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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
6
The piece notes a record pecan crop in Texas, stating the state yields more than three million bushels and has trees not yet bare. It claims Texas leads in pecan production per capita and provides for livestock as well as people.
The narrative describes Pekin hosting the oldest university in the world called the School For the Sons of the Empire. It notes its antiquity and a granite stone-column register with 320 columns listing about 60,000 graduates.
For the first time in five or six years the house membership is complete and when Sergeant-at-Arms Russell draws his requisition for money it includes pay at five thousand dollars a year for every congressional district in the country. It rarely happens that the membership of the house is not broken somewhere by death or resignations.
In Hagerstown a large chimney toppled to the ground without warning. Investigators found sparrows had hollowed the mortar between bricks, leaving the stack uncemented, and a gust of wind caused the fall.
It is reported that the collection of Oriental porcelains and pottery and also of pictures made by Charles A. Dana will be sold at auction the middle of February next. Dana owned at his death probably the largest and most valuable collection of Oriental pottery and porcelains in America, with the single exception of W. T. Walters. The most important of his pictures is Millet's Turkey Herder.
A Paris Figaros representative reports Alphonse Daudet saying he does not censure his brother Ernest for seeking election to the academy and would not object to his victory. He notes Daudet has many friends in the institution and could gain more, but he would never join as a member himself.
Judge E B Prost of Kansas City leads a raid on a gambling house near the state line and makes a rich haul. He defends his action saying he will again take an active part in cases that come before him, regardless of criticism.
Lady Miltais widow of famed painter Millais is gravely ill with throat cancer, a disease that afflicted her late husband. She was once married to John Ruskin who divorced her when she fell for Millais whom he had invited to paint her portrait. Ruskin reportedly attended their wedding, acting possibly as best man or by giving the bride away, with no evident ill will toward either party.
In the United States many mourn the death of Baron Raphael Slidell Erlanger son of a Franco-German financier and his American wife. He was a noted composer best known for the opera Johan de Xaintrailles. His mother is the Miss Slidell famed for slapping the Union officer who arrested her father and Mr Mason aboard the Trent.
The secretary of the treasury directs heads of bureaus to stop making long hand copies of letters. They must now keep carbon copies of all typewritten letters and letter-press copies in treasury records. The change ends the old hand copying in favor of modern typewritten duplicates.
Quincy residents celebrate a miracle birth as Frederick and Mrs Slusher welcome a baby girl weighing just under a pound. The infant’s clothes are doll-sized and the tiny features include a face barely larger than a half dollar, needle-thin fingers, 14 inch feet, and a body fitting in a quart cup.
The American Express Co in Bristol sent a vast cargo of 100 cats to Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. Sale made by F. D. Duda of Waterville, totaling about 600 dollars in cash. Cats included black and whites, tiger stripes, yellow and white, Angora white with pink eyes, jet black, and blue and white varieties.
Washington December 23 Democrats in the House are likely to oppose the voluntary bankruptcy bill citing risks to western debtors from eastern creditors and potential dishonesty in the voluntary phase. Supporters expect passage in both houses as the measure is reported and moves to debate soon.
Eddie Bald, the bicycle rider, is confined to bed with back and groin strains after a fall in Madison Square Garden during the six day race. His match with Jimmy Michael, a feature of the winter cycling season, may be postponed. Physicians say rest will cure him.
Twenty persons were injured on a grade crossing between Passaic and Delaware, N J when a stage was struck by a Delaware Lackawanna & Western train. Three may be fatally hurt, and it is noted that any escaped is remarkable.
The Ohio commissioners held their meeting at Col Brent Arnold's office on Wednesday. They transferred a surplus of 400 dollars to the G A R encampment fund and reported the Ohio building has been sold to General W Hi Jackson for removal to the Belle Meade farm.
A 19-pound baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. August Radke in Osuxkoen Wis on December 23. Local physicians say this weight is unparalleled and remarkable for the area.
A late afternoon explosion started a fire in Cleveland's business center damaging large blocks on Frankfort and Superior streets. The Power block and neighboring Wilshire block suffered extensive loss, with insured properties including J L Hudson and J B Perkins. About 75 percent of losses are covered by insurance, with total damage near a million dollars. Fireman McFeeters was injured slightly.
News of Mrs Booth-Tucker and Mrs Ballington Booth illness linked to alleged cruel treatment since Salvation Army separation. Salvation Army leaders emphasize prayer and support while noting the case will be considered carefully. Consul Mrs Booth-Tucker and London cabled prayers and offers of assistance amid the crisis. In Manchester New York Steven Zoni, 30, Italian, killed himself by placing neck on a rail as a freight train passed, possibly due to insanity or a love affair.
He Kanaska of Mirtwauxer Wis issued a world challenging race for distances from one to three miles on an indoor track. The proposed purse ranges from five hundred to one thousand dollars as a test of speed and endurance.
Albert B. Warner was sentenced to Clinton prison for fifteen years at hard labor for his role in the kidnapping. Co-conspirators Blake and Hardy are already serving terms of fourteen years and six months at Clinton for the same crime.
Dec 24 Berlin reports the Reichstag will soon consider an appropriation to improve Kiel canal navigation. A large warship recently passed through but ran aground during its movement, highlighting concerns over canal safety and capacity.
The Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield upholds the states civil service law in a mandamus case brought by the attorney general against Chicago Police Chief Ripley. The ruling defines heads of departments as the department head in charge, exempt from the law, with the mayor appointing those heads and the civil service commission controlling other posts.
Ottawa Dec 23 The Canadian government received word from arbitrators King of Canada and Putnam of the United States submitting the award in the sealers' claims against the US for vessel seizures. The award totals 464000 with 5000 for the Black Diamond and 1000 for the Ada.
A Havana dispatch reports Capt Gen Blanco cabled Sagasta about a wide Carlist plot to topple Cuba's liberal regime and seize Havana including forts and garrisons. Officials from the army and navy and editors backing Weyler's policies are implicated. Several arrests made and commandants changed as a precaution.
Albert Warner chief conspirator in the Johnny Conway kidnap plot arrives in A Bany New York in custody of detectives and jailed. He will be arraigned Thursday during a supreme court term and is expected to plead guilty. Extreme penalty is 15 years. In Pomeroy Ohio miners invasion into West Virginia to stop non unions ends as a failure with injunctions served on about 100. Fifty non-union miners worked. sheriff and deputies remained on scene. two U S officers present.
Philadelphia December 24. The Chestnut Street National Bank was closed by National Bank Examiner Hardt and its affairs placed in his hands. President Wm M Singerly also heads the Chestnut Street Trust Co which suspended. The bank held government securities for deposits and shown strong past years yet liabilities could not be confirmed. The Philadelphia Record and associated pulp mill securities were discussed as possible remedies to restore solvency. A separate note reports Boston Third National Bank balances sufficient to cover liabilities and a charity rabbit hunt in Monroe County raising over 3 000 rabbits for Christmas feed.
Lorenzo Pelton, famed old counterfeiter pursued by federal detectives nationwide, died at his Louisville home on Myrtle Street after a long career of burglary and counterfeiting. Twenty years earlier he served time in Columbus prison, escaped twice, and was arrested in Cincinnati, St Louis, and Chicago. The most recent sentence followed counterfeiting activity.
A benevolent old woman comforts a crying street urchin who fears punishment for losing a dime. She offers a new dime and kindness, hoping to curb his father’s drinking. The boy explains his father expected beer and that the dime was lost while playing with friends in an alley.
Railroads brace for a spring Klondike rush with an expected 100000 travelers. Baltimore and Ohio leads the way, running a through tourist car from New York to San Francisco via Philadelphia Washington Parkersburg and Cincinnati. The service supplements Pittsburgh routes to New Orleans and thence to the coast with weekly departures and return schedules.
A lawyer cites an old sailor to place a collision in a ship’s four hour watches. The exchange notes “about the middle of the first dog watch” as the time of day. The barrister then expands on the meaning, stressing careful stewardship of the ship, cargo, and passengers.
The text notes warnings from those on the spot and anticipates suffering in the Klondike region as thousands of adventurous Americans head there. It advocates Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic to warm and nourish the body and ward off malaria rheumatism kidney trouble liver complaint dyspepsia and constipation.
A courtroom exchange features a witness and a lawyer debating the meaning of intoxication. The witness riffs that if the man had been more intoxicated he would be drunk and if less he would be sober, prompting a cautious adjustment to the definition.
The Cleveland Akron and Columbus Bay will sell low rate excursion tickets to all points on its line and to best points on connecting railroads. Tickets on sale December 24 25 31 1897 and January 1 1898, good returning until January 1898. Ask Agents for particulars. C Iath Gen Pass Agt Cleveland.
A cryptic note notes possible sharks approaching and mentions a few players, indicating a card game scene with instinct and risk. The line hints at betting dynamics and barroom tension as characters watch for threats.
A compilation of promotional and quack remedies cites Laxative Bromo Quinine for cold cure with 25 cent price and refund offer. It pairs generic ad lines with quips and aphorisms from newspapers, noting Dr. Kline's product claims, St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia and rheumatism, and various satirical quips from Chicago News and Washington Democrat.
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla promptly and permanently cures scrofula and all blood diseases. It urges sufferers to take Hood's and only Hood's for any form of blood disorder.
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