Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-02-01
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

Efary Cohen, of Wilmington, Del,
testified at Chester that James Pierce
confessed to her the killing of George
B. Eyre.
Germany's naval bill was adopted
by the bundesrath yesterday 1t car
ries an annual expenditure of II ,000,-
900 marks for is years.
Commissioner Peck refuses to per-
NIT the exhibition of a $3.50, 900 golden
statue of Anna Held, the actress, in the
American section of the Paris exposi-
tion.
Snlurday, Jan. 27.
Trenton children carry boiled water
to school for drinking, Passaic water
being declared dangerous to health.
Most of the French papers hail with
keen satisfaction the announcement
that the British have abandoned Spion
Kop.
1t is stated in Kansas City that Web
ster Davis, assistant secretary of the
interior, is McKinley's choice for vice
president.
The transport Pennsylvania left San
Francisco with s1,500 900 in gold coin
and a considerable sum in treasury
notes to pay soldiers in the Philippines
Monday, Jan. 20.
Our export trade to China and Japan
has more than doubled in the past two
years.
Texas Populists declare that Bryan
would accept Populist nomination
for president.
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, of New York.
fayors open saloons between certain
hours on Sunday.
In the first nine months Of last year
1890 persons in the German empire
engaged in strikes.
The late John Ruskin had given
away fortunes, and he lived on S. a
day the last few years of mis- life.
French elections resulted in prac-
teal defeat for Nationalists, only three
out of 80 senators being elected. Many
generals were candidates, but only
Mercier and Lambert were elected.
Tuesday, Jan. 80.
In India 3,5OO,OOO people are receiv-
ing famine relief
Coal carrying companies have raised
prices 80 to 35 cents ton.
The national senate, q to 3S, voted
to sustain the Samoan treaty.
President Mckinley yesterday re-
ceived congratulations on the 57th an
niversary of his birth.
Miss Maud Come, the Irish Joan of
Arc, arrived in New York. She will
lecture to arouse Boer sympathy.
Wednesday, Jan. 81.
r1..,o.+ o,.,,
has been placed in the hands of re-
ceiver.
Influenza is rampant in Italy. The
queen is suffering slightly from the
prevailing disease.
Charles Franklin Dunbar, professor
of political economy at Harvard col
iege, died in Cambridge.
At Marion, Ala, by the bursting of
a supply pipe at the cotton compress,
six negroes we're scalded. Two are
dead and the others will probably die.
The electric plant and laboratories
of the Bellaire (O.) Steel works were
destroyed by fire. and 1000 men are
thrown out of employmenttemporarily.
The bodies of General Lawton, Major
Logan, Lieutenant Bennett and DR..
Armstrong arrived at Ban Francisco
from Manila. They will be escorted
east by guard of honor.
During a tornado an express train
on the New Foundland railroad was
lifted off the track and deposited in
bog some distance away. Fire destroy
ed the colonial mail for Canada and
the United States. Nobody was hurt.
Thursday, Feb. 1.
The population of Porto Rico is pIac-
ed in the preliminary enumeration az
957, ,679. The last census. taken in 1887.
showed a population of 500. .7OS.
The Marquis of Queensberry died In
London yesterday, aged 56. He sue
ceeded to the title in 1858.
Near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mrs.
Young, 80 years old, was burned to
death in the home of her daughter,
Mrs Stewart
Senator Penrose yesterday intr0duc-
ed a bill to make the proceedings of
the Grand Army OF the Republic
part of the public records Of the Uni
fad Gfofce