Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday, July 10.

! Havana Is talking about a scandal
which duplicates three of Weyler's
right hand men in the sale of two can
non to the insurgents.
While lowering an awning Patrick
Hannegan was killed by electricity in
| New York. the current being due to q
| defective electric light wire.
The Cheyenne uprising has been
greatly exaggerated, cattlemen spread
ing the stories, dispatch says, with
a view of getting the reservation.
Mrs. Korn. the murderess who es-
capped from the Matteawan Insane
! Criminal asylum on May 49, 1895, was
recaptured in New York Wednesday.
| Saturday, July II.
The gold fever has seized San Fran
cisco, and hundreds of old miners are
/ anxious to rush to the Klondike re-
gion.
A runaway horse dashed through a
bicycle parade at Williamsburg, N. r.,
| injuring score of riders and smashing
| dozens of wheels.
George and Lettie Anderson, who
were found in dying condition on a
raft near Cincinnati, are recovering.
and must now stand trial for killing
their child
Monday, July 10.
The Empire express on the New York
Central railroad made run of 149 miles
in 143 minutes between Syracuse and
Buffalo.
Convict John Y. McKane, former po-
litical leader at Gravesend. N. z, has
fashioned handsome table in Sing
Sing prison.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn,
which took part in the queens jubilee
in England, arrived in New York har-
Dor Saturday.
Missouri Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska
and Oklahoma have enormous wheat
yields this year. Kansas alone being
so. 000, 600 bushels.
Former Assemblyman Grant B. Tay-
Tor, of Newburg, N. Y, pleaded guilty
to forgery and grand larceny and was
sentenced to one year in jail.
Tuesday, July go.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease announces
herself as candidate for governor of
Kansas.
Every man who marches In Chicago S
big Labor Day parade must wear union
made shoes, and every mans shoes will
be examined before the start.
Havana is threatened with starva-
ton, and provisions must be brought
from abroad if famine is to be prevent
ed. The Spanish army throughout
Cuba is also suffering for lack of pro-
visions.
A man was drowned Sunday night in
sight of hundreds of people in the East
river at New York. falling in the water
while trying to jump on the steamer
General Slocum. A sailor was nearly
| drowned trying to save him.
Wednesday. July FL.
The postoffice department has estab-
lished free delivery service at Ocean
Grove, N. ].
Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguished
poet and novelist is dead at London.
She was In her seventy-seventh year.
Cashier Henry Taylor of Monroe &
Co., New York, was sentenced yester-
day to two and half years at Sing
Sing for embezzlement
Hugh McCandless, a farmer near
Sharon, Pa, and his family were
shocked by lightning Monday, and two
of them are in serious condition.
Two robbers tried to hold up a bank
at Odell, Ills, but the cashier got the
drop on them" citizens pursued them
on bicycles, and they were captured.
Thursday, July 22.
Seven convicts in Kings county peni-
Tertiary, New York, have become in
sane as an effect of the abolition of
contract convict labor
The 11-year-old daughter of William
Thompson, near Lancaster, Pa, was
bitten in bed by a copperhead snake,
and is in a dangerous condition.
Mrs. Samuelson, daughter-in-law of
Sir Bernhard Samuelson, was burned
to death in London by the ignition of a
petroleum hair wash she was using.
A deputy sheriff and a policeman
were unable to arrest 70-year-old Mrs.
Dwinelle in New York, the lady in
question clinging to chair and
screaming.