Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-12
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday, June 8.


There is no foundation for the re-
port that Mr.. Kruger, ex-president OF
the Transvaai, is i'll. He is enjoying
good health.
The navy department has been no.
titled by Maize & Levy, Bath, Me-. that
they will launch the protected cruiser
Denver on June 81
Secretary of the Navy Moody yes.
terday sent to the house dispatches
concerning the bombardment of the
Taku forts In China
Six hundred and fifty head of Texas
cattle have been shipped from Pensa-
cola, Fla, as the first of thousands
to be used in restocking Boer farms in
South Africa.
Saturday, June 7.
The 155th annual commencement OF
Princeton College, Princeton, N. j.,
was held today
The cabinet yesterday discussed the
public buildings bill, and it is said
President Roosevelt will sign it.
Ezvira Lowell, who claimed to be the
Oldest gypsy queen in the country, died
last evening at Harrisburg, Pa, aged
96 years.
The house committee on commerce
has decided to consult President Roose-
welt regarding the bill creating a de-
partment of commerce.
The safe of the Duncannon National
Bank, Duncannon, Pa, was blown open
by burglars early yesterday morning.
who secured about SIS in small change
and revolver.
Monday, June 9.
The Window Glass Trust advanced
prices 121a per cent, and an additional
increase may occur in few weeks.
The annual convention of the Fed.
Grafton of American Catholic Socie.
ties will be held in Chicago on Au
gust 5.
Whitelaw Reid, special envoy of the
United States to the coronation OF
King Edward, arrived in London yes.
terday morning.
Nelson Felix, of Sunbury, Pa, an
employee of the Pennsylvania railroad.
was knocked under a draft of cars
SATURDAY anu klll0u.
The steamer Talbot sank in Chesa.
peake Bay last Friday night and her
crew were saved. She sprung leak
and the pumps failed to work
Tuesday, June 10.
The Arkansas Democratic state con.
vention met at Little Rock today and
nominated full state ticket.
Mrs. Abbie R. Smith, of Scranton
Pa, will endow with $4,000 a manual
training school for that city.
A movement to organize employees
on vessels on the Great Lakes was
started in Chicago by the Longshore
mems Union,
A picnic party returning to Nash.
vile, Tenn, in q tally-ho was struck
by trolley car and four persons were
seriously injured.
Rear Admiral G.. H. Wadleigh and
Captain F. S. Houston, of the United
States navy, have been retired, the
latter with the rank of rear admiral.
Wednesday, June II.
The annual commencement of Johns
Hopkins University was held at Balti.
more yesterday.
and Samuel M. Whiteside, recently pro-
NOTED, have been retired,
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw ad-
dressed the Maine Republican state
convention at Portland today.
President Roosevelt arrived at West
Point this morning to attend the
graduation exercises of the cadets.
Three men were killed yesterday af-
ternoon by an explosion in the Aurora
mine of the Oliver Mining Company, at
Ironwood, Mich.
Thursday, June IL.
The recent earthquake in Guatemala
has ruined nearly three-fourths of the
coffee crop.
The new scientific building of Frank
lin and Marshall College, at Lancaster,
Pa, was dedicated yesterday
Senior Gonzales de Quesada, the first
Cuban minister to the United States,
arrived in New York yesterday from
Havana.
Samuel Caldwell, of West Chester,
Pa, was killed while placing a re-
volver in his pocket, when the weapAn
was accidentally discharged.
Considerable alarm is felt by federal
and state officers over the forest fires
raging in Colorado. Three fires are
now raging, and all are of incendiary
origin.
Negro Found Hanging to a Tree.
Newport News, Va, June 1.-THE
dead body of an unknown negro was
found hanging to tree on the Brier-
field road, near the city, yesterday.
The county authorities are unable to
determine whether the case is one of
murder, lynching or suicide, but are
inclined to the suicide theory. The
scene of the CHASTITY discovery is in a
neighborhood which has witnessed
seven tragedies in the past year, MUIR
ders. accidental killings and suicides.
Massacred by Arabs.