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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
11
A jumble of brief notices covers new cloth tested on a dog, Gillette’s overwork, Spain freeing prisoners, tariff debates, and varied editorial takes. Also noted are a queen regent’s pardon, New York death-rate cuts, civil service changes, miners’ strike, hell’s fires debate, Japan and China Asiaic policy, and Nebraska political chatter amid campaign heat.
A government study shows Cuban trade value dropped from $102,864,204 in 1893 to $47,548,610 in 1896, with nine months of 1897 at $14,926,817. If trends continue, full-year 1897 may fall below $20 million. War's onset sharply cut U S Cuba commerce, erasing years of gains.
Honolulu reels as Hawaii proposes arbitration with Japan over immigration and treaty rights, a move Japan rejects. The U S administration values Hawaii’s note, while the Honolulu press warns of danger from the setting sun. The Mail and Express pushes annexation as a remedy, predicting Japan’s response if Hawaii becomes US territory. The question remains what would follow if annexation occurs.
The Atlanta Constitution notes miners in Senators Hanna and McKinley era Ohio facing strikes while funds from a corruption drive are proposed for use in the senatorial contest. It argues Hanna prefers funding politicians to raising miners’ wages, linking policy to taxation and tariff debates amid broader political manipulation.
An exhaustive review argues naval supremacy determines a nation’s success in future wars, citing Japan and Hawaii as examples. It stresses building a strong navy as the best defense to deter conflict, warning peaceful years do not guarantee lasting security and urging vigorous naval expansion now.
A columnist skewers the Sultan as a hard worker with no facts noting a collector of ultimatums. Rumors swirl the young Duke of Manchester could wed an American heiress while he is broke. Reports from Washington Post and Fabyans Cited rail lines near Mount Washington expanding, halting summit travel. Turkey remains defiant with a dispatched defense to the Porte. London Royal Society unveils a stroke counter for rowboat racing. Nightingale’s true surname revealed as Shore. Sepoy mutiny interest resurges. Paris revenue from external duties exceeds eleven million annually, with a two million cost to collect. All goods entering Paris face these duties.
August Belmont has ordered a $5,000 statue of his favorite horse Henry of Navarre. Antwerp plans a great celebration for the 300th anniversary of Sir Anthony Van Dyck's birth on March 22, 1899. The late Sir Augustus Warrln, once thought poor, left an estate worth a quarter of a million dollars. Theodore Tilton continues substantial literary work in Paris, not in self exile as some report. In Whitechapel county court three witnesses in succession could neither read nor write. The next three witnesses were named Speller, Reader, and Wright. Mrs C H Spurgeon, widow of the Metropolitan tabernacle pastor, began preparations for a large Baptist chapel at Bexhill near London. The queen's long reign and its celebration have reminded the French of Louis XVI’s record, the grand monarch who reigned seventy-two years and three months.
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