Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-03
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, July 81.
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Friday. July rs.
Ten-year-old Margaret Mason saved
a woman from drowning at Cottage
Beach, Conn.
Kentucky Populists name Wharton
Barker and Ignatius Donnelly forpIe5i-
dent and vice president.
Adolph Luetgert, the Chicago wife
murderer, was found dead in his cell
in the Joliet penitentiary
Mrs. William Y. Perot, of Baltimore,
was arrested as she landed at Liver
pool, charged with abducting her
daughter.
Aeronaut Thayer was killed by fall
from his balloon at Streator, His, yes
terday. He was to have been married
last night.
President Heureaux, of Santo Do
mingo, was killed by an assassin.
Ramon Caceres, at Moca. A revolu-
ton is imminent.
SATURDAY., July 20.
Miss Alkaline Miller fell from a wheel
in front of a Brooklyn trolley car, and
both of her legs were cut off.
During the year ending June 80 last
the government expended $1,075. 900 on
Mississippi river improvements.
While cleaning a tannery vat in
Newark, n j., Jacob Choblowsky was
suffocated and Frederick Kaiser had a
narrow escape.
The town of Calamba, Philippines.
which was captured Thursday, was the
objective point of General Lawton
when he captured Santa Cruz in April.
Monday, July 81.
There is a great demand for farm
labor in Minnesota's wheat fields.
Will Littlefield who killed three Of
ficers at Horn Lake, Miss, over a year
ago, has been captured at Memphis.
Our pc1ce commissioners at The
Hague conference, just ended. win I'M
stinted praise from British newspapers.
In ten mile swim at Ottawa, Ont,
DIR. Newman, of Chicago, defeated M.
McGlynn, of Ottawa, in three and d
half hours.
Three boys were buried in sand
bank at Cuyahoga Falls, o. Russell
Jones was killed and the others buried
to their necks for hours.
The Nebraska volunteers, who did
the first fighting against Filipinos, ar
rived at San Francisco and were greet
ed with intense enthusiasm.
Tuesday. Aug. 1.
The boiler of threshing engine at
White Cloud, Mimi, exploded, killing
six men.
Admiral Sampson has filed suit
for prize money for the destruction OF
the Spanish feet.
B. T. Alderfer, So years old, died at
Norristown, Pa, yesterday. He is the
30th victim of the memorable Exeter
wreck.
Filipinos on Sunday attempted to re-
capture Calamba. but were driven of
with heavy loss. Seven Americans
were killed
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, divorced
wife of Governor Sprague, of Rhode
Island and daughter of Chief Justice
Chase, died in Washington, aged So
An officer in the Philippines writes
that the Filipinos are well recruited
well fed and clothed, and declares it
will take 100000 men to subdue them
Wednesday. Aug. 2.
A combination of corset manufac-
turers is being perfected.
The boycott of CIeveland's street
cars is having serious enect on bust
ness.
Hail storms in North Dakota and
Minnesota destroyed many miles OF
crops.
A train wreck on the Northwestern
road, near Boone, Ia, killed four men
and injured IA.
]. H. Mckinley, cousin of the presi-
dent. was arrested at Fitzgerald Ga.
for threatening neighbor
General Ludlow has suppressed the
Havana newspaper FL Recencentrado
declaring it an obscene sheet.
In the race for the queens cup al
Cowes Emperor Williams Meteor beat
Britannia and fleet of yachts
In the race for the Seawanhaka cup
the American yacht Constance has won
two races and the Canadian yacht Glen
cairn one.
Policeman O'Brien. of New York
who robbed a man injured by an cleo
trio car, was sentenced to four years
and three months in Sing Sing.
Thursday. Aug. B.
The amount of cash so far received
for the Dewey home fund is S17.358.
The enlistments of volunteers Tues
day were 526, making a total of 6,S22.
Land on Chestnut street, Philadel-
phia, was sold for over $1,000 a front
foot
A boat which was being used to con-
vey sailors to warship at Buda Pesth
Hungary, was capsized and five of the
men were drowned
Four armed highwaymen at Cory
Pa, destroyed an arc light, and in the
darkness held up 500 people coming
from wild west show. They escaped