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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
8
A Russian government representative returning from St Petersburg says no large contracts for Trans-Siberian railroad equipment will be sent abroad soon. He notes ministers Rilkoff and De Witte oppose heavy overseas orders while several Russian firms face shutdowns and delays.
The report cites G W Winter of Joliet and Mia Hughes Graham of Chicago sharing a Story of John Espy of Xenia Ohio who allegedly grew four inches of bone in his leg after magnetic thought. Espy survived a crushing leg injury and reportedly regained strength after his bone grew in healing over six weeks.
The German committee of the board of education approves introducing simple German songs in kindergarten and primary grades in Chicago, aiming to ease future study of the language and share melodies familiar to German children and parents. A Philadelphia man received a one year jail term for selling copies of Daudet’s Rapho, with Chicago Times Herald noting no action against the buyer. A Frenchman claims the world’s largest library of small books with 700 pocket editions in a single portmanteau.
Dr Cyrus Edeon argues longevity stems from strong assimilation and mental activity. He cites trades with high early mortality such as steel polishers and potters and notes farmers and hunters live longer with open air life. He warns eight hours sleep suffices after 35, urges vigorous daytime effort and a balanced mind for lasting youth.
The son of E. D. Chapin, Bimeon B. Chapin, has paid or settled all outstanding claims against his late father once worth between 35 000 and 40 000 dollars. Creditors, long under law, accepted dollar-for-dollar payments after being surprised by the act. Notable creditors including J Cudahy expressed relief and approval.
The government will soon start manufacturing smokeless powder at Indian Head proving grounds. The plant and railroad are linked by an electric power house and include a nitric acid factory and multiple support buildings. Rear Admiral O Neill says the government will not compete with private firms, except on quality, while private manufacturers seek limits on production.
Fridtjof Nansen told a Lokal Anzeiger correspondent he will leave Christiania on May 18 to conduct hydrographic studies around Iceland for the Norwegian government. A special vessel, similar to the Fram but smaller, is being built for the expedition, which will return in autumn. He also said plans for Arctic work remain secret for now and expressed disbelief in Andre’s survival.
Willard A. Smith announces two 10 foot high models of the Broadway Chambers building to be exhibited in Paris. One model shows the completed stone and terra cotta exterior, the other highlights the steel skeleton, beam connections, fireproof tiling, elevators, and piping.
At the Metropolitan Opera House New York Maurice Grau received a congratulatory token from the company led by Edward Lauterbach who praised his Chevalier of the Legion of Honor honor. Grau thanked the group and Mme Eames and others kissed him in ceremony as part of the tribute. Germany's Big Beats notes 23 boats over 17 thousand loud segecity.
A wild cat escaped its traveling box during a sportemen's show at Madison Square Garden New York. It roamed corridors and balconies before two elderly circus workers captured it with a bicycle lamp and brought it back to its cage, restoring order in the venue.
Andrew Carnegie builds a mansion at Fifth Avenue and Ninety First Street overlooking Central Park for his daughter Margaret. Mrs Carnegie designs with Babb Cook Willard handling interiors. The $1 million house includes a private kindergarten a glass winter garden and playrooms for a school of children for the heiress.
Rex, a Gordon setter owned by General Miles, has civil and military training and accompanies the family on trips. He is intelligent, enjoys carriage rides, and endures midwinter muzzling under a new law. The piece also notes the Imperial yeomanry flying hospital in South Africa with two two-wheeled carts for stretchered cases.
The new programme by the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship line promises rapid travel from London to Bombay in eleven days. The principal leg runs via Suez to Bombay at a speed of eleven knots per hour, with faster times than typical Italian rail routes.
New York University accepts a $100000 gift to create a Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights. A 500 foot colonnade will face the Hudson. five year cycles add five panels until 2000. A bronze statue memorial for Mrs. Robert Goelet’s late husband costs $25000.
Willie Barr, age 11 years and 1 month, runs the Kingstree telegraph office on the Atlantic coast line between Florence and Charleston. He learned by years of practice, passed a strict exam at division headquarters, and now handles long press telegraph patches with accuracy beyond many adults.
At Evanston Illinois Northwestern University women face a new Dean Miller edict requiring dress before breakfast. The policy aims to curb late awakenings and ensure presentable attire for meals despite student protests.
Import data show crude materials for manufacturing nearly double the prior year. In seven months ending January imports of crude materials reached 169,063,502 dollars, up from 89,088,826 dollars last year, with manufacturers materials comprising 34.79 percent of total imports versus 24. M percent previously. Ten key items silk fibers wool Egyptian cotton crude rubber wood tobacco hides and skins chemicals and tinplate pigs and bars drive this rise.
Senate Naval Affairs committee backs a bill to authorize cutters for cadet seamanship training. Senator Fairbanks introduced the measure allowing the president to direct the secretary of the navy to supply cutters and equipment to state military schools on request, for cadets and 20 cadets per cutter. Eligible schools must have water practice facilities, 150 uniform cadets, and military-regulated barracks.
Pauline Fitzgerald a 19 year old domestic in New Haven has remained in a prolonged trance for six weeks at the general hospital. She eats little and remains largely unresponsive though eyes have opened at Springside home where hypnotism briefly revived her to a whispering conversation.
The wartime disruption in Africa has pushed up prices for cocaine, quinine, fluid extract of ergot, iodide of potassium, and carbolic acid. Scarce dry ergot from South Africa and export controls on chemicals raise costs. chemist trusts may also influence supply. The article notes that the U S national banks hold over one million dollars in nickels and cents in their cash reserves.
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