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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1894
Page
1
A collage of oblique references to lotteries politics trains fires courts and battles with scattered names such as New Orleans Chattanooga Columbus Rome and Philadelphia. The text mentions deaths fires court actions and organizational changes, set against a backdrop of political appointments and civil proceedings.
Alabama Commissioner Lane delivers an address to southern cotton growers, urging action against unfair reports and price manipulation. He cites Montgomery and Memphis conventions, calls for unity, higher acreage, and removal of offical distortions to raise prices and protect producers. The Montgomery meeting aims to form the Farmers' Protective Association with Jackson gathering planned.
The inquest into Don Riordan's death after a sparring match with Robert Fitzsimmons at H. B. Jacobs' opera house in Syracuse returned a verdict. Cornelius Riordan died on the evening of Friday November 16 from an accidental blow during the sparring exhibition, and Fitzsimmons is exonerated of blame.
Bradstreet outlines a cautious but growing optimism in the national trade picture with increased confidence and anticipated early improvements. Southern reports show gains in groceries, shoes, and dry goods while Galveston and Birmingham flag weaker collections. cotton prices affect plans for fertilizer output and market activity. The note ends with a personal proverb urging parental confidence in a son.
From Washington under Chairman Sayers the House appropriations subcommittees meet on pension and fortifications. The navy reports the Chinese battleship Chen Yuen was damaged and stranded after a torpedo strike. Appeals proceed in the Chapman and Maurtney sugar case. Treasury bids for a $50 million 5 percent issue surge, with most bids from New York. Japan’s reply to Dunn signals no direct peace mediation. Gold reserves and duties are noted, with a correction on a withdrawn amount. Free coinage of silver looms as a major 1896 issue, championed by Bland and exposed by Holman. Treasury report outlines revenue declines and debt actions, including the $50 million bond issue and silver bullion stoppage.
A Montgomery special reports Senator John T. Morgan was re nominated for his fourth term by the joint caucus of the Democrats of both houses on Tuesday night by a vote of 75 to ?. The article notes Morgan secured the renomination in a party process reflecting strong support within the Democratic camp.
A wide sampling of brief items covers rail freight issues on the Santa Fe line near Blum and Koppers Texas, a shipboard fire at Galveston, and Sino Japanese fleet actions near Port Arthur. Also included are court suits by Inman Co against St. Louis and Southwestern, Alabama insurance capital debates, southern politics on silver, and Georgia editor Dinat Any’s Florida winter musings about family, taxes, and the arr ival at Clear Water Harbor.
A weekly industrial outlook notes growing southern confidence and higher business activity. Immigrants increase in Tennessee Georgia and Alabama. Lumber mills improve. iron production stable. textiles at full capacity. Thirty seven new industries form including steel works at Bessemer Alabama and various mills and plants across the region. rail shops and mines also listed.
District Attorney Benjamin J. Shore, working from Cleveland, instructed assistants by telegram to pursue evidence against Bob Fitzsimmons on the charge of causing Con Riordan’s death. Riordan’s autopsy reports three brain blood clots, any one capable of death. Whitecaps Guilty in Atlanta. In the Gentry-Grice whitecap conspiracy trial at Atlanta, six defendants Aleck McKinnish, John Bradley, Lee Grice, Noel Gentry, Bill Gentry, and Jin Grice were found guilty after a brief jury deliberation following closing arguments.
Dr W Redwich and R Richards known as the Boston doctors were arrested in Meridian Mississippi for practicing medicine without a license. They skipped their bonds and left for parts unknown, leaving their bondsmen to face the music.
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