Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-04

bearing the remains OF Paul Jones ar
rived in Virginia waters.
Naval Disaster: Boilers Of the United
States gunboat Bennington, lying al
San Diego, Cal. exploded, causing the
DEATH all told, of 66 of her crew.
a. Fire: A 100000 blaze In Auburn. n. x.
Attempted Assassination: A would be
assassins bomb narrowly missed the
sultan Of Turkey and killed 4S OF his
bodyguard.
Is. Fire: IL deaths in an oil fire in the
Humble fields, Tex.
Obituary: Daniel Scott Lamont, secre-
tary OF war under Cleveland, at Pough-
keepsie; aged 81.
"a PERSONAL: Conference of Gar Nicholas
and Emperor William near Bjorko, in
the Baltic sea.
Is. Russo-Japanese War: Baron Jutaro
Komura, chief Japanese plenipotenti-
airy to the peace conference, arrived IN
New York.
26. Obituary: Gen. William Blackmar,
commander in chief Of the G. A. r.. In
Boise. Ida; aged g.
AUGUST.
2. Personal NJ Sergius Witte, Russia's
chief plenipotentiary, arrived In New
York.
S. Fire: The Delaware and Lackawanna
railway terminal destroyed in Hobo
ken, N. j.; loss about $l,50 600.
Peace Conference; Russian and Jap
anese ENJOYS met on board the yacht
Mayflower at Oyster Bay, N. Y.
6. Sporting: w w Coe of Boston put a
sixteen pound stone IS feet inches at
Portland. Ore, breaking the worlds
record of 48 feet inches.
Obituary: Gen. Roy Stone, noted civil
war veteran and distinguished en-
gineer on public works. at Mendham,
Nj; aged 60.
8. Peace Conference: First session held
at the United States navy yard, Ports
mouth, N. II.
Obituary: Archbishop ChapelIe of the
Roman Catholic diocese of New Or
leans victim Of yellow fever; aged g..
Convention: The National Catholic To-
tai Abstinence association met at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. and was addressed
by President Roosevelt.
a. Obituary: Rear Admiral E. K Benz
ham, u. S. N, retired. at Lake Ma
hopac, N. II; aged 7S.
( L. Political: New treaty of alliance con-
cluded between England and Japan.
81 Accident: IL killed and many injured
in an accident on the Nickel Plate at
Kishman, o.
a. Accident: SO colored excursionists kill
ed and as many injured in an open
drawhridge accident on the Atlantic
Coast line at Bruce, Va.
49, Sporting. Fifth and concluding race
lean yacht Iroquois.
L. Russia: A national representative as
sembly summoned by the car.
q. Storm: q killed and many missing in
storm which swept over southern
Minnesota
Obituary: Mary Mapes Dodge. author,
poet and editor of St. Nicholas, at
Tannersviile, n. II; aged 81.
p. Earthquakes: Severe shock felt in
southern Illinois, Tennessee and Ken
lucky.
%. Convention: Twentieth annual meet
ing of the American Bar association
at Nara gansett Pier, R. I.
rs. Personal: President Roosevelt went
down in the submarine boat Plunger
in Long Island sound.
&c. Peace Conference: The ultimatum of
Gar Nicholas that Russia would not
pay indemnity received by the peace
ENJOYS at Portsmouth.
Sporting: Ormondale won the $536S0 Fu-
turity at Sheepshead Bay.
q. Peace Conference: President Roose-
welt made a final appeal to the mfkado
to modify Japan's peace terms.
%. Slipwreck: 20 seamen drowned by the
wrecking of the steamer Peconic of
Florida.
Conventions: Interparliamentary con-
gress opened in Brussels
Peace Conference: The mikado ordered
to insure peace.
29. Peace Conference: Terms agreed upon
by the ENJOYS at Portsmouth, Russia
retaining half of the islard of SAX
halin and paying no indemnity to
Japan for the cost of the war.
Fire. At Johnstown. Pa; loss of 81, 250,-
coo by the burning of the Penn Traffic
stores,
80. Earthquake: Shocks felt along the
New Hampshire coast line.
Financial Ernest .Cronier, French sugar
king, failed for 100000.
Eclipse: Total eclipse of the sun lasting
from two and one-half to three min
utes observable from northern Africa.
81 Obituary: Francesca Tamagno, noted
tenor, at Varese, Italy; aged As.
Accident: John E. Baldwin and his air.
ship blown to atoms by dynamite
while 1850 feet in air at Greenville, O..
SEPTEMBER.
1. Accident: 10 people killed and 20 hurt
in wreck on the Great Eastern rail-
way at Witham, England.
Fire: At Portland, Ore; loss of over
100000 by the burning of docks along
the Willamette.
| 8. Fire. 1900 houses burned in Adrian
ople the second city of European
Turkey; loss, s., 900, 900.
| A. Convention: The thirty ninth encamp-
ment Of the G. A. r. opened at Dem
yer.
| S. Obituary: Gen. Bjornstjerna, distin-
guished Swedish soldier, diplomat and
legislator. at Stockholm; aged &c.
Hezekiah Butterworth. noted Amer
lean author and editor, at Warren.
r. T.; aged 66.
| 6. Japan: Rioting in Tokyo because of
dissatisfaction with the peace treaty.
| s. Earthquake: is villages destroyed in
the district of Calabria, Italy; 10000
houses ruined and $500 people killed
or injured.
| Personal: Corporal James Tanner elect-
I ed commander in chief Of the G. A. R.
Accident: 19 worknen killed by an ex-
plosion in the Rand powder mills at
Fairchance, Pa.
10. Fire: At Chattanooga; loss of 100000
by flames in the freight yards.
| ii. Accident: Il people killed or fatally
injured BY the fall of a coach from
| the elevated tracks in New York city.
| u. Miscellaneous: Admiral Togo's flag
ship AIikasa destroyed by an explosion.
following FIRE. in Sasebo harbor; 500
officers and men lost. The Zambezi