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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
3
A loaded trolley plunged from a Stratford extension trestle near Bridgeport killing dozens of passengers. Separately at Bar Harbor a gang plank collapse toppled excursionists into the harbor, with many fatalities and widespread panic.
Atlanta councilors in a Saturday caucus adopted a Maddox led resolution demanding Mayor James G. Woodward resign by Monday morning amid repeated drinking allegations. Three council members dissented over lack of evidence and discussions included a stockholder influence claim.
Jim Nite convicted in Henderson Texas of murder in the first degree for the Longview bank raid and killings. Jurors sentenced him to life imprisonment as the sole survivor of the Dalton gang, others dead or captured since the raid.
A collision on the Orleans line at Juvisy Saturday evening killed seventeen passengers and injured thirty seven. The wreck involved the Paris to Nantes train and the Paris to Lyons Mediterranee train due to imperfect signaling.
The Treasury directed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print 10,000,000 in twenty dollar gold certificates. Treasury holds many larger denominations already issued. The move aims to be ready to issue gold certificates freely if demand for gold coin rises during currency movements.
Five people drown when a small rowboat capsizes in the northwest branch of the Patapsco River near Baltimore. The group had been returning from a pleasure resort outing. survivor Mrs. Deems says the boat was rocking before the accident.
General Russell A. Alger received a magnificent welcome in Detroit with 400 in the welcoming committee and 1 000 marchers. Mayor Maybury and Governor Pingree praised his war service and denounced press attacks while Alger thanked supporters and said he would live as a private citizen.
The Hampton yellow fever outbreak remains favorable with no new cases reported Thursday. Officials hope to confine the illness to the Soldiers' Home in Phoebus, while Surgeon General Wyman cautions it is premature to promise containment. William Thomas, a former Soldiers' Home inmate who traveled from Santiago to Phoebus, is believed to have carried a mild case.
Georgia military units have been invited to participate in a New York celebration on October 1 to honor Admiral Dewey's Manila victory. Governor Candlar has accepted the invitation, with permission to any company wishing to join the parade, signed by Major General Charles P. Roe of the New York National Guard.
Governor Candler rushed to Newnan and assumed command of sheriffs and military to halt a mob forming outside the jail where John Mullens, a Black man accused of criminal assault in Coweta county, Ga., was held. He intervened to prevent a lynching, marking a first for a Georgia governor taking personal charge in such a case.
Washington report notes a secretary of agriculture order allows removal of cattle from Union Towns Rabun counties in Georgia northward across the quarantine line. The permit exempts these areas from usual quarantine restrictions.
A Florida gulf storm wrecked Carrabelle McIntyre and Lanark Inn south of River Junction. Only nine Carrabelle houses remain Mary Williams killed. many injured and destitute. Carrabelle Tallahassee and Georgia railroad washed out. fifteen ships wrecked. Corteria split in two. five sailors dead unidentified bodies found. Mass aid efforts, one million dollars not enough. insurance minimal.
Dispatches from Guayamas report the Yaqui insurrection growing as Indians along the Mayo river rise against authorities. Frontier figure Jack Romany and photographer Ed Miller were killed en route to Alamos, and three sloops on the Yaqni river near Mesaro were attacked. Pareidos killed while guiding the ships. Romero family captured. Federal forces repelled attackers. troops pursue bands. Mexico expects no U S intervention to shield the Arizona border.
A dispatch from Caza Grandes Mexico reports four American miners arrived from the Yaqui river region after being driven out by Yaqui bands. Thomas Harvell formerly of Austin says about 2000 Americans are scattered through Yaqui country and face imminent danger.
Berlin and Cologne papers discuss Admiral Dewey leaving Trieste earlier than planned. The London Standard notes a poor reception, while Kolnische Zeitung links Austria Spain relations and the Hazleton incident to the change in plans.
The African Methodist Episcopal Presiding Elders' Council of Georgia and Alabama closed its session in Birmingham after debating a resolution to ask Congress for 100 million dollars to fund a U S Africa steamship line. Bishop Turner explained costs for emigrants, citing higher European arrival expenses. A committee was appointed with members from Georgia North Georgia and Alabama conferences to pursue the plan.
John Mullins, a Coweta County man accused after an attempted assault near Senoia, was moved to the Atlanta Tower for safety Thursday morning. He was escorted through Newnan streets by the local military company in full gear, drawing a large crowd.
Argentine President Roca and party aboard the cruiser San Martin arrived in Montevideo to visit Uruguayan President Cuestas en route to Brazil. Roca attended a banquet in his honor that evening.
A Petoskey dispatch reports William J. Bryan addressed the largest Bayview audience. He supported income tax and free coinage of silver and condemned militarism and the Philippine policy. An evening demonstration followed.
Official Hampton reports from the Soldiers' Home indicate the yellow fever situation remains favorable. Surgeon White finds nothing suspicious in Hampton, while Dr. Vickery notes two new cases and two deaths at the home Friday.
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