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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
2
French expeditions led by Commandant Laperrine mapped oases across the Sahara, correcting long faulty placements of sites. A future goal is to reestablish water or pasture in dried river beds, potentially restoring some ancient conditions within a generation.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski has been named minister of the interior by the czar. At 47 he has served as governor of Fenza, marshal of Kharkoff nobility, and assistant minister under M. Sipfaguine, who was slain. He is said to hold a strong anti religious persecution stance and is the son of a famed general. His wife admires Count Tolstoy.
Chinese Minister Chang in London upholds plain dress due to personal taste and limited funds. Prince Chen, a wealthy Chinese nobleman, questioned his attire and that of Mme Chang and their suite. Chang replied he dislikes rich attire and cannot afford it. A substantial increase in his allowance is believed to have followed.
Governor Terrell of Georgia travels with Col Raine on his staff a stern figure for state officials. In St Louis Raine allegedly struck a camel driver who refused to let Mrs Terrell dismount after she learned she disliked riding. The camel stopped and knelt as the governor’s wife dismounted amid the scene.
Frederic Auguste Barthold, the designer of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, died in Paris on October 4 at age 70 from consumption. His statue in New York Harbor remains the United States gift from France and stands 138 feet high, surpassing the legendary Colossus of Rhodes. He also created the Lion of Belfort and completed his tomb design before his final illness.
Paris gossip centers on the German crown prince’s personality. He groused at Bonn that comrades didn’t treat him as the emperor’s son, while the emperor reminded him merit matters at the university. He dislikes the Prussian lieutenant uniform and resembles an English student. He seems mild, beardless, with blue eyes and a resigned look like his mother. He shows little interest in philosophy or war and felt weary at Alsace Lorraine battlefield tales.
A historical profile identifies three top Japanese leaders in the war with Russia Marquis Oyama Gen Baron Kodama and Gen Fukushima as the ruling trio. It notes Oyama’s battlefield acumen and repeated campaigns in Manchuria and China as the Japanese war effort unfolds.
Thomas Edison continues to devote much of his time to perfecting the storage battery he has worked on for years. Delegates from the international electrical congress visiting New Jersey last week found him optimistic about the battery’s future. Early defects are being overcome and engineers say the Edison storage battery is now perfected and near market release.
Archbishops and bishops sign with their given names or initials followed by ancient or latin forms of their sees. Randall Cantuar for Canterbury uses Cantuar from Canter bury, Willelm Ebor for York from Eboracum, and Randall Winton for Winchester using the old Winton name.
The World's Fair will draw 20 000 delegates or more from across the United States Canada Mexico and abroad for a week long Christian Church convention October 13 to 20. A 1000 voice chorus will lead music and events will be held in the old Exposition building and the Coliseum. President Francis will speak at Festival Hall with Dr James H Garrison presiding and Dr IF Power as chief speaker. The gathering includes multiple church boards and societies and is expected to surpass Cincinnati's record attendance.
Dr James F Love a Philadelphia native returns from Egypt after fifteen years to cast his vote in the upcoming election. He practiced dentistry abroad, became Cairo’s dentist to the khedive, but retained American citizenship and his Philadelphia voting residence.
Suburban residents near Philadelphia have seized the York Road fire company and will fund a handsome engine house for the organization. The sphere of usefulness includes hundreds of grand homes, with prominent members such as John Wanamaker P A B Widener George W Elkins Theodore Voorhees H H Roelofs John B Stetson C A Beach Charles D Barney and W T Roberts. About 800 members are expected to enroll and their dues will sustain the company in ample style.
A London anecdote about the young Sir William Vernon Harcourt surfaces after his death. Three politicians invite the three most disliked men to dinner. the third guest is Harcourt, revealing the others invited him. The tale, whether apocryphal or not, reflects the era’s view of his blunt honesty and biting manner.
Mrs. Cornelia Baxter Tevis, Denver beauty who inherited $4,000,000 after her husband died in Japan during their honeymoon, reportedly broke her engagement with Earl by cable. The tale ties to her wealth and undisclosed plans.
New fashionable colonies emerge near New York City as Gould, Mackay, Whitney and Pratt families buy waterfront along the Hudson and North Shore of Long Island. Over $42,000 in six days and $200,000 for the season reflect booming sales. Corporations plant flower beds and layouts to create a garden-like estate belt. Morgans Harrimans Havemeyers Rockefellers and Fishes already hold large tracts to establish English-style estates.
Americans who visited Odessa and Moscow recall the strong personality of Princess Mirski wife of Prince Peter Mirski the new Russian interior minister. She stands nearly six feet tall with powerful build and a cold gray gaze that warns to steer clear of her wrath. Prince Peter is 5 feet 7 inches, gentle and the opposite of Ven Plehve in taste and temperament, and admires his wife greatly.
German astronomer Albert Senoukne and an assistant faced a seven day ordeal on Mont Blanc after a pleasant ascent turned into a heavy snowstorm. With only crackers and chocolate, they nearly exhausted before a rescuer party reached them from below.
A reminiscence piece recounts William Watson and the veteran nurse Susannah D. Clark, detailing her Civil War service, battles seen at Bull Run and Gettysburg, work in Harrisburg hospitals, and two wars. It notes Rachel Harris, a former slave turned nurse, and ends with a humorous Civil War recruit anecdote from Collier’s Weekly.
A Western recruit joins the army in 1462 and challenges orders to retreat. Tall and strong he leaves his corn plow to fight for the Union, insisting he came to wipe out rebels. He endures marching through fields toward a battery as deadly fire erupts.
Capt. John F. Chase of St. Petersburg Florida, a long time Grand Army visitor, recounts his Civil War ordeal after being left for dead at Gettysburg. Wounded forty eight times, he fought on with limited sight and breath, guarding two last guns at Chancellorsville and surviving a brutal hospital period. He expects this to be his final convention but vows not to give up life.
An excerpt recalls a Tennessee and Kentucky endurance march by Buell's division in late 1862. Advancing from Altamont to Murfreesboro, Nashville, and finally toward the Ohio, the unit covered about 250 miles in four weeks with scant rations, facing fresh regiments at Louisville before advancing after Bragg.
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