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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1893
Page
1
A roundup of 1892 statistics and anecdotes covers oat smut losses in Michigan over 1 million dollars, New England farmer prosperity, Texas wives from Boston, publishing counts by Bogland, and rising novel output. It then surveys military brutality reports and a humorous transatlantic incident involving an American admiral and the Empress Eugenie.
The New York Post notes the Crow reservation in Montana spans about 400 miles along the Yellowstone and south to the Big Horn Mountains, with rich lands and forests. It details slow strides toward land ownership in severalty, rising wealth in farming implements and livestock, and mentions Mongolian pheasants and community farming signs as evidence of change.
A collector of epitaphs cites a New Hampshire grave marker with a brief verse noting a sudden death. The inscription claims to recount a tragic incident where a woman’s actions led to a swift death, described with dark humor and abrupt phrasing.
The piece highlights Georgia's growing phosphate transport via Brunswick steamers, Brooks county hog sales to Quitman merchants, and debates over railroad policy. It covers a Georgia weather crop bulletin with warm conditions, plans for cotton planting, and a push for Australian ballots in Floyd county. It also reports on encampment improvements at Griffin and critiques of the Georgia Geological Board.
The Southern governors gathered in Richmond at noon with Virginia Governor McKinney presiding. The group elected Governor Fishback of Arkansas as temporary chairman, then discussed permanent organization and one-vote-per-state rules. Carr of North Carolina proposed immigration and economic study teams to aid their states.
New wing of democracy formed as meetings spread across South Carolina to establish the Industrial and Wage Workers' Democratic League. The group pledges equal rights for all and opposes special privileges, criticizing reform legislation and gov ernment actions affecting railroads banks and factories. A state convention is set for the 19th instant.
A Pittsburgh Sunday special reports a new syndicate with one hundred million dollars capital stock formed to level Carnegie organizations. Backers hail from across the nation and Europe including major financiers in Pittsburgh Cincinnati New York Boston Chicago Philadelphia Birmingham South Pittsburgh and St Louis.
A Hawaii dispatch notes a fire in Saint Marys Ohio destroying Fountain Square with a 200000 loss. cholera deaths in L Orient Morbihan France. Drexel Morgan Co accepts Richmond Terminal reorg. Hubbards town Eagle Woolen Mills razed by fire. San Francisco banker misappropriation 25000. Spaulding Co Chicago Rock Island tracks fire loss 70000. Voorhis and Co Newton creek mills stables burn. 16 horses die. 150000 loss. Rio Grande do Sul insurrection suppressed near Uruguay frontier. Michigan storm causes deaths. Eva Mann pursues dower rights worth over 130000. Mexico City pawn shop loans 169699.50 to 25822. Naronic cargo insured. five million in stock exchange. Various other financial moves. New York transit scheme hearing. Ireland arms importation restricted.
Richmond plan details surface as the Lee camp executive committee finalizes the ceremony for Jefferson Davis’s remains from New Orleans to Richmond. General John B. Gordon will be chief marshal and Governor McKinney chairs invitations and reception. The cortege departs May 28 from New Orleans and arrives May 30 in Richmond with guards of honor from Lee and Pickett camps. The piece also notes that women are now about two inches taller on average than 25 years ago.
Tennessee's legislature adjourned after a long session with the revenue bill sent to the governor and a new tax of 50 000 per year on futures dealers. The senate passed an appropriation bill with many amendments, the house concurred on most, and key measures on banking tax inheritance and penitentiary bonds received final votes. The session ended sine die after attempts to push major bills before midnight.
The Tradesman notes thirty seven new industries established or incorporated in the past week across the South. Projects include a $200,000 electric plant in Birmingham by General Electrical, a $225,000 Midnelborough brewery, and cotton mills, foundries, and waterworks in multiple states. Numerous factories, mills, coops, and public buildings are listed with varied capitalizations.
The will of Eliot F. Shepard, executed July 15, 1891, discloses an estate of about 850000 real and 500000 personal. He leaves 100000 to the New York Presbytery for religious work and 5000 for Sev enth Presbyterian church. He also bequeaths 100000 to St Pauls church of Tarsus Asia Minor. All real estate goes to his widow and the residue to his children.
A dynamite explosion at Ladd's lime works near Cartersville Georgia killed four men, two white workers James Mayhew and Robert Jackson and two colored workers Billy Murphy and Bedford Brown. Three others were seriously injured as the blast occurred while drilling a rock after placing explosive charges. The accident happened Saturday morning and left a grim scene with casualties reported at once.
An explosion at Sala Caladía Company's mills in Mataró Spain blasts the roof and tears walls. Nine workers and the manager are dead. rescue efforts begin as crews search the ruins while all employees were at work at the time.
In Savannah a court session hearing the Central railroad receivership was stunned when Richmond Terminal attorney Henry Crawford filed two motions seeking discharge of Receiver Corner and voiding reorganization orders. The court adjourned to Wednesday as Crawford accused the court of improper actions and questioned loans and collateral arrangements with Hollins syndicate. The case heads to New Orleans for a potential discharge hearing.
A collage of quips and cartoons from newspapers, including jokes on saleswomen sunset guns dressmakers and reporters. It mixes witty sayings from Harvard Lampoon and Chicago papers with humorous exchanges about pipes, fashion, and tramps, showing off colonial era humor and social satire.
Paris dispatch reports James C. Carter continuing the American presentation at the Behring Sea court of arbitration. He reads Blaine letters to Sir Julian Poynter and analyzes them as Sir Charles Russell and Sir John Thompson discuss Canada’s view on a ten mile limit with Senator Morgan.
News from Montgomery reports a Seager family near Deatsville Elmore county with nine or ten members all fallen ill. only three survive and two at death's door. Mother and a Montgomery daughter remain unscathed. officials suspect natural causes with no local source.
The New York Ad vertizer notes the Hawaiian Elands produce ample sugar for tea and coffee needs. It reports last year’s export total of 254,622,271 pounds and remarks on the islanders’ leisurely work pace amid celebrated goods like orange bitters.
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