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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
1
In Leslie's Weekly, Private Blair Clinton Scoliard, a regular, crawls under fire at El Caney to share a canteen with a wounded Spaniard. He urges others to drink first, dies as the volunteers honor his noble act.
In the San Juan campaign soldiers earned renown as wire-cutters who blasted through barbed fences under heavy fire. Faced with a high tangled barrier, multiple regiments halted by a deadly range as officers fell, yet American units pressed forward with improvised leaders and relentless courage.
An unnamed Cuban fighter aided Captain Charles Byrne's Sixth US Cavalry in breach of a barbed wire fence during a brutal assault. He calmly severed wire post by post with a machete, guiding Byrne's men through a critical breach, then disappeared, earning silent praise for patriotic valor.
The Canary Islands yield fifty four specimens collected by C. F. Cook, most new, showing Mediterranean fauna dominance. Lava streams in Mexico and Iceland retain heat long after eruptions, while oil fuel trials aboard HMS Surly reach fourteen knots in three runs. Aluminium production grows in Madras with a successful factory. A large gold dredging plant in Salmon City Idaho nears full operation, yielding high value bullion and a wide pay streak. Endurance trials describe crocodile encounters in British Central Africa and evolving medical confidence among locals toward European doctors.
An Indian tale describes a twelve to fourteen year old girl stepping near a peepal tree when a cobra coils around her ankle. Her mother, rushing in, climbs over the child and traps the serpent under their combined weight. The cobra suffocates, both women die in the struggle, a scene of intense maternal courage and tragedy.
An 1891 English whaling incident aboard Star of the East left two men saved after one boat was struck. James Bartley was reportedly swallowed and later recovered, recounting the moment of being inside the whale and describing a slippery, constricted interior before extraction.
A Santiago campaign volunteer recalls July 1 at San Juan Hall where Private Brown, Cornell alumnus and favorite, was fatally wounded as troops reached a barbed-wire fence. Comrade Morris, a musician from a different regiment, aided Brown and helped carry him as bullets rained down.
The cloth of ancient Egypt was fortyfold in quality and has lasted for thousands of years as wrappings for mummies. Arabs today can wear it as linen remains the preferred fabric, the Egyptians once shunning wool as inferior.
Special from New Jersey reports two Lehigh Valley trains collided near Lincoln about 1 PM on Monday. Thirteen people died and around thirty were injured as crews struggled to extricate victims from mangled cars. Names and ages of the dead include Mount Carmel Shamokin Pottsville and Shamokin residents among the tenors. The crash occurred after both trains ran on the same track amid a curve and wooded area, with wrecking trains and medical aid rushing to the scene.
Four children of Mr. J. Laing of East Toledo died within days after Christmas. The youngsters played doctor. the older son prepared a remedy by dissolving colored candy in water and gave it to siblings, some to himself, causing severe pain and death for all but one. Also reports on a probate dispute involving Hetty Green and Sylvia Ann Howlan, a Royal Artillery lieutenant's sentence reduction for murder, and a bank robbery where $1087 was stolen from the Avhurbam Bank at Asuburotsam.
A cycle factory starts in Bul Baria and Helgium will host three bicycle shows this winter. England sees two patent applications for brakes on the road. Free pedals for coast ing without removing feet become common.
Sheriff George A. Storrs and Mrs. Jonole Wright travel from Utah to pursue leads in a 1895 Pelican Point Ranch massacre. Haynes was hanged then reprieved to life imprisonment. George W. Wright, husband of Jennie Wright, fled after a death tied to the case. Mrs. Wright now offers testimony if her husband is captured.
Massachusetts Senator Gorgu Howe leader of the Laxpaustoaists opens a debate against a policy to acquire territory for permanent colonies. He argues constitutional limits on expansion and cites dangers of governing tropical colonies, taxation burdens, and moral objections to imperial power.
A fire at Patrick MacAvoy’s duck farm in Ewing Township near Trenton destroyed incubator and engine houses. About 1 000 ducks and 9 000 chickens were burned, plus calves, turnips, and produce. Loss estimated around £25,000. origin of the blaze remains a mystery. MacAvoy bred ducks for New York market and had dairy cows earlier on the property.
Decker a Black man was executed by electric chair in New York after two shocks. He killed his white wife near Tottenville Staten Island on May 25, 1894, and attempted suicide but survived before the sentence proceeded.
Arch ia E Wall a Naval Apprentice on the battleship Texas attacked five gay feta in his boarding house in Philadelphia and then died by suicide with a keyhole stuffed with paper. A note to his mother and a sweetheart named Marty Kichiman revealed a rejected love. Wall was twenty one.
The Notre Dama de Salut arrived in Barcelona with 1100 Havana troops. The ship lacked capacity. 39 died at sea, 310 to hospitals, 1000 to sanitariums, and the rest were unable to stand. Soldiers were fearfully unmelated.
A Sunday morning blaze at the Hotel Richelieu in Pittsburg Penn caused about 415000 in damage. Three people died Katherine Boyle Avens Landis Grape vine Penu George A Walters and five others injured. The fire started from an explosion on the second floor waking about twenty guests.
Frederick Q. Sulter announces that several Northern Pacific steamers fly the American flag while most linked voyages retain British ensigns. In Brazil, Abollalitog Acaonunla’s naval and military arsenals shrink as retrenchment proceeds. Wheeler and Colson resign from Congress after military service, while China and Germany settle disputes over German outrages.
Havana cables report El Reconcentrado claims judge Bresmes organized the plan to destroy the USS Maine. Nebulous conspirators Gonzales Vega and Azcue linked. Bresmes allegedly fled Havana. theater sighting cited. Cuban organ asserts strong evidence and places Bresmes in Spain.
In Hapnisnore Pennsylvania a Republican caucus of 109 of 164 lawmakers renominated Senator Quay for the U S Senate. Anti Quay members boycotted, leaving him short of a majority. Quay supporters claim two absent allies will switch, leaving him 17 votes short. Maine confirms Eugene Hale for re election while Burrows in Michigan and Davis in Minnesota are renominated by Republican caucuses.
The Penne Treaty arrived from the President and was presented by Chairman Pryor. It was read only as a letter of transmittal and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and ordered printed for Senate use. Debate suggested ratification is likely.
Governor Lounsbury was inaugurated before the Connecticut General Assembly as the biennial session opened. The address urged retrenchment in state expenses, endorsed good roads, proposed National Guard reforms, and called for a constitutional amendment to create senatorial districts of equal population.
A collage of labor news reports noting low wages in Mexico and Asia, union activity in San Francisco and New Jersey, wage increases in Boston, and employer strikes in Paris and Duluth. Mentions Roosevelt nomination rumors and general labor conditions in multiple locales.
Mataafa has been elected King of Samoa by a largely peaceful vote, with Tama king supporters failing to derail the outcome. The choice pleases Washington and the German and British governments as it aligns with Berlin treaty interests and the Apia consul's guidance.
Ex congressman John Kean of Elizabeth received the Republican nomination for the United States Senate at a joint caucus in Trenton. The New Jersey legislature elected Charles Read as Senate president and J Frank Windsley as clerk.
General Henry announces the 1899 Insular Government budget with items including general and state obligations justice finance interior and clergy costs. He asks Washington for permission to apply customs receipts to government expenses to fund improvements and ongoing programs in Porto Rico.
Supreme Court dismisses petition of United States Senator Quay Richard R Quay and former State Treasurer Haywood for a writ of certiorari in a case alleging conspiracy to misuse state funds. Case returns to Court of Quarter Sessions for trial.
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles AMagine Tower of Pennsylvania now Envoy to Austria Hungary to be Ambassador to Russia. Addison C. Harris of Indiana was named to succeed Mr Tower at Vienna. Harris is an Indianapolis attorney, longtime resident, State Senator, married with no children.
In his testimony before the Court of Cassation in Paris Dreyfus says he never confessed guilt and protests his innocence amid the charges.
Sister Margaret Newman, Mother Superior of the Ursuline Convent in St. Louis Missouri, died after falling from a third story window onto stone pavement. She was thirty five years old.
Worn seal flags signal five generations of family tradition as prominent leaders arrive. Seth Low to deliver Washington’s Birthday oration at the University of Pennsylvania. General Bartle, long in the State Department, honored for service since Polk. A German army general linked to Halifax. Queen Victoria plans spring outings, wary of French sentiment. Sir Julian Pauncefoty, British Ambassador to Washington. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild donates 2.5 million to Evellon Hospital for Children in London. Czar Nicholas pursues singing as a hobby alongside criticism.
Senate committee approves favorable report on promotions for officers who served in the War with Spain over seniors. Names Samp son and Schley appear. Also: Guam station to gain fall brass band with Equipment Bureau purchasing instruments to ship on Yosemite. Gunboats to Dewey include Princeton Yorktown Bennington. Yorktown sails toward Manila via Honolulu.
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