Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-03-11
D0INGs In NEW JERSEY


Trenton, March l1.--Among measures
passed by the senate yesterday was the
constitutional amendment permitting
women to vote at school elections. The
bill providing that honorably discharg-
ed soldiers and sailors shall be given
preference on employment on public
works passed the house.
Gloucester, N. j., March 8.-Hannab
Pine, the 5-year-old child of John Pine,
of this city, was fatally burned yes
terday while playing with some match
es. Her clothing caught fire, and before
the flames could be extinguished she
was terribly burned. She was sent to
the Cooper hospital, Camden, where
she died soon after admission.
Princeton. NJ J.. March 1O.-Willliam
G. Squier, of Railway, N. j., has pre-
scented to Princeton university a val
liable collection of rare minerals.
Many years have been devoted to the
making of the collection, which con-
tains specimens that cannot be dupli-
Gated. They will be placed on exhi-
bition in the chemical laboratory.
Millville. N. J., March Bertha the
4-year-old daughter of Elihu Reed. liv-
ing near here, was burned to death
Saturday night. The father and two
of the other children We're also burned.
but will recover. One of the children
accidentally knocked over a lamp in
the dining room, and set fire to the
house. Bertha was in the second story
room, and before she could be rescued
was fatally burned.
Mount Holly, N. j., March S.-John
w. Murphy, ex-tax collector of Bur-
lington township, who recently plead
ed non vult contendre to an indictment
charging him with embezzlement and
classifying his tax duplicate, was SEN
fenced by Judge Gaskill to serve two
years in state prison. The prisoner
was leading citizen, prominent pol
itician, and was never before accused
of crime. 1t is said that Mr.. Murphy
is assuming the responsibility for the
actions of his son, who misappropriat-
ed the money.
Paterson, N. j., March 9.-Warrants
for the arrest of % men and women
were yesterday issued by Recorder
Senior. They are for assault and at
tempted assault, and the persons were
taken into custody later in the day.
The accused were all former employees
of the Phoenix silk mills, where a
strike is in progress. They went out
because they were not granted an in
crease in wages. Among those weav-
ers who returned to work were Walter
Fairclough and John Ridgway. 1t is
for annoying them that the warrants
were applied for. The mills are run
ming, and the proprietors say they will
not take the strikers back as a body.
Trenton, March 9.-The senate last
night, in executive session, confirmed
the nomination of Samuel H. Gray, of
Camden, tc be attorney general, and
Gilbert Collins, of Jersey City, to be
a justice of the supreme court. The
senate passed the bill prohibiting the
taking of oysters less than two inches
in size, and also the bill designed to
prevent the granting of trolley privi-
leges on streets and roads in the parks
of Essex county without the consent
of AUDITING property owners. The
house last night passed Assemblyman
Lloyds marriage license bill. The bill
was advocated by Mr.. Lloyd and
others, who referred to the abuses
which exist in Camden by persons go
ing there from Pennsylvania to get
married.
Trenton, March ga very unusual
proceeding took place yesterday in the
court of chancery when Vice Chancel-
lor Gray made an order dissolving a
decree of divorce on joint petition of
a husband and wife who had been di-
vorced. The parties in the case We're
Henry H. Banker, a prominent mer-
chant of New Brunswick, and his wife,
Linda M. Banker. Mrs. Banker OBJ
tanned a divorce March 81, 1896, on the
grounds CT cruelty. Last November
their child became i'll. The little one
was living with Mrs. Banker at her
fathers home in Highland Park. The
husband called frequently, and these
meetings resulted in the petition being
filed. When the decree had been dis
solved the husband took his wife home
to live with him.