Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-01
A WEEKS NHWS CONDENSED
friday, oct. 90.

night killed Lieut.. Ragenstine, fireman,
and injured four others.
Edward Henry (colored) died in
Pittsburg, aged 116 years. He was
born q slave IN Virginia.
The old home of Bayard Taylor, near
West Chester, Pa, was sold by auction
for non-payment of taxes.
Eugene v. Debs. Socialist candidate
for president, spoke to q large audi
ence in Philadelphia last night.
King Leopold of Belgium, was held
up by Paris police for riding his auto
mobile faster than the law allows.
Saturday, Oct. ~.
The viii Of the late Secretary Sher-
man disposes of S2,500, GOO
Charles H. Hays has been selected
for the presidency Of the Southern Pa
cific railroad.
The contributions for relief of Cal
weston flood sufferers received to Oct.
% are $1,140,366
Senator Sullivan, of Mississippi, who
has been sued by Lucy Section for
breach Of promise, alleges blackmail
United States Consul Agent Harris,
at Eibenstock, Germany, declares that
country presents the greatest field for
American products.
P. Bradley Martin, whose wife left
him because he would not embrace
Christian science, was granted d.
vorce in Trenton yesterday.
Monday, Oct. 20.
The Beers have still $4,000 men in
the field
Max Muller, the noted Oxford uni
versity professor, died in London yes
terday.
Extrayagant bills of r. w. Peck. our
commissioner to the Paris exposition,
were disallowed.
King Leopold of Belgium has APP
proved the law granting pensions to
destitute workmen over 65 years old.
Rev. Henry RusselI-Pritchard the
oldest Christian minister in the Uni
ted States, died suddenly at Chester
field, Ind, yesterday.
The Belgian chamber Of deputies has
passed a law compelling manufacturers
to insure workmen against accident,
but the senate is expected to reject the
bill.
In cable car smashup at Chicago,
r. w. Hill, William Metzger, Elmer
Moss and A. v. Wyehoff were prob
ably fatally injured, and five others
were hurt.
Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Prince Christian Victor, grandson OF
Queen Victoria, died of fever in South
Africa, aged 80.
Archduchess Maria Raineria of Aus
tria was married in Vienna to Duke
Robert of Wurtemburg.
Arthur Harris, the negro who killed
Policeman Thorpe in New York Aug.
10, and whose act led to race riots, was
convicted yesterday of manslaughter.
A serious powder explosion occurred
in Canton, China, Sunday morning.
Four houses near the governors va
men were destroyed, and many persons
killed.
London's welcome to returning vol
unteers from South Africa was turned
into disgraceful drunken orgie, par
ticipated in by men and women. Three
or four people were killed and many
hurt in the crush.
Wednesday, Oct. 81.
There is no truth in the report that
President r. Simon Sam, Of Hayti, died
suddenly recently.
Gen. James K. Wilson, chief Of staff
under Gen Chaffee, in China, has been
ordered home for duty.
The London Sportsman announces
that the Prince of Wales has cancelled
his retainer of TOD" Sloan, the Amer
lean jockey, for 1901.
Cornelius L. Alyord, who stole $780,
600 from New York bank, was cap
I k.T~
York, where he is in jail.
Lord Salisbury. it is said, will resign
the foreign secretaryship Of Great
Britain, but will retain the premier
ship, with Lord Lansdowne as foreign
secretary.
Smallpox has broken out on a num-
Der of Indian reservations in the west,
and 1t is feared that when cold weather
sets in the epidemic will become more
widespread.
Thursday, Nov. 4.
The four months just ended were the
warmest in the weather bureaus his
tory.
The Philadelphia Galveston relief
fund up to yesterday noon had reached
| s112.593.
/ Edward Henry Stuart Bllgh, seventh
earl of Darnley, is dead in London,
| aged 40.
The sIoop Lady Louie was blown
ashore near Barnegat Tuesday night,
and Is being pounded to pieces.
Exploding vat of alcohol at the
Homestead (Pa.) steel works terribly
burned three men, two perhaps fatally.
The Venezuelan government has de-
creed the resumption of payment of
interest on all debts and loans from
November
John De Lalo, % years old, of Phila-
delphia, went to bed smoking. The
bed took fire and he received burns
that resulted in his death.
Polls open from 6 a. m. to Z P. m.
on next Tuesday.