Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-09-09
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. Sept. 8.


The receipts of wheat at Portland
Ore, are the biggest in its history at
this time of the year.
Japan is reported in Washington to
be secretly negotiating for the control
of the Nicarauguan canal.
The demand for horses to be used on
the Skaguay trails in Alaska is increas-
ing. There are now there 1000 horses.
Democrats, Populists and Silver Re-
publicans of Nebraska united on a full
fusion ticket, each party being repre-
scented.
The Durand bank at Rockford, Ills,
failed to open its doors yesterday, and
Charles A. Norton, cashier and gen.
eral manager of the institution, has
disappeared.
Saturday, Sept a.
President Seth Low, Of Columbia uni
versity, accepts the nomination of the
Citizens union for mayor of greater
New York.
The decision of Judge Stewart, of
unconstitutional has practically nulli-
fed all the state laws.
A carrier pigeon from Klondike has
been caught at Portland, Ore. The mes
sage warned would-be prospectors to
stay away.
Judge Ellsworth, of California, has
ruled that the bicycle is personal prop
erty and exempt from execution if used
by the owner in his daily business.
Joseph Guilder and wife were killed,
their 2-year-old boy fatally and 4-year-
old girl seriously injured by train at
Sandy Hill, N. Y, while buggy riding.
Monday. Sept. 6.
The Kansas corn crop this year will
amount to 165, ST., 2S0 bushels.
President Mckinley is visiting at the
summer home of his brother, Abner,
at Somerset, Pa.
The tobacco crop all through Penn
sylvania is the largest and best in
quality of any since 1893
Deputy State Game Warden W. B.
Wilcox, of Denver Colo, was assassi-
mated by poachers while making an
arrest.
Charles p. Rankin and another man
were blown to bits, together with
horse and buggy in which they were
carrying nitro-glycerine, at Monon-
gahela, Pa.
Tuesday, Sept. z.
Setting fire to the Jail at Fargo, N,
D., in order to escape, three tramps
were burned to death.
Abe Dorfman, who had burglarized a
store in Brooklyn, was shot while flee
ing from policeman.
The American "broncho" is to be
largely exported from Chicago for
European cavalry service
DR.. c. H. Blackburn and Charles
Martin have been arrested at Evanston,
Wy, in connection with the suspicious
death of Miss Stanford.
Four Italians at Norwalk drank a
washtubful of cider with the exception
Of one glass, then fought for that glass.
One was fatally hurt and the other
three received serious wounds.
Wednesday,, Sept. 8.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers is in convention at San Fran
cisco.
The New York board of health's ex-
perts do not fear an outbreak of yellow
fever In that city.
dispatch from Jamrud says 1t Is
reported that Haddah Mullah has dis
persed his forces and gone home.
General James Longstreet, the ia
nous Confederate general, was mar
ried today at Atlanta, Ca, to Miss
Ellen Dortch, assistant state librarian
Richard Croker reached New York
yesterday from Southampton. He
would say nothing in reference to his
being the Tammany candidate for
mayor, but his friends believe he viii
run.
Thursday. Sept. o.
Cherokee fullbloods say they will not
submit to the land allotment without a
fight. :
Scott and Reuben Gray, desperadoes
and fugitives from justice for years.
have been captured at Bardwell, KY.
Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz. has
informed the state department that
Germany is steadily increasing her
trade with Mexico
Henry Wall, who was lynched near
Friends Mission. Va. for an alleged
assault on MISS Cook on Saturday, is
now proved probably innocent
James Graham and Herbert Roose-
welt were killed and Henry Williams
fatally injured at North Bay, N. T.,
being struck by an Ontario and West
ern train,