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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1894
Page
1
A survey of 1894 notes on public schools in Chicago and Philadelphia night lectures, a German doctor on draft exposure, horse prices in New York, and a surge in U S rail and steel outputs. It contrasts export trade with Germany and England, discusses voter turnout in New York, and highlights rising Southern growth per New York Herald analysis.
The Georgia legislature ends its session with a mix of filibuster, coalitions, and final votes. Key actions include tax and university funding shifts, a Chickamauga park committee plan, and an eventual adjournment after narrow battles over military spending and judicial appointments.
The Dwight Manufacturing Company of Boston plans a $500,000 cotton mill on Lookout Mountain near Alabama City four miles from Gadsden. The plant will have about 25,000 spindles and produce coarse goods for export. Company official cites Massachusetts labor laws limiting weekly hours as motive.
The Senate, after approving the journal, receives treasury and war reports and hears on Indian depredation claims. Debates over sugar duties fail and a plan to increase West Point cadet numbers is discussed, with emphasis on education and officer supply. The university bill for a Washington United States institution is briefly considered.
The House opens with Breckinridge reporting the urgent deficiency bill. Dingley seeks information on fur seal protection and revenues from the Behring Sea tribunal. Mallory reopens the revenue cutter bill. Champ Clark’s floor fight continues. Bartlett defends income tax legality. McMillan argues tariff effects on revenue.
Benjamin R Tillman former governor of South Carolina was elected United States senator to succeed General M C Butler. The landslide win mirrored his prior political victories with a pro forma election in the Senate chamber. The vote tally showed Tillman 131, Butler 21, Murray 2, Cram 1. His six year term begins March 4th.
In an interview James Corbett states he has determined to train at Hot Springs for his upcoming contest with Fitzsimmons. The report notes other political and legal items: Jervis Spencer nominated consul at Curacao. Peru Colombia and Ecuador seek Spain as arbitrator. Byron Myers and George Wheeler arrested in Caldwell for counterfeiting. C. S. Thomas predicts gold gains from East Asian conflict. AME conference condemns Jim Crow car bill. Jeremiah Olney accused of misusing Connecticut school funds. South Carolina House questions state printing expenditure.
The weekly industrial report shows steady growth in cotton mills and refined cotton goods, with new furnaces in the Birmingham district. Lumber production increases, and 34 new or expanded industries were added, including mills in New Orleans and Clifton, a Minneo company, and several plants across Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas.
Samuel C Seeley a New York bank defaulter was brought before U S Commissioner Wirt in Chicago for a preliminary examination. President Crane of the National Shoe and Leather Bank outlined the crime and Seeley was held under bond of 20099. He waived examination and said no one could give bond and was returned to his cell.
Berlin dispatch reports Herr von Kardoff urges a silver currency and a silver conference in Berlin to aid the Reichstag amid calls for reform. He warns Hohenlohe against interfering with Reichstag rights as misery pervades Germany. Herr Singer predicts the chamber will reject prosecutions of socialist members.
The American Federation of Labor began its fourteenth annual convention in Denver Colorado with President Gompers presiding at 10 o clock. One hundred delegates and spectators attended the morning session and more joined during the session. Rhode Kahn of the Denver Trades Assembly gave the welcome, with Gompers praising Denver and noting labor's dire situation. He also mused that within ten years the federation might move its convention to the West Coast.
Washington dispatch reports A C Bruce of Atlanta appointed supervising architect of the government building for the exposition. He belongs to the firm Bruce and Morgan and helped submit plans for the exposition structures. Charleston Business Men's League will exhibit at the Cotton State and International Exposition and Chicago plans a city exhibit. Exposition directors invited to meet the World’s Fair board in Chicago to discuss extending exposition work into the northwest.
Two masked men robbed passengers of money and valuables on a northbound Rock Island train near Red River bridge frontier in Indian Territory after the express messenger opened the door. No money was secured as none is carried at night. A factory fire destroyed the Composition Board Manufacturing Company plant in Minneapolis, inflicting about 60,000 dollars in losses with 50,000 dollars insured.
A writer recounts a ten-woman island trip and urges railroads to offer round trip winter rates to attract tourists. He cites Atlanta to Sanford pricing, Florida gulf towns, cottages, inns, schools, launches, and local commerce as Clearwater grows, noting a winter sanitarium appeal and rising town activity.
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