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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1897
Page
7
A poem personifies the sea as a dominating force over earth and life. The speaker declares the sea’s supremacy shaping mountains, cliffs, and coastlines while the land prospers or suffers in its wake. The verse reflects on power, time, and the intertwining fate of nature and humanity.
A young narrator in New Orleans discovers a haunted mansion with secret closets and two ancestral portraits. A shimmering black spot links the figures of Jean and Pierre to a mysterious Faun, driving the mystery as malaria and ghosts stir curiosity and fear.
A tale unfolds about Pierre and Jean and a hidden will inside the Faun's head. An old white haired man explains the sun melted wax on the Faun's cleft and masser Pierre’s hoodoo changed fate. Aunt Cilla and the maid recall the hoodooed past before Jean steps forward.
Lemuel Goodell died at Clifton Wisconsin aged ninety seven. He was a pioneer of Wisconsin and served on the commission that drafted the first constitution.
A Washington special reports the president may send a special currency message to Congress to create a currency commission. Opposition in the Senate and timing with the tariff bill delay a decision until McKinley’s Canton visit. Indianapolis convention leaders weigh withdrawing the push and letting Secretary Gage draft a reform plan.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers plans a nationwide shutdown affecting about 25,000 workers after a Youngstown conference failed to settle puddling rates. Tin plate plants alone idle 12,060 workers, with broader suspensions likely across glass and related trades as talks stall.
Senator Lodge proposed an amendment to the tariff bill to impose a tax on stocks and bonds. The plan would levy 5 cents per share on $100 of face value and 2 cents per $100 of each transfer. United States and state bonds are exempt, as are mortgage bonds and stock and bonds of mutual benefit building associations.
Ohio Democrats at Columbus nominate Horace L. Chapman, an original silver man, for governor. The platform endorses the Chicago platform with emphasized money planks and adds two supplementary planks attacking trusts and supporting the Cuban issue. Chapman, praised for labor and business backing, is a National Bank president at Jackson with coal mines. Other ticket members named include Melville D Shaw, J. P. Spriggs, W. H. Dore, James F. Wilson, Peter H. Degnan, and B. H. Huard.
About one thousand miners return to Coal Creek Mining Co after a brief strike. They resume work at the old scale in sympathy with Jellico district strikers.
A large strike in Borinage within Hainaut province halts mining as at least 12,000 miners protest. The Borinage district is a key coal mining area in Belgium.
The National Reform Press Association held its opening session in Nashville on Friday morning with about 75 delegates present. Fifty came from Texas. Hon. Frank Burkett of Mississippi was named president and led remarks.
Passengers arriving in New York from the Pacific Mail steamer City of Para tell a horror story after yellow fever broke out two days after leaving Panama on May 23. The outbreak left at least a dozen passengers dead and many others ill during the voyage to San Francisco.
A Washington special reports Republican senators held what they called their last caucus on the tariff bill. The three hour meeting produced key decisions including shelving anti trust amendments and maintaining provisions of the Wilson bill that prohibit forming trusts in imported goods. Senators Hanna and Chandler attended along with judiciary committee members.
The Tradesman of Chattanooga Tennessee reports a tabulated list of 25 industry types in the south for the second quarter totaling 547 establishments. Sectors include electric light plants 69 waterworks 50 gas plants 6 mines and quarries 28 and more, with noted general improvement in equipment and plant enlargement across the region.
A Washington special reports President to nominate W. W. Rockhill former assistant secretary of state as minister to Greece. The choice rests on his diplomatic experience and notable state department work since entering service in 1884 as second secretary of the legation in Pekin.
A New York telegram reports John D. Rockefeller will honor his offer of 250000 for the American Home Missionary Baptist Union. The fund-raising goal of 250000 by July 1 has been met, according to H. L. Moore, field secretary of the society. Moore says failure to raise the full amount would have absolved Rockefeller and several others.
The Norfolk and Western Railway Company reduces shop wages by 40 to 50 percent at Lambert Point tunnel affecting all Norfolk shop workers. Piece work rates drop with stringers from 5 dollars to 2.50 and wheels from 50 cents to 30 cents. The cut is the railway’s heaviest ever though workers will continue on the job.
Georgia lawyers judges and lawmakers gathered at Warm Springs discuss reform of the state criminal law. They expect definite action but differ on approaches, making forecast uncertain.
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