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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
1
A mosaic of brief observations notes American products abroad, Boston seeks a city music department, Phoenix touts cleanliness, and penalties for spitting. It also mentions naval ration fears, global gold in circulation, opera house taxes, church concert impact, and Columbus descendants in Cadiz with a Philadelphia Record remark on fame.
The piece notes belief in lex talionis in New York as trials proceed. In Brooklyn, Hinz who killed his brother-in-law was hinged on by two jurors for conviction. In Manhattan, Pietro Barcia, seeking vengeance for his father’s death in Italy, also saw a split verdict with two votes for acquittal. Both defendants face retrial.
The Romany band will crown a new queen in Topeka Kansas on May 22 with attendees from all states and foreign countries. About one thousand gypsies expected. Molly Stackovitch known as Molly Brauley reaches twenty on May 22 and may be crowned per tribal law. Father Metrovitch will perform. Minnie Youngs of Chicago will place the crown. The piece also honors a Marine from the Maine reporting bravely during disaster and rejects slander about naval discipline.
Fragmented lines describe two figures and a turbulent sea scene with thunder like drums. It references an echo, chained isles, and a smiling Columbia, conveying a dramatic, symbolic mood without clear narrative.
In Paris M Chapoulot frets when his daughter Charlotte misses dinner after an omnibus episode. A stranger Agenor Balucket pays the fare, calms the row, and a few weeks later Charlotte and Agenor wed, with Chapoulot remarking on debts repaid with 20 000 francs.
A compilation of remarks on women as diners and their table manners, a London Sketch anecdote about Marmaduke the dachshan with a glass eye, and tributes to Frances E. Willard. It includes social commentary, a brief pet obituary, and notes on Miss Willard’s influence.
War Department issues first overall order amid rising hostilities with Spain creating Department of the Gulf headquartered at Atlanta with Brigadier General William M. Graham in command. Missouri and Texas departments reorganized, Navy expands recruit stations in Gulf and Great Lakes regions, Marine Corps to add two battalions for service aboard ships and stores. Report notes Spain has not secured ships or armor in European yards and questions on Spanish loan of 240 million.
A call for 160 men has been issued to join the 700 already at the yard to push forward work on smaller calibre guns for merchant ships and harbor craft. Heavier 10 and 13 inch guns for battleships would be kept for regular war vessels, with no rapid completion possible while ships are under way. Workers are on day and night shifts in three relays, and efforts would expand if Secretary Long approves additional ordnance manufacture.
The monitor Miantonomok and harbor defense ram Katahdin are commissioned at League Island Navy Yard with Minneapolis and Columbia joining as part of a swift destroyer contingent. Minneapolis and Columbia will face Brooklyn at Hampton Roads to form a flying squadron and cover Key West or northern ports. Katahdin may join Terror in New York harbor while Miantonomok guards Delaware Bay entrance.
Reports from Washington indicate American consuls in Cuba have not resigned, health issues aside. Ten-inch coastal defense guns ordered for Narragansett Bay forts, while Bethlehem Steel talks continue. A New York child murder case links to a Swedish servant, and a push for large naval construction appears in overseas dispatches.
On orders from Washington the Vesugias and Florida Naval Reserves practiced signaling with new rocket pieces. Reports of the rockets bursting in midair drew large crowds. Spain Has Money at Last. Amount raised for warships said to be 60,000,000 deposited in a London bank. Gov ernment orders 250,000 tons of coal to Key West with special trains and bonuses. Maine relic craze prompts divers to guard wreck evidence for the Court of Inquiry.
The Department of Agriculture reports March 1 wheat reserves in farmers hands at about 121 million bushels, 22.9 percent of last year’s crop, with a 33 million bushel increase from last year. Corn and oats figures follow, detailing percentages shipped out of county and remaining merchantable in farm hands.
Mrs John L Driscoll is discovered dead in her room at the Chamber of Commerce Building in Nashville Tenn while her husband sits nearby in a chair A physician found the scene and notes Mr Driscoll asked him to wait in the room claiming his wife was dead and that he would be dead when found Morphine suspicion arises from a fake dose and health issues It appears to be a tied to a note left by Driscoll suggesting a planned death or fatal outcome
The Ronste bill authorizes eight revenue cutter ships. Supreme Court Justice Harlan upheld Kansas cattle fever law. Brower dissented. Spanish Minister Pelo y Barnabe presented credentials to President Bickeley. Pension rules aim to curb pension claim pressure by lawmakers. House Elections Committee favorably reports seating B A Wise over William A Young. Nominations sent: Meek in Northern District of Texas. Waddill in Eastern District of Virginia. Lawson Malon in Santiago. Lenderink to Iowa. Senate rejected Williams for Aberdeen postmaster. House votes non-concurrence on Indian Appropriation bill amendments. Patterson, a former Democrat, opposed Carmack, a gold Democrat, with Republican support.
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