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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1896
Page
6
The Verna Progress from Vienna Georgia highlights local cultural notes and a weather shower described as heavy. It also reports Mexico amending patent law to require yearly taxes of 50, 76, and 100 units for successive five year periods, signaling a stance seen as discouraging invention.
A Bangor merchant recounts a day of dealing with tramps who begged for credit. One wanderer asked for money, saying he had no nickel, while another sought better quality goods than offered, threatening with a wood suit and questioning the shop’s capital.
Maximilian Damm, a German born magnate living in a Doringo monastery, earns about 700000 dollars yearly from his El Promontario silver mine. He started as a Mexico clerk, then struck out on his own. A German acquaintance once took a supposedly worthless mine in payment of a bad debt, now the source of his vast wealth.
The Chicago Time notes that a number of wealthy men in Chicago invest time and money in electricity studies. The fad provides amusement and spawns ideas aiding electrical machinery makers and amateurs who profit by selling innovations, similar to how a farmer puffs a new butter product.
The Spanish Government reports it is taking drastic steps to stop lower and middle class families from sending sons to military service abroad. Advices from Madrid note several thousand young men have left for South America France and Algeria after failing to pay the 400 fee to exempt from serving with the army in Cuba. In 1895 eighteen thousand of 80,000 obtained immunity and similar exemptions are rising this year.
Professor Kratz of the Sioux City School Department proposes a new method for teaching history. He will start with a twelve to twenty mile local area, then expand to the Northwest, the United States, neighboring countries, and finally the world. Pioneer residents will lecture during winter to emphasize early life in Sioux City and nearby towns.
In Indianapolis Judge Cox holds a man driving on the left side who struck a young rider on the right side is guilty of intent to commit assault and battery. He says bicyclists on sidewalks assume full risk and that wheels on sidewalks are not tolerated.
A terse line notes a moral shift where individuals repent more for good deeds than for evil acts. It emphasizes reevaluating actions and choosing better conduct in daily life and public behavior. The remark reflects a moral outlook echoing religious or community standards.
The Norfolk Virginia Yard and Brooklyn Navy Yard show heightened activity as repairs surge on ships including the New York Maine Indiana Montgomery and ram Katehdin. Authorities expect major vessels to be battle ready by month’s end with preparations for coastal artillery at Fort Olinch amid tensions with Spain.
A Paris dispatch reports Spain's public to raise funds for a government loan. Ladies sell jewelry and bishops offer church plate to aid the government while Madrid brokers handle loans up to 4,000,000 sterling. Subscriptions race as Bank of Spain and Bank of Barcelona mobilize to meet a 950,000,000 peseta target.
A Bolivia foreign committee backed recognizing belligerent rights for Cuban insurgents. The Bolivian chamber of deputies approved, and the government accepted, signaling regional support after a Beorat conference. The measure increases Spain's difficulties and raises Cuba's hopes amid the Orban revolution.
Diphtheria threatens in several Indiana localities as the Tomlinson family near New Carlisle perishes in six. Otis reports. Auburn sees four child deaths in one family. Alarm spreads through the stricken district.
Official Mississippi returns list Democratic 55,988 populie 7,421 republican Hill 9,1253 republican Lynch 2,702 Palmer Buckner 1,021 prohibition 890. Total 69,592. Populist 7,421 all to Brynn. his real majority over all opposition is 63,804.
In Yorkville Ohio, after a four hour jury deliberation, Ellen Anderson is acquitted while M R Reese and Daniel Lickie-Reese are convicted with mercy recommended. Moments after verdict, Reese is shot by Deputy Scoggins during transfer. the shooting, a dramatic end to a spree of sensational crimes, left his fate uncertain.
Minnesota canvassing boards in 81 counties report over 840,000 votes cast on November 8. McKinley leads with 198,855 votes, Bryan 189,477, Palmer 3,920, Levering 4,002, Matchett 784. McKinley’s plurality 68,878 and Clough’s governor majority 168,456. Republican ticket majorities range 46,000 to 83,000. total Republican congressional majority about 41,000.
A special dispatch states the United States Shipping company will run a semi monthly direct steamship line from Newport News Virginia to Manchester England. The first vessel sails in December and the service connects with the Manchester Ship Canal company to cargo flow between the south and Manchester.
The official computation of Pennsylvania's state vote shows McKinley and Ho Bag Teosiyed 728,300 votes, Bryan and Seawall 427,197, Levering and Johnson 19,274, Painter and Buckner 11,000, Matchett and Maguire 1,683, Bentley and Southgate 870.
Hon Alexander Stephens Clay of Cobb county won the Georgia senatorial caucus on the thirty-first ballot with 95 votes, then 96 as the final tally. His rise from rural beginnings to lawyer and legislator is praised, while details of his family and political ascent are chronicled.
Delaware Governor Watson issues election proclamation naming three McKinley electors Shaw Fooks and Wilson. He notes votes cast for James G Shaw and James G Shaw Sr counted for one man, giving Republicans all electors.
Judge Horton appoints Andrew Onder donk as receiver for Ferris Wheal in Chicago. Bond set at 10,000. Company spent nine months on mortgage bond interest totaling 300,000 and remains insolvent.
Washington dispatch reports the administration does not anticipate conflict with Spain over Cuba and will keep policy as set a year ago. Cabinet members note Cobanquer is for the new administration to decide, while the gov ernment strengthens fortifications and defense works in preparation for possible war. Secretaries Lamont and officers emphasize secrecy and readiness for heavy ordnance, signaling a cautious peacetime buildup.
The south shows renewed industrial activity with mills and factories resuming on real orders. Pig iron sales rise 25 percent as Tennessee Valley firm reports 4,000 tons and expected large future orders. Textile mills, coffin and tobacco factories, flour mills, sawmills, and planing mills are listed among new ventures across several states. Tradesman in Chattanooga notes the trend.
The Wyoming state Democratic Committee reports complete unofficial returns from all but ten small Big Horn county precincts. Bryan leads with 169 for president electors, while Osbourne for congress shows an 888 Democrat majority, and Supreme Judge Corp. Democrat at 487. The ten remaining precincts are not expected to change these margins.
Salt Lake state advises that Utah’s late election may be contested for violating the state constitution which requires a secret ballot. The method used resembled the Australian system but printed each voter's registration number on the ballot corner, enabling identification of how individuals voted.
Manton Butler, chairman of the populist national campaign, releases a dated missive to Thomas Watson arguing that his advice against joint electoral tickets could help elect McKinley and harm the populist effort. He urges Watson to revise the letter to avoid aiding the common enemy and warns of responsibility if not changed. Meanwhile Georgia teachers face overdue November salaries totaling about 850000, with state funds scarce and loan options blocked.
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