24 May 1907
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
1
In a corner of Col Wallett s plantation Granny Brown sits in a large armchair knitting under a rough log-house roof. Her red checkered wrapper, gray hair, and bright eyes show quiet diligence as she tends her task amid a rustic room and worn stone threshold.
A wounded Confederate soldier seeks shelter at Granny's, begs for help, and is hidden as Union troops search the area. Granny feigns calm while porcelain tea cups clink and a hole in the floor becomes a makeshift hiding place. Soldiers threaten and search, while Granny pretends ignorance and keeps the man safe for a tense night.
An elderly grandmother, Granny, shelters and nurses Crawford Floyd, a Confederate spy, after a skirmish. He recovers, vows to contact her, and departs. Later a rider delivers a token of gratitude, a gold coin worth twenty dollars, which Granny hides carefully.
The readable text presents a poetic celebration of national unity and lasting union across regions. It references a camp fire song, a united people, and the idea of a single story for the nation, with imagery of shared homeland and hope for future years.
A passenger from Detroit and seventy survivors escaped as the Crosby Transportation Company steamer Naomi burned in Lake Michigan near Grand Haven. The fire began at 1 30 p m with passengers asleep, killing one man from Rhodes and four coal passers. Rescue ships ferried the crew and passengers to safety as the hulk burned for hours and flames lit the night sky.
New York City reports indicate Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life, faces three indictments for perjury and seven for forgery. He is represented by De Lancey Nicoll and John G. Milburn, with the People’s side by D A Jerome or A D A Saryth. The case centers on annual asset maneuvers disclosed during the Armstrong investigations and alleged falsified department disclosures. Subsequent actions will probe the Sauitable Life Insurance Company.
An expert accountant filed an affidavit at Concord N H listing Mrs Mary Baker G eddy's fortune at 871,861.46 including bonds notes and cash. The report notes no accounting of her lead estate was made and cites statements by Root Praists Corporations, Secretary Root at Yale about a higher standard of incorporation management than ever before.
At a New York meeting of Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company directors, a judge charged that managers had purchased worthless and bankrupt concerns. Ex Justice Cowing also spoke, alleging misdeeds by the board and its acquisition strategy.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Columbus Ohio adopted a report from the Committee on Child Union and Cooperation to pursue a united church for a broader religious effort.
The English fear another Indian mutiny as King Edward's return makes London society gay. The Christian Herald funds $400,000 for Chinese famine relief. Justice Davis held intoxication not ground for divorce. Leopold fails to sway France over Congo. A Montgomery inquiry on Pertillver 'Trist begins. D S Rowland in Raleigh faces arrest on unclear charges. Anson society seeks $20,000 for Adirondack buffalo herd. Jamestown Exposition marks 300th landing anniversary. Senator Foraker disputes a statement at Ohio conference.
San Francisco experiences a citywide standstill as strikes cripple rebuilding. Committee of Seven demands Mayor Schmitz resign over streetcar strike, while Ruef’s confession faces public doubt and election of power persists. Electricians refuse to strike against union contracts. Brewery workers push for wage increases amid ongoing labor turmoil.
Norbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corporations, reports to President Roosevelt that Standard Oil dominates the oil industry through railroad discrimination and by throttling independent pipelines. He argues the company’s control of pipelines is the keystone of its monopoly and calls for action to curb these predatory methods.
In St Louis Missouri John Strip, fifteen, headed the plea in the Juvenile Court for the killing of Mrs ONMIn Krang. He was sentenced to ninety nine years. The incident followed a failed robbery attempt at a grocery where five cents of cheese was asked. the stabbing occurred as the woman resisted. Kraus died the next day. Stokes signs railroad bill in New Jersey.
The Rev. Dr A Willam U Roberts of Philadelphia was chosen moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Columbus Ohio. He marked the first moderator role after the church’s reunion, signaling a consensus moment for the denomination.
A garbled telegram-like note reports nineteen deaths of whisky drinkers and a break time incident in St Louis Missouri. The fragment mentions a driver named Thomas and a minerese dinuis and a derisive remark about liquor, suggesting a chaotic scene with possible fatal outcomes.
Fragmented OCR text outlines labor actions across multiple unions including carpenters, stickered by mentions of Portland, Oregon, and Wisconsin weight of labor disputes. It notes meetings, proposed raises, and union activities with several unclear proper names and places. The piece is largely unreadable.
In Glascock Georgia a white mob attacked the home of Sim Pagett seeking a suspect in an assault. In the ensuing exchange several whites were killed or wounded and multiple blacks were killed or captured. A search party pursued two wounded negroes. one captured man was identified as the assailant by Dr J L Kenney. Deputies escorted prisoners to Reidsville jail before a mob overtook the officer and seized the prisoners. A woman and her son were killed as they tried to flee the scene.
Misa Etta Wearts, a 20 year old cousin of Gus Wearts, is jailed in Trenton after arrest at her aunt’s home in Stoutsburg. She faces arson and assault charges and claims intoxication and a lamp fire narrative. A separate Newark suit against Lakawanna Railroad ended with a verdict in favor of the company for 140000.
Governor Stokes signed New Jersey’s Uniform Divorce law drafted by Judge William M. Lan ning Vice Chancellor John P. Emery and Rev Henry Collin Minton New Jersey delegates to the Uniform Divorce Congress The measure aligns the state with the Uniform Divorce Congress rules tightening divorce restrictions The law makes it nearly impossible to obtain a divorce by mere temporary residence Desertion is grounds for partial and absolute divorce as before.
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a furnace blast at Jones and Laughlin Steel Company kills five men, two assistant superintendents among the victims. A slip caused furnace No 1 to explode, leaving four missing and several injured. Two identified bodies recovered identified as E B Willard and John West, others remain unidentifiable amid the charred remains.
In Paterson at State Street, Alexander Hermann was arrested by Detective-Sergeant Perry on a wife’s charge. He cried at Police Headquarters as Recorder Carroll sentenced him to three months in county jail. Two days earlier he attacked his wife and neighbor Mrs Campbell. He had previously served five years of a seven year sentence for assault on his daughter and now is allowed to attend his son's funeral.
Announcement states William Carpenter brother in law of Corne Yns Vermeule muntcrpat engineer of 63 Hawthorne Ave East Orange to Grace Cooke administrator with studio 16 East Fifty Ninth St New York. Ceremony by Rev C F Barton at Willis Avenue Methodist Church New York. They will reside in New York City.
In a feud fueled clash on Long Fork Kentucky, Flemings and Pike County officers clashed. Bob Rivers and Dave Moore were killed, Abe Tall wounded, after the Flemings killed Deputy Sheriff Bony Hall days earlier. The outlaws fled toward Virginia.
William Hf Harrison shot himself at his son Dr W O Blackson’s home No 76 Oakwood Montelatr after visiting the police station to seek assistance to return home He was a member of the W A Pletcher Company Hoboken shipbuilding and engine works.
In New York, General Baron Tamemoto Kuroki was honored at a Joint Japanese American banquet at the Hotel Astor attended by about 800 guests. Admiral Dewey served as toastmaster and spoke briefly, with John H. Finley introducing him. Attendees included prominent Japanese residents, diplomats, business leaders, and U.S. officials such as Oscar S. Straus and General Frederick D. Grant.
Francis M. Shults, a 50 year old salesman from Reno Street, shot his three year old daughter Hazel in Fairmount Park, held her in his arms until she bled to death, then cut his own throat. He is hospitalized at Presbyterian Hospital with wounds and may recover. The child’s body is in the morgue. Shults’ wife and another child were present. He had suffered from heart disease for a year and doctors called it incurable.
The Nationaling Convention in Dublin unanimously adopted John Redmond's resolution rejecting Chief Secretary Birrell's Home Rule policy, stating that nothing further will be done toward home rule for Ireland at this session of Parliament.
A loud thunderclap caused Robert Rodia of Little Falls to drop a cleaning revolver. The weapon discharged, wounding Mrs. Annunciato Suzvano, a relative, who was watching. She was transported to Paterson and hospitalized at St Joseph's.
Anisia Louise de Massy was sentenced by Justice Blanchard in the New York Supreme Court Criminal Branch to seven years and five months in Auburn women's prison for manslaughter in the first degree in the death of Gustave Simon a Broadway shirtwaist merchant. The jury urged mercy and Chief Justice Cullen denied further plea, allowing time to prepare for transfer.
A Buffalo and Cleveland special westbound from New York City on the New York Central Railroad crashed just outside eastern Little Falls. One man was killed and two others were critically injured. The dead man is baggage master Tsui Finley, of New York or Rochester.
A major blaze in Newberry Pla devastates two thirds of the business district, causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Only about one third is said to be covered by insurance, leaving substantial exposure for merchants and the phosphate belt town.
Counsel for Taywood accused Governor Gooding of Idaho of arranging the Orehawal Interview to influence the jurors. Judge Wood ordered a second investigation into the matter.
The Duma passed a resolution denouncing a plot against the emperor. Radical deputies did not attend the session, while Premier Stalypin provided an account of the discovery of the conspiracy.
The revival meetings led by evangelist Bessie LB Larkin of Philadelphia at Born Baptist Church have closed after seven weeks with reports of over 100 vonyvorts.
A varied newspaper snippet notes Allen Bravin sustaining a laceration at a printing press in 4th MIT ville. Ferdinand Koner of Merchantville posts a reward for vandals who damaged garden plants. Vineland forms the Educational and Sporting Club with listed officers. Moore Bros of Clayton pledge a gold prize until a fire ends. Ghusshore High STOO Association appoints officers. A Congregational Church in Vee Jo reports no payoffs by laying coin rows. Mrs. Milholland of Burlington begins dental work. Rava announces Rome government bought a $90,000 ancient sculpture. A Porto dAnglo shorewave event reveals Nero statue details, with attribution to Criviteles school and comparison to recognized works.
Advices from leading cotton mill centres in Southern New England report that about 85 000 operatives will receive wage increases of around ten percent starting Monday May next. The move affects workers across multiple mills and reflects broader wage pressures in the industry.
Navy officials report Ensign Orlsbin, linked to trouble with the poll of Sandage, Cuba, recently aboard the U S vessel Tacoma, amid claims of attempted sublets and rising tensions at sea.
The Court of Appeals upheld the anti bucket shop statute aimed at stopping cotton speculation. C. N. Anderson of Atlanta tested the law and must pay a $1000 fine for violation. The Boykin bill makes selling futures on cotton and other commodities a misdemeanor, primary goal to curb speculation.
Former congressman Isaac Stephenson of Marinette, a $10,000,000 lumberman and La Follette ally, was chosen by the Republican legislative caucus to succeed resigning Senator Spooner. The report also notes the Salvador forces were disbanded after payment of a gratuity.
Abraham Hummel, aged fifty six, surrendered to jail in New York City wearing a cutaway coat and striped trousers after shaving his mustache. He was sent to Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary for a one year term for conspiracy connected to the Dodge-Morse divorce case. He adjusted the oversized garments, showing no visible distress as he entered the bath for new prisoners.
The Octopus and the Lake completed a twenty four hour submerged test in Narragansett Bay near Newport Rhode Island at 4 pm. The boats remained comfortable and well aboard. Both crews passed the time with games and reading while communicating with the trial board via submarine signals.
The Farmers Union of Georgia with wide backing denounces importing foreign labor. A convention resolution urged lawmakers to withhold funds for foreigners and keep native Georgians from factory wage pressures. Speakers praised the Negro laborer as preferable to foreign workers proposed for the South. Jamaica Welcomes New Governor Sidney Olivier at Kingston arrival. The upper house in Russia rejects drumhead court martial abolition bill.
Chairman Brown of the Ohio Republican State Central Committee says the state favors Secretary Taft. He urges Senators Foraker and Dick to deny reports of secretly backing Vice President Fairbanks.
Arthur Glover, convicted in Augusta Georgia for Maud Deans murder, will face a June 13 hearing on a motion for a new trial. Other sports notes include Henry Peitz of the Brooklyns reaching terms with Louisville, Thomas Devine released by Holyoke Club, and left handed batting catcher Orindorf of Boston among NL leaders.
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