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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes describe 1806 Tu Aumnét and a government coinage profit of 922087 from bullion value differences. Mentions altered terms Portland and a London Shipping World report on mercantile arms and German day. Also notes a local tax system with city employees paying licenses and city treasury contributions.
The piece mocks an autocrat and describes Chicago streetcar woes. It notes electric cars hurting the shoe soles of motormen and describes a gong hit by boot to trigger the bell, causing rapid wear to one heel and provoking curiosity about the system.
Tooker Washington of the Tuskegee Institute delivered an address to the faculty and students at Trinity College Durham NC in what was the first recorded instance of a Black college visit giving a white college a lecture to a Black audience. Washington said his group was treated with courtesy and his talk was warmly received as students gathered on campus and gave him an approving welcome.
La Lue Evangelion of Newark reports about 1,000,000 Italians in the United States with one third in main cities. Half are laborers, thirty percent illiterate, described as hard workers yet eager to improve. When jobs fail they take any work and any wages, while charitable records show many Italian names.
A Chisago physician claims X rays can prove if death has occurred to prevent premature burial. He says radiographs distinguish living from corpse as soft tissues and resistance to penetration reveal true state. The Photographic News notes the method could spare fear and misdiagnosis.
A weekly Leipsic paper, praised by the New York Telegram, gathers personal ads to pair readers. Names and self descriptions are published, photos exchanged if matches arise, and the editor collects a fee. The process resembles a public auction for introductions.
The Georgia House debated a bill to grant Augusta a railway franchise and rights over city streets, amid votes on reconsideration. The session featured committee reports on state university funding, adjournment debates, and multiple local measures, with notable bills on pardons, education access, and registration law changes.
Journal style summary of Georgia Senate proceedings with party lines in early sessions. Bills on court salaries express supervision and governor salaries discussed. Cuban recognition resolution read by visiting delegation. Various judicial appointments confirmed. Tax and drummers tax ban advanced. Senate adjourned to Friday. The house considers Georgia Tech funding and hog theft crime bill. Senate 26th Day cites routine work and the incorporation of FitzGerald.
After a four hour conference in Pittsburg, the wage committee of workers and manufacturers reached agreement on a wage scale for glass workers. The terms are the same as last year with identical rules and wages. Fires were started in idle window glass plants nationwide and glass blowing will resume December 14.
A wide survey of Georgia affairs notes an Augneta furniture retailer owed $12,000 on mortgages, with assets near $16,000, and installment sales. It highlights a proposed $50,000 state reform school for juveniles, rising Alabama freight rates hurting Columbus wholesale grocers, and a broad pardon petition for Harry Hill signed by many senators and representatives. It warns Brunswick defenses are neglected as coastal fortifications rise in importance. William Turner turns 101, with a large, multi‑generational family. Governor Atkinson orders teacher pay, eight thousand teachers await about $310,000 in overdue wages. Georgia’s cotton crop is nearly all gathered at 1,200,000 bales, with acreage up 12 percent and fertilizer use up 60 percent, boosting value by about $7,000,000 despite drought and higher costs. Nesbitt touts fertilizers plus rotation and soil improvements for long term gains, noting early maturity and clean, high‑quality cotton with possible middling to good grade.
News from a Washington steamship describes a battle near Mount Rubia west of Havana where General Maceo repulsed Weyler's forces. Spanish detachments totaling up to 36,000 were sent to mount the position. 700 wounded reported from the first clash and 1,000 casualties overall. Weyler returned to Havana after failing to locate Maceo, prompting a rapid retreat.
A eastbound freight wrecked near New Brunswick New Jersey when an axle broke. The Southern express, from Atlanta to Baltimore, failed to flag the wreck and collided, killing engineer Joseph Moeegan and fireman H W Chichester, while passengers escaped unharmed though shaken.
Miners in Coal Creek walk out in dispute over the check weighman at Royal Coal and Coke Company mines. After Monday’s walkout, they threaten to force out additional workers, extending factory disruption and labor tensions at the plant.
Avery from Kansas City reports rapid Southern direct trade expansion. Sixteen lines plus four more, Johnston lines to Savannah Brunswick Charleston, boost traffic from Kansas City to Gulf and Atlantic ports. Southern routes draw cargo from Eastern ports. Atlanta expo fuels movement. New York and Boston fear loss to southern markets.
A Canton dispatch reports Major McKinley weighing a National Grange appeal for J H Brigham of Ohio to be named secretary of agriculture. The 260000-member group, led by Aaron Jones, argues for a practical farmer in the cabinet and criticizes current administration policy toward farmers while urging fair tariff treatment.
The supreme court rules that $630,000 in receivers certificates held by Kelly constitute a first and prior lien on the foreclosed property. The case, Kelly, executor, vs Brown, involves the East and West railroad and a trust claim on property purchased at foreclosure in 1888. Executors may assert the lien despite the prior demurrers.
The Gold Democrats of Iowa met in Des Moines on Wednesday with about 4000 delegates. They resolved to keep the organization intact, reject compromise with the silver Democrats, and expressed doubt that the Bryan faction can hold its diverse elements together.
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