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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
4
A compact survey notes how bacteriology research by Monsieur Ieour has saved millions for France by stopping disease in herds fields and hospitals. It highlights how knowledge spreads through education from colleges to homes and factories, aiding prevention and treatment worldwide.
New York welcomed the United States cruiser Raleigh with a grand homecoming despite storms. Admiral Dewey’s ships were toasted as the Raleigh, lead by Mayor Van Wyck, paraded up the Hudson to Grant's tomb where twenty one gun salutes rang out. Crowds cheered on excursion boats and on shore as the ship docked at Thirty-fourth Street. The procession featured Spanish prize boats and the Raleigh exchanged crews with the Olympia, taking on 190 sailors and sending 125 back. A stray mongoose and a pet dove added light moments among the sailors aboard.
Secretary of State orders return to their posts in Spain for U S Consuls Bowen at Barcelona Bartleman at Sagaga and Carroll at Cadiz now in Gibraltar. They will be retained in the service with no evidence of personal ill feeling and will resume duties.
Llewellyn Strout was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Harvey Wurster, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway telegraph operator at Bingen station. After a three hour jury deliberation, the nineteen year old confessed to officers, stating he killed Wurster with an iron coupling pin after the January crime scene was discovered by a railroad brakeman.
James Williams, the colored convict who stabbed Keeper Van Gorder on February 11 at Clinton Prison, was sentenced by Judge Kellogg of Plattsburg New York to thirty years in a State prison, the term to begin after his current sentence ends.
A Cuban town was looted and a Cubao soldier killed with three others wounded. Troops sent in pursuit killed two of the outlaws. General Leos preparations and Vilacog of VHlantations in the provinces indicated a broader search.
Dr Roage orders probe after Professor Foerster accuses scientists including Breslau University clubs and German hospitals of dangerous patient experiments. The Reichstag discussed March 11 with Dr Bosse promising investigation. New evidence implicates renowned polytechnics and hospitals in experiments linked to cholera and deadly germs.
Chinese villagers in Tai-Poo-Su rose in revolt burning huts and clashing with British troops. The British opened fire, killed several, but suffered no casualties. Governor of Hong Kong sailed from the harbor with a regiment to hoist the Union Jack in Kow-Loon extension and a deputation offered apologies for the disturbances.
From Grant, Indian Territory, word reports Solomon Tatoo a full blood Choctaw and former Klannte county judge, now prosecuting attorney, shot and killed his wife and child after quarrel over a trifling matter and then killed his brother before being arrested by a U S deputy marshall. relatives demand blood atonement.
Victoara reports a collision off Otuya Cape between Hokushin Maru and Kitami Maru. Hokushin Maru sank a minute after the attack, drowning thirty six aboard. Kitami Maru reached shore but stranded in the shallows.
Public notice touts a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists testimonials, druggists, and various preparation ads, with references to other patent medicines, medicines, and anecdotes from 1894. It mentions Hall's Cure, Kemp's Balsam, and Candy Cathartic, plus unrelated notes on poetry and the German emperor.
A famous con man and wag once claimed to be executor of an Albany widow’s estate and spread word she left a will dividing her Brattleboro stamp collection among U S collectors. He traced and bought a Brattleboro stamp he coveted, using the hoax to locate stamps worldwide.
Chicago Journal reports a sensational plan for a battleship named the American Boy built by popular subscription in U S cities. The mock vessel is imagined at 1000 feet long with a 207 foot beam, 48410 tons displacement, speed of 40 knots, dozens of large guns, thick armor and asbestos backing, a gymnasium the size of a hall, 170 officers and 2500 crew, coal supply of 25000 tons, and a price tag of 20000000 dollars.
A compendium of quirky excerpts notes an old Dane in San Francisco chasing a Klondyke fortune at sixty nine, a playful Greek tale about the hare and tortoise, a misfired joke by Mr Balfour about stakeholding, county clerks noting bogus medical gradates, and the Nord French mail packet setting a Channel record. The snippets capture literary curiosities and brief notices with varied origins.
A young couple walked seven miles to marry in Peterborough but the bridegroom forgot the certificate. The registrar rode a bicycle to fetch the document, saving the ceremony. The piece also notes Britain’s new fitness fads and Hyde Park youths in light attire.
A Havana correspondent describes Cuban courtship, where young women meet suitors under watchful papas and palm garden gazes. Betrothal follows reinforced chaperone rules, then private talk only after approval. The scene contrasts with American observations of elegant but tightly supervised social rituals.
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