Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-24
4 WEEK's NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. October ia.


The quarantine at Naples has been
abolished, and that city has been Off
cially declared free from the plague.
Oficials Of Shreveport, La, claim
great Injustice was done their city by
the report of the United States CEN
sus department regarding the death
rate there.
tionalists adopted a resolution at Port
land, Me-, favoring the appointment
of a committee of seven to consider
the plan OF publishing systematic
and graded work for Sunday schools.
1t was stated in New York upon the
authority of his relatives that Edward
Stokes, who killed Jim Fisk, is not in
a dangerous condition. He is Ill, but
not seriously, and is able to go out
driving.
Saturday, October 10.
The Presbyterian Synod of Pennsyl-
vania, in session at Pittsburg, decided
TO hold its next meeting at Dubois.
Attorney General Knox, Justice
White, of the supreme court, and Hon.
Wayne MacVeagh dined with the
President last night.
Funeral services over the remains of
the Duke of Alva were conducted yes
terday at st. Joseph's Roman Catholic
church in New York city.
At Wilmington, Del, last night,
Jack Bennett, of McKeesport, got the
decision over Charles McKeever. of
Philadelphia. in a 15-round bout
Sydney R. Tabor, of Lake Forest,
ILL.,, was elected president of the Amer
lean Humane association, vice Francis
H. Rowley, Of Brookline, resigned.
Monday, October Fl.
Senator Hanna starts on a two
weeks campaigning tour Of Ohio today.
The 17-day strike on the Chicago &
Southwestern Midland railroad is
ended.
DR.. B. M. Duggar, department Of
agriculture expert, goes to France at
once to study mushroom raising.
The government breakwater at the
Portage Ship Canal, Mich, was COM
pleted at a cost of $325,000.
The Marine Guard at the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition will be transferred to
the exposition at Charleston, N. C.
The perjury charge against James
Callahan, connected with the Cudahy
kidnapping case, will be pushed at
Omaha, Neb.
Tuesday, October %.
Miss Nellie Mccormick, daughter of
former Attorney General and Mrs. Nc
to Joseph H. Cochran.
James w. Wood, who drew the cap
ital prize in the Lawton land district
at the Ell Reno lottery last August
and settled a claim valued at nearly
| $4,000, is dead of typhoid fever.
The Marquis Ito's party has mi
tiated strong movement to over
throw the cabinet. Important politi
cal developments are anticipated.
The directors Of the Mercantile
Trust company, of Boston, have voted
to increase the capital stock of the
company from $25O,000 to 100000.
Andrew Carnegie has given G60C
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Castle Douglas, the money to go to
wards the purchase of organs in the
churches.
Wednesday, October 20.
Mrs Isaac Bond, of Newark, N. j.
was killed on the railroad at Plain
field, N. j., last night.
Andrew Carnegie has accepted the
nomination for lord rectorship of st
Andrews University, In London.
Marquis Ito, former premier of ia
pan, declares he knows nothing Of
the movement against the japanese
ministry.
1 The textile workers at Fall River
Mass, asked for 10 per cent in
crease in wages, to take effect or
| November 4.
Thursday, October "a.
A plan IS on foot to combine the
hardware jobbing interests of the
country.
The eleventh annual convention Of
the Ohio Bankers Association began
at Cleveland, with large attendance
Professor G. w. Gilmore, of the Car
negie Museum, Pittsburg, has discov
cred near Medicine Bow, Wyoming
the almost complete fossil remains OF
an immense Brontosaur.
General William B. Franklin, Uni
ted States Army, retired, dined with
King Leopold at the palace last even
ing. During the afternoon the general
had long private audience with the
king.
| The fifth annual convention of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
opened at Chicago this morning. The
alliance supports 400 missionaries in
foreign lands, it's members being ad.
| VOcates of divine healing.