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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
2
This column surveys European diplomatic manners and economic trade shifts. It cites Britain, the German Emperor, and Dutch water management, plus cotton bale innovations. It notes rising homebuilding finance, building and loan associations, and bank assets amid a broader prosperity push.
Colonel Allen D. Candler led Georgia voters to a quiet election with majorities reported across counties. Officials consolidating results Tuesday showed a statewide lead near 66,000 votes and forecasts placed the total majority between 65,000 and 70,000, though margins varied by county.
Governor-Elect Candler arrived at the Kimball house in Atlanta Wednesday afternoon amid widespread congratulations at Democratic headquarters. He praised the campaign on a high plane, welcomed back many former Populists, and pledged to govern with honesty and responsive leadership, noting the demise of the Populist movement in Georgia and the Democratic Party as the state’s "only people's party."
Secretary Bliss informed of Major Wilkinson's death during Bear Inland action. Washington dispatches show no confirmed details by close of business Thursday, with a brief report from Inspector Tinker confirming Wilkinson and five soldiers plus one Canadian police officer killed and eight privates wounded. Troops were ordered increased. Inspector Tinker promised fuller details and telegram updates. Major Wilkinson and Mr. Sheehan, both prominent in Washington, were among the dead.
Secretary Long announced that Congress should revive the vice admiral rank and promote Rear Admiral George Dewey, then commanding the Asiatic Station, to that rank. The move signals a respected revival of the title and honors Dewey’s service.
Dispatch from Versailles Ky reports Dora Richardson formerly of General Cassius M. Clay's line and Riley Brock wed Friday afternoon in Keene Ky. They will reside at General Gray's home given to Dora weeks earlier.
Reports from the scene describe a brutal engagement as General Bacon and 100 men of the Third Infantry fight near Pear Island. Telegraphs warn of massacres and fatalities among soldiers while Villager Indians at White Earth raise grievances tied to liquor cases and timber sales. New orders dispatch 200 more troops to Leech Lake as officials confront a wider uprising.
Washington Court House Ohio reports a possible breakthrough in the 11 year old Lewis Ball murder case. Mrs. Jeffreys of Hillsboro implicates herself another woman and four men, naming suspects that may identify the killer.
A Paris dispatch reports the government orders garrisons near Paris to send 500 infantry each to the capital, totaling about 10,000 men. Troops will carry two days’ rations and sixty rounds per man as agitation concerns loom over possible revolutionary risk. Reports also note possible expulsion of Major Ferdinand Walsin Hester from the legion of honor and Justice Minister Train’s protest over Colonel Picquart’s imprisonment, with steps toward Senate action.
A St. Louis dispatch reports the Drummond Tobacco Company was sold Saturday evening to the American Tobacco Company for 8,457,500 in certified checks. The transaction transferred real estate plant stock in trade and goodwill with no stock considerations. Harrison I. Drummond remains president, becomes an officer and board member, and payroll and management stay intact despite the outright purchase.
President McKinley reviewed the Tenth Cavalry colored regiment at the White House on Saturday as a large crowd cheered. General Joe Wheeler joined the party amid applause after the first troop passed, with Wheeler once in command at Santiago. The regiment, en route from Camp Wilsoff, halted briefly to pass the president and officers.
Dispatch from Walker Minnesota reports General Bacon praising his men for a bold stand against the Bear Island Indians. He lauded their courage noting many recruits lacked Krag Jorgensen experience yet fought like veterans. Only about a dozen were seasoned veterans, with mutual praise between men and officers.
A Porto Rico Saturday special reports the United States peace commission began a three hour session at 10 o'clock. The Spaniards have presented suggestions and counter propositions, signaling possible expectations beyond the Americans' willingness to concede. The American side is described as acting with clear, deliberate aims.
Dispatch from Nashville reports Tennessee Governor Robert L. Taylor, ill at his Johnson City home, showing improvement. Physicians order absolute rest and quiet as friends remain hopeful for his ultimate recovery.
Charges filed against Augusta Postmaster Stallings for mismanagement and unspecified infractions. Fort McPherson to gain ten new 20 by 120 foot wooden hospital buildings. Southern Railway official Haddon Miller resigns to join Mobile and Ohio in St. Louis. Atlanta man John Asbury arrested for murder of Patrolman Carl Mills last August, solving Fulton county case. Sons of Confederate Veterans push Winnie Davis monument drive as General orders shape plan. Georgia's 1898 governor race shows larger Democratic majority despite lower turnout. Constitutional amendment allows judges and solicitors to be elected. next session to set election process. Travelers Protective Association debates new president after Smith ouster. Lafayette Day October 10 to be observed in Georgia schools to fund Lafayette monument in Paris.
The War Investigation Committee heard two witnesses on Saturday, Dr. Griffin of Sternberg hospital at Camp Thomas in Chickamauga Park, Ga., and Captain Baldridge, brigade commander at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville. They stated hospitals at the camps were overcrowded and the commissioners plan to begin visits on the night of the 16th to tour the camps.
Aguinaldo's representative Felipe Aguinaldo sails from New York to France to present a Filipino appeal to the American peace commissioners. He says Filipinos have endured Spanish misrule and seek independence if the United States will not grant it as with Cuba.
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