Births and deaths tallied in Scotland for 1899
In 1899 Scotland recorded 130656 births and 79548 deaths, reflecting population trends and demographic activity of the era.
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
2
Martian Designed Airship Uses Fans to Move by Airflow
A new airship designed by a Martian features a car partly supported by a gas balloon and a series of fans. The fans push air through adjustable pipes that pivot to target any direction, enabling motion in the opposite direction.
Cronje Sees Cable Link To England And Cape
In a remark on the exiled Boer leader at St Helena, it is noted that Cronje will be better off than Napoleon at Waterloo because the island has just been connected by cable with England and the Cape, allowing him to keep in touch with current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronje
Napoleon
St. Helena
Waterloo
England
Cape
Rail mail car costs and government payments
The passage notes a modern railway mail car equipped with vestibules automatic couplers and air brakes costs between 5000 and 6000 dollars. Government payments for using railway mail cars are 140 dollars per year for a 5 foot car per track mile and 50 dollars per year per track tail for a 60 foot car.
Giant telescope at Paris exposition to reach the moon
The Paris exposition unveils a monster telescope claimed to bring the moon within thirty six miles. It measures 197 feet in length and 5 feet in diameter, weighs 21 tons, and is three times longer than Chicago’s Yerkes telescope. It will seat four persons and features velvet upholstery in the same hue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago to bury 30 miles of overhead wires in six months
Chicago aims to bury thirty miles of overhead telephone telegraph and electric lines within six months at an estimated half a million dollars. From 100 to 180 wires per pole line will be removed, with over 4,500 miles of wire going underground. The city currently has about 500 miles of pole lines carrying roughly 100,000 miles of wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittsburgh Judge Cuts Fees in Estate Settlement
Judge McIlvaine of Pittsburgh angered lawyers by disallowing fees for two attorneys in an estate settlement where only one was needed. He also ruled that a lawyer who aided an executor or administrator is not a creditor of the estate. Claims totaling 2100 were slashed to 300 by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIlvaine
Pittsburgh
Former political figures diverge on influence in politics
Col Daniel S Lamont and William C Whitney say they are out of politics yet retain influence, while J T Sloat Fassett of New York declares he has been politically dead for eight years since losing the governorship race to Roswell P Flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel S. Lamont
William C. Whitney
J. T. Sloat Fassett
New York State
Roswell P. Flower
Uses for cocoanut hulls in industry
The hard cocoanut hull can be ground fine to adulterate brown sugar by increasing weight without improving sweetness. Coarser grind aids to weigh down coffee. Ground finely with a glue and pressed hydraulically, hulls become valuable for German shoe heels.
States urge popular election for U S Senate
Thirty four state legislatures have asked congress to propose an amendment to make the senatorial office elective by the people. There is little trouble in ratification by the states, but the Senate stands as the stumbling block because many senators owe their seats to the current system and doubt their re election under popular vote. Public sentiment against abuses of the present system is growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Boer Front Dispatch From Vet River Front
London reports Lord Roberts dispatch dated Vet River May 5 detailing marching divisions Pole Carew and Wavell two miles rear, Maxwell to right. Boer enemy strong across river. three hours of artillery and infantry fighting. mounted infantry under Hutton crossed river. Hamilton halted Boer junction with Household Cavalry and 12th Lancers. MacDonald’s Highland Brigade relieved right flank with naval guns, Black Watch distinguished. Barton’s brigade heavily engaged near Rooidan as lines held four miles long. Casualties not yet clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Vet River
Pole- Carew
Wavell
Maxwell
Hutton
12Th Lanciers
Kitchener
Hamilton
Kleniot
MacDonald
Highland
Black Watch
Hunter
Barton
Rooidan
British drive Boer force at Rooidan and near Warrenton
In May 6 reports Gen Barton drove 2,000 to 3,000 Boers from Rooidan hills, with stiff fighting and some British casualties. Warrenton battles under Gen Paget left five killed and 25 wounded, Welsh Fusiliers among the injured, as Boers retreated leaving 13 dead. Gen Rundle with 17th brigade pressed Boers near Thaba N Chu. Vet River action saw an artillery duel and night retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandfort
Netherlands
Warrenton
Barton
Rooidan
Windsorton
Klipham
Paget
Thaba N
City National Bank to Merge with Philadelphia National Bank
Philadelphia on May 5 reports that City National Bank will merge with Philadelphia National Bank. Starting Monday all accounts from City National Bank will be transferred to the Philadelphia National Bank, consolidating two of the citys oldest financial institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City National Bank
Philadelphia National Bank
Bishop H Mackson Dies in Montgomery Pneumonia Claims Life
Bishop H M Jackson former assistant bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Alabama dies in Montgomery of pneumonia. A Virginian by birth he was brother in law of ex Governor Oates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hishop N. Mackson
Montgomery
Ala
H. M. Jackson
Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama
Oates
Roads destroyed by floods block Colorado rail line
Denver May 7. Floods swept the Colorado and Southern roadbed in Platte canyon causing extensive damage. Conservative estimates say two weeks will be required to repair the devastation and restore rail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Platte Canyon
Tornado Toll Reported Across Kansas and Nebraska
A flood of tornado reports from central Kansas to Nebraska on Sunday leaves several dead and many injured. Logs show two immediate deaths near Helfrich farm and multiple homes damaged along the Cheyenne and Logan township area. Strong funnel clouds also sighted near Nock and Great Bend with farm buildings and grain storage toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Ellinno
Logan Township
George
Helfrich
George Helfrichan
Willia Rich
Carl Schneider
Larned
Nock
Great Bend
Nopolis
Ellsworth County
Brookville
Saline County
Kanopolis
Omaha
Neb
Beaver City
Wilsonville
Mallory line pier fire destroys New York riverfront
A dawn blaze at the Mallory line steamship pier at Maiden Lane and the East River consumed the 200 by 50 foot pier and its freight, mostly cotton. Several nearby barges were destroyed and rescues were made. one infant, the nine month old daughter of Capt. Charles Lewis, drowned. Loss is estimated at 4 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mallory Line
Maiden Lane
East River
Charles Lewis
Sherwood
Work Resumes At Braddock Mills After Idleness
Pittsburgh May 6 The Braddock plant of the American Steel and Wire Co resumes nail mill work next Monday and the red mill a week later after 17 weeks idle. The firm employs 800 men. Throughout the shutdown extensive improvements have been made and the rod mill capacity was increased to one hundred pounds a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Braddock Plan
American Steel & Wire Co. S
Local Coal Firm Endorses Subscriptions Worth Five Thousand
A fragment notes subscriptions totaling $5,000 from a local concern and $25 from Western Railway Co. toward a project in Pleasant Valley Coal Co. The snippet hints at funding for regional development with corporate supporters named in a terse public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railway Co
York
Pleasant Valley Coal Co
Polk County Wisconsin Tract Sale Reported
A fragmentary notice states Polska Industrial Co. is included in a tract in county Wisconsin. The tract will be colonized by an operative community, with a stated amount paid around $190,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Wis
Polska Industrial Co
Queen Wii and Ottawa fund drives in May reports
May reports from London and Ottawa describe donations to Prince of Wales and Mansion House funds, with 250 guineas and 500 guineas contributed. A fire opening in Ottawa and 1 000 subscribed in Glasgow are noted. Hamburg mentions a Swedish explorer and scientists planning a scientific Arctic expedition aboard the government ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Wii
Ottawa
Glasgow
Hamburg
Culton bail request denied in Kentucky murder case
Frankfort court refused bail for Culton amid testimony from J B Matthews Constable Davis Harrold and others. Witnesses described plotting to bring armed men to Frankfort and the governor's office, while Judge Cantrill ordered Culton jailed until September term as Ramsey argued the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikfort
W. Heh
Dedant
Heidle
Goebel
Frankfort
J. F
Barbourville
Caleb
Johns
McKinzie Todd
Taylor
Culton
Youtsey
Jim
Berry Howard
Secretary of State
Franklin Circuit Court
Cantrill
Davis Starrod
Suter
State House
Harlan Whittaker
Maseh
Wate Dev.rator
F. Wharton Golden
Gov. Taylor
Golden
Franklin County
Franklin
Commonwealth
Ramsey
Park
Louisville
Revolution War Claim Paid for Col. Wilson’s Service
In Washington on May 5 the senate passed a bill to pay $2,998 to Rachel Wilson of Harrison county West Virginia for her father Col. Benjamin Wilson's Revolutionary War services. She is one of 29 Wilson descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rachel Wilson
Harrison County
West Virginia
Col
Benjamin Wilson
Senate
Col.Wilson
Hanged for Murder in New Iberia
New Orleans May 5 report that John Green and Charles Brown were hanged at New Iberia for the murder of young Oliver. All depicted in the article as Negroes with the date of August given in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John Green
Charles Brown
New Iberia
Oliver
Station
Endicott, Former War Secretary, Dies in Boston
William Crowninshield Endicott, secretary of war under Cleveland, died in Boston Sunday afternoon at 73 from pneumonia following a grip attack. Funeral private. burial in Salem. His daughter is married to Joseph Chamberlain, and Mrs Endicott is Ellen Peabody, daughter of George Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William Crowninshield Endicott
Cleveland
Salem
OK Indorsement Question Upheld by Illinois Judges
Chicago May 6 The branch appellate court affirms a circuit court decree restraining collection of a justice of the peace judgment against Metzger Linseed Oil Co The case hinges on the meaning of the letters OK quoted from a dictionary by Judge Horton All right commonly used as an endorsement as on a bus is the ruling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O. K
Horton, Freeman and Shepard
Branch
Circuit Court
Davis Plant Manufacturing Co
Justice of the Peace
Metzger Linseed Oil Co
Death of Ex-Congressman Culberson in Jefferson Texas
Ex-Congressman David B. Culberson father of Senator Charles A. Culberson of Texas died May 7 after grip and two days of unconsciousness. A Democrat in the House for several terms, he once contested for the speakership and chaired the judiciary committee, noted as a leading constitutional lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Tex
David B. Culberson
United States
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Culberson
Judiciary Committee
House
Extension seals Hay-Pauncefote ratification period
Washington May 6 secretary hay and lord pauncefote signed a seven month extension from august 5 for the exchange of ratifications of the hay pauncefote canal treaty. the extension aims to cover the remainder of president mc kinley term and reflects congress impasse on new legislation. at Vernon Hill va may 6 the house of lucinda harris burned neighbors failed to save the blaze. the charred remains yielded a heart and skull and melted gold, suggesting robbery killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
McKinley
Vernon Hill
Lucinda Harris
Gubbins Charged by Grand Jury in Conspiracy to Riot
Chicago report states a true bill was voted against George P. Gubbins, president of the Stricklayers and Stonemasons union, after evidence tied him to an April 24 assault on nonunion men at 383 West Randolph Street. The charge is conspiracy to incite riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
George P. Gubbins
Sricklayers’ and Stonemasons’ Union
West Randolph Street
Meade Sails Home After Manila Mission
Gen Otis boards the US transport Meade for return to the United States at 5 pm Saturday with two aides-de-camp on board. Warships in port fired a major general’s salute as the steamer raised anchor. In Constantinople the US legation takes no action on indemnity, with direct talks between Yildiz and the Turkish minister in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Meade
Otis
Constantinople
Legation
Yildiz
Washington
Extradition Papers Arrive for Bigamy Suspect Hill
Deputy Sheriff Mencke from Blair Nebraska arrives in Tacoma with extradition papers for Prof Rolland P. Hill, charged with bigamy. Papers likely to be recognized and processed in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Mencke
Blair, Neb
Rolland P. Hill
Hood's Sarsaparilla Fame From Cures Promotes Health
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a great medicine whose cures have inspired wonder and joy in health. It claims to purify blood, improve appetite, and strengthen the body, presenting a testimonial from Frank Nolen of Oakland Illinois about relief from indigestion after six bottles. It proclaims Hood's as America's Greatest Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actua
Werit
Hood
Frank Nolen
Oakland
America
A Pretty Old Horse Sermonette from Gunsaulus
Rev Frank Gunsaulus wanted a quiet horse for parish work and bought one. His father judged the horse on looks, then recalled the Saviour rode an unhandsome horse. The father concludes the horse may be a treasure. A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes the humor and a Chicago Democrat quip follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gunsaulus
Mr. Gunsaulus
Gunsaulus
Gunsaulus Pere
Frank
Cincinnati Enquirer
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