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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
4
Under British rule the cotton crop of Egypt has doubled and now amounts to over 500 million pounds per year, reflecting a substantial expansion in agricultural output and economic activity tied to the cotton trade.
In Wilkes Barre twenty two coal companies failed to reach a deal on recognizing the union. Lehigh Valley Company posted a ten percent wage rise and a powder price adjustment to 1.50 per keg from 2.75, with the difference offset in the raise. Strikers in the region did not return to work. Notices of the increases were posted at collieries across the Letigh region.
In Columbia a year long feud among Belmont Colored Baptist Church members ends with pastor Rev Young Reeder and visiting preacher Rev Henry Williams shot in the pulpit during a prayer service. Ten congregants are jailed for the killings as tensions between factions, including clashes and a riot, are described.
War Department reports Captain Devereaux Shields and fifty-two enlisted men of the Twenty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry were captured during an overland march on Marinduque. Several Americans killed and Shields wounded. A pursuit column is sent with orders to rescue them. additional gunboats and forces to move in.
Hazleton special report notes ten percent advance offered by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company failed to lure coal strikers back. Strikers in Lehigh Valley gains. Calvin Pardee mines at Lattimer see hundreds quit after 400 marchers, with Oneida and Cranberry losses. President Mitchell says companies cannot hold out much longer. Senator Hanna condemns exploiting the strike for political capital and urges settlement.
Annual reports from the Naval Bureau chiefs list next year’s programs. The chief item is an increase of the navy with construction and engineering work on ships already authorized, about $20,000,000. Yard and dock funding runs near $13,000,000 with no new dry docks. Vessel repairs are about $7,000,000.
Marion Ind Special Mrs Elizabeth Stilwell sues Mark and William Nesbitt in Superior Court for $10,000 damages after her husband was shot and killed by the Nesbitts at Swayzee on September 5. The Nesbitts were pursued by a sheriff and posse, captured, and jailed here awaiting murder trial. They own six farms in the county.
Apprentice J C Cleveland of the U S battleship Texas learns from Galveston Mayor Jones that his father, stepmother, two sisters, a brother, and several stepbrothers and sisters were killed in the food disaster at Galveston. One brother in Houston escaped. Cleveland was granted twenty days leave to visit Galveston.
General Roberts reports Hundle's troops have recaptured a mountain battery gun lost at Nicholson's Nek and 05,000 vans of Martini-Henry ammunition in the Bethlehem district from the Boers, according to a dispatch to the War Office in London.
A report notes that after the chambers reassemble the French government will publish a yellow book detailing expenses in China and related items, with an allocation of about 8 million dollars for the week and extra credit.
Lee Clark aged eighteen shot his mother Mrs. J. W. Clark in Birmingham Alabama killing her in the head while a younger son, disturbed at an ice cream festival, was taken home. The motive appears tied to a dispute over another brother's arrest. The weapon discharged during a confrontation with the father present.
From Komat Poort comes word that Mr Kroger wrote to his wife announcing a six months holiday. He stated the struggle seemed hopeless after the Ma Rhadodorp capture and advised moderation, but Mr Steyn’s arbitrary behavior overruled his counsel.
A silver cup was presented to the Greek warship Navaerhos Minoulis in New York City by natives of Greece and residents of Troy and surrounding areas as a gesture of goodwill from the Greek community in the United States.
Prince Bernhird Heinrich grandson of the Grand Duke of West and oil Misenaeh are named. Gierdung Vie Prince aged twenty two, a Protestant prince, was discussed as a potential husband for the young Queen of Molland.
The War Office announces Queen Victoria approved Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chief to succeed Lord Wolseley whose five year term ended October 1. Roberts was born September 30, 1902 in Cawnpore, India. Wolseley will stay at the War Office until November 1 as plans to return South African forces proceed. Embarkation from Cape Town is set for a few weeks.
Josiah T. Adams a prominent city figure and Republican nominee for Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania committed suicide in a hotel. His wife, in an adjoining room, reported no reason for the act. Adams, age 52, faced opposition within his party and was removed from the ticket, after which he had become despondent.
In Frankfort Kentucky Judge Cantrill overruled the motion for a new trial in Jim Howard's Goebel murder case and sentenced him to death. Howard claimed innocence as the judge ordered his removal to jail until December when the Sheriff will hang him. An appeal to the Court of Appeals was granted and judgement suspended pending that ruling. Also two men were killed in a Port Tapas street duel tied to a political quarrel with a third man wounded.
An international note from Britain to Hulland warns of a Dutch warship carrying gold or state arms. breach of neutrality is cited if detected. Cycling news notes decline in the sport, heavy mortality among clubs, coaster brake sales reaching 118 000 units, and plans to revive interest next season. Louisville rider S Kimble won Montreal one mile pro championship. 1862 yards one hour pace record broken by Dutel rider Cordang. Harry G Rouse of North Indiana, bicycle maker, died aged forty. early L A W members emphasized mileage tracking.
Special report says William E. Nivison, a wealthy farmer near Coldwater, was approached by a well dressed man posing as a banker from Jonesville. The man withdrew $1000 from a savings bank and returned with an accomplice who knocked Nivison senseless and stole about $5000 on a main road.
In Cumberland Maryland a stopped clock of news reports a child abducted by gypsies at Peoria six years ago has been found. H W Baker of Thomaxy West Virginia, a policeman, is reunited with his eleven year old son who had been living with the Meehan family after a $1500 reward was offered. A Berkeley Springs official confirms the reunion after the boy identified Baker.
Rome reports Mussolino the brigand, recently escaped, pledges revenge on trial witnesses and judges. He has killed seven jurors and a judge, with police unable to stop his daylight raids. Mussolino, about 28, famed for ruthlessness, eludes capture as authorities pursue across the province with a hefty reward.
A Chicago school department examined 7000 pupils to compare academic and physical development. Results show younger children average less height and strength than older peers, with variations based on parental origin.
A flurry of U S circuit court notes no decision on charges of interfering with mail transit. Amidst unrest, accusations surface of wrecks and labor strife across multiple states. Reports detail hangings, suicides, rail labor disputes, and factory closures, with thousands of workers affected and ongoing efforts to resume production.
The market report lists milk prices at two cents per quart for standard quarts, with butter and related dairy products showing a wide spread from creamery and fancy grades to low grades. It notes state and Western market variances, with cream, imitation creamery, and various wholesale price points. also includes beans, peas, fruits, fowls, vegetables, hay, lard, and tobacco conditions and demand, reflecting a broad agricultural trading day.
Dealers report rising demand for coach and carriage horses, cobs, and heavy trotting teams as cooler weather arrives. Supplies of top carriage stock are scarce, pushing prices upward. Breeders paused three years ago, but demand now outstrips supply, with buyers nationwide seeking solid trotting stock and harness horses.
Georgia farmers unite to seek high cotton prices with most sales above ten cents. Notable surplus to be held to spring by wealthier growers. Flax crop shows slight rise while tax crop 1200 declines in yield per acre. Cranberry crop totals projected with regional estimates across multiple states.
Reports from Kansas City, St. Louis, and others note shipments and trade activity while Northwest markets show slow fall trade. Cotton moves to market with strong demand, San Francisco reports government orders aiding business, and fruit canning sectors show activity in apples prunes and raisins. Oregon hay rains begin, Ohio Valley and Midwest see mixed wheat seeding, Wisconsin Minnesota weather slows farm work, and dry goods distribution remains robust amid high winds and crop damage in Texas Oklahoma and Dakota regions.
The piece notes a shift from newspaper wrappers to straw, Manila paper, and paper bags in retail. It contrasts U S practice with Italy where purchasers supply their own papers, highlighting changing packaging habits and recycling sentiments.
The London Times states that Lord Russell outlined four guiding rules for his work. Focus first on one task, then arrange facts chronologically, verify precise details before considering authorities, and apply judicial judgment to assess strong and weak points to determine the issue.
The article notes Sly Edwin Landseer’s rare ability to mimic animal cries and recounts a tale of a savage dog startled by his imitation. It also reports a prehistoric copper discovery near Mount St Allag in Alaska, with kettles and spearheads found nearby, suggesting copper from three of four veins at about 6000 feet elevation.
A collage of short items notes tartaric acid in grapes and seed impacts, a reminder to reject grape seeds. It includes a Boston Transcript pill mentions, a hurricane in Porto Rico from August 1899, and a Catarrh Cure advertisement with testimonials and Toledo wholesalers.
A guest failed to settle a $200 bill at Tremont House in Chicago. He left a heavy trunk in a high room containing ore from Colorado mines. The trunk owner disappeared. The ore later tested by an assayer yielded two lumps valued at $300.
The Tourists' Union Journal, a paper for tramps, issued at Sycamore, HI. It notes the unlikely longevity of the first issue, calling freak journalism rarely successful and predicting publishing may not continue. It references a circulation among a class not given to literary pursuits.
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