Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-10
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
FrIday, JUNG 4

William Boggs, paying teller Of a
Dover (Del.) bank. has absconded. His
shortage is $1,000.
New Orleans BARRIERS are angered az
decision which says their work is not
establish 1t as one.
David Wilson, the colored murderer,
was hanged at Morristown. N. J., yes
terday. On the scaffold he sang, I'm
going home to die no more
Senior Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
minister at Washington, has received
information that the Dauntless was
used as decoy, and that big expedi-
ton is about to leave Florida for Cuba
Saturday, June 5.
Lawrence Townsend. of Pennsyl-
vania, has been appointed minister to
Portugal.
The two daughters of Henry Miller,
on trial for murder at Chicago, insist
that he be hanged, and are aiding in
the prosecution.
The settlers in the vicinity of Chey-
enne reservation, in Montana, are
building forts to protect themselves
against the renegade Indians.
Culpepper (ya.) Jail is being guarded
by militia to protect two colored tramps
confined there, charged with the murder
of Glen Poland, a railroad man, on
Wednesday,
Monday, June Z.
President Barrios has publicly de-
clared himself dictator of Guatemala.
Congress has been urged by the San
Francisco board of supervisors not to
abrogate the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty.
Fifty men have deserted from the
ranks yf marines and seamen on the
battleship Oregon during the past two
months.
Explorers Belcher, Blackstone and
Melinque while making a tour Of
Alaska plunged over glacier 500 feet
to death.
Tuesday. June 8.
The judicial election in Chicago re-
suited in a Republican victory.
The Japanese are greatly agitated
over the Dingley bill. as it is declared
that the tariff would ruin the empires
trade with the United States.
Senator Quay has proposed an amend
ment to the tariff bill putting an ad va
loren duty of 10 per cent. on all articles
on the free list.up to July, 1901.
Mrs. Palreier jumped into the canal
at Lyons, n. Y, to save her baby
thrown into the water by a runaway
perambulator. Both were rescued by
two schoolbcys.
Wednesday. June 8.
Evan Morris. once champion oars
man of America, died in Allegheny,
Pa, Monday.
Charles Patterson, desperate, has
escaped from the Brown county Jail in
Kansas, and is still at large.
Prince Yturbide has lost his suit
against the Metropolitan club of Wash
ington to compel the club to reinstate
him.
Governor Budd, of California, is ex-
pected to grant reprieve to Durrant
pending the decision of the supreme
court.
been named by the president as assist
ant attorney general. He is son of
the late Governor Hoyt.
Thursday, June 10.
George E. Smith has been appointed
postmaster at Laurel, Del.
miner was instantly killed and an
other seriously injured in an explosion
at coal mine near Peoria, Ills
Mrs. Buty, wife of wealthy farmer
of Solo, Texas county, Mo-, eloped with
a 16-year-old boy on the farmers prize
stallion.
The student who painted the statue
of John Harvard at Cambridge has
been forced to leave college by the stu
dent investigating committee.
Mrs. Nancy Glen, who was tried five
times for murder, sentenced to lie
hanged twice, and finally escaped on
technicality is dead at Indianapolis.