Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday, August 80.

Brigadier General Fred Grant sails
Saturday on the transport Sheridan
for the Philippines.
Adolph Osterloh, for 20 years the
German consul in Richmond, died at
his home there yesterday.
The Union Paper Mills of Monon-
gahela City, Pa, were destroyed last
night by fire of unknown origin.
Snow fell in a binding sheet for
an hour in the Alpine Pass, near Den
yer, yesterday, and was followed by a
severe hail storm.
Saturday, August 81.
The New York Central railroad has
been granted an extension of three
weeks to alter the Park avenue tunnel.
DR.. William Barnsmore Pape died
at Mobile yesterday, aged 81 years.
BILE gifts.
The Chilean congress has ratified
the nomination of Don Jerman Riesco
as future president of Chile. He will
assume Office September IS.
The National Rifle Association of
America began ten days shooting
tournament on the New Jersey state
camp ranges at Sea Girt yesterday.
A statement of the Lehigh Valley.
railroad shows that it's net earnings
for July were $906,315S3 as against
$273 ,87067 for the same month the
previous year.
Monday, September 2.
Within few mon his electric trac-
tion will replace horse power on the
street railroads in Manila.
About 500 delegates to the national
convention of the Letter Carriers AS
ISOLATION have arrived at Chattanooga.
A series of heavy transforms last
night caused considerable damage to
farm property and roads aroun Cum
berland, Md.
Marshall Bomar, deputy sheriff of
Paris, Tenn, was shot by Thomas
Tharp, negro, last night, and died
this morning.
nounced of Helen, daughter of former
Governor Levi P. Morton, of New
York, to Count Bosom de Perigord. Sec
ond son of the Due de Ta'leyrand.
Tuesday, September 8.
The Indiana Coal trust will not be
organized before January /, 1902
Governor Nash of Ohio is determined
that no prize fights shall take place in
that state.
The National Letter Carriers conven-
ton was formerly welcomed to the
city of Chattanooga last night.
The fifteenth annual convention of
the National Harness Manufacturers
and Dealers Protective Association
met in Indianapolis.
miss Marjorie Young, eldest daugh-
ter of Major General S. B. M. Young,
and DR.. John A. Gibbon, of Philadel-
phia, were married yesterday.
Ohio Democrats will open their cam
paign at Bucyrus on September 20.
The principal speakers will be Col.
Kilbourne, the nominee for governor,
and Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland.
Wednesday September 4.
Indianapolis temperance societies
have begun crusade against liquor
law violators.
A strike Of $1,000 skilled working
men in the packing trades throughout
the country is threatened.
The Eighteenth Infantry will sail
from Manila for home September 10
on the transport Fitzpatrick.
A railroad deal that may mean the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe's entry
into St. Louis is said to be under con-
sideration.
Pittsburg's shipments of coal to
southern ports threatens to be badly
crippled by strike of $50 caulkers
and ship repairers.
DR.. Samuel Porter one of the most
widely known teachers of the deaf and
dumb in the country, died late last
night at Pennington, Conn, aged 81.
Thursday, September 5.
Munir Bey, the Turkish ambassador
to France, has been ordered to return
to Constantinople.
Ex-President Cleveland was the days
guest yesterday at the celebration of
Old Home week at Norwich, Conn.
Six young women served as pail
bearers at the funeral in Baltimore
yesterday of Miss Margaret Thalhim.
It is reported that the new survey
of the international boundary line will
leave the greater part of the town Of
Blaine, Wash, on the Canadian side.
Emperor Nicholas will go to Paris
unofficially as guest of President
Loubet and will place wreath upon
the tomb of M. Faure.
'The Chinese are chuckling over
Prince Chun's victory in Berlin" says
the Pekin correspondent of The Lon
don Times.
Bloomfield. Aug. S1.-Paul Land
strom Brown, 80 years old. died here
last night of old age. Mr.. Brown, who
was reputed to be worth 100000, was
quietly married just week before his
death to Miss Augusta Address, who
is 81 years old She was a trained
nurse and lived in New York City. |
1t is said that the marriage contract
provides that the bride shall receive
deeds to valuable property owned by