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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
4
A proposed Dill passage would empower courts to empanel an extraordinary grand jury upon taxpayers appeal. A four member commission to be chosen by the Court of Common Pleas judge would oversee examinations. Supporters call it a corruption safeguard while critics warn it tests constitutional safeguards.
The passage notes Dr Bruce Keator’s reelection as president of the Board of Trade, praising his worth and esteem among colleagues. It also references political work and a Sunday school teacher image as part of the tone. The item reflects a tribute-like notice within a historical newspaper context.
New Jersey Senators and Representatives will receive seed papers and agricultural bulletins from the Agricultural Department. Each member has 8,900 seed papers and 7,000 bulletins credited for distribution to farmers nationwide.
One year ago today the Board of Trade elected Safran P Morris mayor of Ubiz Branch. Epworth League Group No 10 held a rally at St Pauls ME in Churet Ocean Grove. Baptist Boys Brigade teams played basketball at Central Hall with the first team winning 10 6. Frank Tantum of Ocean Grove announced a bid in Trenton for sergeant at arms of the Assembly. First team Aabury Park Athletic Club beat second team 21 17.
The Columbia desk calendar 1a 1001 edition is distributed by the American Bicycle Company Columbia sales department Hartford Connecticut. It will be sent to any address upon receipt of five 2 cent stamps. This useful calendar has been issued annually for the past ten years and is regarded as an indispensable article in many offices and homes.
Lincoln J. Carter, author and owner of Heart of Chicago, brings his melodrama to Educations Hall tonight. He also wrote Uuter the Dome Chattanooga Re member the Movie and other hits. Carter once launched the Fast Mail on a $100 capital and cleared $55,000 in its season.
Twenty members of the Epworth Langue of the First Methodist Church visited the Deal Life Saving station at night. They brought a portable organ and conducted a song and praise service. Some surfmen had retired when the Koworthians arrived. they were awakened and joined the informal meeting.
The article notes Denver plans a permanent theatre conducted by Henry Houke ley. It mentions six hundred new French plays staged in France and abroad that year. Berlin supplied 3000 dollars to finish a 20000 dollar triple monument for Haydn Mozart and Beethoven. Mark Twain had not written an original play before his Europe trip and may debut a new farce this season in New York.
The article notes interest in wireless telegraphy for fire alarms and cites Aberdeen as a leader in electrical advances. It recalls Merconi's achievement in selective reception and the 1857 Nolet electric clock system in Brussels. It also reports a Chinatown theft ring where nine merchants were arrested for stealing electric light with an ingenious device.
A miscellany notes the first American stock exchange in Mexico starting mid October, a secluded Ural city with a unique language and tax-free society, and Queensland hosting 115 government aided arts and mechanics institutions. It mentions Korean mourning over destroyed imperial portraits, royal white robes, and Indian rajahs receiving gun salutes with punishments including docking guns.
A collage of remarks on home cooking by Bishop Potter and the shift to canned food, President McKinley’s lighter writing load compared to Cleveland, Septimus Winner’s 75th birthday and songwriting still at work, the German crown prince’s marksmanship and Emperor William’s one armed shot, a proposed cabinet post of secretary of commerce and industries with Senator Nelson as candidate, weights of John and Rachel Scott family totaling 2796 pounds, plus a rustic dialogue about tramp politics and holidays.
Washington December meeting of the river and harbor committee heard Chicago figures urge a survey of a waterway linking the Great Lakes with the Mississippi via the Chicago sanitary canal. Speakers outlined navigation potential, power worth 20 million dollars yearly, and national strategic value while politicians urged intelligent inquiry and no immediate funding.
Hazleton Pa December 12 The next week will bring about 478200 in wages to miners across the Hazleton area as coal companies resume steady operation after a strike and grant a 10 percent boost. The total comes from a survey of company offices and signals a major pay period in local mining history.
In New York a Turin Jesuit institute theft is reported. Two well dressed men posing as trustees stole 50000 from Father Grosso by using fake bank note bundles while claiming to safeguard 200000 for an orphan boy. Police in major cities alerted.
New Bedford Mass December 12 The mill strike continues after the state board of arbitration failed to secure a conference with Treasurer Knowles. Strikers report 50 percent of Actishnet and Hathaway mill workers idle but expect more to quit. Some weavers will finish cloth on hand to know pay while conditions remain orderly at the mill gates.
A condensed dispatch notes Standard Oil Company has acquired Pacific Coast Oil Company. The report also mentions various items including government actions in high court cases, royal and political events, education bond issues, and a naval voyage with a notable cargo, all reflecting interwar era developments.
A six year old boy and a younger girl travel from New York to Davenport tagged for identification. Railroad staff organize meals, rides, and care, with kind strangers aiding them and a donation from an elderly couple. The journey continues west under watchful crew.
A Boston Transcript excerpt quotes a music teacher arguing about a girl in blue as the best pupil and a likely revenue source if kept to learn to play. The teacher counters by calling her the poorest player in the class, highlighting the tension between talent and potential earnings.
A detailed portrait follows Herbert Ferguson as he grows from a shop office boy in Chicago into a rising financier. He apps his dignity with fashion, office bravado, and careful money moves while chasing wealth and status, including a Philadelphia heiress, and ends as a trusted but calculating clerk who values the main chance over leisure.
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