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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
3
W D Bryan reviews national returns from Massachusetts to Ohio, calling out Democratic gains in some states and Republican losses in others. He notes Kentucky closely contested, Cincinnati to Goebel, and predicts a Democratic majority on national issues. He cites fusion wins in Nebraska and a shift away from Chicago platform support.
A telegram to the Florida State Board of Health from Hillsboro agent Dr. L W Weedon reports one death from yellow fever and two cases in Port Tampa City. Quarantine is established. Dr Porter notes late season may limit spread and details on transmission are unavailable.
An early Sunday blast wrecked the California Powder mill in Santa Cruz. Four cylinders holding 16,000 pounds of powder exploded, wiping out the mill and saltpeter warehouse, and plunging the town into darkness. Patrick Hughes was killed.
Dispatch from Paterson New Jersey reports Vice President Hobart showing marked recovery. He ate solid food with relish and absorbed nutrients well after days of poor intake. He now rests in a reclining position, sleeps without opiates, and nightly nervousness has lessened.
A dispatch from Lieutenant C. Wool of the North Lancashire regiment reports fatally wounded at Kimberley. The fallen officer, a grand nephew of Jefferson Davis and great grandson of Zachary Taylor, was born in Halifax and educated at the Canadian Royal Military College Kingston. He is the first Royal Military College graduate to die in battle and the first Canadian to fall in the current South African War.
A Manila dispatch reports Colonel Bell's regiment and a small cavalry force entered Tarlac Sunday night without opposition. Aguinaldo and the government have fled. location remains a mystery as insurgent capital changes hands.
South Carolina’s state board of control votes to require Dispensary Commissioner Douthit and witnesses to appear and show cause why he should not be removed. The action follows Judge Aldrich’s recent decision amid alleged rule and law violations and hints at further sensational disclosures in dispensary management.
London dispatches report continued British resistance at the war seat in South Africa. Monday’s news notes increased Boer activity in Natal and along the frontier while indicating British forces are holding out.
Georgia and Atlanta officials revisit a union station concept proposed by railroads. The plan calls for a surface depot with a viaduct on Whitehall and a Pryor street subway, with damages settled and the state possibly buying the station in 1920 or leasing until 1950, terms the roads have not yet agreed to.
Five enlisted men from Atlanta Fifth Regiment who went to New York for the Dewey celebration are dishonorably dismissed for complicity in looting North Carolina stores while en route home. Names listed include Christie Berlin, J H Bawen, Hurst, A Baird, and James Kelley after a governor ordered court of inquiry.
At Birmingham on Friday Judge Fengin of the inferior criminal court ruled the 1896 general assembly act forbidding pool sales at horse races unconstitutional. The ruling pleased horsemen at the state fair grounds and allows pools at races. Pool-sellers arrested were released. Churches plan protests at mass meetings.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General John L Bristow presents annual figures showing 14 604 postmasters appointed in the past fiscal year 13 583 of them fourth class and 1 021 presidential 2 953 post offices established 1 505 discontinued leaving 75 000 total at year end The department also discontinued several private post offices run for private institutions.
Iowa Republicans claim a larger state win as town returns come in slowly. Governor Shaw’s Republican plurality grew from 52 000 to 61 000 per the Republican committee, while Democrats concede about 50 000. Compared with two years ago, GOP gains are noted though turnout is lighter. Tammany Saves Parnell Homestead. The Wicklow County Ireland Parnell homestead foreclosures will not sell as Tammany Hall guarantees 10 000 to cover claims against the estate.
Twenty five men injured in Friday wreck on the Omaha and Fort Dodge road are cared for at Dennison Indiana. Limited accommodations forced some of the least injured to be housed in the county jail, which has been converted into an emergency hospital.
Washington observers say McKinley’s renomination on a gold platform is assured barring a shift in sentiment and Bryan will likely secure the Democratic nomination on the Chicago platform. They predict the next campaign will focus on sound money and prosperity, with expansion issues fading.
The weavers strike at Stevens Woolen mills in Franklin has restarted, shutting down the plant and leaving several hundred workers idle as negotiations for wage increases continue. The piece notes the renewed labor action amid prior compromise efforts. The article also mentions the Prince of Wales fiftieth eighth birthday observance in London with chimes and guards, and reports 2000 reinforcements to the Voerderlaa...
Washington report from the agriculture department states the cotton investigation, the most thorough since 1895, visited major cotton belt points to study acreage and production. Final figures await December 1 due reports, but the area under cultivation is put at 23,500,000 acres with a maximum crop of 9,500,000 bales.
The Georgia Senate passed a landmark measure adopting a uniform textbook system for common schools. A Georgia Book Commission will study needs, invite bids, and award contracts to the lowest bidders for five years, with a 50000 bond from publishers and protections for existing county contracts through 1908.
Former students of Moore's Business college in Atlanta meet to decide on a memorial shaft in his honor. A fund will be raised nationwide with contributions directed to B F Bennett Jr. in care of the Atlanta Journal.
Chicago women launch a national drive to present Major Generals Joseph Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee with swords costing 5000 dollars each. They also seek congressional action to elevate both officers to major general in the regular army for their Civil War service.
A Patterson New Jersey dispatch reports Vice President Hobart’s condition unchanged but better on Thursday. Dr. Newton says Hobart rested well and grew stronger with only one medical visit overnight. He also took a large amount of nourishment on Wednesday.
Advices from Puerto Cabello report General Paredes who refused surrender earlier. He collapsed after heavy fighting Sunday morning at 10. The city lay in ruin with estimates of over 650 killed or wounded. Doctors from the Detroit and other warships cared for the injured as General Gierra and forces breached defenses by Sunday evening.
At the United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting in Richmond Virginia the plan to purchase Beauvoir Mansion for a Confederate soldiers and sailors home received endorsement Mrs Davin offers Beauvoir for 25000 dollars The promoters plan to issue one dollar certificates to fund the purchase and appoint a president likely from among General Fitzhugh Lee or General Joseph Wheeler with state vice presidents in the new Southern Home Association for Confederate Veterans.
Albert Augnat Becker a German butcher was hanged in the Chicago county jail after murdering his wife Rachael on January 27 and disposing of the remains by boiling. The case echoed Adolph Luetgert as both men were butchers and used brutal methods to kill and destroy the body to marry younger women.
Indianapolis dispatch reports a secret vote among Big Four members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to decide on a possible strike.
Macon residents object to broad publication claiming the city sued the State Agricultural Society to recover Dixie Interstate fair premiums from five years ago. The public says only a few law firms and individuals knew of the action or proposal.
A Pensacola dispatch reports the West Coast Naval Stores company organized with capital stock of $160000 and ten naval storesmen from Georgia Florida and Alabama. Georgia participants are from Valdosta.
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