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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
1
From September 25 to October 9, 1909, New York marks the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s steam navigation on the Hudson River. The Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission outlines plans for appropriate exercises and events.
The Holland people build a Half Moon replica to present to a commission with a period costume crew. The celebration spans interstate and national participation, with New York and New Jersey governors appointing commissioners and federal troops and navy attending. Events run September 25 to October 9, including parades, naval displays, flying machines, and a central carnival in New York City.
The Hudson River, once named Cahohatea and Shatemuc by Iroquois and others, is described as a fjord for 150 miles with rock bottom to the ocean. The shorelines rise and fall with tides, studied during a Catskills aqueduct tunnel effort, and noted for remarkable beauty by Dr. Adolf Lorenz in 1902 who deemed it more beautiful than the Rhine.
American aviator Glenn H. Curtiss won the grand prize at Brescia Italy for a fifty kilometer run in 49 minutes 24 seconds securing $6009 of the $10,000 prize. Rougier took second, Leblanc was notable in second place for other attempts, and Curtiss also won the quick starting prize in 16 seconds. Princess Letitia attended and praised Curtiss after the event.
In Havana the inaugural National Lottery drawing took place at the Treasury Building with a dense crowd in the galleries and courtyard. Runners carried numbers to newspapers and offices across the city as prize numbers were announced. The capital prize of $60,000 sparked great excitement while all tickets sold totaled $300,000, yielding $100,000 in government profit.
Fire gutted Robert A. Walsh’s summer cottage at White Bear Lake, St. Paul, Minn. Three Walsh children perished in the blaze, including nine year old William who stayed to rescue his siblings and was forced to leap from a second story window to escape. The family of thirteen was asleep on the second floor when the fire broke out.
Lincoln Neb Feb 9 Two men were killed and nine injured when passenger train No 9 of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and an extra stock train collided head on at Burnham four miles southwest of Lincoln. The dead are W L Rohrer Falls City Neb contractor and William Griffin a colored cook in the private car of Division Superintendent Lyman of Wymore. Injured include Benjamin Miley of Mansfield Ohio.
Frank J. Gould of New York City paid 108000 dollars to his former wife after their divorce for a release of dower rights.
The Rich ard Peck's commander, to avoid endangering the ship and crew, steered into waters at Hell Gate New York and drowned Rob ert J. Douglas who was swimming there.
Fourteen-year-old Charles Rouse drowns after cramps while swimming in the Amita River near Baton Rouge Louisiana his twelve-year-old brother Walter dies trying to rescue him. Mrs Jana Berin wife of Lawrence Perth of New York City commits suicide in England. She is daughter of the late General Victor A Sartori of Baltimore Colonel Joel B Erhardt dies and James H H Searr succeeds Ken H Emery as local weather forecaster in New York City.
Butter prices have advanced twenty five percent in New York City with further increases feared before winter. Officials blame the shortage of natural fodder for dairy herds as the primary cause.
Reports from Charleston note the first new crop rice arrived in Charleston eight pence per pound lower than last year’s first receipts. The drop reflects a market softening as producers sell at about three quarters of a penny less per pound than the prior season.
Washington sees a major pole dispute as explorers Dr. Cook and Commander Peary face possible public testimonial and scientific scrutiny. National Geographic Society delays honors pending detailed observations while letters and cables fuel a cross Atlantic clash over who first reached the North Pole.
Berlin reports Dr. Hellman of the Meteorological Institute notes two polar expeditions independently reaching the North Pole within the same year. He cites favorable polar ice and fortunate circumstances enabling both ventures to succeed.
The Yankees moved toward a tighter American League race as H J Handy of Witness Athletic Club won the ten mile A A U swim on the Mississippi in St Louis. The report also notes Maggie Winder’s record pace win at Indianapolis and Sweep's Futurity boosting James R Keene as a leading owner on Eastern tracks. Princeton selects Thomas A Butkiewicz to coach the varsity eleven, and Martin J Sheridan and Matt McGrath deny bribery charges in the Hibernian games case.
Prof Shearer of Cornell denounces claims by Peary and Cook as vaudeville science while Louis C. Bement, a local Peary ally, also believes both men may have found the North Pole. Cornell scientists show cautious openness but doubt military value of such discoveries.
Telegraphic notes report Cuban tobacconists urge tariff changes in Congress. Fifty thousand Americans of Irish descent plan a pilgrimage to Ireland next year. Spain sends 11 000 troops to aid General Marina in Africa. Dr. Cook receives Denmark's top foreign decoration. Ose Rosenstock murdered in New York City. killer at large. Norfolk business leaders ask Navy for shore leave for fleet personnel in Hampton Roads. Eight-mile Volunteers lifesavers swim Hell Gate to Caisson’s Point. 24 finish. Alabama AG Garber rules wine forbidden at wedding toasts under new prohibition law. Insurance firms find no reason to withhold $167 500 payout on Joe Morgan Tillinghast of Newark.
A man lured three children from in front of their home in Utien N and shot them. The seven year old Thesean Pro elplo was killed instantly and Freddy Infusing aged two and a half died after hospital treatment. Fannie Infusino six was wounded and Theresa Precipio seven died in hospital. Police with bloodhounds searched all night but found no trace of the killer.
In Syracuse New York a collision between an automobile and a trolley car killed Mrs James McKay of Canton Pennsylvania. King McKay suffered a skull fracture and Timthy Conklin and his wife of Troy Pennsylvania were seriously injured. McKay was driving and failed to pass safely. Mrs McKay died after being pulled from a house to the pavement. Conklins were thrown to the ground with serious injuries.
Mexico City reports an arch aeological find led by Professor Ramon Mena. A government expedition to Otumba, State of Mexico, uncovered a buried Toltec city with a sixty foot high pyramid, about two hundred feet square at the base. The site dates to Toltec occupation and echoes the Teotihuacan style.
In Hulton Station near Pittsburg a fight involving about 200 Italians left a boy of ten and a woman dead. Antonio Surco was shot in the head while trying to carry his son from the crowd, and Mary Messola was shot and found in a ditch an hour later dying shortly after.
Halley's comet reappeared after seventy years, observed by Professor Wolff of Heidelberg. The Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Mass, received the dispatch noting sighting on September 11 with coordinates right ascension 6 hours 18 minutes 12 seconds and declination 17 degrees 11 minutes north. The object was visible only through a large telescope.
A tidal wave inundated Mulege on the east coast of Lower California flooding inland two miles and causing multiple deaths with extensive property damage. The town, population about 1200, lies in an estuary with hills on either side. Separately, Joseph White of St Louis was jailed five days in the Bronx for driving his employer's touring car into a stone wall, injuring a companion and himself.
Judge Corey of the Probate Court in San Francisco apportioned to Mrs. Anna Spreckels her share of the Spreckels estate. The estate is estimated to be worth more than $3,000,000.
Santos-Dumont flew the Demoiselle from St Cyr to Buc covering eight to nine kilometres in five minutes at about 95 kilometres per hour. He wagered $200 on the record feat, amid reports of a 55.8 mile distance. Taft Urges Currency Reform in Boston Address
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