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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1895
Page
1
A collage of 1895 observations on Cuba’s status under Spain, Canadian migration as a political issue, rising land costs in London, and speculative science advances. Highlights include gold production estimates, China rainmakers, ether safety, a Spanish king’s first bullfight, and Cuba’s army of 60,000 amid imperial critique. The New York Times questions Spain’s military prospects.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution describes reapers singing amid golden fields. The verse celebrates harvest abundance with imagery of corn and cotton, morning and night, and a sense of divine blessing on summer’s end.
Major Langdon narrates a tongue in cheek tale of a mysterious private at a western fort. Genevieve Hutte fascinates soldiers while a snowbound expedition ends with a dangerous ride and a pardon in love.
A couple argue over blame after an outing to a nightclub. She recalls Major Hunt at the fort and a Western fort story about a young girl who braved the snow to rescue a comrade, saying she knows it word for word. The man fears repeating in endless chatter.
A collection of curiosities including seashell varieties and nutmeg aroma effects on birds, ivy lettuce behavior at morning hours, wood preservation in lime solution, crude oil fuel interests, legal and electrical unit notes, iron ore discovery in Michigan, musk odor hazards, Behring immune transfer law, rival cordite substitutes from Sweden, cotton filament parchmentization for lamp threads, and filament drawing to uniform diameter.
A famed auctioneer recalls a London sale of a gentleman's library where a stranger offered to buy the entire collection to protect the books. The buyer then had the library handed to the benefactor's recipient with his card, a gesture later unrewarded, as recounted in the New York Bulletin and Express.
A Reno Gazette report describes a baby with a peculiar craving disorder improving after the mother, a skilled bicyclist, strapped the infant to a bicycle basket and rode daily for miles. The cure followed sustained outdoor rides and boosted the child’s strength.
Excavations near Athens by the Archaeological Society unearthed a tomb with a skeleton, jewelry, Egyptian scarabs, and a porcelain statue. The find supports the theory that Crook religious rites borrowed from Egyptians, a previously disputed point. A minister of war serves as army chaplain.
The 1893 elections produced strong Republican gains across New York New Jersey Maryland and other states with Harlem River and Brooklyn results noted. New York City backed Tammany while upstate counties shifted to Republicans and Ohio Kansas Kentucky Mississippi Utah Nebraska and Colorado show mixed or Republican gains with varied local outcomes.
A blaze on Election night consumed the Manhattan Savings Institution Building and the Empire State Bank Building at Bleecker and Broadway in New York City. Firefighters and nearby residents were injured by falling timbers as flames leapt from windows and exploded, causing widespread destruction and evacuations.
The Labor World reports widespread labor action from iron workers in Lynn to garment workers in Philadelphia and New York City, with boosts in wages, new mills rising in the South, and talks of a labor exchange in New York. Strikes hit coal, molding, cloth, and metal trades, while unions push for recognition and shorter hours.
Theodore Durrant was found guilty of first degree murder in San Francisco after a five minute jury deliberation. The trial centered on circumstantial evidence linking Durrant to the Lamont and Williams deaths at Emanuel Baptist Church. Sentencing set for Friday, November 8, with a parallel murder case to be scheduled.
The October Public Debt statement shows no net increase in the public debt. Total debt stands at 21 126 370 106 with interest bearing debt 274 961 560 and noninterest bearing debt 977 395 876. Cash in Treasury ends at 12 197 610, with a 4 437 304 decrease. National bank depositories hold 15 518 185 in surplus. National bank note circulation up 1 035 991 to 213 793 228. Coins and metals decline by 196 673. total coin and bullion at month end 143 960 833.
Reported near Myden Kentucky two duelists Owen Folkteinn and Mounte aln Desperado die after a confrontation over a river fork. W. D. Bentley political figure and Adak Higaite also die in the exchange while Wahillo Bintley serves as circuit judge. A second report says Thomas Gaetan, owner of the British schooner Myorotik, was shot on his dock by a Venezuelan captain orders.
Mr. Shinichiro Kurino the Japanese envoy paid a visit to the White House and pledged to support peace between China and Japan. He was presented to the President by Secretary Cloye and accompanied by Mr. Kolaloko Mateus secretary of the legation. A separate report notes sixty minors killed by a fire damp explosion at a mine in M Wankow, China.
The piece surveys U.S. and British proposals in Turkey, gunboat contracts to multiple shipyards, a Madagascar affair, Nicaragua Canal Commission input, a Grand Jury indictment in D C, court martial findings, White House stenographer appointment, and varied legal and political notes from Rockefeller to city crimes and trials.
Reports claim powers would act together to restore order in Turkey if needed. A Brazilian plot in Europe aims to restore the imperial regime. Spain reacts to Caropo’s claim that 150000 men would take three years to conquer Cuba. Turkish finandal panic blamed on Armenians at the Bourse. Czars anniversary celebrated in St Petersburg. Dutch steamer Obdam towed to Halifax after shaft break. Earl of Derby accepts Lord Mayorship of Liverpool. Swiss referendum rejects centralizing army control. French Interior Minister orders arbitration of Camax glass strike. Marsovan American College reports ice “frozen” fortons. flames extinguished. Duke of Cambridge named chief aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. Albanian guards executed in plot against the Sultan. French Cabinet completed, Darthelos becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. Italian earthquake damages palaces and public buildings. English Times hoax cited in Russo-Chinese relations. King of Ashante rejects British ultimatum. First China war indemnity of 49 million paid to Japan. Uprisings in northern and eastern San Domingo prompt government troops. Tientsin reports a German crown concession in China. Belfast and Glasgow shipbuilders grant 5 percent wage increase effective Feb 2.
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