Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
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Friday. May g..
The wages of glass workers are to be
Increased Is per cent.
The indemnity to be paid by China
has been fixed at $273,000,000.
Mrs. Rebecca Packard, aged los, died
Wednesday night at her home in Gov
ington, Tioga county, Pa.
W. H. Moore, ex-city clerk of Ports
mouth, N H., was arrested charged
with embezzling city funds.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, mother of Ira D.
Sankey, the world famous evangelist
and singer, died at her home in New
Castle, Pa, yesterday. aged 80.
Saturday, May A.
London's population is 1885, 34, an
increase of 308, TT since 1891.
w. S. Coursey, private secretary to
War Secretary Root, has resigned.
The Illinois Central has announced
a liberal system of pensions for super
animated employees.
Forty thousand Italian emigrants, ac-
cording to a Rome newspaper, are
booked to leave for the United States
| this month
Mrs Fenton, widow of Ex-Governor
and United States Senator Reuben Fen
ton, died at her home in jamestown, N.
Y, aged rs years.
Mrs. Rathbun, who poisoned her hus-
band with coffee intended for her par
amour, John Hart, was sentenced, at
New Haven, to life Imprisonment
Monday, May 6.
The army in the Philippines is to be
reduced to 10000 men.
The wife of Gen. Cronje, the impris-
oned Boer leader, has become insane.
The British house of commons adopt
ed the coal tax by a vote of 1888 to 227.
Sir Thomas Upton is confident that
Shamrock II will capture the Ameri-
cas- cup.
The yacht Constitution, candidate for
Americas cup defender, was success
fully launched at Bristol, R. I.
President Mckinley arrived at Ell
Paso, Tex, yesterday and received
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sentative of President Diaz.
The finance committee of the city
council of Colorado Springs, Colo, re-
{ ports shortage of $4,000 in the ac-
counts of City Treasurer Moses T. Hale
Tuesday, May 7.
On and after May Is all port charges
in Colombia will be payable in gold.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York landed at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, yesterday.
Minister Conger declares WI Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister at Wash
J ington, "a hero, entitled to the lasting
gratitude of Americans"
. Specials from all over Iowa an(
neighboring portions of Illinois repor
' great damage to property by heav.
e transforms Sunday and Monday.
n Grace Dietzel, aged 10 years. wa
e burned to death while assisting he
n mother prepare breakfast on a gasolin
: stove yesterday at her home in Har
. risburg.
Wednesday, May S.
q Street car men of Albany, Troy, Co
V hoes, Watervliet and Rensselaer,, N. Y
n are out on strike.
n Mrs. Olivia Starring was robbed 0
t $4,000 in diamonds and jewelry at he
Washington residence yesterday.
= = On April 80 the home of John Par
5 by fire and five children persisted. TIL
e father is now charged with murder.
d The statement that the state depart
S ment has delivered new Isthmial
canal treaty to the British ambassado
c is officially denied by Secretary Hay.
u The Pennsylvania senate's commit
- tee on mining agrees to report tn
2 mine bills favorably, and a propose
e march of miners to Harrisburg is prob
ably averted.
: In st. Louis Ida N. Baare, 20 year
e old, killed her father, Gustave Baare
I. formerly member Of the Missouri
: legislature, and herself because of tn
fathers cruelty to her mother.
Thursday, May 8.
Justice King, of the supreme cour
of Canada, died in Ottawa, aged 62.
S G. M. Schwab president of the stee
trust, will present Homestead, Pa
d with manual training school.
Two Armenians who threatened t.
d kill Turkeys sultan were summaril.
e executed on warship at CONSTANT
) nople.
A consolidation of natural gas com
= panies is being perfected in Pittsburl
to raise prices from and 12 to
cents per thousand feet
' At lola, Kan, a mob captured Ital
: ians who took the places of strikini
cement workers, placed them on
train and sent them out of town.