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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1894
Page
4
New York dry goods firms prize early hour incentives by offering theater tickets to shoppers. The piece notes the scheme boosts business despite requiring early rising for women. It then mockingly advertises Hostetter’s Bitters as a cure for indigestion and nerves. It ends by asking when true fairness will prevail and hints at stock market sentiment.
Condensed telegraphic notices report the sudden death of Rt. Rev. Michel Joseph Offane, bishop of the diocese of Trenton, N. J., at the Episcopal residence. The dispatches also note Shanghai destruction, Woonsocket Rubber Co. restart, coke-region riots, and a Philadelphia mill fire causing major losses.
R T Wilson and Co bankers of New York paid 6 740 000 dollars to the sub treasury in final settlement of the Cherokee Nation claim against the U S government. The sum is held as trustee for the Cherokee Nation and will be paid to officials for per capita distribution of under 300 dollars per person. The case stems from the sale of 6 250 000 acres of land to the United States for a small cash payment.
National Capital dispatch notes Hatch committee perfected the Hatch anti option bill and directed Hatch to report it favorably to the House. The House banking and currency committee also reported the Cooper bill by note 9 to 4, subjecting national bank and US treasury notes to state taxation. The president named Brawley and Howard to treasury posts. Senate struggled to act on Long’s Florida land office nomination. no quorum. Watson Black election case arguments concluded with calls of fraud but no specific proof.
Darlington reports say the conflict is over and the inquest into the constable deaths occurred at the railroad station under guard. The jury verdict is pending. General Richbourg values the expedition at 25000 dollars. A Florence dispensary shortage was found, but the matter is considered settled. A Columbia dispatch notes martial law and the so called insurrection have largely concluded with three dead and four wounded, costing the state over 20000 dollars and prompting militia reorganization.
A delayed Elreno Oklahoma report says a Sunday battle between Indians and white men occurred at the reservation. Ten or twelve people reportedly killed. Five Fort Reno companies and troops from Fort Sill and Fort Supply were sent to the scene.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a naval program for the coming financial year totaling £17,366,100. Planned builds include thirteen ironclads, thirty-seven cruisers, and six torpedo destroyers, raising the 1894 estimates above 1893 by £126,000.
The House failed to pass the seigniorage bill over the president’s veto by 144 to 114. Twenty republicans and eight populists joined 118 Democrats in favor. 55 Democrats and 59 Republicans opposed. Speaker Crisp voted aye amid Democratic applause.
A Washington special notes silver’s buoyant global return and its resistance to suppression by England or the U S government. Central and South American republics resist English gold bond payments while pressing for silver recognition.
The doctors of the world assemble in Rome for an international medical conference held every three years. This session, delayed from last September, gathers speakers from every medical and scientific phase. The American delegation lists nearly two hundred attendees, a smaller turnout than Berlin in 1890.
The Columbia special reports withdrawal of troops from Darlington and Florence, pay off and dismissal. Governor Tillman cites General Richbourg that insurgents dispersed and order is restored. Proclamation declares two counties no longer in insurrection and returns to civil status.
A Sunday morning blaze in Barry Illinois destroyed the opera house and spread through the business district. The fire consumed city hall engine house jail every meat market and over fifty buildings including the county's largest clothing store. Estimated loss ranges from 150000 to 200000 with about half covered by insurance.
Tavares Florida dispatch reports the third day of the Packwood murder trial opening with a mild sensation. Judge Broome presiding warned that any newspaper comment on the evidence would lead to immediate bar of all reporters from the courtroom. Plain statements on evidence and rulings might be given, but comment would be treated as contempt of court.
The South reports its steady state after the dispensary tragedy in Columbia. A Radford Va bridge collapse killed three workers and injured many. The Central Trust seeks to oust J B Glover from Marietta and North Georgia receivership by petition in Atlanta. In Sumter S C Cain and a man named McKnight, posing as an officer, were arrested over the Darlington row killing. Government project strikes at Chickamauga National Park disrupt labor, with disputes over medical fees. Birmingham federal court discharges an irregular jury box, with a new one to be drawn. Elyton Land Company sues North Highlands Land Company for foreclosure on Birmingham area property. Lanier Peebles Furniture files a deed of trust for large liabilities and unrevealed assets. Reformers plan a state convention August 14 after Tillman’s defense of law during dispensary troubles. Cartersville Improvement Gas and Water Company to be sold under an interlocutory decree due to insolvency. Fertilizer dealer letters show less cotton planting and more food crops. some expect 5–30 percent less cotton this year. A coal miners' convention at Birmingham enacts a 10 percent wage cut with mandatory industry-wide reductions in costs. operators expect to absorb the drop with reduced production costs.
A Washington special reports the United States will arrest poachers in the Behring Sea closed waters by May 1 if England fails to accept the modus vivendi. The Navy secretary is to muster the Pacific fleet as a new bill seeks reciprocal authority allowing British naval officers to seize American poachers if the U S accepts a parallel British measure.
In an exhaustive opinion Judge Gibbons sustains the demurrer raised by Attorney General Molony to the plea by the whisky trust. The action seeks leave to commence proceedings in quo warranto to forfeit the charter and property of the trust.
A San Antonio special reports Congressman W. L. Wilson remains at the Rancho of ex-Congressman Ben Cable eight miles south of the city. He is rapidly gaining weight and strength and, barring relapse, could resume his congressional duties in a few weeks.
A dispatch from Omaha Nebraska reports Judge Caldwell has rendered a decision in the Union Pacific railroad wage schedule case. It is described as a complete victory for the employes.
The Atlantic and Danville railroad was sold at Norfolk Virginia under a United States court order for 1 105 000 dollars to B New grass and associates The Hummel family of Brooklyn continues advertisements in the New York Herald seeking their sisters missing twenty two years The text ends with a remark about perennial existence of “hove” which likely is a garbled fragment
The article argues ducks can be raised without large water bodies, needing only drinking water. It cites many raised yearly in dry, warm quarters with fewer diseases than free ranging. It notes a method of hatching under hens. A political quip and a hardware ad appear as brief notices.
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