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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1888
Page
4
Reading about Plinylog cards and hand testing reveals precision born of practice. Workers weigh eggs by feel, curl candles to test contents, and train touch to detect minute differences. A note on Warren’s giant California sequoia tree and distant regions adds scale to human skill and natural wonders.
James E. Bedell a Brooklyn lawyer at Shipman Barlow Larocque Choate ran a forged mortgage scheme draining clients of large sums. The plot centered on West 126th Street assets with Herman Koop exposing Bedell after confronting a $10,000 mortgage he bought and kept. Bedell confessed and was arrested at the Tombs after Chief Detective Byrnes arranged the case. total losses were reported at $204,500, much spent in policy gambling.
Francois Achilla Bazain once Marshal of France died in Madrid at age 77 from heart disease. He rose to marshal in 1864 and earned fame in the Mexican campaign and early Franco German War, but faced treason accusations after Metz surrender. He fled abroad, endured exile and imprisonment, and spent his final years in poverty before death in Madrid.
A rambling collage notes prominent figures and wealth across continents. It mentions Prominent People netting 175 009 on a South American tour, Jay Gould health plans, the Shah of Persia’s Europe tours, Emperor William’s sham battles, Winnie Collins’ writing, Pasteur’s long-ago chair, and various aristocrats. It cites Carnegie’s vast income, the Duke of Aosta’s sons gifting Letitia Bonaparte a $60 000 pearl necklace, Victoria and Greenwich Park, and earnings and curiosities of many notable names.
Summary of Senate and House activity detailing motions on the presidents annual message, appropriations for disease relief, weather bureau transfers, immigration policies, and various investigations. Includes conference reports on Sundry Civil Appropriation, Chinese immigration ban, and pension bills. and House actions on land entries, trusts suppression, and naval academy age limits.
A garbled recap notes Pittsburg trimming, injuries, and trades. Cleveland and DaLAource released. Detroit’s Campa excelling in center field. Indianapolis slump. Rochester dominance. Syracuse Toronto finish. two Chinese teams tour Indiana. Pitcher McCormack hoped back next season. Kingston pennant to Eastern International. Goodfellow praised by Clevelanders. various players listed with teams and form. Washington rumored to sell Hoy to Pittsburgh. Wise of the Boston club shines. National and American Association records listed with clubs and leaders.
The report notes broad activity across industries: Stark Mila ships 100 bales of drilling to China, 200 elevators to be built for Northwest farmers, and Franco employing over five thousand women in civil service. It cites U.S. farm labor wages about 18.24 dollars monthly without board and 12.4 with board, mentions a potential strike at the 1000 foot Elifol Tower in Paris over wages, and highlights a Minneapolis flour mill using profit sharing with a $40,000 employee dividend. The piece also compares American locomotives with German, reports Elkton stonecutters opposing dues nonpayment, and notes union federation moves in Atlanta. It adds 400 Irish stevedores in Glasgow to be replaced by Belfast Protestants, U.S. collar and shirts production worth $20,000,000, Joy, N.Y. output at $7,000,000 yearly, and 11,830 industrial establishments in New York City employing 227,052 with output valued at $137,050,437.
A wide sweep of incidents from finances and suicides to drownings and accidents. A bank teller in Wilmington hides from reversal. two Burlington and Sand Bar men drown fishing. a 4 year old dies in a coal oil can explosion in Pennsylvania. others include a New York law firm clerk arrested for embezzlement, typhoid alerts in Boston, drownings in Burlington New Jersey and New York, a baggage master killed saving a woman, and a political electors slate in Dover.
Senator Plumb introduces a bill in the United States Senate offering a $100,000 reward for the discovery of a licensed remedy and treatment for yellow fever. The measure requires reporting by physicians using copyrighted methods and notification to the Surgeon General of outcomes and deaths, with discovery of an effective remedy earning the prize.
News from the South Seas reports fierce fighting on the Marquesa Group as French marines hoisted a flag and took possession. Two hundred French sailors and several thousand natives died. natives retreated to the mountains. Tahiti protests Chilean seizure of Easter Island to establish a penal colony. the deed was carried out by Captain Toro of the Chilean cruiser Angamos.
Avisador Commercial of Havana details a severe cyclone across Cuba from Point Massi to Cape San Antonio with greatest impact in Santa Clara. It notes 1000 plus deaths island wide, widespread damage in Havana and Sagua, naval losses, flooding, and a 250 to 300 percent estimated damage rise.
Memphis authorities halt passenger trains east of the Mississippi to curb yellow fever spread from Jackson Mississippi. No train within ten miles of Memphis and armed patrols guard dirt roads into the city. Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky towns impose strict quarantines, with Illinois Central lines stopping and many stations avoided. Panic grows in smaller towns as intercity contact is limited.
A scattered digest notes women physicians in Brixton. Bulgaria disturbances. publisher Afunich dead. California bag use. Brooklyn consumption deaths. Indiana and Arkansas political votes. Stanley’s death risk. German coast defense probe. California grape crop hurt by heat. St Petersburg population drop. yellow fever microbes frozen. a clydesdale sold for 15. Francs may drop foreign cereals duties. Wietrax H. Suiri elevated. coal vein found at Spickardsville. Georgia penitentiary convicts. cables expanding global communication. a rare imported Arab mare. Krupp arrest over drawings. Swedish colonization anniversary. witchcraft execution by Mojave. $20,000 reward for murder suspect. bees yield near failure. Jersey murder arrest. Mormon mission to Samos. France schools by gender. Captain van Gels proclaims White Pasha. New York wards lack school seats. natural gas well in La Fontaine. two flame towers. Atlanta merchant Howaka’s marriage with $50,000 wedding gift.
A string of violent incidents across the world is reported. Antony Carney in Chicago fatally shot his wife then killed himself by gunshot. Eva Gately and two children die after being struck by a train in Versailles Kentucky. A Kerrville Texas killer known as Lone Highwayman is shot dead by Lizzie Hay in Bandora County.
An artificial pond 800 feet above Valparaiso released a flood that devastated the Valley of the Yungas and streets including San Juan de Dios. The torrent swept houses away and killed fifty seven people. Relief funds were approved. A tailor lost his home shop wife and four children. Rescue crews and ships aided in cleanup amid impassable streets and heavy debris. The flood stemmed from a pond belonging to Nicholas Mena.
States Senator Leland Stanford suffers an extraordinary sleep disorder. He cannot sleep or stay awake for long. he drifts between wakefulness and slumber, with minimal true rest and no accompanying pain. He cannot walk without danger of collapse and his speech resumes exactly where it paused when consciousness returns.
A report from Labrador details extreme famine among fishermen and families facing death without aid. Mothers skip meals to feed infants while some households survive on dog flesh and tile flour. An eventual relief steamer and evacuations are urged. meanwhile a Wind Lake canal project promises significant county gains and a Niagara Falls lifeboat achievement by Cuantis A. Percy.
A night raid on Southern Pacific No. 14 near Harwood Texas ends with Engineer Dan Toomey fatally shot. Bandits, mistaken about the express car, exchange fire with armed mail and express guards. two robbers wounded and pursued by officers and bloodhounds as the engine returns to the train.
William Beattie of Seward County Kansas loses a baby to a swooping eagle that snatched the infant from a blanket by the door. The search party tracked the child all night, finding remains near Forming as the eagle attacked, with two men torn by talons.
Jacques Boivin of Lake Temiscaminga Canada fell ill as his wife gave a dose of poison claiming epsom salts. She took a spoonful to appease suspicions, then forced him to finish the dose. A neighbor found him dead the next day.
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