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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
6
Analysis notes German editors in Vienna courted trouble by provoking authorities, boosting martyrdom rhetoric and newspaper prosperity. It cites a Northern Atlantic steamer charter to load grain for Russia as a hopeful but not permanent price signal. It critiques high ocean and letter postage costs between the US and Europe as excessive.
The London Mail argues that American consuls act as commercial travelers and private agents for firms, while German consuls view themselves similarly as trade representatives. British consuls are said to be more focused on diplomacy, showing less interest in promoting commerce.
The passage extols the press as guardian of liberty, justice, and progress, contrasting its role with corruption and crime. It asserts that the free press, in America, marks wrongdoing and enemies of the community, signaling vigilance and moral accountability.
The annual report of the Treasurer to the Secretary of the Treasury shows net ordinary revenues of 406 21 535, an increase of 57 697 630 from the prior year, and net ordinary expenditures of 443 265 582, up 877 004 020. The year’s deficit stood at 48 047 247, exceeding last year’s by about 18 million.
The passage records Mr Richard Watson Gilder asserting that much marital unhappiness could be lessened if Wien and women read great poems as much as newspapers and notes editors resist calling the verses they print great poems. It reflects on newspaper loyalty to news and the claimed difference between news and poetry.
Electric light plants emerge in most towns on the Pavitic Slope with public and private installations. Thabo joins Lewiston and Murray in celebrating the electric era as electrification spreads amid rising public enthusiasm and Prometheus like imagery attached to the lighting boom.
A preacher argues young men must build their character on a firm foundation. He warns against gambling and reckless finance, urges self control, avoids anger, and advises interpreting others kindly. He cites historical figures and a biblical parable to urge personal discipline and faith.
The peace treaty delegation led by Judge Day and Senators Davis Gray Frye and Reid arrived in New York aboard the St Lonia and hurried to Washington. They refused to discuss treaty text or criticisms, noting the document becomes official only upon Senate action and presidential review. The commission delivered the treaty to President McKinley, while Day planned to resume Canton law practice and emphasized no special compensation was accepted.
State School Commissioner Glenn of Georgia sets the 1899 school fund based on this year’s receipts for items such as hire of convicts liquor tax poll tax tax on shows fertilizer fees and oil fees. The fixed apportions total 1 897 922 with per capita funding at 2 10 and a mill rate. County distributions favor cities as populations rise. about thirty country counties will receive more than under a 1 200 000 fund.
Louisville reports about 10 000 grip cases with widespread effects on businesses and schools as cold foggy weather is blamed. Doctors note lower fatality than the 1891 epidemic while Columbus also reports several thousand cases across public institutions and local practices.
Developments in the Standard Oil probe show Attorney General Monnett began depositions in Cleveland to prove the company burned a large number of its books, journals, and ledgers before a court order required their production. The state issued notice for depositions before a notary based on reports from reliable businessmen and attorneys.
Eugene Dennis 18 fatally shot Thomas Brantley and William Brantley at Enondale Mississippi after they, with their father, approached Dennis’s store believed to intend violence. Dennis protected his mother's property using a shotgun. Reports say liquor fueled the trouble. the brothers died instantly.
In western Alabama at Butay soldiers from the First Mississippi regiment fired on a crowd gathered beside the track as a train with soldiers mustered out of service passed. A woman was killed and a boy was injured when shots hit a group including women and children. Several men were seriously hurt. authorities expect to arrest one or two companies. Governor Johnston offered rewards for arrests.
General Sanger, division commander in Columbus, Ga, received Washington orders to move his brigade and regiments to Charleston and sail this week on the Manitoba for Matanzas. The telegram sparked a local army stir as officers met and decided to assign the Twelfth New York, now in Americus, to accompany the move.
A Wichita dispatch reports Kansas Governor-elect Stanley says he will not sign a death warrant for John Henry Collins, convicted of murdering his father. He opposes capital punishment and is considering his next steps.
A pond accident at Leverett Brookline Mass on Sunday afternoon sent thirty youths into freezing water after the ice broke. Despite quick efforts by spectators and police, three children drowned before rescue arrived.
The president nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri to be secretary of the interior. he currently serves as ambassador to Russia after earlier ministerial service. He is a St. Louis lawyer and former plate glass manufacturer, a great grandson of Ethan Allen. The Senate confirmed Hitchcock, and the Foreign Relations Committee reported favorably on a Hawaiian government bill.
The president signed bills on Wednesday authorizing a national exposition in Philadelphia in 1899 and funding it. He also enacted measures to protect American seamen and promote commerce, regulate siting of U S courts in South Carolina, and amend statutes on vice and consul generals and commercial agents.
Philadelphia health officials report 25 000 to 80 000 grip sufferers. Six deaths in twenty four hours directly caused by grip and twelve more tied to the illness, signaling an escalating epidemic.
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