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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
8
The Vienna Progress notes German editors face pressure while praising a steamer chartered at a Northern Atlantic port to send grain to Russia. It argues the American producer’s hope lies in the home market and critiques high postage for transatlantic mail as too costly.
The London Mail says American consuls act as commercial travelers and accredited representatives of American trade, while German consuls share a similar view. British consuls, though showing some gravitas, seek only minimal diplomatic esteem and pay little attention to their voluntary commerce functions.
The Kansas City Star proclaims the press as guardian of liberty and justice, challenging oppression and corruption. It asserts the free press serves society by exposing wrongdoing and standing against tyranny, a beacon that fears no power and speaks for the helpless.
The annual report of the Treasurer to the Secretary of the Treasury shows ordinary revenues of 406, W21,000, up 57,597,690 from the prior year, ordinary expenditures of 448,908,582, up 77,604,423, and a year deficit of 98,047,247, over 18,000,000 more than the previous year.
Mr Richard Watson Gilder is quoted urging that much of the world’s marital unhappiness could be reduced if men and women read great poems as much as newspapers. He notes editors rarely claim divine insight and argues newspapers only tell news, while poems are imaginative and emotional.
Electric plants illuminate Lewiston and Murray in Idaho, populations two thousand and seven hundred combined, as towns celebrate the arrival of modern illumination. The piece likens electric light to Prometheus fire and a rapid force transforming public and private spaces with new sunshine.
A Dr Talmage style sermon warns young men to govern finances and temper, avoid gambling and rash investments, and build character on a strong foundation. It uses biblical imagery, anecdotes of Lincoln and historical figures, and cautions against envy, suspicion, and harmful companionship.
United States peace commissioners led by Judge Day, Senator Davis, Senator Gray, and Whitelaw Reid arrived in New York aboard the St Louis and departed for Washington with the treaty of peace with Spain. They refused to discuss details, noting the document’s official status and awaiting Senate action.
State School Commissioner Glenn announces 1899 school fund totals based on this year’s receipts. Ad valorem 800000, W A RR half rental 210006, liquor tax 105659, net hire convicts 18662, tax on shows 6000, railroad stock 9046, fertilizer fees 16749, oil fees 15000, poll tax 1907022. Total 1640381, decrease 242459. Per capita 2.10 and 8 mills. Country counties lose, cities gain with rising population. about thirty rural counties fall from prior 1,200,000 fund.
The Louisville health department estimates 10 000 grip cases with widespread effects on businesses and schools as teachers fall ill. Wet foggy weather blamed for spread, grip less fatal than the 1891 epidemic. Columbia Ohio also reports thousands of cases and widespread prevalence among public institutions.
Deputy Attorney General Monnett opened depositions in Cleveland to prove Standard Oil burned books and ledgers prior to a court order to produce records. Reliable sources prompted the inquiry as the state seeks evidence of destruction in the oil trust investigation.
Eugene Dennis an 18 year old shot Thomas Brantley and William Brantley who with their father tried to enter Dennis store on the Mobile and Ohio line in Enondale Mississippi. The shooting occurred Saturday night and was attributed to liquor. Dennis protected his mother property with a shotgun after his mother seized the Brantleys older brother’s gun.
A Montgomery special reports soldiers from the First Mississippi regiment of volunteers after muster out in Columbia Tennessee fired on a crowd near Entow Alabama as their train passed. A woman was killed and a boy blinded in one eye with others injured. The train moved on into Mississippi. Authorities plan arrests and Governor Johnston offers rewards.
General Sanger division commander in Columbus Ga received Washington orders to proceed at once with his brigade staff and regiment to Charleston S C to sail aboard the transport Manitoba for Matanzas. The telegram stirred local army circles and the Twelfth New York regiment now in Americus was chosen to accompany the movement.
A Wichita dispatch reports Governor-elect Stanley will not sign a death warrant for John Henry Collins, convicted of murdering his father. He cites opposition to capital punishment and contemplates ruling accordingly.
Sudden ice break on Leverett pond in Brookline Massachusetts Sunday afternoon submerges thirty young people. Spectators and police rush to rescue but three children drown before help arrives.
The president nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri to be secretary of the interior. Hitchcock, currently ambassador to Russia, is a wealthy lawyer from St. Louis with ties to Vermont heritage. Congress adjourned for holidays, with two weeks off, while the state department plans to close Havana consulate affairs and wait on Spain treaty ratifications. The Senate confirmed Hitchcock, and discussion began on a Hawaiian government bill.
The president signed several acts on Wednesday including a bill for a national exposition in Philadelphia in 1899 and funding for it. Other measures amend seamen protections and commerce, regulate U S courts’ sitting in South Carolina, and revise statutes on vice and consul generals consuls and commercial agents.
The Philadelphia board of health reports 6 direct grip deaths and 12 indirect deaths within 24 hours. An estimated 25 000 to 30 000 residents suffer from grip as doctors warn the epidemic is increasing.
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