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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
4
An Swiss inventor designs a bicycle using the rider's back to aid propulsion. Pedals sit at seat level in the front frame and a backrest brace allows greater power. Steering is via a long handle like a tricycle bar, promising a new propulsion shape.
In Paria the crowded sale room witnessed fierce bidding for a Wattean painting. The top bid reached 21400 dollars before a long silence followed, then a hammer fell. The leading offer came from Mme Christine Nilsson, Countess of Casa Miranda.
The fifty fourth Congress concluded its final session on Thursday afternoon with a calm close. A large gallery crowd watched as the usual boisterous closing day was restrained and orderly.
Washington June 18 with minimal crowds the Senate adjourned the Fifty fourth Congress after routine resolutions praising Vice President Stevenson and President votem The Vice President Tom delivered a valedictory expressing gratitude and wishing Senators a safe return before the chamber adjourned without day.
In a St Paul state convention the Minneapolis and Duluth delegates backed silver but the gold faction won 440 to 22. The platform endorsed Grover Cleveland, supported the current gold standard, favored using both metals as money, and opposed free silver coinage without global cooperation.
Few leading members attended the adjournment day in the House as many notables went to St Louis or summer homes. Turner offered a resolution thanking Speaker Reed for impartial conduct, which passed unanimously amidst applause. Reed closed with a brief final speech and the chamber erupted in applause.
Report from Pretoria claims the Transvaal Executive Council freed reform leaders including John Ways Hammond George Farrar Lionel Phillips and Colonel Francis Rhodes on payment of 125000 each. They face banishment for 12 years if they refuse convictions and future interference is barred. Washington was advised of John Haynam’s rejection to join the Tractional on the fee.
In Greenpoint Brooklyn eight year old Bophie Kelner seized a Flobert rifle from a corner and fired at her six year old brother John as he stood by a window. Mrs Melcer in another room heard a shot and found the girl at the window spellbound as the boy lay dead in the yard from a backshot wound.
Washington report notes President Cleveland and his cabinet close to the final Congress day with Thurber in talks on measures across departments. Several bills were not signed, failing to become law, as session activity adds to ongoing appropriations debate.
A severe fire razed the American Horse Exchange in New York City occupying nearly a full block. Many horses were rescued but about 150 animals were lost, valued between 70 000 and 80 000 dollars. The building loss is estimated around 100 000 dollars, fully insured. Ground floor storage of carriages and harness worth about 240 000 dollars was destroyed.
A blaze at Whitingod destroyed the saloon of John Pulasky and two adjacent houses, killing Mia, Andy Homan age 28, Diss Mamto Homan, and Joho Homan. The incident leaves four victims confirmed.
The item notes Paterson New Jersey boasts a ninety six year old woman who rides a wheel and mentions bicycles priced around 100 costing less than 25 to make. It also claims Denmark has more cyclists per population than any country.
A jumble of sports standings and local calamities. includes league records for Cincinnati, Baltimore, Brooklyn, and others with wins and losses. Reports deaths and crimes across New York, Bridgeport, Elkhart, Goshen, New Brunswick, and more, plus political notes from Massachusetts and Louisiana.
A man named George Clarke entered the Bank of New Amsterdam at Broadway and Thirty-ninth Street during noon hour and demanded $6090 from President George Wyckoff. After Wyckoff refused, Clarke fired at him then shot himself. both were hospitalized as police investigated the bizarre case.
An 800 strong mob from Kurton undertook a lynching at the Jal in Bevan Tess. Louis Whitehead George Johnson and Jim Roddick were hanged from a single tree after attempting to assault the daughter of Dr. R H Wilson. Roddick had a prior conviction for assault on an Italian girl. awaiting a new trial when reversed by higher court. Jailor Goo failed to hold back the mob.
The Government issues a 810000 check to Baron Fava for distribution to Italian citizens’ families affected by the Wolsenburg mob riot. A 1800 check to the British Ambassador covers mistreatment of the Dawson family in Nebraska, and a 1000 payment to Purser Dayne follows injuries from New Orleans port strikes.
The Louisiana Democratic State Convention met at Baton Rouge with Judge T. Baird of Morehouse named temporary chairman. The pro silver delegation to Chicago is led by Senator elect McEnory, Congressman Robertson, Senator Blanchard and ex mayor Fitzpatrick, all backing free silver and a silver plank for the presidential race. In Crete the struggle against Turks intensifies as British warships land bluejackets to protect Christians amid heavy fighting and casualties.
A Vancouver freight train arrived loaded with powder and shells for Esquimalt fortifications. The steady stream of munitions suggests the British government's fortifications there are being expanded and strengthened, unknown to casual observers.
In a reckless act Patrick Sullivan twenty, a Brooklyn printer, i n drunken leap dives from the bridge’s highest point. He tumbles into the water, is rescued vulnerable but alive, and learns a harsh lesson about folly.
Kentucky Governor Brawley refuses to have his name pushed as a Presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention in St Louis. In another item a dent mute named Tarry B Davie is struck by a freight train on Rutger street in Utten N Y after crossing the West Shore tracks and dies from injuries.
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