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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
1
A School of tropical medicine is started in London and may receive government support. Its aim is to discover ways to combat diseases making the tropics dangerous to white men and continued study is expected to yield rich rewards.
The article envisions replacing horses with vehicles from cabs to drays and butchers carts, arguing the shift will relieve cities. It cites New York’s 1899 bonded debt of about 244.9 million and 1898 bond issues near 230 million, with 7.67 million set for school sites, alongside global production stats in gold, shipbuilding, and labor markets shaping a world of rising industry and unsettled wages.
A Minneapolis reader recalls Alexandria lore about George Washington drawn from local tales and Frank G. Carpenter studies. Washington is portrayed as tall and muscular with red hair and a measured temper, a keen horseman and swordsman, and a meticulous dresser who paid debts and records. Accounts show political attacks, personal hardships, and a frugal, landholding life ending as one of the era’s wealthiest men.
American forces capture Caloocan, routing Aguinaldo followers. Warships shell the area, shrapnel devastates enemy, with Caloocan described as Luzon’s strongest rebel position. The town falls after a fierce assault. American losses are described as slight while enemy casualties are heavy. Aguinaldo rallies to bolster support after the setback.
War Department says a new signal corps company will be raised in the Philippines from volunteers. The unit will form batches of twenty, distributed among existing companies, to provide forty experienced men per new company. Strong noncommissioned officers will lead the teams.
British- or American forces attack Caloocan near Manila as the Monadnock and Concord bombard the town at 3:30 PM. Troops advance through woods and fields, flanking the rebels who flee in panic, while fires in huts are extinguished and casualties favor the Americans.
Havana cable reports Senor Gonzalez de Quesada and General Gomez deem 3,000,000 from the United States insufficient to cover the Cuban case but a workable starting point. A movement aims to appoint a committee to advise the Cuban Assembly on raising 7,000,000 to 39,000,000 secured by customs, with American cooperation.
Washington dispatch summarizes Secretary Lane’s January 23 letter on the Sampson and Schley actions in the West Indies. It notes Schley’s withdrawal from Santiago, coal claims, signals sent, and that Sampson’s orders were followed while Schley’s conduct drew criticism.
Cable report from Apia describes German protest over Justice Chambers actions, Mataafa loyalists terrorizing British subjects, Porpoise crew boycotted, and Malietona Tanu aboard the ship. British consul demands apology from Mataafan chiefs while Samoa remains volatile under Mataafa and Malieton factions.
In Washington special report the Senate votes 26 to 22 on the McEnery resolution to state policy on the Philippines. The resolution asserts the United States intends to establish local self government on the islands and to prepare inhabitants for self rule rather than grant citizenship, following ratification of the Spanish treaty. The vote came after a lengthy three and a half hour debate.
A Tungus tribe reports a cabin of cloth and cordage in Yeniselsk Province containing three dead men near a balloon wreck. They suspect bodies are Herr Andree and companions from the Eagle balloon voyage that vanished after leaving Spitzbergen July 11 1997, with scattered carrier-pigeon notes surfacing in Copenhagen.
In Hendio g Penn a three year old boy Janes Edward took laudanum and another poison from the cupboard and gave it to his twin brothers while his mother was away. Both children died soon after as the mother and a doctor tried to save them. Also fire destroyed the A C McClure and Co Chicago book publishers building with losses about 4600000 and a Stock of rare books valued at 40000.
A London report says the British government has not proposed exchanging Filbraltar for Nato possessions in North Africa. The claim is met with skepticism as discussions around wartime diplomacy continue.
A South Carolina and Georgia Railroad engine derailed near Charleston injuring seven and killing two men. Victims include M. B. Jackson of Hoeman Georgia and Fred Forbes of Hoeman Ypstlants Mai. Secretary of War Alger thanked Miss Helen Gould in New York for her wartime service.
Cabinet approves payment of 83,000,000 to native troops in Cuba while Congress debates immigration and anti-contract labor acts, a Coinage Act history study is proposed, and naval transfers and presidential receptions are noted amid winter conditions. Bills for Buffalo 1901 exposition funding pass Ways and Means. Klondike search ends with recovered personnel. disasters and fires affect towns, prisons, and industry, with public notices and appointments shaping regional affairs.
Wanwixotoy D C Special The January report from the Government Climate and Crop Bulletin notes that officers in climate and crop service report the winter wheat crop to the close of January remains satisfactory despite limited snow protection. Warmth in January appeared across the central upper Mississippi Valley to the Pacific coast, with higher than usual temperatures in the northern and central Rocky Mountain districts and upper Missouri Valley, suggesting February may not be severely cold.
Maryland canning sector reports its most remunerative year yet with Baltimore export sales reaching 9,156,766 cans of cured goods in 1898, up from 41,729 in 1897. Maryland canned nearly twenty percent of all tomatoes in the United States and Canada. The Alabama State Mine Inspector notes coal output at 6,504,060 tons, rising from the prior peak by 611,189 tons.
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