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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1895
Page
1
Washington reports in a Washington DC dispatch noting appointments of W B Ryder superintendent in Charlotte North Carolina J M Coulp general superintendent tram operations Washington DC and Atlanta Georgia officials.
North Carolina's agricultural department released bulletins listing mills in the state. Eleven mills are under construction, stock in eight more subscribed, and 169 mills are operating. There are twelve knitting mills, one ink mill, one towel mill, four bag mills, and thirteen woolen mills. Alamance leads with twenty-two cotton mills, Gaston twenty-one, Randoph fifteen, and Mecklenburg thirteen. About 19,000 looms and 756,009 spindles are reported across forty-one of ninety-six counties. The census indicates North Carolina consumed 247,000 bales this year, up 55,000 from last year, with potential growth to about 250,000.
October actions of the Western Passenger Association in Chicago propose special rates at 75 percent of the regular fare each way for the Atlanta exposition with easy and return limits to be set by the chairman. A further reduction is expected at an early October meeting. Also reported are police arrests of about 900 alleged nihilists in Moscow and St Petersburg with bombs and weapons found in their lodgings.
The state department plans an independent China riots inquiry with a Chinese representative after British delays. Walter Maison may become solicitor as Walter Dabney departs for the University of Virginia. Gold reserves fall below the 100 million mark amid large exports. The Belgi c cholera inquiry ends with no cholera found aboard the steamer. Post Office issues duplicate money orders after sixty days to curb fraud and Oxnard cigar bounty moves toward Supreme Court review. Armor tests at Turian Head show strong frames and armor bolts meet standards.
The sixth annual meeting of the National Association of Letter Carriers began at the Bourse building in Philadelphia. President Cowden of Cleveland presided at 10 o clock as delegates were welcomed by George A. Bartel William Tucker and John T Bailey. The credentials committee reported 608 of 628 votes represented. Delegate Atkinson urged lawmakers to consider a bill raising second class carrier salaries from 850 to 1000 dollars annually.
Fire destroyed the Boston and Alpany extension wharf and freight sheds known as pier 1 at Grand Junction docks in Mast Boston on Wednesday morning. About 5 000 bales of hay grass 15 to 20 car loads of hay 50 car loads of flour wool hemp and various merchandise were lost. Value total about 300 000 with the wharf and buildings at 200 000. Freight owners face levies as goods were insured.
Reports from New Orleans indicate widespread cotton worm outbreaks across the Mississippi Delta from Red River to Shreveport and Louisiana to Monroe. Demand for Paris Green and London Purple soars as druggists struggle to fill orders amid the infestation and farmers fear heavy losses.
A dynamite explosion at Specht’s ferry ten miles from Dubuque Iowa on Sunday morning killed five people instantly and injured three others. Victims were residents of the area. details are limited as rescuers and investigators assess the scene.
The Bank of Tacoma Washington, which recently failed, seeks to recover 228000 dollars of city funds. The books and assets seem missing and auditors, receivers, and officials struggle to locate them. The situation remains an unresolved mystery with no clear explanation.
A Saturday fire at the Osceola copper mine in Houghton Michigan left 35 miners believed entombed. Smoke filled shafts, rescue efforts continued as families gathered, with one pump boy dying after exposure. Captain Edwards warned others as attempts to reach the doomed men faced heavy flames.
A City of Mexico dispatch reports that Mexican Synotype operators striking against continuous labor refused to work on Sunday. The Mexican Herald, the English daily launched last Sunday, plans daily publication but faces difficulty securing operators for non stop schedules as Monday morning edition goes to press.
A busy bulletin notes railroad leaders re elected in Montgomery. London journalist George Augusta Sala critically ill at home. Shamokin coal firm starts 3000 workers at sixty hours weekly. Cotton worm damage reported in New Orleans area. Scanlan family in Chattanooga ill after mushroom fear. Montgomery cites Merbert Senate candidacy. British Home Secretary Ridley says no inquiry power in Mrs Muybrick case. Middletown Ohio notes J H Holmes as former superintendent. Oklahoma men fight over hay load. both wounded. Samuel Gompers lauded by Cardiff trades unionists. Ohio senatorial convention backs McKinley and Foraker. New York Republican League gathers in Binghamton. five thousand attendance. Boston Masonic Temple burned. ruin likely $400,000 to $750,000 insured.
A document purporting to be the late General Joseph Holt of Kentucky's will surfaced in Washington on Monday. The sealed sheet, damaged but legible, names Lizzie Hynds and Josephine Holt Throckmorton as heirs with equal shares and sets trusts and guardians, bearing signatures of Grant and Sherman witnesses.
Dallas County Attorney John Gillespie issues a legal opinion on pugilistic encounters in Texas. He finds current laws conflicting and vague, cannot predict violations, and notes that opposing citizens cheer the glove contest. The Colling and Cavanaugh fight was halted by police in the 21st round as a potential habeas corpus test case.
A bold assailant entered the Rothschild bank in Rio La Fitte Thursday carrying a bomb with a lit fuse. A bank detective tackled him, extinguished the fuse, and the would be bomber was arrested. The incident follows a prior mail bomb to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, indicating continued anarchist threats to the Rothschilds.
Lt. H Holmes, accused of multiple murders including Benjamin Pietzel, is to face trial in Philadelphia. If conviction fails, he will be handed to Canadian authorities after attempts to convict in the United States. Portland Oregon acts to quarantine against cholera from Honolulu risk. Recent arrivals bring concerning cases.
A long sermon by Rev Dr Talmage proclaims Christ as the chief figure of history and faith. He argues sermons should center on Jesus, using rich imagery and diverse words to praise salvation, heaven, and the crucified Christ, urging expansive vocabulary and vivid comparisons in preaching and hymnody.
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