Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-11
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. September 8.

supply the demand for military in
structors in colleges.
The Philadelphia board Of education
ordered $4,000 tons Of hard coal to
heat school houses from British
firm, at $3.50 per ton.
The Chesapeake, which was used
as a training ship for cadets during
the summer, was placed out of COM
mission at Annapolis, Md, yesterday.
Plans were made in New York yes
terday to form an international bank
ing institution, capitalized at 100000
600, to operate IL Latin-American
countries
Saturday, September 6.
The big Interstate shooting tourna-
ment at Sea Girt, N. j., ended yester-
day.
over 1000 Quakers attended the
Friends General Conference at As
bury Park, N. j.
The postofTice at Tazewell, Tenn.
was entered by robbers last night,
who secured $500 in stamps and
money.
Mrs. Annie B. Robin, of Philadel-
p,lia, was struck by an express train
at Wayne Junction yesterday and in
stantly killed.
A conference of Boer sympathizers
was held at New York yesterday to
provide relief for Boer prisoners still
in the hands of the British.
Monday, September 8.
William N Roach, formerly United
States senator from North Dakota,
died in New York yesterday.
Daniel Omler, years old, of Lancas-
ter, Pa, Saturday set his clothing on
fire with a match and was fatally
burned.
Attorney General P. c. Knox arrived
in Paris yesterday, where he will in
Quire into the title Of the Panama
Canal Company.
The real estate valuation of Cook
county, Ills, in which Chicago is To-
Gated, has been fixed at s1,4S8, 749, $40,
an increase of 500, 900, 900 over last year.
Tuesday. September 9.
The Socialists OF Massachusetts
held a convention yesterday and nomi-
mated full state ticket.
The annual football game between
the Annapolis Cadets and West Point
Cadets will be played at Philadelphia,
November 30.
President Roosevelt accepted an in.
vitation to be present at the Southern
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors reunion
at Carbonate, Ills, on October /,
2 or 3.
Hamilton Armstrong, principal of
the schools at Otisville, N Y, was
struck by an Erie Railroad train yes
terday and instantly killed. He was
formerly district attorney of Pike
county, Pa.
Wednesday, September 10.
California yesterday celebrated the
SD anniversary OF her admission to the
union
James T. Kaye, of Topeka, Kas., was
sentenced to 81 years in the peniten-
tiary for the murder of his wife.
John Iona, negro, who assaulted
Susie Costenbader near Alexandria,
Va, last June, was hanged at Montrose,
Va, yesterday.
Ex-Governor Foster M Voorhees,, OF
New Jersey, was named as the receiver
for the Republic Savings and Loan
Association, of Newark
George L. Meyer, United States am
bassador to Italy, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at Hamilton,
Mass, is rapidly recovering and will
shortly return to Rome.
Thursday, September II.
Senator NJ A. Hanna will make a
campaign tour of Ohio this fall on a
special train.
The navy department has assigned
Captain Eugene K. c. LeutZe to COM
mand the new battleship Maine.
The new building of the Ottawa Uni
versity, at Ottawa, Kan, was burned
yesterday, entailing loss of $4,000.
Henry Grady, Of Atlanta, Ca, who
disappeared from Norfolk, Va, last Fri
day, was found in New York yesterday.
J. H. Address, cashier of the Helena
Water Works, Helena, Mont, was ar
rested on charge of embezzling $18,-
600.
The Democratic state convention of
New Hampshire yesterday nominated
Henry f. Hollis, of Concord, for gov
ernor.