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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
1
A garbled weather of statements covers topics from wages for brass bands in Argentina to lethal healthcare claims in New Zealand. The piece stacks observations on crime figures, education, language policy, and railway progress across continents, noting shared concerns over wealth, science, and public life while weaving in anecdotes about sports, farming, and church ventures.
A roundup of items notes that fifty banks were chartered with 85,285,000 capital in 1894, a lull in Asia talk, a dairy farm plan to pump milk to the city, Edison’s failing door bell, Ottawa monument contracts, railroad ad contests, Maine taxidermy boom, wedding ring etiquette in England, American greetings abroad, Manchester rail price claims, and New York subway optimism alongside compares to Croton, Central Park, and Brooklyn Bridge milestones.
The New York Tribune recalls twenty five years since the Suez Canal opening and notes the initial skepticism over the project. Founders' shares, once about 250 dollars, now trade around 250000 dollars each, a tenfold plus rise. Shares of Khagivo Ismail, sold to England early, have more than doubled in value despite long blocked dividends by the Egyptian ruler.
The famous priest Vohn of Cronstadt married to his predecessor’s daughter in the Russian church. He rejects clerical celibacy in practice, lives simply, and yet receives substantial aid for the poor while his own family remains without funds. His wife even sought assistance from church authorities.
A lament on the grind of daily duties and the need for patient fortitude. The speaker contrasts heroic sacrifice with the weariness of routine, invoking Saintly endurance and the call for grace to bear everyday demands. Elizabeth Akers Allen is cited as the author.
A tale narrates a young man Lang hoping to reconcile with Alice at a Sturdevant Hamiltons ball. Plans derail when an engagement ruse escalates into a near discovery as ink stains threaten a gown, prompting comic embarrassment and the arrival of Hamiltons and Dick.
A narrator recalls an engagement moment with Alice and Dick, focusing on family reaction and wardrobe humor. Aunt’s stern glances and two added to two frame the scene while Dick quips about ink. The memory lingers, colored by remarks about a past adventure and a fountain pen.
A French statistician projects world population by region and country. Europe about 780 million and Asia 1.1 billion. America 685 million, Africa 200 million, Australia 30 million. By century’s end, Russia 310 million, China 559 million, United States 400 million, and Argentina 80 million. English spoken by over 600 million, German 120 million, Spanish and Portuguese 236 million.
Lieutenant Mohan, the United States Consul on the Congo, relays a detailed account of Emin Pasha being murdered. Emin sought safe passage through Kirundu territory, received consent, but was killed by Said and four men after a hostile message. The four attackers killed him in his tent, were tried by court martial, and hanged.
Frank Grouard chief of Government scouts and Indian fighter underwent a difficult operation at St Joseph Missouri to remove a steel arrowhead embedded near a vein in his right groin. He refused anesthesia, lit a cigar, and engaged the surgeon with calm banter as the delicate procedure proceeded.
In Ancheonor’s rooms the boys turn things over and reveal an 1887 voucher for seventy five county funds. The company replies with a modest seventy five cent credit, prompting reflections on how the aunt would have affected the company’s books if not for the clean sweep by his nephews.
A chaotic collage of humorous snippets, jokes, and mock advertisements from various sources. It cites Ridgewood New Jersey and notes homeopathic treatment, Puck and Washington Star style gags, with brief dialogues about shopping, doctors, and petty mischief. The collage mimics a late 19th century clipped page.
A jumble of brief comic exchanges and anecdotes unfolds across unrelated items. A poet jokes about rejections by editors, a winter scene hints at cold tensions, a charity suggestion is quipped at, and a dealer dismisses an “art stove.” A castle tour lampoons antique and modern furniture, a boastful ancestor recounts spoils, and a military drill ends in a self mocking mishap about shooting.
Captain J B Patton, Indiana State Prison warden, presided over a record fast execution of a man named Stone in Davia County. The hanging occurred at midnight, the trap sprung in two minutes twenty two seconds, and the attending train left with about seventy seconds to spare as reporters witnessed the grisly event.
The United States produced 110 million bushels apples, 36 million peaches, 7 million pears and other fruits in 1893, with Ohio leading apple output at 15.8 million bushels and North Dakota at six. The Department of Agriculture data, cited by the New York World, suggests most leading fruits could grow in many areas of the nation.
The largest chime of bells ever made in the country has been ordered for St James Church in Chicago. It will be forged in Baltimore, consisting of seventeen bells with the heaviest weighing 5000 pounds and the full bell and fixture weight exceeding twenty five tons. Durham businessmen urge Northern capitalists to invest in the area.
Testimony before the Lexow Committee in New York City traces money taken from policemen to Police Headquarters. Officers including Captains Schmittberger and McAvoy testified about bribes tied to steamboat and ferry operations, with several inspectors named for protection rackets and gambling ties. Major figures James J. Martin and John Shochan faced serious accusations. Schmittberger named ongoing extortion and payoffs across precincts.
The testimony recounts payments from steamship and railroad firms to police officials for extra duties. Captain Max F. Schmittberger details bribes from Creeden and others, while officers like Allaire, Voorh, and Deommin face implicated sums and transfers. The committee exposes bribery patterns across ranks and districts.
John McBride elected at Denver to succeed Samuel Gompers as President of the American Federation of Labor turns forty. A miner turned labor leader, he rose from Northwestern Ohio mining regions to secretary of miners and laborers groups, led major strikes, and helped unify miners into the United Mine Workers before emerging as AFL president.
Newsy items report travel ticket price cuts in New York, a Michigan population estimate of 2 240 454 with outbreak fears near Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and a million-dollar impact from a season in Maine. Notes on gold strikes near Luttan Colorado and canal interests in Nicaragua. Reports on Ku Klux Klan activity in Georgia and Cadet increases at West Point. Also mentions a World’s Fair balance near 500 000 and debates over Legion of Honor funds in France.
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