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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1890
Page
4
The costliest Syracuse hotel the Leland is destroyed by fire after a 12 15 AM outbreak. More than 160 guests and staff were inside. five known dead with twenty four injured. Rescue efforts included rope escapes and an elevator crew braving flames.
Telegram from Uelurade Col reports Telluride blazing with excitement as the Bhorman tunnel strikes a high grade vein. Work began November 1887, now 8590 feet long, cost about $390000. Sheridan Company owns 5000 feet surface, the mine could place $150000 in sight based on wheat basis.
A Berlin builder named Schaal in Rehldekendorf reportedly mutilated and killed his wife and three of five children with a butcher knife. The killer, reportedly ruined by failed Harlin real estate ventures and debts, was found in a deranged state as police uncovered the horrific family massacre. The surviving children face critical injuries and uncertain prognosis.
A steamer named Annie Youn of the Lake Superior Transit Co caught fire and burned to the water near Kingston Michigan. The Ssl Smith rescued thirteen men and brought them to Detroit while the rest perished or were lost at sea. One crew member, identified as Gi Ong, sustained severe facial burns and was hospitalized at Marmy Hospital.
Long list of crime accidents and civic notes recounts various incidents from New York to Alabama. Convictions, fires, drownings, and mine disasters appear alongside census debates and political appointments as reporters summarize a broad mid era news digest.
The note covers multiple brief items: Barry the labor candidate for Congress in Rochester commits suicide after drinking. other events include the Comte de Paris dining in New York. Elmer shoots a woman then kills himself. Dr Joan Farsi Winston dies in Syracuse. burglaries in Nielsonville. and various political, criminal, and societal notes across 1880s era locales.
James Maxwell was hanged at 10 47 a recent morning in Morris Illinois for the murder of Charles Decker in Ji unolas. The crime occurred when Maxwell and a colored man were found by Decker at his home about midnight on June 15. Decker was killed with a hatchet. Maxwell faced the execution with little apparent concern and made defiant last remarks to reporters and the sheriff. He declined religious comfort, complained about a window in the gallows chamber, and after the cord was cut, died in six minutes. Before leaving his cell Maxwell gave the sheriff a fig knife and hinted he could have killed himself earlier.
A gang raided FM Hall's store near Ohio City twenty miles west of Lina on the Chicago and Evils Road. After surrounding the building they opened fire during a ten minute gunfight, securing loot of $2.15 before escaping. Two posse members were killed, and one alleged robber was killed. several others were wounded.
Discouraging reports from Chesapeake Bay oyster beds amid a new dredging season. Captain Frank South of the schooner Romo reports 150 barrels of nearly dead oysters. Later checks in Elsmore Maryland corroborate the decline as further catches reach up to eighty five bushels per pier.
A detailed listing from the Butter-Stata Creamery and surrounding markets notes prices and qualities for butter milk creamery products, cattle, hogs, sheep, and various grains. Entries include weights and conditions for several dairy and farm items, with regional mentions like Watertown Massachusetts and Barley Northeastern locations.
A jumble of notes sketches prominent people—Lanarmy the actress, Sam Jones the evangelist, and figures like Mrs Custer, Queen Victoria, the Duke of Portland, Oscar Witpe, and Baron Bletchroctor—along with physicians ministers and politicians. references span Montana Dakota Alabama and England with dates and anecdotes about wealth, appearances, and careers.
The season ends with heavy losses and rumors of reorganizing as players face reduced fortunes. Reports mention financial hits, potential new teams, and ongoing debates among leagues about consolidation and future viability.
A survey of varied reports: potato and fruit crops in England and Missouri. 7 million bales cotton in the South. New York theaters number 28. Butte Montana proposes a mineral palace next year. Michigan University hosts 22 Japanese students. Armenia counts in New York City. lunacy rise in England per census. Irish potatoes cost high in Missouri. Virginia chestnut crop large. onions boosting meat suspicions in America. rainfall heavy in New South Wales. New York State corn crop estimate around 60,000,000 bushels amid fevered claims of other agricultural yields.
Secretary Windom urges cutbacks in salaries and expenses of the World’s Fair Commission as only 1.1 million remains for other costs after setting aside 100 thousand for a government building. President Palmer offers to forgo pay. Congress may fund more via bureaus.
The report lists widespread labor activity from the United States to Europe and Latin America. Strikes affect masonry, carpentry, bricklayers, confectioners, and rail workers while unions expand, form schools, or coordinate actions. Employment falls in Lombardy and Piedmont, with many unemployed amid industrial stagnation.
Private Frank O Neill of Battery C Fourth Artillery U S A stationed at Fort Mc Pherson near Atlanta Ga died from hydrophobia after a dog bite. He showed madness frothing at the mouth and extreme strength, was restrained with seven men and an opiate injected to quiet him.
A nostalgic piece reflects Abraham Lincoln's melancholy and sympathetic nature shaping his politics. It recounts Lincoln's sorrow over Ann Rutledge and a grocery partner story, plus a century-old remedy testimonial. It also shares a song tale of Mario and a beggar, and a humorous museum tale of a frog, two turtles, and a baby alligator in a New York Hospital tank.
At the French penal colony of New Caledonia convicts are allowed to wed each other. The prison matron deems the arrangement a failure as a reform effort.
The article surveys animal worship among primitive and ancient peoples and its influence on later belief. It notes the belief in animal souls, animal-derived identities, and omens, with Brahminical reverence for the sacred cow and Hindu figures like Siva Hanuman and Garuda. It traces animal reverence from Egypt and Hebrews to Greece, Rome, Celts, Persians, and regions in Asia and the Americas.
A report by Dr Konig and Dr Kollig details bodies from the 1849 Hungarian militiamen recovered after forty one years from the Echo schacht near Jermannstadt. They remained perfectly preserved both outside and inside, with organs retaining their outline as in demonstrations for lectures.
An ad style pitch extols patent medicines beyond doctors prescriptions claiming to boost vitality. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and liver invigorator, promising lasting effects, appetite creation, and fever prevention when worn down signals appear. It urges taking it now.
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