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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1903
Page
2
A columnic compilation notes various opinions and curiosities from The Record. It touches on personal musings about love trust and friendship, theatres in Canada, Clyde Fitch, Queen Wilhelmina, and the trust busting era. It also mentions Yale Harvard and Carnegie remarks about education and libraries with satirical takes on Homer and Achilles.
A Jersey City clergyman said in a forthcoming sermon he would prove St Patrick was a Baptist. The sermon report is unavailable so the argument cannot be stated. The text raises questions about which Baptist sect he might refer to, listing several possibilities.
Nikola Tesla proposes a wireless telegraphy system enabling home devices to communicate with any similar apparatus across the country without metallic or artificial connections. He cautions readers not to abandon current plans for other telegraphic instruments or delay telepathy experiments. Tesla notes may be slow to implement.
Edward Cooper, once believed dead after the Maine explosion, tells his mother in Burlington New Jersey that he was transferred from the Maine days before the disaster. He says he visited many foreign countries, moved among ships, just returned from a long cruise and will take leave to come home soon.
The New York Tribune notes the city’s appeal to ambitious natives from other states. State and county societies hold annual meetings and dinners in New York, with Vermont Delaware Wisconsin and Georgia all represented by Manhattan associations. A possible Chicago men fraternity may form as Chicago transplants increase.
The piece argues student riots and vandalism are a modern form of lawlessness in the United States, noting European precedents in Germany and Russia. It attributes this to large student bodies forming rivalries and a false esprit de corps that can elevate youths above the law as enrollment grows from dozens to thousands, urging vigilance and repression.
A Senate committee warns that less than a quarter of the original 2 billion acres of public domain remains under government control. If current land laws continue, in five years most land will be owned by a few wealthy individuals and corporations, denying homes to a growing population. The report cites chronic law violations, extensive grazing by powerful interests, and stalled remedial legislation.
The United States may pay 40 million dollars to the French Panama Canal Company as part of treaty adjustments with Colombia. Treasury cash totals about 222 million, but 150 million sits as Federal bank deposits. A 50 million working balance remains, risking potential stringency if 17 to 18 million is withdrawn from depositories. Nine months since the canal bill, calls for arrangements to avoid helping banks or tightening markets.
The cables report Sir Thomas Lipton after inspecting Shamrock III declares the cup his. Yet past losses show his optimism unchanged. He remains a generous, gamest of sportsmen, admired for handling defeat with calm and good humor.
A quick marriage on a moving railroad train sparked questions about haste and later regret as the couple faced life after the journey. The anecdote mirrors cautions about impulsive unions and the consequences of quick vows.
German foreign office says no diplomatic incident is likely from Admiral Dewey interview printed in a Newark newspaper. Officials doubt quoted remarks, cite goodwill with Germany, and note no Washington confirmation yet. Washington says Dewey explained at the White House that he did not intend to reflect on Germany.
Serious charges have been laid against Maj. Gen. Sir Hector MacDonald, commander of British forces in Ceylon. Gov. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway has been authorized to convene a court martial to try him for alleged immoral acts. MacDonald left for England to confer with officers and is expected to return to face the charges.
New York authorities report a Sunday immigration high as 4,569 arrivals passed through Ellis Island aboard the Philadelphia, Campania, Savoie, and Graf Waldersee. Immigrants moved toward new homes or were detained for further investigation in detention compartments.
The report that San Miguel, the Filipino leader, was killed in Friday night fighting near Mariquina is confirmed. His body has been identified and delivered to his relatives for burial.
A thirty pound stone was dropped from a bridge onto a New Jersey Central train in Bayonne as it passed under East Forty-sixth Street. The impact shattered gas lines, caused panic among passengers, and forced an emergency stop when the brake cord was pulled. No fatalities are reported.
Allen County reports a Sunday morning suicide by Joseph Krock, sexton at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Wayne. The 60 year old suffered from illness and likely mental distress. the act desecrated the church requiring reconsecration. Coroner Barnett supervised the case as investigators noted bells failed to summon mass.
Hannah Miller of Misaka traces colonial ancestry and seeks a divorce from three husbands. She was first Alonzo Smyser, then Clay Kinneman, then William Meade, each marriage tainted by conflict over property. Meade allegedly promised Rock Island holdings and left, while Fischer is accused of drugging her and detaining her in a mental hospital for four years.
Isaac B. Price of New York, born in 1802, marks his 101st birthday. He has rarely left the city, never ridden a trolley, crossed the East River many times, but never Brooklyn Bridge. He credits long meals, abstaining from liquor and tobacco chewing since boyhood, and has voted in every presidential election since 1852 for John Quincy Adams.
The reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the United States has been approved by the Cuban Senate 12 to 9. The approval is absolute and not subject to conditions after a cable from Secretary Hay declared President Roosevelt would call a special session of Congress before December 1.
Jacob M. Stanbury of Beavertown O has been removed as postmaster following a department investigation. In a signed confession he admitted for two years he opened letters sent to patrons. He said curiosity motivated the unauthorized openings. nothing was stolen.
Alexandria Ind special reports American Window Glass Company proves mechanical blowers can produce flawless 22 foot cylinders in eight minutes with one operator. The test foresees displacement of nearly 8,000 workers including blowers gatherers and snappers and a likely drop in glass prices as plants in Hartford City Gas City Orestes and Andersen prepare to adopt the new process. The L A 300 union worries but the test suggests a perfect substitute for human labor.
Robert Bruce Lockridge of the Indiana University track team was accidentally struck in the forehead by a twelve pound hammer thrown by J R Horne at Male High School grounds in Louisville. He died an hour after the injury despite medical aid at Norton Infirmary. Horne, who had come from Bloomington to assist, is overwhelmed with grief.
Royal Geographical Society President Markham lauds the Antarctic ship Discoverry for proving the continent-wide extent of Antarctica. Captain Scott sails 83.20 south, reporting massive uncharted mountains and a potential land stretch to the pole. The Discovery wintered 400 miles farther south than any prior voyage.
I L Page a Missouri newspaper man and recording secretary for the State Democratic Association resigns from the executive committee after refusing to explain how he came by a $1000 bill. The incident was raised before the House investigating committee and later a Jefferson City grand jury investigating alleged hoodlum activity.
Kalamazoo Michigan reports a post mortem on Fred Cerrow a Michigan asylum patient who had swallowed six pounds of nails screws lead iron cartridge shells and other foreign substances over years. The stomach contents reveal a record of chronic self ingestion and a startling accumulation before death.
A major strike riot erupted at Slatovsk in the Cofa government near the Urals. At the State iron works 500 workers walked out demanding three jailed colleagues. The governor was mobbed, the mayor wounded, and troops and gendarmes fired on the crowd, killing or wounding many.
London dispatch reports Irish Secretary Wyndham unveiling the government bill in the Commons. It proposes a 60 million dollar grant with tenant loans limited to 2500 dollars in congested districts and 5000 dollars elsewhere, at 3 percent interest. The act provides estate commissioners to supervise sales of untenanted lands, to be overseen by the Lord Lieutenant, effective November 12, with aims to foster peace in Ireland.
The National Council of Women of the United States held an executive session in New Orleans where no negroes attended the public reception or business functions. President Mrs May Wright Sewall noted that only two colored women could attend sessions, Mrs Yates of Missouri and Mrs Williams of New Orleans, neither of whom planned to participate.
Major General Hector MacDonald, a senior British Army officer facing charges of immoral acts, shot himself in the right temple in his mezzanine chamber at the Hotel Regina in Ceylon. He expired minutes later as the governor had announced a court martial and public discussion of the case.
Havana cable reports that the reciprocity treaty may fail without US approval. The Senate committee on foreign relations backs the amendments added by the US Senate and proposes a separate clause requiring ratification by December 31 if the treaty is to take effect this year.
Hartford Deacon Reice famous for an oversized nose becomes the joke of his church when a plaster covering a sore falls off and he sticks on a spool cotton label reading warranted 200 yards. The crowd bursts into laughter at the mishap and its comic miscue.
M Camille Hugo arrives from Paris aboard the St Paul claimed as the tallest man alive eight feet two inches tall weighing 502 pounds chest measured at 163 inches. He walks erect and stands taller than Chang the Chinese giant. Hugo was found near Paris by George Arlington of Barnum and Bailey show. Also aboard is Leo a lion faced boy from Russia.
Two lively New Yorkers roughhouse a man in a sombrero in a Broadway cafe. The assailant, claiming Mohawk descent as Wounded Buffalo son of Chief Running Elk, was arrested but discharged after magistrate review. He said he learned boxing at Carlisle, where he played football.
A Brooklyn man claims to have fasted forty days in a Turkish bath and expresses surprise that fear draws comment. He cites Meadville, Pennsylvania, where a local physician runs a sanitarium treating disease and addictions, asserting long fasting cures.
A Lancaster man labeled as previously diabetic credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete recovery after failing doctors. He recalls severe illness three years ago and says no relapse has occurred. Readers asked if cure would last, but he confirms lasting health and strength. A red solution now aids photography without a dark room.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Nurse Mother Gray at Children's Home New York, claim to break up colds in 24 hours cure constipation feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders move regulate bowels destroy worms. Sold by druggists or by mail 25c Sample mailed free Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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