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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
4
A New York New Haven and Hartford freight car numbered 12345 was seen near Darlington and Pawtucket last week on the Dhronch railroad. The article notes the mystique of seeing this specific number and reports a man who sought it for years.
A recent traveler notes the extraordinary precocity of Indian children who already show skilled workmanship at an age when others learn the alphabet. The observer highlights the surprising talent among young workers observed during his journey.
A compilation of notes on Bornhohn Island in the Baltic amid its magnetic ore, navigation dangers, and unusual effects on compasses. Also reports antidote ideas from serpent bile, a Revolutionary War drum in Connecticut, postage stamp handling, and a South American lovers custom using magnolia petals as a message medium.
A traveling man asks about the fate of Three Finger Sam in a Western town and whether he remains nearby, amid suspicions of losses. An aging couple comments on a young man visiting Mabel, hinting at misgivings about his character. A note about Cork street in London and a Baltimore vision survey concludes with a statistic on schoolchildren.
Charles A. Dana editor of The Sun died at his West Island home near Glen Cove L I at age 85 after a five month illness from cirrhosis of the liver. He had directed The Sun from bed in recent weeks and remained civl while dying. Dana's career spanned The Tribune The Sun and a Brook Farm period with Emerson and Parker among his associates.
Historic Windsor Nova Scotia devastated by a four hour blaze fanned by a northwest gale. Nearly a mile square burned with 400 plus buildings leveled leaving few homes. only the Windsor cotton factory King’s College Anglican Church Edgeholme School Dufferin Hotel remain standing.
George Mortimer Pullman head of the Pullman Palace Car Company died suddenly in his Chicago home on Prairie avenue. Born March 3 1831 in New York, he rose from poverty to finance and build the vast railroad sleeping car empire and founded the town of Pullman Alabama. He leaves five sons and two daughters.
The Noueste Nachrichten reports a conversation with Prince Bismarck in which he calls the Monroe doctrine uncommon insolence toward the world and says American wealth has led U S lawmakers to overestimate their rights. He warns against European and Asian powers denying frontier changes without consent and cautions about American arrogance toward other states.
Thomas M Hooper a wealthy farmer near Trenton New Jersey after six attempts at suicide hanged himself from a barn rafter. He feared poverty and alms house fate despite a large estate and had previously tried poison throat cutting and drowning. His family had watched him closely yet on the day of death he spoke cheerfully before the barn deed.
In Tadia hills between Boru and Miumanal, two squadrons of the Ninth Bengal Lancers were ambushed. Casualties included a native officer killed, fourteen sowars dead, seven sowars wounded, and twenty-seven sowars killed. In the brigade clash at Samant Rangy, Major Bramley and two privates of the Gordon Highlanders died, Lieutenant Pears and fourteen borderers wounded, and thirty-eight native troops killed with Wagsovero noted as enemy loss. A NY death by self-inflicted poison followed a fire incident involving Mamie Lynch and her brothers.
A mob forced Jobo Hazelrig and Jin Poon through a forest and hanged them from trees to coerce a confession. the men were accused of an arson at a prominent farm and were later deemed innocent. In Charleroi Pennsylvan ia a steamboat boiler explosion aboard G B Morus killed the captain James Ryan and the cook William Patterson. Patterson’s body was found buried beyond the river. All Baptist University students at Sioux Falls SD walked out demanding the President’s removal over alleged arbitrary rulings.
The retirement of Justice Field from the Supreme Court after long service was announced. McKinley accepted the retirement and a joint letter from associates expressed regret. Rumors tied a cabinet reshuffle to Field’s departure, with MacKenna or Long speculated for future positions.
Stephen Johann Field, born 1818 in Hadlam Connecticut, joined the California Supreme Court in 1863 and served on the U S Supreme Court from 1863. He opposed Reconstruction acts and participated in the Electoral Commission before facing a fatal incident at Lathrop. He remained active past 1886, surpassing Marshall’s tenure.
A fog bound collision on the Canadian Pacific express near Ottawa left four men dead and three injured. Victims include James Hastey, Frank Lamondeau, Robert Peden, and John Kearary. Peden died shortly after rescue. a signaling error is blamed for the crash. Double tragedy in Baltimore follows with Matthew Rogers and Mrs Wright shot in Rogers’s home. police call murder or suicide, while relatives suspect a former admirer.
Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone reports vast executions at Coomassie as punishment to enforce oaths. He describes a sacred dumping ground of corpses and a king who ordered ritual killings with slaves sacrificed to seal vows. The bishop also mentions Kilog Prempob now in England and briefly in his congregation.
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