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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
1
A Harper's excerpt cites Viggen Woodward Cloud reflecting on life, time, and restraint. The verse warns against hastening blessings or testing love, urging faithful use of grace for high service rather than selfish certainty.
Azalea Greenough faces pressure from her mother to break with Dent Hayward and marry Cousin Joshua for a farm and five thousand dollars. Joshua arrives bluntly, mocks manners, and the plot twists when Joshua offers nothing and Azalea learns of a plan to gain the money by refusal. Dent presses for marriage as Azalea weighs fortune versus love.
An expedition from Harvard reports discoveries suggesting Labrador holds more gold than Kiondike or Cape Nome. The item cites weather prophets predicting a hard winter from buffalo grass seed, plus a 142 mile Caspian petroleum pipeline to the Black Sea area and other varied notes on technology and world events.
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports the Nicaragua route as most practical under US control with an estimated cost of 200,540,000. Panama options run about 142,342,579 to 149,378,258. Cuba or other routes were explored, highlighting strategic and commercial gains for the United States.
Paris dispatch reports General Mercier, former French War Minister, argued in the Senate that Britain could be invaded with modern mobilization methods. He urged immediate prep of an expeditionary corps with rapid embarkation and debarkation, provoking protests and a ruling that the motion was out of order during the Naval bill debate.
Pate Bain a former constable in Dallas County was killed in Dallas after being drugged robbed and set on fire. His clothes were soaked with turpentine and ignited. John Chapman and F E Dol Paulkner were arrested on murder charges with three others being sought. Authorities offer large rewards for information.
Birmingham aims to hold an international metallic and industrial exposition from November 15, 1904, to May 15, 1905. The association seeks state and federal aid, proposing a $100,000 appropriation from the state and $500,000 from Congress, with capital planned at $1,000,000 but likely formed at $250,000. Strong pressure will be applied if funds are secured.
The Secretary of War sent to the House Appropriations Committee a comparative table of War Department estimates for fiscal years 1901 to 1903 and an appropriations statement ending June 30, 1901. The document covers wool and lotion figures, present-year appropriations, and highlights the Secretary’s annual report focusing on the Philippine insurrection, the China campaign, and army reorganization.
The annual Treasury report shows receipts of 31.08 million and expenditures of 80.068 million for the year ended June 30 1900 with a surplus of 9 27 million. It notes a decrease in spending from the prior year and projects a 1901 surplus of about 58 million with revenue near 87.7 million and appropriations around 87.0 million. The report recommends Congress cut taxation by 30 million.
The effort to perpetuate the Dewey arch in New York City has been abandoned and the subscriptions will be returned.
Consul Schaumann reports from Mainz that American shoe manufacturers could conquer the Egyptian market if they study trade requirements. Brigadier General Whaon arrives and Major General Ter Wikhon travels from San Francia to Washington to report to the War Department.
Miss Margaret Kelly arrives in Minneapolis en route to Chicago via Boston, carrying drafts near $400,000. She is one of five women who accompanied their brothers to Alaska and Oklahoma while seeking visits with friends and family. The article also notes various political and local events including a constitutional convention debate and restoration efforts at Guam, and reports on floods causing $7.5 million in damage.
State Game Warden Morse reports twenty two days of deer season with an estimated five thousand deer killed. He urges reducing bag limits from five to three to protect wildlife. Also noted are unrelated items: Whiow Falls for 847,808 and Theresa King petitioning a bankruptcy in Water Vike with assets listed at 100.
The State Department in Washington renews its demand on Morocco for indemnity following the murder of Marine Wynn, a naturalized American citizen. A warship has been ordered to convey the U S consul general at Tangier to a nearest port for Bea.
A directive assigns Vet al re tatal pouids of the varigue POON eOS of Cuba to be incorporated in Jooune body with Uhr cumplty control by the state.
A typhoon wrecked the US auxiliary cruiser Yosemite off San Luis d Apra harbor Guam. Five men drowned when a launch hit reef during a shore evacuation. The ship later sank after drifting sixty miles seaward. the crew was rescued by the collier Justin.
The Guam typhoon sent unprecedented violence across Agana. Drowned include Coxswain Swanson and Seaman George Aubel. Ten died of exposure. Motajan town wiped out with thirty killed. Commodore Schroeder and Mrs White sheltered in the Governor’s cellar as relief distributes food from merchants. The Newark will take Rear Admiral Kempf to Guam to investigate the Yosemite loss.
Chicago Special reports George T H Phips who manipulated the corn market closed the November Jolivers corner with a large profit. Shorts including elevator firms settled their shortage with Phips at fifty cents causing a price drop to forty one cents and a wild market. Phips's profits are estimated near three hundred thousand dollars.
General Hoberts reports the British garrison at De Wersdorp in Orange River Colony was captured by General De Wet after heavy fighting. Boer force 2500. British losses include 13 killed and 42 wounded. A 1400-strong relief column from Edenburg arrived too late. Also notes bread weight fine in Ottawa Kansas and colonial Nicaragua Canal debates.
United States State Department official in Washington reports Honduras has drafted an indemnity of 10 000 dollars in gold for the king of a named territory after a May 1890 killing at San Pedro Sula. The article mentions other varied items including entertainers, local officials, and European railway funding.
The President offered Joseph H. Manley the Internal Revenue Commissionership. The Treasury tackles Chinese smuggling amid scandals. The 27th Woman's Christian Temperance Union convenes in Washington. Interior bids Congress for 250000 for irrigation surveys. Brewers urge McKinley to abolish added war tax. Good Roads Congress seeks 150000 for sample roads. Wilson reviews Agriculture Dept work and farmer plans. General Hare notes Samar natives burn villages as American troops approach. Insurgent bands dispersed and stores destroyed in Bulacan. Soldiers recalled from Porto Rico. Four natives, including two American prisoners, hanged at Dagupan for arson and murder.
A mosaic of incidents: a Sacred Heart church dedication in Augusta by Cardinal Gibbons. cattle theft from Indiana shipped to Chicago. a farmer found shot in Georgia. Centennial steamship brings 22 prisoners to Port Townsend. Camden Del man distributes fortune. funeral of Senator Cushman K. Davis in St Paul. Porto Ricans held under contract labor law in New Orleans. New York Chamber of Commerce committee on vice. Richmond Baptists and Richmond Jewish congregation unite for Thanksgiving. a Kensington football death. North Lehec postmaster missing with alleged $850 shortage. Miss Mary Capin dies in Chicago. Frank Hamilton linked to Leonard Day murder in Minneapolis. smallpox cases in New York. Kentucky governor and bride return from honeymoon. burglary of $1000 jewelry in Chicago. Sister Sanghamitta arrives in San Francisco. revenue cutter McCulloch reaches Seattle with Jews. Nome isolation note. Sanford sworn in as Alabama governor at Opelika.
A scrambled summary notes a Turko German dispute over a coating station in the Red Sea, London unrest from hooliganism in the East End, the death of Prince Alexander of Warsaw, Queen Wilhelmina budget hints, and protests to General von Waldersee. It mentions Polish and Bohemian language bans, Yerkes London underground contracts, Thanksgiving in London, a South African assassination plot suspect, and various international political shifts.
In San Francisco a factory roof collapsed during a Stanford versus UC football crowd scene at Pacific Glass Works. The disaster killed fifteen and injured eighty three as molten glass and furnace debris swept the area. Witnesses describe heroic rescues and a crowded ventilator failing under the catastrophe.
Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair, ranking officer after Dewey, died in Washington of a stroke. He declined command of the Asiatic Station in Dewey’s favor. McNair, a Pennsylvania native, joined the Naval Academy in 1852, served in the Civil War, and commanded the Kearsarge during its famous Alabama sinking.
Sixteen miners were killed and about forty wounded by dynamite blasts at a coal mine in Aniche Northern France. Other items report a train derailing into the Oto River near Beaver Pennsylvania with a drowning express messenger, a bank robbery netting 2000, and various political and educational donations and appointments.
The Elizabeth Plainfield and Central New Jersey Railway forms from multiple consolidations, with about sixty miles of track and a $3,000,000 capital stock plus $2,500,000 in bonds. Officers include David Young as President, Thomas A. Nevins as Vice-President, Thomas N. McCarter as Treasurer, and Colonel Edwin W. Hine as Secretary.
Manitoba and the Northwest are expected to yield between 20 000 000 and 25 400 000 bushels of wheat with about half for export. Trade notes report unsettled shoe strike in Quebec, variable winter weather affecting Canadian trade, firm hides in the East, and brisk investment purchases. European buyers cover short American contracts but foreign demand remains limited.
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