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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
4
Van Wyck concedes he now holds 4300 shares while Hut denies involvement in American Ice Company management. The admission follows scrutiny of the Dock Priviteres and related holdings.
Washington special reports the Fifty sixth Congress adjourned sine die after a House surrender to Senate on the Naval Appropriation bill. President signed the bill and private measures at 4 30 p m. Senate adjourned at 5 p m after thanks to the presiding officer. a dramatic scene ended with cheers and a Doxology as galleries emptied. A gray haired man in the gallery shouted a religious message amid departures. Estimated appropriations this session total 700 720 476 with 131 247 155 for the Spanish American War costs. excluding that, ordinary appropriations run 578 482 321.
In St Louis a mob of women and youths painted and stripped three girls and two shop workers during a protest tied to a street car strike. The attackers accused teachers of riding tabooed cars and threatened violence in schools. Three girls detained for striking Miss Ebersler were sent to Chillicothe’s Girls Industrial Home. Annie Swez Mary Trantine and Annie Klausseck, aged fourteen to fifteen, were named. Settlement talks collapsed as both sides dig in, signaling a prolonged confrontation while officials insist they can man all routes.
Glouster Ohio reports 200 miners trapped by gas in Mine No 2. Rescue teams work swiftly and save most, but three watchers Evan Joseph John McClelland and Arron Swanson die. Separately a lightning strike on the steamer Commodore Barney at South Jacksonville Florida kills four and injures fourteen aboard.
A dispatch reports Kwang Sa seeking a protectorate for China amid maritime tensions. British forces near Lofu, and Japan dispatches troops to Takamatsu. An American consul calls for protection as Sugiyama Akira, Japanese envoy, is killed by Tung Fuh Slang soldiers while on official duty, prompting aggressive diplomatic fallout.
Washington special reports N F Thompson secretary of the Southern Industrial Convention portrayed labor organizations as the era’s direst threat to the United States, warning their influence disrupts society and endangers the nation’s purity and power beyond what any external foe could.
Mr Thompson warned that organized labor poses risks to national unity and justice. He urged treason charges for organizations promoting socialist theories and called for uniform laws to protect workers and make strikes and boycotts felonies, arguing for safeguards linking labor to citizenship and capital.
A telegram from Yokohama notes four warships and 4000 troops ordered to Taku ready for embarkation. The Tsung-H-Yamen is packed with Boxer chiefs replacing old leaders. The British minister’s Pekin residence is burned. Sixteen British marines repelled Boxers near an International column, with 2000 Boxers killed or driven off. The Emperor appeals to powers to free him, move the capital, depose the dowager Empress, and allow a protectorate over customs ports and telegraphs.
The Cabinet met Tuesday with Hay Hitchcock Long and Gage and Postmaster General Smith. It backed a policy of protecting American lives and property and acting independently to safeguard interests while pressing for order in China. The U S envoy Martin reports unrest in Chin Klang and a secret society. a mob hanged two Black men near Browvi Mississippi. General O U S arrived to discuss Philippine affairs with the President.
Gerturde Roth, twenty, from Allentown, Penn, ran away from her sister’s home and leaped into the whirlpool rapids near Niagara Falls. She arrived by Lehigh Valley Railroad, stayed at Wayne Hotel, and spent money freely before driving to the Canadian side and jumping into the falls. Authorities frame her death as a result of heartbreak over a student and a boy.
Four members of George W. Goodwin's household are found dead in his sparsely settled New Adl Maine farm near the New Hampshire line. The victims include son Scott Goodwine age twenty, housekeeper Elsie Horne age sixty, and farm hand Fred B R Murch age thirty. Officials suggest suffocation from accidental causes, but some townsfolk fear foul play tied to Civil War era concerns and local hostilities. An Indian outbreak in Minnesota at Leech Lake is also reported as feared.
A dense list of farm goods and groceries with multiple items such as beans, peas, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, and various meats and dairy. Includes prices per unit or measure, regional names, and references to market categories and produce grades.
The New York City market reports a large potato crop with heavy receipts expected and strong demand from out of town. Home grown stock remains abundant yet sales of prime stock persist, while older varieties thin. Southern lemonments and a declining market volume reflect plentiful supply and price pressure.
The Topeka Chronicle reports farmers in Kapupan beginning harvest of the largest wheat crop in Kansas history. Secretary Coburn notes 3,800,000 acres sown and 70,000,000 bushels produced last year, with average yields about eighteen bushels per acre. This year the winter wheat area is estimated near 5,829,000 acres, with higher average yields expected. The crop is described as generally in excellent condition.
Philadelphia special reports that the 1900 Republican Convention is nearly ready for June 1 with two large committees handling work and hospitality. The 16,000 seat hall on the Schuylkill bank is complete and National Committee funds allocated, with Winwell the Sergeant-at-Arms coordinating ticket distribution. Contests announced include Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Tennessee. Vice presidential prospects list several governors, senators, and party figures across California Colorado Iowa Massachusetts Minnesota New York and more, with no clear nominee yet chosen.
The article discusses health benefits of rest and prostration, noting mental gains from illness and keen observation of surroundings. It then reviews a recent Earl's Court Woman's Exhibition with women staff and attendants in all roles. It concludes with an analysis of General French's Franco-Irish English origins and his mother’s Scottish background.
Reports from London describe a heavy Boer strike at Roodeval, cutting British lines to General Roberts's communication and causing a severe loss of Derbyshire Regiment personnel. Officers killed include Lt Col Baird Douglas and Lt Thawley. wounded include Colonel Wilkinson and Lt Bhutchard. Filipina ambush near Taal results in ten dead and three wounded. Additional items cover a murder suspect’s death in custody, a cleric’s manslaughter conviction, and a Massachusetts music teacher’s arrest in a separate incident.
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