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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
4
Benjamin Riddle of Elmaville Fran County Ey celebrated his ninety fourth birthday. He is described as sharp eyed and an excellent rifle shot. Riddle has ten children, fifty two grandchildren, and fifty seven great grandchildren totaling 119 descendants whose combined ages exceed two thousand years.
A Russian nobleman Maligan is jailed in Java for twenty years after leading Lombok insurgents. Dutch forces blamed for heavy casualties. English investigators probe a former Austrian cavalry officer in Derwiah en route to Khartoum to rejoin the Mahdi. In Tonkin French authorities shoot a Swede and a Dane leading native insurgents after arrest and court martial.
The passage describes a severe old practice where a debtor would sit on a creditor’s doorstep and endure starvation until paid. Brahmins were sometimes compelled to perform related rituals, with capital punishment once exempted. Fakirs exploited the custom to extort funds, and a similar ancient Irish practice is noted.
Edward Pye a gardener of the Great Park at Windsor died aged eighty three The obituary notes his service under three sovereigns George IV William IV and nearly six decades under Queen Victoria and marks a long era of royal employment
The largest estate in England's Pre sbate Court last year was that of Sir Charles Booth, with wealth sourced from breweries, valued at $9,660,000.
The article details famine in Kamees India affecting about 1900 vyilingen with 50,000 workers on relief, rice as the sole crop failing, and many deaths. It notes late government action, inadequate relief staff, and worsening conditions in Dharmapara thirty miles away. It also covers Senate debates on spirits in bond, the gold standard, and other congressional matters including pensions and appropriations.
A correspondent reports famine driven hardship across Todin and Deccan districts with beggars and laborers skeletal from privation. Families sell valuables as farmers seek government aid while carcass eating and hospital avoidances worsen conditions. In Bombay, plague deaths eased but Karachi dust and displacements continue.
Ex Congressmen Joseph T Rawins chosen United States Senator by the Utah Legislature with thirty two votes to Thatcher twenty nine. Rawlins, a Free silver Democrat, aligns with Chicago platform. resignation of Territorial Delegate Joseph L Rawlings was refused then withdrawn. Born in Utah nearly sixty years ago, he was educated locally and in Indiana and married in 1876.
Rep Hurley proposes a private 100 000 contribution to a Revolutionary soldiers monument in Fort Greene Park while a separate bill seeks government aid. Leo's surrender at Appomattox is cited with a measure to compensate Confederates for lost horses and equipment, including a 200 000 appropriation for three asses.
Spanish Ministers, after hours, discussed Canovas Castellano reforms for Cuba. The plan enlarges municipal and provincial decentralization, creates a twenty one member Council of Administration with limited franchise elements, expands Governor General powers, and lets the Cuban Chamber set a colonial tariff while the Cortes retains budget and treaty control.
The National Good Roads Congress met in Orlando Florida with eighteen states represented. General Roy Stone of the Agricultural Department road improvement bureau in Washington was named Chairman and T J Appleyard of Binford Florida was Secretary. The group planned to publish the papers read for general circulation and selected an executive committee to organize the next meeting. Florida members formed a state organization.
United States Ambassador Bayard hosted a London dinner with guests including Lord Salisbury and Cardinal Vaughan. Toasts honored Queen Victoria and President Cleveland with complimentary speeches noted by attendees.
Admiral Bunco's squadron faced a fierce cyclone off Hatteras with four deaths and multiple injuries. Vessels New York Maine Columbia Amphitrite Marblehead suffered heavy damage. several sailors swept overboard and rescued. Aboard Marblehead Crewman Strawhat died. three others injured. Landsman Creelman heroically saved Kozol, for which a Medal of Honor is expected.
The formal acceptance by ex Governor John D. Long of Massachusetts of the navy porte folio was received at Canton Ohio by Major McKinley a few days ago. It had been known for two weeks that Long would join the Cabinet but the exact post was uncertain until late last week when a letter confirming the appointment arrived.
Brooklyn and New York post office plan a two city pneumatic tube system with a four year term and a 14000 dollar order for eight inch tubes. project to be completed within months of starting work. Also a New York hospital light medical note reports bullet location by X ray and patient recovery.
Ambassador Pauncefote and Secretary Olney reached a treaty agreement defining the 145th meridian as the Alaska boundary line. The instrument, signed on a Saturday, places the boundary for mining areas along Forty Mile and Sixty Mile Creeks and other upper Yukon affluent. The dispute concerns whether the boundary is thirty miles from the coast or from offshore shores, affecting the coastal reach of Britain and the United States.
The German government plans a special commission to investigate the babonia plague raging in Dumbay. Dr. Koch, renowned bacteriologist, is summoned from South Africa to head the inquiry and advise precautionary measures to prevent Europe’s exposure this season.
A revised act from 1810 9 completes a saving of 150000 dollars. The measure promises fiscal relief and streamlines existing procedures impacting regional offices and commerce.
Thieves opened the safe at the Irvington New Jersey post office and seized about 16 dollars in cash and 2000 dollars in postage stamps. They moved the loot to George Raymond's produce store across the street, leaving papers on a table. A second burglary at Qt. England's blacksmith shop yielded tools used to crack the safe.
Rioters attacked laborers leaving the dock at Altona and St Paul in Hamburg. Knives and revolvers were used injuring several, with nearly 100 arrests made. Mounted police cleared streets at 2 am Sunday to restore order.
Dispatches from Bombay and Tashkend describe a spreading plague surge with 114 deaths noted on a Saturday. Reports mention vultures dying on the Towers of Silence and Russian troops ordered to extend control around Kandahar and the Anco-Darin region amid the crisis.
The tri weekly night train on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad plunged into George's Creek at Piedmont West Virginia. Engineer John Robert Moss was killed Conductor Thomas Rowe injured John Hannan Howard bruised and scalded and former Mayor Charles Dayton of Westernport Maryland had several ribs broken. Passengers escaped through windows with injuries.
The Senate in Pierre passed a law prohibiting monopolies or trust formations within the state or acting as agents for trusts that limit production or fix prices. Penalties include a first offence fine from 5000 to 10000 dollars and a second offence fine from 10000 to 20000 dollars.
The New York Ledger describes a radical fire safety concept for tall buildings. It envisions rooftop water curtains and continuous sprinkler action around the structure to create an impervious barrier between fire and the tower, with adjustable water volume for wind conditions.
A Nortwood New York taxidermist tests how light reflected in bird eyes affects behavior. Glazes seven or eight inches wide prove useful as blue jays, grouse, hawks, woodpeckers, and rabbits react differently. Jays and hawks recoil, woodpeckers ignore, rabbits blink and study reflections before resuming stance.
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