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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1894
Page
1
Clara Denton proposes a plan to mate Mildred Lester with Warren Leland while her own feelings confront loss. Leland accepts with reluctance as Clara seeks a safe union, and he departs for New York amid preparing nuptials of others.
An Oklahoma dispatch reports seven members of a family found dead in a house, with throats cut. The father allegedly left a note admitting the killings to spare them from freezing and said he would die by his own hand. The report notes twenty people frozen to death in the state.
Summary of routine House and Senate actions from Feb 9 to Feb 18. Includes roll call errors, journal approvals, Bland silver seigniorage bill debates, eulogies for Senator Stanford, new member swears ins, urgent deficiency and District of Columbia business, and tariff bill progress. Notes on petitions against free wool, coal and lumber on the free list, and Potomac fish protection, Labor Day holiday bill, and Hawaiian resolution debate.
Wednesday's session considered a house bill requiring railroad companies operating in territories to maintain stations at towns established by the Interior Department.
The newspaper reports the death of the noted German pianist Hans von Enlow. The notice sits among a broad array of world events including storms in New York harbor, labor strikes in New Bedford, administrative shifts at the Public Ledger, and other international headlines from the era.
In Congress on Valentine’s day dreariness marked the Bland bill debate. A Panama Canal dispatch noted Para and Colón events. Senate confirmed customs collectors and envoys to Sweden Siam and other posts. Jernigan, Barrett, and Kemper highlighted. House rules reform proposed to curb filibustering and enforce voting.
A Wednesday morning blaze in the colonade between the agricultural building and machinery hall at the world’s fair grounds spread quickly. Fire authorities fought the flames as a second and third alarm were sent in, but the burning structure and nearby buildings faced possible destruction before help arrived. The fire was contained with nominal losses, and officials suspect incendiary origin. Camp Hardee Seeks Reunion Delegates. In Birmingham Alabama, Camp Hardee Confederate Veterans issued a request for all camps in the United States to report the number of delegates expected for the April reunion, to aid preparations.
A fire in Colliersville Tennessee destroyed the bank and dry goods stores with a total loss of about 30000 dollars. A cyclone near Beauregard Mississippi caused property damage and unconfirmed reports of lives lost. Snow, cold winds, and a brutal blizzard across Dallas to the strip left many homeless and distressed. A Knoxville report confirms a smallpox case in Cripple Creek slums with contacts and precautions. Savannah notes a money transfer dispute over Central and Southwestern railroad funds. Tennessee Historical Society mentions an urn coin inscribed Hebrew and Jerusalem found in an Indian mound. Chattanooga tri state fair plans advance with substantial funding goals and a leadership board. A Knoxville court settles a $300000 suit over construction payments for the Knoxville Southern railroad.
Equity suit between the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ of Independence seeks title to the Independence Missouri temple lot. The case proceeds in the United States circuit court at Kansas City. The dispute centers on ownership of land where a temple is planned and viewed as a destined pinnacle of Mormon faith.
The twenty sixth annual convention of the National American Women's Suffrage Association began in Washington on Thursday with a large attendance of delegates from across the country. The meeting focuses on suffrage advocacy and related constitutional efforts.
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