Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-04-06
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. March 81.

Friday. March 81.
The heaviest snow storm in years Is
raging in the southwest.
Porto Ricsns generally favor being
made into a territory, with American Of
fieials.
A report Of Moseow.S chief Of police
shows that socialism IS becoming power
in Russia.
The scarcity Of farm labor in Ger
many makes big demand for American
farming machinery
Pennsylvania pure food commission
is making a fight against 'embalmcd
beef from the west.
Lorenzo v. Peek, so years old, ex-
cashier of Fultonville tN. Y.) hank, was
sentenced to FIVE years for stealing ban,
funds
The river steamer Rowena Ice was
sunk at Charlottesville, Mo, and FIVE
were lost. The dead are: Mrs. Edna
Chamberlain, passenger. Charlottesville:
George Keuchler, mail clerk, Memphis:
unknown chambermaid; two negro rotst-
abouts.
Saturday. April /.
The union briekiayers Of Philadel-
phia are on strike for higher wages.
California's governor signed the bill
legalizing 20 round boxing contests.
During March $50 companies were in
corporated in New Jersey. Of these 35
have Sill. 100000 capital.
Before the beef investigators it was
testified that Secretary Alger advised
Eagan to try the refrigerated beef.
Owing to the passage Of the Rector
antitrust law, all the leading insurance
companies are leaving Arkansas.
Miss Jane Fuller. daughter of the
chief justice, is to be married in Wash
ington April II TO Nathaniel Francis, Jr.,
Of Boston.
DIR. Samuel j. Kennedy, convicted in
New York of numbering Dolly Rey-
nolds, was sentenced to be electrocuted
the week beginning May %.
The English channel steamer Stella
was wrecked on Casquet rocks, near Al
derney Island Eighty persons were lost.
OF the crew only the second officer was
saved.
Monday, April 3.
A furious snow storm is reported rag
ing in South Dakota.
Bandits are being captured daily in the
province of Santiago de Cuba.
Foreign business houses lost over ST.
100000 BIZ the destruction of Iloilo.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf
railroad has been placed in the hands Of
receivers.
Count dc Nillagenzalo, former Spanish
ambassador to Russia, has been APP
pointed Spanish ambassador to Greaf
Britain.
Rear Admiral c. G. Carpenter ire
tired committed suicide By shooting at a
sanitarium in Boston. He was a vic
tim of nervous disorders.
Miss Mary Wilton, yassar graduate.
committed suicide by poison al her home
in Wichita. Kan, when she read that
| her affianced husband had been killed
at MaIolos.
Tuesday. April 1.
The total known dead in the Windsor
hotel FIRE, in New York, is 10.
Samuel Fl. Ashbridge. Philadelphia S
new mayor, was sworn into Office yes
terday.
In Chicago Joseph Brown tried to kill
bed him to death.
The betroihal Of Queen wilheImina,
Of Holland. and Prince William OF WED
will be officially proclaimed this month.
The United States supreme court up
holds the constitutionality of the war
revenue taxes rs applied 10 stock trans
actions.
In the Ohio elections Mayor MeKis-
son was overwhelmingly defeated at
| Cleveland. IN Toledo Mayor Jones, who
| ran independent. was elected by 10000
plurality.
Wednesday. April ),
It is again reported from Rome that
the popc's life hangs by slender thread
The Cuban military assembly, at Ha-
vana. voted to husband the Cuban army
and to dissolve.
The steamer Chilkat was capsized on
the bar off San Francisco, aud Of 10 on
board 10 were drowned
Warren F. Leland, landlord of the
| Windsor hotel, New York, recently de-
stroyed by fire. died last evening after
Undergoing an operation for append
citis.
In the Chicago city election Mayor
| Carter Harrison was reelected. The
vote was: Harrison Dem.), 1904;
Carter (Rep.l, 107,304; Altgeld end.
Dem.), 45,401.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., was mar
ried in New York yesterday to Miss
Virginia Fair, daughter of the late Ne
vada senator. Their combined fortunes
aggregate S200O0,000.