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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
6
The Augusta Chronicle notes a Remark that thirteen letters appear in the names George Washington Thomas Jefferson Andrew Johnson and Zachary Taylor in rebuttal of a superstition about the number thirteen.
The Army and Navy Gazette cites extensive Russian conscription data from a French briefing. It notes 220,000 mobilized in peacetime of a 21 to 40 year service with five years in uniform, eligibility for exemptions, and reductions for educated youths and direct entrants from schools.
London Telegraph correspondent reports on Captain Dreyfus at Ile du Diable. Guards keep him isolated, seven days a week, with strict silence and two hourly reliefs. He lives in a small two room hut, seeks a garden, survives on meager rations, and spends hours reading and writing, supplementing with monthly French funds.
A Canadian Monitor report reprints a decade old case of Mr. Petoh of Grilarsville Ontario who, after five years paralysed and near death, recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The Monitor confirms the cure remained permanent in follow up two years later, noting insurance payment by Canadian Mutual Life after medical review.
A Washington special reports President McKinley seeks no war yet without preparing for future needs. Indemnity plans target about 13 million dollars, with Spain expected to refuse instant payment as war preparations continue. Madrid dispatch notes Spanish squadron leaving for Cuba with three destroyers and torpedo vessels, then north to Canary Islands and Porto Rico before Havana. Cuba advisory reports rising unrest as Maine inquiry nears completion.
A Charleston fire trapped a family on the third floor of the Church Street tenement. Officer Bagby rescued three charred bodies as flames swept the building. Victims include Mrs Rebecca Knickmeyer and children Albert Caswell Josephine Katie Leonora Frances and a one month old baby. Theodore Knickmeyer, a carpenter, also serves as a fireman. the O Neales are his brothers in law.
A Kennedy Alabama dispatch reports Lamar County residents capture A W Ro land ringleader Will McCullagh Coote Long and Vester Pate after a two month detective hunt ordered by Governor Johnston. The group jailed at Vernon while Ed Wilson remains at large as officers scour the countryside for him.
The steamer Legislator, bound from Liverpool via Colon to Boston, burned at sea on February 16 near 81 23 N 44 10 W. The fire lasted three days. Fireman Thomas Roberts died, James Bateman and William Angell drowned, Martin and John Gaffney adrift, Fred T. Lee badly burned and jumped overboard. The remaining crew of thirty and two passengers were rescued by the Lotus Flower Gate and landed in Boston.
Halifax report recounts La Champagne with 800 plus passengers saved by the Boston bound steamer Roman after five days of drifting on Newfoundland banks. The Roman towed the liner safely into Halifax where passengers rest easier after ten days of anxiety at sea.
The New York Evening World reports Senator Hanna held a conference with leaders of major financial institutions. He was told the administration could count on necessary funds for any action. A possible bond issue totaling 500 million dollars for war needs was discussed and reportedly accepted by the financiers.
A Boston dispatch reports 50000 pounds of war material prepared for Atlantic coast use. The items will fill two eas and were supplied to signal on orders from Major Riley via the Fitchburg railroad.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports the navy has contracts to deliver 250000 tons of Pocahontas coal to Key West and other stations and 60000 tons of Goshen coal to several ports. Secrecy is urged, with railroads and officials coordinating to move coal rapidly for potential wartime needs, including bonuses for timely delivery.
Spain’s charge d’affaires in Washington Senor Da Bose states no mine exists inside or outside Havana harbor and no submarine defense is present. He says the report is false and ridiculous and an insult to Spain, aiming to inflame tensions between nations.
President McKinley and his advisers held a full cabinet meeting Friday with Secretaries Alger and Sherman present after illness. The Maine disaster was discussed at length as a topic of vital interest, but no action was taken and no report date from the court of inquiry was given.
The South Carolina dispensary measure faced the House Judiciary Committee again. An amendment banning discrimination in favor of state products was kept, and the provision requiring full state control of all liquor entering the state was removed. A report favorable and an adverse report were defeated, while a report without recommendation passed.
New York dispatch reports Father Weber, who said Catholics should fight for Spain if the U S enters war, has been asked to leave the diocese. Father Connolly, secretary to Archbishop Corrigan, announced the action on Saturday.
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