Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-07-13

A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. july I.

Robert Bonner, the well known pub
Usher of the New York Ledger. died
in that city, aged rs.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall was chosen
president of the international Women
Congress, succeeding the Countess of
Aberdeen.
In triangular race of 80 miles sailed
off Sandy Hook between the yachts Co
.lumbia and Defender, Columbia won
by 3 min, SO sec.
An alleged plot of General Gomez to
invade San Domingo, kill President
Heureaux and have himself proclaimed
dictator is published in Havana.
Ex-King Milan, while driving in Bel
grade, was shot and slightly wounded
in the back by an anarchist named
Knezevic, wig was captured.
Saturday, July 8.
The slayers of Luna, the Filipino
general, were acquitted on the ground
of self defense.
The arbitration committee at The
Hague peace conference will favorably
report the American plans.
In the Henley regatta the diamond
SOULS were won by B. H. Howell. the
American student of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge.
Exploding gasoline killed Mrs. Dick
ms, wife of Captain F. w. Dickins, U.
S. N, and damaged her handsome
Washington home $4,000.
Thomas Ashworth, an ex-saIoon
keeper of Philadelphia, was kicked to
death and robbed by four young hood
Inn xxyhn
Monday, July 10.
Helen Lersch, of Trenton, 2 years
old, was bit by a kissing bug" Blood
poisoning ensued and the child died.
William Reinhard, his wife and five
children went driving near Columbus,
0. All were killed by train except
14-year-old Clarence.
BY the explosion of boiler on the
Moran oil tract, near Oil City, Pa,
James MeCray was killed and John
Turk seriously injured.
Major Edward NJ Hayes, of the
Fourth cavalry, succeeds Colonel Henry
Wagner, retired, in command of that
regiment, at San Francisco.
A carriage containing William M.
Diem and Miss Lizzie Prequesel was
struck by train last night at Buffalo,
and both were instantly killed.
Tuesday, July IL.
New York's reception to Dewey will
include handsome allegorical floats in
the naval parade.
The Christian Endeavorer conven-
ton just ended at Detroit was one of
the most successful ever held.
Copper ore of almost incredible ex-
tent and richness has been discovered
in Canada's Perry sound district
A Pretoria (Transvaal) dispatch says
five artillerymen were killed yesterday
by the explosion of powder maya
zine in Magatoland.
The formal Defender trial
races will begin off Newport July 20,
continuing daily until one yacht has
won three races.
Exploding turpentine at the paint
shop of Abraham Finklestein, in New
York, killed Mrs. Finklestein and her
infant child and fatally burned Fin
klestein.
General Otis cables that he has about
1000 veteran volunteers for re-enlist-
ment. They wiz form the nucleus for
the Thirty-sixtn and Thirty-seVenth
United States volunteer infantry.
Wednesday. July I2.
Fire in New York tenement killed
6-year-old Rachel Silver and burned
a dozen others.
Aguinaldo refuses to release the
Spanish military prisoners, says a dis
patch from Manila to Madrid.
Secretary Gage favors making the
single gold standard a leading feature
of the next Republican platform.
General Wheeler left Washington
yesterday afternoon for Manila. He
will not resign his seat in congress.
Congressman Hull declares not
foot of Alaskan territory will be yield
ed in settling the boundary dispute.
Elias Hatfield, the noted West Vir-
ginia desperate, surrendered in person
to Governor Atkinson, at Gray. XIV.
He shot Sheriff Ellis week ago.
Mail adyices confirm the news of an
approaching crisis in Guatemala. Lack
of money is the only thing that has
prevented another revolution thus far.
Thursday. July Is.
Half the village of Frewsburg. N. j..
was destroyed by fire started by light
ming.
Marc Sanche, a New York youth.
was made insane by excessive cigaretts
smoking.
Since July there have been 13 deaths
in and near New York from lockiaw.
the result of slight pistol wounds.
The contributions received yesterday
to the Dewey home fund amounted to
s225, making the total to date s13. sos.
Negro miners imported to take
places Of strikers were fired on from
ambush at Ishkoeda, Ala. Three were
wounded. one fatally.
a Westinghouse Plant For England.