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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1894
Page
1
A collage of curiosities and opinions spans education spending, early fruit cultivation, race and empire, Washington park plans, telegraph costs, spelling reforms, and world fairs. Notes on Beowulf, Egypts exhibit, and a London shoplifting trend conclude with alarming theft ratios among women.
The article describes stringent controls on photographers in Russia, requiring police communication and licenses for amateurs, monitoring near fortresses, and mandatory copies of each photo. Police may inspect dark rooms and gear at any time, while film and developer supplies face inspections and import rules.
The New York World reports a plan to ring the Columbia Liberty and Peace Bell at the shepherds’ site of the angelic chorus and connect it by telegraph and cable to all parts of the world. At a specified moment telegraphic business would stop as religious groups gather and the bell tolls to flash the message of peace to humanity.
The House moved into committee on the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill and debated striking out civil service travel allowances. Senate action covered tariff provisions, iron ore duties, and a series of amendments and resolutions, including moves by Aldrich, Mills, and Gorman, with notable interruptions and procedural votes across Monday to Thursday sessions.
In Dallas a special reports Judge John H. Reagan former postmaster general announces his candidacy for governor. The expected formal declaration came ten days late and unleashed a profound sensation. Reagan backs anti-Cleveland stance noted in prior dispatches, and he commands a large, devoted Texas following as a democracy patriarch.
Riot activity linked to the miners strike disrupts Centralia Odin and La Salle Ohio while coal supplies tighten. Recovering Gladstone eye operation performed without anesthesia shows patient improving. Coal region shifts forecast easing shortages as miners near return to work in East Tennessee and Coal Creek. California populist state convention names ticket. National conference on charities convenes in Nashville amid immigration concerns. Railroad oil fire injures crew, steel works partial closure raises employment fears. Federal court in San Antonio convicts Davis in bribery case involving Chinamen smuggling. New Orleans convention postponed to a later date by trade organization leaders.
Governor Northen appoints Allen D Candler as Georgia secretary of state after tendering the post to Judge Sam Harris who declined. Candler, a veteran politician and former congressman, is expected to run for Congress in the Fourth District against Charlie Moses. Born 1834 in Lumpkin County, he served in the army and held terms in the state legislature.
Two hundred fifty striking miners marched from Washington Indiana to Littles seven miles away armed with Winchester rifles and a wagonload of ammunition. A noon battle with workers wounded several, two fatally, six deputy sheriffs disarmed. Militia readings at Evansville expected soon to start toward mining regions.
The president with Carlisle Gresham and Captain Evans at Rich's wharf on the Violet. Senate bribery committee hears E J Edwards as Halland on the sugar trust. Democrats fret over metal schedule delaying tariff action. Carnot cabinet reshuffle in Paris. Tan Houser resigns from Matamoros post. Arkansas Senator Berry urges swift cloture and tariff passage. Carlisle’s alleged sale of government building to Chicago Salvage Company for 3275, with move to Atlanta proposed. Exposition subcommittee discusses removal to Atlanta and costs. Treasury denies sale. supports possible exhibit relocation.
Bradstreet’s reports a third straight week with no material gain in business volume and weak near term trade prospects due to tariff uncertainty. It notes reduced bank clearings, a stagnant national economy, and a silk workers strike in New York and Patterson ending after three months with $1.25 million in lost wages. The coal talks failed, fuel supplies worsen, and many idle workers total about 225,000. Trade is slow in Philadelphia Baltimore and southern markets with little near term improvement, though Augusta drugs and Chattanooga hardware show activity and Savannah naval stores firmed. A final line warns: body with beer leads to a bier.
Colonel Fred G. Sinner dies at Charlottesville aged 82. Charleston militia inquiry finds no action. West End fire in New Orleans causes $100,000 loss. Ocea Steamship and Central Railroad cut freight rates to Augusta by up to 40 percent starting May 25. Mation Phosphate bonds sold at Savannah for $200,000 to pay notes. bought by a syndicate of stockholders. Congressman Kitchens declares switch to populists. Kentucky gunfight in Harlan County leaves three dead. Spurr on trial for certifying overdrafted checks in Nashville. Harris mill boiler explosion near DeFuniak, Florida kills a fireman and injures workers.
At Fayette City Pennsylvania Washington Run deputies fought about 800 strikers at daybreak. Dozens were killed or wounded, most victims being Hungarian and Slavic workers. The attackers advanced from Yough forks, but deputies fired from behind box cars and forts, leaving eight dead and many wounded.
Michael Fitzgerald arrives with forty three men in Washington and takes shelter in a Mount Zion Methodist Church chapel annex, using benches as beds. The delegation, well turned out and intelligent, plans a three to four day stay to present a petition to Congress. The petition favors socialistic aims beyond Coxey’s program, though they support Coxey in spirit but deny any formal connection.
A district fire chief reports 137 buildings destroyed and 464 families burned out in Boston with about 2,300 homeless. Loss estimated at about half a million dollars amid a sweeping disaster across the district.
In Lexington Kentucky a Confederate auxiliary stormed meetings over Breckenridge member status. The group refuses to honor Confederate graves citing Breckenridge ties. Mrs A M Harrison and Miss Mary Harrison resign as secretary and vice president condemning Breckenridge and implying motive for quitting the organization.
A federal grand jury in Aberdeen Mississippi indicted R T A Ennis and George D Barnyard Co of St Louis and Marshal Bruce of Nashville for entering into a pool to control the stationery and blank book business across seventy five Mississippi counties. State courts may also review the matter. A lively time is anticipated.
The Alabama Democratic Party selected Congressman William C. Oates as its gubernatorial nominee after a heated race with Captain Joseph T. Johnson. The convention, held in Montgomery, seated contested delegations from Lee and Hale counties and proceeded to nominate state officers including James Kirk Jackson, J. Craig Smith, and John Purifoy, with William C. Fitts winning the attorney general nomination on the eleventh ballot.
A Tuesday morning fire at Clemson College Fort Hill in South Carolina consumed the main building entirely. The dormitory chapel and mechanical building collapsed. The nearby Agricultural and Mechanical College, founded 1893 near Calhoun’s home, stands nearby after the disaster. Elsewhere a Johnstown Pa. dispatch notes renewed rain and continued fears in Conemaugh valley without major damage or danger.
The Pennsylvania republican state convention was called to order at Harrisburg Wednesday morning. Two hundred fifty seven delegates were present. General Louis Wagner of Philadelphia was elected temporary chairman and the minor officers of the convention were designated.
A London cable dispatch reports the dawning of the queen's birthday marked by twenty one gun royal salute at Windsor. Flags flew from the castle towers and streets were decorated with bunting.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Charles H. J. Taylor of Kansas City Kas colored to the recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia by a 34 to 15 vote. His appointment was aided by Senator Martin of Kansas.
Snow fell on Lookout Mountain and Walden Ridge near Chattanooga as a cold front moved through. Temperature dropped about 32 degrees, bringing sharp wind and icy conditions to the valley.
The French ministry resigned Tuesday after losing on the miners eight hour bill. A San Francisco Chronicle note claims pepper acts as a tropical tonic easing heat effects. AUSTRALS ends public foundling care, shifting to private foster placements for children.
A poem excerpt praising a beloved, contrasting beauty with nature. The speaker, G, Roxby, notes the loveliness of the beloved’s face and azure eyes as deeper than ocean, sky, or nature’s music. From the Ledger.
A collage of humorous quotes and exchanges from Harper’s Bazaar, Puck, New York Weekly, Buffalo Courier, and other publications. Jokes span wives and husbands, Irish lawyers, mothers and sons, vaudeville quips, and chess metaphors graded for quick amusement.
Landowners on the Thousand Islands expand small rock into growing islands by riprapping pile driving and importing earth. The work proceeds gradually, adding space for homes as needed, with yearly gains until a substantial homestead is possible.
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