he was not at home anywhere
else. He had a son who is well-to-do.
but would not live with him.
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.>JirMes
- an Il Y%
GGACrNp
~ j

" -
Quizz-"What did Biffer do when
you struck him?' Mr.. Drud-"Me."
Ohio State Journal.
"She is always jumping to con
elusions." Yes, / know she is q great
reader Of novels."-The Smart Set.
I'm not exactly lazy,
Because-and this is true
l only feel like loafing
When / have work to dol
Philadelphia Record.
Clara-"You haven't seen my en-
gHgement ring yet, have your"
Maude-"I don't know. Who is the
man?"-Town and Country.
Man tolls and strives from day tc aas
His worldly wealth to double;
Then goes to giving it away
Because it's too much trouble.
Washington Star.
Lady-"Why don't You quit begging
and become one of the working peo-
ple?" Tramp-"Well. mum, eff l amt
workin' people. den l dunno who is"
Chicago News.
First Scientist -"This is a puz-
zling case, indeed. Second Scientist
81 should say so. Why. this would
puzzle an amateur scieHtist."-Balti-
more American.
Philanthropist "Do you realize
the value Of an education?" Sandy
Rhodes-"Sure! A mar wild eddyca-
ton can read de free lunch signs"
Philadelphia Record.
4 placard posted throughout a
country town announced the opening
of a theatre as under the manage
nent of Miss Blank, newly deco
rated and painted "-Tld-Bits.
Wigwam-"That man over there has
been married fogf tines, oldpach
We'll. | suppose there are men
with an abnormal craving for ex.
citement."-Philadelphia Record.
Time flies; perhaps I've made~sy call
Too long he said. Said she:
ooh, no, it wasn't long at all
1t only seemed to be-
-Waumbck's Penny Daily.
"Oh, mamma cried Tommy. Evil
lies pulling the pussy's tailw Hes
a very bad boy TO do that" said NAM
ma. YES, and he's selfish. too; COS
he won't let me pull it at all."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Papa-"So. Bobby. you're the Presi-
dent of your bicycle club. That's
very nice. How did they happen to
choose your" Bobby-"Well, you see,
papa, I'm the only boy that's got a
bicycle.''-Tit-Bits
Servant-"A publisher at the door
10 see you, sir" Modern Author
Have him come In and wait; tell him
I just began writing a book and won't
have 1t finished for fifteen minutes"
Ohio State Journal.
Biller Ito Stark, with a perambula-
tor)-''Hello! That your baby"
Stark trying to be smartl-"No; its
one l borrowed of a neighbor." Biller
$50? It's a homely little brute, isn't
it?"-Boston Transcript.
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TO REPEoPLE BoER STATES.
Lord MiIner Says the War May Never BE
Over in a Formal Sense.

Durham, South Africa.-The imperial
authorities have reached the conelu-
sion that the early repeopllng of the
I"'ransvaal and Orange River Colonies
is advisable, so that the normal indus
trial and agricultural life Of the col
onies may be resumed.
In the course of a speech, Lord Mil
ner said 1t was useless to wait until
the war was over in n formal sense.
1t might never be over, he declared,
but 1t was burning itself out, and in
time 1--WE ought to show ourselves
masters in the house we have taken,
by rebuilding it and beginning to live
i'm IT"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

John Sanford, electrician for the.
Electric Light Company, at Harmon
ton, was badly burned by an expolJ
sion. and he will probably lose the
sight of one eye. Sanford took some
dynamite and powder to annihilate
some large stumps in his wood lot. He
carelessly allowed II lighted match to
drop on the powder, which resulted in
the explosion,
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WILSON ASKS 100000 MORE.
Estimates of the Department of Agricui
ture Reach IS, ,420.

Washington, d. C.-The estimates
for the Department of Agriculture FOR
the next fiscal year aggregate S4,Iso,,
$40. against $3,S62,42o for the current
fiscal year, showing an increase of al
most 81, 900, 900 for next year.
The total for the Weather bureau,
as submitted by Chief Moore, Is ST.
21s.O90. an increase of S169,7I0. There
h an increase Of S113,950 in salaries
and of $5S,0O0 for vegetable PATHOLOGY
cal work.
The total estimates for forestry
work are $500, 1870, an increase of Sll3,-
300, and for soil investigation, $173,-
coo, an increase of $50 These in
creases are to meet the expanding
work along special lines.
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Canada and tho monroe Doctrine.

The Canadian Minister Of Justice
has written an article upon the Mon
roe Doctrine and i%nteroceanic canal
conditions in which he demands that
Great Britain shall not sacrifice the
Dominion's interests by letting the
United States have its own way with
regard to Notifications.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

The Board of Health of Newark has
forbidden all 'rummage sales" Health
Officer Chandler says he believes the
"rummage sale" is a fad which,
though a means of benefting churches
and charitable institutions in a de-
gree, might easily prove to be a men
ace to the public health, and there is
every possibility of the articles spread
ing germs.
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nnrnn Arnnsen Of rxtortIon.

Baron Walburg has been arrested in
Budapest on a charge of attempting
10 practice extortion upon Emperor
Francis Joseph. He is a m~organatic
son OF the Austrian Archduke Ernest.
In consequence of his debts he was
pompelled to leave the army, after
which he sank into poverty.
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OUR CLAIMS IN SOUTH AFRICA,
Fifteen Aggrieved Persons to Get a Total
of $4,000.

OF SOVBUOus
London.-At the resumption of the
sitting of the South African Compen-
sation Commission Major-General Sir
John G. Ardagh, on behalf of the Gov.
eminent, announced that all claims or
foreign countries had been settled DIP
lomatically with the exception OF those
of the Netherlands and France. h
final decision is as follows:
The United States, 100000; Austria,
S45, 900; Germany, $4,000; Russia
$40, 500; Italy, 100000; Spain, $3.50;
Sweden and Norway, $4,000; Switzer-
land, $3.50; Belgium, $4,000, and Den
mark, $3.50.
Newton Crane, who represented the
United States before the commission
regards the settlement as most favor-
able for the American claimants, or
whom there are only fifteen,
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Caleb Baldwin, the Oldest nan IN
Newark, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Caleb Il. Neagles. He
would have been 1O2 years old on No
vember Is. He had been unconscious
for a week as a result of a fall from
a chair. which brought about concus-
sion of the brain. His fall came
through his weakness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

The drought in Hamakua, which
has affected disastrously sugar plan
tations of Honakaa. Peauhau ana
Ookala, Hawaii, has been broken by
he first good rainfall since last
April. The rain was general all over
the district.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01
smnl1 wnnle cnught on Newrort.

"bottle-nose whale" was captured off
Newport, II. l., and towed into the
harbor. The sea monster will be
stripped Of Its flesh and the skeleton
prepared for shipment to the Smithso-
MAN Institution.
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only rhirteen killed in Race Riot.

Reports from Balltown, La, the
scene Of race rioting, says that peace
and quiet have been restored. The
number of dead reported is thlfteep,
three white and ten colored.
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Chile is mobilizing its army and the
Argentine feet is being proyisioned
and coaled in expectation of trouble
over the boundary.
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tnown white boy, about Fl,
An unl Of age, was shot and killed
teen veab tman James Richardson. at
Nv FIFTH Ibm, Ala. The policeman
BirmineII boy and two companions
a ! tbtd (mpting to rob frstore. Rich
We IN unde .xzrest charged with
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01
American Horsemen Unfairly Treated.

Several owners and trainers now rae
ing in England assert that they have
been unfairly treated in the matter
Of handicapping, and have declared
their horses out Of the remainder Of
their engagements.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

President Roosevelt has discontinued
the time honored custom of giving an
annual reception to the public. lie
does not intend TO give some miscreant
the chance to shoot him while pretend
ing to shake his hand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

IA Collier, aged twenty-five
rdw. Wysted at Madison. s. D., for
,vas e. father. The two men quar-
s,u,,a Eer the sale of 4 farm while
rallsd7 bome in a buggy and the SON
riding fathers throat.
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KILLED by rnIl OF seven Feet.

Phillip Vennem, n painter, at Oceafs
City, fell head foremost from a scat
fold, only seven feet high, ami was
instantly killed by striking his face on
q cement pavement.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

London spectators say the supply
of dried fruit for the coming season
will exceed all record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

S-afe-crackers secured $4,000 In bonds
and 500 cash from Lawrence Bright
store at Berea, Ohio.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

Rhoda Hensley, one of the boldest
moonshlners in the South, has been
captured in Union County, Tenn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

1t often presents a serious difficulty
In building a wire fence to keep the
wire taut while fastening it to the
post. The device illustrated here pre-
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-11-01

The State Department, at Washing
ION, is informed hat negotiations with
the Bulgarian brigands who abducted
Miss Stone have been opened, n the
brigands demand the original ransom
asked-S1l0O00.
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rexdAN Wal, one OF the noted Wan
Eugene san Augustine, Tex, and
brothers n ant in the bloody feuds OF
n particilh md Brooks families for sew
the WopIR was shot from ambush and
eral yearN |,,1iles from san Augustine,
killed, sllsl
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neolnul

ueciajsr Grandpre, a wealthy but
DuncalnI %recluso, died in his lonely
eceentrIA Vestal, S%usquehanna Coun-
home nelE For Ave years he had slept
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New Gun Exp lodes; Six Soldiers Hurt
six members of the Twenty-eishth
Battery were injured at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, by an explosion OF a new
model automatic gun. The injured
man will oil racnvan
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&. Three outlaws were helped to free
dom from the Jail at Wayne Court
House, Va.