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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
2
A mixed item from Newark includes community notices about post office matters and permits, plus a sequence of brief, often opinionated notes on politics, industry, and global events. It references Good Friday observances and remarks on the economy, war, and technology in the era.
Discussion of British strategy in South Africa with 25 000 troops and 200 000 British forces in service, warning that reinforcements depend on capable leaders. Mention of German interest in Tuskegee graduates aiding cotton development in South Africa and a NJ Editorial Association meeting. Also notes on Pennsylvania Railroad finances, tunnel plans under New York, and pension updates for 1812 veterans.
A church leader advocates limiting Sunday music to choirs or adding a vesper service to ease worker strain and family time. Senator Strong moves to replace large boards of freeholders with smaller ones to curb corruption and excessive spending. A New York paper lists European ads as a sign of global trade and a South African report praises US mule stock for the British Army while noting horse quality. Sibley’s statesmanship appears imminent.
Congressman Mann cited Newark and Jersey City post office receipts for the year ending June 30 1901 with 465226 28 and 271 respectively and total New Jersey office receipts 2874851 48 The list notes Christie Hudson County Essex Fells Idlewood and discontinued Buddtown Catney Warren Garfield Riverdale Other items include a boy’s imprisonment by his mother in Jersey City and a 1903 Osaka national industrial exhibition invitation plus Violet species discovery named Viola Angellae by Miss Lillie Angell and Smithsonian curator Charles Lewis Pollard
Governor Murphy delays Henry Schaub execution of March 24 until April 2% as protests influence the case. Schaub killed his wife and child and was to be hanged on Good Friday. Representative Otey of Virginia proposes a $100 million good road fund to improve national highways.
Public figures including James W. Smith J Anson McBride and J Bayard Kirkpatrick receive reappointments. Ernest Richardeos Leonard J. Gerdes and others are renewed to posts in libraries reformatories medical boards and education.
The New Jersey Central Railroad reports its last year was the most prosperous in history with gross receipts of 17 180 835. Transportation receipts stood at 615 286 708 and net earnings reached 1 564 161. Total net income including interest and dividends was 3 364 000, with stock balance over 14 percent. Nearly 2 million were spent on improvements, and automatic signals are in place from Roseny City to White Haven Virginia for safety.
Geronimo the Apache chief, age eighty, petitions Washington for parole from Fort Sill where he has been a military prisoner for fourteen years. General Frank Armstrong has recommended parole and citizenship for Geronimo and a group of 298 Apache allies may also be released.
A Baltimore style column surveys church growth and ministerial activity, highlighting Ten Churches A Day and Federation efforts, then shifts to U S political talk. It mentions Harvard President Eliot, Dr George A Gordon, and Civil Service deliberations, plus post office funding and reconciliation of military records.
A critique of living by wits as an unreliable and dishonest path. The author argues energy wasted on fraud could yield better earnings if redirected. Cites that reformers often fail and prisons brim with those who try such schemes, warning against easy money.
A county father disciplines his son’s party dress request. The youth asks for a dress suit for a party and dancing. The old man questions the price and age. the exchange ends with the son admitting he is hustling for funds.
The piece discusses the need for humane reform in juvenile care and education, praising a proposed rural home and school for boys. It urges constructive work, trades training, and open, cheerful habits to guide boys away from idleness toward productive futures, stressing persistence and industry.
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