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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
3
United States navy plans immediate action to send the cruiser Philadelphia to Apia, Samoa, to protect interests amid German influence as the Oregon and the battleship Iowa may join. British and American diplomats discuss the crisis while police restrain German authorities in Apia.
Arkansas state senate on Thursday passed a bill relieving husbands from responsibility for ante-nuptial debts of wives. The issue has long been debated in courts after the supreme court recently held husbands liable in such cases.
A Harrisburg dispatch reports Senator Quay remains thirteen votes short of election. Friday logged 210 votes with Quay at 93. No shift in anti Quay Republicans or Democrats, and forty two members were absent at the session.
In the Illinois house of representatives on Wednesday, Rep. Abbott offered a resolution thanking Miss Helen Gould of New York for aiding sick and wounded soldiers in the Spanish American War. The clerk will engross a parchment copy, frame it, and send one to Miss Gould and another for the memorial hall in the state house. The resolution was adopted.
The Atlanta Go Consolidated Street Railway plans a transfer system to test practicability. The board, led by Joel Hurt, unanimously adopted a six month trial with transfers on Consolidated lines once tickets are printed and plan is set.
Maine mourns Representative Nelson Dingley with public and private tributes. A funeral service was held at Pine Street Congregational church in Lewiston before the body was moved to Oak Hill cemetery in Auburn for interment. Lifelong friends and neighbors attended.
A failed arrest attempt for two murderers in Rogersville Tennessee left one man dead and two others wounded. Wounded were Jon Metealf Charles Metealf Mat Clayton and Will Freeman. Pat Flannerty fired and escaped after the Tuesday night shooting in upper Clinch neighborhood ten miles from Rogersville.
Dispatch from San Juan reports Governor Henry received a finance secretary’s memo showing former Spanish authorities appropriated 400,000 pesos from foreign insurance companies contractors and judicial trustees. The insurers demand compensation from the United States government.
West Virginia faces a political standoff as Governor Atkinson and the Republican senate refuse to formally recognize the newly organized House. The House is ready for business yet no message from the governor has been received and no timing is indicated. The governor declined to discuss his rationale.
Advices from Berlin report a brilliant court reception Wednesday night with the emperor and empress very cordial toward the United States embassy. The empress conversed at length with Mrs White wife of the US ambassador.
Berlin officials state that official reports from Samoa align with AP accounts and deny any irregularities contradicting the treaty. They note uncertainty whether the German consul at Apia is involved and demand explanation for the invalidation of Matofo's election.
The Southern Baseball League organized in New Orleans on Sunday with four cities New Orleans Mobile Birmingham and Shreveport. Montgomery was granted a franchise and the league will seek Atlanta or Columbus Ga to take the place.
The Senate passed the Nicaragua canal bill authorizing 1,000,000 shares at 100 each to fund the project. A US controlled board is set, with five US appointees, one each for Nicaragua and Costa Rica, plus salary and travel provisions. The measure enables treasury warrants up to 5 million and asserts US liens and potential route changes if negotiations fail. The act preserves neutrality while easing rights and finances for a transoceanic waterway.
In Savannah Georgia the Thirty first Michigan regiment shared a camp dinner on Robert E Lees birthday with the First Georgia Volunteer Regiment. Michigan troops who fought earlier at Chickamauga and Knoxville are now encamped near Savannah. The Georgia regiment and Savannah ladies served the meal, turning the grounds into a park like setting.
The Western Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers Association opened its annual convention in Kansas City Missouri with nearly 1,000 delegates from Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Indian Territory and Missouri attending the opening session.
A Washington Sunday special asserts German consul Rose and municipal president Tiatfal did not act on German government instructions in Apia. It cautions Berlin Washington and London to rely on calm discussion for a satisfactory understanding, aiming to disavow improper actions by minor officials and preserve the Samoa treaty framework among Germany Britain and the United States.
Washington dispatch reports Professor F W Clarke of the United States Geological Survey testified to testing powder from Surgeon Daly. He said it derived from boiling condemned beef and contained thoracic and salicylic acids. Clarke said he could not determine material origin or exact quantities. he noted thoracic acid would be relatively harmless while salicylic acid would be harmful and is prohibited in most European nations.
Special dispatch reports General Miller's force landing on Gnimaria Taland three miles from Iloilo with no opposition. Otis in Manila confirms landing to avoid ships crowding transports. Landing aims to prevent native misinterpretation and to maintain pacification policy while noting healthy conditions and water abundance on the island.
Minnesota Senator Nelson, a Republican, argued against West’s anti expansion resolution in a five and a half hour session. He presented a constitutional case supporting the federal government’s power to acquire and govern territory, stating that the question is settled and the United States may gain foreign lands by discovery conquest treaty and governance.
The Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News notes a new joint stock company formed in Cologne with £500,000 to lay a cable directly from Germany to the United States. Wolff's telegraph agency plans a branch in New York City.
Eight aboard the yacht Paul Jones including five passengers and three crew were lost when the vessel exploded and broke apart on Breton Island near Pass a V'Ontre. The Pansy searcher found wreckage, including the foremast and a name plank, confirming a catastrophic blast around January 6. Mayor Taggart's Indianapolis daughter and owner Mr Jones were aboard.
Deputy Judge Advocate General Barr reports to the War Department to help with the long pending Carter case involving Captain in the corps of engineers, court martialed for irregularities. near Savannah.
Edgefald dispatch reports a liar charge by A G Gonzales editor of The State against Governor Ellerbe. Some county papers call for impeachment, alleging Ellerbe promised to back recommendations to the current general assembly in exchange for State support, then failed to deliver.
Rear Admiral Schley was presented a jeweled sword Friday by Royal Arcanum brothers at Carnegie Music Hall New York in front of about 4000 spectators. He clasped the sword to his side and greeted roughly 8000 men women and children after the ceremony.
Advices from Havana say Major General Brooke has recommended to Washington that Banco Nacional in Cuba collect back taxes since January 1. The bank’s refusal to honor promissory notes is seen as repudiation and fuels distrust. Protests mount across the island as Bates travels from Cienfuegón to coordinate policy with Brooke and other officials.
A Washington dispatch reports the river and harbor bill completed Friday night with appropriations for the coming fiscal year totaling 12,600,198, plus continuing contracts of 10,791,533. Contingent appropriations linked to securing certain ra jets total 770,000, likely postponed. Major southern harbor projects include Georgia Brunswick 820,1000, Savannah 850,000, Duboy bar 70,000, and Savannah river contracts and continuations. Alabama Mobile harbor 100,000 and continuing contract 600,000. Warrior and Tombigbee river 50,000 and continuing 140,000. Tennessee river segments 500,000 above Nashville and 100,000 below, with 185,000 for Tennessee river below Chattanooga.
Major General Leonard Wood said farewell at the War Department before heading to Cuba. He will travel by rail to Miami, then take a boat to Havana for talks with General Brooke prior to assuming command at Santiago.
Officials in the navy department state the Oregon will head directly to Manila after coal at Honolulu, not sailing to Samoa, while dispatch plans previously arranged two months ago for the Troquois between San Francisco and Honolulu remain tied to a cable laying arrangement.
A Washington dispatch notes the house passage of the bill creating a new circuit judgeship, stirring a contest among prominent attorneys for the post. The president has not indicated when he will invoke the appointment.
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