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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
3
Fragments describe Roman pillar inscriptions with gum arabic paste, advertising public meetings and election proclamations. The piece cites diggings at Heroglaneum showing typed notices preserved on stacked pillars.
A massive blaze at the Coliseum on Sixty third and Bronay Island avenue, used for a manufacturers exhibit during the Democratic National Convention nominating W. J. Bryan, burned in under twenty minutes after two electric wires crossed. Several deaths are reported, including Josep Dyeacs of Hoboken, Howard Goyser of Wilmington, Sholan tan of Cairo, and N. H. Johnson of unknown origin.
Seventeen British warships near Chetoulpo Horna southwest of Seoul demand government concessions and oppose Korea's purge of customs officials in favor of Russian nominees. Japan, backing the protest, threatens force as Russian troops arrive, while Korea braces for change.
John Lindsay returns from the Klondike to Skaguay recounting dire shortages at Dawson City for winter. Locals doubted Fort Yukon supplies and many refused transport. home rations were scarce and lighting candies were priced at 150 a hundred for workers.
Word reached Glendora that Jon Hopkins, a colored man, was seized by a mob and lynched for the murder of John W Lackie and Sam Eakridfo near Glendora. Citizens organized and tracked Hopkins to a scene where he was killed in a brutal fashion after a mob hunt. A pile of logs and dry wood was set. oil soaked the faggots and the body burned. Both families deplore the crime and the mob violence.
J H Howell a minor about nineteen was arrested after Mrs Tom Colling filed a complaint that he had followed them. About an hour later J Collins went to see Howell and received a pistol from him. Howell shot Collins in the heart and claimed self defense. Collings is about ninety years old.
A despatch from St. Petersburg reports Russian occupation of Kineman north of Port Arthur and broad regional gains including Korea, Maidukla, and the Gulf of Tao Tang. The note notes a widening Russian presence and potential global tension amid ongoing conflicts.
A Shanghai dispatch reports a Japanese fleet of over twenty warships near Goto Island ready for action, with close British naval contact under Vice Admiral Buller. Political upheaval follows the Japanese Diet dissolution, Ito and Okuma possible coalition leaders, and warlike activity rising at Nagasaki depots. Reports from Kobe credit a Japanese coalition government forming amid tensions with Russia and Britain.
A New York Post interview with Rep David J Mercer details a proposed Omaha World’s Fair from June to November, outlining a 200000 appropriation and allocations for government buildings exhibits, and irrigation displays with states and foreign nations planning major participation. The report notes site selection, funding from Nebraska and county bonds, and plans for stamps, coins, and a vast exhibit layout. It also lists January pension payments across agencies and local industrial news.
The Dritish-American Commission on seizures of Crowdian sealing vessels in the Bering Sea informs the State Department that the award filed totals 1,500,000 with interest, reduced to 274,191.91 after treaty adjustments, with 50 percent added for future costs and payment due within six months. The decision supports damages for Canadian vessel seizures and sides with the United States on main action.
Philadelphia sees shock as the Chestnut Street National Bank suspends operations and the Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Fund Company also closes. Publisher Willem M Keyes becomes president of both, while William McHardt of the National Bank Examiner signs the notice. Deposits are listed as 1,700,000 and 21,390,000 respectively, with no assets or liabilities yet disclosed.
In Birmingham Alabama Felix T. Brown a drummer was shot in a crowded jewelry store by Thanos L. of Stratford while his killer’s brother died a year ago. A Varroatic Preattempt Remembered. A mold tea service was presented to President Stosa of the Lelaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The Masonite lodge of New Jersey bought the William Bunn property for a home for aged and ladi Kent Masons. A French Triumph Major Murehand writes from Paris about French bays. England proposes a conference without,”
Report from Washington says Turkish soldiers who killed Frank Conz, an American cyclist, were convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in prison, but none of the murderers attended the trial. The State Department condemns the Turkish tactic of denying liability and anticipates indemnity claims.
Dr. Jackson claims the Inaji palm on the Amazon bank bears the world’s largest leaves. He notes Talipot palm leaves from Ceylon reach about twenty feet by eighteen, double coconut palms about thirty by six, while leaves of the Tossi palm measure up to fifty feet long and twelve feet wide.
Dr B J Packett of Manele Indiana kept an apple plucked by himself thirty years earlier. He planted the tree on his mother’s grave in Teetersburg Tipton County. After the war the tree bore fruit and he preserved one apple ever since.
The article traces kissing as a traditional pledge across cultures from ancient Rome to Christianity and modern courts. It notes varied forms of the kiss in scripture and ceremonial oaths, contrasts West Africa customs, and ends with a Norse mythic tale about Baldar and the magic mistletoe symbolized by a kiss.
A clover salesman and a purchaser in a jeweler's shop discuss a prios mark and paste, with the seller offering to swap to a higher figure. The exchange reveals little more than a casual bargaining moment in a local shop.
A Birmingham notice describes bicycle frames stamped into halves by a new method. The halves are clamped together to form a rigid frame and sold for about two dollars in 1812, offering a cheaper alternative to traditional construction.
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