Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-07
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
FrfdaY. April 1.

Friday. April 1.
Hon. James L. Wolcott, former chan
cellor of Delaware, died at his home in
Dover.
It is reported that Japan has asked
the United States to join Great Britain
in supporting Japans position at Wei
Hai-Wei.
The two men who attempted to as
sassinate King George, of Greece, at
Athens in February, have been SEN
fenced to death.
The appeal of NJ lola, the noted
French novelist, for new trial will
not be granted, but it is admitted that
he will not be sent to Jail to serve his
years sentence.
Saturday. April 2.
Bismarck celebrated his SSd birthday
yesterday.
The report of Secretary Wilson on the
governments beet sugar experiment
has been sent to congress.
w. C. Brann, editor of the Iconoclast
had a street duel at Waco, Tex, with
Captain T. M. Davis. Brann is dead
and Davis dying.
The contracts for the Georgia convicts
under the new system were made yes
terday. The state expects an annual
income of 100000.
Mrs. William G. Whitney, wife of the
ex-naval secretary, is not expected to
recover from the accident that happened
to her while hunting in South Carolina.
Monday. April 4.
New York's comptroller says the city
debt is now $3O,OOO,O0O beyond the legal
limit
Great Britain has demanded from
China lease of -Hai-Wei. and
China has yielded.
w. H. Harvey Familiarity known as
"Coin" Harvey, is critically i'll in Chi
cago, with appendicitis.
Eight thousand school teachers in
New York will receive an average adj
vance in pay of $1O2 year.
The wife of Justice Brewer, of the
United States supreme court, died in
Washington last night, aged so.
A dispatch from Lima says that 800
native agricultural laborers and ser
wants have been shipped from Japan to
Peru.
Tuesday. April 5.
Dinah Sutton, who said she was 105
years old, died in Paterson, N. J.
The japanese cabinet has decided to
refrain from action in China at pres
ent.
The Chinese government has an
nounced the opening to trade of three
ports.
A party of French scientists will at
tempt to reach the Klondike country in
a balloon.
The trial of Mildred Brewster for the
murder of Anna Wheeler on Nav 49,
1897, is in progress at Montpelier, VT
Ex-President Carlos Ezeta, of Sal
vador, has recovered the $1,000, 600 for
tune confscated when he fled the coun-
try.
In the event of war the Camden Ma
val Reserves will patrol the bay and
itor Ajax.
Wednesday, April 8.
China has yielded to the French de-
mands for concessions.
Captain Dreyfus is reported to have
died at Devils Island.
1t is reported that all the art tile works
in this country will be consolidated
Recent frosts and snow are believed
to have done much damage to the Del
aware fruit trees.
Two occupants of a burning launch
escaped death by jumping overheard
in Long Island sound.
The plan to celebrate Charter Day in
New York has been abandoned, owing
to the prospects of war.
Rev Charles A. Briggs, formerly pro-
fessor of Biblical theology in Union
Theological seminary, will become an
Episcopalian.
Thursday, April q.
Lizzie Moser, of Browntown, Pa, was
terribly mangled by a train.
People living near Mount st. Helena
fear an eruption at any moment.
William H. Whitman told a New
York polio magistrate that his mother
in-law had stolen his bride.
The trial Of Lawyer Harry S. Scovel
upon the charge Of emracery at the
Shaw trial began in Camden.
More than half of the $50. 900. 900
emergency appropriation has already
been spent in ships, guns and ammuni-
ton.
Archibald H. WEIGH, second vice
president of the New York Life In
surance company, died yesterday at his
summer residence at Norristown, N. T.,
aged So