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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1899
Page
2
StockHor M has more telephones than any other European city. The central station handles about 100000 calls daily, roughly one per three residents in the city.
In Boston Miss EvE Blantyre Simpson daughter of Sir James Young Simpson who discovered chloroform writes a life of her father and one on Robert Louis Stevenson. Her Edinburgh home remains a literary hub. The czarowitz of Russia left a widow and family. He was morganatically married to a telegraphist who came from a princely Grusien line.
A French bicycle for an Indian rajah features nickel plated parts in gold, gold cased spokes and rims studded with turquoises and rubies, and a scarlet cloth saddle cover secured by jewels.
The Kashmir railway will span 186 miles through the most mountainous region of India. It will be electrified using water power, enabling higher motor efficiency for the same load and allowing grades beyond steam engine capabilities without rack systems.
Mrs Jane Lindsey of Brooklyn New York rode 600 miles in 72 hours to claim the women's long distance world championship from Miss Jane C Yatman. She slept only three hours during the ride and beat the prior mark by 100 miles.
Music boxes for bicycles are manufactured in Hamburg. The round box device attaches to the lower front handle bar and links to the front wheel so wheel revolutions trigger the music, producing a sound like a higher quality accordion.
Prof Totten once a lieutenant and now a famed end of world prophet forecasts that the infant son of the duke of York will gather Jews from all four quarters of the earth and bring them under his banner.
Invention reports a revolutionary idea feared by philatelists. The post office considers replacing traditional stamps with an automatic machine. A letter is inserted through a slit, a penny placed in a slot, and the machine stamps the letter.
England gears for battle with a modern arsenal including machine guns motor cars bicycles and wireless telegraphy. The empire maintains an army balloon department and a school of instruction for air ships as integral to its military system.
The United States government will erect a granite shaft at North Perry Maine about 20 miles from Calais to mark latitude 45 degrees north as halfway from the equator to the North Pole. The inscription proclaims this geographic midpoint and the shaft will stand near the village church as a notable local landmark.
The portrait describes President Kruger as six feet tall with long limbs and large hands and feet. It notes swift runs, expert horsemanship, and a reputed ability to stand on his head on a galloping horse. It also highlights his intense religiosity and a sealing anecdote of confirmation by an American missionary. He is said to know the Bible deeply and to have a daily text for most occasions.
Dispatches report Colenso evacuated by British and Colesburg falling to Boers as Colenso’s loss tightens Boer control near Ladysmith. Rumors say Gen George White may have capitulated while Sir Redvers Buller appears to order retreats from Stormberg and other points as Pretoria awaits reinforcements.
Nov 6 Manta dispatch reports a large fleet of transports and gunboats sailing from Manila to Dagupan or a northern port. Gen Wheaton leads 13th and 83d infantry with artillery and Gatlings aboard Sheridan Francisco De Reyes Actec, escorted by Helena. A rendezvous with Charleston is planned as forces move to pressure Aguinaldo and curb insurgent bases, aiming to end large scale insurrection by spring.
Dispatches note Cape Colony unrest grows after Boer advances as British nerves ease with pigeon post and naval gun deliveries. The Pelorus and Fearless are ordered to Durban while the Rapidan loses 200 horses after a storm.
The passage notes that insurgents are unlikely to carry out many hard battles. The main issue is moving troops across the country to keep transportation running and to hold the territory they have gained.
J Rudolph aged 25 attacked his brother with a hatchet in Fr Wayne Indiana on November 6. Relatives intervened to stop the murder attempt. The assailant fled upstairs to the roof by a scuttle hole and resisted capture until police and deputy sheriffs surrounded the house and finally subdued him. Rudolph had recently recovered from typhoid fever.
Wisurserox, Nov. 6. The annual report by First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath urges a uniform two compartment rural mail box kept by the Post Office Department. The plan would extend delivery, improve farm life, and raise land values.
Senor Ignacio M Mariscal secretary of foreign affairs of Mexico and a high level Mexican delegation depart New York by special Pennsylvania limited train with two private cars of President Diaz and the private car of the president of Mexico. They will stop in St Louis for city entertainment and continue to Mexico City via Missouri Pacific.
From Paris a Daily Mail correspondent reports that the Transvaal and Free State ordered guns from Le Creusot before the war but delivery lagged. The Boers reportedly field Creusot 75 millimeter quick firers and 155 millimeter siege and garrison guns on light carriages, with extensive mud-road adaptation. Two months of firing practice under Creusot agents followed. another month would have left European artillery unable to withstand them.
A major blaze hit Thomasville Alabama on Thursday night destroying N Sh Boyle’s office and burning most town businesses except two. Six hundred bales of cotton stored in a public warehouse burned, with total losses estimated around 150000 dollars. Insurance status is unclear.
A gunman named George Stark from Wahpeton N D robbed a Minneapolis gambling house Friday evening, taking $255 after forcing the cash drawer. He fled but was chased by a policeman who caught him after two blocks. only two $2 bills were recovered.
A jury in Moscow Idaho found ten Coeur d Alene miners guilty and three not guilty on charges of conspiracy and stopping a United States mail train at Wallace on April 29. The same day the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill was blown up at Wardner.
Cuiiaco November 4 The Record says Gov Tanner will keep the state militia out of coal mine patrols and police duty. They will be sent to riot centers only if local authorities cannot control the situation and withdrawn once order is restored.
Berlin Times correspondent cites reliable authority that negotiations over Samoa are proceeding smoothly and may conclude within days. The report notes a favorable outlook and potential rapid finalization of terms.
A fire in Kansas City Valued at half a million dollars destroyed Jones Bros department store and damaged a half block of adjacent buildings at North Main Sixth and Main Walnut streets. Insurance totals about 375000 with Jones Bros claiming 300000 in losses.
Robert Reakes of West Bay City defeats Joe Barry of Chicago in a catch as catch can bout for a $500 purse, winning in straight falls. The event took place in Bar City, Michigan, on a Friday night.
Rocx Isaaxp Illinois reports a light delivery wagon collided with a rapidly moving street car on Sunday evening. One man died at once and two others were injured in the crash.
In a jealous rage George Barthell a fireman at the Simmons Hardware Co. killed his wife on Sunday then beat her parents into unconsciousness and wounded himself fatally ending his life.
Jack Daly of Wilmington and Eugene Bezenah of Cincinnati fought ten rounds to a draw at the Olympia club Friday night in Burrato New York.
Otto Sieloff of Detroit won a decision over Buck Stelzer of Columbus after a rapid ten round bout. Stelzer absorbed heavy punishment and was saved by the bell twice as Sieloff mounted late pressure to claim the decision in Detroit.
Lewport reports the Outlook announces Lady Radolph Churchill will travel to the Cape to attend the wounded.
A wife describes a sequence of gifts delivered by messenger from her husband including roses candy and an $80 overcoat he could not afford and two palm trees marked Olive branches. She notes he is absorbing martignys and appears to return home by dark implying reconciliation. The quotes from newspapers frame the piece with wry social commentary.
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