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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
6
President McKinley frames a program of financial reform economy in government thrift and balanced budgets. He calls for tariff revision currency stabilization and arbitration to prevent war while urging prompt Congress action and new immigration and civil service reforms.
Governor Atkinson offers 150 dollars for the capture of Bud Brooks who is charged in the murder of TM. GC. Hunt in Jackson County Georgia last week. Brooks fled the area and has not been seen since the killing.
William F Schwarzwelder and Co furniture makers of New York fail after a long history since 1884 with incorporation in 1893 and capital of 260000. Liabilities remain unknown as the case moves through legal actions connected to the Theodore Durrant murder trials in California.
A cable from Athens reports Greece will mobilize conscripts born 1866 through 1872 and 1878, with Greece warning Crete evacuation is impossible while peace remains disturbed. The dispatch notes Greece’s autonomy stance and fears of a wider European war as tensions rise.
Judge Lumpkin of the superior court in Atlanta refused the petition for a receiver in the Atlanta and West Point railroad case and granted an injunction blocking the new charter provisions. The order bars borrowing or encumbering property and other charter changes until a final decision or further court order. Neither side achieved a complete victory.
Reports from 100 towns including Prairies and Mountains of the northwest show another huge snow storm. Four feet of snow blocks South Dakota towns Watertown Huron Millbank and others. No trains moving for a day. South Dakota legislature adjourned at Pierre cannot leave due to blockade.
Governor Bloxham appoints John A. Henderson vice president of the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad to fill the US Senate seat of Wilkerson Call until the legislature meets. Balloting starts April 20 with Henderson expected to win amid opposition from Call supporters.
Athens reports King George stated in an interview that Greece will likely reject the powers notes demanding the withdrawal of Greek flotilla and troops from Oraté within six days from noon Monday, signaling firm resistance.
President McKinley issues an extra session call dated March 6 1897 noting sessions to convene March 15 1897 in Washington. The proclamation states the purpose as to receive communications from the executive. The wording is widely analyzed and criticized for its vagueness and dates.
All cabinet members except Lyman J. Gage took the oath at 11:80 in the White House with Chief Justice Fuller presiding in the Blue Room. Oaths were administered to Long and Alger by Justice Gray and Justice Brown, then to the rest by the chief justice.
A list shows several nominees failing to gain Senate confirmation in the second session of the fifty fourth congress. Names include District judges James G. Walcott Delaware and William Clark North Carolina, US Attorneys George F. Moore Alabama and William G. Marbury Maryland, land office register Joseph Smith Minnesota Cookston, pension agent Levi Griffin Detroit, consul J Leonard Corning Munich, and DC commissioner W P Sands. The record notes many postmasters also rejected.
Governor Lord of Oregon appoints ex Senator H W Corbett to fill the vacancy after the legislature failed to elect at the recent session. Corbett previously represented Oregon in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1872.
The Chronicle expresses approval of President McKinley’s message praising its safety and the author’s merit. It notes the tone as good and manly and commends his prompt moral and political responsibility for the arbitration treaty while questioning the sincerity of the anti trust declaration.
Five hundred people were gathered at the New Market, once the Hay Market dance hall, when Captain Chapman and the Tonderloin precinct raided it at 12:50 a.m. Friday. The venue was cleared, several wagon loads of prisoners were taken, and a large crowd witnessed the tumultuous scenes.
The event featured a grand illumination of all department buildings, with search lights highlighting the Treasury roof linen, a large American shield on the State Department, and a sixty foot garrison flag at the War Department. Balloons released national colors over the city as fireworks lit the sky. The inaugural ball followed at the Pension Building with President McKinley, Mrs. McKinley, the Vice President, and Mrs. Hobart in attendance.
Old Congress adjourns as both houses quit business with unfinished work. Senate sessioned late into the morning before recesses. Resolutions praised President Cleveland’s presiding officer. House recessed to eight thirty to let statesmen tidy up before dissolution of Congress.
William Hale indicted by the Fulton county grand jury in Atlanta for embezzling 5217 dollars from the Southern Mutual Building and Loan association while serving as secretary and general manager in June 1895. Three checks compose the embezzlement. a bench warrant is issued and Hale is at large.
Assistant treasurer Campbell Berry in San Francisco sought $9 605 210 06 from Isaac L Requa president of the Central Pacific Railway under treasury orders to protect the government's case. Berry failed to collect the sum and was instructed to renew the demand.
Paymaster Corwine alias J Reeves, absconding paymaster of the U S Navy stationed at Newport R I, was arrested in Chicago Wednesday afternoon. He arrived from New York that morning and was captured while registering at the Palmer House after Newport police signaled investigators.
A through freight on the Georgia Southern and Florida road from Palatka to Macon separated just after Cordele Wednesday morning. When the two sections rejoined three cars were wrecked and three men died: N. C. Jordan a white flagman and two unknown tramps.
Fragmentary ad style text touts medicines and tonics as cures for bodily complaints. It mentions No-To-Bac and a bottle of bitters, urging readers to buy for health and saving money while referencing a shift from social norms to medical remedies.
A traveler notes that tobacco smoking is so common in Holland that faces blur in crowds. To identify a person, a waiter blows away smoke from each face with bellows until the correct individual is found.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal describes a living skeleton asking a seedy agent about an old schoolmate who tried to pull his arm, ending with the claim that the man is legless and fond of song and dance.
A letter from Mars J. McGruas of 813 Kilburn Avenue Rockford Illinois praises Lydia B Pinkham's Compound for curing severe female ailments including heart pains fainting and menstrual disorders after doctors failed to help The writer credits the medicine with restoring health and urges others to try it for relief.
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