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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
4
Historic storms bring record rain and hurricane winds from Portland Maine to Oswego New York. Paterson New Jersey endures catastrophic flooding with bridges ruined and tens of thousands homeless. Rail lines and factories suffer, while relief drives gather thousands.
During an investigation into counterfeiting in the Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia a plot was found to free the thousand convicts within its walls. An extraordinary session of Congress next month will focus on legislation making the Cuban reciprocity treaty effective.
Official National League averages rate Bresnaban as New York's top batter while Buck Freeman of Boston leads the American League with fourteen home runs. Big Ned Bruce, Columbia’s star center, inspires football return. Brill from Exeter fails exams and cannot play for Crimson this fall. Pudge Heffelfinger coaches the Minneapolis squad. A punt near eighty yards is claimed by De Witt of Princeton. Suction influences trotting pacing records. Lipton says he would defend the cup if he can design better. Miss Bessie Anthony defeats Misa J. Carpenter in golf finals. Bert Widlcomb shuttles Chicago to New York in seventy seven hours. Barney Oldfield clocks fourteen miles in 14:35 on the Empire track. Four NL triple plays last year. Bernard Wefers may coach US Naval Academy track athletes.
Britain fears involvement as Japan and Russia ready military moves in Manchuria and Korea. Reports say ships are deployed from Port Arthur to Ma San Pho and field preparations increase in both nations. Japanese and Russian fleets lie in harbor awaiting possible declaration of war.
In Bayreuth, Andreas Dippold, a teacher, was found guilty of manslaughter for maltreating two boys entrusted to his care by Robert Koch. One boy died from abuse after being tied to a bed, while Dippold received eight years in penal servitude and ten years civil-rights deprivation. Spectators denounced the sentence amid public fury.
Mary Young of Bridgeport was found dead near Prospective Avenue after an overnight walk from a store. An early milkmans discovery showed her face buried in soft earth and a basket of provisions in her rigid arm. Her death is attributed to heart disease and exposure as her family slept unaware at home.
White hod carriers about 9000 strong vow to crush a 300 member Negro union in Chicago. The two-year conflict has reached the courts with injunctions against interference while education committees clash using sandbags and brickbats. Hostility remains high as labor leaders press for the Negro union to disband and members seek other work.
Prince Cupid Kalantannola the new Hawaii delegate and Kia White left Honolulu aboard the steamship Siberia heading to the United States.
The report notes Rev C W Kennedy killed by boxers in China where he went as a missionary. Also mentioned are Klondike gold outputs, California divorce law upheld, Army young officers, Arizona farming combine, Savannah channel project, St Louis exposition Italy pavilion, Philippines trade totals, an orphan’s home tragedy in Clinton Indiana, and a UNC memorial donation.
The October 1 condition data from the Bureau of Statistics shows corn at 0.8 with a 10 year average 77.7, spring wheat yield 3. Lia bushels, oats 767,000,000 bushels and 28.4 per acre, barley 26.4 per acre, rye 154 per acre and quality around mid 60s to mid 80s across crops. Total indicated corn yield 2,307,860,000 bushels, spring wheat 249,501,000, and total wheat 659,020,000 bushels, with last year’s total 670,063,000.
In Athol Massachusetts a 14 year old Petersham boy, charged with petty theft for two cabbages, drove a stage with Deputy Sheriff Roswell P Doane's body after Doane collapsed from heart disease. The boy sought help, and Athol authorities moved him from the lockup to a hotel for safe keeping.
Lancaster County Railway and Light Company President Pat William Given resigns amid allegations of accounting discrepancies exceeding $100,000. Market downturn blamed for margin losses, while Given’s wealth and stock market dealings are noted. Discrepancies now under expert review.
New York reports a short continental apple crop with Belgium at one third and Switzerland about one fourth of full. Holland and Germany fall short likewise, and Germany will need most of the stock. A strong demand for fresh and dried American apples is anticipated as oriental buyers faced losses last year from early purchases.
News from St Johns Newfoundland reports codliver oil famine pushing wholesale price from 70 cents per gallon a year ago to 3 dollars now. A codfish shortage also hampers dealers in Nova Scotia and Massachusetts trying to buy 100000 quintals with little success.
Colonel George H Walton of the Agriculture Department predicts Texas cotton yields will exceed last year despite recent crop deterioration. The news comes as United States Steel cuts its quarterly dividend in half amid labor strife in Massachusetts and other regions.
A major New York and New Jersey flood leaves eight dead and dozens missing as Pompton Lake dam bursts and vast areas flood. Bridges collapse, streets become rivers, trains halted, and Paterson, Brooklyn, and Manhattan suffer widespread damage with billions in losses.
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