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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
1
George Cromley Corneliua Shay Jolyan rub and steel workers discover and sample welding copper to iron or steel. Copper’s salt water resistance makes this a potential armor plate material for battleships. Carnegie Company aims to cover all armor plates with copper at the Mome stead plant.
An executive committee of the national silver committee calls for no conferences on December 3 in Chicago to plan a national convention. The aim is to nominate a president and vice president on a platform restoring silver to its constitutional price with no reliance on any other nation’s value.
Senator West of Missouri says he knows nothing of a published report about his silver stance and did not discuss the subject during a New York visit. He remains pledged to his long held free coinage principles despite rumors of a shift. The article also notes the Skeltons were acquitted in a Feottebore trial involving Walter and James Ehftan with Thaker B. Hoan as a juror.
Forty thousand Civil War veterans gathered on the Atlanta Exposition grounds for a Blue and Gray reunion. Leaders from both sides spoke as Governor McKinley and General Longstreet drew cheers, ending with a joint spirit of reconciliation and postwar progress.
A Denver report notes heavy Saturday night snowfall across Colorado damaging fruit and shade trees in Denver and interior areas. Snow depths ranged from four to twelve inches, breaking trunks and limbs, with wider agricultural losses anticipated statewide.
The Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta formally opened with Grover Cleveland pressing a telegraph key at Gray Gables. 8,000 in attendance at the ceremony heard cannons fired and witnessed a grand parade and speeches by Bishop Becker, Judge Speer, Mrs. Thompson, and Professor Booker T. Washington among others. 25,000 people watched the opening. Governor Atkinson greeted guests, and Mayor King welcomed visitors as Atlanta showcased its industrial progress and racial and civic themes.
Cable dispatch from Buenos Ayres reports Robert McCallum, who left New York in a 19 foot sloop on June 18, to cross the Atlantic, was rescued by the British ship Stalwart near 904 miles from New York after a month at sea. He was starving and crazed when picked up and had expected to reach Queenstown in forty days.
Five boys and young men drowned in Lake Michigan near Lake View after a gale rose during the day. Six men ventured from Lawrence Avenue in a boat and swam as a wave swept them away, submerging the group.
A wall collapsed at the Coltonade building in Nashville on Thursday morning burying six workmen. After about an hour of rescue work they were all dug out alive, with some sustaining serious injuries.
Treasury gold reserve stood at 34 million after a $100000 transfer from St Louis to New York. Secretary Carlisle allows Matt W. Ransom to draw salary as Mexico minister and honors a $525 salary draft. Government bond syndicate dissolves with profits forecast near six percent. Plumlee rejected as Dayton receiver for political reasons. business motive cited. Weather bulletin records a severe September heat wave with multiple cities hitting 90s and 100s. Cuban filibustering case involves the schooner Lark and authorities from Key West to Washington. China reports confirm the Kucheng affair convictions and executions. Secretary Lamont advances pay for Army personnel due to budget shortfall.
A group of men imprisoned during the Hawaii rebellion against the Dole government form a coalition to seek redress from the Hawaiian authorities with help from their respective governments.
New York Republicans met at Saratoga and endorsed Governor Morton for president with full state ticket names including Gelera B. Martin and John M. Palmer. Platform advocates protection, equal currency values, and opposition to free silver while pledging loyal support to Morton and a filled ticket.
Austin reports Judges Davidson and Henderson of the court of appeals refused to sit with Judge Hart in the habeas corpus case on grounds the court cannot hear during vacation and that Dallas County Court should hear it. The appellate session opens at Tyler on the first Monday next month. Dallas grand jury may indict the principals, with a hearing before the regular bench in session. Governor Culberson remains resolved to prevent the fight under penal statutes and rumors place the event near Colbert in Indiana Territory. Dallas sports circles lost hope for a Dallas venue.
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