Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-09
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Frinay. Aug. 3.

At Wynnewood, + Il. Mrs. p. Z,
billiard was burned to death. Cause,
lighting fire with kerosene.
In the election for governor held in
the Choctaw Nation Wednesday Judge
]. w. Dukes full blood. Tsas elected
The Norris family. at Harvey, us,
were poisoned by eating mushrooms
IN which were secreted small black
bugs. Three died
Sixteen-year-o Ella Regain, escaped
from a Chicago correctional institution
and recaptured, jumped from a train
near Ottawa, His, and was killed
Intense heat kas prevailed sover
South Dakota for five days The tenn
perature has ranged from SO to 1Q4.
In Bismarck, s. d.. it WAS los. Work
IN harvest fields has been interrupted,
Saturday, Aug. 4.
The population of Buffalo is 352. 219,
against 255.664 in 1850 and 1914 in
1880.
Postmaster General Smith and Sem
ator Fairbanks are scheduled for Cam
paign speeches in Maine.
At Woodsville, r. L, Frank Barton,
farmer. 10 years Of age, while now
ing was stung by a black hornet and
died four hours afterwards
The municipality of Monza, Italy,
King Iiumbert was killed in order to
erect a monument or a charitable I'M
stitution.
The conference of the tin plate
workers and employees at Cleveland
failed to reach an agreement and an
adjournment was taken without time
or place being selected.
Monday, Aug. o.
Col Frank o. Lowden, of Chicago
declines the post of first assistant post
master general.
Right Rev. Augustine Healy, Catho-
lie bishop of Maine, died suddenly
yesterday afternoon at Portland.
Gen. Zebulon York, one of the dash
ing figures of the Confederacy. died at
Natchez, Miss, yesterday afternoon.
At Willismstown, Kan, indignant
citizens placed dynamite under abuild-
ing occupied as a joint or illicit
saloon, and the building was demol-
ished
Robbers held up a Union Pacific
train near Hugo, Colo, robbed passen-
gers and escaped w. j. Fay, a 81
year-old Californian, who resisted.
was shot dead
Tuesday. Aug. :.
The price of coal at Cape Nome is
$3.50 ton.
William Clark, the millionairethread
maker of Newark, N j., died at Watch
Hill. R. l.
The postefice department has order
ed rural free delivery service estab-
lished at Diclzeyville. Nd.
Anarchists in Chicago, prevented
from holding meeting, rioted. Mrs.
Lucy Parsons and four others were ar
rested.
It is reported that tho California
raisin crop will not be rs large as ex-
pected. Estimates place it at 5000 to
8 400 carloads.
Rural free delivery service will be-
gin Aug. Is at Oregon, His, Nesco-
peck. Pa, Beaver Dam, Wis, and adj
ditional service at Alma. Mich
Wednesday, Aug. s.
Altogether So suspected anarchists
have been placed under arrest in ltaly
within the last "a hours
In Philadelphia yesterday there were
about 30 prostrations from heat, and
one fatality Michael McGurk, aged so.
The Immense floating drydock bought
at Havana from the Spanish govern
ment is to be located at Pensacola, Fla.
Frederick Merrick is under arrest at
Hugo, Colo, on suspicion of being one
of the men who robbed the Union Pa
cifie express ard killed w J. Fay, Of
California
In the international yacht races for
the SeawanhaIIa cup. on Lake St
Louis, the Canadian defender Red Coal
defeated the Minnesota, OF St Paul.
three times, retaining the cup another
year.
Thursday. Aug. o.
The India famine relief fund. con-
tributed by persons all over the coun-
tr7z YESTERDAY amounted To ifsa 49,
In the Havana ctlSt9m. house the
number of Cnbans employed exceeds
the Americans as follows: Cubans, 602;
Americans, 50.
The invalids in Gen MaeArthur's
Philippines army are: Sick in hos
pitfalls, 1855; sick in quarters, 1851;
percentage, S.04.
The gross Dagfe1 racejufs at 5e of the