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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1895
Page
4
The Chicago Evening Journal reports 8 R Dawson of Des Moines plans a company to revive ancient steel hardening and a copper hardening process. The method allegedly yields blades with a fine edge and resistance to oxidation, useful for journal bearings and wheels.
A pamphlet from Binghamton New York offers waxur-foor cures for kidney and bladder troubles with consultation. The German Emperor reportedly limits his disp lay to twenty minute discourses.
Major George A. Armes, known as Joiner James, was arrested at Armistead Park on the Chevy Chase road by Lt. Tehe 8 and guards and confined in the Washington barracks. The arrest followed a letter to General Schofield alleging injustice and persecution. Schofield denied authority over retired officers and said the order came under Acting Secretary of War duties. Armes had a long military record with multiple courts martial and suspensions, leading to retirement and later petitions for brevet rank.
The Rev Dr T De Witt Talmage accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church of Washington DC. He plans to preach his farewell sermon at Brooklyn Lafayette Avenue Church on October 6 and depart that night for Washington, presenting letters to the Presbytery on October 8. His family will relocate to Washington as he likely makes it his permanent residence.
The New Jersey Democratic State Convention in Trenton nominated Chancellor Alexander L. McGill of Jersey City for governor. Only other candidate was ex-Bremen Augustua W. Cutler of Morrison town. McGill initially led with 706 of 239 votes before Cutler supporters shifted to unanimity. McGill, born in Pittsburgh, educated at Princeton and Columbian Law, has served as legislator, prosecutor, and judge, and was appointed Chancellor by Governor Groony in 1937.
The British steamer Alert, famed for Arctic exploration, was sold below 9000 dollars to a New Brunswick shipbuilder. Beached at Beauport Shoals, it was dismounted and salvaged for metal. Once part of the Nares expedition, its crew helped mark Captain Hall’s grave, and it aided Greely’s relief effort before being lent to the US.
The Mint Director reports 1894 details US gold production near 239.5 million dollars value, silver output 261 million, with gold exports shaping stock declines. Silver production fell from 60 million ounces in 1893 to about 49.59 million in 1894, while gold stock and global consumption trends raise doubts about true coinage and bullion figures.
Notice recalls Louis Pasteur a famed French chemist and discoverer of pasteur treatment who died after a long illness near Paris. It traces his birth in 1822 in Dole France his early work as a tailor student and soldier his medical studies and research on vaccination fermentation and disease prevention and lists honors from the Legion of Honour to the Rumford Medal and Academy memberships.
After a week of racing the American Miteen-footer Ethelwynn won the fifth contest off Oyster Bar XN to defend Apawankaka-Dorithian Yacht Club's international small boat trophy from J Arthur Brand's Bruce IV. She beat the British ship by about ten minutes and forty seconds in a twelve foot cut, covering the course at a strong pace. A separate note reports vandals at York Street Congregational Church tearing a Bible and damaging the organ in New Por, Ky.
General Schofield retires at sixty four after a long career in the U.S. Army. The ceremony in Washington D.C. marks the end of a pivotal era as he relinquishes command to his successor.
The market shows active wholesale activity with tighter supplies. Milk stations report an average price of 1.42 per cent in 49 quarts of platform surplus. Receipts for the week include condensed milk and cream, with various State and Western dairy products listed. Fruit, produce, eggs, poultry, and beef figures accompany the market snapshot, highlighting prices for beans, berries, citrus, and vegetables.
A Pekin despatch reports Britain pressing China to punish the murderers of missionaries within two weeks or face action, with an American commission preparing to travel to the scene. London papers weigh the ultimatum, with calls for firm enforcement and possible consequences for the Manchu dynasty. Also reported are local obituaries: Nancy Dennett in Portland Maine and William Urnimer in Missouri, plus a county fair death in Dedham.
The Georgia prodisions effort draws 12,029 families and about 50,000 persons to a 100000 acre tract in Wilcoe and Frain counties. Colonists have $500092 in treasury and have purchased a highway pixtees miles long. Two thousand colonists are already there, moving from Michigan Wisconsin Nebraska the Dakotas and Kansas to Mauryopolis.
An Amego colony of Russian farmers from Shawnee, Pottawatomie and Ellis counties Kansas met in Topeka and began a trek toward Russia. The party estimates each member has between 26000 and 30000 to establish life in the Czar’s Empire. More settlers will follow soon to complete business arrangements.
A Pekin dispatch confirms China yielded to British demands and degraded Viceroy Lin of Szechuen for failures to protect missionaries during Chengtu riots. The decree blames provincial officials, with further punishments for others, while the American Commission proceeds with its riot investigation.
San Jose merchant Hip Sin Lee offers 4 half interest in business and 5000 cash to any reputable young American who marries his daughter Moi Lee, a sixteen year old who reads and writes English and plays guitar. Hip Sin Lee, over fifty, vows his daughter must marry well and be free of vices, with a palatial home promised upon nuptials.
A premature blast in a quarry northeast of Independence Missouri costs six lives including a fourteen year old boy. The blast traps workers under rock ledges as a mass collapses. injured include several men from Kansas City and others unnamed. Investigations follow the fatal incident.
The National League title race ends with Baltimore atop a twelve club circuit. Cleveland finishes second earning a shot at the fempla Cup series. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and others feature in the season wrap with notes on pitchers and standout players.
An 1886 retrospective notes the era of wild railway schemes across England. Promoters, often credulous, proposed parallel lines in Dorbaum and tunnel parks at Greenwich. Inventors touted wind power rockets and high speeds while investors poured money into endless paper lines and lavish ads.
An article notes the confusion caused by signs in several languages at a sugar refinery doorway and aboard Red Star Line steamships to Antwerp. The inscriptions include prohibitions such as No Admittance and No Smoking rendered in multiple languages with mixed illegible names accompanying them.
An Evening News feature profiles Mrs. George G. Rotas of 29 Montgomery Street who credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing chronic stomach pain headaches and nerve weakness after years of doctors and failed remedies. She says symptoms faded after use and praises the pill’s blood and nerve benefits. The ad promotes 50 cent pills or six for 2.60 from Dr Williams Brodicine Company.
A Chicago News summary recounts early American higher education. Dartmouth's campus is described with a long wooden building and simple sophomore textbooks. Princeton is portrayed as a grand Presbyterian college, Harvard with four brick buildings, Yale with a single building and a tall chapel, and William and Mary as the leading Episcopal college under royal patronage. Dormitory life and austere meals are noted, with breakfast of coffee and biscuits, lunch and dinner portions, and cider shared among students.
A large number of landowners in Derbyshire oppose the need for improved railway links between Derby and Ashbourne. They note a proposal for a light electric railway as a dairy and agricultural outlet from some of the county’s highest milk-producing districts.
The Orkney Islands were transferred by Denmark to Scotland in 1406 in pledge for payment of parts of the Princess of Denmark’s dower to James III. No proof of renunciation exists, so Denmark may still retain redemption rights. The excerpt notes Cuba has twelve mosquito varieties and 300 butterfly varieties.
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