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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
6
The piece surveys Silver and Gold standard factions within the Democratic Party, projecting delegate splits for Chicago's 980 delegates. It reports state-by-state tendencies, possible eliminations, and expert estimates of silver versus gold support, with notes on manufacturing influence and recent financial data challenging the single gold standard.
A Havana dispatch reports Pinar del Rio fell to rebel forces after a fierce fight. Generals Masso and Garcia led the insurgents with vital American Gatling and Hotchkiss support from the Bernina expedition. Spanish commander Munoz destroyed the town and withdrew, news reaching Havana by mounted couriers from within about 100 miles of the city.
At Austin the Texas Republican convention adjourned briefly after credential issues delayed reporting. Reassembly reported McKinley proxies ousted from 40 to 50 counties, Grayson County delegations seated with half votes, and a majority report approved as delegates to St Louis were elected including Cunley Ferguson Allison Makemson Terrell. A clash ensued as McKinley faction pressed. Webb Flannigan was struck but no further harm. The convention adjourned sine die with 621 delegates, one third of them colored, and the meeting described as harmonious.
In Ybor City Florida a mob of Cuban and American cigar workers burned General Weyler in effigy and destroyed a Spanish flag Priday night. Tension grows between Cuban and Spanish residents with a possible collision anticipated. Wages Cut in Cotton Mills in Missouri reduced 10 percent in April affecting 200 employees at Central Cotton Mills South Bridge Moes
The House spent most of Thursday debating in committees of the whole a motion by Mr. Henley to amend the naval appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1897, to build six battleships instead of four. The measure failed 82 to 138, and the bill was reported to the House as recommended by the committee. The day included private bills, a concurrent resolution for a banking and currency commission, and the opening of the Chickamauga National Park.
About 200 prominent politicians gathered in Dallas Texas on Friday for a meeting of sound money Democrats. They resolved to bolt the party if a free silver platform is adopted by the state convention and favored calling a state convention to consider the situation. Resolutions declaring in favor of the gold standard were adopted.
Brigadier General Thomas Lincoln Casey retired for years as a United States Army engineer dropped dead at his Washington D C home on Wednesday afternoon.
The excerpt presents aphoristic reflections from Ourlyle J R Miller and Anna Robertson Brown on focus versus dispersion of effort, sowing and harvests of love, the enduring influence of hardship, and the discipline sorrow brings, contrasting crude, untaught lives with those seasoned by sorrow and compassion.
Vague testimonial excerpt urges women to write to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for guidance on troubling uterine symptoms. It claims expert physicians diagnosed a large prolapsed womb with internal growth and severe menstrual pain, promising personalized advice from a female reader.
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