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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
2
The statue of Isabelle, longtime symbol in Havana's Central Park, was removed by order of Military Governor Ludlow amid shifting authority and public display changes.
Mrs Loubet closely mirrors her friend Mrs Carnot in charity. She distributes large sums to the poor and is a frequent visitor at hospitals, reflecting a pattern of benevolent public service.
Testimony diverges over Manila weather with some describing extreme heat and danger while Consul Williams reports temperatures between 57 and 95 degrees in a year and a low death rate. The clash highlights differing assessments of conditions affecting local health and safety.
A European government servant married a native woman in Samarang via a Muhammedan rite in a mosque. The groom skipped the ceremony, sending his hat in place of his appearance, and under local custom that sufficed. The bride therefore married the hat.
The latest fashion in royal correspondence uses the phonograph to send messages. The queen's message to King Menelik pleased him, though experts doubt its suitability for more formal monarchs as the queen's voice could not be fully dignified by the medium.
Samuel Newhouse of Salt Lake City returned to J A Ervin of the Mutual Life Insurance Co a check totaling $283,528 said to be the largest ever paid for a paid-up policy and annuity. Newhouse secures an $8000 annual income for life while heirs receive 200,009 on his death.
A winter Washington tale recalls Justice Field interrupting a lawyer as he cited Supreme Court authorities. The lawyer pleaded that the source was an opinion of the United States Supreme Court in Field’s era, and Justice Field responded that the remark was nonsense yet the citation remained a valid historical view.
A unique invitation from New Orleans to President McKinley arrives at the White House. The message is recorded on a graphophone cylinder by a leading local figure and will be played in the White House graphophone to deliver a personal greeting from the Louisiana Industrial Exposition organizers.
The Lincoln homestead near Hodgensville was sold to David Crear of New York City by A W Dennette, former owner, with deed recorded at Hodgensville county clerk’s office. Purchase price not confirmed but likely $10,000, which Dennette reportedly refused on several occasions.
Eris notes that tons of hair are sold annually to merchants, with most coming from various regions. Limoges hosts a major yearly event where peasant girls with long locks sell wigs to high bidders, averaging about $4.50 per pound.
Historical note describes speeds around 100 mph as authentic fastest for a locomotive with mentions of attempts reaching 110 and 112 mph. It discusses light grades allowing some reduction in speed and the need for conditions to reach a limit near 120 mph, but such speeds could not be sustained for long distances.
A May 1 Nebraska storm sequence reports a Tornado destroying property in Saunders County. Avoca and Oakland suffer barn and stock losses. John Hunt and Hunt family injured. telegraph poles toppled. widespread wind and rain. Omaha sees heavy rainfall and sewer damage. several towns report wind and hail. A tornado also hits near Valparaiso, killing stock and injuring one child, with damage in the thousands.
A prairie fire in Onlong hay flats near Coleridge Nebraska tracked into a tornado and swept 25 miles, destroying farms and stock. Two fatalities reported Mrs Rolla Livingston and her five year old son. Listed losses include Rolla Livingston 15000 Stanley Martin 20000 David Walker 10000 Isaac Pritchell 2000 W A Bennett 5000 Joseph Hodgkin 20000 Wm Weber 25000 300 head of stock valued at 12000 and many horses cattle losses unspecified.
New York May 1 A premature explosion at the Richmond iron mine in Port Orange New Jersey killed miners Charles McPeak and James Williams and seriously injured William McPeak who is expected to die.
Four United States treasury warrants for five million dollars each will be drawn Saturday and transmitted to the secretary of state to be used in settlement of twenty million dollars due Spain under the Paris treaty.
Philadelphia May 1 A dazzling pearl valued at 5000 dollars came to Councilman K R C McAllister during a Raleigh officers dinner at Hotel Walton. Lang an expert named it the Raleigh and experts judge it one of the nation’s most brilliant pearls.
Mail advices from Manila recount President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University, a Philippine commission member, narrowly escaping death with Gen Wheaton's brigade. He sought cover in a trench after a rebel volley opened, bullets whistling overhead for over an hour before Filipino forces were driven back and he returned to Manila.
The 161st Indiana regiment under Col. W. T. Durbin was mustered out on Sunday in Savanna Georgia. Pay was distributed by three paymasters. Many local stores opened Saturday to serve soldiers and deliver packages. Trains left for Washington in stages, the first at 2 PM. The unit will reach Washington Monday and be reviewed by the president from the White House portico, followed by a reception.
Information from Memphis reports Willis Lees a 30 year old Black man was taken from Osceola Ark jail at 1 am Sunday by a mob of about 40 and hanged in the jail yard after a second suspension. He had been jailed on barn burning charges amid recent neighborhood arson.
The Hotel Thornton in Sturgis Michigan burned to the ground on Saturday. The adjacent Sturgis Aiman and McLaughlin blocks and the Citizens' Bank fittings were badly scorched. Loss estimated at $75,000. The fire began in the lamp room of the hotel from an unknown cause and spread rapidly.
Gen Otis reports that insurgent envoys asked for a three week truce to let their congress decide whether to continue fighting or seek peace terms. He says the proposition was declined and foresees possible amnesty on surrender. The dispatch notes insurgents may seek another conference with Otis.
Pinkie Billmore resists Flavius Millsap in a Chicago Tribune excerpt about unrequited longing and a wrapped confession. Millsap declares love after months of visits while Pinkie struggles with the moment and a playful onion joke interrupts the tension.
Six hundred employees of Western Stone Co at Joliet Rockport and Lemont quarries will receive a 25 cent daily wage advance starting Monday. Other quarries will also grant a similar increase.
Charleston, May 1. Russell Sorver, saloon keeper of Coalburg, was found on the C and C tracks with a bullet wound. John Killinger, a Coalburg merchant, is arrested for the crime. Reports say Killinger killed Sorver over wife trouble. later word says both wives quarreled and the men fought. Killinger fired both shotgun barrels into Sorver, killing him instantly.
A gold mine assaying $40.50 per ton in gold and $150 in silver was found on Joe Livingston’s farm at Willeppe Tennessee. Joe McKinney, veteran miner from Jacksonville Colorado, promotes development of the Willeppe mine.
MADRID reports joy at news of potential peace in the Philippines seen as likely to hasten the release of Spanish prisoners held by the Filipinos.
Butte Mont May 1 State Senator Fred Whiteside has filed a libel suit against United States Senator Clark for 100000 dollars. The suit grows out of recent bribery charges.
Lawmakers in Albany wrangle over abolishing the death penalty. An advocate claims passage would mark a great benefit to mankind and compares the act to a tonic remedy. The advertisement promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related ailments.
An Englishman and a New Yorker clash over names for elevators. The Englishman argues Americans should call them lifts, while the American notes lifts move people both up and down. Yonkers Statesman.
Promote Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for sore swollen and hot feet and to ease corns bunions and ingrown nails. Claims relief for sweaty feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Sold by all dealers and shoe stores for 25 cents with sample offer from Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A burglar fleeing into the night avoids a cellar entry but triggers an electric spraying device and is soaked in germicide, ending his crime with accidental cleansing. The Detroit Journal notes disease and germs as the era’s ultimate nemeses.
A venerable elderly preacher is flattered when women request locks of his hair for flower arrangements. He sends strands to several, until his wife receives a note from a woman asking for a lock to craft lilies of the valley. The incident becomes a public embarrassment for the clergyman.
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