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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
2
A 1885 Cranbury Press editorial urges community backing and subscriptions, defending local news quality, urging timely payment, and noting broader concerns from harsh social issues to politics and roads. It emphasizes collective responsibility and the paper’s service to the town, while urging readers to sustain the newspaper.
The text surveys Chinese criminal law and its similarities to English law in crime classification and definitions while noting stark differences. It highlights torts as evidence gathering, frequent death sentences, and strong family responsibility that extends liability across relatives, with property confiscation and impacts on wives and children.
A 19th century tone notes many wounds and deaths from toy pistols used on the Fourth of July. Some injuries came from blank cartridges, others from the toy itself. Calls for a general prohibition. Also describes Salvation Army floating school on the Hudson River with army officers trained nationwide. The boat will host lectures, visits, and mass meetings, opening August 3 with commission on July 22.
The passage argues pluck arises from a conscious righteousness and duty to defend. It portrays the noble man facing difficulties with courage, restraint, and cheerful endurance, noting patience, self awareness, and measured action as crucial to overcoming odds.
Civil engineer W E Mellen reflects on his years in China and in the West, arguing that Chinese life, religion and methods differ radically from white standards. He asserts a perception of Chinese as cruel and unyielding, yet notes the empire’s enduring, vital government.
International dispatches describe growing alliance strain as Russia and Germany hedge on Manchuria and Korea while Britain and Japan urge unified action. Reports from Tokyo and Berlin note shared understandings among Russia, Germany, and France, with censorship tightened and Chinese resistance rising.
U S officials scrutinize a Brussels dispatch claiming the Te Thons at Pekin occupy Ching’s palace. They remain cautious, noting Ching’s pro foreign views and recent counter revolution activity. Diplomatic ambiguity surrounds the fate of Prince Ching and Belgian legation figures in Pekin or Shanghai.
Immense crowds filled grounds at the London Christian Endeavor convention amid heat and a water shortage. President Clark read a cordial message from US Ambassador He Choate, prompting cheers for ambassadors from Germany France Holland Belgium and Switzerland. Speakers included Messie Wadell of Iowa Spooner of New Jersey and others. A devotional service followed and the audience sang America. The convention named Sheffield as 1901 meeting site, with Manchester also noted.
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