Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-22
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday, June I6.

Harvard college will confer the de-
Tree of LII. D. on French Ambassador
Cambon.
Fifty thousand delegates are ex-
pected at the coming Christian En-
deavor convention in Detroit
The first formal meeting of the
Venezuelan arbitration commission
was held in Paris yesterday
Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby, retired.
one of Farragut's active officers in the
stirring sea fights of the civil war,
died at Washington last night, aged Is.
William Hall (colored), serving a
five year term for robbing railway
car at Hagerstown, Md. committed
suicide by strangulation in the Bal
timore penitentiary.
SATURDAY,. Jpce II.
Explosions in mine at Glaze Bay,
Cape Breton, resulted in the killing of
II miners
Bellamy Storer, our minister to
Spain, was formally received by the
queen regent yesterday
United States Consul Johnson, at
Annoy, reports that the plague has
broken out there.
A general strike in the buildings
trade of Berlin threatens to spread all
over the empire.
Monday, June 10.
Americans and Britons will erect a
monument to the men who fell recently
in Samoa.
The reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, Prince Alfred of Edin-
burg, will abdicate this year.
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey have
been matched for rs round fight,
which will take place about Oct. %.
Generals Grant and Bates have ar
rived at Manila. They will probably
be appointed to succeed Generals Hale
and Funston, who will come home.
BY an explosion of two pounds OF
powder with which they were playing,
little Harry and Arthur Horn, of
Exeter, Pa, were terribly burned, and
one of them may lose his sight
The suburban handicap at Sleeps
head Bay on Saturday was won by
Imp in 2.06 As, with Bannockbum sec
ond and Warrenton third. Banastar
the fayorite, bolted at the start, and
came in last.
Tuesday. June go.
Women aided Cleveland strike SYM
pathizers in attacking street cars.
Town boomers of Mountain View. o.
T., stole postoffice building from Oak
dale and set it up in their own town.
Congressman Danford, of the Six
teenth Ohio district, died at his coun-
try home near Clairsville, o., aged 10.
The failure of artesian wells in the
Cobar mining district of West Austria
liza has caused several deaths of thirst.
Charles E. LittlefeId, Republican.
was elected to succeed the late Con-
gresham Dingley from the Second
Maine district
General Joubert, of the Boer army. is
said to have made campaign plans for
the taking of Cape Town in the event
of war with England
The dominion government has disaI-
lowed the act passed by the British
Victoria legislature restricting the inn
migration of Japanese.
Wednesday. June FL.
Rhode Islands revised state con-
stitution was rejected by the voters BY
almost three to one.
The Standard Oil company viii! re-
linquish its Ohio charter and remove
to New York July 1.
For spanking her husband Mrs. Ans
ky, of Port Chester, N. Y. has been ar
rested upon his complaint.
For spanking neighbours boy SLOTS
damages were given against Arthur
Bonneli by Brooklyn jury.
Jews in the United States are con-
tributing funds for testimonials to
Captain Dreyfus, Emile lola and Colo
mel Picquart.
Owners Of automobiles in New York
will test in the courts the power of The
park commissioners to bar horseless
vehicles from Central park.
The Hawaiian islands according n,
reports, are enjoying an era of unusuai
prosperity, although the governmental
policy is as yet undecided upon.
Thursday. June 22.
Three young sons of Henry Robash
were drowned in Rangeley lake, Maine.
on Tuesday.
While In practice behind a motor
cycle yesterday at New Bedford Mass.
Eddie McDufie rode a mile In 1.27.
William Proctor (colored) was SEN
fenced at Baltimore to 20 years jmpris-
onment for criminal assault on I5-vear-
old Rebecca Peck.
Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, Fhiladel-
delphia and Newport News, in the or
der named, have received the largest
amount Of the export business which
New York has lost.
The London Daily Mail says the gov
srnment has practically decided upon
gradual reinforcement Of the British
troops in South Africa up to 4 total
increase Of 10000 men.