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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
2
Friday July 9 1897 reports a proposed three cent daily tax on every day alien laborers are employed in Pennsylvania. The measure targets foreigners who work at low wages and use free schools yet evade taxation by remaining non citizens. An alien would dodge the tax by not working or by naturalizing.
A discouraged Chicago woman attempted suicide four times. The embryo judge, trying to help, fined her $10 and costs after making efforts to lift her spirits. The report implies the sentence could deter others from dying to spite the judge.
It is alleged that Prof. Von Schroen of the University of Naples has found life in crystals and rocks. Through magnified photographs he claims to show crystals at birth and growth away from the mother, rendering living stones visible though the report invites skepticism.
The State Supreme Court affirms that no one may keep liquor at home or business for personal use without a certificate from the State Liquor Commissioner. In the case, a man kept liquor solely for personal use and was still found guilty, sentenced to three months in the chain gang.
Geineri Lamberman and Sven Enney argue in a recent issue that current pine cuttings exceed 1880 levels and that New Hampshire lands could sustain a perpetual harvest of at least eighty million feet annually if protected from fire. They urge promoting second-growth pine to double this yield in 30 to 40 years, noting fire destroys thousands of acres in Michigan and Wisconsin that could still yield timber.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat sums up Debs plan in forceful terms, arguing it would force cooperation through a complete written plan. It claims the scheme would unify disparate industries, share profits among all workers, and distribute risk, violating traditional success rules.
A June Cosmopolitan essay argues the future war will hinge less on numbers and more on willingness to face certain death. It suggests volunteers may effectively sacrifice themselves, reflecting grim views on modern battle destruction and the army’s readiness to endure losses.
The piece notes dangers of operating submarine torpedo boats with high fatality odds. It mentions perfected dynamite arms with potential to harm both sides. It forecasts battalions using such arms will be organized with higher officer and private salaries, and expects ready recruitment.
State legislatures in seven states including Indiana Illinois and New York passed anti trust laws forbidding all combinations in restraint of trade. New York approved an inheritance tax bill but it was vetoed while Minnesota enacted a similar tax. Utah enacted an income tax and several states taxed sleeping car companies. Illinois and Minnesota began to address department stores but did not advance bills. Northern states expanded labor protections factory inspections child labor bans health board powers and compulsory schooling while rail and telecom taxes rose. Streetcar and municipal gas firms saw little legislative action aside from Illinois.
A discussion on deceptive advertising in small towns. It contrasts timetable schemes and ephemeral handbills with newspapers as a reliable, long term advertising medium. The piece cites Grand Rapids and argues merchants should rely on papers despite higher costs, learning from others’ mistakes.
A sermon urges lawyers to seek Christian virtue amid temptations to skepticism Sabbath-breaking and alcohol, arguing the profession needs faith and ethics. It cites judges and famous legal figures, warns of ultimate judgment, and calls for reliance on Jesus Christ as advocate at the final trial.
In Jones County a visitor asks the judge to grant a divorce, but Balkcom notes the court lacks power to sever marital vows. The man offers six dollars and a half for a bribe. the judge fines him $1.50 for wasting court time and $5 for attempting to bribe, clarifying the court’s authority.
A crafty beggar pleads for work, is offered food and a hard task. He feigns weakness to gain a meal, then is forced to finish the job by the factory owner. After completing the task the owner keeps the worker’s fifty cents, sending it to the man swindled earlier, while the impostor departs crestfallen.
Chicago report says William H. Copp, Pullman glazing foreman, forced entry at Dr Andrew C Rankin and family home intent on murder. He fought Dr Rankin, slashed throat, struck others. firemen overpowered him. Dr Rankin wounded, may die. Copp found with note planning multiple killings and suicide.
Victor S. Berger, editor of a Socialist organ, said after a conference with E. V. Debs that the plan to establish a socialist colony in the West is abandoned. A small unemployed migration to Washington state will be financed by a 15 cent per month per member tax on Social Democracy supporters. Debs will stay in the East aiding the socialist political effort via the ballot.
A Black man jailed in Monroe County was abducted by masked men from Aberdeen on Saturday night. His body was found Sunday in a roadside tree, swinging, after a claim of robbery and attempted assault against a white woman at Okolona. Authorities suspect a lynching carried out by a vigilante group. Also noted: Judge Vaughn rules on county superintendent election appeal, delaying proceedings until October. Terre Haute wheelmen Hulman and Ferguson praised for calming a runaway hay ride incident. one rider injured.
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