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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
3
The Stars and Stripes floated over Havana as Spain handed Cuba to the United States at noon Sunday in a simple ceremony. Flags rose, guns fired, and officers took possession, with General Brooke accepting command and McKinley notified of the peaceful transfer.
Boston firm Assalet Manufacturing Company faces potential liabilities from $1,000,000 to $2,120,000 with individual exposures around $50,000 for one firm and $35,000 to $19,000 for others, the total unsettled as facts emerge.
New Year editorials from Madrid newspapers reflect sadness and dignity over the hoisting of the United States flag in Cuba and the Philippines, signaling the end of four centuries of Spanish colonial history. They urge calm, restrained emotion and confidence in recovery.
Cuban residents in Havana threaten to close houses and tear down flags on New Year’s Day if General Brooke does not lift his order banning insurgent army representatives from the evacuation ceremony. After a stormy interview, the Cuban peace commission was told Gomez would not visit Havana, and officials said the army would not be recognized in January celebrations, turning a day of rejoicing into mourning.
A Rome conference backed by delegates from multiple nations agreed on an international police bureau based in Berlin with nine members to monitor anarchists. Extradition treaties, suppression of anarchist journals, and secret trials were planned, with penalties to be applied under each country’s laws.
A Birmingham dispatch reports a major blaze gutted the Seniet Solway bi product plant in Ensley City early Wednesday. Loss is estimated between 100000 and 250000 with one worker killed. The plant, largest of its kind in the south, cost over 500000 to build and had only recently opened. It produced coke gas ammonia tar and related products.
Secretary Long announced Friday the assignments of Rear Admiral Rampson to command the North Atlantic squadron, Commodore J W Philip to Brooklyn Navy Yard, Captain Lewis Kempt to Guam Naval Station and as naval governor, with Rear Admirals Sedley and Huwson slated for sea duty.
Advices from London report the Spanish brig Gabriel with Captain Pages arriving at Corunna. It carried ten rescued members of the American bark Erie Reed, Captain J D Steelman, from New York bound for Bahia. The vessel was lost near Berinda island and the crew were saved.
Washington report says the secretary of war prepared a list to muster out fifty thousand volunteers but will hold it as Cuba and the Philippines settle. The war department favors delaying reductions until after the new year, with colored regiments in southern camps among the first to go. General Lawton is assigned to the Philippines, second to General Otis, and may command if Otis becomes governor general. General Lee seeks rapid troop movement to Havana and maintain order after Spain's exit. The War Investigation committee met briefly with no witnesses. Swift Packing Co. will not attend Jan 4. no decision yet on recalling Generals Shafter and Miles.
The War Office is puzzled by Florida Governor's invitation to send representatives to a national militia convention in Tampa on February 5. British officials will request definite information from the United States government before deciding on attendance.
Wells Fargo express service in San Antonio reported a robbery of a money package worth 360,000 dollars. The funds, sent from Houston for Southern Pacific payroll, were to be delivered by clerk O A Beeler. Beeler departed with the wagon, which was later found abandoned four hours later five miles west of town. horse exhausted from hard driving.
A Paramaribo dispatch via Hayti reports ex-captain Dreyfus secretly moved from his island prison to Cayenne and then sailed for France on December 4 aboard a convict transport. No departure details or final destination are confirmed.
The Toronto World editorial blasts Canadian fear over Ottawa liberal governance and warns Canadians they face possible American annexation pressure and English collaboration with the United States. It cites General Wilson’s Macon speech and asks if Canadians realize the threat to independence.
Aland a Georgia merchant charged with absconding with about thirty to forty thousand dollars was arrested in California after fleeing Atlanta. He ran a large statewide business from Conyers and enjoyed strong local credit. Victims remain quiet as investigators estimate losses between forty and fifty thousand dollars.
Jamrade Beasley of North Carolina offered a resolution at the Confederate Veteran camp of New York condemning Senator Butler for seeking pensions for ex Confederate soldiers from the United States. The motion urged unified condemnation of similar efforts by any southern member of Congress.
In Washington Cuban authorities seek exact counts of armed troops eligible for the proposed bounty of $100 each. They anticipate government action on the plan and are gathering precise figures on current beneficiaries and those who bore arms.
Elaborate preparations underway for the third annual Jackson Day banquet on January 7 under the Bryan League of Chicago. William J. Bryan will be guest of honor as the event aims to be the league's most significant and elaborate affair. Seats are set for several hundred with distinguished democrats from across the country expected to attend.
United States Consul Diedrich at Madegeburg estimates a German beet sugar crop shortfall of at least 450000 tons. With old European stocks depleted, the sugar market has strengthened and prices have risen.
A Havana cable to the Chicago Tribune reports rumors that Cuban forces at La Paya were asked to take US allegiance and refused. Crowds cheered the tale as insurgents roamed the streets, while United States plans for evacuation sparked tension and widespread Cablegrams to President McKinley.
Major General Merriam of San Francisco reports General Shafter will assume command of the Department of California. He is expected to take charge about January 10, with General Merriam not yet reassigned.
The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway filed in Fulton County a mortgage on its property to Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore for 2 1/2 million dollars to secure a new bond issue to retire existing debt. The war tax on the document totaled 1249 50.
Miss Mercedes Garcia, 17, daughter of Cuban patriot General Garcia, died of consumption in Thomasville Georgia on Tuesday. Her brother Colonel Carlos Garcia arrived from Washington shortly before her death. The body will lie in Thomasville temporarily before a final burial in Cuba.
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