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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
6
A New York dry column surveys the rapid rise of self propelled carriages. It notes a massive push for electric street traction, experiments in cross country and international car races, and forecasts of a near noiseless urban future driven by electric and gasoline powered vehicles.
A portrait of General the Marquis de Galliffet as France's striking cabinet figure. His exploits span wars and affection, from Mexico to Paris. Controversial claims outline his 1871 actions against communards, including alleged executions and harsh coercion, framed as historic memory.
A London Tit-Bits item recounts a schoolmaster offering five shillings to the first pupil who asks an unanswerable riddle. A boy asks why he is like the Prince of Wales, and the answer is that he is waiting for the crown, prompting laughter and a clever joke.
The Natchez Democrat urges cotton farmers to hold back one third of their crop until after December or January to raise prices. It argues that September to November receipts drive prices and that two thirds sold later can yield similar income, benefiting farmers and lenders alike while opposing market expectations pushed by mills and speculators. The editorial calls for widespread support among press, merchants, and bankers to back the plan.
A London special reports the Marquess of Salisbury breaking silence on Transvaal reform. He proposes a joint commission to study the franchise bill, a move that sparks Liberal criticism as a way to shelve issues. Kruger may listen, while debate centers on arbitration versus referral.
Obsolete ordnance and ordnance stores at sea coast forts in the gulf department will be put on the market and sold. Fort commanding officers must inventory inspect and forward reports for inspector action to sell guns and other ordnance. Cities seeking park and cemetery decorations may purchase these implements of warfare.
Bristol report says insurance attorneys will not open the grave of Thomas Chase who held a $27,000 policy. Milligan College President Hopwood confirms Chase’s death, noting fifty witnesses who knew him well saw the body, leaving no room for doubt.
A great fire swept Marienburg in west Prussia on Wednesday destroying forty houses. Fire brigades from Dantak and Elbing were called to help suppress the blaze.
Reported yellow fever outbreak at the National Soldiers' Home near Hampton with thirty cases and three deaths. Newport News Hampton and Old Point quarantine. government doctors dispatched from Washington to investigate and prevent spread. Surgeon General Wyman to visit. officials cautious about confirming the diagnosis.
The Norfolk Virginia board of health imposes a quarantine on Old Point Hampton and Newport News. Police patrol the water front for tugs sail boats and other craft. Governor Wood confirms fever at the soldiers home amid widespread excitement. Hampton quarantined from Old Point and trolley service to Hampton halted Sunday night.
The U S transport Hancock arrived in San Francisco with the Nebraska regiment and two Utah artillery batteries. Colonel H B Mulford said only one man reenlisted and twenty five remained in the Philippines. The Nebraskans report 62 deaths from wounds accidents and disease in the war and 204 total losses including the sick and wounded. The brigade expects muster out in San Francisco. Dozen firemen hurt in a five story New York brick building blaze causing 150000 damage. Trinity church corporation owned the building and several prominent firms occupied it.
Twenty nine Utah missionaries depart Philadelphia aboard the Penland bound for Liverpool. The young men say 3,000 missionaries are at work worldwide, with numbers growing daily, each paying his own expenses. They refuse to discuss a Georgia mobbing incident involving elders.
On the transport Ohio sailing from San Francisco to the Philippines, Private Benjamin Givens of Company H, Fourth United States Infantry, was manacled and under guard for trial in Manila on the charge of desertion in the face of the enemy. The penalty cited is death.
The Petit Journal in Paris reports Captain Dreyfus is ill with fever and in a serious condition. Officials have not released further medical details. The disclosure adds to ongoing concerns about his health and confinement.
A Sunday dispatch from Puerto Plata reports a critical situation with an attempted seizure of President Heureaux. Government supporters are armed, troops are mobilized in Moca, and 10,000 men are said to be under arms in Lavega Real. The treasury minister hurried to Moca as authorities seek to protect finances and consider canceling state bank notes. In Manila, Tupino rebels again failed to recapture Calamba, one American killed and six wounded.
General L H Carpenter late military governor of Puerto Principe Cuba arrives in New York aboard the Olinda on four months leave before heading to Porto Rico. He says he was relieved when Puerto Principe merged into Santiago. He will visit Washington briefly then his Maine coast family.
A Volga river collision near Nijni Novgorod sinks a cargo and passenger steamer. Hamburg dispatch says 155 people drown and the cargo ship captain is arrested for disregarding signals. Authorities confirm the incident and ongoing investigations.
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