Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
DoINGS IN NEW JERSEY.

Burlington, N, J., July 31.--During q
test for speed on trolley road operat-
ed by the Pennsylvania railroad, be-
tween this city and Mount Holly, one
mile of q seven mile run was made in
the unprecedented tine of 48 seconds.
Trenton, July S1.-The United States
Alaska Gold company, with an author
ized capital OF $1000000, was incorpo-
rated this afternoon by the fling OF
articles in the office of the secretary OF
state. The company is formed for the
purpose of mining gold in the Klon-
dixie fields.
Atlantic City, Aug. 2.-whiie ex-
Postmaster James S. Mexican and his
friend, r. Wilson, of Pittsburg, were
riding In a bus driven by Amos Bull
lock the king bolt of the vehicle pulled
out and it toppied over. Bullock was
killed, Mr.. Mexican was severely cut
and Mr.. Wilson was badly bruised
about the body.
New Brunswick, N. j., July 3o.-An
unknown man riding on a freight train
at Princeton Junction leaned out from
a car door and his head came in con-
tact with a mail crane The man was
hurled to the ground and instantly
killed. The crane was torn from its
foundation. The man is thought to
have been Fritz Bauerman, of Eliza
BETH
Cape May, Aug. 2.--The crews of the
40 life saving stations of the United
States government stretching along
the New Jersey coast from Sandy Hook
to Cape May, went on duty yesterday
after being out of service since May
81. Six men and the captain make up
a crew until Dec. l. when the seventh
man is added, and stays until the win
ter months.
Trenton, July Ex-Governor Griggs
yesterday named six delegates to rep
resent New Jersey at the national con-
gress of farmers Of America, to be held
in St. Paul. Mimi, Aug. 81 to Sept. 6.
The delegates are Franklin Dye of
Mercer, Richman Coles of Salem, Isaac
W. Nicholson of Camden, Ogden Wood
ruff of Union, Jesse B. Rogers of Essex
and p. C. K. Keviet Of Passaic county.
Jersey City, Aug. Samuel Wolf, a
confectioner, yesterday offered a dish
of cream to boy who would hold his
arm the longest time in an ice cream
freezer. A number of boys who were
around the store contested for the
prize, but Willie Lockwood outdid
them all. Although suffering excru-
ciating PAIN he held his arm in the
freezer for four minutes. When he
withdrew 1t the arm was frozen stiff.
The boy was taken to the City hos
pital, where it was said that it would
be necessary to amputate the arm.
Trenton, Aug. 2.-The working pot
tiers of this city held a mass meeting
Saturday night at their clubhouse and
decided to ask the manufacturers for
the restoration within so days of the
121a per cent reduction in their wages
made in 1894. The men claim that the
increased tariff rate on pottery made
in the Dingley bill justifies them in
their request. A committee of the men
will seek conference this week with
the manufacturers on the subject.
Jersey City, Aug. 3.-Henry Aupert
and his wife were found dead side by
side at their home, As Lincoln street,
yesterday, with three gas jets turned
on in their room. They sent their SER
want away. and in her absence COM
mitted suicide together. Aupert was
So years old and his wife was Sc. They
moor of a dwelling house. A letter on
the table said that the two were tired
of life and intended to end it together.
Atlantic City, Aug. 4.-The last car
of the police pension fund excursion
train, leaving the city for Philadelphia
last night, was derailed in Chelsea, and
toppled over, falling down an embank-
ment. There were but eight passen-
gers in the car, two of whom were in
jured-Thomas Farrell, of Manayunk
and p. J. Dunlap, of Camden. The
former had his head badly cut and the
latter sustained sprained back and
shoulder. The accident is attributed
to piece of wood being thrown on the
track by boy.
Lake Hopatcong, Aug. 4.-William
Shuman New York youth of IS years,
was drowned in the lake Monday after
noon. Shuman's companions were try
ing to teach him to swim, when sud-
denly he disappeared, and was dead
when he was dragged to shore When
Mrs. Shuman learned of her boys fate
she ran up and down the shore crying
piteously for her son to return to her.
In a frenzy she broke away from the
friends who tried to comfort her and
leaped into the lake. She was rescued
with much difficulty. William was the
last of three children. Two months
ago his brother was killed by an ele-
vator in New York, and year ago a
sister died.
Point Pleasant, July 30.-Dr. Hughes
Cummings, of the Marine hospital SER
vice, has during the present week been
at the Office of John G.. w. Ravens,
superintendent of the life saving sta
tons on the New Jersey coast, examin-
ing the surfmen who are to go on duty
at the station houses on Saturday next
at midnight There are AZ stations on
the Jersey coast, each of which will
open on Saturday night with a crew
of six men. The rules have been re-
cinded requiring a knowledge of al
gekra, and the men are now examined
as to their physical condition. which
counts six points; past experience,
which counts three points, and age,
which counts one point.
Trenton, July 30-A transient clair
voyant, who went by the name of Mrs
Marion Golden, has departed from town
and according to reports at police head
quarters left behind a large number
of women victims, most of whom were
working girls Mrs. Golden advertised
cut rates in fortune telling for Mon
day and Tuesday. When the women
went to her she made a partial revela-
ton of the future. and pretended she
could not go any further until she had
in her possession for "a or As hours
some piece of jewelry belonging to her
patrons Many of the women left rings
and when they went back Wednesday
to have the telling of their fortune
completed they found that Mrs. Golden
had gone and taken the jewelry with
her.
Our Responsibility in Arbitration.
New York, Aug. 5.-A special dis
patch from Washington says Japan
will insist that the United States as
sumo contingent responsibility in the
matter of arbitration of her differences
with Hawaii on the subject of immi-
grafton and the tariff. 1t is understood