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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1894
Page
1
Georgia reports new Marietta enterprises a paper mill and a creamery with strong watermelon shipments boosting state revenue. News covers grand juries, county bonds, railroad plans, fertilizer bulletin, and immigration schemes shaping Southern Georgia prosperity and politics.
A Jacksonville special reports a northeast wind at 1 PM with 46 mph gusts, rain driven by fierce winds, and widespread flood. The 900 feet of new terminal station at Savannah line was leveled, station master M H Maynardie escaped injury, and losses exceed 10000 dollars. Trees and tin roofs damaged citywide, railroads south of Jacksonville washed, feared coast damage near Jupiter and Lake Worth, communication disrupted.
The president grants amnesty for Edmunds act violators on polygamy. Savannah postmaster to ship daily to Brunswick via registered mail, except Monday. General William Ward Duffield named coast survey superintendent, salary six thousand dollars. Treasury reorganization recasts duties. Carlisle remains active. Mexico Pan American talks likely postponed. U.S. may decline invitation. Cheatham defeats White in contested NC district race. Delaware River bridge plan for Philadelphia Camden approved. construction to begin within a year. Port Royal dock extension requested. likely granted. Marcus Woods chosen deputy internal revenue commissioner. controversy with Alabama delegation. Treasury clerks questioned for horse races at Alexander, Va. Internal Revenue receipts show rise over 1893, whisky dominant in spirits taxes.
A devastating cyclone struck Iowa and Minnesota on Friday evening causing widespread death and destruction. From Ellington Indiana to Hayfield Iowa and Spring Valley Minnesota the storm killed many and wounded hundreds, with towns wrecked and fires burning. Hospitals operated through the night as medical staff aided injured and searchers removed the dead.
Governor Stone approves purchase price for Hunter and Stevens property of 3,207 acres near Jackson Mississippi. Commission set price at six dollars per acre totaling nineteen thousand four hundred seventy two dollars. Land described as half woodland half cleared. governor inspected all lands offered. convict leasing forbidden after December 1894.
A Tuesday night special from St. Augustine reports a strengthening storm halting trains south of the city. The sea roars with breaking waves over the sea wall, all crafts moved to Sebastian River, Anastasia Island submerged, and heavy rain driving in gusts. Wires south are down. Green Wood from Eastport, Missouri, anchored in harbor.
Complete returns from the recent state election show 47,662 votes for liquor license and 49,595 against it, a majority of 1,933 opposing continuation of the liquor traffic. The report notes the official certification by the secretary of state.
Senator Jones of Nevada will resign from the United States Senate on the demand of the Republican State Committee of Nevada. The committee asked him to quit after he aligned with the Populist party, and he has decided to comply with the request.
In Wake county a full ticket was nominated despite only ten delegates present. A Southern Specials roundup notes a Cuba coast storm warning ships to stay port and a Memphis bail denial for M Strickfadden linked to a mill lynching. Greensboro’s steel firm forms with Carr as president and doors open soon. Alabama lawlessness follows govt informer Whaley’s murder, while a regional lobby plan aims to mobilize 500 leaders to Washington for the Nicaragua canal bill.
Bradstreet reports overall trade improvement over last week with favorable features continuing in the south and west. Highlights include strong dry goods activity in Baltimore and southern states, brisk millinery and clothing sales, and steady or improving collections in cities from Nashville to San Francisco, with some markets like Birmingham and New Orleans showing more modest changes.
Dispatches report the Iroquois steamship locating Martins Industry lightship missing off Savannah. Cyclone toll totals 53 across Kossuth, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Worth, Mitchell counties. Also: fugitive Captain Howgate arrested in New York for embezzlement and forgery totaling 379000 dollars. London Chamber honors Congressman Wilson.
A threatened showdown in Sturgis Kentucky pits Captain Blackwell against local taxpayers. Blackwell vows to collect the bond tax despite opposition. a Civil War cannon is positioned on a hill to signal readiness as deputies approach. Ministers urged retreat, but Blackwell remains defiant and claims loyal, prepared men and long-planned guns from Boston.
Telegraphic news item reports Glasgow coal owners meeting to eject miners who do not return to work. Also notes Vienna panic over a false czar death, a Japanese parliament rescript, a divorce recommendation for Coghlan, a Chicago fire captain’s death, Fall River strike funding, Brazilian rebels, and other brief items from New York auctions to Indiana campaigns.
The New York state Democratic convention at Saratoga opened with Senator Hill presiding. William C. Whitney declined the governor nomination, citing business interests, leaving a mixed field as factions debate their best candidate. Bourke Cochran urged unity and named Hill for governor, prompting cheers and calls for a unanimous nomination.
Terrence V. Powderly ex general master workman of the Knights of Labor was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna county Pennsylvania on Monday. It is said he may leave Scranton to practice law in New York City.
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