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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
1
A collage of observations notes railway fatalities and injuries, cotton prices, and postal revenue, then shifts to Anglo American relations, westward expansion, Alaska settlement prospects, and a US delegation at The Hague asserting noninterference in foreign internal affairs.
A Bilie Book on America’s shipping for 1899 notes American competition grows. British journals concede the United States may become the future ship-building and ship-owning nation, with orders piling up for 1 3 years and tonnage under way valued at about six million dollars. The American tramp steamer has appeared.
Williston Jobblot, a thrifty artist who sells landscape paintings to a local dealer, rises from poverty after his masterwork sells for $1000 at an exhibition. Miss Styles, his park companion and fellow painter, helps him realize the painting’s true value. A wealthy relative dies, leaving him a country seat where he and Styles marry and live in ease.
A new cylindrical fire escape built by United States Printing Company at its Cin cinnosti plant on Eggleston avenue housed a noon trial. Four hundred employees slid from seven floors at sixty per minute, emptying the building in five minutes with no casualties. The test used department cooperation and featured landing helpers at the bottom.
The article describes primitive yet functional mail service in new Southwest African territories. Natives deliver mail between stations using baskets, while a few white workers aid by carrying equal bundles on a shoulder pole. Camels trek the desert route from Tugurt to Bielcra in extreme heat, transporting hundreds of pounds along about 123.70 miles.
A Wisconsin town, once home to two competing newspapers, merged after a tornado damaged their plants. The consolidation left New Richmond with a single surviving paper and unified local news interests.
Two young Americans traveling from Guanajuato to Mexico City sat atop a stagecoach when a band of forty brigands attacked near Celaya. The Americans fired from the roof withWinchester rifles, killing several assailants and scattering the rest, while the driver and Mexican passengers fought for survival. The incident underscored the danger of banditry on Mexican roads and the enduring prowess of American marksmanship.
A Wuphilogton Star poem praising the horseless carriage for its steadiness and reliability. It contrasts with horses, noting the machine’s lack of noise, danger, or need for care. The piece bids farewell to the old horse Dobbin and extols progress in transport.
A collage of excerpts from Detroit Journal Chicago Record and others, with quotes about writers doctors caricatured travelers and a Kansas man’s odd will. It notes the humorous tone of local chatter and a safe hack that yielded four thousand five hundred dollars for heirs.
A New York City man demonstrates extreme chest development without clubs or bells. He locks his chest by breathing deeply at a window each morning, exhaling slowly after a brisk, ozone-filled inhalation, having never trained with equipment or other exercises.
In Paris a top price of 12 000 dollars was paid by M Wilderstein for a Hall miniature depicting a young woman on a balustrade with two children and a lake scene. Muhlbacher's collections reportedly cost under 200 000 dollars. total sales exceeded 335 000 dollars. A Tallahassee paper notes cab bage would yield far more value than cotton in the same land area at current prices.
Government forces under General Ecoboza defeated insurgents in Santo Domingo, describing the rout as decisive and nearly a massacre with many wounded. Separately, Yaqui bands in Mexico faced a crushing defeat as authorities claim overwhelming victory.
Military actions in the Yaqui valley end with Mexican forces routing the Yaqui rebels. Jacoral Torres led offensive operations on Thursday as Mexican units pursued retreating fighters along the Vienna river area. Mexican losses include ton killed and twenty two wounded with additional casualties among troops and guards.
Reports from Cape Town state General Sir William Francis Butler will not command British forces in South Africa. Lieutenant General Frederick Walker appointed to replace him, a move seen as signaling a shift away from Butler's stance amid Boer tensions.
Joseph Moody, an employee of the Tren ton No D Tron Company, became entangled in a coil of red hot wire during drawing. Before rescue, one of his tags was severed and burned in two by the wire.
Washington plans the formation of five additional volunteer regiments to be named the Thirty-eighth through the Forty-second Infantry, expanding the military force.
The report lists wage demands and strikes in various regions including Alabama Georgia and Vancouver with figures such as 28 to 45 cents per hour and 6 trade unions forming in Birmingham and Detroit. It notes labor shortages in Atlanta cotton mills and taxi cab driver protests amid evolving transportation labor issues.
A report by E. Holmes Jr of the Department of Agriculture analyzes flood damage across Texas. It cites 6100 submerged farms covering 1,380,000 acres, with crop losses including 227,100 bales of cotton and 4,400,000 bushels of corn, pushing total losses to 7.414 million dollars affecting about 874 head of households in the flooded districts.
The Rev George McArdle of Mechanicsville fatally cut his throat in the barn after a period of brooding over a wrong done to him and scandal. His wife, trying to intervene, removed one razor and later witnessed him use another before dying. Criminal proceedings had previously involved McArdle over a church partnership dispute.
William Jennings Bryan lauded the Chicago Platform as timeless while addressing Iowa Democrats. He backed a campaign shift toward anti trust and anti expansion themes, approving a money program endorsing the platform without rehashing details. He urged fighting new issues as they arise in county and state meetings.
An English military commission in New Orleans is revealed to be buying mules and stock for possible use in South Africa should war occur with Basra. The group includes Major Sao ot Captain Sandly, Maraham and Fenton, sent on sealed orders, with a history of 5000 mules purchased in 1992 for an Egyptian campaign but arriving too late.
Franklin flussier aged thirty three, son of Highland House proprietor near Wernersville, and two Harrisburg guests Misses Hilda and Gertie Fieishman aged twenty and twenty two were killed when the Lebanon Valley express struck near Wernersville. Hassler warned not to cross but attempted to beat the train as it sped by. A third victim, a horseman named tarsa, also perished. Starving Klondikers Recuads: Albion arrives at San Francisco with 100 stranded near Cape Nome. Kotzebue beach party picked up by revenue cutter Doar and taken to St Michael's.
Representative Warner discusses Reed remaining in Congress and opposing the Speakership policy. A parade of brief, odd notes follows: Thomas Wanamaker’s first salary, McKinley’s morning zeal, Joel Chandler Harris’s stage absence, Paul Keuger’s daily salt habit, Chicago Mayor Harrison’s silk hat, Senator West as Confederate veteran survivor, Lord Kitchener’s bachelor status, Kipling’s shift to leisure, Ketcham’s long service, the Russian ambassador’s snuff-box gift, Vermont Senator Ross’s scarce library, and the Root family’s professorships at Hamilton College known as Cube Root and Square Root.
A New York report notes broad price increases over the past year across multiple sectors. Metal, textiles, dyes, starches, and packing materials show steep gains, while hardware, carpets, and kitchen goods also climb. Experts say trade combines and gradual masking by retailers hide the higher costs from shoppers.
The report notes a car shortage in New England and a slight price spread for wool in Boston. German money fears loom per Deutsche Tages Zeitung, while Pacific coast trade remains solid and cereals weaken. Cali fruit canning is active and New York dry goods demand rises. Lenders report solid demand and heavy orders. rail and iron prices climb as long-term orders emerge for 1900.
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