17 Mar 1893
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1893
Page
1
A patchwork of 1890s columns surveys bank clearances, subsidies to Canada’s railways, and political shifts from India to South America. It cites Panamino as a banking scandal nickname, notes 1892 as peak year for bank clearances, and reflects on Lesseps and Panama’s failures amid global turmoil.
In a tale from the Minneapolis Tribune via the San Francisco Call, a Norwegian hunter Waage in an Arctic village endures tragedy when his son drowns after a walrus pushes him overboard. Grief drives Waage to hunt walruses with his knife, severing skulls and piling them at his child’s grave, a morbid fix that isolates him from the community and may seal his fate.
A passenger recounts dodging a locomotive on a hand car between Emporia and Strong in Iowa. The section gang sped ahead, the engine closed in, and a wild sprint ended with a near-collision as they reached Strong. The tale, from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, captures a vivid, dangerous thrill.
The article describes Columbia River sturgeon, its appearance and age, methods to catch and handle large fish, and a note on a 94 foot specimen weighing 450 pounds. It covers seasonal fishing, gear, live-bait use, and a river trap for keeping fish alive for market.
The young Louis approaches his thirteenth birthday under French regal law. Rumors spread of a potential escape as Parisians converge on the Palais Royal. The royal family faces a tense midnight standoff with the queen remaining poised while the crowd demands the king.
A discussion notes the failure to spread a destructive rabbit disease in Australia and records Carl Miller, Christy, Hind, and Luvantion in exploring rabbit populations in the Canadian Northwest. It cites cycles of boom and bust and suggests a virulent disease might help Australian farmers. Wonders from a Well describes a 1890 well sinking near Nirias New Mexico where flood-like water carries small bugs with red features, seen as a curious discovery by Columbus Dispatch reporters.
Democratic caucus assigns chairs as Republicans gain eleven committees after reorganization in the Senate. The list by Mr. Gorhams shows chairing duties across Agriculture to Education with Republicans holding a majority in many panels. final Wyoming seat awaiting sworn-in member.
An old fashioned saw startup near Wyandotte Michigan maimed Herman Meinke and Amos Coan during timber work. A knotty plank snapped, the blade struck Meinke in the breast, and Coan was injured as the saw jumped and the frame gave way. A separate report notes a battlefield collapse near Mexico.
The Labor World notes unions amalgamating in Chicago and across the United States while detailing pension issues for workers over sixty, compulsory arbitration debates in Colorado, eight hour gains for Union Pacific shopmen, Panama Canal preservation wage disputes, and thousands involved in New York strikes. Reports cover Philadelphia clerk concerns, British eight hour feasibility, Homestead sufferers aid, Albany residency for freight workers, and the breadth of self supporting women in New York. International mentions include Lombardy demonstrations for Bread Work or Blood, 30,000 idle Chicago workers, Nebraska forming a State Labor Congress, a Chicago railroad employes association, Luxembourg postal advertising of job wants, and cotton spinner hardship in Oldham with 34,000 unemployed.
A jumble of short items notes long lived Perenzo's kin and Diaz Jr in Washington, Twovart the Bishop of Chichester at ninety, Iliss Herbert as cabinet link, Susan B Anthosy and Justice Lamar, Richard Olney as Attorney General, J Stentixa Moxroy as Agriculture Secretary, Mrs D T Wintyer novelist, Mane Vax Zanot as famed prima donna, Ex-Secury Experxs rumored rich, President Bannios of Guatemala with American wife, Dr TaLsage contemplating salary cut after debt, Berlin gossip of Emperor William relatives seeking operation, Secretary Gttsias as premier and father of cabinet, Montnoa Territory speaker with an invalid chair, Padre Agostino sermons attracting crowds in Italian cities.
Newsy notes from diverse regions report large financial figures and policy moves. Britain sees debt issues, floods and weather impact in Russia and Germany, Galapagos islands offered as a coaling station, and cholera alerts. An obituary notes Jacop AAW, longtime first man in the New York Directory.
President Cleveland sent to the Senate a batch of nominations including Isaac P. Gray as Minister to Mexico Patrick A. Collins as Consul General in London Robert A Maxwell as Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Josiah Quincy as Assistant Secretary of State and details on Gray Collins and Maxwell with biographical notes. A Hawaiian treaty withdrawal is reported with debate among Democrats and Republicans and possible new terms. President met with Senator Hill at the White House in a twenty minute audience amid a wave of petitions.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Boley Admiral Gherard and Commodore Ransay met at the Navy Department to set new dates for the naval review. The rendezvous is moved to Hampton Roads Virginia on April 17 with sailing to New York on April 24 for an April 27 review.
Secretary Carlisle of the United States Treasury accepts a proposal from the Clearing House of Danger to exchange 1l. 60,009 of the Treasury issue of 160 for 1,007,009 in gold. The move aims to boost the free poll in the framely to 195,00, with no steps yet taken by the secretary, who signals a potential policy shift.
Widespread floods from melting ice swamp villages and cities from New York to Michigan Nebraska and Wisconsin. Towns report eight foot floods in streets with overflowing basements and ruined property. Rail lines face washouts as ice dams and rising rivers threaten homes.
William N Reich the Democratic U S Senator from North Dakota was sworn in at Washington on Inauguration Day. He succeeds Lymat Casay by a bipartisan coalition. Benatar Ronchi, born in Sirpinia, moved to Grand Forks and built wealth in real estate. He laid out Larri more, served as its first mayor, and ran twice for North Dakota governor.
In Washington excitement rises as an error in drafting the World's Fair appropriation hands control of the $570,000 premium fund to the Women's Board. The misprint suggests the board gains authority to appoint jurors and oversee all premiums, due to a clerical mistake that inserted Lady Managers in the wrong space.
A oil train on the New York Ontario and Western Railroad split on a grade near Moanaville New York. The rear section crashed into a following station car. A fierce explosion set fire to oil tanks and instantly killed the engine’s fireman and head brakesman, with flames visible for miles.
Advices report German troops including white soldiers and native levies defeated hostile natives at Unlangewitra after a severe clash. German losses include a sergeant named Etter and ten native soldiers killed while Lieutenant Bother was wounded. The victory tightens German authority and suppresses resistance among locals.
Hans Uarison and L. Myers ride a cake of ice down a swollen Hinckley stream when a brief drift capsizes them. Henry Binder tries a rescue but his horse sinks in deep water. Carl son then dives in to aid Binder, but both men perish. Separately a Bell patent note remarks on expiration of the original telephone patent and its impact on the monopoly. Agronomic figures follow with cotton state percentages and general averages.
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