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Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Many Acres Burned over In New York

Many Acres Burned Over In New York
North Creek, N. Y, Sept. 22.-Thou-
sands of acres of public and private
forest lands surrounding this village
are being burned over, and if rain does
not fall within few hours the de-
struction will be widespread. The
worst gre is at Millbrook, in the south
ern part of this town (Johnsburgh)
where line of flame, eighteen miles
long and ten miles wide, accompanied
by great clouds of smoke, is eating its
way from the Hudson river at Thur
man westward toward the interior of
the Adirondack state park
Wells have gone dry that never be-
fore failed; rivers and lakes are at
their lowest point, and many small
streams have dried up completely. In
some places the fire fighters are un-
able to obtain water even for drinking
purposes and fighting the flames has
to be done entirely with pick and axe.
Wild game is suffering severely. 1t
is stated that a fire fighter near In
dian lake killed with an axe large
deer which rushed at him, terrified by
the flames and bewildered by smoke.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
TRIED TO BLOW UP FAMILY
House Of Reading Grocer Shattered
With Dynamite BY An Enemy.

House Of Reading Grocer Shattered
With Dynamite BY An Enemy.
Reading, Pa, Sept. 22.-An attempt
was made to kill Joseph A Canister,
a grocer, and his family, when large
quantity of dynamite was placed un-
der their house by unknown persons.
Every window pane in the house
was shivered. The front of the build
ing was shattered, while part of the
side wall is out of plumb and the eel
lar foundations cracked.
Several weeks ago Canister received
an anonymous letter that his house
would be blown up and he reported
to the authorities. An officer has had
the place under special surveillance
ever since.
Canister and his family were thrown
out of their beds, but fortunately they
were not injured beyond receiving a
severe shaking up. There is a hole in
the pavement near the house where
the dynamite was discharged. Gan
ster believes that it was not only an
attempt to destroy his property, but
to murder him and his entire family
Some of the timbers of the porch. of
the residence section of the building
were reduced to the size of match
sticks.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24

or In which the federal government
was interested, Is the substance of a
statement made by United States Sen
ator Foraker in answer to the charges
made by William R. Hearst.
Senator Foraker said: 81 do not
know whether the letters given out
by Mr.. Hearst are true copies or not,
but l assume they, are, for was then
engaged in the practice of the law
and was employed by the Standard
Oil company as one of It's counsel in
connection with its affairs in Ohio. l
remember that rendered the COM
pany such service as l could, charged
Tor it and was paid.
The employment had no reference
whatever to anything pending in con-
gress or to anything in which the fed
eral government had the slightest in
terest.
That / was so employed and pre-
sumably compensated for my services
was common knowledge at the time. |
was pleased to have people know that
l had such clients. 1t had not then
become discreditable, but was consid-
cred just the reverse, to be employed
by such corporations. That employ
ment ended before my first term in
the senate expired. have not repre-
sented the company in any way since"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24

70 larger centers in the flames reach
the critical stage.
Confiicting reports come from Eos.
Ter City, Mich, one report stating that
SIX persons lost their lives and that q
Trge number of dwellings were de-
stroyed, and that the Morgan Lumber
company's plant is understood to have
Deen burned. Mr.. Morgan, Of Oshkosh
however. when seen denied the report
ana says he has authoritative infor
NATION that the town is all right.
Inc flres are in close proximity tc
several towns in Marinette and Me
nominee counties, Niagara, Ingalls, and
Falthorn seeming to be In the greatest
danger. Lac La Belle, north of Calu
met, is surrounded except on the wa
ter side by flames.
The town of Fifield, near Ashland. is
ahre, and the Minneapolis fire depart
ment is sending special train over
the Wisconsin Central This is pre-
sumed to be continuation of the for
est fires.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
NUGGETS OF NEWS

For some ineXplicable reason Silver
WE'LL, fourteen-year-old schoolboy,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in the cellar of his home in Mount
Vernon, N. Y.
Carroll W. Ashby, cashier of the
Southern Railway company, for thirty
years an employe of that system, was
found dead in a Turkish bath estab-
lishment in Washington.
The Virginian railway is running
copper wires along its lines in Vir-
ginia and West Virginia for the pur-
pose of inaugurating the use of the
telephone exclusively for the dispatch
ing oS trains. A
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Bishop Of Montreal Is Dead,

Montreal, Ont, Sept. 22.-Very Rev.
James Carmichael, lord bishop of Mon
treal, died at his home in this city.
On Sept. II the bishop returned to
Montreal from London, wherehe had
been in attendance at the Pan-Angli-
can congress and Lambeth conference.
Sunday morning he occupied the pull
pit of Christ church cathedral and
preached a sermon describing the
great church meeting in London and
it's proceedings. At the close of the
sermon he grew faint and was assisted
to the vestry room and later taken to
his home. He grew gradually worse
until the end came, the physicians at
tributing his death to weak heart.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
NURSE POISONED PATIENTS
Water Containing Atropine Used In
Taking Medicine.

Taking Medicine.
Sandiego, CAL, Sept. 19.-Careless-
ness of nurse in leaving water con-
tanning atropine where it was acci-
dentally used in taking medicine has
caused three deaths among patients
at the county hospital. A fourth
death is expected and four other per-
sons are seriously ill.
All patients were taken violently
sick Thursday afternoon and evidence
OF poison was SO great that an investi-
cation was started. Finally a nurse,
Miss Mary Arthur, nineteen years old,
said that she had neglected to throw
out some water in which there was a
quantity of atropine and that the pa
tients had got hold of it. She real
lied her mistake as soon as the in
mates became i'll but did not confess
her error until the investigation had
brought the deaths almost home to
her.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
ARCHBOLD SCORES HEARST
Accuses Him of Dealing With Thieves

Accuses Him of Dealing With Thieves
to Get Oil Correspondence.
New York, Sept. 19.-John D. Arch
bold, of the Standard Oil company,
made the following statement regard
ing Hearsts charges:
Such correspondence and relations
as may have had years ago with Sen
ator Foraker were entirely proper and
legitimate.
"If Mr.. Hearst had come to Mr..
Archbold direct it would probably
have cost him less to secure copies
OF Mr.. Archbold's correspondence
than for Mr.. Hearst to have either
employed or dealt with thieves.
"As to the statements alleging rela-
tions between Governor Haskell, of
Oklahoma, and the Standard Oil com
pany and contributions through him
or any one else to the Democratic
campaign fund, there is not a shadow
of truth in them"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Robbers dynamited the safe in the
Albion postoffice, near Erie, Pa, and
escaped with over $1,000 in cash and
stamps.
Clarence Richardson, of Ashland, o.,
shot and killed his sweetheart, Miss
Lydia Corbin, at Portsmouth, O., after
they had quarreled, and escaped.
John Rowley, nineteen years OF age,
employed in paper mill at Tarentum.
near Pittsburg, became entangled in
the machinery and his body was badly
mutilated.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Twenty Years For Stealing SIS.

New York, Sept 19.-For stealing
s5, Edward Jones, 1872 East Twenty
third street, was sentenced to twenty
years in prison by Judge Malone in
general sessions. On Aug. 26 Jones and
two companions went into store
kept by Paul Ntchs at 522 Sixth ave-
nue.. AS Sachs was changing dollar
bill Jones seized him. and took IS
from his pocket. Peter Derringer, a
clerk, came to the assistance of his
employer. and Jones fired shot at
him, whereupon the three robbers fed.
Jones was caught after a short chase,
but the other two men escaped.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
EAGLE TRIES TOSTEAL CHILD
Bird Is Shot, Then Placed In Cage to
BE Pet.

New York, Sept. 19.-While Blanche
Cribier, three years old, the daughter
OF Fred Cribier, summer resident of
Relmetta, N. j., was at play near her
home, large eagle swooped down and
attempted to carry her away in it's
talons.
Cribier was working nearby and the
screams of his daughter attracted his
attention. He fought off the bird, and
as it attempted to fly away, his broth
er, who had come up with a shotgun,
fired and wounded the eagle. Its cap
ture was then an easy matter
The child was found to be unin-
jured except for few scratches. The
eagle, though peppered with shot, will
live, and the Cribiers intend to keep
it in a cage.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Admits Starting Forest Fire.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Sept. %. - Will
liam Harrison, of Riggles, near here,
was arrested by the state police, and
at a hearing was held in $500 bail for
starting forest fire. The prisoner ad-
mitted his guilt, but said he built the
fire to burn weeds on his farm. The
fire started by Harrison has already
caused loss of thousands of dollars.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
WRIGHT BREAKS RECORD
AeropIanist Remains In Air One Hour,
35 Minutes and 25 Seconds.

Aeroplanist Remains In Air One Hour,
35 Minutes and 25 Seconds.
LIE Mans, France, Sept. 22.-Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplanist,
lew in his machine at the Auvours
Field here for one hour, 81 minutes
and 25' seconds. This is the world S
record.
Wilbur Wright is the brother of
Orville Wright, who was seriously in
jured last week by an accident to his
lying machine during the tests at Fort
Myer, near Washington, and who had
held the worlds record for longest
fights
Owing to the recent accident at
Fort Myer the trial for the Michelin
cup, for the greatest distance covered
by an aeropiane in 1908, and the Aero
club prize of $1,000 for the longest
flight over an enclosed ground, at.
tracted intense interest.
After rounding the upper turn Mr..
Wright swept back to where the thou.
sands were gathered and began de-
scribing elipses. Round and round he
went with the regularity of clockwork
and the steadiness of railroad train
The great crowd was at once delight.
ed and amazed at the remarkable sta
bility shown by the aeroplane. Wright
at first manifested extraordinary pru-
dence, flying so low that he seemed
almost TO skim the earth, but on the
thirteenth round he rose to sixty feet
Spontaneous cheers greeted the pic.
ture, and these were redoubled as he
successfully surpassed his own record
and then his brothers.
Among the first to reach the side OF
Mr Wright when he landed was Henry
White, the American ambassador, who
told the smiling aeronaut of the keen
pleasure he felt in witnessing his vic
tory. Subsequently Ambassador White
said he believed the American people
should present a testimonial to the
Wright brothers.
s'If Germany honors Zeppelin" he
asked, "why should not America honor
the men who have opened a new page
in the history of the world"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Murderer Granted a stav.

Trenton, N. j.. Sept. ia stay was
granted by Justice Bergen in the case
Of Frederick Lang, of Middlesex
county, who was to have been exc
cuted Friday for the murder of his
niece, Katie Gordon. The stay is made
pending review by the supreme
court Of lunacy proceedings in which
Lang was declared to be insane.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
TWO BOYS KILLED BY TRAIN
Ran In Front of Wreck Train to Avoid
PASSENGER Train,

Pittsburg, Sept. 19.-Thomas Con-
ley, aged fifteen, and Clyde Stokes,
aged sixteen, were instantly killed,
and the other members of football
team narrowly escaped death when
they became confused in crossing rail-
road tracks adjoining the gridiron in
the old East Liberty stock yards,
where they had played a practice
game.
AS the team was leaving the field
the boys got in the path of an incom-
ing passenger train, and in avoiding it
ran in front of wreck train. Two of
the boys were struck by the train and
killed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
MutiIated Body Found On Railroad.

Altoona, Pa, Sept 19.-The mutt
lated body of a young man, supposed
to be Slav, was found in the Altoona
railroad yards. The man had evil
IDENTIFY been struck by a passenger
train while walking along the tracks.
In his pocket was found paper bear
ing the name of Andy Oberle and
pay check issued by the Snyder Steel
company and payable at a Pittsburg
bank. The man was about twenty
four years of age.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Wants No Rice Thrown.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Sept. 19.-Officers
of the police department of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad
has received orders to stop the throw
ing of rice by bridal parties at the sta
tions and in the trains in the future,
and are now puzzled how they are 60
ing to do it without offending patrons
of the line. They cannot think of max
ing arrests of the exuberant wedding
guests who throw the rice, and are
planning a campaign of education.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
New Cholera Cases In Manila.

Manila, Sept. 19.-sIn the twenty
four hours ending at eight o'clock this
morning, twenty-three new cases OF
cholera and six deaths have been re-
ported. The epidemic continues to re-
cede. A great storm is now drenching
Manila and it is expected that this
will greatly assist in cleansing the
city. A typhoon is raging off the coast.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
FLEE into Mine
TO ESCAPE FIRE
Women and Children Sought
Refuge in Mine Drift.
men FIGHTING The FLAMES

Tagged BY Three-Day Battle Against
Forest Fires, They Continue Un-
equal Struggle - Change of Wind
Saves Lumber Camps, But Endan-
gered Mining ViIIage-Thousands of
Rabbits Perished, and Bears Are
Hiking. Ahead of the Big Wall of
Fire.
'Williamsport, Pa, Sept. ia little
mine drift, dug far into the mountain
side, proved a refuge for the women
and children of Long Valley, in the
Barclay mountain district, from the
awful heat and smoke and the men
acing wall of forest fire that has been
raging in that section for three days
and three nights.
Five miles away, in the Laquin tim
Der district, where 300 men of the
Pennsylvania Lumber company were
fighting the flames back from million
dollars worth of timber and skidded
logs, fresh wind that sprang up has
proved providential, for it was from a
direction that drove the flames back
from the timber and logs and gave the
fighters tremendous advantage with
their ditch digging.
But this same wind that was so for
tunate for the lumbermen worked di-
rectly opposite for the dozen families
of Long Valley little coal town in
the Barclay district The wind blew
the fire wall directly toward the town.
The men of the village, already tagged
and worn from a three-day and three
night battle with the flames, saw that
their little frame homes were doomed
to destruction.
The scene was veritable inferno.
The pail of smoke shut out the sun,
until it was half as dark as night. The
sounds of the screeching flames could
be heard upon all sides.
The women and children were set
to loading the household goods on the
little mine cars, and these were push
ed far into the drift, out of the shower
of sparks. The women and children
gathered at the mouth of the mine,
where it was cool and into which the
smoke did not draw.
TIE first house to catch fire was a
big double boarding house belonging
to the coal company, which burned
like ,tinder Then the company slaugh-
ter house caught, and few minutes
later the roof of the Odd Fellows hall
began to smoke under a shower oi
sparks.
The men, armed with axes, begar
to chop off the roof and side Of the
building, thus getting ahead of the
to fight the fire, and they knew thai
if the hall burned the row of frame
houses just beyond must surely go
Fortunately the course of the winG
changed and the houses were saved.
The fire has now burned itself out
and the men of Long Valley are tot
tering with WEAKNESS, yet they dare
not sleep lest the fire again get the
upper hand.
The men fighting the fire for the
lumber company say that thousands oi
rabbits have perished in the flames
These creatures would run to esca pc
the fire, then, coming into sight of the
men, would turn and go back into the
seething wall. A panic has beer
created among the bears by the three
mile line of fire. Some of these ami
mails were seen "hiking" ahead of the
fire wall for the open.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Fire Fighters Forced to Retreat.

Lock Haven, Pa, Sept. 22.-Forest
fires are still raging in this vicinity.
About 1900 acres of state lands have
been buried over, while that of cor
porations and individuals aggregate
between 10000 and 10000 acres. The
loss cannot yet be determined, but it
will be heavy. Fire again broke out on
Nittany mountain, near here, and re-
quired large force of men all day
and night to subdue it. At Glen Union
the fire became so threatening that
volunteers were compelled to seek
places Of safety.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Negro Party of Cuba.

Havana, Sept 19.-The negroes, un
der the leadership of General Estenoz
a warrior-politician announce their in
tention of forming a new party, under
the name of Agrupacion independents
de Color. They will ask place on
the official ballot in the November
elections. They declare that they in
tend to nominate candidates for every
Office from president down.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Only Rain Can Save Towns.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept 22.-Forest
Hres are raging in northern Wiscon-
sin and upper Michigan which threat
en- to wipe out several towns If rain
does not come to quench the flames.
In several places residents are report
ed as having had to fee for their
HIVES and at others trains are loaded
with GOODS and peonle ready 10 Tee
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Child withstands: 2soo-voIt Shock.

Chicago, Sept. 19.-Mollie Frank,
twelve years old, is alive after sus-
tanning 2300 volts of electricity, 500
volts more than is applied to con-
demned prisoners in penal institutions
in New York and Ohio. On dare, she
climbed an electric light pole and
touched a wire, and she fell uncon-
scious to the ground. She revived and
will recover.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Juniata River Sets Low Water Record.

Juniata River Sets Low Water Record.
Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 22.-The Juni-
alta river is now two feet two inches
lower than at any previous time in
the memory of any one. There has
been no rain here since June 80. The
corn crop has shriveled up and there
will be thousands of bushels of soft
corn in the Juniata valley. Late pota-
toes are an utter failure.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Forest Fire Loss of 100000.

Pittsburg, Sept 22.-Reports receiv-
ed from Ashtola, near Johnstown, Pa,
where forest fire has been raging
for several days, are to the effect that
the fire is now under control. At Ash
tola 100000 feet of logs were con-
sumed, and at Arrow, nearby, 6,0O0,-
900 feet were destroyed. The loss is
estimated at about 100000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Accused of Murder, General Ends Life


Wateringbury, Eng, Sept. 19.-Ma-
jor General Charles Edward Luard,
retired, whose wife was mysteriously
murdered near London, Aug. "a, com
mitted suicide by throwing himself
in front of railroad train. Luard had
been guest of Colonel Charles Ed
ward Warde, M. p, at Teston. He
left the house and, going directly to
the railroad, threw himself in front
of an oncoming train. Warde found a
letter from General Luard saying his
body would be found under the train.
He explained that such awful accusa-
tions had been made against him that
he could no longer stand the strain.
1t had been intimated in veiled way
that he knew something of the murder.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
BROUGHT and
FIRES ARE RACING
Streams Drying Up With No
Relief in Sight.
WIDE AREA BURNED OVER

Loss to Timber Will Be Enormous In
Several States, Where Heroic Ef
forts Are Being Made to Check the
Flames-Line Of Fire Eighteen Miles
Long In New York-OnIy Rain Car
Save Towns In Northern Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan.
; York, Pa, Sept. 22-The drought
continues here, and streams are lower
than they have been for 100 years
Big Conewago creek, which empties
into the Susquehanna river near York
Haven, is extremely shallow. There is
no water passing over the dam at
York Haven. Many fish are dying be.
cause of the stagnant water, which
collects in pools. The Red Lion Water
company has notified patrons to cease
backyard sprinkling.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Kills In Jealous Race,

South Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 49,
While in a jealous rage, William Rein.
ert, aged thirty-eight, steel worker
shot and killed Mrs. Sarah Boyer, his
boarding house mistress, and then
killed himself by firing six shots into
his body. Mrs. Boyer was thirty-five
years old and had husband living at
Reading, from whom she had been
separated for two years.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Breaks Arm Throwing Base Ball.

Clayton, N. j., Sept. 22.-Lamont
Fry, who is training for a base ball
twirler, is suffering from broken
arm, due to hard throw AS the ball
left his hand a loud crack was heard
and his arm fell limp to his side.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
colIieries Close For Lack of Water.

colIieries Close For Lack of Water.
Mahanoy City, Pa, Sept. 22.-The
Buck Mountain and Vulcan collieries
of the Mill Creek Coal company, two
of the largest operations in the Schuyl-
kill field, shut down because of lack
of water for the boilers. The mines
will remain closed until the drought is
broken. Fifteen hundred mine workers
are rendered idle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
No More Red schooIhouses In chicaq

Chicago, Sept. 19.-There are to be
no more little red schoolhouses" In
Chicago The board of education de-
cided that brick school buildings
painted crimson were inartistic and
unpleasing and ordered that hereafter
some other color be used for the ex.
terror decoration of school edificss.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
Delaware River Lowest In 40 Years

Easton, Pa, Sept. 22.-Drought con-
ditions were never more serious here.
Some small plants along the Bushkill
creek are threatened with shut-downs,
the creek being almost dry at Stocker-
town. Rivermen say the Delaware is
the lowest here in forty years. At Ros-
encran's Ferry, above the Delaware
Water Gap, wagons are fording the
Delaware river at present.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-24
FORAKER ANSWERS HEARST

Senator Admits He Was Attorney For
the Oil Trust.
Cincinnati, o., Sept. 19.-That he
had been several years ago an attor-
ney fos tho Standard Oil company,
but that sush employment had nothing
10 do with matters pending In congress
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MCCORMICK.

Miss Annie Ma1de Hogan, from Augusta
is visiting her many friends and relatives
in Mccormick this week.
MI. Frank Harmon of Bordeaux is spend
ing a part Of the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs.
6. j, Sanders here In own. ="
Misses Gladys and Louise Harmon, Of Au-
gusta are visiting their cousin Miss Azilse
Hermon this week. "
Mr.. John Rankin, who for. the past five CT
six months has been working in Lancaster,
is spending a few days with his home folks
here.
Married, Friday Dec. 25th, at the home OF
Rev. NJ. W.. Rankin here in Mccormick,
Miss Lila Gable OF Troy TO Mr.. John Myers OF
Lipcolnton, Ga.
Mr.. Samuel Prioleau left Christmas Day
for E!berton, whittier he goes foI a few days
yisitto bis many friends andsIelatives al
that place. .
!. The Christmas Tree ofIast Friday evening
given by the K. Of P's was a great success,
and was enjoyed by all who attended, the
grown people as we'll as the children.
Messrs Daeus Mccain and Mark Harmon
two OF Wofford's students from here reached
home last Wednesday for q Two weeks vaca-
ton with their many friends. and relatives.
Mr.. Henry Harper from Lowndesville spent
Friday with friends.here.
Mr.. @. T. Addison Ia spending this week
with friends and relatives in Brnnson and
Fairfax. ID
Mr.. d. c. Haroley from Fairfax spent SAT-
urday and Sunday with friends here
DR.. r. T. Jennings went to Columbia Thnrs.
day night on business, returning Saturday
morning.
"vox Populp'