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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
1
The notice lists key personnel including Superintendent in Charlotte and General Superintendent in Washington D C, with names such as J. M. Culp and W. Wil as part of the executive appointments for the Southern Railway Company.
The cabinet changes include Olney becoming secretary of state and Judson Marmon named attorney general. Treasury fears gold exports may resume as exchange hits highs. China thanks the US for mediation. 15,000 government workers protest Saturday closing time change. departments to close at 1 pm Saturdays.
Bradstreet reports Memorial Day services reduced general trade in the past week. Bank clearings reach 838 million dollars, still 47 percent above the year’s corresponding week but down 25 percent from last week and 13 percent from May 1892. Prices mostly rise for steel, iron, cereals, cotton, leather, and woolen goods, while woolen dress goods stay quiet. Georgia events include university disputes at Milledgeville with Governor Atkinson and trustees clashing over Miss Emmie Spence’s diploma. widespread student and faculty tension follows. The Southern Railway buys the Georgia Southern and Florida line, linking Macon to Sanford, shaping future traffic with Florida connections and feeders for Plant system freight.
Judge Judson Harmon of Cincinnati is appointed attorney general after Olney moves to the state department. A Democrat long active in Ohio, Harmon is described as a top lawyer and trusted ally of Campbell and Hoadly, with a notable career in Cincinnati and strong ties to railroad interests and Democratic leadership.
A farmer and his wife come to a lawyer to settle farm sale. The wife, a worn but resolute woman, demands one half of the property saying she earned her share for forty years of hard labor. The lawyer offers a fair estimate, but she insists on forty percent as her part.
The Fifth Georgia Regiment will not meet at Marietta as planned. A special order by Colonel Candler cancels the semi annual field contests after ten days of drill. Some officers prefer a week’s outing and encampment at St Simons in July. Camp to be conducted with quasi discipline. St Simons trip is set for mid July.
Judge Newman signs a second order in Atlanta directing the sale of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad within sixty days. The upset price will be about half the construction cost, not exceeding the outstanding indebtedness excluding bonds. About $167,000 is due the builder and $500,000 in receivers' certificates remain, with other sums for terminals at Knoxville and rolling stock.
The faculty of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College met to condemn misreporting of a chapel incident and to urge unity with the trustees. They stated that public criticism by Governor Atkinson’s supporters arose from excitement, not insult, and asked friends to avoid further discussion to support the college’s welfare. The resolutions were read and signed by President J Warns Crapren.
A telegram from Key West reports an expedition that left Wednesday night landed on Cuba's north coast near Bagua Tiachico in Las Vellas province. Led by General Roloff, it was joined by 2,000 insurgents under Zayas, Casvillo, and Rover, with 14 Americans aboard and 500 pounds of dynamite.
Two of the largest coal firms in the Pittsburg district announce a settlement to pay the 55 cent district rate semi monthly, reduce house rents, and abolish company stores. The New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co held out for 69 cents and faced a miners strike over cash wages and stores. Meanwhile Oscar Wilde is reported insane in Pentonville after a two year sentence for gross indecency. Russia guarantees the £16,000,000 Chinese loan, following concessions to Howssia and Siberian railway expansion into Manchuria.
The Southern Railway and Steamship Association rate committee met in Atlanta to review topics including the fruit rates. A pending circular from Commissioner Stallman will announce the final rates, but it is understood that fruit growers did not receive significant concessions and the rates will stay largely the same as the previous year. Separately, US Immigration officials served summons on George A. Guy of a major Indianapolis dry goods firm to defend a $1,000 claim for alleged immigration-law violations, alleging the importation of foreign clerks.
In the Black Forest district of Württemberg a cloudburst Wednesday night inundated a large area. A large number of persons were drowned and property suffered immense damage.
A Ballantine & Sons malthouse grain elevator and brewery at Newark New Jersey were destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Within minutes the elevator roof surged into Fulton street blocking trolley service. The malthouse wall collapsed into the Passaic river dumping hundreds of tons of grain. Estimated loss stands at 226000 with no injuries.
Fire at Appleton Wisconsin destroys two Wiscons in Malt and Grain Company elevators and an office building. About 150000 bushels of barley and malt were saved from the flames. Firemen performed bravely with minor injuries reported. announced loss exceeds 150000 dollars, with about half uninsured.
Delegates poured into Springfeld for the Illinois Democratic state convention with strong silverist support. Judge McConnel of Chicago elected permanent chairman and ex-Congressman Bryan delivered the keynote. The platform urged bimetallic currency at 16 to 1, endorsing legal tender silver and gold and calling for a national convention by August 1895 to consider the money question.
Liquor Commissioner Mixson and Constable Beach were arrested in Washington at the instigation of Dr. Sampson Pope who accuses them of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce. The case centers on two barrels of beer from Augusta, Georgia shipped to Columbia figures OC. J. Brick and W. F. Fuller. Mixson bound over to trial in November with a $1000 bond. Beach’s bond set at half that.
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company in London reports the sultan of Morocco has informed foreign representatives that the government cannot guarantee traveler safety. Foreigners venturing into the interior are warned to beware.
Reports say General Priam Rivera captain general of Madrid is seriously wounded by Captain Clavijo. The crime led to Clavijo's execution last Wednesday. Rivera shows considerable improvement in condition following the assault.
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