Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-12-25
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.


It is announced at Columbus that
the Ohio miners will demand an in
crease of 20 cents ton for pick mined
coal.
Two small children of Mrs. Kinsley
Bowers, of Detroit, we're burned to
death yesterday when they were left
alone in the house.
Elmer Kirschner and Gustave Strack
were thrown from a car while enter
Ing the Cranberry mine, near Halle
ton, Pa, yesterday and were instantly
killed.
President Roosevelt has denied a
pardon to J. M. Mcknight, of Louis
vile, KY, who was convicted of en-
bezzling funds from the German Ma
tional Bank Of Louisville.
Saturday, December 8.
Three men held up 35 men in the
Eagle Club rooms at Pocatello, Idaho,
and robbed them of $1,000.
The funeral Of Salem H. Wales,
father-in-law Of Secretary of War Root.
took place in New York yesterday.
President Mitchell, of the Miners
Union, will leave Scranton on Satur-
day, December IA. to visit his family
at Spring Valley, III.
Amos G. Hensel, of MADEIRA, Pa, was
arrested at Niagara Falls on charge
of smuggling diamonds into the United
States. He was released on BAIL
The war department issued an order
providing for the exchange OF Is
Philippine regiments with the same
number of troops in the United States.
Monday, December 8.
Burglars took $4,000 from the saw
ings bank at Whiteville, Tenn, Satur-
day and escaped on a hand car.
Monroe Bailey, father of w. J..
Bailey, governor-elect of Kansas, died
yesterday at Baileyville, aged "a years.
Former French Ambassador Jules
Cambon sailed from New York Satur-
day for his new post as ambassador to
Spain.
After six years of work, costing ST.
25O,000, the water works tunnel under
Lake Erie, for Cleveland, O., was COM
pleted Saturday.
David S. Davis, mine worker, Of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, accidentally fell
down the shaft, a distance of 1000
feet, and was killed.
Tuesday, December 9.
President Roosevelt has appointed j.
Wersler Thompson to be postmaster at
Phoenoxville, Pa.
Aftorpov GoporaJ Lnov bos 49,. T.,
st. Augustine, Fla, for his health. He
will be gone 10 days.
Two trainmen were killed and two
fatally injured in head-on collision
on the Pennsylvania Railroad near
Youngstown, o., last night.
Max Manthey and two of his chill
dren were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed his store and dwelling
at Colgate, Wis, Sunday night.
The Federal Court yesterday ap-
pointed a receiver for the w. R. Ben
nett Company, who run one of the
largest department stores at Omaha.
Neb. Liabilities are SAT-, 900; assets,
100000.
"Wednesday, December 10.
Fire in the business section of New
Westminster, B. c., yesterday de-
stroyed property valued at 100000.
Hon. Robert NJ Yardley, prominent
member of the Bucks county, Pa, bar,
dropped dead at Doylestown yesterday.
Four of Philadelphia's public schools
were closed yesterday owing to cold
class rooms, the supply of coal being
exhausted.
According to ruling by Postmaster
General Payne, when women employed
in the postal service marry they must
again take the oath of Office.
The whole force of the New York
agricultural department is working to
keep the hoof and mouth disease
among cattle out of that state
Thursday, Decemberf11.
Harry Price, of Schenectady, N. Y,
was struck by train and instantly
killed while picking coal yesterday.
Julia Thornton, 20 years old, was
found frozen to death in her room ii.
Providence, r. l., tenement yester
day.
The telegraph operators on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad have been
granted 10 per cent. increase in
wages, shorter hours and extra pay
for overtime.
The house committee on agriculture
today reported to the house bill ap-
propriating $1,O00,000 to wipe out the
foot and mouth disease among New
England cattle.