Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-03
News OF
A Week
Paragraphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings

electricity ulS Deel AWARDED 10 the
General Electric company of Lynn,
Mass, and Schenectady. N. u, by the
New York Central railroad The cons
tract includes thirty locoma ives, ten
steam turbines Of 5000 kil55ssatts each
for generating purposes and the COM
plete equipment of a great power plant
The work will be divided between the
Lynn and Schenectady plants and will
furnish employment for an army of
workmen for long time.
One hundred and two miles of track
in what is known as the Ogden Lucien
cutoff across Great Salt lake has been
formally declared completed and made
a part of the Hartman system. The
Southern Pacific company has expend-
ed millions on the work, but it is es-
timated that half a million dollars will
be saved annually thereby.
President Hartman announces that
the tunneling of the Sierra Nevada
mountains viii be the next colossal en-
cheering feat of the Southern Pacific
railroad. This tunnel viii eliminate
twenty-seven miles of snow sheds.
There will be one tunnel five and a
quarter miles long and several others
not so long.
The Minneapolis millers report an ex-
traordinary increase in the flour ex-
ports to Japan In the nine months
ended Sept 80, 1901, the exports to
Japan were 243,54O barrels. In the
same period Of 1902 they were 307, 1856
barrels, while in the nine months Of
this year they were over 100000 bar
rels.
The proposition that the republic of
Colombia grant to the United States all
the canal concessions provided for in
the Hay-Herran treaty, but absolutely
free Of cost, is made by General Rafael
Reyes. envoy of Colombia to the United
States, who arrived in Washington on
Saturday on a special mission.
The experts engaged by President
Henry Hopkins of Williams college
have determined to their satisfaction
that the source of typhoid which re-
Gently developed among the students
and at one time threatened to assume
the form of a serious epidemic was a
can of milk.
On Saturday afternoon Oberlin M.
Carter, ex-captain of engineers, con-
victed of embezzling millions from the
United States government walked out
of the portals of the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, a free man.
He refused TO state his plans for the
future.
The epidemic Of typhoid fever at But
Ter, Pa, which broke out on Sept. Is
last increases. Over 1900 cases and
twenty eight deaths have been report
ed This means that about one out of
every seven of the borough's inhabit-
ants has been stricken
At Newport, R. l., Friday, Mrs. Ar
thur T. Kemp was granted a decree of
divorce at a special session Of the SUI
preme court by Judge Dubois, and less
than an hour later the same justice
married Mrs. Kemp and Hollis H. Hum
newell of Boston.
Grover Cleveland has declared that
under no circumstances would he ac-
cept the nomination to be president of
the United States for third term
This declaration was made in let
Ter to ST Clair McKelway, editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle and published in
that paper.
The traditional golden spoon OF the
wealthy born is discounted by William
H. Vanderbilt who has reached the
mature age of two years. His father,
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt, commemorated
the event by placing 100000 to the
credit of his son.
A severe earthquake was felt in
southern Illinois on Friday. It CON
tinued for several minutes and was
more pronounced than either of the
shocks that were felt on the 4th Of this
month.
In the United States court at Sayan-
nah, Ga, peonage indictments have
been returned against some of the best
known people of south Georgia, one Of
them a member of the legislature.
Frank Miller, his wife and brother
Jogeph and his father-in-Iaw, John
Johns, of Minimac, Ind. were fatally
poisoned BY eating sardines put up in
mustard as3 vinegar.
The White Honse is in mourning on
account Of the de 18th Of the Presidents
uncle. James K. Gfg lie. in New York
.
THE EtRE Property amounting to
nEcoRn 100000 in the bust
s ss.s.s ness section Of Oma-
ha, Neb. was wiped out on Thursday
In fighting the flames four iremen lost
their lives. A five story wholesale gro
Gerry house and the Pacific Storage
company's warehouse were consumed.
together with most OF the contents.
The entire cotton belt region of west
Mississippi and Arkansas IS enveIoped
in dense smoke ais a result Of serious
forest fires which have been raging for
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