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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
6
Reported confusion within the Bitter Party as Republicans resist repudiating imperial aims. The Porte issue and McKinley administration stance on Boers and martial law figures prominently in a heated national quarrel.
Washington correspondents report McKinley and officials anxious over the Panama Canal treaty. Public opinion backs control of the canal, with fear of abandonment or delay. Debate centers on neutralization and possible amendments, while political figures weigh loyalties and policy.
The piece notes the bill’s passage by a large vote, its signing by the President, and the Republicans’ control of Congress. It argues Democrats concede and criticize the administration, while listing salaries proposed for Puerto Rico officials and judges as part of the revenue plan. The piece frames the events as a breach of party pledges and a sign of political perfidy.
A U S Senate naval affairs panel backs a Pacific cable bill authorizing a future Hawaii to Manila link with three million dollars for initial work. Surveys map a five link route from San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu Wake Island Guam and Manila. Obstacles include deep ocean trenches and a submarine mountain, with detours planned to avoid hazards.
Official reports show rising famine reach in India with 1865-66 affecting 47.5 million, 1876-78 about 58 million, and 1896-97 around 65 million people. Relief works counted 1.5 million in 1897 versus 3,784 on relief today.
A map marks famine districts with shading and cites figures around 8.78 million to 8.84 million in distribution. India’s crops hinge on rain as irrigated land totals 3 million of 225 million acres. The recent drought was unprecedented, though decent rains have arrived in the northwest in the past three weeks.
The piece surveys Pacific cable routes avoiding reef dangers and estimates laying costs at about 1200 dollars per mile plus contingencies totaling 5.5 million. It notes worldwide cable systems, historic transatlantic ventures, and the vast global network of 1225 ocean cables totaling over 175000 miles. It also touches on India famine relief costs and related government expenditures.
A Ponce correspondent reports the Porto Rican crisis deepens with the hungry poor and staple prices up by ten percent. Demonstrations occur in San Anna Mayaguez Yanco Arceibo Aguadilla Pajarde Juan Diaz Guaynina and other towns.
The Verney family of Clayde Buckinghamshire preserves a large gold wedding ring once worn by an ancestor at the Edgehill battle. A gloved hand was found clutching the royal standard, the ring remaining on the finger. The ring is used in family marriages with a lighter circlet substituted after. The last noted marriage was Sir Harry Verney to Florence Nightingale’s sister.
Ida H asks if Mary O has met imported lords with a single glass stuck in their eye. Mary O replies that the ones she met wore the glass in their shirt bosom, not in the eye.
The article describes a hospital for trees on the banks of the Seine in Paris where sick trees along the boulevards are brought to recover.
Mrs. Nettie Chase of 47 K St N E recalls a 16 month old son labeled measles then mumps and scrofula. After three doctors failed, a neighbor’s tale of Hood’s Sarsaparilla prompted use and the neck sore finally healed with continued treatment. The persistent remedy restored the boy’s health and cured the running sore.
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