Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-30
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.


Friday, Aug. ~.
The population OF Philadelphia Is
1.29a, e97
Andrew Carnegte, who IS In Scotland.
denies the report that he will stump
for Bryan
The population OF the city Of Cieve-
land, o., is 381. 768; Toledo. 131 1929, and
Columbus, 1875 $50
In the misunderstanding fight at
Coney Island tonight SharlSey was
knocked out In the second round.
The negro Peck. whose attempted
lynching for assaultIug u little girl
caused the recent fatal riot at Akron.
o., was today sentenced TO life i'm
prisonment
Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson is dead
and four OF her children are Ii the hos
pital at Atlanta Ia a serious condition
from eating ice cream which was made
In an improperly cleansed freezer.
Saturday, Aug. rs.
The population of st. Louis is 575, 23S
By a recent court decision all squat
tiers on the 60-9oot strip along Nome
Beach, Alaska, must vacate.
The steamer Mariposa brought over
Sc, 0O0, 900 In specie from Sydney, Aus
tralia, to San Francisco, yesterday.
During a storm two little children of
Charles Bunker, named Frida and
Adele. of Milwaukee, Wis, were killed
by bolt of lightning.
Bethel Baptist church at Fairview,
KY, built as memorial on the site of
Jefferson Davis birthplace. has been
struck by lightning and destroyed.
Henry e. Youtsey. in jail awaiting
trial for completely in the Goebel muir
der and who has been III. has become
worse and is reported to be in SER
ious condition.
Monday, Aug. ri.
Hon. Charles DENLY, Democrat. ex-
minister to China. has declared for Nc
Ktnley.
The vesper Boat club. Of Philadel-
phia won the senior eight cared cham
pionship In the Paris exposition race
Congressman Charles H. BouteIle,
of Maine. Is rapidly recovering his
health at sanitarium at Wayerly
Mass.
After jauntily ordering and drinking
q glass Of whisky. Edward Sexton blew
out his brains in barroom at White
Plains. N. Y.
While bathing at Portsmouth, N. H.,
Burt H. Kaufman. Of ST. Louis, struck
his head against gas bracket, fell
into the batbtub and was drowned.
The bankruptcy report for Great
Britain for 1899 shows decrease of
481 failures and G1.l25.00 IN nabiIi-
ties as compared with the previous
year.
Tuesday, Aug. eS.
The population OF Denver. Colo. IS
1873 1853, against 106,T In 1890
The new battleship Alabama, In her
trial trip of Boston yesterday. showed
a speed of II knots an hour.
Richard Croker VIII control New
York's Democratic state convention.
having won In the primaries.
Bob Fitssimmons has retired per-
manently from pugilism. and will open
q training school In Chicago.
During the last few days terrific
thunderstormH have caused much dam
age in the districts Of Stuttgart, Leip-
sic and Rostock, Germany.
The Peoples party national commit
tee accepted Towne's declination as
vice presidential candidate and named
Stevenson as the nominee.
The population Of Baltimore. as Just
bulletined by the census bureau, is
sos, 1851, against 434, 439 In 1890. This is
an increase Of 74,51s, or 17.15 per cent.
wednesday, Aug. 20.
The census of Boston Is $50, 892.
against 44S,477 in 1890.
An anarchist was arrested at Car
rara, Italy. charged with conspiring to
Kill Victor Emanuel III.
The business portion Of Cartwright,
Wis. town OF 1000 Inhabitants, was
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday.
The autumn maneuvers of the Ger
man army viii be attended this year
for the first time by q representative
Of the French army.
The United States army transport
Lawton arrived at Seattle. Wash from
Nome with 220 passengers, two-thirds
of whom are destitute miners return
ed at the expense of the government.
Thursday, Aug, 30
William Nichols (eolored). who kill
ed his son William, Jr., at Atlantic
City, pleads self defense.
The American rod and nail mills at
Anderson. Ind, shut down yesterday,
throwing $50 men out Of employment.
Italy has protested against Ger
manys new meat law. on the ground
that 1t contravenes the Italian-German
commercial treaty.
Russian authorities at Vladivostock
have interdicted the sale Of canned
goods In that city. excepting those re-
quired for military use.
Luther Thompson. negro charged
with horse stealing and attempted
criminal assault. is threatened with
lynching at Cedar Grove. Ala.