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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
6
Sweden and Norway find the United States a good customer for soda liver oil and matches, the principal export items. Paris grammarians debate whether automobile is masculine or feminine though the word remains in use. The World notes real combat trains better than schools, citing Miles and Shafter as examples from history.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues smokeless powder is crucial for military success. It notes the Spaniards' use of smokeless, positing that it lets them fire on ships and troops without revealing positions, while American forces remain troubled by smoke. The piece urges smokeless powder for both Fleet and Army.
Crop reports from Nebraska indicate continued prosperity with wheat yields surpassing 250 million bushels and superior grain quality. Kansas and Iowa share the farmer's year optimism as corn prospects and livestock potential rise, while torpedo vessel tactics are reassessed by Engineering News noting destroyers’ vulnerability to modern guns and night searchlights.
The Boston Transcript notes a Holyoke teacher studying Sweden sent a letter in a flag envelope. Authorities believed it a U S Government message and dispatched a special train to deliver it forty miles. Sweden’s schools and goodwill toward the United States are cited, though rural life and limited rail service are hinted. The tale’s credibility is debated yet it remains a charming contrast to dour transatlantic sentiment reports.
A Puck poem excerpt from Edwin L. Sabin celebrates mail as morale fuel for soldiers In a playful chorus the speaker toasts letters from loved ones and the chapbook charm of missives amid mud and mosquitoes highlighting longing and discipline.
Millie and John Stanley share a deep bond as he plans a new life at the Klondike to lift his poverty driven family. A sudden telegram reveals John’s death, sending Millie into grief but a final note promises a union in death with a flower from the Klondike. The act leaves Millie to carry the family forward.
A Chicago Journal anecdote describes two men in a basement of a dairy shop on Washington Street. One mocks a bat by poking its eye, then the bat bites the finger, causing the man to bleed. The story highlights a misguided demonstration of animal senses.
A devastating cloudburst on Beach Creek in Hawkins County Tennessee killed seventeen people and destroyed about a hundred farms. The Figon family perished except William, with other victims including John Arnold and Samuel Henry and his wife. Communication was cut, hindering full details and recovery efforts continue.
In Bayboro Georgia a sheriff's posse clashed with about eighty five desperate negro gamblers during a Saturday night battle. Five gamblers were killed, three fatally wounded, and three more disabled. Sheriff Fisher and two deputies were injured. Victims named include John Darber Mose Epps John Blackshear Charles Johnson and Ed Lester.
President McKinley says mental and physical strain of the last months was severe on him and other officials who bore heavy responsibilities. He notes the war is ended and the sufferings it brought are over, expressing profound thankfulness and indicating he may stay in Washington until October to oversee peace treaty negotiations and related work.
The West Indian weather service was practically inaugurated when the Washington office received reports from six of ten observation stations recently established there. Professor Moore says the system is now in complete order and will enable forecasting of West Indian hurricanes that have long swept the Atlantic coast without warning. The island group has been plotted and meteorological conditions are charted daily.
The Vandervilts acquire a controlling interest in the Monon the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railroad. Negotiations are under way to buy the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton but the deal is not yet perfected.
A delayed dispatch from Coamo Porto Rico recounts General Wilson sending a flag of truce to Aibonito to demand surrender. Spanish commander Nuvali las or Nuavil las received the officer, stated that further bloodshed should be avoided, and Wilson then shelled Spanish positions. A volley by Wisconsin troops halted the attack, with casualties including Corporal Swanson and Privates Bunce and Vaught. Colonel Bliss delivered a flag of truce, negotiations neared, and orders to advance were countermanded as hostilities paused pending presidential actions. The Spaniards sought time to contact Governor General Macias at San Juan, and the suspension order from the president was not respected by Macias.
Peace news reports halt all movements of the American army in Porto Rico. General Wilson remains at Coamo and Mayaguez with Sehwan, General Henry at Utuado plans return to Ad juntas, and General Brooke to Guayama. Miles expects no action until the peace commissioners arrive in San Juan.
A report from Key Woatsaya states the flagship San Francisco the monitor Miantenomah and the auxiliary Sylvia were fired on by Fiayana batteries shortly before 5 o'clock Friday morning. A shell struck the San Francisco's stern tearing a foot diameter hole but no injuries occurred as the ships retired under orders not to attack.
Five or six men stopped an Omaha flyer two miles north of St. Joseph Missouri on Thursday night. They seized the Adams Express small safe from the express car but abandoned the theft after loading it into a wagon. They dumped the safe on the highway and fled, leaving it unopened. the safe was recovered two hours later.
A Nashville dispatch reports that the fourth district Democratic congressional convention met at Cooksville and nominated E. Snodgrass to succeed Benton McMillin, who was recently named a gubernatorial candidate. Snodgrass, a Crossville lawyer, is a well known figure in politics.
Georgia grain dealers in Atlanta face a loss of inspection rights on through shipments as Western and Atlantic Railroad denies return to old practices. Lavonia Bank opens in a marble front building with W S Witham as president and Kyle Farmer cashier. The Interstate Commerce Commission investigates alleged discrimination by Georgia and Alabama and Central of Georgia railways with thirty days for testimony. Debates over a new Atlanta passenger depot await a decision next month. Milledgeville hosts the first state democratic campaign speech by Allen D. Candler and Fleming du Bignon. A Yosemite Grove tree is named Georgian. Governor Atkinson to respond. Joseph M. Brown will leave the Western and Atlantic as traffic manager after this month due to a new Nashville line traffic head. Special Master Peabody’s report on Eagle and Phenix fees yields $106,000. most large claims are reduced. Southern Express seeks higher Georgia rates to offset war tax, with August 28 hearing scheduled.
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