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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
2
Indiana governor calls legislators to consider overdue bills across state agencies. He urges swift debate on key measures addressing budget, education, and public safety to modernize governance and streamline services.
Governor urges continued bond payoff and 3 cent sinking fund levy while warning against tax misperceptions. Calls for judiciary revision, anti lynching measures, improved road laws, state agriculture in schools, and better management of prisons and charities.
William Waldorf Astor won twenty five thousand dollars by hosting a dinner for 27 guests around a single cross section of a colossal California redwood. The section, 1 feet in circumference, arrived in England and was prepared near Cliveden. The event featured a tent over the polished tree surface, fern carpet, wildflowers, and Chinese lanterns at the Half Moon wood, with Miss Astor decorating and Emperor William represented at a New Year reception by Prince Frederick Leopold and Crown Prince Frederick William.
The January sessions show the Senate briefly convening with peace treaty discussions and executive consideration, while the House debates Alaska crimes code and codification bills. Progress includes passage of several judiciary measures and appeals over treaty claims and canal questions.
News from Vancouver B C reports a massive landslide near Spenser’s Bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway after a thaw loosening a mountainside. Up to 50 feet of hillside collapsed into the Fraser River, damming it and flooding Nicola valleys, altering river flow for miles. Also noted is the death of Reuben Goodrich at age 72, a former state political figure once named by Lincoln and later appointed and removed by presidents Grant, Johnson.
Gen. McCaskey of the 29th Infantry reports Gen. Sumner has ordered postponement of the regiment's Manila departure until January 31.
Former Governor Richard J. Oglesby is reported to be very ill at his Elk Hart residence in Logan County. The grip has struck him and family members have been summoned home.
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