Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-01-12
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday, January 6.

Hugh Deyine, Of Philadelphia, was
sentenced to eight months imprison-
ment for Illegal voting at the last
election.
William L. Douglas has been in
augurated governor of Massachusetts,
being the fourth Democrat to hold that
office in 50 years.
Henry v Poor, widely known as a
railroad authority and an expert on
financial affairs, died at Brook1ine,
Mass, from a fall
Convicted in a Chicago court of at
tempting to smuggle Cinnamon into
the United States. Sam Kee, a wealthy
Chinaman. was sent to prison for two
years and fined $1,000
Saturday, January z.
James Goode, colored, was hanged
at Richmond, Va, for the murder of
Police Inspector shineberger
Secretary Of the Navy Morton viii
soon sign a contract with an American
company for four submarine boats.
During 1904 572,798 steerage, S.
704 cabin and 1865 second cabin pas
seagers arrived ct the port of New
York
One person was killed and three
Seriously injured in a collision between
three trains on the New York elevated
railroad.
1t has been decided to have a corps
Of West Point cadets and corps of
Annapolis midshipmen attend the in
auguration of President Roosevelt on
March T.
Monday, January 9.
All positions exempt from civil ser
vice rules under the Isthmian canal
commission have been filled.
Charles R. Jones, of Philadelphia,
has been elected chairman of fthe
Prohibition national committee to sue
coed Oliver w. Stewart
Deceived by woman who had
taken all his money, James E. Kicker.
Spanish war veteran. committed
suicide at Peabody, Mass.
The war department assigned Lieu
tenant General Nelson a. Miles as
member OF the staff of Governor
Douglas, of Massachusetts.
The Maple Leaf grain elecator, at
Kansas City. Kan, containing 100000
bushels Of wheat, was destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of $550000.
Tuesday, January 10.
Edgar w. Hassler, prominent
newspaper man, dropped dead in Pitts
burg of heart failure.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Howard D. Van zant, of New Jersey,
United States consul at Guelph, Ont.
The Bricklayers' and Masons' Inter
national Union of America held their
39th annual convention at San Fran.
cisco.
While making coupling on his
train at Bethlehem, Pa, John w Feist
had his head crushed to a Jelly be-
tween the bumpers
Despondent through illness, John
Flaherty, of Baltimore. committed sui
eide in a Philadelphia hotel By hang
ing himself to bed post.
Wednesday, January II.
James A. Bailey bought the Sells,
Ferepaugh Shows at Columbus, o., at
public sale for s150,000.
Mrs. Lowell, a guest. was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
Hotel Waltham. at Waltham, Mass.
The thermometer at st. Paul, Mimi,
registered 16 degrees below zero, be
ing the coolest day of the winter.
Ed Austin, colored. was sentenced
to be hanged at Richmond, Va, for
criminal assault on a 9-year-old colored
girl.
John Sandrock, aged 72 years, said
to have been the Oldest active fire
chief in the United States, died at
Sheboygan, Wis.
Cotton farmers throughout the
south at mass meetings adopted reso-
lutions urging a 25 per cent. reduction
in cotton acreage for this years crop.
Thursday, January II.
The Tennessee legislature elected
Hon William B. Bate, Democrat to
succeed himself as United States SEN
ator
In drunken frenzy, John Miller, of
Chicago. shot and killed his wife and
two daughters and then committed
SUICIDE.
The immense plant of the St Louis
Glass company, near St Louis, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
Of $250,0OO.
While going to a fire in Philadelphia
a hose cart was struck by a train on
a grade crossing and several fremen
were injured, one fatally.
The boiler of a locomotive on the
Erie railroad blew up at Creston, o.,
killing the engineer and fireman and
fatally injuring another man.
Grim Tragedy
is daily enacted, in thousands of homes,
as Death claims, in each one, another
victim OF Consumption or Pneumonia.
Bot when Coughs and Colds are properly
treated, the tragedy is averted f G..
Huntley, Of Oaklandon, Indiana, writes
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