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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1895
Page
1
A century old survey notes yellow fever in northern cities, military tech shifts in Europe, Christian growth in Japan, and North Carolina rail lines. It reviews Atlantic storms' toll on shipping, lists missing vessels like Apollo and Alvo, and praises Japan's martial prowess while critiquing British meddling and power.
A description from the New York Sun recalls Lancaster Penns annual local fair a long ago when the principal street overflowed with booths and goods from ginger bread to rich silks. Country lads saved pennies to buy gifts for their lasses in a German village setting.
An extraordinary ad from Iserlohn, Germany, features a dry goods merchant accused of promising to sell a large stock cheaply after claiming seventeen thieves procured the goods from rival stores. He pleads the ad was only a trade puff and that the thieves existed only in imagination.
Rev Dr Talmage argues the gospel is being buried under modern critique and philosophy. He denounces higher criticism and calls for a vibrant, practical gospel in every sphere, urging believers to live out glorious news across churches homes and factories. He envisions a grand heavenly coronation where Christ is crowned King.
East and North lumber manufacturers and forest owners met in Boston, Massachusetts, to organize the Northeastern Lumbermen's Association. Attendees controlled over 75 million dollars invested in forest lands saw mills wood working plants and lumber manufacturing enterprises.
Philadelphia elected Republican candidates for mayor and tax receiver by margins of 45 000 to 55 000. The race covered mayor receiver of taxes councilmen police magistrates and school directors. City allies included Charles J War wick and Charles J Robey for the Republicans against Pattison and Col Sylvester Bonnafone Jr for the Democrats.
The trial of the Aquia Crack train robbers Morgan and Searcy opened at Stafford Court House Virginia on Wednesday. Morgan faced the conspiracy to rob charge as the last count was discharged. The remaining counts stood.
The Senate floor saw a packed attendance as debate over the silver bill heated up with a 36 to 27 vote to proceed. The Walcott resolution and Indian appropriation moves dominated the day as senators jockeyed for position amid demands to protect appropriation bills and avoid an extra session.
Congressional actions span tax reporting push by Mr. Gorman, Oklahoma Central railroad approvals, naval bill debates over 2000 added seamen, and a misread pension adjustment for Thomas Corrigan. House declines to concur in Senate hawaiian cable appropriation amid diplomatic spending fight.
Heavy snows blockade railroads and highways in central Newfoundland causing travel disruptions. Destitution rises in St Johns as 5,000 to 6,000 residents lack relief while the government plans immediate relief works.
Advices from London quote N M Rothschilds & Son declaring the new American loan a colossal success. Subscriptions began Wednesday morning and Europe’s allotment was covered many times over with Messrs J P Morgan & Co, Belmont & Co, and others. The Pall Mall Gazette credits Rothschilds for the loan’s strong support and US financial standing. In New York, Belmont & Co and J P Morgan & Co report the 4 percent bonds fully subscribed by 10:20 am Wednesday morning.
The Arkansas and Missouri End of the Big Combine Organized. TheYellow Pine Lumber Company plans offices in St Louis. Deniers claim no lumber frost. A meeting is set for the 26th to complete details.
From Washington newly items picked up at the National Capitol outline Uncle Sam's bond accounts with face value 62,315,000 and a public loss of 8,418, BT. It notes Jones's bill withdrawal as silver advocates concede passage constraints. Also reports Treasury telegrams on gold coin purchases, petrified forest park petitions, and sugar grower bounty prospects with a proposed 2 cent per pound subsidy and related license provisions.
The electrical workers, numbering 900, went on strike in New York on Monday. The board of walking delegates of the building trades controls the action. If any firm hires nonmembers, the board will order a strike of all building trades workers within fifty miles, potentially stopping up to 80,000 men.
In New Orleans Councilman Numa Donudonssat was sent to the penitentiary for three years after being convicted of taking a $100 bribe from Groceryman Sherman. Ambrose Smith, a noted attorney, received the same three year term for misappropriating $1,000 collected for a client.
Washington dispatch reports the death of Frederick Douglass at his Anacostia home after a sudden illness. Born a Maryland slave in 1817, he rose to prominence as an abolitionist lecturer, editor of The North Star, and later a public official in Washington. He championed black troops in the Civil War and authored several influential works.
Eighty five smallpox cases were reported by noon on Wednesday and officials expect higher totals after complete returns. Schools for colored children were closed after two cases appeared. Health officers intensified efforts to stem spread, warning the disease may reach white residents via potters, coachmen and waiters in affected districts. Vaccine supplies were exhausted within an hour, with about two hundred per day vaccinated on average.
Siegmund Frank, brother of Jacob Frank the Buffalo ticket broker who perished on the Elbe, will sue the German Lloyd Steamship Company for 50000 dollars. He has bonded as administrator and affidavits from survivors Carl Hoffman and John Vevera have been obtained.
An early morning blast at Mathanoy Plane in West Bear Ridge mine of Reading Coal and Iron Company fatally injured six miners and burned five others, four of whom were likely fatally hurt. Rescue teams worked amid dangerous gas and debris as the death toll and injuries mounted.
The Alabama House declined to pass the bill over Governor Oates veto, forcing court action. A suit between the Southern and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton is pending over the railroad’s ownership. The fight, noted as the fiercest in state history, centered on constitutional issues and alien stockholders.
A convention of alliancemen and farmers in Columbia South Carolina met to discuss fertilizer and cotton acreage limits. Resolutions proposed using commercial fertilizers on cotton currency payments, with specific price terms per material and freight, plus a 33 percent acreage reduction debate outcome. The meeting urged minimal fertilizer use and adjourned after advisory action.
The second triennial session of the National Council of the Women of the United States began in Washington D C with Mrs Mary Wright Sewall presiding. Delegates from twenty associations attended including suffragists W C T U Universal Peace Union and Jewish women groups among others.
The North Carolina House passed a resolution to adjourn in honor of Frederick Douglass by a 34 to 20 vote with all Democrats opposing. Another measure to adjourn on February 22 for Washington's Birthday failed, and the body declined to adjourn in honor of General Lee on January 9.
A Kai Ping dispatch dated the 17th reports about a thousand Chinese troops attacked Japanese outposts at Kumo-Cheng in the morning and were repulsed promptly. The Chinese retreated with thirty dead. Japanese losses were reported as none.
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