Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-09-16
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. Sep t. 10.


John E. Burchell has been appointed
vice consul of the United States at
Sydney, N. s.
No written alliance exists between
France and Russia, and 1t is alleged
that not even verbal treaty was made.
Ocean tramp steamers are hurrying
to this country from all quarters to
help carry grain from this country to
Europe.
The Madrid courts on a legal tech
nicalMy have deprived Queen Regent
Christina of Spain of fortune of s4.-
900, 900 left her by Don Alessandro Soler.
Saturday, Sept IL.
The volcano Mount Shisholden, in
Alaska, near Annimak Pass, is reported
to be active.
F. w. Whitehead, New York porter,
has fallen heir to over 100000, proving
his identity by his mothers Bible.
DR.. Seward Webb and a party of 100
men are en- route for the Jackson Hole
country, Wyo., on hunting expedition.
Whiting. Ind, is surrounded on three
sides by prairie fires, and citizens of
outlying districts are greatly alarmed.
A head on collision between trains of
the Denver and Rio Grande and the
Colorado Midland railroads, near New
Castle, Colo, resulted in 80 deaths and
1856 wounded.
Monday, Sept. 13
At Hanson, /. T., a freight train was
derailed and seven ride stealers were
killed.
In dispute on a New York street
Natalie Brogna was stabbed to death
| by Angelo Carahone
Bernard ]. Treacy, the millionaire
Kentucky horse breeder, died in Bos-
| ton as the result of a fall.
Sir Harry Westwood Cooper is under
arrest at San Fransisco on suspicion of
operating as counterfeiter and forger.
| Miss Maggie Mack rescued her little
brother from a fire at Detroit, Mich.
but was so terribly burned that she
| died.
| In Havana many people are dying
/ from starvation, and yellow fever is
also increasing and making ravages
among the Spanish troops.
Tuesday, Sept. ii.
Louise Michel, the French anarchist,
| is coming to this country, and our gov
ernment may not permit her to land.
Colonel Guy Jack, wealthy planter,
| is on trial at Dekalb, Miss, on the
charge of killing man to get $21, 900
| insurance.
According to the official statistics, the
wheat harvest of Italy is estimated at
30,000,00O hectolitrss, against 51,000000
hectolitres in 1896.
| Arnold Luetgert, son of the accused
Chicago sausage maker, is contemplat-
| ing putting the murder ''relics" on ex-
| hibition and turning the affair into a
source of revenue.
Wednesday. Sept. Is.
| President Andrews, of Brown uni
versity, has withdrawn his resignation.
Henry George. the single tax advo-
cate, has suffered stroke of paralysis
at his New York home.
| Senator Wellington resigned the
craftsmanship of the Maryland Republi-
can state committee and the Republi-
can leadership.
| David Martin, the Philadelphia Re-
publican leader, was sworn in today
as secretary of state of Pennsylvania.
vice General Reeder.
Chicago police will not permit fur
ther incendiary speeches like those de-
| livered at the meetings of Social De-
mocracy branches.
Thursday. Sept. 16.
Postmaster General Gary will pre-
pare a bill providing for the establish
ment of postal savings banks.
| General Andrade, the former Vene-
zuelan minister to the United States,
has been elected president of Venezuela.
Federal authorities think there is
small chance of being able to keep
Louise Michel, the anarchist, out Of
| this country.
Two South Carolina railroads have
refused to handle the new style "orig-
inal package" which is victory for
the dispensary law.
The experiment of working tramps
in chain gang on the streets is being
tried in New Brunswick N. ]. The
upper part of the state has been suf-
fering from a plague of hobos.