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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
2
J. D. Dennis reports in Charlange Indiana that the emperor of Austria has received a tapestry woven by a new rapid process. The 80 inch square piece depicts an allegorical design and reportedly shows over 200 million crossings. The weave uses 300 silk threads per inch, a feat that would have taken three years by the old method.
In Nagasaki a long standing family craft produces giant pyro technic birds that soar and perform aerial movements resembling real birds. The secret has passed to the eldest child in each generation for over four centuries.
Prince Sesse ri, nephew of the Siamese prince, is in an English railroad shop learning mechanics while his elder brother Prince Boveradez studies gunmaking and shipbuilding at another large firm. The Siamese king supports such training as a means of civilizing the east with western ideas.
The German government trials a new forage for artillery horses using fresh blood from slaughterhouses mixed with sugar refuse and grain screenings. Proponents say the albumen in blood coupled with the other components strengthens horses and cuts maintenance costs.
A Siamese policy labels unmarried women of a certain age as privileged and under royal care. The king pledges to find husbands for them all. A jail prisoner can gain pardon by marrying an ineligible woman, with polygamy accepted in Siam.
Senator Wilson proclaims Washington has two vast counties rivaling Massachusetts in size and containing a gold field as rich as South Africa. He predicts the Republic mine camp will grow to a city of 10,000 within eighteen months, boosting Washington as a money making region with mountains of gold and rural lands beyond.
Mrs E B Maddocks of Hamppen Maine possesses a sugar bowl once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte. The earthenware, silver plated piece, given to her mother in 1812 at Strasbourg, carries a nick from a fall allegedly linked to Napoleon. The item remains highly valued despite the blemish.
The article notes Coruna in Spain houses the oldest lighthouse dating to Trajan's reign with a 1538 reconstruction. It mentions Roman era builders of English and French lighthouses and highlights France's Cordovan tower at the Gironde on the Bay of Biscay, completed in 1611, standing 287 years and famed as a top lighthouse though height later increased.
The Greenwich clock, standard for navigators and American railroads, features three dials for seconds minutes and hours. It is a 24 hour clock without the numeral XXIV and starts counting from zero with the first second completing only after 1 is reached, as scientists and timekeepers note.
The article notes Cuba has little cultivated land and no vast public tracts. Every inch is privately owned, offering limited opportunities for colonists and investors. Claims to land cannot be staked. acres must be purchased from impoverished owners at low cost.
A historical note laments the Julian to Gregorian shift as centuries pass. By the coming era extra days will be resolved, leaving the world to run in 365 days. The speaker imagines 1900 as not a leap year, ending a quarter of even-year leaps and society’s marriage schemes.
The speaker links wormwood in Revelation to Attila the Hun, detailing his brutal conquests from the Adriatic to the Rhine, his terror over cities and peoples, and the moral contrast between a life of selfishness and kindness. He cites portents and legends around Attila, including the stork omen and his burial, to illustrate the star Wormwood’s embittering influence and the broader theme of bitter lives surrounding us.
A lecture-style exhortation contrasts stars of influence with the Wormwood star, urging readers to evaluate their conduct. It warns against overbearing power and profane wit while urging benevolent uses of wealth to uplift communities, education, and religion. It cites figures like George Peabody and William E. Dodge as exemplars of beneficence and challenges the audience to choose constructive influence over mischief.
A sermon fragment laments harsh managers and wormwood in workplaces while urging believers to sweeten lives through gospel. contrasts harsh leadership with Christlike grace and asks how to lift others from bitterness. It recalls Moses, Thebes, and the emperor tree as symbols of influence and fall, urging humility and mercy. Continue seeking grace, charity, and saccharine in life.
In Waiuureton on March 10 a census planning meeting set early leadership for 1900. Merriam and Wines announced Col. Albert F. Childs as chief clerk and Edward McCauley as disbursing officer, with William A. King named a chief statistician. Both Childs and King served in 1890, and new offices move to temporary quarters as permanent HQ is planned. Merriam heads to Minnesota for about 10 days, with Wines supervising statistical work in his absence. Authority emphasizes merit in selecting administrative officers and competitive exams for clerks. No further appointments planned for weeks.
Wasu Hineton March 10 The president has nearly fixed the general officers for the volunteer service. Planning for an army of 65 000 in actual service yields room for two more major generals besides Miles Brooke and Merritt. Shafter and Otis are chosen to fill those two slots. Likely brigadiers include Wood in Santiago Wilson at Matanzas Lee in Havana Davis with the beef inquiry Ludlow Havana City Lawton Manila McArthur Manila and Chaffee Frank The post lists many key names and placements for the upcoming campaign.
Washington March 10 Senator Harris and Representative Burton, leaders on rivers and harbors, conferred with the president about forming a commission to study Nicaragua and Panama canal routes. Adm Walker also pressed the subject and suggested waiting for his commission’s mid April report. The president gave no action and may await his south trip.
March 10 report lists Evan L. Barryte of Colorado named consul at Tunis and Cyrus S. Radford appointed assistant quartermaster in the Marine Corps.
On Thursday a massive rock fall from overhanging cliffs near the village of Rucuerja in Albaceto province destroyed multiple houses and killed eleven people. The disaster disrupted the village and prompted rescue efforts.
Gov Barnes of Oklahoma vetoed the statehood bill on grounds of expense and the view that single statehood would be the ultimate end of the two territories. The veto came on a Thursday in Wicarta Kas March 10.
A large Black woman confronts a departing man near the District buildings claiming discrimination over a water hydrant issue. She insists she will file a case though admitting no formal legal knowledge and notes paying extra rent for water tax while expressing financial hardship. The item echoes street testimony and community tension over rights and housing costs.
Mrs M C Cooper of the Royal Academy of Arts London is praised as a leading sculptor modeling busts of English nobility and distinguished Americans in Washington. She recently completed a bust of Mrs Belva Lockwood now at the Corcoran Art Gallery and endorses Peruna for catarrh and la grippe in a letter dated January 26 from Washington. A free health and beauty book is offered by Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio.
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