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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1894
Page
4
In Austrian Silesia Karwin Franziska mines saw five blast events overnight. Two hundred miners killed or entombed with a rescue party of ten losing their lives. Count Lorisch supervised efforts as flames spread and ventilation shafts burned.
George Peabody Wetmore was elected United States Senator in Newport by the Rhode Island Legislature to succeed Nathan Dixon. A dinner and salute followed. in the Senate 32 of 37 voted for Wetmore, with four absentees in the House. Wetmore, born in New York, is 42, married Edith Botellas, and later served as Rhode Island governor in 1886.
A massive blaze devastated the Central Block Yard and Transit Company slaughterhouse and cold storage in Jersey City at the Hudson foot of Sixth Street. The five acre site, built on piles over the river, burned rapidly, with estimates around two million dollars in losses including 6000 sheep killed or sold for Europe shipments, and hundreds of feet of stockyard and refrigeration machinery destroyed. Police and workers saved some animals but the vast complex suffered extensive damage, with joint stock and railroad interests reporting major property losses.
Seventeen year locusts bite ten year old George Pavek near West Point New York as the swarm descends. The boy from the Pavek family was taken ill while returning home from the mountains and died before medical aid could reach him due to swelling and discoloration from the bites.
In Gordon Indiana a man named Brock, driven by poverty and hunger, killed his wife and two sons then himself. The bodies were found in a secluded hollow inside a crude pen. evidence showed a struggle before the slayings. Brock allegedly plotted to protect the house and later set off a wagon to conceal the scene.
The piece traces the Black Death or plague origins from Yunnan China to Canton and Hong Kong, detailing transmission through animals and humans, early descriptions by Jesuit sources, and historic European outbreaks from London 1665 to 1878 9 on the Volga. It cites Dr J F Payne, miasmatic theories, and regional episodes in Egypt and Asia with emphasis on mortality and spread patterns.
An unknown assailant fired at Prime Minister Crispi while he traveled to the Chamber of Deputies in a closed carriage. Four men blocked the road near Via Gregorlanan and Via Capolecana at 4:20 pm, fired, then fled. Crispi escaped unharmed, leaping from the carriage as a crowd surged. Police quickly detained a suspect described as a trugelioga calling himself Murat and linked to Pasta Loyn, amid a chaotic scene with strong public calls for lynching.
A band of eight junks planned to attack Tanch, a village in Helnlog district. Villagers, aided by yamen runners, repelled the assault. 32 pirates were killed and captured, several drowned. Eight villagers wounded, one mortally. China ranks high in wheat, with last year’s crop at 203 million bushels.
The 53rd Congress Senate and House debates cover Wool schedule opposition to tariffs, rapid progress on free list, and amendments defeated. House discussions on Indian Appropriation bill proceed with orderly and disorderly moments. Hatch Anti-Options bill debate dominates, including votes and speeches by various members. A land sale and park land surrender are directed, and a joint resolution extends appropriations.
The ex legislator Thomas M. Bayne of Pennsylvania, fearing a lingering death from consumption, shot himself in his Washington apartment at No. 1629 Massachusetts Avenue. Born June 14, 1836 in Allegheny, he served in the Union Army, became a lawyer, was district attorney, and served in multiple Congresses before his death.
At McClainesville Ohio Company K Eighth Regiment faced a mob of about thirty strikers at the mouth of the dangerous outpost. Captain Weybrecht refused to shoot unarmed men and ordered his troops to subdue the attackers with minimal force. The Hungarians Poles and Italians scattered. no soldiers or civilians were seriously harmed.
A Simuran dispatch reports a party of young people returning from a holiday event aboard a ferry crossing the Rivar Juk. Overcrowding and a leaking vessel caused the boat to sink near Buguline, resulting in forty five drownings out of seventy aboard.
The schooner Row bound from Beaulindy Bay Newfoundland to Latrador struck an iceberg off Partridge Point and sank in ten minutes. Forty four of the fifty two aboard perished. twenty seven men nine women seven children survived after a passing crew rescued them. Only one woman’s body was recovered.
At Dobbs Ferry New York the New York Society of theBonk of the American Revolution laid the base stone for a monument near the Livingston mansion to honor Washingtons Yorktown campaign. The ceremony featured Vice President Stevenson, naval bands, and a 1000-strong crowd. A July 4 completion was hoped with inscriptions noting Rochambeau and the first British salute to the United States.
A man named Jamie BR. Camznten was hanged at All fileton Tennessee for the murder of his father James d T. Carpenter at Port Royalton on November 10 1899. The elder man was a blind huckster. Other dispatches report a mill explosion in Dolour Pennsylvania with deaths, a bank shortage and disappearances, a college baseball result, and various crimes and incidents across the United States and abroad.
A city display honors the adoption of the Stars and Stripes with public and private buildings in New York City. The National observance marks the 117th anniversary of the flag’s adoption, highlighting civic pride and historic symbolism.
The Labor World notes union activities and wage disputes across the U S and Europe including conventions in Chicago and Australia, wage cuts in the District of Columbia, Prague orchestra salary demands, upsets in railroads, and job fears amid a generally dull economy with factory closures and widespread strikes. It highlights calls for conventions, wage debates, and labor unrest in cities like Paterson Kansas City Copenhagen and Melbourne.
A chaotic late bulletin reports a farmer’s grain loss in Pune Valley and a Connecticut man’s suicide by shotgun. It notes New York suburbs battered by a storm, a lightning strike in Weehawken killing James Curty, injuries to jockeys, and horses fatalities near a racing event. A railroad wreck in Stillman Valley causes heavy losses. Navy repairs in Antwerp demand funds, while Columbia Court of Inquiry censures Captain Sumner for bridge duty. The President returns from a trip with cabinet meetings, and Mexico reports two children murdered over pawnbroker goods. London migration officials warn of rising immigrations to Canada.
A sample of curious reports describes a Sicily skull as large as a bushel basket, a Berlin club with nine footers, vast New Testament manuscript holdings, long old German miles, giant Pacific creatures, growing British Library collections, and ancient coinage origins. It weaves peculiar measurements, myths, and unlikely coincidences into a mosaic of world trivia.
Judge William Walter Phelps former U S minister to Germany and congressman from New Jersey died at his Leanock home near Englewood after a long illness believed pulmonary and complicated by typhoid fever. Born August 24 1839 in New York City he held high office under Garfield and Harrison and served as U S minister to Austria later as judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. He married the daughter of Joseph E Sheldorf and leaves a wife two sons and a daughter.
The Naval War College was opened at Newport by Assistant Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo. He said the navy must combine modern ships with the power to reproduce them quickly, and argued the United States can deter invasion only with strong ships and robust industrial capability. He praised Sabtalis Mahun as a venerable naval historian connected with the college.
The Kearsarge flag was returned to the U S Government at Brook Exchange New York City on a ceremony led by prominent figures including Thomas of the Changro Gaptha Huwry and Captain Hussey. The brief event featured remarks by L Rehopp and a salute of The Star Spangled Banner as the flag was presented after decades since the ship's famed Cherbourg action.
The Fair Edifice at the World Fare Grounds in Chisago was relocated to Wall Lake Tad where it serves as a club venue. It was rolled along groves to Inka ghoro at Tauk son Park, then towed by two tugs to its new destination about twelve miles away.
A New York Herald report recalls how eyestones once used for eye irritants have become obsolete. The piece contrasts past practice of relying on shellfish eye stones with modern surgical removal, noting progress in eye care and the shift away from crude remedies. It cites sailors and certain seafaring workers as exceptions to the general decline in use.
The Chicago Times notes unusual garment measurements with quirky inches. It lists sizes for underwear, rocks, culture, shoes, trousers, gloves, and hats in fractions of an inch, including one sixth in shoes and one eighth in hats.
A compilation of eccentric profiles: the Sultan and hymn authorial earnings. Goorria’s Secretary of State nicknamed Plowboy. ex-Speaker of the House in Boston. Des Moines society president. English and German figures linked to Windsor, London, and the Kaiser lineage. Includes portraits of poets, critics, and scientists, plus notes on consular pay, journalism, and Virchow’s vast duties.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving digestion and cleansing the system. Claims relief from colds headaches and fevers when constipated. Notes kidney liver and bowels are stimulated without weakening them. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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