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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1894
Page
1
The Heard county courthouse at Franklin burned with all records, believed arson, causing about twenty thousand dollars in losses. The post office and contents also burned. nothing was saved. Captain Tip Harrison currently pays veterans pensions, with treasury disbursements exceeding twenty thousand on the first day.
A practical remedy for drying wet kid boots using kerosene oil and Canton flannel, followed by a final damp oil rub to keep boots soft. The piece closes with a brief reminiscence of Dick Whittington, once poor and now head of a major paper company with large charitable gifts and guild memberships, valued at over £3.6 million.
A 240 page preliminary report titled Number One Iron Ores of North Carolina by H. C. B. Nietze, assistant state geologist, is issued with illustrations and a larger edition planned. Adjutant General Moorman announces the death of Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Markham, former major general and chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans. Grand Master Loverlgn of Knights of Labor addresses Jacksonville, criticizing Secretary Carlisle and a strike order. Governor Carr receives word of Captain Adam Warner’s death, associate shellfish commissioner and commander of the oyster patrol steamer Lilly. The Mobile and Girard railroad faces seizure in September if a $1,109,000 mortgage is not paid. BR. W. Page fatally shoots A. B. Smith after a bank dispute. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga park dedication delay affects a regional vise fair in Chattanooga. Dowd, Nashville yardmaster, arrested for investigative forgery and cash fraud. he offered bond. The Isle Judge Stone funeral draws large attendance. Bank of Chester, D.C., closed with Hemphill and Glenn appointed to protect creditors. funds sought in New York. Bessemer prepares to move a major fire brick plant. new facilities and jobs created. Rev. C. G. Jones condemns Jubal Early in a Chattanooga sermon, provoking church backlash. Birmingham Rolling Mill buys steel blooms from Ohio. ore quality supports local steel production. Phosphate bed investigations proceed in Lewis and Hickman counties. 75,000+ acres studied with high-grade ore found. South Carolina wins a railroad tax case in Charleston.
The board of equalization raised assessments on railroad property and railroads refused payment. The United States court reviewed the case and held the assessment constitutional, ordering the receiver to pay the state the balance due plus costs of the action.
The Fifty Third Congress convened with routine business in both houses. The House split into committees for sundry civil appropriation bills, passing measures on Oklahoma school lands. In the Senate, Blanchard took the Louisiana seat oath, the Bland seigniorage bill advanced and then passed after debate. vacancies were filled and a joint resolution on railroad claims was approved. Executive session followed.
The Missouri River threatens Atchison Kansas risking the bridge and several rail lines. Banks erode toward the railroad yard depot roundhouse lumber yard and park packing plant. Civil engineers estimate losses near 1 500 000 with wide business disruption.
The Savannah Cotton Mill cuts wages by ten percent causing spinners to quit and risking 100 jobs as operations may cease. The rest of the world news covers a Virginia court ruling voiding coupon contracts, a Paris church bombing, and political shifts in Rhode Island and North Carolina.
Collector John M. Clark transmits to the secretary of the treasury a complete history of foreign displays at the World’s Fair. Exhibits arrived from 60 foreign nations and 24 ports totaling 162 600 packages valued at 64 797 693 dollars and shipped in 8 000 cars. France and Germany led foreign sales, with two fifths of all goods disposed of. Net duty collected was 217 320 dollars, with 602 152 dollars net profit after expenses.
The Ocala cigar manufacturers met and passed resolutions opposing Senate committee changes to the tobacco schedules of the Wilson bill. Senators Dell and Paseo are urged to work to defeat the senate amendment so the original Wilson bill schedule is kept.
The secretary of the navy cabled Admiral Benham in Rio to proceed at once with a ship to Bluefields. Other items note progress on the sundry civil appropriation bill and confirming details of government finances and appointments.
A seven day review shows fewer new Southern industries but strong machinery demand. Lumbermen seek concerted action to raise prices. furnaces and mines run at full capacity. New plants and enlargements spread across Virginia, West Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and beyond, with multiple capitalizations and planned facilities.
The Senate approved the Bland silver seigniorage bill by a 44 to 31 vote after hours of debate. Lounging in galleries, spectators clapped as lawmakers discussed fate of the measure, with mixed support among parties and a pending decision by the president.
R. G. Dun & Co reports weekly trade review showing improved current activity and larger industrial output as season demands stocking. Yet confidence for sustained gains remains muted as prices trend downward and demand falls short of expectations while exports rise and imports fall.
Official dispatches from Rio confirm Admiral Da Gama has left his flagship and taken refuge aboard the Portuguese corvette Mindell. The Mindell's commander has cabled for instructions on restoring the insurgent squadron to the Brazilian government, to whom they presumably belong.
Advices from Berlin report Chancellor von Caprivi proposing coinage of 11,000,000 marks in 5 mark pieces, 7,000,000 marks in 2 mark pieces, and 4,000,000 marks in 1 mark pieces due to rising demand and a silver coinage shortfall below 22,000,000 marks. A City of Mexico special notes Chairman Wilson leaving Grenadilla for San Antonio.
The Official Gazette of India reports 1892 figures on human and animal losses to savage beasts and venomous reptiles. It records 2963 people killed by beasts and 19625 by snakes, with livestock losses and battle counts for hunter efforts and costs in rupees.
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