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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16
THE STORM WAS
THREATENING

Shortly after three O'Clock SATURDAY.
afternoon all through the north and
west dense black clouds indicated the
gathering of serious storm, and it
swept down upon the city with great
rapidity.
Just before the storm hung over the
oity it seemed to break and go off
toward east and west, and while it
was very dark there was not much
velocity to the storm. There was but
little thunder and lightning, not much
wind, but the rain fell hard for
time.
Another shower came along shortly
after seven o'clock, spelling the even
ing for pleasure purposes, and it
finally cleared away about eleven
O'Clock, the moon shining brightly
and the stars twinkling.
Over About Pennsgrove.
The following dispatch from Penns-
grove indicates the fierceness of the
storm in that locality:
Pennsgrove. N. j., July 11.-One
of the worst storms in the history of
this town went over here this after
noon about 8. 10. and for half an hour
the wind blew with fury. Houses
were unroofed and one was blown
down. trees were leveled to the
ground and street traffic was greatly
hindered.
Maple avenue, from the river to
Broad street, was completely blocked
and most of the trees were either
broken off or blown down. The pretty
shade trees on the lawn between the
residences of John and Joseph Sum-
merrill were completely wrecked and
their lawn now looks like a swamp.
The summer house of Thomas Con-
roy was wrecked and another house
alongside of it had its roof blown off.
The three tall pipes at the boiler
house of the Carney's Point Powder
Works were fair target for the wind
and two of the big stacks were tum-
bled down as though they were ten
pins. This cripples the plant, as
there are now only two boilers which
can be run, and they are about enough
to keep the pumps working.
The new flower house being built
by the firm of John Smith & Bro,
which was nearing completion, was
leveled to the ground and most of the
lumber was SO badly broken and
twisted that it will be unfit for fur
ther use.
A large cornfield belonging to DR..
John M. Summerill. just outside of
the town, and which was the best
looking growth in the neighborhood.
was completely leveled and most of
the stalks were broken off, The corn
is ruined.
One of the most remarkable feats of
the wind was that of taking the skiff
belonging to John Dolbow, lifting it
clear from it's blocking and carrying it
over the river bank, across two fences
and at last plunging it stern first in a
ditch where it now lays with it's bow
on fence and with large hold torn
IN its side, complete wreck.
The lightning and thunder which
accompanied the storm were equally
as bad. The house of Anon Gibbs,
on West Main street, was struck and
severely damaged.
SO far as can be learned at this
time, no one has been hurt. The
worst part of the storm seemed to
strike the lower section of the town,
and tonight the town is in state of
Wreckage, worse than that caused by
the hail storms two years ago.
Fences. grape arbors and small build
lngs are down all over the town.
Telephone wires are also down.
Captured the Invader.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16
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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16
Notice to Creditors.

EsrATE or RHoDA W. LANING, DEcEAsED.
DURsUANT to the order Of Frank G. Bray Sur
a rogate of the County of Cumberland made
on the twenty-.hird day of May. 1908, on appli.
cation of the undersigned Executors of said
deceased notice is hereby given to the creditors
of the decedent to bring in their debts demands
or claims against her estate, under oath; within
nine months from the date of such order; or they
will be forever barred of any action against the
said Executors.
Dated May %. 1908.
RICHARD g. LANING
2Tsw Eree asors
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16
Sent to Jail.

iona. Jones was to have been given
a hearing on Tuesday before Justice
Hall charged with assault and battery
upon John Sickler, but the complain
ant was off on drunk, and the hear
ing was postponed. Sickler was fin
ally arrested andss ssent to jail for four
days. He was pretty ugly and the
officer had some trouble in landing
him in the prison.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16

Even the weather man lays by few
predictions for rainy day.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1903-07-16
Pushing improvements.

The Fl. A. Dix Sons Company,
wrapper manufacturers, are pushing
the work upon the improvements at
the old Second ward schoolhouse.
The partitions upon both floors have
been removed and each story is now
one large factory apartment. Several
new windows have been cut through
the brick walls which will give more
light and better circulation of air.
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FROST ON THE RAILS.
Causes a Collision on the Chicago
Elevated.

Chicago, Dec. I'm a collision be-
tween two northbound trains on the
South Side Elevated railroad today at
the Fifty-frst street station, Harry
Cotten, a motorman, was fatally hurt
and several of the passengers seriously
injured. The fog and frost on the
rails were responsible for the accident.
At almost the same moment, several
persons were injured in collision be-
tween two Cottage Grove avenue ca
BILE trains at Thirty-first street
The guards on the elevated trains
were holding the gates shut in order to
prevent the passengers from jumping to
the tracks below and possibly be cleo
trocuted, the wires in one of the coaches
became crossed, starting a fire in the
crowded car. A panic followed. Win
dows were smashed and a rush was
made for the doors. Charles F. Red
man, one of the passengers, seized a
fire extinguisher and broke the bottle
over the fire. His example was quickly
followed by others, and the flames were
extinguished before any serious damage
had been done.
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and throwing him in front of a moving
train. A piece of chain with the hook
attached is filed with the petition. The
widow secured a judgment for $4,000
against the company.
Colonel D. R. Anthony the veteran
editor of the Leavenworth Times, has
been attending the annual meeting of
the State Historical society. The soci-
ETY. has a picture of five generations of
Anthonys. The first is Colonel An
thongs grandfather, the second his
father, Daniel Anthony, the third Col
onel D. r. himself the fourth D. r.
Anthony, Jr., mayor of Leavenworth,
and the fifth, D. R. Anthony the Third,
aged 3 years.
Leslie F. Randolph formerly editor
of the Nortonville News, has establish
ed himself in business in Topeka, al
though he makes Nortonville his home.
He met Major Frederick Larkin Jeltz,
the well known colored editor. on the
street. Il am powerful glad you have
located here" said JeltZ to him. But
you are making one mistake, Mistah
Randolph. You should move your fam
lily to Topeka. It would be so much
more homicidal for you
The chief of police may resort to the
Kansas City plan for getting rid of the
gamblers, that is, by means of the very
expansive "Vag'' law. The scheme is
practical, unless the law is faulty, and
it has not been proven so. The Cubbi-
son addition to it makes it stronger.
Gambling is not a legitimate occupa-
ton, and any man without a legitimate
occupation is a vagfant. Kansas City,
Kansas, was cleaned of gamblers sew
eral years ago by this method, and it
might work in Topeka. No matter how
much cash he may have professional
gambler is IA vagrant under the law,
and subject to arrest and fine on the
charge.
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NEW TIMBER.
Curtis and Miller Must Get Very
Busy.
charge.

Is Bill White getting ready? Here
is what the Emporia Gazette says:
80 old Ed Howe is candidate for
congress! Well. WELL well. One by
one the roses fall Victor Murdoch
gone; Henry Allen going, and Ed
Howe dallying with temptation. j.
M. Miller better watch out: it is prob
ably ketchin''" Howe is receiving
Star has this on the subject:
Edgar w. Howe of the Atchison
Globe may safely become a candidate
for congress in the First Kansas dis
trict without being accused of going
into politics for what there is in it for
him. He needs the job much less than
the First district needs a man of abil-
ity and distinction to represent it at
Washington. No man in Kansas could
go to Congress with freer hands than
Ed Howe. He would be compelled to
consider nothing but his duty, and he
could afford to be guided solely by the
high ambition to become a worthy and
useful servant of the people His news
paper affords to him abundant in
come, and a degree of fame which pub
lie life could scarcely augment. He
would have no cause to be trammeled
by expedients in congress, and would
be in a position to be wholly guided in
his official career by his own concep-
ton of what he might regard as right
and becoming.
1T is worth while to remember that
politics IN +hIS country mas been Dy no
means vitiated by the active participa-
ton in it's concerns of what old Simon
Cameron was wont to refer to as them
damned literary fe1lers.' Many of the
greatest statesmen in England have
been men of letters. and the fashion
is one that the United States may imi-
tate without fear of evil. The incentive
which his election to congress would
present to Mr.. Howe, to uphold the
hattering celebrity which he has at
tanned as a journalist and a writer
of books would not fail to insure the
most advantageous results to his con-
stituency and to the country in gen.
eral.
1T is not often that men like Ed
Howe are willing to take a hand in
politics and to go to congress. When
they are inclined to do so, they give so
much more than they receive that no
| opportunity to encourage them should
| ever be neglected by the people"
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party. the crossing to st. Joseph was
safely made. though attended with
many dangers, through the darkness
and the overloaded slxiff. Some trans
was furnished by the Elwood friends,
and the additional amount necessary
was out up by Major futile, then
agent of the road at St Joseph and
later a resident Of New York. who was
thoroughly in sympathy with the free
state movement in Kansas, as was
Colonel Hayward, then general super
intendent of the road.
The Montgomery party proceeded di-
rect to Harrisburg without further Incl
dent of historical Importance, where
they were Joined by the Lawrence par
ty, by Wattles, Ben Seaman of Iowa,
and r. ]. Hinton. While there is no
evidence at hand to show that Fred
er1ck Douglass Joined the party at Har-
risburg, it is pretty clear that he was
in consultation with the leaders in their
progress towards Charlestown. 1t will
not be understood that these men were
seen in public together, or that they
stopped at the same hotel, or Travelled
as party on the trains. They moved
apparently independent of each other,
representing themselves as StOckmen
grain men, laborers, land seekers, or
whatever seemed best to suit the occa-
sion or most fully obscure their real
intent. They had meeting place at
the office or residence of a doctor whose
name 1 do not know, who was in sym
pathy with their undertaking At these
meetings plans for the campaign were
made and scouts sent out, Seaman of
Linn county and Soule of the Lawrence
contingent doing most of the work
Montgomery, Wattles, Seaman and
Soule. and possibly others of the party
established a meeting place in the vi
entity of Hagerstown, Md, from which
they pushed their tours of observation
across the river into Virginia, SeamOn
going to Martinsburg to examine the
rough country in that region Soule go
ing more directly to Charlestown, secur-
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President w B. Stone of Galena was
unable TO be present at the gathering
on account of illness. Ex-Governor
John Martin of Topeka presided as first
vice president. Those chosen as Off
GERS for the new terms were: John Mar
tin, president; Robert NJ. Wright of
Dodge City. first vice president; Horace
L. Moore of Lawrence, second vice pres
ident. The offices of treasurer held by
John Guthrie of Topeka, and secretary
occupied by George W. Martin of To-
peka, have two year terms and hold
over until the next annual meeting. The
actual work of the society is carried on
under the personal supervision of Secre-
tary Martin, whose office is on the
fourth floor Of the south wing of the
state house. To Mr.. Martin belongs the
credit for the able conduct of the his
torical collections at the present time.
The membership of the State HistoIi-
cal society is now about 500, although
no propaganda for membership has
ever been actively conducted. News
paper publishers who contribute files
of their papers are made members for
that consideration. For others the
membership fee is one dollar while life
memberships are given for ten dollars.
Considering the Importance of the soci-
ety'S work in the preservation of his
tory it is remarkable that the MEM
bership is not numbered in the thou
sands.
No living Kansan has probably been
more closely associated with the his
tory of Kansas than has Judge John
Martin, just elected president of the
State Historical society. For almost
| so years he has been resident of the
state, and much of the time he has
himself been active in shaping its his
tory. He has held numerous offices,
even as high as United States senator
and although a lifelong Democrat, he
has twice been elected to Office by Re
publican votes, once as a member of
the legislature from Shawnee county
and again as judge of the district
court.
| Judge Martin landed in Kansas on
April 1, 1855, coming by steamboat from
Tennessee, where he was born. Three
months after he landed the first ter
ritorial assembly convened out at
Pawnee, the capital established by
Governor Reeder. The site of the town
was used last this fall as a camp
ground by the troops participating in
the Fort Riley maneuvers. It was a
free state town and Jefferson Davis,
then secretary of war, ordered the
boundaries of the Fort Riley reserva-
ton extended to include the townsite.
and the promoters Of the town were
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and Glasco play a game of football at
Topeka for the athletic championship
of the state. This is agreeable to US,
and we hope the game can be ar
ranged"
1t is now up to La Harpe to accept
to play, there will probably be no trou-
BILE in arranging for some one in Topeka
to look after the local arrangements.
Post season football has never been
tried in Topeka, but if the teams can
find a date when the weather is not too
get a big attendance on the Washburn
field. They might clear up quite a good
lot of money as well as settle the semi
professional championship of the state.
La Harpe beat the Bethany college
team % to II, and Glasco will go in
next Tuesday with the intention of ex-
ceiling the La Harpe record. 1t is not
much in the two weeks which will
have elapsed since the close of the
season.
Glasco has had a strong team ever
since 1897 In 1897 and 1898 Glasco beat
Washburn by decisive scores How
ever, the Washburn team did not
amount to much in those days The
as follows:
1S97-Glasco, 80: Abilene, o. Glasco.
4; Ottawa. Glasco, 16; Washburn. 0.
Glasco 0: K. u. %.
1S9S-Glasco, II; Ottawa, 0. Glasco,
u: K. U. S. G., 0. Glasco. %; Wash
burn.
1s99-Glasco. IS; K. U. s. G., 0.
1900-Glasco, II; K. U. S. G., 0.
1901-Glasco. IL; Bethany, g.
1902-Glasco, s; Osborne, 0. Glasco,
5; Haskell, 5. G1asco, II; Bethany. II.
1SO3-Glasco, 0; Bethany, 0.
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CHOSEN
Topeka Man President of State
Historical Society.
New Board of Directors Is Also
Selected.

The attendance was not what it
should have been at the twenty eighth
meeting of the Kansas State Historical
socity at the state house Tuesday after
noon and night. That was probably
due more to lack of advance advertise
ment than to lack of general interest in
this important organization whose years
of activity have resulted in the assem-
blage of the thousands of relics, books
and newspapers pertaining to or re-
lating to the historical events of the
state, which are now comforta bly,
housed in the capitol building. About
hundred persons were present at the
evening session in representative hall.
Following this session, the directors
elected officers for the ensuing year and
the business of the meeting was closed.
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Shortly afterwards Governor GlicR
appointed Martin judge of the Shaw
nee county district court. He followed
a "strict construction of the constitu-
tom in enforcing the prohibitory law,
with the result that he was overwhelm-
ingly reelected judge. In 1893 he was
elected by the fusioniStS to the United
States senate to fill out the unexpired
term of Preston B. Plumb, but two
years later the Republicans secured the
legislature and Judge Martin was re-
tired from the senate.
At last nights session thirty-three new
directors were selected for the three yoar
peka; Frank w. Blackmar. Lawrence;
Victor Murdoch. Wichita; Harold r.
Chase, Topeka; Julia A. Chase. Hia-
George W. Crane. Topeka; G. W. s. Ho-
vey, White Church: Charles s. Gleed. To-
peka; W: J. Griffin, Mania ttan: John
tina: John Macdonald, Topeka! L. F.
Randolph, Valley Falls: j. c. Ruppenthal,
Russell: Rev. II. D. Fisher, Baldwin; VIM.
Sims, Topeka; w. H. Smith. MarysvilIe;
Hill P Wilson, Lawrence: Fred Vande-
grift, Kansas City: Fred Wellhouse. 20
peka: R. NJ. Wright, Dodge City: Harry
Mcmillan, Minneapolis: John 9. Haskell,
Iawrenee; JOSEPH. H, Hill. Emporia: J. r.
Mead, Wichita; A S. johnson, Topeka;
Mrs. Elizabeth A Johnson, Topeka; Vim
cent ]. Lane, Kansas City: P: G. Lowe.
City; ]. D. Milliken, McPherson. and
Horace L. Moore of Lawrence. The term
of these directors expire in December, 1905.
The following directors were elected TO
fill vacancies in the board: G. E. Corey,
deceased; DR.. 4. II. Thompson, Topeka,
term expiring December, 1904 Norman
Plass, Topeka, in place of Peter McVicar,
deceased, term expiring 1866: August
Bondi. to fill the place of w. w. Phillips
fprr
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compelled to abandon it. Nothing is
now left except the walls of the old
capitol building, and parts of the walls
of another stone structure.
John Martin was assistant clerk of
the house in that first assembly. A
few weeks later the assembly made
him clerk and register of deeds of
Shawnee county, The county seat was
then at Tecumseh. During that first
territorial assembly prominent mem
bers and officers made speeches. His
tory records that the keynote of Mar
tins speech was ''strict construction OF
the constitution He has stuck to
that principle ever since. Had it not
been for his loyalty to it he would
have been governor of Kansas. When
St. John ran for governor the third
time, the Democrats nominated Martin,
but he refused the nomination because
the platform upon which he was asked
to run did not conform to that prin-
ciple, but was for the notification of
the constitutional prohibition amend
ment. The nomination then went TO
George w. Click, and he was elected.
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WILL TRY AGAIN.
GIasco and Bethany to Play
Football.
Scheduled to Meet at GlascO on
Tuesday.
TALK OF GAME HERE.
Plan to Have GlascO Meet La
Harpe in Topeka.
Would Decide Semi Profession
al Football Championship.

Next Tuesday, December g. the Beth
any college football team will play the
Glasco team at Glasco. The same teams
met earlier in the season and played a
tie game. Neither side was able to
score.
Glasco has one of the strongest town
teams in the state. It is composed of
old college players, and other powerful
men picked up and developed locally.
1t lays claim to the town champion
ship of the state. and is anxious for a
meeting with the much talked of La,
Harpe team. L. F. Davidson, manager
of the Glasco team, says in a letter to
the State Journal:
1T has been suggested that La Harpe
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NOVEMBER WEATHER.
DR.. Snow Says the Month Was an
Average One.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 2--The monthly
weather report of DR.. F. H. Snow of the
University of Kansas for November has
been issued The month was nearly an
average November in temperature. There
have been nineteen warmer and sixteen
cooler Novenbers in the thirty-six years
record. The rainfall. including melted
snow, was LA inches, and was normal,
having been exceeded fourteen times
The distance Travelled by the wind was
1000 miles less than that of any previous
November. The most marked popularity
of the month was the late occurrence. of
the first killing frost, which occurred
three weeks later than the average date
and on the latest autumn date for such
frost on the record except in 1895, when 1T
came November q. The snowfall was
nearly double the average depth
The first snow fell November 81 a marc
trace. but three inches fell yesterday
The highest temperature for the month
was 66 degrees, November 8, the lowest
was 12-5 degrees, November Is. The to-
tai rainfall for the eleven months of
1903 completed has been 70. 81 inches which
is SAT inches above the average for the
same months for the last IS years.
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SPIT IN THEIR FACES.
Chinese Display Ill Feeling To-
ward the Russians.

Cologne, Dec. Eight regiments of
infantry and a brigade of artillery are
reported. according to a dispatch from
st. Petersburg to the Cologne Gazette
to be about to leave Russia for the Liza
Tung peninsula. with the view to the
active prosecution of the fortification
work.
The dispatch adds that the Chinese
in Manchuria are displaying the utmost
i'll feeling towards the Russians. They
spit in the faces of Russian officers and
soldiers, bar the roads to troops and
throw explosives at the feet of their
horses.
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Sedan Opera House Burns.

Sedan. Kan. Dec. 2.-The opera house
here burned Tuesday 1t was owned by
the A. o. I. W. lodge and insured for
81 500. It will be rebuilt at once. The
lower story was owned and used by z.
c. AckarTnan for an implement store
room. He saved most of his stock The
cause of the fire is unknown The
house was closed at IL o'clock after a
concert. 1t has been twice destroyed
before. once by fire and once by wind
CT Or-11l
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Lecture by Ewing Herbert.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 2--The lecture
of Ewing Herbert. to be given before
the class in journalism at the Universe
ty of Kansas, today will be held at the
university in room Is. The lecture,
which is open to the public, is on
Newspaper Organization and Admin
istration.0
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I. o. R. M.

Shawnee tribe. attention. The scouts
have returned Every faithful chief
will be on hand on the sleep of third
sun at the rim 30'' breath, to hear
their report. So says the sachem.
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Saw!

The Bachelor 10c cigar is now sc al
all the leading cigar stands.
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The Original

Ten cent Bachelor is now sold for SC
by all first class cigar dealers.
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SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS
PRINTED A RULL

PRINTED A EULL EDITION.
May 1 print a kiss on your hps?' l said,
And she nodded her sweet permission;
So we went to press and l rather guess
We printed a full edition
The New Yorker.
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Smoke Bachelor cigars.