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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
1
A reflective poem set in a rural landscape where lost love lingers. The speaker wanders old wood paths and sheltered spots near a brook, recalling conversations about love. Voices from the past echo in the woods as tears return with memories of affection.
Beth invites a ragged man she finds in the hedge to a tea party against her mother’s will and the man reveals his troubled past with alcohol. Beth seeks the lost box tied to his nephew Dick, finds it with Bob Jr, and the minister helps arrange restitution. The tale ends with the man vowing change and the father guiding a cautious resolution.
A humorous naval academy tale recounts Cadet Clark plotting to prank Captain Cook by stealing a sweet potato pie during dinner. The scene ends with Cook exposing the pie theft and frustration over the ruined dessert as Clark’s plan backfires. The piece also notes 1898 Great Britain import figures for refrigerating beef and overall food import valuation.
Senator Jelks presents to Alabama Legislature a bill protecting publishers from libel suits. If an injurious publication is retracted or an apology is made within five days of demand, the aggrieved party is considered adequately recompensed and the matter dropped. Alabama press backs the measure.
German steamer Albano reached Hampton Roads reporting the loss of tug James Bowen and her second mate after a gale off the Virginia Capes on Monday. The Bowen towed the mud barge Admiral from Norfolk to Philadelphia. crew of twelve perished, lifeboat crew saved the captain and barge crew at 4.20 pm. The Albano also lost a lifeboat during the rescue.
In Missouri City, a mob of about fifty men captured Ohio Summers from a jail, tied him to a tray, and inflicted forty lashes with a knotted rope. They then assaulted five other men, forcing them to strip and beating them, and ordered them to leave town within three days. They also searched Terry Chaney’s home for James Jackson, who was found and given twenty five lashes. Local regulators warned Asbury to depart immediately.
A gang plundering Doln ward and Hudson station at Fockdile was surprised by police early Wednesday. John Shannon of Shamokin was fatally wounded. another robber was shot in the arm but escaped. The wounded man was taken to the city by freight. No locals were hurt. no money was taken.
San Wah a Chinese native and Fort Scott resident was drawn as foreman on a jury with two African American jurors in Has kett court. They heard Mary Epps a colored clairvoyant sue Ben Bruce a colored landlord for 100 dollars for professional services in removing spooks from two houses. The defendant refused to obey and was dragged before the court. After expert testimony the case was dismissed for lack of a city license to practice a profession.
The Nebraska supreme court dismissed Mayor Frank L. Moores appeal and ruled him ineligible to hold office. Ex mayor Brooth, who filed the writ of ouster, is also ineligible and lacks standing. The president of the city council may begin proceedings to unseat Moores, though he may serve out his term. In Parkesburg West Virginia a nitro glycerine explosion killed two men and damaged nearby property. Georges French of Jamestown New York and farmer M Michaels were killed. Tom Carroll John Metcalf Charlie Bintr ee Hopkins were severely injured.
The Legislative Council in Calcutta considers a bill modeled on a US act of July 1897 to empower India to impose a countervailing duty on bounty fed sugar imports. The measure aims to offset subsidies and protect domestic sugar producers.
State actions include Indiana enacting a weekly payment law with railroad exemptions. Maine House rejects a bill to raise judges salaries. Texas exempts lawyers and physicians from occupation tax. North Dakota and Minnesota push a binding-twine plant in state penitentiary. Massachusetts Senate backs grace data restoration after veto override. Arkansas passes anti trust and tax bills affecting insurers. Arkansas House rejects a seven year tax exemption proposal for cotton and wool. New Hampshire repeals moly law tied to prohibitions.
Washington Siemen of the Equipment Bureau reports Newport News loaded 5000 tons of coal bound for Manila via the Suez Canal to support Admiral Dewey's fleet. Australia supplied some coal for the Philippines. The Navy plans vast barracks on Coaster's Island Newport to house over 1000 midshipmen as the last Naval Appropriation bill raises apprentice numbers.
Cuban Military Assembly votes 26 to 4 to impeach General Maxim Gomez as General Chief of the Cuban Army after a tense session. Debate cites insubordination and disobedience. action follows Gomez accepting arrangements for payment and disarming troops without assembly consultation.
Ll Eowanpavite reports a heroism case at Peters station on Clover Leaf Road where Dickman, a telegraph operator, prevented a collision by signaling the dispatch when no hold was given. He dragged himself to the station house and alerted dispatchers as a through freight departed, narrowly averting disaster.
The Chicago has left Havans bound for Hampton Roads to become flagship of Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison. He will command the Heath Atloodl Station in South America, a post abandoned at the start of the Spanish War when Newark served as flagship. the Chicago’s last duty was noming.
A broad prairie blaze three miles wide and four miles long devastated land just north of Darlington Five Indian Agency near El Reno Oklahoma Territory. Many head of cattle owned by the Tuliaua farmers were burned and property damage occurred. A squaw named Indian child perished in the blaze.
The Administration plans an experimental enlistment of native troops in Cuba and the Philippines, possibly Porto Rico. Secretary Alger authorizes Generals Otis at Stantia and Brooke at Havana to organize battalions of Cubans and Filipinos, with a telegram to General Henry on Porto Rico yielding a favorable reply.
Navy Department orders increase general service enlistment from three to four years. The Navy Yard Boston has revolved the directive, with Washington issuing the change for nationwide implementation. The measure affects all new enlistees entering general service in the United States Navy.
Ten ships are missing after severe February storms, with no passengers aboard. The total value of the vessels and cargoes is about 3.5 million dollars, crews estimated between 300 and 400 men. The list names Arena, Croft, British ships from various routes, and German and American vessels.
Admiral Canevaro, Italy's foreign minister, told the Chamber of Deputies Italy sought Britain and Japan approval before pressing concessions in Sun Sun. He noted Britain urged against force and promised diplomatic support to Italy at The Court of Ok, with other powers notified and mostly acquiescent. He warned against violence harming Britain and risking wider European conflict.
The War Department announced on Tuesday that General Brooke will disperse the Cuban Assembly and assert U S military authority until ordered otherwise. The administration views the assembly as nonrepresentative and prone to provocation, with Adams Gomez opposition and potential extortion against U S Treasury funds.
Henry Muller a Gorman and former US Army member was arrested in Nontreal on an extradition charge after United States Deputy Consul Gorman alleged he threatened to kill President McKinley. Muller wrote to President Angell of Ann Arbor University saying he would go to Washington to kill McKinley. Municipal elections occurred across Maine with narrow outcomes except Biddeford. In Bideford a reformer beat the Republican mayoral nominee after a tight race. German army expansion rejected by the Reichstag in a 20 to LAS vote. A North Sea incident left twelve from a fishing vessel dead after a Norwegian steamer foundered off Aberdoot.
War Department orders the Twelfth New York Infantry then in Matanzas Cuba to transfer to the transport Berlin for New York City to be mustered out. This starts a general homeward move as the Administration aims to reduce Cuban troops, with about 23,000 volunteers now in Cuba and roughly 15,000 regulars remaining for stablizing governance.
Special dispatch from Barre Montana reports the death of Austin Bidwell of Coleago aged near, who with brother George swindled the Bank of England out of 5 1000 000 on worthless securities. The scheme began in 1879, they fled after pocketing 25 000 000 and 10 times that amount, were captured, Austin jailed in Cubs, George in France, both given life terms but released after twenty years. They later returned to Chicago where they were born and Austin wrote a memoir of his exploits.
Third Jumone Officer Major Ed ward Wilson of the Third Immune Regiment was court martialed and found guilty of forgery falsifying records and conduct unbecoming an officer. He was sentenced to dismissal from service forfeiture of pay and confinement a year but clemency reduces hard labor. Other items note a suicide after confession in Arkansas a London tax ruling on a Chicago brewery and a drowned China victim report.
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