Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-11
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
FRIDAY. Jan. <.

Friday, Jan. 5.
The Lawton relief fund amounts to
$45,721
Our Philippines army, now $500,
will soon reach $1,000.
Chinese routed French forces near
Wang Caun, killing 80 Frenchmen.
DR.. w. A. Hammand, formerly sur
geon general OF the army, died in
Washington.
Mississippi's e cratic legislators
chose United S ) Senator w. ".
Sullivan for the. no, t term
st. Louis ofiicia will enter legal pro-
test against Caica COS alleged pollution
Of the Mississippi by the drainage ca
nal.
Steel works in Chicago killed three
workmen: Joseph Middle, Joseph Sock
and Ignatz Granak.
Saturday, Jan. 6.
A new cotton mill, with capital of
100000, is to be located at Honea
Path, S. c.
One man was killed and two others
fatally injured by breaking chain in
the Homestead (Pa.) steel works.
The national senates committee on
privileges and elec ems voted, four to
three, against seating Senator Quay.
Two women were burned to death in
a fire early this morning in New
York tenement on East Ninety-second
street.
Pietro Puize stabbed Frank Segila to
death last night in New York saloon,
as the result of quarrel over a game
of cards.
The American exhibit at the Paris
exposition will be several times larger
than Great Britain's and as large as
Russia's and Germany's combined
Monday, Jan. s.
The clothing of Mrs Catharine Rip
pard, of Wilkesbarre, caught fire from
a stove. and she was burned to death
In a quarrel over the ownership of a
knife, Willie Daggs, 8 years old, shot
his 12year-old sister Lena dead at
Evansville, Ills.
Near UniOntown, Pa, the home of
William Scott was destroyed by fire
and his three sons, aged IL to Is, burn
ed to death.
The trustees of the estate of the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt have paid to Yale
college the 100000 bequest left to that
institution.
Rev. DR.. Edward McGlynn, the elo-
quent priest, and exponent of Henry
Georges doctrine, died of Bright's dis
ease at Newburgh, N. Y, aged g.
James Gray. nurse in Philadelphia
hospital, accidentally bathed Henry
Smith, patient, with carbolic acid
instead of tincture of larkspur Smith
died. fatally burned.
Tuesdry, Jan. o.
The Sunday clo1.ag crusade in Chi
cago is having its eject.
Alfred e. Burr. editor OF the Hart
ford Comm Times, is Geld.
Miss Johanna Lynch was burned to
death in New York apartment horse
fire.
Nine. Bazaine, widow of the famous
French marshal, died in the City of
Mexico.
The Virginia Coal, Cole ard I-on
company is to start row coke furnace
in Virginia.
The bonds purchased under the offer
of the secretary of the treasury of Nov.
Is, 1899, amounted to SIS, 300. $50.
G. NJ Nelson, a Swedish farmer of
Kearney, Neb., was murdered by Els
son, who buried the dismemE cred
corpse in a barn.
Two members of the Chicago Saliva
ton Army were badly injured in a
hand-to-hand fight with two mea who
had distul bed their meeting.
Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Cornelius Shew and James ]. Eagar,
the murderers of Jack Pepper, were
hanged at Montrose, Pa, yeste day.
Louise Masset, French goyo.na-s.
who murdered her illegitimate ehild,
was hanged at Newgate, LonG a, yes
terday.
Elizabeth Gladstone, aged &C years,
of San Francisco, has recovered judg-
ment against Joseph Boardnan, aged
%, for breach of promise of marriage
The stoppage of Lieutenant Gill
more's pay in the belief that he b d
been killed by his Filipino captols has
raised rather interesting question at
the war department.
The handsome New York residence
of Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York
World, was Quilted by lie Mrs. Jel-
lett, housekeeper, md Miss Montgom-
cry, nurse, were suffocated
The refusll of the TransvaaI gov
eminent to allcw the United States
consul IT Pretorio to represent British
interests is regarded at Washington as
a violation of civilized custom.
Thursday, Jan. n.
Several new cases of yellow fever
have broken out at Vera Cruz. Mex.
Forty firemen were oyere ne by
smoke at fire in New Y1sk bowling
alley.
The trial of the legislative bribe-r
cases at Harrisburg has been postpon-
ed until March g.
Rev. Aloysius Schyns, head of the
Order of Alexian Brothers in this
country, is dead in Chicago.
Toxic, Japan, is undergoing a thor
ough house cleaning, in view of the
threatened invasion of the plague
A conference of anti-imperialists
will be held in Philadelphia on Feb. %.
General Felipe Berriozabal Mex
ico'S minister of war, is dead