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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
2
A humorous church anecdote about a button loss and a parishioner who insists he did not steal. The piece moves into devotional reflections on prayer, faith, and moral instruction from pastors and ministers. It includes quotes from Spurgeon and McLaren, with lines on patience, hardship, and steadfast faith.
An anecdote narrates a sightless man with a lantern to avoid stumbling others. Moody warns that bearing light mirrors holy influence, guiding people away from moral darkness.
A Washington Star report cites a New York wholesale dealer noting handkerchief consumption across the United States reaching millions of dozens. Imported silk and cambric items dominate, with prices from 30 cents to 40 per dozen and a total trade value argued near 100 million dollars, centered in New York as the main distributing hub.
Public Opinion reports Sir William Furner noting average European brain weights from 49-50 ounces in men and 44-45 ounces in women. He cites newborn boys heavier than girls, and brains from 55-60+ ounces in distinguished individuals, with minimum functional weights of 37 ounces for men and 32 for women.
The piece argues Maine will become a major lumber center but current practice is erratic and forests are being destroyed. It predicts a future when lumber is scarce and forests revert to dense natural lands, boosting Maine’s fame for lumber.
A writer criticizes foreign postoffice staff for misreading the word Esquire as a place, leading to numerous letters going astray over a year.
Writing on monopolies and labor, the piece argues trusts like the sugar and tobacco combines control production and prices, while criticizing pensions for ex Confederates and the influence of moneyed interests. It cites congressional critique, southern sentiment, and soldiers’ grievances amid tariff and currency debates.
A Washington report says the President plans harsh action to stop army officer bickering. He reportedly orders courts martial to discipline Commissary General Ragan and possibly General Miles, after cabinet briefings with Secretaries of War and the Adjutant General.
Civil strife continues in Samoa as Mata’uta and followers reject Chief Justice Chambers’ ruling that Malietoa Tino holds the throne. Rebels clash with Mindetoanu’s forces, burning Upolu towns, destroying 400 houses, and injuring many while German and British cruisers attempt to quell the revolt. No foreigners reported harmed.
President McKinley plans a colonial commission for Porto Rico similar to the Philippines body. The advisory group will likely include Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry and Commander A. S. Snow. It will guide the President on Porto Rican policy and report to Congress when permanent government is sought.
Four bandits rode into Vian Oklahoma on the IK and AV railroad. Three guarded mounts while the fourth dynamited Allen Bros. general store, stealing 150 dollars and several checks. Next, Vian Trading Company’s store was robbed with a $200 haul. Citizens gathered but fled as fire from revolvers drove them back before the robbers rode away.
A mob assaulted two Black youths in Lynchburg Tennessee guiding ropes near their necks and beating them as bystanders intervened. The youths aged about 18 faced violent coercion while authorities offered no names of the lynchers. White Caps had driven them from town a year earlier, then they returned.
Eva Roch of Montreal, once described as the sleeping girl, has been awakened after twenty eight days in a cataleptic state. Doctors claim success by stimulating her spine with heated needles.
Dr William Current of Paris New York reports three cases of Asiatic leprosy in a Grant County stringtown family of five after a state tour. The family had not been isolated.
Private Buckley of the Second Louisiana Regiment in Havana was tried by court martial for murder of a fellow soldier and found guilty. He was sentenced to death.
Deaths in Santa Clara Cuba over the last three years total eighty percent of the population. In Samoa late news reports no king has been elected and war is likely between rival claimants. The US reduces military forces toward peace slowly but steadily. A river and harbor bill is expected to speed relief of wrecks and derelicts in harbors.
A Kokomo deputy revenue collector resigned after five years. Reports detail deaths, assaults, legal cases, fires, and local government actions across Indiana counties from Kokomo to Brazil. Notable items include a fatal fall from a church steeple, a reformatory sentence for a robber, a murder-indicating family dispute, a bridge collapse, and indictments in Toward Lake.
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