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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1893
Page
4
President Grover Cleveland issued a proclamation designating Thursday November 30 as a day of thanksgiving. It urges rest from work worship in gratitude, recalls divine blessings, and calls for charity to aid the needy and for family reunions and social gatherings.
The Norwegian bark Saigon, timber laden from Quebec to Sunderland, was waterlogged after a northeast hurricane in October. A rescue attempt by the steamship Victoria failed at first, sharks circling, but Saigon crew eventually reached the Victoria after multiple boat transfers. The Victoria then moved clear of danger as sharks followed the sinking vessel.
A compilation of outlandish claims and early science notes cites Triassic fossils in Oklahoma, weather signals from spiders, photography feats in criminology, Atlantic Pacific size comparisons, and hypnotic effects observed in patients. The piece blends population theories, measurement curiosities, and medical photography from 19th century science.
A Treasury official recalls two odd currency cases from Washington stories. One involved a counterfeit twenty with nibbled edges and a prior stamping of bad, redeemed after a secret service check. The suspect German sailor kept the note in a cigar box with bird seed attracting mice, ensuring its destruction. The second tale centers on a warped note worn by a wife’s shopkeeper before sale at a G A R convention, leading to a remark about a train running over the piece.
The Nineteenth Century notes that man traps and spring guns are outlawed in England except inside dwellings for protection. It describes traps with teeth and long springs, capable of severe injury, and recalls a woman once seized in a trap. Dog traps and spring guns are cited as tools of poachers and keepers.
The fifty hind Congress adjourned the extraordinary session after just under three months with doors closed and a brief public moment before Vice President Stevenson's gavel. Leaders praised the conduct and thanked each other as the Senate adjourned without day. Highlights included bills on timber and stone lands, land office reforms, and naval matters, with only about three dozen of 1135 proposed measures passing.
Factory data and union activity span the nation with figures for BrooxusS, Cureaco, Rare ponds, and others. It cites thousands of spindles, skilled workers, and payrolls, noting Paris convention talks, rail labor strikes, and benevolent gifts while detailing wages, deposits, and drastic regional contrasts.
Agent Tangle of the North American Commercial Company reports heavy poaching losses after a Washington return from the Seal Islands. An estimated 90,000 newtatting were captured last season with 500,000 heuks destroyed. Poachers extended to healing zones and open seas, sinking four vessels before interception. The company claims compliance with contract limits, but faced harsh penalties at the rook.
A jumble of economic and social items reports the coke trade improving, currency values, coin scarcity in Italy, new gold findings in Minnesota, and multiple public concerns. It notes deaths, a legal case, a police chase, and a kind act by a man who paid for meat for hungry children.
A garbled list of notable figures from Europe and America includes Ex-Quvax Isanetta of Spain celebrating her sixty seventh birthday, Henry Tabouchere from London Truth valued at 50,000, and various others such as Archduke Prony Ferdinand in India, Coroxe and Lasses from Georgia, and the Sultan of Turkey noted for carriages. The items mix birthdays, candidacy hints, and personal quirks with sparse context.
An old newspaper fragment outlines dairy products, creamery items, and fruit plus live poultry prices. It notes state and western creamery tubs and seconds, fresh skims, and various fruits like apples grapes cranberries and quinces with per bushel and box prices. Also includes live stock and farm produce pricing details.
The report details November elections across twelve states New York New Jersey Massachusetts Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Missouri Ohio Kentucky Iowa Nebraska South Dakota with Republicans winning key statewide offices and majorities in legislatures Brooklyn and other counties surfacing gains Citywide races in New York and Boston show Republican momentum Strong outcomes include New York electing a full slate and a large Republican majority Massachusetts Gov and statewide offices go Republican while Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia see Republican winners and upcoming U S Senate implications Kentucky Ohio and the Plains states also indicate strong Republican performances in judge and executive contests
In a violent northeast storm eleven men drowned when a crowded yawl carrying twenty one workers from Hoffman and Swinburne Islands to Staten Island capsized off South Beach. Nine died before rescue, twelve survive as others reach shore. Victims include John Granny and several New York and Brooklyn residents.
Four black individuals were hanged by unknown assailants on the Booneville turnpike near Lynchburg Moore County Tennessee. Victims named Ned Waggoner and his son Win Waggoner, Samuel Motrow, and Mary Motlow. The slayings followed arson against local cottages and barns. no suspects named. A group intends to send workers to Africa exploiting them for money.
A chaotic string of events from the East and Midwest includes Crusade era crime and politics. Stories span a failed business in Chicopoo Minnesota, a high profile football game at Princeton Pennsylvania, a Gettysburg battlefield visit, a Toledo murder suicide, and federal actions on lumber, railroads, and steamers.
An explosion at a feed mill and stables on East Fourteenth Street near Avenue B in New York City killed five men and injured fifteen others. The blast demolished the mill, hurled debris across the street, and buried workers under bricks and timber as several houses and shops sustained severe damage. Names of the deceased include James Armstrong and John Gillespie among others. cause remains uncertain.
The Treasury Department announced action to resume mass coinage of standard silver dollars at San Francisco and New Orleans mints under the Sherman act. The plan aims to mint about 1.6 million dollars immediately, boosting seigniorage and monthly coinage to four million dollars, with potential treasury gains of tens of millions. The measure would not contract currency but adjust to silver usage as population grows. the article also notes contemporaneous observations of French First Lady Tava? Cansor appearing well preserved.
A dynamite laden ship Cabo Machicaco blew up at Santander Spain after catching fire while discharging cargo. About 165 bodies recovered and many missing, around 190 injured. Fire and wreckage devastated the harbor and nearby streets as rescuers searched amid burning buildings and panicked crowds.
The session notes multiple bills advancing or passing. A South Dakota court terms bill, New York and New Jersey Bridge bill, and Chinese Exclusion act amendments are reported. A repeal measure proceeds with debate, a transfer of the battleship Modus, and naturalization law amendments appear. House actions include World’s Fair prize exhibit resolution, prayer and chaplain oath, and adjournment motions with recess pay resolution conference pending.
In New York Yale College eleven crushed the New York Athletic Club 42 to 0. Creacent beat Wesleyan, and Princeton defeated Orange. Steamers Albany and Philadelphia collided on Lake Huron with twenty-four lives lost. Immigration report shows 440,709 arrivals, down 141,031 from last year. In Halifax Ravage killed his three year old son and wounded his wife and himself. Frayer burned near Gorse Island on Lake Nipissing with eighteen lives lost. Travtion resumed at Mella with townsmen driven back after a phague. Russian parliamentary election hints at majority for conservative party.
An electric car plunged from Madison Street Bridge into the Willamette River at Portland Oregon. The car carried about fifteen passengers with ten escaping by jumping. One man drowned while the rest were rescued, and the road president, conductor, and motorman were placed under arrest.
A steamship traveling between Matanzas Havana and New York was consumed by a fire after an explosion off Cojimar near Havana. 400 hogsheads of rum fed the flames. initial drownings estimated at sixty, later revised to about thirty-four to thirty-five. Captain Hoffman commanded the vessel, built 1879 by John Roach & Sons, with 2911 tons gross, iron hull, and 150 first class passengers. Survivors were saved by tugs. fate of many remains unclear as rescue efforts continued.
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