Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

General Fitzhugh lee Will take his
command to Havana the latter part of
this month.
Eli Shaw, charged with killing his
mother in Camden, N. J., was acquitted
by the jury.
Soldiers of Russia, England and Ger
many have arrived in Pelxin to protect
the legations.
Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall died last
night of heart failure at his New York
home, aged 70.
The Spaniards have been ordered to
evacuate Porto Rico by Oct. Is and
Cuba by Dec. 1.
In the fight between General Bacon's
100 regulars and hostile Indians, at
Sugar Point, Mimi, six soldiers were
killed and II wounded.
The evidence before the war investi-
gators continues to show that reports
of neglect were unfounded.
General Graham and 10,500 soldiers
from Camp Meade will participate in
Philadelphia's peace jubilee.
Senior Quesada, representing the Gu
bans in Washington, declares that
starvation is ravaging the island.
Volunteer Major Generals Coppinger,
Hawkins and Kent and 26 brigadier
generals have been ordered honorably
discharged.
Monday, Oct. 10.
Major General Lawton is coming
home from Santiago on account of i'll
health.
Admiral Miller, who raised the Amer
lean flag at Honolulu, has returned to
San Francisco.
Senator Hanna announces that he
has no present intention of resigning
the craftsmanship of the Republican
national committee.
Thomas Greenway, a private soldier,
escaped from the guard house at Fort
Slocuns, near New Rochelle, N. Y. Re-
fusing to halt, he was shot dead.
Howard Clark, a fugitive murderer
from Louisville, was pursued with his
girl, Hattie Mahoney, to the Indiana
side of the Ohio river. They fired on the
officers and both were killed.
Tuesday, Oct. IL.
The fever situation in Jackson, Miss,
is alarming. The state health officer
advises people to leave
Under General Woods management
OF affairs in Santiago the health con-
ditions have greatly improved.
The woes of reformers in China In
crease, and those who advocate meas
ures of civilization are made to suffer.
Near Ogdensburg, N. Y, four Cam
adam laborers met death in the Galoupe
rapids, their boat becoming unman-
ageable.
Pension Commissioner Evans issues
a general denial of charges made by
the last g. A. r encampment.
Charles Kemm, Missouri volunteer
home on a furlough, killed Leslie Wes-
ley, negro, with whom his wife was
living in st. Louis.
Soldiers of the Twelfth New York
regiment, at Lexington, KY, tried to
lynch provost marshal who killed
one of their comrades. The riotous SOL
diers were suppressed.
Wednesday, Oct. l2.
Colonel Bryan's regiment, the Third
Nebraska, is to remain in the service.
The wife of General Fitzhugh Lee
is seriously i'll at her home in Rich
mond, Va.
=. ~. NtiuiSAs teaiit occiStdTy Ol
state, was married in New York yes
terday to Miss E. Muriel Tellesehaw.
In fight between colored cavalry
men and the provost guard, at Hunts
vile, Ala. Corporal Mclaughlin, of the
Sixth infantry, was killed and several
wounded.
Louis W. Johnson, a mulatto, for
criminal assault on Mrs. Stevenson,
was sentenced to death yesterday in
Baltimore.
G. H. Gibson, of the National Relief
association, just arrived on the OLDHAM
from Santiago, declares that he has a
story to tell which will startle the
country