Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-16
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday, August 10.

Professor Richard Darlington, Pr.
D., died suddenly at West Chester,
Pa, aged Y years.
Abraham Goldsmith wealthy man
ufacturer of Cleveland was killed by
train at Erie Pa.
Rev. James Brady, a Baptist clergy
man, died in the county Jail at Morris
town Tenn, OF hydrophobia.
James Boyd was struck by Penn,
aylvania railroad express train at
Philadelphia and instantly killed.
Mrs. Nellie MADAM, of Pittsburg, at
tempted to commit suicide on the
street in New York by swallowing car
bolic acid, but will probably recover.
Saturday, August II.
In a wreck on the Fort Worth and
Denver City railroad near Fruitland,
Tex, 55 persons were injured, several
fatally
While under arrest for smuggling
liquor at Fort Oglethorpe, Chattanoo'
ga, Tenn, j. Coerner, 18th cavalry,
committed suicide.
Isabella Jones was arrested for va
grancy at Allegheny, Pa, and com.
mitted to Jail, and when searched had
$1,000 in bills hid in her clothing.
Charles Breckenridge, a lineman,
came in contact with heavily charg
ed live wire while working on a pole
at Atlantic City, N. j.. and was in.
stantly killed.
Monday, August 10.
Four children were drowned by the
capsizing of a gasoline launch on the
river at Winnipeg, Man.
Precipitated % feet from falling
scaffold at Altoona. Ernest Garrett
Edward O'Donnell and Ralph Clapper
bricklayers, were injured, Garrett prob.
ably fatally.
Struck by Reading railway passen
ger train at Tamaqua, John Roberts
Garinger, aged 80, suffered fracture
of the skull and was injured so badly
that he died several hours later.
J. D. Montague, brother of former
Governor Montague. of Virginia, dice
at Tuscombiay Ala, of poisoning, and
coroner's jury was unable to decid
whether he was a suicide or victim OF
accident.
Tuesday, August IA.
DR.. James B. McCaw, one of the old.
est physicians in Virginia, died a.
Richmond aged "a years.
Ten mills of the South Sharon (Pa)
Tin company resumed operations after
a long idleness, giving employment tc
600 men,
E. E. Drake, treasurer of Elkhar
county, Ind, committed suicide follow
ing the loss of $4,000 county funds in
bank failure, which he had to replace
A jewel case containing $4,000 worth
of Jewels belonging to Mrs. M. E. Ely
of Buffalo, was stolen from suitcase
in a hotel at Battle Creek, Mich, ant
there is no clue to the thief
Wednesday, August is.
The 41st annual convention of the
Brotherhood of America was held a
Lebanon, Pa.
William j. Bryan announces that h,
will visit Australia Immediately after
the November elections.
Walter Franks, years old, was
drowned in lake in Paramount Park
Philadelphia. while swimming.
While returning home in an intoxi
Gated condition, George Whitney, {
brick yard worker at Brandt, Pa wa
struck by train and killed.
Admiral George Dewey has beer
elected governor of the Founders an.
Patriots of America to fill the vacancy
he Of Pol
velt
Thursday, August IS.
AS the result of heat prostrations
Leslie johnson and William Stewart
both negroes, died in Washington.
William Lucas. wholesale butter
dealer, of Camden, N. J., was finet
$3.50 and costs for selling short
| weight butter.
Owing to domestic troubles, E. Fred
erick Ford, Pennsylvania railroad
brakeman, committed suicide by shoot
| ing at Enola, near Harrisburg, Pa.
Louis Nye, night Waterman at &
bridge at Legionville, near Pittsburg
was hot through the abdomen by tire,
men who were being chased by de
tectives.
In fit of insanity, Emil Berner o.
Batavia, Ills, murdered his brother-in
law by cutting his throat with razor
slashed Mrs. Berner so severely tina
she will die, and then cut his owl
throat.
Girl Accused of Passing Forged Checks