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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
4
A Canadian collector has spent nine years assembling 148 officers’ buttons from every British regiment and department. He circulated 585 letters globally to support his project and preserve military insignia amid a remarkable, if sprawling, numismatic pursuit.
The stamp collection rises to an international exhibition planned for next July in London. John Fiske notes the event will showcase the world wide power of Great Britain with many portraits of Queen Victoria featured.
A New York Sun reminiscence recalls a giraffe eighteen feet tall lighting center pole lamps at a circus. The giraffe and keeper paraded before the audience, bowing as the lamps were lit, a sight that amused spectators greatly.
A Baltimore Sun description of a clever Ellicott City cat that hunts sparrows from twenty to thirty yards away. The cat hides under a bridge railing to approach unseen and pounces with precise timing, catching the bird three times out of four.
A legendary instrument built by Veriton, provost near Basel, measuring 320 feet with fifteen wires. It stood in an open lot to foretell weather changes, using wind-induced tones to predict conditions as noted by St Louis Republic.
Four survivors from the French steamship Villade et Villade 8t Nazaire reach port aboard the schooner Hilda after drifting a week in the Atlantic. The vessel carried eighty two passengers and crew. thirty eight survived the initial wreck with thirty four dying of starvation or madness. Survivors include AL Barry M Baire M Saute and D Tejada. many officers and several passengers perished.
The 8t. Naarteo left New York on March under Captain Jaqueneau with seventy two crew and eight passengers. A leak followed by a violent tempest doomed the ship and wrecked the vessel. Only thirty eight survived the long boat including Juan de Tojado's family. The boat suffered deaths from a man thrown overboard and others crushed by waves. Four men were rescued by the Hilda, and the survivors reached Port Amboy and then New York. The loss totaled 300000 in ship and cargo and Nazaire carried 250000 in gold.
The grand sarcophagus for General Ulysses S Grant arrives in New York as the Gmiot monument nears completion. Weighing 17 000 pounds with a four and a half ton upper section, it was crafted by J H Anderton Granite Co of Montello Wisconsin from high quality red granite. It measures 8 ft 6 in by 4 ft 3 in at the top and sits on a 7 ft 9 in base with a 27 in height, bearing the engraved name on the cap.
The Agriculture Department report based on independent dealers and mills shows 1.164 billion bushels of principal grain in farmers hands, with 20.6 percent of wheat and 44.2 percent of oats still held. It notes large stocks in prairie states awaiting better prices and 27.3 percent shipped beyond county lines.
A grand outdoor procession through Berlin began at 9 am and moved via Unter den Linden to the Kalst Wilhelm I monument. More than 20 000 participants in elaborate costumes marched to greet Emperor William I, Empress Frederick, and royal guests as cheers rang along the route.
Pretoria dispatch reports drafts of treaties between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State published in Bloemfontein papers. The pacts grant burghers the right to vote in either republic and obligate mutual support if attacked.
New York Governor Black signed the law designating April 27 as a half-holiday for the Grant memorial dedication in New York. Secretary of War Alger orders 410 officers and men to attend and march in the parade. Fourteen governors pledged attendance. Pennsylvania National Guard 8900 strong will march, along with half of New Jersey National Guard and units from Massachusetts Connecticut Delaware Maryland and Virginia.
The British Postoffice shifts to a new telegraphy system using high frequency electro static waves above 250 million hertz. These waves move like light, reflect, refract, and can carry sound messages even when wires are broken. Chile strengthens military reform with an army of 9000 and a navy of fourteen ships and support vessels.
The Wilson Line steamer Rialto arrived in New York after a mid ocean fire and foundered near Marché. A portion of its cargo included dhumienis. An explosion occurred among those aboard, and after forty hours of futile efforts to quell the flames the officers and crew abandoned ship and were rescued by the Carthaginian.
Forty seven employees of the Lambertville Rubber Manufacturing Company are ill with a fever doctors call typhoid fever, though symptoms differ. Officials blame germs in crude rubber and note contaminated water was once suspected but no purity analysis supports it.
Three colored men James Gilnore James Miley and Otis Miller were taken from the Tallahassee sheriff by fifty armed men and hanged from trees with bullets in their bodies. They were accused of killing James Barefield postmaster at Blue Springs and his lieutenant John R Turner on March 3. The killings are described as the result of a robbery attempt.
The AP special representative reports relief reaches 1,750,000 per son ars at the rate of 400 by 200 mites while 10 sre of 400 by 200 mites. No death from starvation was found during the extended tour due to government action.
Former President Grover Cleveland arrived in Princeton New Jersey from Cape Charles Virginia ending a hunting and fishing trip. He had just purchased a private residence in Princeton and was met by his coachman at Princeton Junction before being driven into town.
Reports say Dutch Republics may form a union after a visit by President Keneger of the Transvaal to President Stoye of the Orange Free State. A circus elephant Tip was strangled in Bridgeport after poisoning attempts failed. New York approves the Greater New York charter by 118 to 28. A count notes a jealousy driven murder in Orrick Missouri.
High waters from the White Ougehia Little Red and Black Rivers flood wide areas and force residents to higher ground. Governor Jones plans to convene the Legislature within ten days to authorize relief. The state reports record river levels and widespread business disruption as livestock losses exceed ten thousand.
Reports from Mandan, Dickinson and surrounding states detail severe winter losses among cattle herds. Prominent figures like Pierre Wibaux estimate millions in damages, with hundreds of thousands of young cattle perishing on crowded ranges. News covers English coinage, shipwrecks, droughts, plague in Bombay, and local public works.
Jones White, a hustler in the Union Pacific shops at Denver, led three passenger engines toward the Union Depot when a coal train engine from the Denver Texas and Gulf Road struck them, causing a wreck. Patrick Casey, Hugh McBride, and Edward J. Hayes died in the flames. John W. Brandt survived with serious burns and injuries.
A farmer William Foes shot his wife, her mother, his sister in law, and her father after his wife vowed to never return. He then killed himself. The attack occurred five miles west of Wamago, North Dakota, leaving four women gravely wounded and one man dead.
The Dismal Swamp is not a bog but an elevated green timber area that drains waters from five rivers. It contains juniper and cypress, turns fallen timber into permanent peat, and emits a fresh air with juniper tinged water. Locals hail it as one of the continent's healthiest places and a source of healthful waters for travelers.
A historical description notes state dinners at the White House costing from 500 to 1000 dollars with wine prices. The scene features tropical plants, a gold and silver table setting, a central mirror lake, and a table that seats 38 to 60. Dolly Madison purchased the mirror frame. the First Lady sits opposite the President. spoons and forks are gold and china priceless. A separate Victorian anniversary idea mentions freeing Zanzibar slaves.
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