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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1898
Page
7
Washington dispatch reports cabinet session drafting stark instructions for American commissioners in Paris. Spain resists ceding sovereignty over the Philippines as Madrid newspapers debate the probable final rounds and ultimatums amid a tense diplomatic stand-off.
Salisbury delivers a responsive address at the Guildhall banquet to the lord mayor of London. The mar quis of Salisbury faces cheers as he responds to the toast to Her majesty's ministers and notes a year of grave anxiety over events abroad including the France crisis and ministry reactions.
General Fitzhugh Lee reviewed the Seventh army corps at Savannah Saturday afternoon in the park extension, in honor of Governor J Hoge Tyler of Virginia. Twelve regiments were formed in side-by-side company fronts, twelve companies deep across the parade ground.
The Second Georgia volunteer infantry will be discharged after a muster officer arrives. Col. Oscar J. Brown reported insufficient re enlistees at Camp Atkinson Savannah Augusta and Rome Ga. Only ninety five men and eighteen officers at Camp Atkinson wished to re enlist. twenty six men and six officers at Savannah. thirteen men at Augusta. The department of the gulf issued orders for discharge after duty at listed places.
Nassau reports the Infanta Maria Teresa wreck off Cat Island after a storm. The Potomac from Santiago arrived to obtain a permit to work on the ship and to drive off looters. Craven orders immediate action and return to Cat Island to seize the vessel and eject looters.
The Echo De Paris cites Toulon dispatch that the entire French Mediterranean squadron is ready for sea. Admiral Fournier, commander, received a cipher dispatch Wednesday evening and signalled the Forbins, banked fires, while the fastest torpedo boat carried orders to the admiral in command to assemble the squadron at Toulon where all vessels stand prepared for action.
Omaha dispatch reports unofficial Nebraska returns indicate fusion candidate Poynter wins the governorship by about 2,000 votes over Republican Hayward. Legislature expected to be Republican on joint ballot by six to eight, ensuring a Republican successor to Senator Allen.
White citizens of Wilmington North Carolina forced out Aleck Manly editor of The Record after a mass meeting appointing a 25 man committee. The office was smashed and burned as mobs gathered at docks and the cotton compress. Reported killings included two white men and three Negroes in the First ward. A new municipal government took control with 250 special policemen sworn in to restore order.
The latest returns indicate McMillan, a Republican, has won the Nevada gubernatorial race. A cautious tally of the legislature shows United States Senator Stewart leading on joint ballot with 25 against Stewart 15 and 4 doubtful, with one county yet to report an assemblyman.
American and Spanish peace commissioners held a joint session in Paris where the United States delivered a fifty page answer to Spain’s claims regarding the Philippines. The document contends the protocol allows discussion of the islands future and that Manila's occupation is military, permitting U S control of revenues and governance.
The Navy Department, informed by Captain Crowninshield, believes the Spanish cruiser Teresa may be adrift off Cat Island after telegraphic reports. It orders the repair ship Vulcan from Norfolk and the wrecking tug Potomac to search the area, hoping recovery is possible within about forty nights' sail.
A Washington dispatch reports President McKinley approved the court martial finding declaring Captain Oberlin M. Carter dishonorably discharged for conspiring to defraud the government in harbor work at Sarataeh Ga. The president spared prison, imposing a 5000 dollar fine and leaving five years in the barn as an alternative. Carter is expected to pay the fine. defense costs run high. The Atlanta Construction Company, tied to the contracts, is noted as a wealthy firm in the affair.
Promoters report a tin plate industry combine forming with capitalization of 50000 dollars. They have been in Pittsburg Virginia for several days and say the agreement will put the market under the control of its signers.
A Columbia dispatch reports extreme upheaval in upstate South Carolina after a mob violence spree sparked by election tension. Armed whites hunted Tolbert family leaders linked to Phoenix negroes, with eight or more lynched and at least two wounded as fear and calls for arms spread statewide. Police and governor’s forces were alerted. violence began over a vote suppression effort by Tolbert supporters.
A Moorhead dispatch reports six men tied to a Great Northern coast train hold up were arrested by Chief Murphy. The group, found with revolvers burglar tools dark lanterns dynamite and caps along with three handkerchiefs each and about $200 in cash, were jailed after landing at Moorhead.
A fire at G A Stearns general store in Hanover Massachusetts on Friday was followed by a massive explosion. Four men were killed and more than a dozen injured with proprietor G A Stearns among the injured bearing severe burns and multiple fractures.
Wreckers arriving at Nassau report salvaging stores from the stranded cruiser Maria Teresa off Cat Island. The vessel lies between reefs, dismasted with a starboard list, water up to between decks, and is considered a derelict. Nassau authorities will take possession while a U.S. court of inquiry will determine justification and responsibility.
A Madrid telegram reports Duke Almodovar de Rio announcing Emperor William II will visit Cartagena on November 1. The Spanish press speculates on possible European intervention while official circles downplay any official nature. A courtesy invitation to Madrid may be extended to the German sovereigns.
A Wilkes-Barre PA special reports the Buffalo Express from New York to Buffalo collided with the New York and Philadelphia Express on Wilkes-Barre Mountain early Friday. Five men were killed and four wounded. The Buffalo train, on a siding, failed to stop as air brakes failed due to leaves on the track caused by a night windstorm. Engineer Rohbling remained at his post and attempted hand brakes but could not avert the crash.
The steamship Monarch cleared Friday for Liverpool with the largest general cargo ever carried from New Orleans. It included 20 630 bales of cotton 128 000 bushels of corn and 19 000 slaves weighing 18 308 000 pounds valued at 572 000 dollars.
A London cable dispatch reports a Belgian syndicate led by King Leopold proposes leasing the Philippines to Spain for a large rent. The offer, described by Madrid as a Belgian proposal, would transfer sovereignty for a period under the Belgian syndicate's terms.
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