23 Apr 1895
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1895
Page
1
The sermon proclaims Christ’s resurrection as ultimate victory over death. It argues death is swallowed up by victory, citing biblical echoes, ancient battles, and the coming transformation of body and soul. It envisions resurrection as a glorious reunion and a perfected, eternal state for believers.
A Chicago dispatch reports the old sash doors and blinds trust revived with 39 firms and $20,000,000 capital. The secret meeting set a 10 percent price increase and 20 percent output reduction immediately. Each firm paid $2,000 into a guarantee fund, forfeitable for rule breaches. Henry Paine presided, with H. Allen Smith and L. R. Roberts elected directors. headquarters at Chicago.
The narrator recalls springtime scenes and garden labors while reflecting on the Civil War’s end. He notes trivial pleasures, domestic toil, and a wife’s view of renewal, then shifts to memories of surrender thirty years past, hardships faced by returning soldiers, and the lingering unsettled condition in the South with scarce food and disrupted farms.
A widow recalls the Civil War retreat through north Georgia. She describes burned towns, destroyed bridges, and endurance as their wagon train crosses rivers and foam. The reminiscence highlights remarkable bravery of women and the long road of reconstruction.
The 106th annual election of the Tammany Society in New York resulted in Richard Croker and others being re-elected. Eight former sachems, including Bourke Cochran and J Edward Simmons, were displaced, replaced by new leaders such as William Sulzer and Patrick Keenan as the society voted a single $1 ticket in a large Wigwam gathering of nearly five hundred members.
The Car Accountants held their annual meeting in San Francisco selecting James Osborne as president and Wm McKay as vice president. G B Russell was named secretary and W J Barnum treasurer, with Frank M Luce filling a vacancy on the executive committee. The next session will meet in Cleveland on the second Tuesday in 1896. The association marks twenty years.
The Central News Tokio correspondent reports that indemnity to Japan is to be paid in silver over five years. Japan will receive Formosa, the Pescadores, Liao Tung Peninsula, and territory from Yin Kow to Au Ping on the Yalu, plus 200,000,000 taels in silver. China grants several commercial concessions that Japan may share with others. No territory will be occupied by Japan as a temporary guarantee, aside from Lin Kung Tao. The North Dakota Milling Association at Grand Forks, with eleven mills and assets around $700,000 against $400,000 liabilities, has assigned after a Mandan Mill Company attachment of $100,000. Most mills in Minnesota are reportedly closed but this is said to be temporary. Henry W. Howgate was arraigned in Washington on three indictments for embezzlements as disbursing officer of the Signal Service Bureau, pled not guilty and was given two weeks to respond.
In Chicago the Iroquois Club leader ex Judge Samuel P McConnell promotes a free coinage of silver stance. He urges a free silver declaration in the upcoming state democratic convention amid stir in democratic circles.
A blaze in Plattsburg Missouri destroyed the entire south side of town including the courthouse. Estimated damage reaches 800000. Plattsburg, population about 2000, is the Clinton county seat. Separately, general wage increases of 5 percent will begin Monday April 15 for Williamantic Linen Company workers under instruction from General Harbour.
The president appoints Fitz Hugh Lee collector for Virginia. Matt W. Ransom meets with Mexico's Diaz. Nicaragua confirms canal plans with the United States and may extend contract if needed. Attorney General Olney files for a rehearing on income tax cases. Miller issues orders to correct or increase returns and pursue penalties. Washington doubts Nicaragua’s leader Cleya over Britain’s stance and delay in arbitration.
A Lexington mass meeting by free silver advocates criticized Secretary Carlisle and President Cleveland over demonetization of silver in 1873. The gathering, first of its kind in Kentucky, aimed to form a bimetallic club but focused on the financial issue and Carlisle’s honesty, with parties denouncing him as a potential U S Senate candidate to succeed Joe Blackburn. A speaker hinted at a troubling consequence for Carlisle, earning loud applause.
Secretary Carlisle orders dismissal of the case against the Western Bank Note Company of Chicago for printing Mississippi state warrants. The move follows the DA John O Black and Attorney General Olney recommendation and the company ceasing warrant printing. The company will pay the costs.
The Cook County Illinois Democratic Central Committee met in Chicago and issued a May 4 convention call to elect delegates to the state convention in June. The campaign pits free silver against gold standard wings, with promises of a fierce primary battle and a pledge to cast Cook County's 337 votes for a 16 to 1 free silver platform if needed. Strong sil ver leadership claims three fourths of Springfield delegates and unit rule enforcement. Meanwhile gold standard leaders vow to contest, while campaign meetings and rhetoric intensify before the primaries.
Henry Butler and John Quarles Sr of Murray county were sentenced by Judge Newman in Atlanta to five years each in the federal penitentiary on a conspiracy conviction tied to the hanging of Henry Worley for reporting illicit distilleries. The judge cited jury mercy and leadership as factors in reducing the sentence. counsel plans a habeas corpus petition to the U S Supreme Court. Also noted is a Havana Consul report on Cuban sugar exports and stocks for early 1894-95, with 92 percent going to the United States and 8 percent to other nations.
Advices from Santiago de Cuba report General Campos issuing a proclamation enforcing military law and demanding loyalty. He grants pardon to insurgents except leaders and calls citizens to report insurgent locations. He supports Cortes reforms and promises rapid implementation. A Havana dispatch notes Dupuy de Lome sails to New York.
General Martinez Campos arrives and orders suppression steps with Garrick as governor of Santiago de Cuba Salcido to command first division Le Chambre to command second division Bayamo Both leaders pledge reform after rebellion ends Captain General Calleja hands over Cuba governorship to Arderius Breckinridge seeks US Senate seat in Lexington Kentucky to avenge Blackburn defeat
Grover Cleveland replies to Chicago business leaders declining a public reception, citing official proprieties. He urges a united push for sound money, warns of dangers of a depreciated currency, and calls for plain discussion of financial policy to preserve national solvency and honor.
Mint Director Preston orders removal of 530000 dollars in gold bullion and 130000 dollars in silver from the Carson City Nevada mint to San Francisco. About 600000 dollars of unrefined silver yet to be moved. Inspector Mason, who found the shortage, stays at Carson City weeks longer before inspecting the San Francisco mint.
Chicago residents who invited the president to attend a sound money demonstration approved his letter declining the invitation. Henry S. Robbins, a member of the Washington trip committee, called the letter the first big gun of the presidential campaign and urged using it as a campaign document for all to read.
Reports state the London Globe claims Britain will reject Nicaragua’s reply to an ultimatum and act to enforce demands. Also noted is Secretary Gresham allegedly signaling the U S would oppose Greytown bombardment. Huntsville bans selling Sunday Sun. North Wasselboro mill workers strike over 10 percent cut. mill to shut if aid refused.
East Liverpool plant Knowles Taylor Knowles in Ohio shuts several departments citing overproduction, leaving about three hundred workers unemployed. The action affects the Knowles pottery operations and regional employment.
A weekly review states general business improves across the South with strong iron and lumber markets. Machinery demand surges and numerous new projects emerge. Fifty three new industries are listed including canneries in Thomson Georgia and electric plants in Pass Christian Mississippi Pulaski Tennessee and Taylor Texas. Cotton mills rise in several states, wood and machine works expand, and multiple buildings and warehouses are planned across the region.
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