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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
6
A Montgomery dispatch reports doctors Gulteras and Johnston debating fever treatment and quarantine policy. Ten new cases were recorded in Alabama while other cities report fresh infections, deaths, and recoveries as officials seek guidance from federal authorities.
Democratic candidate Van Wyck appears poised to win in New York City politics. The piece notes favorable coverage and his perceived suitability, while addressing rival attacks linked to past visits and reform figures such as Parkhurst.
Madrid papers report that the Spanish government declines any mediation by the United States. The stance blocks diplomatic efforts on the questioned issue, with officials rejecting external intercession.
The international fut sonal conference opened in Washington with Hon. John W. Foster named chairman and Mr. G. A. Clarke as secretary. Clarke has assisted Dr. Jordan in Behring Sea inquiries. The conference adjourned to meet Monday, and delegates accompanied by Secretary Sherman were presented to the president at the executive mansion.
The funeral of Charles Anderson Dana was held Wednesday morning at St Pauls Episcopal church in Glen Cove Long Island. Hundreds of prominent citizens attended from journalistic and political circles as Dana was buried in the churchyard.
New Orleans records 60 additional fever cases and six deaths on Wednesday as Montgomery’s fever fight shifts. Alabama refugees flood Atlantic coast cities. Montgomery’s health board reports five new cases and one death by Wednesday afternoon. Birmingham becomes state executive hub. departments move operations to Birmingham and Speigners. Traffic shifts south via Louisville and Nashville. towns like Jacksonville Auburn and Tuskegee organize local quarantines to guard central cities. Selma maintains the strongest quarantine, guarding entrance to the city.
The Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Veterans met in Richmond and adopted resolutions urging use of histories that fairly present roots of the American republic. They recommend two page histories by McGill and Manry and US histories by Pendleton Lee and others, plus a life of General Robert E. Lee as auxiliary reading and praise Col. John Gussow’s critique in Current History.
Stockholders of the Southern Mutual Building and Loan association, which failed in Atlantia last February, are told by receivers James A. Anderson and M H O Byrne that they will likely receive no more than 25 percent of amounts paid in. The Moore report shows assets of 651 262.58 and liabilities of 879 208.00, a deficit of 227 946.18, with real losses likely larger because assets are worth less than face value.
Bohannon and accomplices were caught Wednesday night in Dalton Georgia while attempting to break jail. They had a small steel saw and had removed seven bars, with three more to reach the brick wall. They worked mainly during rain and sang at night to mask the noise, drawing suspicion and discovery. Twelve in Bohannon's cage. Kinneman and Morris held in another cell.
Dalton jurors found Mac Cannon guilty after a dramatic trial in which the defense offered an alibi. The state challenged the alibi, and Cannon twice interrupted the proceedings while his attorney Watt Harris was barred from speaking by Judge Fite.
Passenger trains on the Alabama Great Southern road are virtually abandoned south of Birmingham due to valley conditions. Trains 3 and 4 are annulled, while Nos 1 and 2, the Cannon Ball New Orleans Cincinnati trains, do not discharge or take on passengers express or baggage in Alabama or Mississippi south of Birmingham.
The Luetgert trial ends in a hung jury with nine jurors for conviction and three for acquittal. The jury’s handwritten statement praises the defense and police for handling the case, while the Associated Press later reports Luetgert’s first sworn denial of guilt from jail, claiming innocence and predicting his wife’s return. The defendant’s affidavit, sworn October 21, 1897, asserts he did not kill his wife and did not testify due to counsel’s advice.
Ex President Grover Cleveland addressed about two thousand listeners at Alexander Hall Princeton during the first annual exercises honoring the college of New Jersey charter. Lord Aberdeen governor general of Canada also spoke. Cleveland’s remarks were noted for their heavy didactic style typical of his public documents.
Charles E West of Portland ships 4000 dozen eggs and about a ton and a half of poultry aboard the steamship George W Elder which left Portland for Dyca Alaska last Friday. The cargo includes fresh meats and oysters stored in cans and frozen for transport over the Chilkoot pass to Dawson City by dog train before Christmas.
In Dalton Georgia Judge Fite sentenced nine armed robbers and nine accomplices after two weeks of sensational trials. Sentences ranged from three years in the penitentiary for several defendants to fines and six months in the chain gang. Some gains were suspended on payment of fines and costs. The scene moved observers to mercy after earlier calls for blood.
Montgomery reports two deaths and eighteen new yellow fever cases on Sunday, with Saturday tally showing thirteen new cases and one death. Alderman John W. Deming dies soon after his case is reported. Dr. Guiteras arrives from Montgomery, examines seven of thirteen doctors’ patients, and declares seven cases confirmed. A yellow fever case appears in Atlanta with H. H. Comer as patient from Montgomery.
In a dark Sangamon Street cellar Chicago detectives unearthed a massive counterfeit liquor operation. After four hours officers seized counterfeit labels valued at 25000 and filled bottles and cases. Losses to dealers and manufacturers ran near 500000 and could rise further.
A Columbus dispatch reports the Democratic committee will bring William J. Bryan to Ohio for the final four campaign days. He will follow Senator Hanna with speeches at Montpelier Defiance Van Wert Mt Vernon Newark Shawnee Logan McArthur Jackson Waverly Greenfield and possibly Cincinnati.
A Sunday morning derailment on the Hudson River railroad near Garrisons, New York, plunged a passenger train into the river. Twenty-eight people perished, including ten in the day coach and several in sleepers. About a hundred aboard were aboard, with sixty saved when the last three sleepers remained on broken track. Witnesses were scarce beyond a tugboat crew, and the cause was uncertain, with the heavy wall under the rails suspected.
The biennial convention of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened in Toronto with the executive board re-electing all officers. The program was described as full of interest.
The annual meeting of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad stockholders was held in Macon on Wednesday. Directors re elected include Samuel Spencer H H Citt H P Smart T D Tinsley Morris Happ W Shaw J F Hanson George W Parrott T B Gresham A S Pendleton and J M Johnson. The annual report praised the management and the road’s performance.
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson hosted a public reception Friday with many callers. Among them were Miss Cisneros the escaped Cuban girl, escorted by Mr and Mrs Karl Decker and Mrs John A Logan. Logan introduced the party.
An 19th century note extols onions as a breath sweetener and cure for stomach disorders and poisons. A doctor recommends one small onion nightly for head afflictions and sleeplessness. Heating onion in the ear is said to ease earache and onion syrup with sugar baked in the oven is claimed to aid croup.
Wake Up admonishes readers to act for weak kidneys and bladder using Hostetter's stomach bitters. Claims catarrh is blood based, not localized, and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy with blood purifiers and tonics for relief.
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