Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-02
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. oct. ~.

Sir Henry Irving and his theatrical
company reached New York from Lon
don.
An industrial school for Cuban sol
diers' orphans is to be established in
Santiago.
The admissions to Philadelphia's ex-
port exposition yesterday zee nan
day. numbered 23,292.
A train crashed into a crowded
trolley car at Detroit, killing Con-
ductor Schneider and injuring % pas
sengers, two fatally.
The total number Of immigrants ar
irving in this country during the year
ending June 30 last was 81, 715 an
increase of S2.416 over the preceding
year.
Saturday. Oct. IS.
Florence Marryatt (Mrs. Frances
Lean, the well known authoress, died
in London yesterday.
While all is quiet in the cowboy
and Mexican feud on the border, the
authorities fear another outbreak at
any time.
E. o. Osgood, of Angelica, N. Y, was
blind when he was married 50 years
ago, but surgical operation has just
restored his vision
The cruisers Marblehead and Detroit
will be sent to Panama to protect
American interests in view of the ex-
listing revolution in Colombia.
The foreign ministers to Venezuela
have decided not to recognize the
Castro administration until so directed
n hoi
Monday, Oct. 30.
General Fitzhugh Lee declares that
the Cuban people are not yet fitted for
self government.
Rear Admiral CroweH. at Havana.
will succeed Schley as president of the
naval retiring board.
A new commercial treaty is being
negotiated in Madrid. the war having
Initiated the old treaty.
Upsetting lamp il her barn, Mrs.
Edna Vanhorn. of Lanesboro Pa, was
burned to death in the building.
Herbert Cole, 1S-year-old schoolboy.
is dying at Winona, MINI, from a frac-
tured skull received in a football game.
George M. Lee. son of General Fitz-
hugh Lee, has been appointed a first
lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth in
fantry.
Tuesday, Oct. 81.
The New York fire department has
added searchlights to its appliances.
Princess Isabelle of Orleans and her
cousin, Prince Jean of Orleans, were
married in London yesterday.
William Fl. Webb, the shipbuilder
and philanthropist, died in New York
yesterday, agedS3. Heleaves $40, 0OO, 900.
w. H. Jenkins. prosecutor Of the
pleas Of Camden, N. j., dropped dead
while viewing the races at the Aque-
duct track, on Long Island.
Robert B. Jennings, a st. Louis
street railway official. was robbed of
81 .043 in cash and S4S, $50 in securities
on a car in the central part of the city
Robbers escaped.
Wednesday, Nov. /.
Sir Thomas Upton left New York
for England today
General Maxine Gomez is to write
history of the Cuban wars
Fire in Montreal hotel resulted in
the death of two men and woman
A robber murderously assaulted the
express messenger on a Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas train at Denison, Tex
| and robbed the safe of $4,000.
Daniel Kelley was parboiled in i
boiler which he was cleaning, other
workmen in Jersey City factory hav-
ing closed him in unwittingly.
Emma Behanfeld, young woman OF
South Manchester, Conn.,, died in
agony, while, it is alleged, Christian
scientists stood by, refusing to call
medical aid.
Thaddeus Durff proposed to Miss
Maud Kimion while they were out row.
ing Leayenworth, Ind. She refused
him. He upset the boat and swan
away, leaving her to drown, bue she
was rescued.
Thursday, Nov. 2.
Admiral Dewey has been elected
commander of the Naval Order of the
United States.
There was light fall of snow at
Marquette. Mich, yesterday, with the
temperature below freezing all day.
Lieutenant General Charles Wright
Younghusband tretired), of the Brit
ish army, died in London, aged rs.
General Hughes, commanding the
Kisayan district. in the Philippines
reports that the Island of Negroes has
not been so quiet for 20 years.
Mrs J. Rush Branch was found dead
in her home in Chicago with bullet
in her heart. 1t is believed the body
had lain in the room for week.
The Philippine commission will
make preliminary report to the presi-
dent this week. 1t will not touch on
General Bates treaty with the sultan
Of Sulu.