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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
4
A St Louis Republic passage notes Thanet in Kent is nearly all chalk. It spans ten by five miles, exposing vast chalk deposits. Geologists estimate 2,000,200,000 tons visible and jest that 10,000 men with 5,000 carts would need 20,000 years to remove it if prepared for transport.
Off Cuba near Puerto Principe a Cuban filibuster steamer named Three Friends tried to land arms and a Cuban party at San Juan River. Surprised by Spanish launch and gunboat, she fired back with a twelve pounder and rifles, drove off pursuers and landed the cargo under cover of night. The raid linked to General Gomez’s forces and marked a notable sea engagement in the Cuban rebellion.
Paris dispatch says European powers could not remain impassive if the United States recognizes or aids Cuban insurgents. Germany reportedly ready to side with Spain if Washington aids rebels. Academic talks in foreign offices discuss measures to counter possible U S action. Senator Cameron's Cuban insurgent recognition viewed by some as revolutionary.
The steamship Three Friends, sailing from Jacksonville with a cargo of ammunition, arrived at Key West and was seized by Collector J B Browne. Authorities intend to treat it as pirate property. The report also notes a massive fire in New York City on Christmas morning destroying a factory, a tenement, a hotel, and the New York Poly Clinic Hospital, leaving about 65 homeless and causing heavy injuries and widespread unemployment.
The Choctaw Commission signed a treaty with the Dawes Commission at Muskogee Oklahoma to allot lands including town sites and coal fields while relinquishing tribal government within eight years. Cherokee Creek and Chickasaw will negotiate after holidays. The Choctaw reservation covers about 10,469 square miles with 17,819 acres to be allotted to Choctaws by blood and free men combined, leaving others for sale under special terms.
Judge Morrow in San Francisco rules in the Ho gan and Orleans v. bark J. D. Peter a dispute over wage anticipation. The Maguire act of 1805 aims to curb drawing on wages, but ambiguity leaves Beaton Woltheada laws of 1844 86 in force. The Peters captain sold clothing at a 40 percent profit, with the court granting ten percent over wholesale prices.
The West End Street Railway strike in Boston formally concluded on Christmas Day with a unanimous union vote to end the action to avoid bad faith. Hundreds of workers were dropped from the rolls. those who stayed or were newly hired were retained, while overall costs ran high for workers and merchants amid holiday trade disruptions.
United States Consul Morris reports charcoal thread for incandescent lamps as the world’s most expensive product, with lamp filaments priced at 612,000 per pound. Other items include a curfew in Converse Indiana, Alfred Nobel’s will, Diaz’s luxurious train order, and the Queen Regent of Spain adopting an electric carriage. Notes cover cholera in Egypt, Li Hung Chang’s remarks, Rochester mayoralty, London deer drives, a New York canal proposal, Armenian relief, and Native American migrations.
Heavy rains loosened soil on Boy Hill near Rathmore, sending a mass of earth toward the valley. The Donnelly household at Kilinrocy House in Killarney perished, along with cattle and livestock. The landslide blocked the River Flask, halting its dynamo power used for the Kerry Lunatic Asylum and nearby buildings.
The Portuguese Consulate in Boston reports a waterspout catastrophe in the island of St. Michael Azores. Pevancao city of about 25 000 inhabitants suffers extreme destruction with floods washing over roofs and streets. The flood also strikes Riberra Guante and nearby parishes, killing and displacing residents as boats are lost along the coast.
In Relenwood Tennessee saloon keeper Lewis Pemberton fired on Town Marshal Frank Hugotte with a Winchester. James Pemberton, his son, tried to shoot the marshal but was killed by a shot from the father. The elder Pemberton wounded Hugotte, then both men were killed in the exchange.
Police report Ella Enger was killed by her husband Fred Enger’s locomotive near Shore Line Fair Haven after a separation following ongoing disputes. She reportedly visited Union Station to see him and is believed to have placed herself in front of the wheels.
An inspired editorial from Spain’s main organ acknowledges American meddling in Cuba as logical and urges avoiding war with honor. Special dispatches from Washington report the Spanish Premier proposing steps toward mediation of the Cuban crisis.
In Washington White Ghost led a delegation asking for 290 000 in interest on alleged deferred land payments. Indian Commissioner Browning introduced the shirt to the President. White Ghost left quickly after a handshake with Cleveland. In Havana Cuba Julio Banguily, a naturalized American, was tried for conspiracy against Spain and found guilty with a sentence to imprisonment.
Hunters report badly decomposed bodies of Charles Bechler, his wife, and three children at their Howitt area home in Missouri. Authorities ponder whether foul play or exposure caused the deaths as news filters in from nearby Nosog.
Weekly averages show dairy and produce prices across several creameries and markets in Penethy city. Figures include Jersey Fancy milk meats and cream grades, various butter and cheese, eggs, cranberries, apples, grapes, vegetables, and live livestock values for the period.
The Crisp family reported a small funeral expense under nine hundred dollars. A funeral committee from Congress attended, as ex-Speaker Crisp disapproved of pomp at burials. With no property left, the Committee on Accounts proposed paying a few hundred dollars in expenses. The average cost of a senator or member’s funeral exceeds six thousand dollars.
The Idaho Supreme Court held that a constitutional amendment passes if it receives a majority of votes cast on the proposition, even if not a majority of all votes at the election. The suffrage amendment reportedly carried by about six thousand votes more than opponents. The decision marks a major step for women’s suffrage in Idaho.
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