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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
2
The piece satirically sketches cabinet shifts with Bliss resigning and Turley touring a re election strategy while Bateland’s camp faces opposition. It cites proposed congressional investigations into the war, warns of recruiting ads, praises Rambing Rhymes, and notes Republican grumblings over the Philippines with McKinley weighing policy and costs.
A Nashville American excerpt reports the democratic caucus stayed orderly with no party rift and approved a binding two thirds rule for caucus actions. It notes Morgan Bill support and McKinley’s stance on Nicaragua Canal, while criticizing prison reform opposition led by Hanson Hill and industry groups in Tennessee.
The Carnegie furnace near completion expects to start blast late this month or early next, after relining and drying. Officials report boilers tested and engines primed. road closures, rail shipments, and ore transfers continue as the furnace line up advances. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Faw and J B Lady relocate, with Lady inheriting property in Newport.
Wade Patton, a Chattanooga clerk born in Johnson County Tennessee, shattered railway mail service exam records by handling 10,816 cards in five hours and twenty seven minutes with only nineteen errors. His feat surpasses Kentucky’s H. Harverley, who processed 10,260 cards in six hours and twelve minutes, and he achieved the highest accuracy yet in the United States or Great Britain. Patton’s examiner Mr Welch praises the clerk’s exceptional performance and notes Patton’s rise through the Tae Comet positions from deviling to foreman at Johnson City.
The widow of ex policeman G Tipton died at their Carnegie residence last Saturday about one oclock after months of illness with dropsy. She leaves a young baby and several older children. Her remains were taken to her old Buffalo home for interment. Knoxville business meeting of plow handle manufacturers held to renew relations and discuss business. Officers named: President J W Boring, Vice President Thomas C Shaw, Secretary W A Rockwell. A Toledo fraud notice appears amid assorted clippings and ads.
A historical fragment depicts Blanence as a desert where virtue trembles and faith falters. It contrasts heaven and pleasure with limited human span, portraying infidelity as drab drift, and the doomed quest for light in a starless, echoing deathly landscape. The speaker laments a lost God and a fallen seraph seeking truth in darkness.
The city council met Thursday night with city attorney elect 8 C Williams. Water rates for school buildings were debated amid a dispute over a charter contract. The city seeks to collect back taxes and a decree to sell the water plant faced injunctions. Meanwhile Spain approves protest linked to American Peace Commission actions in Cuba and the Philippines matter.
General Ossixto Garcia dies in Washington from pneumonia as U S military reorganization in Havana advances with Major General Brooke designated Military Governor. The Vatican shifts to anti Corrier stance while French press links Dreyfus transfer to Paris. Secretary Bliss resignation rumored with West replacement eyed. Commissions in Porto Rico and Havana set up military courts and police, Lafayette monument funding nears approval, and a shipyard sale proceeds before evacuation. Bryan criticizes pension policy as discussion of colonial strategy continues.
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