Drived on the rocks in Agale near Haven Islands wreck
The vessel Rt Olaf foundered at the Haven Islands approach while en route to Quebec from the North Badica was washed ashore. Seven passengers and a nineteen crew were lost.
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
4
The vessel Rt Olaf foundered at the Haven Islands approach while en route to Quebec from the North Badica was washed ashore. Seven passengers and a nineteen crew were lost.
The Delagoa Bay award totaling nearly 5 million dollars, directing Portugal to compensate heirs of American Colonel McMurdo and other claimants for the railway seizure from Lorenzo Marques to Pretoria, was settled at the Bank of England in London. Wisconsin woods deemed safe after deer season fatalities rise. During twenty hunting days twelve killed and twelve wounded. Manchester Workhouse Infirmary reports 200 to 300 inmates poisoned by unsanitary conditions.
In Chicago, November corn jumped five cents on the day and about ten cents for the week, finishing near fifty cents amid a crowd at the corn pit. Young Phillips attracted attention by turning from seller to buyer, trading 300000 bushels and netting about 30000 dollars as the market spiked to the highest since June 1803. December corn rose on the short grading seen in November.
A reinforced force from the Forty second and Twenty-seventh Infantry and Troop G of the Fourth Cavalry under Colonel Thompson captured and destroyed the fortress at Pinaura, the strongest insurgent position in Luzon, after a three hour ascent amid heavy fire. Private Hart and Private Kupfer died. twelve attackers wounded. Insurgents suffered unknown casualties as the Americans burned uniforms, buildings and seized documents.
Twelve men blew the vault of Sperry & Workstaff’s bank at Ashley Ohio at 3 a.m. Explosions wrecked the bank. alarms drew a crowd of 150. Ten men detained onlookers while two worked the safe. four blasts failed to loot. Robbers fled in three stolen buggies, vault doors wrecked, no booty obtained. Also notes include Dawes report on bank directors’ indebtedness and twin births in Syracuse, plus cycling notices from Rome and Los Angeles.
Secretary John D Long calls for Congress to authorize two battleships of 13 500 tons, two armored cruisers of 13 000 tons, six light draft gunboats and support vessels. He backs reform of ship classification laws and seeks retroactive medals for distinguished officers while noting the rise in sea duty needs and proposing manpower and hull increases. He outlines past and proposed budgets and urges a Hall of Records to consolidate executive reports.
Markets section lists dairy and food prices including milk 3c per quart creamery goods, eggs, beans and peas, fresh fruits and berries, poultry and dressed meat, hay and straw, vegetables, grain and tobacco. Key entities include state and Penn. markets, Dairy, Creamery Factory, Wisconsin Havana, Pennsylvania seed tobacco, and various price per unit figures. The list spans multiple goods with prices in c per quart, per basket, per bbl, and per 100 lb.
A report compiles 1900 corn buckwheat and potato yields with state contrasts, noting New York and Pennsylvania lead production. It cites buckwheat and beet prospects, sugar beets unprofitable in Indiana, a firmer hop market near Binghamton, gas supply issues in Indiana, and a wave of winter sawmill closures. It also mentions a record brush order and Armour & Co print plans, plus labor shifts in farming and processing sectors.
Former Transvaal president Kruger lands at Marseilles aboard Gelderland greeted by twenty-one gun salute and cheering crowds. Dr Catalan grants free pratique. Kruger salutes observers and rides in a carriage with Sir Arthur Sullivan. The report also notes Sullivan's death in London and various unrelated domestic items.
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