Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-17
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday, Aug. IL.

Ot0CS says hO Will AAON NAoAt A<AGAeSA0.
Hail has caused loss of million
dollars in North Dakota's wheat fields.
Five negro children were burned to
death on the McKowan plantation, near
Jackson. La.
A train load of horses was seized with
a mysterious disease at Billings, Mont,
and 257 of the animals succumbed.
By the schedule of the transport ser
vice it is believed that $4,000 soldiers
can be landed in Manila by the end of
November.
The remains of Colonel Hawkins, of
the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, ar
rived at Washington, Pa, and will be
buried when his regiment arrives.
Saturday. Aug. IL.
A hailstorm in North Dakota de-
stroyed millions of bushels of wheat.
The Mazet legislative investigation
in New York has been adjourned I'M
til Sept. r.
Over an inch and half of rain fell
in Lancaster county, Pa, in rs minutes
Thursday night.
Terrible havoc was wrought by hur-
ricane off the Australian coast Five
ships foundered at sea and 100 lives
were lost.
Manley Beaver, a boy of IA, tagged
a train containing SO teachers near
trestle in Colorado. His presence OF
mind averted a horrible wreck which
would have been caused by a horse
which was wedged in the structure.
Monday, Aug. II.
Lizzie MacNichol, the well known
opera singer, died suddenly at Chorura,
N. H., Saturday night.
Chinese men, women and children
to the number of $50 have left Hong
Kong for Pkiladelphia's exposition.
Near Manila, General Young's forces
routed a band of insurgents. Three
Americans were killed and Is wounded
Among the arrivals on the st. Paul
Saturday were Richard Croker, Con-
gresham T. B. Reed and Senator Sc
well.
The transport Centennial from Manila
encountered typhoons and had an ex-
citing trip During the voyage $3.50
worth of stores were jettisoned.
Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Relief is being sent to Porto Rico for
the hurricane sufferers.
The contributions to the Dewey
home so far amount to $18.55O.
Mrs. Martin J. Wiley, an i'll used wife
shot her husband, killing him. He was
pursuing her.
Fire last night destroyed Is build
ings, the larger portion of the town of
Cass Lake, MINI.
1t is decided by the war department
that enlistments will still go on. Five
more regiments may be formed.
Naval Constructor Hobson has sue
ceeded in raising three Spanish war
ships in Manila bay, valued at 500, 900.
At Middleburg, Vt, &, man named
Eastwood killed his wife, mother-in-
law and another man and attempted
to kill three others. He then escaped.
Wednesday, Aug. 10.
The government is shipping guam
ties of mules to the Philippines.
The Mexican authorities have routed
the Yaqui Indians. and they are now
scattered in small parties.
Announcement was made of the mar
riage of Mrs. Langtry to Hugo Gerald
de Battle. rich Englishman.
All of Egypt is infected with the foot
and mouth disease. There have been
1927 cases reported since July 10.
President Mckinley addressed the
Catholic Summer School of America at
Cliff Haven, on Lake Champlain. :.
Since the outbreak of the plague at
Oporto, Portugal, there have been IL
deaths and 26 cases from the disease.
The transport Senator sailed for
Manila yesterday, with about 700 Of
ficers and recruits and signal corps.
A reunion of ex-slave holders and
ex-slaves will probably be held in
Chattanooga during the latter part of
September. This reunion will be the
first of its kind ever held.
Thursday, Aug. II.
Scarcity of iron and steel is said to
be due to our enormous exports abroad.
The number of enlistments yester-
day was 379. making a total of 13, 1913.
Admiral Dewey. who had been suf-
fering from fever at Leghorn, Italy,
is now better.
General Davis has sufficient supplies
on hand to prevent immediate starva-
tion in Porto Rico.
The Clyde line steamer Oneida from
New York for Wilmington, N. c., is
about As hours overdue.
The fund in Philadelphia for the re-
lief of the Porto Rican sufferers yes
terday reached $7,142.50.
The extreme lowness of the Nile
threatens the Egyptian cotton crops
and the natives have been warned to
SOW early.
Medals were awarded yesterday to 20
men of the gunboat Nashville who cut
the cables at Cienfuegos, Cuba, during
the late war.
M. Guerin, an anti-Semite, whose ar
rest has been ordered. has barrieaded
himself In the anti-Semite headquart-
eTs and refuses to surrender.