01 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1895
Page
1
A newly announced New York City agency offers drastic price cuts on a wide stock to beat rivals. The firm vows cash purchases and rapid replenishment, promising figures that undercut Broadway wholesalers and challenging the credit system.
Secretary Lamont reports tranquil nationwide conditions despite Indian outbreaks and border tensions. He praises improved soldier welfare, feeding, clothing, and housing, and notes ongoing river and harbor works including the Mississippi and Missouri projects with contracted expenditures and timing tied to 1804 appropriations. Recruiting efficiency lowers costs, enlistment standards rise, and pay practices shift toward monthly earnings. seacoast defense and fortifications are urged as urgent, with prior warnings from 1886 echoed.
Congress urged to set up early a policy for marking Civil War battlefields. Proposals call for 60 sites, with potential expenditures of at least 30 million dollars and annual maintenance costs up to 1 million. Arlington Memorial Bridge and improved Potomac access are cited to connect Washington and Arlington. Army reforms praised for economy, barracks and fort construction advance, and increased cooperation with the National Guard noted. In other news, Governor Carr pardons a black prisoner in a Thanksgiving gesture, local papers to publish daily editions, and a fatal shooting involving a teen near Reidsville.
In Walhalla South Carolina on Main street John P. McCrary shot and instantly killed deputy marshal William Turner after an afternoon altercation. McCrary fled into C W Bittford store as Turner fell dead, dying about 20 feet from the door.
Britain orders Dryad back to Salonica after Currie and the Turkish government reach an apparent agreement. The move aims to ease tensions as powers demand extra guardships for embassies while Abdul Hamid's advisers appear to resist, signaling a temporary diplomatic retreat but potential future pressure.
A garbled 19th century style summary notes jealousy among powers over a withdrawn Dryad and references Sir Philip Currie and the Marquis in talk with Abdul Hamid and the British ambassador. It hints at reform in Syria and Ottoman concerns about authority at Constantinople amid tension with Muslim rulers.
An imperfect newswire mix reports on diplomatic pressure from Said Pasha amid sultan discussions, fear of triggering a Turkish religious clash, and cautions over foreign lives. It notes a Madagascar kidnapping claim, a Havana court sentence, a Los Angeles misidentification, Knoxville switching to Associated Press, and Germany’s tobacco acreage at 52,203 acres, up 8,900 from 1894.
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