Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
AWEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
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Friday, September ~.
The Ministers Alliance was respon-
sible for stopping the Rausch-M Munger
2O-round fight near St. Joseph, Mo-,
last night.
Mrs. Howard Brockway, wife Of q
well-known musician and composer OF
New York city, was killed by fall
from a New York Central train yes
terday. +
The second annual session of the +
Imperial Council Of the A. E. O. q.
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine of North /
and South America met yesterday in
New York city.
Thomas ]. Slaughter, retired New
York city multi-millionaire merchant,
and of late years one of the most ex-
tehsive growers of roses in this coun- 7
try, died yesterday in New York city. |
Saturday, September 20.
Rear Admiral Melville, chief of en-
gineers of the navy. will make an in
spection of the New York navy yard.
The Youngstown, o.. Tube company
will erect a large open hearth steel
furnace adjoining their present prop
erty.
The establishment of free library
service at Sharpsburg, Pa, has been
postponed from October / to Novem-
Der /.
Rice planters on the Savannah river
suffered heavy damage yesterday from
high water, and still further destruc-
ton is probable.
The Brooklyn Democracy, under the
lead of Senator Coffey, last night en-
dorsed Seth Low and the other candi-
dates on the fusion ticket.
Saturday, September 80.
Two deaths may result from rush
at Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind.
Emma Goldman made speech in
Chicago yesterday. She was not mo-
Tested.
The steamer City of Seattle has
reached Vancouver, B. c., with 100000
in Klondike gold.
The national bureau of identifca-
ton is to be moved from Chicago, Ills,
to Washington, D. c.
For derogatory remarks relative to
the dead president, John Walton IA
tally shot Augustus Miller at Kingston,
New York.
Governor Shaw has been advised
by the navy department that the
cruiser Des Moines will be ready for
launching the latter part of November.
Tuesday, Oct. I.
The New Jersey interstate fair
opened with large attendance at
Trenton yesterday.
Tjaardt Kruger, a son of the former
president, who recently surrendered
to the British, is dead.
The street car strike at Pensacola,
Fla, is still on. No cars have been
run since 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
William Waldorf Astor has given
$4,000 to the fund for erecting the
new premises of the English National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children.
Wednesday, October 2.
Fire yesterday destroyed half of the
business portion of Readyville, Iowa.
Vast nickel deposits, the largest in
the world, have been located in south
ern Oregon.
The Journeymen BARRIERS National
Union began it's triennial convention
at Saginaw, Mich, yesterday.
The governor of North Carolina has
notified the people or his state that all
petitions for the pardon of convicts
must first be advertised in the news
papers.
Probably a thousand grain dealers
from all parts of the country are in
Des Moines, Iowa, attending their ma
tional convention, which opened at the
Auditorium this morning.
Nearly 1000 volumes from the ex-
tensive library of the late Senator
Cushman X. Davis, of Minnesota, have
been given by Mrs. Davis to the public
schools and libraries of the state.
Thursday, October 8.
Gettysburg defeated the Carlisle In
dams at feet b bail H i BY TO yesterday.
The president yesterday appointed
Colonel William H. Bisbee a brigadier
general of the regular army
Prince Chun before leaving Germany
territory sent long dispatches to En-
peror William thanking him for his
gracious reception"
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, who has been in Europe
this summer, will sail for home next
Saturday.
A committee of citizens Of Harris
burg, Pa, is at work to secure suita-
BILE memorial for John Harris, the
founder of the city.
Ambassador Choate has applied to
the state department at Washington
for leave of absence, and proposes to
sail for New York a week from next
Saturday.
The conference of tobacco manufac-
turers, held in Liverpool to discuss
plans for meeting American competi-
ton, failed to decide upon any definite
course of action.