Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED


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Congressman Baker, of Maryland,
has introduced bill to repeal the
Chinese exclusion. act.
Saturday, May 5.
Samuel and William Farrelly, father
and son, were killed by sewer gas
while at work in Chicago sewer.
A 12-ton car of molten metal at the
Illinois steel works, Chicago, jumped
the track. fatally burning two men.
Monday, May 7.
W. c. Endicott, secretary of war in
Cleveland's first cabinet, died in Bos-
ton of pneumonia, aged 70.
John Garrabrandt, 10 years old, kill
ed 16-year-old Henry Mas in Jersey
City and robbed him of SO. his weeks
wages.
Gen. Panelon Garcia, second only to
Aguinaldo in command of Filipinos,
was captured by Lieut.. Smith, of Gen.
Funston's staff.
When James Menzes, of Thibodeaux,
La. arrived in Chicago to wed Ida
Owens, he found that the bride-elect
had disappeared
The coming Of age (18 years. Of
Frederick William, crown prince OF
Germany, was celebrated in a three
day festival, ending yesterday.
Gen. Simon NJ. Bailey, who was elect
ed treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1881,
died in Uniontown Saturday, the re-
suit of an army wound. aged "a.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been admit
ted as member of Frank S. Clare
Post, Veterans of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, at indianapolis.
Five additional bodies were removed
from Mine No. 4, at Schofield, Utah, on
Saturday, bringing the total killed by
the recent explosion up to ESQ.
Tuesday, May s.
Five more bishops may be added to
the Methodist church in the United
States.
Senior Albert, an editor in Santiago
de Cuba, was shot dead by an unknown
assassin.
Samuel Gompers, of New York, adj
vised strikers to defy Justice Freed
mans injunction.
Joseph Nobre. for number of years
a Republican leader of Philadelphia,
died last night after a long illness,
aged GA years.
Jealous Daniel Silvercool, of Cleve-
land, failed to kill his wife with an
AK, but succeeded in killing himself
with a razor.
The condition of King Otto of Ba-
varia, who has been i'll for some time,
has suddenly experienced a change
for the worse, and the end is soon ex-
pected.
The demonstration in Memphis yes
terday over Admiral Dewey brought
thousands from all sections of the
south, and his progress was contin-
uous ovation.
Wednesday, May o.
Alabama Republicans nominated
Charles P. Lane for governor.
Forest fires in Webster county, W.
Va, destroyed over 100000 feet of
fine timber.
New York's board of aldermen voted
to give an official reception to the Boer
peace ENJOYS
A bill to pension the widow of GEN
eral Lawton $3.50 month) was favor
ably reported in the national house.
WllftdiH mdFtiHs ID years Otu, ana
Philip Ryan, 16. were drowned from a
canoe last night in Paradise pond,
Northampton, Mass
William ]. Bryan returned to Lin
coin, Neb., yesterday for stay of
two months. most Of which time will
be spent on his farm near the city.
Thursday, May 10.
The president yesterday approved
senate bill LAT, known as the Grand
Army pension BILL
The amount of bonds so far received
at the treasury for exchange for the
new 2 per cent eonsols is 1857 ,937 400
representative Mcclellan, Of New
York, yesterday introduced bill IN
the house repeating the war revenue
tar on beer.