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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
2
Government inquiries fail to locate Jones grave in Paris where he died July 18 1792 and was buried with honors. Parliament concerns rise over Red Sea lighthouse progress as Sir Thomas Sutherland and others push maritime infrastructure plans.
A notable relic of David Livingstone will soon arrive in London for display among the Royal Geographical Society’s collection of traveler and explorer artifacts. It includes the tree section sheltering the missionary’s heart and the famed inscription carved by his followers.
The Vanderbilt wealth is described as immense with the family total around 500 million dollars, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s estate at 115 million, and an annual income near 600 thousand pounds. Projections suggest the fortune could approach 750 million dollars in the next year amid current industrial stock values.
Army Doctor Barta of Koeslin Germany asserts singing has health giving properties. He says singing intensifies respiratory movements enabling the lungs to take in more air and strengthens the action of all body organs. Appetite thirst increase and diaphragm and abdominal wall movement aid digestion.
A strange New Zealand plant is described as injecting seeds into a caterpillar, which dies as the seeds sprout into long plants. The passage then recalls the bamboo torture of China, where a bamboo sheath is grafted to the body and nourished to cause extreme pain.
In an inn near Prague two gendarmes closed a room door and placed rifles in the corner. One rifle discharged through the door into a dancing party, killing a musician and wounding five others in a chain of dangerous injuries.
The Vanderbilt line begins with the old commodore a Dutch American whose business prudence foresaw a vast fortune. After Commodore Vanderbilt’s death William H. led the family, then Cornelius succeeded, and William K. Vanderbilt becomes the new head of the family.
Dr W J Leyps secretary of state for the Transvaal is described as a man of strong power and persuasive manner. Hejourneys to Holland where he stirs public sentiment and prompts protests to Queen Victoria against Chamberlain's Transvaal program. He is of Dutch descent but not a Boer.
London physician Dr De Brecker reports salicylic acid as a valuable agent in pneumonia. He believes it affects the inflammatory lung process, shortens the attack, and acts as an antiseptic that dissolves fibrillar coagulum. Dosing is very small, with adjustments when expectoration occurs.
About 300 women serve as ministers in the United States as the profession opens wider to women. The trend aids communities that cannot support a male pastor, allowing a woman to lead where men cannot. Opposition comes from poorer, less qualified ministers, while older bishops resist women in the pulpit.
Doturtu Minnesota celebrates a seven mile boulevard built on a hill rising 600 feet above Lake Superior. From the brow the lake, harbor, river, and distant cities unfold along the drive. Ends feature natural parks preserved in natural state for scenic enjoyment.
American forces bombarded Olongapo and nearby entrenchments from Subig bay on September 25 after assembling Charleston Monterey Concord and Zafiro with Baltimore marines. One American sailor wounded. Gun destroyed by gun cotton, fierce shore fire, and notable actions by Cadet Brinzer Captain Myers and Lieut McDonald. Monterey fired four hours with heavy 10 and 12 inch shells.
Washington reports the war department is studying a plan to form a Philippine Army division split into four departments. Major generals would command most departments, with MacArthur and Lawton likely remaining in their current posts. The northern Dagupan area and southern Iloilo Cebu regions would form new or expanded commands, aiming to protect peaceable tribes and bolster U S control amid ongoing resistance.
From London Sept 25 reporting no rain in the two Boer republics and uncertainty about launching hostilities before October end. Johannesburg dispatches note mining exodus and mine closures while Orange Free State and Transvaal leaders pledge solidarity. Pretoria reports the state returning Cecil Rhodes’s donated lion to its owner.
President Diaz's visit to Chicago may lead to a meeting with President McKinley in Chicago and an invitation to Washington as a guest of the nation. His northward route includes San Antonio and St Louis with possible stops and strong invitations from numerous cities.
A Chicago Tribune quip notes a restaurant menu shift after the Dreyfus verdict, with orders for fried frogs legs drying up. The joke suggests wartime or political impact on consumer demand and trade.
Havana Sept 25 Congressman R B Hawley who represents American capitalists has bought the Tinguaro sugar estate in Matanzas province. The 20000 acre property and other lands along the south coast are being assembled for future purchases. The combined holdings are expected to yield 100000000 pounds of sugar. Virgin soil acreage will receive about 1500000 dollars in improvements and development.
Antland A. Advani, a millionaire indigo merchant from India, travels with a promise from Miss Virginia Tyler Hudson to wed in Germany or London next June. Hudson, a Louisville newspaper writer and direct descendant of President Tyler, plans London as their future home after departing Chicago for St Paul.
Severe disturbances hit Ferrol Spain on a Saturday evening as about 600 demonstrators attacked the Catholic club and town hall, smashing windows. Municipal guards clashed with rioters injuring eleven guards and many civilians before mounted gendarmes dispersed the crowd and martial law was declared.
Gurtaieg Sept 25. The Rogers ranch in Beaver county Oklahoma and the Childress ranch in the Texas Panhandle, totaling 200000 acres with 300000 cattle, have been purchased by R L Ellison of Fort Worth for the Swift packing house interests in Chicago. Titles to three other great ranches are being examined for Swift purchase. Recently Swift buying the O Keefe ranch in Gaines county Texas, 13090 acres.
RicuMont Virginia Sept 23 Citizens plan a parade and three days carnival for the event with Admiral Dewey and General Fitzhugh Lee. Lee will attend and the committee will seek Dewey upon arrival. A five year old boy declares this is his home in a humorous exchange. An optimistic remark links energy and longevity.
A lumber laden steam barge named Cleveland sank in the Chicago harbor near the mouth of the Chicago river during a severe wind and rain storm on Sunday evening. Captain Henry Davis and 11 crewmen were rescued by tugs amid difficulty. The vessel had departed Frankfort, Michigan for Chicago with 200,000 feet of lumber and grounded on a reef after taking on water, then was dragged into the inner harbor. The boat, built 30 years ago, was waterlogged but secured after the rescue.
News from the Subig Bay expedition is sparse. Filipino negotiators have not surrendered American prisoners and no officer has appeared to meet Maj. Gen. Otis as promised. Rebel officers who met Gen. McArthur have not been heard from since returning to their lines. Chief Signal Officer Thompson begins a two week inspection tour of southern cable service.
Aidin district in Asia Minor was struck by an earthquake on September 20, with reports counting over 200 deaths. Smyrna, Maneesa, and Aidin are major cities in the Vilayet of Aidin, Aidin lies about 80 miles southeast of Smyrna, a busy center for grain carpets figs opium and sponges trade. In other notes, Dreyfus meets his children in London and may be sent to Malta or Madzira for his health, while Lord Kitchener plans an expedition against the Khalifa from Cairo.
The Twenty six volunteer infantry boarded the Grant Sunday night. A large number of recruits will sail to Manila with the expedition expected to depart Monday.
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