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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
2
Wireless telegraphy seems assured yet wireless politics remains a dream. The Irish question, court access, royal decorum, and society gossips collide with arcane notes on anatomy, art sales, and sports critics. A peach blow vase sold for 3200 dollars at Marquand, red hair signals purity, and polar expedition costs mislead without rescue figures.
The passage suggests that while Dr Alfred Russell Wallace’s theory may place Earth at the universe’s center, the question is only relevant to our perspective and that other planets’ views are for them to determine.
Hetty Green states she has no home or residence to dodge personal taxes and argues that without the law she relies on would cause a stir, highlighting her wealth and contentious stance on taxation.
An ex-tramp has joined Parliament while the cable dispatch claims the move is extraordinary yet notes the expense involved. The piece observes that when an ex-member becomes a tramp no one remarks on it and suggests the event lacks novelty.
In Topeka electors registered 9,999 men and 7,125 women, with total votes 13,307. Women cast 5,937 votes and men 7,370, giving women a higher participation rate. The Republican majority stood at 2,971, with women contributing 2,443 votes.
The article notes pig iron production will hit 20,000,000 tons this year as demand remains strong. Stocks rose by 100,000 tons in five months despite trading declines, and the steel trust’s share fell from 60 percent to 45 percent as new producers expand.
Four New York churches collected 74 000 dollars on Easter Sunday with 41000 at a Presbyterian church 21000 at an Episcopal church 8000 at a Baptist church and 7000 at a Methodist church. The sums aimed to wipe out mortgages, a motive not noted by early church figures.
The death of Brigham Young, head of the Mormon Church, creates a vacancy that may be hard to fill. His father founded the church and was followed by Lorenzo Snow and Brigham Young Jr. as successors. The three presidents were able men, but succession may not always follow this line.
A Philadelphia coroner claims hydrophobia is a disease of the imagination. The Philadelphia Medical Journal counters forcefully, noting hydrophobia occurs in children and animals, is rapidly fatal in both, and even if not, it would still contradict the imagination theory since imaginative diseases rarely cause death. The piece warns there are far more dangerous things than imagination.
The Church Economist reports 1902 church building spend between 35 and 40 million dollars in the United States, including replacements and overseas projects, averaging a new church opening each working hour. Leaders estimate 12 to 15 new churches daily with Methodists and Baptists most active. Cost per building around 7,000 dollars, Episcopal and Catholic churches cost more due to liturgical furnishings.
The Canadian Parliament passed a resolution prohibiting the importation manufacture and sale of cigarettes. The majority argued cigarettes harm boys and lead to insanity and death, while medical experts disagreed on their relative danger to smokers who do not inhale. Dr Roddick urged restricting sales to under 17 rather than full prohibition.
The Episcopal clergy in Philadelphia condemn Rev Dr Rainsford for using slang in the pulpit calling a condition “up to God.” The piece argues reverence is harmed by slang in sermons and urges ministers to avoid crude phrases to please churchgoers. It cites widespread distaste for irreverence.
The article reports Sr Townecek developing an inorganic salt solution claimed to dissolve calcium phosphate in sclerosed vessels to treat arteriosclerosis. Early results are encouraging but not conclusive, urging cautious optimism about a cure for old age.
Elaborate decorations and military pageantry greet King Edward arriving in Paris for a state visit. President Loubet and officials meet him at Bois de Boulogne, then escort him to the British embassy for a royal stay. Events include theater, a 12,000-strong troop review, Longchamp race, and gala opera.
In Indianapolis special reporting, residents north of the city along the Hamilton county line burned in effigy Dr. Alexander Hampton West of Hamilton county and attorney John M. Bailey after the Alexander trial. A scaffold stood on Fisher's Station main street with dummies hung and a board reading Justice to Bailey Alexander and West. The crowd denied knowledge of participants and protested court actions by the Marion county court for failing to convict.
Washington special: The postmaster general has collected affidavits reports and documents on the removal of papers from the safe in the office of the assistant attorney general for the post office department. He transmitted them with a general summary to the department of justice. Attorney General Knox must decide any action against Mrs Tyner Mrs Barrett and the safe expert responsible for the disappearance of the documents.
A Black youth about seventeen was killed by a mob near Thebes Illinois on a Sunday after allegedly attempting to assault a farmer's ten year old daughter. A subsequent attack on a Black tent colony involved bridge workers. tents burned and many were struck, with no known white fatalities. Hundreds of gunshots were exchanged.
Washington special reports a decision to store the declaration of independence in a fire and lock proof safe and not to exhibit it at international fairs. The move followed an American Academy of Science examination urged by Secretary Hay after librarian Andrew Allen flagged the document’s poor condition. Only a few signatures remain legible, with Hancock’s autograph trace fading.
Rufus Cantrell, 23, called a self styled ghoul, was found guilty on counts one and four of the indictment for theft and conspiracy in the theft and disposal of Rose Neidlinger's body. The verdict fixes possible imprisonment from three to fourteen years with insanity appeal planned.
Terre Haute special reports a new Indiana coal field venture forming with $100,000 capital and headquarters in Terre Haute. The firm plans a Linton field factory, with incorporator Norman Rood whose father once led a Fontanet factory opposing the powder trust before it was bought for $600,000.
James Buchanan Elmore, known as the Bard of Alamo, spoke on Pure Literature at Music Hall for Culver Hospital benefits. He was mobbed by twenty Wabash College students who hurled vegetables and eggs, driving him off stage. He vanished into darkness and likely walked home to Alamo.
Advices by the steamer Empress of China report a Chinese desperado confessed to sixty murders, was nailed by the hands to a wooden cross and set on a cedar bridge as a warning. He lingered three days before dying, according to Victoria B C special dispatch.
Washington report notes Secretary Hay and Count Cassini discussed Russia’s Manchuria demands amid U S worries over trade and open door policy. Ambassador McCormick to present a protest note. China and Russia urged to keep China’s integrity and open door, with potential future trade concessions.
Poulney Bigelow, newspaper correspondent and author, and Gertrude Atherton, the novelist, narrowly escaped drowning after their boat overturned on a lake in the Adirondacks. Friends report Bigelow kept Atherton afloat until help arrived, remarking his courage and presence of mind. Bigelow has recently drawn attention in a high profile divorce case won by his wife.
Father Black, a noted opponent of divorce marriage, writes to the Times opposing the Vanderbilt Rutherford marriage conducted by Rev P H Hadden at St Mark's. He questions the American secretary's disregard for the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of London after the bishop's ruling that the marriage service for divorced persons is profaned.
A soldier with leprosy, the first known in the U S Army, was kept in service to allow surgeons to study the disease. A special house was built near Fort Screven, Georgia, where he has lived for nearly three months under an army surgeon’s watch. No reports have yet been received from the surgeon.
R Straitz of La Crosse was buried to his shoulders for four hours after the curbing caved in while he repaired a well. J Wolf lowered a garden hose to him, saving his life as a second cave-in occurred. Fire department assistance finally freed him.
President Roosevelt has completed a six day interior tour of Yellowstone Park. He arrived at Fort Yellowstone with Major Pitcher and Secretary Loeb reporting the president in good health and enthusiastic about the trip. The party traveled on sledges and used horses between geyser basins and skis in hard to reach canyon areas. Snow depths ranged from two to five feet on the level throughout the route. This marked the first interior park visit before snowmelt by anyone other than scouts or duty soldiers.
London reports from Brigadier General Manning that a reconnaissance column under Colonel Cobbe suffered a serious setback near Gumburru on April 17. Colonel Plunkett’s detachment was wiped out except for 37 survivors. Cobbe’s party awaits extraction as Manning moves to reinforce with 460 men and 1,000 camels, water and supplies.
New York report says a paper by Dr Bertram H Buxton will reveal the cause of cancer after months of study by eminent bacteriologists and toxicologists. It states cancer arises from chemical changes in the blood and that cancer tissues ferment, disproving the parasite theory.
Paducah businessman John K. Hendrick withdrew from the Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial race. In a public letter he cited assurances he could not win, leaving Governor Beckham without opposition in the May 9 primary in Louisville.
Washington Postmaster General Payne abruptly removed Gen James N Tyner assistant attorney general post office department after records were found missing from his office by his wife and an expert from a local safe and lock firm Tyner was reported bed ridden and near eighty and the case moves to the department of justice for formal action with speculation about motives and connections to a turf investment case and ongoing investigations within the department.
The government will not punish Ensign Hassener for the killing of his former friend Arilleryman Hartmann saying Hartmann failed to salute. Admiral von Tirpitz states Hassener testified Hartmann bowed during a struggle to free himself, though witnesses saw no blow.
Dispatches from Sofia Bulgaria report that a band of Macedonians surrounded and killed forty Bashibazouks and fifteen gendarmes near Petrich in retaliation for the death of their leader Capt Saeff who was killed in Melnik district.
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