Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-22
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. Dec. 10.

It is stated in Paris that a warrant
has beer issued for the arrest of Count
Esterhazy.
The pension appropriation bill was
rushed through the national house in
twenty minutes.
Calvin S. Brice, ex-united States SEN
ator from Ohio. died of pneumonia in
New York. aged So
A wreck on the Florida Central rail-
road near Madison caused by cattle on
the track, killed six persons
William ]. Bryan thinks volunteers
should be promptly discharged and an
army of occupation enlisted.
In fire at Chicago Firemen Meyer
and O'Brien were killed by a falling
wall. Nine others were injured.
The American Federation of Labor
convention at Kansas City, Mo-, voted
against increasing the regular army.
Saturday, Dec. II.
General Merritt and bride arrived at
New York from London.
The American peace commissioners
sailed from Southampton for home.
Dewey declares that he is now ready
to hold Manila against the whole earth" "
lie Jill " lttCOfpOidlS the llltcllld-
tional American bank was defeated in
congress by 1903 to 148.
The new tariff for Cuba, which goes
into effect Jan. 1. is lower than the SAM
tiago emergency tariff.
Mrs. Johanna Newell lost her life in
Chicago fire. She was safe. but went
back for her 2-year-old daughter. The
child was saved
Explosion in a gas works at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, killed Louis H. Eurhyte,
fatally injured James McComb and
broke Patrick Gallagher's leg.
Monday, Dec. 10.
Hospital ship Missouri left Savannah
with 800 tons of medical supplies for
Cuba.
General Shafter declares that "Cubans
are no more fit for self government than
gunpowder is for hell"
Baron Ferdinand James de Roths-
child, of the famous banking house,
died in London Saturday.
The anti-anarchist conference in
Rome declines to recognize anarchist
outrages as political crimes.
Twenty lives were lost in a collision
between the British steamers Pierre
mont and Ilios in the North sea.
Mrs. Mary Tut Throckmorton,
leader in Washington society in earlier
years, was asphyxiated by escaping
gas in the capital, aged SO.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
run on an unboyed rock in Santiago
run on an unbuoyed rock in Santiago
harbor, but was pulled off without seri-
Gus damage.
Tuesday, Dec. go.
In the two football games with
Princeton and Harvard Yale's team
cleared $25505.
From New York to Mare Island the
distance is $4,000 miles. From New
York to Manila, 1000.
Explosion on the Clyde line steamer
Fanita, in Havana harbor, killed En-
gineer Geer and injured three others.
Fire in Terre Haute, Ind, did 81 ,000,-
900 damage and seriously injured sew
eral persons one young woman fatally.
In the Mcgowan kidnapping case in
Cleveland the judge decided that a
parent cannot be convicted of stealing
his or her own child.
Theodore Heine, a Berlin artist, has
D66n S0uleilCeQ 10 SIX IIlOuLuS lIlpTlSOn-
ment for caricaturing Emperor Will
Jams trip to the Holy Land.
The jury in the case of Senator Ken
ney. on trial at Wilmington, Del, for
aiding and abetting Boggs in looting
the Dover bank, failed to agree and
were discharged.
Wednesday, Dec. FL.
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce will
retire for age next Sunday.
The president has returned to Wash
ington from his southern tour.
Captain Charles Z. Hawley, United
States navy, retired, died in Whining
ton, Del, aged IS.
Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
will introduce an amendment to the
pension bill to pension -Confederates.
Powder explosion in the Chinese
camp at Hang-Chow killed 5000 SOL
diers and 1eveled a square mile Of
houses.
Fire in the mansion of Charles H.
Raymond. in West Seventy-first street,
New York, resulted in the death of
Mrs. Raymond and her sister, Mrs
Underwood. of GAINESVILLE o., and Har-
riet Fee, a servant. Several were in
jured, including Mr.. Raymond.