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Cranbury Press

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Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1909

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Historic Hudson Fulton parade draws 2.25 million viewers

Twenty five thousand men in line and 23 250 000 spectators watched a vast Hudson Fulton celebration pageant. Governors, sailors from British ships, German goose-step units and crowds along Fifth Avenue created a vivid wartime era tableau with West Point cadets leading Army detachments and diverse international contingents marching past reviewing stands.

New York City United States Army and Navy Hudson-Fulton Hughes Wacht Am Rhein Marseillaise Cruiger Utrecht Uncle Sam United States West Point Brown Fifth Avenue Central Park West Het Grand Marshal Roe Squadron A National Guard of New York United States Navy Coast Artillery Marine Corps and Revenue Cuttory Service United States Army Naval Militia State of New

Spanish Troops Occupy Mount Gugura Morocco

Madrid reports that Spanish forces seized Mount Gugura in Morocco. A brigade led by General Detreau advanced from Melilla at dawn, taking the mountain, a longtime enemy stronghold since Spain's conflict with its foes.

Madrid Spain Mount Gugura Morocco Detrea Melilla Mt. Garaga General Vicario Mt. Gurugi

Unions and Labor Actions Across Cities Reported

The report notes sympathy strikes by 300 Westlake Construction workers in Peoria and wage changes for August at 2 percent above the basis, plus a 1 percent July rise. It mentions a North Carolina land grant for a union painters and decorators home and sanatorium, a Boston printing plant by the International Root and Shop Workers’ Union, a 15 minute daily cut for San Francisco iron trades workers, a 10 percent pay hike for Maryland Steel at Sparrows Point, and a California Supreme Court opinion upholding union boycotts during strikes.

Rochester Sylv Buffalo Westlake Construction Company Peoria Ill North Carolina International Root and Shop Workers’ Union Boston San Francisco Cal Maryland Steel Company Sparrow's Point Supreme Court of California Isbor

Wet victories in Roanoke and Vincennes elections

Roanoke Virginia voters approved local option wet candidates by a sizable margin in the second dry versus wet battle, following a prior dry victory overturned by a judge. Knox County Indiana swung wet with 41 of 43 precincts reporting a 20 vote margin, despite a few precincts pending. Vincennes city voted wet by 1709, as the county hosts multiple liquor outlets including a distillery and a brewery.

Roanoke Staples Nquor Vincennes Ind Knox County Indiana Hilnois

Taft Praises China and Backs Ship Subsidy at Seattle War

President Taft in Seattle lauds China as one of the world’s fastest developing nations and declares support for a ship subsidy program during the war event.

Taft Seattle China

Judge Gaynor for Mayor of New York

Judge William J. Gaynor was nominated for Mayor at the Democratic City Convention in New York.

Gaynor William J. Gaynor New York

Unprecedented Cold Hits Valleys Near Mexico City

Unusually frigid weather devastates corn crops in the valleys near Mexico City. Officials estimate losses may reach 20 million dollars as the thermometer marked two degrees below freezing. The cold snap disrupts agricultural output and raises concern over forthcoming harvest profits.

Mexico City Mexico

Grandmother Jailed for Hangings in Sudbury Case

Justice Magee of Sudbury Ontario passed sentence on Mrs. Annie Robinson to be hanged on November 24 for murdering the infants of her two daughters.

Justice Magee Sudbury Ontario Annie Robinson

Telegraphic Ticks and notable world events

Telegraphed items note aid to Mexican flood victims by mute train while Bishop William George McCloskey of Louisville, the nation’s oldest Catholic prelate, has died. Reports from Spain claim the Arab war in North Morocco nears end as tribes seek peace terms. George F. Baer of the Reading Company testifies at the coal hearings in Philadelphia, denying any output cartel. A German dispatch says Japan seeks Pacific steamships to gain ocean traffic monopoly. Gabriel Northnightan Effend remains Constantinople minister of public works, and U S Steel faces a merger clash with independent cake makers involving 20 million dollars. Wall Street ends with the will of H man at Goshen, New York showing 150 million dollars instead of 100 million.

William George McCloskey Louisville Spain Morocco Grorge F. Baer Reading Company Philadelphia Germany Goshen N. Y

Wright Aeroplane Flies Over the Bay at Governor's Island

New York City reports Wilbur Wright achieving three successful flights with his big biplane in an event matching Bleriot’s Channel crossing. He circled the Statue of Liberty, flew to the New Jersey shore, and returned to land within fifty feet of the starting rail as crowds watched on Governor’s Island. Curtiss conducted a brief, test-like flight.

New York City Wilbur Wright Glenn H. Corliss Hofors Governor's Island Bay English Channel Bleriot Aeronaues Wright Curtiss Earth Sky New Jersey Jersey Shore Bedloe Saland Governor’s Island Lusitania Liberty Fort Tillam Tam

Failure of Dirigibles in Fallon Flight Contest

In New York City Captain Thomas Bald attempts the Worlds $10,000 Fallon Flight prize but his dirigible balloon fell into the Hudson ten minutes after the start. A mishap forced George J. Tomlinson to descend north of White Plains.

New York City Thomas Baldwin Hudson George J. Tomlinson White Platoe

Car Derby Crash Ends in Fatality and Injuries

James Bates, a mechanician for the Apperson car in the Long Island Automobile Derby at Riverhead, was almost instantly killed when the altering wheel broke and the racing car crashed into a tree, seriously injuring the driver Herbert Lytle.

James Bates Apperson Riverhead Herbert Lytle

Oklahoma bank payout to satisfy all deposits in Failoré

Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Bank Commissioner Young who took charge of Columbus Bank and Trust Company with deposits totaling 3 000 000 began paying depositors dollar for dollar on their claims. Payments will continue until all depositors are satisfied.

Oklahoma City Okla Young Columbus Bank and Trust Company

Brunn Kills Siblings Then Commits Suicide in Hartford

In Hartford Connecticut C I Brunn shot and fatally wounded his brother Dr Armin Brunn, killed his sister Miss Freda Brunn, and then killed himself. He formerly belonged to Havemeyer Brunn, commission merchants of New York. Their father died six months earlier leaving an estate valued at $200000 unsettled.

Hartford, Conp South Woodstock C. I Brunn Armin & Brunn Freda Brunn Havemeyer & Brunn Commission Merchants New York City

Mrs. Eddy appoints new Christian Science trustee

Mary Baker G. Eddy founder of Christian Science files in Concord New Hampshire for record a change in the church trust trustees Henry M. Baker son of Eddy retires as trustee and will likely serve as counsel Adam H. Dickey is appointed to fill the vacancy The other trustees Josiah Fernald of Concord and Archibald McLellan of Boston remain.

Boston Mags Concord N.hs Mary Baker G. Eddy Christian Science Henry M. Baker Adam H. Dickey Mre. Nddy Ao Josiah &. Fernald Archibald McLellan Muss

Drop in Cotton Crop Hits 58.6 Percent of Normal

Washington officials report the September 25 cotton crop at 58.6 percent of normal, a sharp decline from August and prior years. Excess rainfall, drought, and lack of bank advances to planters reduced labor as the boll weevil ravaged fields, with Louisiana suffering a 30 percent drop in acreage. Census figures show 1909 ginned quantity near 2.56 million bales, vs 1908 at 2.59 million. Sea Island output rose to 13,826 bales.

Washington, D. C Department of Agriculture S. A. Knapp South Wilson Louisiana Mississippi Bates Sea Island

Wellesley Girls May Carry Revolver After Attacks

News briefs report Wellesley Massachusetts girls threaten to carry revolvers following assaults on Miss Isabel Bradsall of Brooklyn and a town resident by a stranger. Other items note former Mayor Eby’s eighteen month sentence, suicides, inheritance tax, hazing expulsions, Martha Washington stamp proposal, a large cotton cargo, a death by own action, Halley’s Comet photo, and an elderly registrar jailed.

Wellesley Mass Isabel Bradsall Brooklyn N. Y Welleley

Two Dead in Pittsburg Trolley Wreck

In Pittsburg Pennsylvania two men, James Duty age 26 and Martin O Rourke age 35, were killed when an axle broke on a trolley car in the East End. The car overturned as it rounded a corner on the Butler and Negley avenue line, injuring eight others, three believed fatally.

Pittsburg James Duty Martin O'Rourke East End Butler and Negley Avenues Pittsburg Railways Company

Charles Russell Sturgis Dies After Illness in Paris

Charles Russell Sturgis 37 lawyer and estate trustee died from illnesses contracted in Paris during his wedding trip. Harvard graduate 1893, married April 13 to Edward Bowditch of Albany daughter. They traveled abroad. he fell ill with scarlet fever in Paris and rheumatic fever after returning to his mother's Boston home at 63 Beacon Street.

Boston Mass Charles Russell Sturgis Paris Sturgis Harvard Edward Bowditch Albany John HH. Sturgis Beacon Street

Gomez Opposes Expenditure in Hurricane Relief Bill

Havana report says President Gomez signaled a veto if relief funding reaches one million dollars. London brief notes Pony Moore, founder of Moore & Burgess Minstrels, died. he was born February 22, 1815 in New York City.

Gomez Havana Cuba Moore London George Washington Moore Moore & Burgess’ Minstrels

Staber Murderer Guilty In Flatbush Case

Fred Schliemann was convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Mrs. Sophie Staber during a burglary in her Flatbush home on July 8. Carlo Giro faced trial for the same crime, with Justice Crane instructing jurors that both burglars were equally guilty if killed during the felonious act.

Brooklyn N. Y Fred Schiiemann Sophie Staber Flatbush Carlo Giro Crane Schliemann Schulemann Edward J. Reiily George Stabler East Eighteenth Street Staber Edward Giro Clarke

Woman cast from cliff in Portauport murder case

Police in Portauport Bar arrest Solomon Collier and his son John Collier after a woman aged fifty is said to have murdered Mrs Janes Collier and hurled her body from a cliff at Birchy Cove Newfoundland. The body was found at the cliff base as authorities allege years of cruelty.

Birchy Cove N. F Janes Collier Solomon Collier John Collier Portauport Bar

Stole Wis Uncle's Wife Arrests in Kansas City

Mtward Simpson and Mrs Mary Simpson were arrested in Kansas City for taking the uncle's wife. The couple pleaded guilty to a statutory charge and received four months in jail. Simpson, 37, is married. the aunt, 43, is mother of an eight year old boy found with them. The uncle had fled an insanity complaint against his wife.

Kansas City Mtward Simpson Mary Simpson Hine Simpson Cleveland Simpson

Prison Secretary Dies by Self in Connecticut Capitol

John C. Taylor, veteran Connecticut Prison Association secretary, killed himself with a gun in his State Capitol office. About seventy, he served in the Civil War and is survived by a widow and one daughter. Police believe the shooting was the result of temporary derangement.

Wartford, Conn John C. Taylor Connecticut Prison Association State Capitol Taylor

Justice Gildersleeve to Resign

Supreme Court Justice Henry A Gildersleeve of New York City announced he would resign his federal office effective December 1 next.

Gildersleeve Supreme Court Henry A Gildersleeve New York City

Toronto Brokers Suspend

Toronto stock broker Wyatt & Co. has suspended operations as liabilities reportedly exceed 100000 dollars.

Toronto Wyatt & Co Canada

Morgan Seeks to Buy Mantua Palace

J P Morgan offered one million dollars for the Regeata palace in Mantua Italy as part of his bid to acquire the historic estate. The disclosure highlights Morgan's interest and the high value placed on the property amid international negotiations.

Morgan T Palace J. P Morgan Mantua Italy

Feminine Notes On Women Wage And Social Life

The piece notes the average working woman earns 272.04 dollars yearly while recounting social scenes. Miss Helen M Gould travels with a party at Roxbury New York and a girl attends Miss Tan das English school in Tokio. It cites extensive social duties of a woman and mentions divorce rates, fashionable habits, and a Souther ville Massachusetts resident recycling crochets into kitchen textiles.

Helen M. Gould Roxbury New York Tanda Tokio Japan Alice Toonchelt London Trucsis Min OFL Belmont New York City Switzerland France Germany Somerville Mags

Man Goes Insane After Fatal Train Accident In Dutchess County

Robert Davis of Amenia in Dutchess County allegedly suffers a mental breakdown after his companion Miss Bertha Dorsey a school teacher was killed when a horse frightened near the Harlem division of the New York Central Railroad. Davis attempted to restrain the horse but it bolted onto the tracks as an express train struck and killed Miss Dorsey and the horse.

Poughkespsic N. Y Robert Davis Amenia Dutchess County Davis Bertha Dorsey Harlem New York Central Railroad Elizabeth Long Branch Jersey Central Railroad South Amboy First Avenue Elizabeth Avenue Bernard Travers Harria Fine

Death from football kick in abdomen at Shamokin

Pottsville Pennsylvania high school football player Robert Millington died after a game at Shamokin. He suffered abdominal rupture worsened by appendicitis threat, an operation was performed but peritonitis followed.

Pottsville Robert Millington Shamokin Hig

Walsh loses appeal in bank misappropriation case

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of John R. Walsh and approved the five year sentence in Leavenworth Federal Prison. Walsh was found guilty on January 23, 1908, of misappropriating funds from the Chicago National Bank. the case may go to the Supreme Court.

Chicago Court of Appeals United States Circuit Court of Appeals John R. Walsh Leavenworth United States Supreme Court Walsh Chicago National Bank

Colonel Lillard Fined Two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars

Danville Kentucky Colonel B W Lillard Boyle County representative in the state legislature was fined 2300 in police court on 45 warrants for illegal sale of Aquor. He paid 300 as full satisfaction of judgment and his drug store was closed permanently.

Dinnville B. W. Dillard Boyle County Kentucky Aquor Lillard Danville

Supreme Court awards forhouse detention case in Detroit

The Supreme Court at Lansing affirmed a judgment awarding Mabel Wellington 3500 dollars for seven years of service during detention in the House of the Good Shepherd in Detroit.

Supreme Court Lansing Mich Mabel Wellington House of the Good Shepherd Detroit

Bankers Indicted For Fraud In Broome County

Broome County Grand Jury in Binghamton New York indicted Charles YP and Charles J Knapp on charges of criminally reducing deposits at an institution to be paid.

Broome County Grand Jury Binghamton N. Y Charles YP Charles J. Knapp

Secret drawer yields will and policies in New Jersey

Elizabeth dealer Harris Reibel discovers a hidden compartment in a bureau containing the will of John R. Halsey and fire and life policies. The will bequeaths all to the widow Mrs Halsey, while documents tied to the estate of Halsey’s father also surface. In Paterson, immersion baptism at the Pagganic River by Rev. J P Blackledge prompts hysteria in one convert and a large riverbank crowd.

Harris Reibel Eizabeth Mra John R. Halsey Mr. Halsey Celluloid Company Newark Reibel Lfe Halsey J. P. Blackledge Paterson Gospel Mission Garrat Leusten S. R. Waldron Coney Island

Convict John Martin Captured After Seven Hour Chase

After escaping from New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, convict John Martin was tracked for seven hours and captured in a cornfield near Bordentown. He began his term January 13 for a three year sentence from Essex County and had been allowed to work at Head Keeper George Osborne’s house. Mrs. Osborne alerted keepers, and Martin fled in prison garb before switching to a stolen slouch hat.

John Martin New Jersey Trenton Bordentown Martin Essex County Tlis George O. Osborne

Find Body After Nine Months Identified at Carson’s Inlet

The torso found at Carson’s Inlet was identified as John G. Jenkins a nineteen year old who was drowned while gunning on January 30 nine months earlier. His parents of Ambler Pennsylvania were notified.

Carson’s Inlet John G. Jenkins Ambler

Amendments Hard Hit By State Board Of Canvassers

The State Board of Canvassers in Trenton canvassed the September 14 vote on constitutional amendments. The total votes were about 2000 with large majorities against the first four amendments and narrowing against the fifth and sixth. Helen Stage, eleven, daughter of Charles Stage of Bloomfield, broke her collarbone and suffered internal injuries after a fall during a field game of snap the whip near her home.

State Board of Canvassers A. Trenton Helen Charles H Lake Street Bloomfield

Gunman threatens workers at Gibbstown powder mill siege

In Gibbstown a crazed man invaded the powder mill shouting a strike and threatening to shoot. Ray Springer intervened, talked with him, wrested the weapon from the man, and forced his removal from the premises.

Gibbstown Ray Springer

Accidents and incidents across New Jersey counties

In All Partes of the State Mrs William J Hewitt of Murst ville tripped over carpet and broke her left leg below the knee as she stepped from a trolley in Bordentown Eva Glazier was struck by a car owned by W A Shreve and injured Howard W Lippincott jailed in Bordentown for non support of wife and five children refusing bail Wheaton Companys glass plant at Millville resumed operations John Betchner a Bridgeton mold er lost an eye from molten metal splatter Chief Scull reports Ocean City police handled seventy nine cases in the year at a cost of 7649 Maurice Colling and Robert Parsons jailed in Bridgeton for robbing the home of William Bolittehner near Cohansey

William J. Hewitt Murstville Bordentown Eva Glazier W. A. Shreve Howard W. Lippincott Tc, Wheaton Company Millville John Betchner Police Department of Ocean City Maurice Colling Robert Parsons Wiam Bolittehner Cohansey

Italian representation at Hudson Fulton celebration criticized

The Tribune from Rome contends that appointing Baron Alfonso di Brochetti does not fix Italian underrepresentation at the Hudson Fulton celebration. It notes The Etna and Etruria are insignificant compared with the large ships shown by France, England, and Germany. A bank at Bluford, in the southwest, was wrecked by bandits with dynamite explosions nearly destroying the building.

Rome Italy Alfonso di Brochetti Etna Etruria France England Germany Bluford

Governor Willson Urges Self Defense Against Night Riders

Governor Willson urged independent Kentucky tobacco growers to arm themselves and defend their homes against Night Riders. He warned against pooling tobacco unless desired, promised pardons for armed defense, and framed liberty leagues as necessary when state authority stands with citizens. He dismissed pooling as lawful only if no crime results.

Frankfort Willson Kentucky Independents Men

Tramp Kills In Revenge In Chicago

Patrick McCabe twenty five, from Pittsburg, Pa., was shot dead by Frank Mee sixty in Chicago. Police say McCabe and an unknown companion tried to throw Mee from a moving freight train near Peoria Ill after robbing him of twenty five cents. Mee, with injured hands and face, pursued McCabe for revenge and shot him after obtaining a revolver. McCabe made no statement.

Chicago Patrick McCabe Pittsburg Frank Mee McCabe Mee Peoria

Death of H W Flagg Found Dead in Calumet Office

Henry Whiting Flagg, 32, son of George A. Flagg secretary treasurer of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co, was found dead with a revolver in a room above the firm’s Ashburton place office in Boston. Health cited as the cause of death by his own action. a clerk with the company and a well known member of the First Corps Cadets.

Boston Mass Henry Whiting Flagg George A. Flagg Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Ashburton Place Flagg Calumet and Hecla First Corps

Indians Face Starvation Amid Drought in Cherokee Lands

Muskogee Oklahoma dispatch reports superintendent John D. Benedict returns from Flint Hill district stating that several thousand full-blood Cherokee Indians face starvation due to an unprecedented drought this year. Indians have little to eat and say they cannot send their children to school.

Muskogee Okla John D. Benedict Indian Schools Flint Hill

Two Canoeists Drown In Lake Gardner Amesbury Scene

In Amesbury Massachusetts Joseph Manahan twenty four and his brother Frederick seventeen capsized and drowned while posing for a snap from shore at Lake Gardner. Joseph worked as a carriage body maker and Frederick was a high school student. Miss Bell Bailey witnessed the tragedy. Wright sets new air records at Potsdam surpassing his own best. The aviator flew above sixteen hundred feet as officials recorded the ascent.

Amesbury Mass Joseph Manahan Frederick Lake Gardner Bell Bailey Amesbury High School

Value of Crops Exceptional Promises Record Farm Returns

Report indicates reduced cotton yield and a smaller corn harvest but overall farm production should exceed last year with a money value of exceptional proportions. The note suggests favorable outlook despite specific crop slips.

Labor Scarcity Drives Advertisements Across ToledoFactories Seek Workers

Toledo reports a rush of employer ads as labor demand outpaces supply. Wheeling and Lake Erie car shops seek repairers, Buckeye Parlor Furniture wants upholsterers, Hetrick Brothers' Tent and Awning seeks 200 girls, and others call for labor across skilled and unskilled roles. Prices show Poultry demand high while storage eggs depress. broader export and commodity notes follow.

Toledo Ohio Wheeling and Lake Erie Car Shops Buckeye Parlor Furniture Company Hetrick, Brothers Union Paper Bar Company Toledo Basilion Bridge Company Toledo Biscuit Company Toledo Wira and Iron Company United States Malleable Iron Company Toledo Plow Company Kent Machine Company

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