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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
4
A chaotic scene at Dead Man's Curve features a police officer guiding a group of maidens and rescuing bystanders. Amid the confusion he aids a woman dodging a cab and restrains a disruptive elderly man, while a child clings and others are escorted to safety. A Russian battleship visit anecdote follows, noting strict naval law.
A fragmented newspaper page mixes a short interview with Mr. Selfmade about maxims guiding his career and a string of medical and consumer ads. It includes claims about nerve cure Dr Kline and deafness treatments, plus household tips like laundering baby clothes with Ivory soap and Allen’s Foot Ease shoe care.
A fire in Ottawa Ontario, suspected incendiary, destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber. John Witte, just released from prison for arson, was arrested near the origin. Fire began near the river, spread to the lumber yards, with water mains damaged and no supply early on. Fifteen million feet of lumber burned, chiefly belonging to J. R. Booth, with property losses around six hundred thousand dollars. About 500 to 600 families were left homeless. city resisted outside aid and planned local relief efforts.
Original manuscript of Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells sold for 210 dollars as part of the Warold Peirce Library. The scorched sheet measured eight by thirty seven and a half inches, long divided into three parts with incomplete final panels. Bidding was led by George P D Smith George W Bowden and George H Rigby New York and Philadelphia buyers. The manuscript was purchased by Mr. Rigby.
Twenty eight years after a Rochester man Wam HH Stone was found dead in a millrace, his supposed widow Mrs Stone confirmed the identity. The 105th New York Infantry honored him with memorials and pallbearers including Chief Cleary. Stone later reappeared and razed his tombstone before acknowledging himself to family and police.
A train wreck fifty miles west of Port Arthur Ontario killed twelve men by fire and left eight others slightly injured. A caboose left the track, overturned, and caught fire, engulfing the car in flames.
Dong Gong, a Chinese leper who escaped from quarantine at St. Toul, AL, was recaptured. He was found in a Chinese laundry, causing many customers to flee after they learned of the captive.
Police freed John Czalgosz brother of a McKinley associate, saying he is a peaceful, law abiding man. Authorities doubt his intent to flee notoriety, and Czalgosz plans to continue using an alias. A separate question on foreigner tax liabilities will be submitted to arbitration in September.
Icebergs along the Newfoundland coast and Grand Banks disrupt steamer lanes. Montrealers report sighting large ice fields near Cape Race blocking routes. In Idaho, the General Land Office withdraws 460 000 acres of public land for irrigation.
Archival note shows McCormick at St Petersburg denying claims of mass murders of Jews in Bessarabia and Southwest Russia. He states the Russian government authorized a formal denial to the State Department in Washington. The Central Committee for relief of the Jewish sufferers circulated fearsome reports of massacres and widespread suffering.
A Mail warning from Mata sparked a police alert when a Pine box filled with dynamite and clockwork was found on a pier near the Umbria. Investigators traced two men who moved the box from Thirty-ninth Street to the vessel before it sailed at 2 PM. Officials call it a serious scare with possible practical joke motive. Also included is a Cleveland reply letter to Athens businessmen regarding presidential prospects.
John C. Allgood a Black rural mail carrier says he was held up by armed men who warned him not to make another mail run or he would be killed. Postmaster General Payne ordered a full investigation and suspension of service on the route with Special Agent Conger in Nashville directing the inquiry.
The New York Cotton Exchange saw one of its most volatile days as futures jumped up to 25 points amid Liverpool activity and shorts buying. In Fall River and New Orleans traders faced wild price swings, with early gains later pulled back as market nerves and rumors of Du campaign spread.
At the opening of the twelfth annual General Society Daughters of the Revolution convention in St Pauls Chapel New York City Reverend Robert Morr Kemp preached on marriage and the mission of women drawing about 1200 attendees. He urged patriotic societies to uphold equality of birth in this land over wealth and aristocracy and praised the American woman for standing on the pillars of influence for God and godly aims.
Mrs Willian Kaub éek of Baldwinsville alleges her husband has a marriage contract with Miss Loenen Fones a sixteen year old girl. The Kaulbeck couple has lived together eleven years and have a neighbor Helen Motes in their home. The husband admitted the agreement and hid the contract in a box buried under an elm at Smoky Hollow.
Meman B pakeil and his wife died after a gas explosion. Heman M Blasdell and wife burned, with Mrs Blasdell escaping in flames. Blasdell, a former first postmaster of Blar Mell and Civil War veteran, was 63 and prominent Republican.
Washington reports Capt. Pershing’s forces struck the Moro stronghold near Taraca. Ten forts seized with prisoners and rifles captured. two killed and four wounded on our side. Hostile forts destroyed. prisoners freed. morale high. no further large hostilities anticipated. Also reports drownings in Montana and a Texas assassination by ambush. Roosevelt aide declines Venezuelan umpiring role. Local arsons and juvenile firebug case noted in Massachusetts.
Charles W. Sherrerd a 20 year old Scranton resident and Delta Phi member drowned in a canoeing accident on the Hudson River. Three fellow students were rescued. he would have graduated from the Poltechnic Institute in June. he leaves a father, a stepmother, and a brother at Lehigh University.
The report details union organizing efforts in Chicago and Kenton Ohio with suspender workers and plumbing groups. It cites wage gains and nine hour day campaigns from Montreal to Denver, Kansas City to Ithaca, and London Canada with various cities voting wage increases and hours cuts in the early labor movement.
A deadly cerebrospinal meningitis, called spotted fever, develops among 2200 recruits at the League Island Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Several recruits have died with five more gravely ill, and fears grow that others may contract the disease among shipyard workers and enlistees.
Washington reports mixed crop conditions with winter wheat largely spared from recent freezes and a promising overall outlook. Early corn suffered from late week frosts in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, while planting moved forward in the Ohio Valley and Mid Atlantic. Pacific coast prospects are less favorable, and rain is needed in the north Pacific region.
An excerpt contrasts Mounted Police with royal escorts during the Duke of York visit, noting the police leadership and frontier bravado. It also references a New York Press discussion on married life and a humorous scene about a woman and her husband. The piece closes with facts on California navel oranges and the impact of machinery on labor.
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